While we still haven't had a chance to see it, Dead Rising 2 developer Blue Castle Games dropped a few new details on the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive pre-release DLC, "Case Zero."
Designed as a prologue to Dead Rising 2, the standalone downloadable content will link the events of the original with the sequel, which takes place five years after the events of Willamette Mall. The content will introduce the game's new protagonist Chuck Greene, as well as his daughter, along with new game mechanics like item combinations to create weapons and more.
"Case Zero" will be set in the desert town of Still Creek, and is said to feature three hours of completely unique content not found on the retail disc. This will include, we're told, a ton of zombies, survivors to save, as well as living psychopaths bent from the pressures of an undead outbreak. What the "Case Zero" won't support, however, is co-op, a new feature found in the final retail version of Dead Rising 2.
Capcom isn't currently talking pricing, and it won't pin down a date, although it has confirmed it will be available before the sequel hits stores on August 31.
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10:00 AM on 04.20.2010 | 
YES.
might get it, still not sure if i agree with the idea of paying for content like this though.
No, as this won't be in the game.
They're spending money, time and resources working extra hours to make a brand new (albeit short) game to fill the void until the full release. GREEDY BASTARDS.
The former makes more sense if it's coming out BEFORE Dead Rising 2 hits stores, otherwise there's no point in releasing it beforehand, especially when you consider how much people will freak about it not simply being included with the full game.
I'm supportive of this idea, assuming it's reasonably priced with respect to the amount of gameplay it offers.
the standalone downloadable content
feature three hours of completely unique content
although it has confirmed it will be available before the sequel hits stores
Headline gut reaction will always equal fail.
Could be true, as unrelated to this story as your comment is.
Not really. It's a paid demo, they said demos won't be free much longer. While you are getting far more bang for your buck (assuming the price is reasonable which I'm sure it'll be) the comment is completely relevant.
I think that's actually a really good point brought up. I thought he was talkin' smoke but with this DLC I think he could be onto something. Granted, I highly doubt all demos will go this route, but it's pretty interesting.
It would only spark more "OFMG TEH DLCZ N GAIM IZNOT OUT YT!!!! RA3G!!11!11!!!!1" bullshit but it could spark some cool ass ideas.
Imagine betas for co-op heavy games that tie sequels together. That'd be cool bones.
FACT: The best demo in the history of videogames was Half-Life: Uplink. It was a free, stand-alone piece of HL goodness that didn't even appear in the full game (the demo consisted of modified versions of scenes cut from the retail release).
You can't find it on Steam, and Valve's website makes no mention of its existence. The only way to play it today is to own the original demo disc (like I do), or grab it online and hope it works with your setup.
Pass.
Any idea if its three hours our time, or three hours Dead Rising time? Getting it anyway. Its only four months away, woop :-)
How is new content, enemies, storylines etc a ''glorified demo''?
This thread has some of the dumbest posters I have seen since nschroder and rogue eclipse.
I apologize in advance for this unedited, meandering and poorly written douche nozzle of words.
I would encourage us to think about all of these peripheral charges in the same way we do "hidden fees". The video below goes into detail on how banks design schemes of "stealth pricing".
True cost (interest rates) are hidden behind words like "fees". Overdraft Insurance (which is a short term loan) is given as a mandatory "courtesy" to get around laws. In true mafia style, it literally can't be refused. In my professional opinion - mandatory private (for profit) Insurance is very good evidence a monopoly has eliminated a free market.
The true cost of an account, the becomes a complicated logarithm which requires you to do a research project to figure out.Do any of you know how to impute the interest rate for a 1 week loan into an APR? I would be happily surprised if 10% of you did.
The example in the video is a $7 dollar pizza and a $31 dollar overdraft fee. The answer is @ a 2000% annual interest rate.
"DLC" when viewed in this context is more marketing wizardry. It is designed to confuse consumers ability to calculate the value of an item.
You may wish to reward (provide a gift or bonus) to a game studio that has provided you an exceptional value for your upfront $60 investment. But don't delude yourself into believing much of what is termed "DLC" isn't current pipeline - supply that was kept off the market to create artificial scarcity.
After all, DLC is specifically designed to prevent you from putting it on the market. You can't sell it used unless it is in a transferable media form.
When you can't sell something under the law it means you don't own it. It means your rights have been reduced to that of lower caste. Such as a slave woman or child who is not allowed to own property.
This all goes back to the Age of the Enlightenment - where slave/serfs dared to ask themselves, 'do people have the right to own themselves or are they the property of their lord, government, employer or church?' These people were referred to as heretics, traitors, race traitors/fuzzy lovers, anarchists/terrorists, feminists, socialists and promptly tortured, murdered and imprisoned. See how far we have come.
So why do American corporations hate freedom so much? Why do they loath democracy and prefer tyranny? We now have an answer. Freedom isn't profitable. We now know what the slogan 'freedom isn't free' means.
Artificial scarcity is a type of tax. It is referred to as 'dead weight loss' in economic theory. The direct opposite of a "free market." The difference in price between what it is, and how much lower the price would be if the Government had regulation of the industry to protect market competition.
Conversely, business propaganda refers to regulation of business as anti-free market. An astonishingly profitable achievement in what is known by many names- disinformation, double think, brain washing, the big lie, etc...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/creditcards/view/?utm_campaign=viewpage&utm_medium=grid&utm_source=grid
Maybe people don't even read the actual article anymore, they just skip to the comments.
but really I want to see pricing, size, and how long before the actual game release they're going to drop this thing before I make I make a decision if they're just trying to milk us or actually are interested in generating hype.
You are my new friend. Brilliantly written, articulated and I couldn't agree more. What will it take to smack people out of their haze ?
I agree with what you say 100%... but I REALLY want that DLC.
What do I do???
You can be as patronizing as you like. I read the whole blog post first. Any marketing person worth his or her wage can put clever words together to make something sound great to the consumer, that is their job. If you guys wanna kid yourselves into thinking that DLC is a great idea while your waiting for the game to be released your fucking crazy. There is no reason other than to make money from the consumer that this is being released separate from the disk. DLC is a fucking clever industry tool to make money, more money, from us. If people are stupid enough to fall for it and pay for it, then they will keep doing it. This is probably a piece of game that was made and dropped because it wasn't working properly, or it was a dropped beta level, which they have realized, thanks to the 'DLC' tag, they can still make money from it.
How much are you willing to pay for the Dead Rising experience?
YES. I remember it so vividly - until its release I lived in a world of doom clones, (mostly Goldeneye,) and then this lowly demo comes along and totally changes my perspective of what videogames could be. Oh, and then the rest of the game happened, of course.
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