Kind of a let-down from the first game, which I enjoyed a lot. It is overall a fun game, but the story feels much weaker and worse paced than the first game. Every character is unremarkable or just boring, the only fun character to watch gets headshoted out of nowhere for the sake of a super weak "plot twist".

Gameplay is the strongest point, navigating through zombies, saving survivors and using new weapons is the highlight and what I enjoyed the most. Although, normal weapons are way worse than combo weapons, I understand why, but it's kinda lame anyway, since the premise of the game is to use anything as a weapon.

I was surprised by how the end sequence was boring. TK is just not it, Sullivan being a mole also made me feel nothing. Gas zombies made traversing through zombies annoying and the final boss fights was just boring compared to Dead Rising 1.

They tried to still push the theme of criticizing American culture, which was a very interesting point to me as a Brazilian, but it feels nowhere near as nuanced as the first game.

Overall, this game is a let-down from the first one but is still fun.

Reviewed on May 13, 2024


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