Time must be managed effectively in order to complete the main cases, while also setting some aside to rescue survivors and gain valuable Prestige Points (PP) used to improve Frank's abilities. Players are given 72 hours to complete the main story before the military arrives and effectively ends the game. The structure of the Story Mode remains intact.

It picks up the story chronicling Frank West's rise to fame following the events of Dead Rising and an epic fall from grace that leads him to Fortune City. In fact, Off the Record feels like the proper follow-up to Frank's story that players originally expected in a sequel. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record may be the best game in the series.ĭead Rising 2: Off the Record is a reimagining of Dead Rising 2, with the primary difference being that Frank West from the original game steps into the lead role. After all, it arrives only a year after the release of the original Dead Rising 2, and appears to essentially be the same game with a new hero. On the surface, it looks like a cash grab from a publisher taking advantage of a series’ fanbase.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is one of those cases of good things coming in unexpected packages.