Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

You are Frank West – photojournalist and original hero of the Dead Rising Willamette incident – taking center stage experiencing the re-imagined Fortune City outbreak.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a action, zombies and open world game developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Capcom.
Released on October 11th 2011 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Korean.

It has received 3,799 reviews of which 2,936 were positive and 863 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 or better
  • DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c or greater
  • Hard Drive: 8.5 GB free hard drive space
  • Sound: Standard audio device

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Dec. 2024
why did they give frank such a ginormous ass in this game i'd love to play it but my huge boner gets in the way of my controller from staring at frank's massive dumpy especially with that one piece bathing suit equipped capcom tried to make him older and out of shape but they only made him hotter thanks alot capcom you turend me gay for a man twice my age
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Oct. 2024
There are a lot of issues with controllers for this game that has never been patched, so keep that in mind if you are gonna play this on the Steam deck. Game itself is fun though and a throwback to the old generations.
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Sept. 2024
In general Off the Record is essentially Dead Rising 2, but with various QoL improvements and a story that takes all the major events of the original and basically mirrors them; however, this time with twists and with Frank back as the lead. There's a few new things here and alterations to stuff. There’s checkpoints. Frank feels a little better to control. If you liked Dead Rising 2, you’ll like Off the Record; however, if you’re bored of playing Dead Rising 2, you’re not going to be any more enlivened by this one. The story is more tongue-in-cheek than Dead Rising 2’s. Frank just has a more sarcastic, less serious vibe than Chuck; however, that’s to be expected given Chuck is trying to save his daughter. It’s a pretty mindless story with juvenile humor and there’s a certain charm to it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if others groan at it. I think the tone suits the world and gameplay better. So many zombie games take themselves WAY too seriously. There should be more irreverent zombie games where the inherent silliness of it all is played up and people get to treat the ‘Apocalypse’ like a playground instead of a desperate scramble for survival. You’ve got the same timer as before, although missions happen at different times than the original. I am not sure how much of a factor this plays in things. When I originally played Dead Rising 2, the timer was oppressive until I got used to the game and then it became largely a non-issue. In Off the Record it has always felt like a complete non-issue to me, so if you had no trouble with the timer before, you’ll certainly have no trouble now. Since this game is basically just an improved DR2, it comes with the same issues. I don’t like the psychopaths in either game. They weren’t fun to fight in the original. And they aren’t fun to fight here. In most cases they are even easier to beat than they were in the original, but there’s a few exceptions with the AI being broken and they do stuff they were not able to do before. It isn’t some great hindrance, but it just makes things more tedious. They are still quite easy when you know what you’re doing, but they still aren’t fun. The survivors are MUCH more troubling to save here than they were in DR2. They had much higher survivability in the original. And even with the leadership magazines they are still a pain in the butt to deal with here. At the same time you’ve got checkpoints now so if something happens, just reload from the checkpoint. To be honest I’d rather deal with survivors that were more competent and capable of surviving without checkpoints than what we have in Off the Record. They are just tedious to deal with sometimes. And invariably you’ll get almost to the safehouse and one gets gobbled up by a horde of zombies and the newly buffed looters. The late game is more tedious than it was in the original as well. It was not a welcome change to have to deal with the part of the game I liked least about the original, which was the post-military stuff. It adds more challenge, which some may enjoy, but I just find it to be a tedious obstacle that adds nothing more than anything. I’m glad to have played the game, but because it is so much like Dead Rising 2 I did not get the same level of thrill here. I just feel like I’ve been here and done that. So while I recommend it, it isn’t like I can offer effusive praise for it. If you want more Dead Rising 2, get this. If you got your fill with the original, then don’t bother. This game isn’t going to win you over any more.
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Aug. 2024
This game is fun and i enjoyed it a lot ESPECIALLY with a friend. Pros. 1. Fun with a friend 2. Fun gameplay, and LOTS of variety. 3. Lots to do 4. story is as goofy as a Dead Rising game should be. 5. Bosses/Combo Weapons are fun and interesting. 6. THE MUSIC IS A CHEF'S KISS Cons. 1. Crashes semi often. 2. Jumping feels wack. 3. The loading times can be annoying after a while. 4. If you wanna use controller you gotta get a controller script and put it in the files which is another hassel within itself. AND THIS GAME ORIGINATED ON CONSOLE. Thanks Capcom for the controller support. 8/10 its a good Dead Rising game. Really good. Just not a good port. Had more fun in it then problems so i still recommend it.
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July 2024
Amazing game, even played it on 360. Ignore all the people saying "The game doesn't work with xbox controller" It's super easy to do and can be done in under 3 minutes, watch this video, follow everything, and you'll be playing with a controller easily in no time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoM01fHZm50&ab_channel=WheatstoneHolmes
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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
7.5
2,936
863
Online players
40
Developer
Capcom Vancouver
Publisher
Capcom
Release 11 Oct 2011
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