Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Chuck Green, a name familiar to zombie shoot ‘em up lovers, returns in the prequel Dead Rising 2: Case Zero from Capcom.  Don’t get it twisted though – this is not just some five dollar demo, as nothing from Case Zero is lifted from the actual Dead Rising 2 slated for release later this month.

In Case Zero, you start off in a contamination zone wheeling a garbage bin with the base of a motorcycle inside. The objective is to navigate through Still Creek town to find other parts to put your motorcycle back together, all the while navigating through hordes of zombies and obtaining points for smashing into them with the garbage bin.  Once the garbage bin is placed within home base you begin the task of combating zombies, trying to locate people of interest who aid you on your journey, collecting money, and finding keys to unlock doors – all in order to collect parts and construct Chuck’s motorcycle. However, there is a catch as you must achieve this task within 24 hours, before the military arrives and Chuck’s infected daughter is put into quarantine.

There is a massive number of weapons available to kill off the zombies: guns, swords, chairs, and axes, just to name a few.  Each zombie kill is recorded which in return levels up our protagonist, giving him more fighting moves and abilities.  The experience gained in Case Zero will carry over to Dead Rising 2.

Case Zero has a ton of replay value and the game will give you a solid 20 hours of game play if you want to unlock everything.  Having said all that, it’s a great build up for the actual Dead Rising 2 game, which releases September 24^th, 2010.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is available now for download via Xbox Live.