Great expansion for a great game
Dead Rising 2: Case West is a stand alone DLC arcade game for Dead Rising 2 that takes place after the events of Ending A for the main story which has been confirmed to be the canon ending so if you are looking to play a dlc that bridges the gap of DR2 and DR3 then this is the game you wanna play. Basically, after the events of Ending a Frank from DR1 meets Chuck and decides to help him track down Phenotrans to a lab some miles away from Fortune City. The entirety of this DLC is spent in the umbrella Esq labs at this facility. The gameplay plays exactly like dead rising 2 but you pick up at the last level you left off with or level 45 if you haven’t played DR2 before. The biggest difference is this time around you always have a Co-op partner with you whether it’s an AI or a player. As it is in DR2, the Co-op feature is amazing and fun as hell with a friend. Frank and Chucks interactions are hilarious and such a good duo. The AI version of frank isn’t terrible either and can use any weapon you give him. He also has infinite health from what I remember. The biggest selling point with this DLC is probably the new combo weapons since the few new ones they added were fun to use and find. The facility isn’t huge, but the layout is a bit confusing since it’s all in one building. As usual the humor and goofy areas in the facility along with the NPCs you help are funny and interesting. There is no escorting survivors in this one, rather you just help them out and they go on their way which is much better than having to escort everyone. I don’t want to spoil the story in this DLC but it had a surprise I didn’t see coming at the time and definitely left the ending making me want to see what happens next. The main antagonist is the same wheelchair lady from DR3 so she gets some back story here, and the psycho fight at the end was pretty fun. Honestly my biggest complaint about this DLC is how short it is, and the map isn’t the best in the world but it’s alright, the little easter eggs make it more interesting, I guess.
Overall fun little DLC, and it was great to see frank return.
Dead Rising 2: Case West is a stand alone DLC arcade game for Dead Rising 2 that takes place after the events of Ending A for the main story which has been confirmed to be the canon ending so if you are looking to play a dlc that bridges the gap of DR2 and DR3 then this is the game you wanna play. Basically, after the events of Ending a Frank from DR1 meets Chuck and decides to help him track down Phenotrans to a lab some miles away from Fortune City. The entirety of this DLC is spent in the umbrella Esq labs at this facility. The gameplay plays exactly like dead rising 2 but you pick up at the last level you left off with or level 45 if you haven’t played DR2 before. The biggest difference is this time around you always have a Co-op partner with you whether it’s an AI or a player. As it is in DR2, the Co-op feature is amazing and fun as hell with a friend. Frank and Chucks interactions are hilarious and such a good duo. The AI version of frank isn’t terrible either and can use any weapon you give him. He also has infinite health from what I remember. The biggest selling point with this DLC is probably the new combo weapons since the few new ones they added were fun to use and find. The facility isn’t huge, but the layout is a bit confusing since it’s all in one building. As usual the humor and goofy areas in the facility along with the NPCs you help are funny and interesting. There is no escorting survivors in this one, rather you just help them out and they go on their way which is much better than having to escort everyone. I don’t want to spoil the story in this DLC but it had a surprise I didn’t see coming at the time and definitely left the ending making me want to see what happens next. The main antagonist is the same wheelchair lady from DR3 so she gets some back story here, and the psycho fight at the end was pretty fun. Honestly my biggest complaint about this DLC is how short it is, and the map isn’t the best in the world but it’s alright, the little easter eggs make it more interesting, I guess.
Overall fun little DLC, and it was great to see frank return.