As you all know (or better know!), Dead Rising 2 has been confirmed. Along with that, a teaser trailer has been released that is floating around all over the internet. I have watched it so many times. I'd tell you how many, but... well, you're thinking I forgot how many. No, actually I've watched it so many times that I can't tell you because I don't think they have named the number, yet.
Yes, that many times.
I decided to put my detective skills to their ultimate test, find out everything you can just from the trailer. First up, ZOMBREX.
This article refers to the medication Zombrauctus Pendeo developed by... ...commonly known as Zombrex, is used to suppress... ...caused by the parasitic Ampulex compressa giganteus larvae... ...of the disease varies from... ...symptoms, the drug is almost... ...must be injected...
That is just what I could make out of the small blurry words in the ZOMBREX wikipedia entry that you can see at about 00:30 in the Dead Rising 2 teaser. I've watched several different ones on different game sites, but it seems Gametrailers.com has the best quality to read the words. If anyone else can read anymore, let me know. In the meantime, I'm going to go watch it a zombillion more times.
Today started off as quite possibly the worst day ever. Everything that would make me miserable pretty much happened. I don't know why, but it all kept happening. And then, something happened that changed everything.
Dead Rising 2 was confirmed. Yes, I do love Lost Planet, but let me tell you. Dead Rising is the reason I bought an XBOX 360, which later lead to the discovery of Lost Planet (and yes, the planet did still remain lost). I am incredibly excited about this.
As my good friend Frank West would say, "FANTASTIC!" Or maybe, "YEAH!" Or even, "Over there!" Oh, wait... maybe not that last one.
At my workplace, we always get free subscriptions to different "guy magazines." My favorite was FHM, but they ended the magazine awhile back (and so was Stuff Magazine, which was FHM's competitor).
Recently, we've started to receive MAXIM again. As all of these types of magazines do, it has a page with short (e.g. one sentence) video game reviews. This month they reviewed Killzone 2 (which they call Kill Zone 2), 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, and Street Fighter IV (which they call Streetfighter IV).
Now, I know they are not exactly the #1 source of video game information, but I expect a more in depth look at something (no matter what it is) if you're going to review it. I'm sure you'd like an example... Well, I'll be happy to give you three.
1. "Kill Zone 2" received a 3.5/5 for "impressive lighting effects, and graphics that make this first-person shooter the hottest girl at the ball..."
2.50 Cent received a 4/5 for "18 new music tracks, co-op play, and a story that's Indiana Jones meets Scarface."
And, of course I saved the best review for last...
3. "Streetfighter IV" received a 3/5 for "IV takes the series to 3-D, but pretty as it is, Fighter lost a fistful of its old-school soul with the added dimension."
Okay I'll be honest, I haven't played any of these games, so I can't exactly give a review on them. But let's be even more honest here, I don't think this "reviewer" did either... "Added dimension?" Wait, what?
I hate the fact that there are "guys" out there reading this, and they are going to base what they will spend their money on because of it. I understand actual video journalists have written bad things about game I've liked, and that's to be expected. That's the way the world works, everyone has opinions. But these "reviews" aren't opinons... or even reviews. They're misinformation that others will lead to believe as facts. And, that my friend, is a damn shame.
Joystiq has a story about Capcom's Toshihiro Tokumaru telling the world that the Lost Planet movie will cost between $150 and $200 million. WOWEE!
That is super awesome if you ask me. That's just the budget I was hoping for so all of the proper effects could be used to make Vital Suits and Akrid. Everyone knows the history of video game movies, but this is a lot of money. I'm going to say it now (even though it's obvious coming from me), this movie is going to be huge. Not only will it appeal to me and other fans, but they are using fantastic content that will get people into the theatres. People are going to want to watch this because of the action/adventure/robots/snow/big bugs/fun! I'm sure there will be several people that don't even know it's a movie adaptation of a video game. It's just going to look like a super fun popcorn movie.
