Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
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Developer(s) Capcom Vancouver [lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s) Capcom
Producer(s) Yohei Uchida
Designer(s)
  • Brent Arnst
  • Hayato Tsuru
Programmer(s) Francois Chabot
Artist(s)
  • Fran Gaulin
  • Naru Omori
  • Sho Sakai
Writer(s) Annie Reid
Composer(s) Oleksa Lozowchuk
Series Dead Rising
Platform(s)
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • NA: October 11, 2011
  • JP: October 13, 2011
  • AU: October 13, 2011
  • EU: October 14, 2011
PlayStation 4, Xbox One
September 13, 2016 [1]
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Capcom. It is a retcon of Dead Rising 2 , with that game's protagonist, Chuck Greene, replaced by Frank West from the first Dead Rising .

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Development and release

At Captivate 2011, Capcom's annual press show, the company announced that it was releasing Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, as a reinterpretation of the game, with Frank West from the original Dead Rising as the main character. The game was released for the same consoles on October 11 in North America, October 13 in Japan, and October 14 in Europe [2] [3] [4] for a discount retail price. [5]

Off the Record is intended as a complete reimagining of Dead Rising 2 featuring Frank West, the protagonist of the original Dead Rising video game, with new missions, cutscenes, environments, enemies, and weapons. The photography mechanic from the first Dead Rising is also included. There are technical and system upgrades, such as optimization of loading times and improved network performance. [6] [7] Off the Record also features a new sandbox mode. This allows players to explore Fortune City without the obstacle of time as well as take on several optional challenges. [8]

On September 13, 2016, Capcom re-released the game alongside the original Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the game.

Plot

As an alternate version of the same story, the plot and gameplay of Off the Record are nearly identical to Dead Rising 2, with several key differences:

As in Dead Rising 2, the player will achieve one of several endings based on time constraints and other factors.

Reception

Off The Record received "mixed or average" reviews, with a score of 72/100 on Metacritic for the Xbox 360 [11] and PlayStation 3 respectively. [10] The PC version got a 66/100 on Metacritic. [9] Gametrailers gave the game an overall rating of 8.2 out of 10. [14] IGN gave it a 7 out of 10, stating: "If you’ve never played a Dead Rising game before, Off The Record is just about worth its budget price tag. But if you’ve already spent considerable time with Dead Rising 2, however, there’s little new content on offer to justify another visit to Fortune City." [15] GameSpot gave the title a 7 out of 10 rating, praising the core game but criticizing the lack of improvements and the sandbox mode's perceived lack of depth. [13] Game Informer, by contrast, gave the game a 9.5/10 (the same score as the original) saying that "Frank's photography adds another layer to the already deep gameplay," and that "by itself, the sandbox mode is an incentive to buy Dead Rising 2." [12] Videogamer.com gave the game a 7 out of 10, Neon Kelly writes, "If you're a massive fan of the series - and of Frank West in particular - it's still worth picking this up, but even at twenty notes, there's little to make this an urgent purchase." [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions ported by Mercenary Technology.

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