Dead Rising

[Myth]

one save game per live profile. I think the in-game system works fine, but its a pain in the backside that myself and my mate can't have our own saved games on the one 360.

I'm 99% sure that you can just make him his own profile and he'll be able to have his own saves on any game.

[Paulos G]

Myth is 100% right. You can create a new profile on the 360 which can have its own saves.

[eastyy]

Just saw the opening movie.....that was slightly disturbing

Still i have been playing the game and enjoying it the way the save game system works does not bother me in the slightest

i think of it as ground hog day when you restart each game with more knowledge

[Jebus]

I have never felt cheated by a boss in the game, and more often than not a save point is VERY close to where they are situated anyway.

My only real gripe with the game is the dumbassness of the AI at times, and being knocked to the floor *just* as you're getting up after being knocked down (boss fights). Its ****ing horrid, and rather unfair.

The boss fights at times are so unbareably cheap at times it's a real shame I feel. I'm thikning of the one you mentioned but also the

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bombs/carlito

one where if you get hit by a pipe bomb from him you can literally not get off the floor and he just keeps throwing them right on top of you.

My wife thought I was insane because I was trying to not to swear during some of those boss fights that all I kept saying was "Oh my god that is SO cheap" at louder and louder inclements til I eventually gave in and started saying "**** sake"...

The trouble with the save system is that unless you save RIGHT after a case (ie in the security room) you are risking that you've saved with not enough time to complete a case. If you save in toilets etc then you really are risking that, whereas in the security room directly after a case completion you know you'll have enough time. Then of course, if you HAVE saved without enough time (and on first playthrough early in the game you really can't know if you'll have enough time) you've pretty much broken your game and save and have no choice but to die and restart. THAT is very poor, but then I've only saved a few times outside of the security room. I'm glad you can't save anywhere but it would have been nice to be able to have a few save files so you could always revert to a save before you ****ed it up, saving with not even time.

I would also argue that having multiple saves doesn't RUIN the game, but losing the will to reload via the exit to dash -> reload game method, or having to restart over and over miles back because you didn't want to risk saving at that point could ruin it for some people.

[Akira]

Quick question.In overtime mode,does anyone else get obscene amounts of slowdown when they enter north plaza? i only get it for like 10 seconds or so.

[Concept]

Yes, there is slowdown in certain sections with Overtime,

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presumably due to the more advanced AI used for the Special Forces enemies.

[Akira]

Thanks bro.Just wanted to make sure it was'nt my copy.

[ph0rce]

Yes, there is slowdown in certain sections with Overtime,

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presumably due to the more advanced AI used for the Special Forces enemies.

I've only experienced serious slowdown twice in the game, once in the maintenance tunnels where I'm assuming there wasjust too much going on for the Xbox to cope with & also right at the end of Overtime mode

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where all the zombies are surrounding the tank during the boss fight, really threw me off balance when it happened, thought I was in the middle of some bullet time style nonsense!!

[Akira]

Yea it's a shame to see it as everything else feels so solid.Just try walking into the main entrance of north plaza in overtime mode.I swear the frame rate must drop down to single digits.

[ph0rce]

Yea it's a shame to see it as everything else feels so solid.Just try walking into the main entrance of north plaza in overtime mode.I swear the frame rate must drop down to single digits.

North Plaza has never given me any problems at all, I'm assuming you mean the section when you enter it through the glass doors from the park? Always been fine for me strangely enough!

[supersmithy]

I had slowdown in north plaza - not in o/t mode either. Also had it in paradise. Had no idea what was causing it, since there was hardly anything going on, i just took it for a bug. Dissapeared shortly, so it's no biggie.

Completed o/t mode, and got the ending where

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frank is on the tank going GRAAAAAAAAH

also had the one after 72 hour mode

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where chopperman gets pwned and crashes (obviously I have had this one)

. Are there any others - that are better than these ones?? They seemed a little.. short, to me!

[Akira]

I'm assuming you mean the section when you enter it through the glass doors from the park? Always been fine for me strangely enough!

yep that's the one.It's really quite off putting.

[ph0rce]

Completed o/t mode, and got the ending where

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frank is on the tank going GRAAAAAAAAH

also had the one after 72 hour mode

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where chopperman gets pwned and crashes (obviously I have had this one)

. Are there any others - that are better than these ones?? They seemed a little.. short, to me!

That's exactly what I thought too, I couldn't believe the overtime mode ending to be honest, thought I might have accidentally pressed a button & skipped most of it. Feel a bit cheated really. Has anyone else had anything different?

[Akira]

Completed o/t mode, and got the ending where

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frank is on the tank going GRAAAAAAAAH

also had the one after 72 hour mode

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where chopperman gets pwned and crashes (obviously I have had this one)

. Are there any others - that are better than these ones?? They seemed a little.. short, to me!

I got those exact endings as well.So the the ending in

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overtime mode with frank on the tank is the true ending? i was expecting something a little better to be honest

[NeoStuey]

The boss fight early on with

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Isabella

outside the supermarket was particulary annoying.

I found her annoying, however I have developed a technique that will allow to redress the balance during that fight.

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When then battle starts run straight to the skip that is next to the entrance to wonderland plaza and jump on it. Now Isabela can't run you over. She will fly around the immediate area on her bike pausing to take shots at you with her handgun. Using a sniper rifle or shotgun, track her movement as best you can, she will usually stop at one of either two spots, shot her as many times as you can when she does until her energy is drained, job done.

I am in the process of doing another speed run and have decided to make a journal of what happened along the way. Probably not really of interest to anyone other than me but it gave me an excuse to play through the whole thing again.