Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Basically Dead Rising 2 Uncut, Dead Rising 2 but gooder with a less serious story and brown eyed Frank West.
Possibly the best Dead Rising next to the original.

Let’s talk about Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, the reimagining of an already slightly unhinged zombie-slaying adventure, this time with the return of the fan-favorite, Frank West. It’s a chaotic sandbox brawler filled with ridiculous combo weapons, boss fights against psychopaths, and zombie-killing by the thousands. It’s fun. It’s flashy. It’s over-the-top.

But sadly, it’s not Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition.

Combat Variety vs Purposeful Design

Yes, in Dead Rising 2: Off The Record you can tape a lawnmower to a wheelchair and mow down zombies in a shopping mall. Hilarious? Yes. Effective? Sometimes. But Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition offers a different kind of variety — every plant has a clear role, every zombie type demands a new strategy. There’s no button-mashing here, just pure, elegant tower defense design. Why swing a flaming sledgehammer when you can plant a Jalapeño and wipe a whole lane with style and spice?

Frank West’s Camera vs Crazy Dave’s Pot

Dead Rising’s photo mechanic is fun — snapping action shots of explosions and zombie carnage earns you prestige points. But let’s be honest: has Frank West ever handed you a potted sunflower and told you to believe in sunlight economy? No. Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition lets you experience a tactical, strategic bond with your flora. Meanwhile, Frank just wants to take selfies with zombies in a Speedo. One’s a power fantasy. The other’s a masterclass in game balance.

Boss Fights vs Gameplay Flow

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record adds flavor with its bizarre boss encounters: over-the-top psychopaths with weird gimmicks. It’s certainly memorable. But let’s not confuse “memorable” with “cohesive.” Boss fights can be jarring spikes in difficulty and tone. Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition handles escalation with grace: it introduces balloon zombies and instantly gives you the tools to counter them. The final Dr. Zomboss battle? It’s peak crescendo, pure design harmony. Frank fights a chainsaw-wielding chef for a lobster weapon. Why? Because chaos, I guess.

Open World vs Focused Experience

Yes, Dead Rising 2: Off The Record is open world. You can go anywhere, save survivors, mess around in the casino. But often, that world feels more like filler than flow. Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition gives you tight, lean levels, each bringing fresh mechanics. Not an ounce of bloat. There’s no fetch quest. No escort mission with suicidal NPCs. No racing segments in a clunky golf cart. Just pure gameplay, one tile at a time.

Tone and Humor: Subtle vs Slapstick

Let’s not pretend that Dead Rising 2: Off The Record doesn’t try to be funny — it’s practically a parody of itself. But while its humor is loud, brash, and mostly based on blood-soaked absurdity, Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition delivers actual charm: smiling sunflowers, groaning zombies in traffic cones, and a soundtrack that could power a happy apocalypse. Crazy Dave’s pan on his head outshines Frank West’s entire wardrobe.

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record is a solid, chaotic sandbox zombie game with a flair for nonsense and spectacle. But if you want real depth, real balance, and real brilliance wrapped in irresistible charm, you know what game reigns supreme:

Plant Vs Zombies: GOTY Edition.

Because at the end of the day, would you rather juggle a chainsaw-blade launcher... or simply plant a potato mine and watch genius unfold?

I LOVE DRINKING MILK

I loved this game back on xbox 360.
However this port is horrible. It crashed my pc and I have run more intense games before
also It does not have controller support

How is this allowed to be sold is beyond me.

Zombies

dead rising 2 but better

This is probably my favorite Dead Rising game. (I've played DR1 through DR3 and everything in between aka side game etc.)

one of my favorite games oat

No controller support even with Steam Input. Port is bad.

Bro the save system don't work. it don't work man. this is the 3rd dead rising game iv'e gotten and its the 3rd one iv'e returned.

And yes i did save. It specifically told me "Saved successfully" but nope it just didn't.

Fantastic game originally. This version however does not support my Dualshock 4 Controller. Tried a few fixes to no avail.

Would not recommend if you want to play with controller.

yes

awesome game i like making my pp get larger

This is a fun and enjoyable game especially with friends. Overall there maybe some random bugs but I haven't seen any. Overall A+ of enjoyment.

Would be a great game if they would fix all the bugs... how they released this game in this state is disgusting

best part bout this game isn't it not working on linux or it running like a potato or not having controller support NOOOOOOO WE HERE TO WATCH FURRY MEN CROSSDRESS AND WHOOP A$$. PS it runs better than GTA V tho LOL.

I love Dead Rising and this is the only iteration I hadn't played yet. Game has crashed 3 times at random parts when I open my map. I know it's not my specs because I've played 1-3 with no problems whatsoever.

For a game that relies heavily on manual saving plus few and far between checkpoints, it's pretty much unplayable in my opinion. I don't have time to detour to save points constantly as the game greatly discourages this and I don't feel like having to go back and redo 30-45 minute segments of gameplay every time the game crashes.

They shouldn't be allowed to sell this in it's current state.

hell yeah

Frank West is gonna cover more than wars after this one.

Game does not support a basic 8-BitDo PC controller. Lame.

Update your $h!t CAPCOM!!! Seriously!!!

If Bethesada can still update FALLOUT 4 (a ten year old game), you all can DEFINITELY put in a controller update for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Love this game. Played it on Xbox 360 a long time ago and it was worth picking up again. Beat the entire game in co-op. Lots of fun with a friend. It harkens back to a different time of video games. The bosses can be quite tough and the game doesnt hold your hand a lot. If youre having trouble, just try to level up some. You will get more powerful, get more health, move faster. It can be tough to beat the game without these upgrades.

Cant take a few minutes out of your day to fix the controller issue? Lame

"Killer"

I had this game on Xbox, I had to get it twice because the game’s that good, only issue is lack of controller support but there is work arounds.

Had to use a mod to get controller/high resolutions working properly, and then had an infinite loading screen bug after beating one of the last bosses. Game's broken, don't bother.

best game. worth the purchase.

Its nice

Very fun

good

dead rising 2 but frank west

After buying the game I couldnt even save as it automatically said the saved game data files were corrupted. Even after deleting all files and saved files on their respective directories it still states corrupted. What a waste of so much time....

The game will require particular set of skills to edit registry for profile path with the method to remove special characters or spaces to get the save file to work. Another issue is the fact that the game crashes randomly on most encountered bugs. Without mod patches or filtered compatible settings set within the control panel of your graphics card, the game would just run poorly.

As much as I love the nostalgia of this game, this is indeed a poor game port of the PC/Steam platform that would direly need a lot of workaround solutions just to make it run seamlessly. Overall, there is no option to rate this game on steam by scale, but I would recommend the game only if a player has enough patience and love for this amazing game.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record Sandbox Mode is my favorite zombie game of all time no contest. People mention games being cozy. This game is super cozy to me. I like clearing out all of the zombies in an area or finding a safe spot and just taking a break. LOVE THIS GAME 10/10.

zombies and gambling who doesnt love that!

Screw everything else this is my #1 game of all time entirely for nostalgia

running to the security room from the vent in under 5 seconds before the case expires simulator

FAN TASTIC

I can understand people liking this game but not me. The controls are terrible, shooting is just bad, i hate the time limitation that has going for it, graphics are not great. Not a big fan !

I only bought the game because it had Frank West

I'm not disappointed at all. 10/10

fix the controller issue capcom. what the fuck

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it
Shift + Space + M1

Great if you want to mindlessly kill zombies.

Ballsack PC port. controller support nope, use community layouts and steam input, and you can atleast you use it. It’s not much more than a remix , I recommend it as a way to replay dead rising 2 when you get the urge. I liked it because it has coop, and that’s fun because your friend is fun. They can be chuck, and then you can do funny things.

Now don't get me wrong, i'm not giving a negative review because this is a bad game, it isn't. I'm giving a negative review on this game because holy shit this is a bad PC port of a beloved classic from the Xbox 360 era.

I ran into slowdown, stuttering, and graphical issues (even though I have a powerful enough computer to run the Resident evil 4 remake comfortably), and that's just in singleplayer. When I played online with my friend, things got even worse.

Controller support is terrible (The game only recognizes wired Xbox 360 controllers, if you try to use anything else without a mod it will not work), the game had a tendency to kick the 2nd player out whenever the host reloaded the game, the game crashed at certain points, we had a loading bug where we couldn't load beyond 7-4 (Which we were able to thankfully fix that via lowering the FPS), and worse of all, there was a glitch that wouldn't give us our objectives sometimes, meaning we'd miss out on some of the side quests and other stuff on offer, its unbelievable that this stuff can even happen!

If you still want to try this game out, i'd get the original version on console, try this port at your own risk! (Unless you know how to mod or just don't really care about those issues)

i dont need to say anything get this game

Can you please fix the bug where the game freezes when you bring up the pause menu sometimes other than I'm having fun with this game so far.

No controller support.

Really good For Nostalgia i had to say, the zombie jumpscares always gets me when i was a kid and now as a adult,
the Slappy Mission Still Gets me after defeating him as a child in the first dead rising 2 but i aint rekilling him again after seeing him in my nightmares every time i sleep
100/100 good story telling,cant wait to play the remake these new fanbases of this game franchise are missing out of peak
who cares about bugs and no controller support like every zombie game has no controller support except left 4 dead.
cant wait for dead rising 6 if it either comes out next year or when i have kids if i do get a gf by then
also for controller support download ds4
here's a video for ds4 controller support thingy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8DC5FSHYx0&t=214s
this was my first zombie franchise before resident evil & left 4 dead before they both existed

Poor Chuck...

if your pc is terrible, dont get it lol. it's pretty fun tho.

best dead rising game ever

Amazing.