A new theme park area has been grafted onto Fortune City that offers some silly carnival games and other ridiculous ways to kill zombies. That's not to say there isn't some new content here, even for returning players. This game would stand more readily on its own if it offered a more unique story for Frank to make his way through. As someone who for some baffling reason put at least 25 hours into Dead Rising 2, it was hard to shake the feeling that I'd seen all of this before, and even when things start to diverge a bit later in the game, it all feels too much like a retread. A few of the characters' roles in the story are slightly different, and enough of the dialog has been rerecorded to integrate Frank seamlessly into the starring role, but by and large the story beats and even specific cutscenes usually range from slightly modified to essentially identical. The core storyline of Dead Rising 2, which involves a 72-hour zombie outbreak in the Vegas-like pleasure-dome of Fortune City, remains basically unchanged. But that's also the problem with this game. I should state upfront that if you missed that game, and you're down for more of the bizarre humor, time-limited mission structure, and mass zombie slaughter this series offers, Off the Record is a great deal at $40, since it has everything in the original along with some nice extras. Of course, it will only seem recycled to you if you played through Dead Rising 2. That idea has merit, but it's hard not to be disappointed by the sheer amount of content in this package that's lifted directly from the last game.
Off the Record is billed as a sort of alternate-history version of Dead Rising 2 that replaces the previous hero, the noble but downtrodden motocross star Chuck Greene, with the series' original protagonist, the sleazy but downtrodden photojournalist Frank West. So it might sound odd to say that there's also a good chance you should skip this game entirely. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record makes enough meaningful improvements and additions to the formula of Capcom's hectic, quirky zombie action series that it's easy to call this game the best Dead Rising to date.
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