DAIS thread

Dark Age Iron Savior · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: DAIS thread

I've been trying to figure out how to make a rock concert a central theme in the next Dead Rising, so you could get the "rock the earth" tagline, but I can't figure out where you would have a rock concert that would provide as much variety as the mall from the first game.
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Dark Age Iron Savior · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:38 am

alternatively, a Dead Rising set on a space station would be good, but I can't figure out any clever twist on "in space, no one can hear you scream".

the game would probably be called "Son of Dead Rising", though.
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Dark Age Iron Savior · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:45 am

Hmm, restructuring the game as a more linear, setpiece-driven experience.....but keeping the high degree of object interaction and sense of humor....it might work! Yeah, I can see this!

I wonder if you'd be able to fit in a section where you're driving through the city in one of those anti-zombie busses with spike strips stuck to it with duct table, only there's a live band playing on top.
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dark steve · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:48 am

SXSW Z is a pretty good premise.

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Oh definitely.

As you progress through the city you pickup NPC characters who play different parts in their respective bands.

Lone survivors, as you will.

And once you form the complete band you drive around in this car as the band plays on top while blasting zombies turret-style a la the end of MGS3.

In combat they would not be very useful though. I'm thinking along the lines of SoTN familiars.

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In fact, instead of having an AI and wandering around like idiots, they should just stay in set locations at each major scene/area and play their instruments perhaps causing the occasional status effect.

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Guys, I think this would even add a cool dynamic to the game where once you build up your band you can start getting through huge zombie mobs in older areas you couldn't before.

Guys, this adds some non-linearity that is cool.

dark steve · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:53 am

Maybe you can build bands with NPCs that play music that affects the zombie-scenesters in different ways? Changes their density/temperaments so you can solve puzzles or access certain areas protected by natural zombie chokepoints?

dark steve · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:53 am

dammit rob

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DAIS watch Wild Zero and everything should become clear.

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