Dead Rising 2: Off The Record – (2011)
What an odd video game! Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a non-canonical retelling of the events of Dead Rising 2, but this time you play as Frank West. It’s strange to play a spin-off alt-reality sequel, but it works! That’s because Off the Record keeps all the stuff that was good in DR2—the setting, improved controls, more zombies, weapon crafting, etc.—but brings back Frank and his camera.
In a lot of ways Dead Rising 2: Off the Record feels like Capcom let some DR fans mod the hell out of Dead Rising 2 and then sold it to people as a new game and…I love it! And it’s easily the best game in the series.
