Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Protagonist New Image Review

While free, downloadable demos have revolutionized the art of shopping for games, they’re not for everyone. If you’ve got a well-developed sense of your likes and dislikes, demos can feel like a waste of time. Though some publishers are working on ways to reward those who try demos, players often end up replaying portions of games once they pick them up at retail. Who wants to waste time playing some early chapter twice?

Players of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will be able to dress protagonist Chuck Greene in a variety of bizarre get-ups.

“Dead Rising 2: Case Zero” gets around that fundamental conundrum by introducing “DR2’s” main character, Chuck Greene, and zombie-slaughtering gameplay, but it’s in a prequel chapter that takes place in a separate location from the retail game. In other words, we won’t be replaying any of this stuff once the main game launches, unless we want to.

“Case Zero” (rated M, $5 download for Xbox 360) meets up with motocross racer Chuck and his daughter, Katey, in the small town of Still Creek. Set some time after the first “Dead Rising,” which told the story of a zombie-creating toxin released into a Denver-area shopping mall, “Case Zero” introduces us to a world where a drug company has created Zombrex, a temporary cure that has to be injected every 12 hours to prevent the infected from turning into shambling, flesh-eating groaners.

Katey and her dad pull into Still Creek to fill up their gas tank, but before long, someone has stolen Chuck’s truck, which includes the doses of Zombrex needed to keep the little girl healthy. Chuck’s mission is to find Katey Zombrex and find a way out of town before the feds come in, quarantine the area and take his daughter away.

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