Case Zero and Case West: Dead Rising 2 DLC Review 

Frank had a separate moveset when you played as him in Case West, it was quite unfortunate that you couldn’t just select him, and thats what a lot of the criticism of this game came to be.

In Off The Record, player two was Chuck (and yes, there can be two chucks). That explains why Chuck has a camera because it would be less fun for only one character to have it Honestly, that's the best part about Off The Record. Having two different characters in mulitplayer rather than having two Chucks in 2. And their interactions together are funny.

Personally, I liked Case Zero a little more, and I wish that it was a larger game. I love the town they're in, and the potential for the town is crazy high

Dear god thank you so much for this. Have been binging all the other DR vids on your channel, so glad to see new content on it

Another great video! I stand by what I've said in the past that Dead Rising, at its core, is a time management game. The escorting, looking for weapons, mixing juices, fighting bosses, collecting money (DR2), all "waste" the players time in various ways. Some of these (weapons, juices, money) require the player to invest time in the hopes that they're rewarded something that will save them time in the future (mixed drinks, combo weapons, buying zombrex, etc). By trying to make the games more "homogenized" and "accessible" (not to actually disabled people though. Only to the Able who are just picky and use "accessibility issue" as a scapegoat for what they don't like) to the masses, the franchise lost key elements that lent themselves well to the Timer mechanic. I continue to see more and more gamers complain about mechanics that differ from the norm, simply because they're different. The lock-on mechanic in the Devil May Cry games, Weapon Durability in BotW, stalker enemies like Mr. X in RE2R, etc. Feels like a lot of gamers just want all games to play the same. It's very worrying to me.

Remember playing case zero for weeks before the 2nd game released, it was a prequel story in a way, and it was fresh at the time, good memories! As for case west, it released after the Sequel, but also before Off The Record Overall, it wasn’t “dlc’s” but standalone Xbox Arcade games for 15$ or so, and for most gamers at the time, this got us hyped for the upcoming DeadRising 2 game, overall, a lot of enjoyment was had on release, but got dull years after… Good marketing skit tho, 10/10, I have more vivid memories of the dlc’s sometimes than the main game itself somehow

He finally did the DLC 😍 My man is a people pleaser

love the videos Dorkaxe keep up the great work cant wait for another game series or more content on DR1 and DR2

Hey man just found this series and I’ve been binging every video, I love your outlook on things keep up the good work

Case west has one of my favourite scenes in the whole franchise when frank and Chuck high five

Man is a legend like STiPO in a way and another great youtuber i forget the name of who's less then famous sweet. I love the Dead Rising community, wish it wasn't dead.

Loved those mini reviews!

Glad you broke your promise and therefore silence, loved the video. Also didn't think you'd make me get infuriated over a basketball game I'd never consider playing, but you did that too. Good shit

Yo that 2k review and the dead rising review is something I wasn’t expecting in my lifetime

As always your in-depth and amazing analysis of games is really something and such a fun and enjoyable watch! KEEP IT UP!! :)

I hope my guy keeps grinding. I don't watch every video. But everyone I watch I love. Keep the vibes flowing

Whats cool was how Frank had his old moves from DR1!

For the whole Rebecca not knowing You could technically say Frank discovered his source and wanted to tell Rebecca about it so that they could go to the facility. Maybe Rebecca didn’t know and Frank was gonna tell her and was planning to go to the facility with her.

YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS NEVERTHELESS WAITING FOR ANOTHER VIDEO IN GENERAL

This is half a year late, but i just wanted to say that Case Zero being my first Dead Rising game ever was one of the best introductions to a game series Ive played. From the marketing that I personally saw at the time, it was shown to me as a tutorial/prequel hybrid for the full game. It definitely did prep me for DR2, and is probably the whole reason i got into the series as a whole.

Hot take: I like 1, 2, and 3. I like 2 more than 1, and 1 more than 3. But, I got 3 on sale for like 10 bucks and really enjoyed my time with it.

You’re far to harsh on DR3.

DR3 is way better than people give it credit for. DR1, DR2, and OTR are obviously the best games but even these spin-off titles are pretty solid. I remember being able to enter pretty much every building in DR3 maybe not but I felt that way.

3:37-3:58 And that, is the "Franchise Original Sin" Trope in a nutshell.

I wish these couldve been remastered as well would be fun to play

Wasn't a big ball of sunshine and rainbows but as usual I appreciate your views. Still waiting to be called for that DR3 re-review co-op collab

Ive like dead rising but I don't understand the hate for 3 it was really good

case zero is something i have always liked it might not be the best but as a fan of the first 2 games it is great when ever i would play 2 from the start i would always replay case zero first then transfer over the 5 levels you get to the main game honestly it would be really nice for both case zero and west to get a pc port honestly its a shame that they did not get ported back when the first game was ported to the PC and ps4

Love the diversity in the scope of the games you covered. Never knew 2k had a draft combine dlc, also totally forgot about these dlcs

Everytime I watched one of this dudes dead rising reviews I feel like he just hates the entire series

you know something is bad when you start comparing some of it's features to other failed variations of those features lol. still, a good and consistant review. i am, honestly surprised you do not have more views and subs. consistant commentary and easy to follow review points, which is exactly what a review needs.

Case West's final boss is Mutahar from SOG

The Fact these weren't included in a Game of the Year /Ultimate Version on PC is FRUSTRATING!!!!! WHHHYYY CAPCOM, WHY MICROSOFT.

I’m so glad I found your channel! Also, can’t wait for the EA battlefront II video! :)

Welcome back.

how can i get my hands on these dlcs? i have wanted to try them out for so many years

Hey dude, I started watching your Dead Rising videos about a year or two ago. Loved all of them and your thoughts on them. I even left long comments on them under a different account. Forgot I wasn't subscribed to you on this account! Glad to see you covered these DLCs! Total nostalgia for both of them. I don't really have much to say about them. I think both of them are very great. I mainly wanted to say that your DR1 analysis inspired me to make a video essay/analysis video on the DR1 psychopaths. Not trying to sound overly prideful, but the video actually became one of my most-viewed videos, so it isn't some cheap imitation. I even mention your video at one point. I was curious to see what your input would be (especially since one of the only respectful and slight disagreements I had with your DR1 video was the psychopath section).

I love the 2K in Fable tangent didn't expect it whatsoever. Thought you were going to mention them in passing, because of the pre-release DLC thing and move on. Lol

Good video. Subbed

Super Ultra Dead Rising 3' Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX + α was actually fun

First DR review I saw from you was DR2's. Seeing that your conclusion, in contrast to DR1, DR2 was a decent sequel but it doesn't surpass DR1. You went from that, to acclaim both DR1 and DR2, in contrast to DR3 (which was a genuine attempt at changing the formula, but backfire) and DR4 which was a mess and even makes DR3 looks great in comparasion. Great reviews man, keep it up with the good content!

Clearly the ending was a teaser for the inevitable dead rising mobile review. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Still can't believe that's a real thing, that and the movies. Capcom you shameless shameless cretins.

Chuck and Frank together are the perfect duo. This is why Case West is so awesome. Full game should have been them 2.

I honestly thought you just didn’t realize this existed then I know you talked about it and just felt like you didn’t need a video.

I appreciate you talking about the 2K game. Just makes me glad I never picked it up. Granted, I've never played professional basketball but I did play it growing up. Defense being on me didn't prevent me from making baskets. Just made it a little bit harder to sink those shots. Ironically, the video game is less realistic than real life but in the opposite direction of what you'd expect, essentially putting a hex or curse on your character.

You've got alot of potential.

Nicee, now we need the DLC of Dead Ricing 3.

Unplug my headphones for 2 seconds an he playing 2k wtf

I played case zero for my first dead rising, I got all the achievements and maxed out everything

This was a great serious

I remember back when DR1 was still big shit, there were all these youtube videos of people picking a store and building their own barricades out of benches and chairs and potted plants to make their own zombie survival forts because they enjoyed goofing around in DR1 that much. Totally emergent, unintended gameplay with no actual feedback from the game itself, no hordes would come attack and the few zombies that would aggro would just sort of walk into the barricades. And yet there were dozens and dozens of these videos. Capcom had something magic and they blew it.

Online works, me and my good friend played it together, I think he was chuck while I was frank, it was me hosting it so it could've been the other way around, didn't even know chuck had a camera. Didn't even think of it, never crossed my mind. I'm not upset about it

I don’t know why I found the whole part talking about how shit chucks camera and how sad it is so fucking funny 😂

Your tirade about ‘the developers should have used the zombrex to subvert expectations in the main game’ was absolutely absurd. Were you being earnest of were you just trying to be profound?

I love that you took a minute to roast 2K

Frick I love Dead rising 2: Case zero, I remember getting it cause I could afford it, I couldn’t afford DR2 at the time (not in till it became free with gold XD) and played the shit out of it, I love the cutscenes with Katie are really well done in my opinion, and the one that plays if you fail to give her zombrex is heartbreaking. Can’t say much of case west I haven’t played it yet but I’ve always wanted to play it though

In Dead Rising 4 we dont play as Frank West. We play as Frank Yeast #NotmyFrankWest

What is your beef with Dead Rising 3? I mean yea its not a DR1 or 2… but i have a feeling you only like 4 more cuz of frank?? Nah dude, you gotta be real with yourself

I got to try case west online in its hay day. Case west let frank/player 2 use his signature moves. And some of the combo weapons can only be fully utilized by frank. He also has all his off the record moves. Alot of case wests new content was like a prototype for off the record, just like case zero was the prototype/test demo for dead rising 2. This means you get characters that actually have different abilities and combo weapon attacks based on who your playing which incentivized coop. Id say case wests biggest issue for me was the lack of time i felt able to explore the enviroment. If the time in the middle of cases fit in just another 1 to 2 hours i always thought it would be perfect.

that outro freaked me out my name is nick lmfao

I played a lot of case west with my friend when it came out, I was always frank and yes you got to use his camera not a disposable. As far as the cameras go, it just felt like something to do to make the game last a little longer And Case Zero, if I remember correctly was only 5 dollars. So for thaf price I felt it was worth it

I hate that I can never play Case Zero because it's trapped on old hardware. My best be would have to be emulation.

I love your videos about dead rising helps give me more insight on why people like these games because I can only get into DR2 and not the 1st one because of the damn jeep in the courtyard

Was too broke to afford any of them and played the first day of case zero for hours on ends

I played through dead rising 4, completed it and then continued to get achievements/explore/kills zombies WITHOUT EVER DYING. To this day I’ve still not even died on the save, something that should come with the Dead Rising staple was always the difficulty imo which 4 lacked completely

Case zero was my fav dlc

i got both when i was like 6, or 5 or somethin like that.

Have You Read The Dead Rising Comics?

Dead rising 3 is great I don't care what people say. 4 is hot garbage but 3 was awesome and had a more serious story in line with the first game

I like every dead rising game before dead rising 4, I find 3 really fun and enjoy nick as a protag though he's no chuck or ofcourse frank

Came for the Dead Rising reviews, stayed for the 2K10 review.

Only one I wish I child play is case zero. You can take the other one and shove it. Case zero if you didn't know was built off of the remaining demo of deadrising 2 that was released. They just put little effort into it which I agree with. But its also meant to be an unimportant town that is suppose to be abandoned for the most part. But to me case zero as in your words is a prequel to deadrising 2 as a whole anyways. It's gives alittle more context to how Katey gotten biten and what happened to chucks wife. In deadrising 2 all we know is chuck had a wife and didn't know what happened to her. Was she killed? Did she turn into a zombie? How did Katey get bitten in the first place? Case zero answered the questions. An answered the question of how chuck got to fortune city. So I mean for what it was worth it was decent to answer some shit. As for case west. We all could have done without a chuck and frank team up. But if you didn't get to play it. It will leave the questions of the ending to deadrising 3. How did chuck know Isabella? How did chuck know frank? Why did the zombie section have certain information? Who as Lady in the wheel chair and why is she significant to deadrising 3 as a character? An so on. The dlc stories answer some the questions that would be asked and were asked. Along with being some of the connecting points to the next game. I get it if most of the critiques were just game related. Yes they could have done better. But deadrising 2 was built from the ground up with almost no preexisting coding or assets from the first game. So the tram could only do what they were able to. The dlc were built off the same engine. Same models were more ore less used. Same game mechanics. An so on. That's why I said with deadrising 4 and I guess I can say with deadrising 3. New game engines. New models. An so on to make the game work as best as it could. If the games were given alittle more time in the oven like everyone has been wanting for years now bit are still willing to not accept it and want the game ASAP. They could have been better. But we got what we got. Which is about all we can ask for.

Wonderwoman emoted on the edge right before you killt her

Yeah frank used his camera in coop

Tbf if frank could use the camera and only chuck could make weapons and you could pick between the two would have been better

your right Chuck shouldn't have been able to use a disposable camera.......... he should've used a phone camera instead

It's a shame that capcom didn't implement save feature from CZ to 2 remastered on xbox series. I know it's only a few combo cards and lvl 5 but i was still cool feature in 2010.

If you haven't already you gotta play deus ex games. You really seem to like the ideas behind the immersive sim genre

i can understand disliking the DLC's case 0 was meant to just be an appetizer for dead rising 2 with case west being... idk a bit more story context? a way to say overtime isnt the canon end to 2? maybe even a definitive way chuck is absolved of the belief he started the outbreak? but what they do great is give more personality to chuck beyond his one liners hes a really caring father which is pretty apparent in 2 but you the dlcs and shoot even dead rising 3 really give alot of weight to chuck as a character

I would have played as Frank for the DLC lmao. I make my friend download it sometimes so I can play as Frank

This was a great dissection of the dlcs and how the changes made here while small and somewhat excusable as dlc started the downward trend 3 and 4's design went down. I don't blame these dlcs, but I can't argue 3&4 were the first time Dead Rising was starting to have it's identity stripped away.

I wish I was able to play these and Dead Rising 3 but I only have PlayStation :/

I think Segway of the Dead needs a full release.

Servers are still on for ps3 but ps3 only has 1 2 and otr

Why was the 2k10 college from my town

Wasn't case zero before dead rising 2 like it was the demo wasn't it

I just do not understand why Capcom make it again. Remake or reboot. Such a strange and great Game. Hope it comes to the switch ♥️ Side note do y remember how much advertising they did for this game. Holy crap zombrex, zombrex everywhere 🤪

I think you're a little too forgiving on Dead rising ones AI because it was really bad and as much as I love that game I can't sit here and be biased and say that it was a fun challenge because it wasn't I felt like after a while even if you tried to be careful you would end up using up most of your time which would take away from being able to rescue other people and in order to actually like get a completionistrating in that game and to rescue everyone it was next to impossible and at that point it wasn't fun you were just following a strategy guide and essentially just speed running which I don't know I don't really think you should have to speed run something in order to be able to complete it that's kind of lame

I like how this turned into a mini 2K review/rant

What's wrong with dr3? It has the best gameplay out of all of them

3:10 “Oh excuse me? Excuse me?! Mista… I don’t think I like yo attitude….. “ -Coach from L4D2. Jk. except Dead Rising 4….. I just like DR3. 😂😱 it definitely ranks below DR2 for me. Can you guys

the camera use complaints are unnecessary

It really pisses me off that these aren't on pc at all.

Damn now 70 comments

dead rising 3 still seems solid to me, its the 4th one where it went to shit

you're a wonderful writer

Case West us a glorified demo, kind of like Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zero. The main DR2 can be played without Case Zero, so it's just a splash of what the game can offer without the full $60 investment back then. I got a good 6+ hours out of CW back then, so it was money well spent. For Case Zero, I wish there was a way to change who you were using. Frank has his Off The Record moveset, but you'd never know that unless if you are Player 2 in Coop.

I'm an absolute baby RU-vidr, but Deadrising is half of my focal content to make- and I absolutely love Deadrising 1 and Deadrising 2 + it's DLC. I got the chance to work with Peter Flemming, Chuck Greene's voice actor, and he is such an awesome guy! My time working with him honestly made me a bit of a Deadrising 2 fanboy. To me, 1 and 2 are equally good for different reasons. They both at least feel like Deadrising. 3 and 4 are trash lol.

I like the 2k rant in this dead rising 2 video..nice 👍🏾

Now play the Dead Rising 1 mobile game.