Jack Red reviews Dead Rising 2: Case Zero & Case West

Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, I think I held off long enough. I been meaning to get the last two Dead Rising reviews for some time. Obviously you must be playing on Xbox consoles in order to play these. Both of these following games connects to some way to Dead Rising 2 hints why they share the title.

1. Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Originally if you level up to level five you can start Dead Rising 2 from there instead of level one. This doesn't work on the remastered version on Xbox One I know I tried it myself. This is a short game in between Dead Rising 1 and 2 basically Dead Rising 1.5 as you well. You play as Chuck Greene putting a new bike together to escape the small town with your daughter.

There are some clear differences from the other games. The biggest has to be instead of answering your walkie talkie. A survivor named Bob will act as that's game quest system. Yes you can save him if everyone else first. Then you must get his daughter to him before bringing both of them back. Yes there's multiple endings just like you normally expect for an Dead Rising game.

Despite being a short game it does hold up amazingly well. I felt for such a small game it felt just like the bigger ones. There is only one boss character you can face. Trust me this guy is difficult to take down. You also can save an old man that acts this game's merchant taking a page from Wii remake of Dead Rising 1.

Just not as amazing as that although it later got used in both versions of Dead Rising 2. I would say this is the easiest Dead Rising to get every achievement in. Dead Rising 2: Case Zero does such a great job selling you to play Dead Rising 2. This game is dirt cheap, there's absolutely no excuse to not pick this one up.

2. Dead Rising 2: Case West

Dead Rising 2: Case West is in truth the remaining portion of the true ending. For those that don't know the true ending so happens to be Ending A. This quickly follows the conclusion of Dead Rising 2 at a nearby facility. Chuck & Frank must work together to stop this mysterious organization. Surprisingly there isn't as much freedom as the other Dead Rising games found here.

The cool thing about this game is some of the newer combo weapons later appears in Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. Unlike Case Zero, you can take pictures regardless of which character you're playing as. Sadly only through multiplayer you can play as Frank West. There's only one boss fight again but it's one of the best final bosses in any Dead Rising game.

You can actually dress up as Dr. Wily from Mega Man series. Unlike previous Mega Man costumes, it's just a costume here. I felt Case Zero had a bigger map out of the two. Also this game is a little more strict on completing missions within the time limit. Both their time limits are one hour real time.

Prior to this you could have six to eight hours in Dead Rising 1 & 2. Sadly there isn't multiple endings which to me was weird for an Dead Rising game. The so called bad ending only plays when you die or run out of time or fail before you get the option to start over or go right back to where you were.

I do feel like this is still more fun than most of DR4. The achievements are fun for the most part. There's still confusion of making several combo weapons achievement. Case West does do a great job with the two characters interacting with each other. I should mention unlike most of them your leveling starts at level 45.

I know confusing right but you only go up five levels just like Case Zero. No they didn't do the same feature Case Zero done to make things even easier. Personally if they had done that I would've criticize it heavily. This game directly led to Dead Rising 3 despite a few years later. I would say this is alright for an Dead Rising game.