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These scenes generally play out in much the same way as the first game. There is now more voice acting, and cutscenes now feature Frank, rather than Chuck. Frankly, all of the tweaks of the game seem - on the face of them - quite minor as well. Such an addition seems a relatively minor one, as it doesn’t really change much in the way of objectives in the game or the overall gameplay. So, both of these engaging occupations return in Off the Record and the game is the better for it. What Chuck brought to the series, the ability to craft crazy weapons out of materials scavenged throughout Fortune City, is, likewise, still an available option for Frank.
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So, in addition to concerning one’s self with the undead and ferreting out survivors of their infestation of Fortune City, a kind of (mostly) indoor Vegas full of malls and casinos, one can once again take shots of the brutal carnage and other forms of salaciousness that emerge during runs through zombie clogged streets. One benefit of the return of Frank that I do care about (and other fans as well) is the return of Frank’s camera. I guess the hue and cry over Frank’s replacement was significant enough, though, for Capcom to consider giving the game a redo (the fact that the sequel seems to have done pretty well in sales probably didn’t hurt either). Dead Rising works because of its tone, but even more so, because of its gameplay, not its main characters. Thus, when Dead Rising 2 arrived with a slightly younger, maybe hipper (?) protagonist in the form of Chuck Greene (who strikes me as equally flat), I just didn’t really care. Honestly, though, he strikes me as a pretty flat character.įrank has no really great lines, doesn’t seem especially clever, or really at all exceptional in any way. So, Frank, a shlubby, somewhat chubby, middle-aged photo journalist, might be kind of refreshing serving as a “hero” of sorts. After all, usually we get macho balls of muscle with little to no neck with a machine gun and a snarl in our video games. Admittedly, he is an unusual game protagonist. I’m not sure what the allure of Frank West is. So, the idea of playing a remake of a game that I liked a lot but that is essentially the same game with some slight modifications seemed like a less than fresh or engaging exercise. I mean, I really liked Dead Rising 2, and apparently unlike many fans of the series, I didn’t really much care about the replacement of Dead Rising protagonist Frank West with Chuck Greene in the game’s sequel. I was prepared to find reviewing Dead Rising 2: Off the Record a tedious exercise.