pantyfire wrote:

My only issue with it so far is that at the moment I am not uber powered and there are so many zombies about that I just can't stop and look about and soak in the world because I have to constantly keep moving.

I spent quite a bit of time just standing on various things!

I got as far as finishing Chapter 7 within the first 7 days (to get the 'achievement') and finally got around to finishing the final chapter, Chapter 8, today.

I hit lvl50 on this last night and it has surprised me how much I like this game, especially seeing how I didn't really care for either 1 or 2.

So glad I persevered with this after my initial shaky start.

I wasn't a fan when I first played it but I love it now.

The first psycho I met (the one in the Zen Garden) was an absolute bastard when I only had 4 blocks of health and it was only a mate joining me in co-op that actually made me play it again. Since then though I have completed it in co-op and I am now doing one last solo run to top out my abilities before doing a nightmare run.

One tip is use your posse (also grab the ability that means the survivors don't die and instead return to a safe house if they 'die') as that really helps, also give them a decent weapon that matches their abilities. I generally give a split-gun to those with a good range and any fire or electric based combo weapon for those with a poor range.

The other useful thing is that by spending your attribute points on the icons across the top of the screen you can craft certain objects without needing specific items, items from within the same group will act as a sufficient substitute.

I have just ordered the BradyGames guide for this and I'll hammering it this weekend!

How does the persistent leveling thing work; when I finish a game, I can start a new one with the same character? Is there a way like DR1 to stop whenever you like, and start from the beginning, keeping your character intact?

If I replay individual chapters, does that still boost my character for when I return to the main game?

Title Update

Content for DLC episodes 3 and 4 added as part of this CU.
Various Stability Fixes.
Various Performance Improvements.
Online Stability improvements.
Added a progress bar to main menu while installer is running.
Fixed an issue which could allow the user to overwrite their save file during streaming install while the game is booted.
Fix for missing English VUI command in Multiplayer menu.
Some improvements to item pickups.
Fixed a reproducible issue where the player could get out of the world.
Fixed an issue where music wasn’t present during the streaming install.
Fixed some mission scripting issues.
Fixed an issue which could cause some co-op players to not progress blueprint collection achievements correctly.
Fixed an issue where the UI was not updating properly.
Fixed an issue which caused glass textures to appear low-res.
Fixed an issue which could cause shadows to render incorrectly.
Fixed a texture issue with the Golden SledgeSaw weapon.
SmartGlass stability fix.

Word on the street is that this isn't just a case of dropping 13 gig on top of the data already present, and reworks some of the code already on the HDD. Still gives your broadband a hammering though, can see a lot of unlimited plans being taken up this gen.

Jesus. And is it a mandatory update? Hardly the most graceful way to handle. Makes me glad I'm getting a fatter iPipe next month that's for sure.

Yeah I don't get that, if you don't have unlimited then its a problem I kind of understand. Speed wise surely leaving it overnight again is a little annoying but I'm sure we've all done that and survived. Otherwise at the most its only mildly annoying such a thing is so huge isn't it? If even that? Background download should mean its done it already and you may not even know. Does it really matter so much?

So , I've got an Xbox One , Dead Rising 3 and unlimited download and BT Infinity and I'm not allowed to moan about a ridiculous 13gb download ?

Fuck off !!!

How about the update with out the DLC ? I'd prefer to download it when I've fucking bought it or is that too much to ask ?

Kernowgaz wrote:

So , I've got an Xbox One , Dead Rising 3 and unlimited download and BT Infinity and I'm not allowed to moan about a ridiculous 13gb download?

Fuck off !!!

Re-read my post, there were two specific facts.

1. Having the bandwidth.
2. Not having an Xbox One.

You've already said you aren't in this particular group but of course you are free to wish for and say whatever you want.

I'm not defending it I said its a bit shit but I just don't think its as massive a deal as its being made out to be. When you've finished the game then delete it all off your HD. Or do people keep all their games and keep em all on the HD in case they ever wanna play em?

I'm not saying its great Im just saying its really not that bad is it? If it was every game then so be it, but its one game which they rushed for launch with a number of issues they've now tried to fix. Isn't that kind of a good thing? Yeah of course it'd of been good to have it all sorted before launch and this wouldn't of been necessary but they didn't have time and I had another good game to play at launch.

Its a dual layer DVD basically. That does seem excessive for an individual, mandatory, upgrade.

What is the problem, the size of the download or the size of the download sitting on their HDD?

Also has anybody checked out whether it is mandatory?

Anybody know when the DLC lands, I thought it was today?