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    Dead Rising 2 announced for PC, 360 and PS3

    http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/44628/Dead-Rising-2-Announced-For-PC-Consoles

    Screenshots included, and some information. Looks like the leaked trailer was real.
    Feb 09, 2009 8:33am PST
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    Dead Rising 2 announced for PC, 360 and PS3 http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/44628/Dead-Rising-2-Anno... : manlymanThis person is cool!

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    • Nice! I loved the first one...can't wait for this one. : cookblazeThis person is cool!
    • Leaked Trailer http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57131 : manlymanThis person is cool!
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      will there be coop? : kaddar0
      • There isn't much information other than: -It will be out on PC, 360 and PS3 -It takes place in a Vega... : manlymanThis person is cool!
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      Yay for PC version! Hopefully Capcom continues to show the PC love and does a nice port. : PHeeNIxxThis person is cool!
      • ^^^ I dig it. : speon
      • Can we get the first one on PC first? :[ : dispositionThis person is cool!
      • Blue Castle is developing it, with the original creator of DR, Keiji Inafune, will act as producer. The... : manlymanThis person is cool!
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      Awesome, I had an interview with Blue Castle Games last week. I hope I get the job! As a side note. ... : SlingBlaze
      • Haha, when thinking of that shoe idea I thought of Homer throwing everything he had at the Itchy and Scra... : manlymanThis person is cool!
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        I'd settle for co-op weapons. That need another person to use. : DM7
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          aside from belt-fed machine guns, what weapons work this way? : dirge23
          • I think I just want co-op. :{ : DM7
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            co-op tag team wrestling moves. Double arm clothes lines. : sigproThis person is cool!
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              zombie wrestling would be so awesome : dirge23
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                oh wait you could already do this in dead rising couldn't you : dirge23
                • Yeah you had hand to hand and wrestling moves you unlocked as you gained levels. 2 players would be even ... : sigproThis person is cool!
          • Water balloon launcher b-filled with gasoline-b : loke662This person is cool!
        • Ok if they do coop this is now the only acceptable way to do so. : Begawkiness
      • flamethrower, without a doubt, it always felt like a major omission in the first one : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
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        I would prefer sticking to random items you would actually find laying around. I mean if there was a zomb... : Evil Benius
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          dead rising isn't just a zombie game, there are plenty of opportunities to work in a flamethrower without... : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
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            Oh i am sure they could work it in, but it would still seem out of place to me. Plus I question how much ... : Evil Benius
            • If you burn them to a crisp, they can no longer attempt to eat your delicious brains. : ColoradoCNC
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        A dildo. I want to hit zombies with one. : razlebol
        • Wow....Can't believe I've never thought of a sex shop in the mall... : SlingBlaze
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        Tennis ball launcher, go kart with blades on the sides (a la the Scorpion in UT2004), bowling pin, bowlin... : CyCo_PLThis person is cool!
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          haha, i think i like just about all of these, except i have no idea what a swim noodle is : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
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            I am guessing those big foam tubes you float on in a pool. : Evil Benius
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              Having had many fights with those, I seriously doubt the effectiveness against zombies :P : DerringerThis person is cool!
              • Zombies would be annoyed to death...again : SlingBlaze
              • Yeah, but there are a lot of weapons in Dead Rising 1 that are useless against zombies, they're just fun ... : CyCo_PLThis person is cool!
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        I wanna see some records or CDs that you can throw at the zombies. : ProziumThis person is cool!
        • You could throw cds in the 1st one. : sigproThis person is cool!
      • Oh, one thing I hope they fix is putting the move and aim controls on the correct thumbsticks. I hate how... : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
      • I'd be hip to the shoe idea if G.W. Bush shows up in the game as a zombie. : AngrakhanThis person is cool!
      • Yeah I think fire was the only real major thing missing from Dead Rising. I think it would be cool at le... : trelainThis person is cool!
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        scythe, chop em at the ankles, then run around on top of them with squishy sounds. : araczynski
        • They had a scythe in Dead Rising 1. Sure it was some sort of gardening scythe, but it counts! : Cliffzorz
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        How about swords that aren't made out of fucking tinfoil and last more than 30 seconds. : DinKThis person is cool!
        • Get the books to make them last twice as long. : PettytheftThis person is cool!
      • Cricket bat is the only answer. : Mr.Finkster
      • I would like more lego helmets to put on the zombies, with different facial expressions. : Cliffzorz
      • I want to impale zombies with an American flag. : STURM Mr GreyThis person is cool!
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      awesome, i guess i better get back to attempting 1000/1000 in the first one : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
      • I guess I better finish it. Bought it a while ago (as I knew I'd like it based on comments/reviews) but t... : humbleoneThis person is cool!
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      please no time limit please no time limit please no time limit : gmdThis person is cool!
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        I am pretty sure there was something about a 72 hour quarantine in the leaked trailer, so I am sure we wi... : manlymanThis person is cool!
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          a time limit is fine on the first playthrough as long as there's a sandbox mode available after that : dirge23
          • The whole game is a sandbox ? : razlebol
          • I'm sure there will be a sand-box mode. I think they heard the cry after the first one. And there was a r... : mancideThis person is cool!
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            I don't get the complaints about this, if you want to use a sandbox mode in the first, just load up the s... : Begawkiness
            • yeah but you still get nagged to fuck by otis at times. Also you have to advance somewhat of the story if... : sigproThis person is cool!
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              Because you can't play in the sandbox and switch back to the story at will. If you play in the sandbox yo... : derelict515This person is cool!
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                there are a couple times late on in the story where you have quite a bit of time to fuck around if im rem : -=kodiak=-This person is cool!
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                  yeah there are some moments but what they really should do us take a cue from GTA4's cellphone story togg... : derelict515This person is cool!
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                    If anything have the PAUSE option from GTAIV. The cell phone still tried to urge you into the story mode,... : mancideThis person is cool!
                    • the pause part was all that I meant, a 'put the story on hold' button : derelict515This person is cool!
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          Then I will be skipping it. There is so much promise with this series, if only they'd stop cocking it up. : EbuThis person is cool!
          • Cocking it up? : mancideThis person is cool!
      • or maybe an unlocked version that doesn't have one since it was such a vital part of the last game : notdeadyeti
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        I very much hope there is. A survival horror game is not a survival horror game unless you are under pres... : OverloadUT
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          I actually don't have a problem with time limits, but when the game suffers in combination with other ele... : aaarrrghThis person is cool!
          • Also, please fucking fix the interface this time around. It was so painful to play on SD TVs, sometimes c... : aaarrrghThis person is cool!
    • Just saw that on the front page, looks awesome! : voodoorazeThis person is cool!
    • The first is still one of my favorite games on the 360, so I'm really really looking forward to this. : Begawkiness
    • Between the Phoenix Wright series and their new love of the PC Capcom is starting to become one of my fav... : avatar_58
    • Combining weapons would be cool. They seem to be into the concept that stuff breaks so busted baseball ba... : MoreVespeneGas
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      Rumor has it you won't be able to move and attack at the same time. You have to stand in place to swing ... : gmdThis person is cool!
      • A lot of the weapons in Dead Rising did work that way. It was a constant struggle to find weapons that we... : OverloadUT
      • That's how it worked in the first one too : Begawkiness
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        The first one was like that for power shots wasn't it? : chazumsThis person is cool!
        • Any time you swung the baseball bat or the katana or pretty much anything in the first one it stopped you... : Begawkiness
      • thats why i loved having those little mini chainsaws you'd get from the clown, plus holding onto 2 books ... : BreakThis person is cool!
      • Is this a crack at Resident Evil 4? : aaarrrghThis person is cool!
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      I want the ice auger. Dipped in gasoline. Then lit on fire when I spike a zombie. Then, when his chunks f... : eonix
      • please calm down sir. : Jackass1233This person is cool!
    • Fuck yes oh my God. For PC too who could imagine? : fleabugThis person is cool!
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      I want an open brawl mode. Where you have the entire mall/game area open to you at the beginning. There a... : kodtThis person is cool!
      • Yes, a mode with no respawning would be amazing and awesome and would secure my purchase. : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
      • Yeah I agree. Once you kill a zombie they're gone for good. Re-spawn sucks. : getuse2it
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      Stop linking to IGN for front page news :( : spazzium
      • Too bad I posted it before the Shack did on their frontpage. : manlymanThis person is cool!
      • Kind of hard when this post was up 14 min before the front page post. : sigproThis person is cool!
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      Needs more Dead Rising 1 on the PS3 :( : jayares
      • I doubt they would put the resources into that, especially given the fact they even put Dead Rising 2 in ... : manlymanThis person is cool!
    • You suck more than your ideas! : Splinebastard
    • Shit, I didn't see a camera, I wonder if it will be taken out, especially given the fact that the Wii ver... : manlymanThis person is cool!
    • Hmm.. I think I have a new tradition to start: http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/random/dotdotdot2.jpg : DOOManiacThis person is cool!
    • I just realised that this is coming to PC... sweet! Anyone know where I can find the cheapest copy of ... : crummynzThis person is cool!