Dead Rising 2 Review

Dead Rising 2 is the sequel to the great game Dead Rising.  It does not continue the story from the first one because you play as a different character.  In this game you play as Chuck Greene, a former motor crosser.  I liked this character more than Frank West.  Frank West seemed to annoy me a bit in the first Dead Rising.  Chuck participates in a game show called Terror is Reality to get money for his daughter.  Terror is Reality is a game show where people kill zombies in mini-games.  The story is good.  That's all I will say because the plot unfolds after the Terror is Reality intro.  Their is a prequel to this game were you can play as Chuck in a small town.  The prequel is called Dead Rising 2: Case Zero.  I enjoyed the prequel because it was release before the game was and it allowed you to transfer your characters level to Dead Rising 2 (max level 5).  Dead Rising 2 allows players to make combo cards.  Combo cards is a recipe to make an item where you have to get multiple items and combine them at a workbench.  Some of my favorite are: jewelry + flashlight= lightsaber, car battery + wheel chair + machine gun = machine gun chair, lead pipe + fireworks = rocket cannon.  The game offers some online play.  Terror of Reality was available when the game was first released but I am sure their is not to many people on it now.  After two weeks of release I had to wait about thirty to minutes to play a match of Terror is Reality.  Co-Op is also offered in this Dead Rising game.  It is great to not play this game solo and with a friend.  Even after you beat the game you can go play on someone elses' file with all of your skills.  I am level 50 (max) and it can be fun to go into someone elses' game and screw up them from getting ending A (ending A is the best ending to get). Ending A you may ask?  Their are many ways for this game to end.  Ending  "A" will result in Overtime Mode were you get to continue the game.  Heads up, Overtime Mode is disapointing.  The main thing that makes this game better then the first one is the Co-Op, combo cards, and not playing as annoyng Frank West.  Fan--tastic!  83%