Dead Rising 2

[Zef]

This isn't some kind of rumour thread, just a think tank of ideas for a sequel to the game (which probably won't happen).

Perhaps the second game will see Frank back in the city, after showing some media tycoons his pictures of the events one fateful day in a shopping mall. None of the newspapers or news channels believe any of his work and eventually he gets out of work (even though he is freelance)

But soon the zombie outbreak returns, plunging the city into chaos and panic. Frank seizes the opportunity to reclaim his former glory and takes his camera to the streets in an attempt to once again save the day.

The game would obviously take place in a fictional city, spanning from skyscrapers to subway tunnels, high schools to parks. You wouldn't get scoops like before, instead you join a group of survivors and complete little missions to help them out. Sucess will make your group larger and stronger, meaning you live longer. Failure will see your group tearing itself apart with mutiny or eventually everyone being chewed up.

Perhaps you need to tackle different districts of the city at a time, but with your minions in tow you can hijack buildings to set up safe houses wherever you feel it is necessary.

Kind of a GTA meets Dead Rising.

[invincible rob]

Hmm, Maybe a online co-op team of survivors.
I also doubt frank and Isabella are going to be the only main charactors in the second one, if they stretch it out like they did with resident evil (which they might just do with the popularity of it)

[Sgt Hobo]

I would think Dead Rising 2 would have to do with all those children that Carlito infected, but I don't see how they could fit an entire country into one game....

[invincible rob]

Ahhhh but if you listened carefully all those children are all over America.
I also think about 16 players on a team trying to take down an endless hoard of zombies in a downtown city sounds fun online.

[Tracker4502]

Ahhhh but if you listened carefully all those children are all over America.
I also think about 16 players on a team trying to take down an endless hoard of zombies in a downtown city sounds fun online.

Yet imagine the lag of that. Not to mention the fact of how would you save progress? Would each person save the area on his / her X-Box and then update it when they log back on? How would you limit who comes into "your" area? What if someone lags out and he / she had the essential part to finish the section? There are lots of issues that could doom a free-world Dead Rising.

I could see a 2 or 4 person Dead Rising that would be a league. It would be something like Animal crossing, where even though you stop the world doesn't. Then you would have to make a baricade for the night and stockpile reasources, and pick a hide-away. I could really get into that.

[invincible rob]

Indeed the lag would be torture, I'd like to see MORE realism, c'mon folks like every mall has two shops loaded with katanas, if your in the city I's like to see you restricted to basic things found in shops, furniture, childrens toys, Ps3's the usual junk you just wanna pummel zombies with.
Also how come there arent any zombie children in Dead rising in fact there arent any children full stop except that Dakota girl in the cut scene at the begining.
I would also like to see a downloadable santa outfit for frank only available on christmas day.

[Zef]

You could have 16 player online, just not all players...

Have 2-4 players and x number of NPCs who are split up between the players. Your level and skills could affect your followers, leadership will make them better overall but if it is low then your followers could turn on you and try to take over. But I think the whole game would be single player, multiplayer would be too demanding unless it was a survive-match where you have to outlive your opponents but can interfere with their bases etc, raid their supplies or steal their weapons.

You COULD attack them, but you would put yourselves at risk from zombie attacks and use up your ammo/weapons.

[Tracker4502]

You could have 16 player online [...] I think the whole game would be single player, multiplayer would be too demanding unless it was a survive-match where you have to outlive your opponents but can interfere with their bases etc, raid their supplies or steal their weapons. You COULD attack them, but you would put yourselves at risk from zombie attacks and use up your ammo/weapons.

I like, I like. That could be a combination of shooter / strategy / action, right up my alley.:D

Maybe you could also add a team mode, where two or three people work together to take out the other teams?

[Zef]

Hell, why not king of the hill. You have to keep your team in a certain zombie infested spot for as long as possible, whilst the other team play as zombies with infinite lives whereas you get a single life but teammates can heal you.

Capture the flag, your team are infected and must reach checkpoints to get a temporary cure. If you miss a checkpoint you are zombified and hunt down the other players.

Essentially all the game modes mean you need to stay alive longer =P

[invincible rob]

Shit man, stop making me hope these modes will actually be in the game, you have some great Ideas, seriously.
How about Zombie tag, about 16 players and one of them is infected, no weapons only physical attacks, confined area like a group of linked houses or a mansion or something and once the infected player finds one of the uninfected players they have to button mash the buttons that appear on the screen *like what happens when you get bitten occasionally* if the infected player wins tah dah, the other player is infected, if the uninfected player wins the zombie is pushed to the ground and stunned for a couple seconds.

[Davey_Pitch]

I think a sequel is a near certainty given how popular the game is and how much Capcom likes turning games into franchises (like Resident Evil). I think the sequel will have to have more multiplayer modes, perhaps a co-op of some kind where the players have to work together to solve problems or access certain areas. I love the fact it's set in a mall as it fits nicely into the movie style of the game, but the sequel would have to be set somewhere else otherwise I think a lot of people will complain. Perhaps something like Land of the Dead, set in an enclosed city of some kind? However it's done, I'm pretty certain we'll see it at some point in late 2007 or early 2008.

[Zef]

the sequel would have to be set somewhere else otherwise I think a lot of people will complain. Perhaps something like Land of the Dead, set in an enclosed city of some kind?

...Skyscraper anyone?

Seeing as how they obviously copied Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead seems a logical next step (whatever happened to Day of the Dead?)

[Hells Zargon]

That could be done very well actually. In think there will be another Dead Rising game released, when is another matter.

As for multiplayer, it is good in theory but I'm not sure it would work quite as well as the single player mode. Teams would need to be put in place for it to work to the full potential, possibly fighting over food to stay alive.

[dnut24]

there are some good ideas here, and i definately think a sequel is due. the lack of online was crappy in my opinion. especially due to the ever popular quote from MS "all 360 games will be online playable" ummm ok... :confused: guess they dont consider DR a game.

besides that a co-op is a must in my opinion. i see a cpl of methods for this. simplest would be ala GoW. as in a 2nd, 3rd, etc AI person in game can be control by a friend. now just like GoW, you would be joining in on the hosts game where ever it was, but to make it benifial would also aquire co-op achievements.

another cool idea i think is to play co-op when you join, you basically initiate a random quest. and therefore the only way for the player to join game is to wait until frank comes and saves them. this would be much more difficult but stay in the lines of the game.

i'm more excited about co-op then anything else and multipler battles would be awesome too. as mentioned could be player vs player, or something like players vs certain number of zombies you have to kill and stay alive to win. all potential for great achievements.

[Zef]

especially due to the ever popular quote from MS "all 360 games will be online playable" ummm ok... :confused: guess they dont consider DR a game.

I think they just said that all games would be online compatible, not playable online. They kind of cheaped out on that one as you just have to be able to see the guide.

Back on topic. If you wanted campaign co-op you could just take over an AI character that is in the single player game, perhaps a second playable character that is part of the story but isn't just a sidekick for Frank and goes to different places during the story.

Co-op wouldn't simply be two people doing one person's work, you would need to split up to do certain things. Say you go into a 20 story building to rescue someone, it would take too long to battle through all the floors so you want to take the lift but it isn't working. One player has to go into the basement to turn on the power or to find parts, something like that, whilst the other either waits in the lobby or has to find another set of parts or some tools.

It isn't an amazingly original idea, but it is always a good addition for co-op games to make them a bit different.

[dnut24]

not gonna go off topic but they said online playable, hell even the BK games are! it doesnt matter, just pointing it out.

[RadicalSniper99]

A coop mode would be really fun. My brother and I have recently begun to play some games together. We recently beat GoW and might play it through again on coop.

Dead Rising was hilarious when I first started to play it, but the ability to play a new one with another person would be genious. Just needs to make sense and not be some random add on to the game.

[Tai_MT]

I have an idea for a cooperative gametype on this.

Splitscreen it though. You could even do it online. You wouldn't be "cooperative" though.

One on One to see who would win:

You and a friend both play through the game froms start to end. You could set a time-limit in order to keep from playing like 6 hours straight or more, but it would be interesting.

You would go through the story as normal, but as two separate people in the same mall, competing for food, weapons, survivors, etcetera. You go until you beat the game first, or the clock runs out. Of course, you could win by getting to a certain PP Score as well.

You could interact with each other even though you have different screens and are against each other. Like say, you could kill each other if you wanted to. However! You'd both be fighting over survivors in a building, mall, city, ecetera, full of zombies. When one person dies, their survivors are then "stranded" wherever they were when you died. They can then be picked apart or rescued by the other player. And dying would net you a 30 second penalty as well as a respawn at the "beginning". The game would progress as normal and you would retain your levels and scores through deaths (but deaths would knock your PP score down). Food would be limited like in Infinity Mode, and some weapons would be as well. But there would be "spawn" locations for weapons as well. Like some of the racks of weapons in the game. But weapons on the ground would NEVER respawn.

This would make for some interesting gameplay as you would have to fight against hoards of zombies as well as an intelligent player trying to get the same things you are.

You could even further this by making you have to get a certain number of kills to win.

Just a few thoughts.

[dnut24]

^^^
i think that sounds very boring and dumb. not bashing you, just stating my opinion. well to begin what you describe is not co-op, its VS. i just know myself i wouldnt want to plap a VS match for that length of time. that idea in a smaller scale would be do able, but not via regular game play. how would that work with the bosses and what not? i'm you someone could be doing all the hard work killing bosses while the other players simply kills zombies and saves people for the win. doesnt sound fun to me.

[Tai_MT]

Well, my idea was like "working together" but also "against each other". You'd both be playing towards the same end, but working against each other to do it.

And I already said that if you didn't want to play through the whole game in one go, you could set up a "time limit". You could play, say to day two or whatever you wish.

But it's a way of playing that I've always wanted.


And I don't mind that you don't like it. I don't expect my ideas to be enjoyed by everyone...

But I thought I'd post a reply to clarify a bit. I think of it as a "cooperative" mode simply because you're still both working towards the same end. In fact, it would be entirely possible to work together and never kill each other in order to accomplish the game. Or you could simply take it the other direction and turn it into a "versus" type of game where you kill each other constantly and barely accomplish anything related to the story.

Of course, cutscenes would be taken out for the purpose of the multiplayer aspect.

And if you play Dead Rising and only kill bosses... you don't really net a lot of PP unless you save people and kill zombies as well. There are so many ways to net PP in the game that making a PP contest like the one I suggested wouldn't be entirely out of the question. If you didn't want to kill anyone, run around snapping pictures. If you don't want to kill bosses, save survivors that dont' require a boss fight. If you want to just kill zombies, you can do that too (at higher levels hitting 50 kills becomes rather quick, at least by melee weapon or shotgun).

Any other problems you have with my idea, or clarification you need?

[Myncy]

If the kids are infected, theres only one place to have the next game...

A School!

Think about it. If it was something like a big highschool, or even a college and town, there would be more then enough. It would have a variety of weapons (make your own in science and woodshop!). It would need new characters though.

[Zef]

Create-a-weapon sounds like a good idea, find different items and combine them. Visit a supermarket, hijack a trolley then beef it up with chainsaws and crude flamethrowers.

[dnut24]

If the kids are infected, theres only one place to have the next game...

A School!

Think about it. If it was something like a big highschool, or even a college and town, there would be more then enough. It would have a variety of weapons (make your own in science and woodshop!). It would need new characters though.

thats a good idea! college and HS campus are large. although i could see this bring up so much drama due to the high school shootings and college killings. although i do think its a great idea.

[Tripl299]

A friend of mine has told me that Microsoft is trying to buy capcom. Wouldn't that be cool?? That means all resident evil games will be made for the 360!!! He told me that the next resident evil is already slated to be released to only ps3, but if microsoft would buy capcom, that they would still produce the game for ps3, but it would have microsoft on the packages!! That would be different for sony to use a game that is made by microsoft.

Can you believe that my step son said that he read that microsoft was going to be releasing Halo 3 for the ps3. I asked he what he was smoking and what drugs he was using, because, microsoft will never allow their best title be used for another system.

[Myncy]

thats a good idea! college and HS campus are large. although i could see this bring up so much drama due to the high school shootings and college killings. although i do think its a great idea.

Hmm..good point. I guess it won't happen in a world of Jack Tompson and Liberman :uzi: