History VideoGame / DeadRising2

[[folder:''Dead Rising 2'' -- A-F]]

** At the beginning of the game, TK assures the audience that "the carnage is just beginning" after the Slicecycles event. Shortly afterwards, the TIR zombies are released and an outbreak occurs.

** [[spoiler:At the very end of Ending S.]]

** '''I am Antoine! I am THE KING OF CUISINE!'''

* CutsceneDrop: The first possible occurrence is justified by Chuck being kidnapped. Later on Day 4, the character is teleported across Fortune Park upon discovering or destroying the harvesters.

%%* {{Dark Action Girl}}s: The Twins.

%%* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:TK's demise at the end of Overtime.]]

* ExactWords: Before fighting Ted and Snowflake, Chuck (and Frank in ''Off the Record'') suggests feeding Snowflake steaks. Ted is not on board with the idea. After taking him out, though, Snowflake can be tamed and brought back to the safehouse if you feed her - you guessed it - steaks.

''Dead Rising 2: Case West'' came out in December 2010 on the Xbox Live Arcade. Set after the main game in Phenotrans's facility in Fortune City, Chuck is joined by Frank West (an AI buddy in single-player, and the second player's character in co-op) as they work to clear Chuck's name once and for all.

** Honestly, look at how Chuck did with just his bare hands and some duct tape. Assuming the soldiers had enough ammo (let's say the humvees were packed with the stuff), they could have wiped out every zombie in Fortune City. And Boykin's dialogue makes it sound like they have done this a few times before. Just because they didn't have the foresight to realize that [[spoiler: Phenotrans was going to make super-zombies]] doesn't make them dumb.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Phenotrans.]]

** And the Phenotrans, one of the big bad business corporations in the U.S., instigated and is exploiting the zombie outbreak to create more Zombrex for their own monetary gains; they also control people through lies, much like certain people's view of the United States - very much explains the anti-capitalistic nature of this game.

** Mark Bradson, one of the Phenotrans scientists that Chuck encounters, shares his first name with Mark Quemada, a victim in the first game and Marc Cooper, a survivor exclusive to Off the Record.

** At the end of a case involving a Phenotrans lab, you encounter two scientists. A cutscene plays and then they pick up pistols and start shooting at you, and in-game they easily die with a handful of shots from a conveniently placed Merc Assault Rifle. While they do have health bars, they're so weak they don't even qualify as an AnticlimaxBoss fight.

* MostCommonSuperpower: Rebecca, Amber, Crystal, most of the women in the safehouse, and most of the female zombies have [[BuxomIsBetter busts far above average size]].

** Also, if you read their blog, Gretchen is the level-headed one in the "Tape It Or Die" crew, although her posts are [[{{Narm}} extremely melodramatic]] Hell, she probably does the right thing, unlike Chuck, and leaves survivors to their well-deserved deaths rather than trying to talk some sense into them.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the fortunes that the Fortune Whisperer says is "Not everyone you meet can be trusted. Safety is an illusion." This is possibly hinting at [[spoiler:Sullivan's betrayal]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the fortunes that the fortune teller in the Silver Strip casino is "Not everyone you meet can be trusted. Safety is an illusion." This is possibly hinting at [[spoiler:Sullivan's betrayal]].

** In a more specific example, there's [[spoiler: Sullivan. He's a 53-year-old security guard, but also has tons of health, amazing accuracy, and excellent hand to hand combat skills. Whatever, this could just be because he's a badass. However, what's absolutely inexcusable is his glitched uppercut attack that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzW1eVYf4OU as this video shows]] [[HPToOne brings Chuck's health bar down to half of a square.]] Just for reference, if Chuck gets shot with a .50 caliber sniper rifle by, say, one of the redneck snipers, it will only take off one block.]]

* ContinuitySnarl: [[spoiler:Capcom has stated in 2013 that Ending S is supposed to be canon. However, Ending A is what leads to Case West, and this ending can only be achieved by not giving TK Zombrex, as Frank saves Chuck from the zombified TK. Ending S has Chuck personally kill TK. The only explanation that can be given is that Ending A is supposed to take place directly after Ending S, and TK reanimates after his death.]]

%%** Used in the S ending.

* DragonTheirFeet: At the end of the regular game, you defeat [[spoiler: Sullivan, the man directly responsible for the zombie outbreak as well as the previous outbreak and the death of Chuck's wife, while also uncovering evidence that will deal a significant blow against the amoral corporation behind the whole mess. Then a revenge-seeking T.K. shows up to cause some more mayhem, triggering Overtime.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In Overtime, the first thing Chuck hears is [[spoiler: TK]] announcing that it's time for the game to go into overtime!

** Subverted. [[spoiler: A certain black character ''does'' die, but he'll only die when you activate Overtime mode and that's at the end of the game. As an added twist? YOU get to be the one that kills him!]]

* DragonTheirFeet: At the end of the regular game, you defeat [[spoiler: Sullivan, the man directly responsible for the zombie outbreak as well as the previous outbreak and the death of Chuck's wife, while also uncovering evidence that will deal a significant blow against the amoral corporation behind the whole mess. Then a revenge-seeking T.K. shows up to cause some more mayhem, triggering Overtime Mode.]]

** Bibi, and [[spoiler:Overtime mode.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: If you manage to get into Overtime Mode, the first thing Chuck hears is [[spoiler: TK]] announcing that it's time for the game to go into overtime!

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* GoodParents: [[TheHero Chuck Greene]] gets the trophy for this trope. The magnificent bastard is willing to go to hell and back to get Zombrex for his daughter, [[IllGirl Katey]], even if it means going through zombies, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Gas]] [[DemonicSpiders Zombies]], [[ChainsawGood chainsaw-wielding gimps]], [[AxCrazy glass-wielding maniacs]], [[ThatOneBoss overpowered twins with katanas]], ''[[LethalChef literally]]'' [[LethalChef Lethal Chefs]], and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers psychotic mascots with flamethrowers.]] If that isn't good parenting, ''then I don't know what is.''

''VideoGame/DeadRising2OffTheRecord'' was [[http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/11870/dead-rising-2-off-the-record-announced announced]] at Captivate '11, and Capcom admits that the new game is basically FanService (as in {{Continuity Nod}}s and stuff). Indeed, the wackiness is UpToEleven (MaskedLuchador zombies, for example), and even the beloved photos-for-PP mechanic returns. The game is a WhatIf Frank West had been in Chuck Greene's shoes, and Frank's simple answer to the question, "What would you have done differently?" is '''EVERYTHING'''.

* {{BFG}}: A literal one, the Blast Frequency Gun, [[spoiler:which can be upgraded into a [[UpToEleven BIGGER BFG with an amplifier]].]]

* NiceHat: Several can be found throughout the mall. Some are fairly ordinary while others are a bit more extravagant.

* DifficultySpike: The CozyCatastrophe becomes a lot less cozy once [[spoiler: green gas starts being pumped into the mall. It causes many of the zombies to mutate into fast-moving, harder-hitting berserkers who relentlessly chase you around in packs.]] This is the point in the game where you stop getting calls for helping other survivors, because now it's a chore just keeping ''yourself'' alive.
** Oh, and those harder hitting fast moving berserker zombies also have a vomit projectile that stuns Chuck for a couple seconds. Getting hit by it is a 99% chance of being grabbed.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:TK's demise at the end of Overtime.]]

* MoralDissonance:
** Your main ally is a zombie-rights activist who protests against the gratuitous slaughter featured in ''Terror is Reality'' and disapproves of organizations that condone violence against the undead, and even Chuck makes it clear that he's an unwilling participant who disapproves of the game but does it because he needs the money. Bring on the "x Zombies Killed" death counter!
** Done intentionally with the main character. He will "do anything" for his daughter, and makes certain she gets Zombrex everyday. [[spoiler:The ''only'' way to make Zombrex is from the Queens that incubate within certain Zombies. He can fight the people who make the stuff and condemn them for selling it to the rich and powerful, or he can choose to find random boxes instead of buying it from looters, but in the end, he depends on the zombies too.]]
** C.U.R.E's stance is less that of "Zombie Hug Time!" And more of "We shouldn't be showing our former loved ones sliced in half by chainsaw motorbikes on Pay-Per-View." Chuck sympathises with them because his own wife became a zombie. For all he knows, she may have ended up on the receiving end of a chainsaw somewhere down the line in [=TiR=].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A few stores allow Chuck to change his hair color with dye. Blue is only the first color you can get. Many others such as pink and gray can be found with enough exploration.

* AdultFear: Fail to fix up the bike in time and you get to see Chuck and Katey get separated by the military while desperately calling out to each other.

* DownerEnding: See AdultFear above.

* AdultFear: If you don't get enough medicine for your seven-year-old daughter, she'll turn into a zombie.