Dead Rising 2 thrives on secrets, hidden items, and insider knowledge. A good guide would be a godsend for anyone struggling with the undead hordes of Fortune City. Does Prima’s guide have what it takes to keep motocross star Chuck Greene and his daughter Katey alive?
If all Dead Rising 2 needed was a simple walkthrough, it would be easy to take care of it here, in one sentence: Follow the arrows, carry lots of healing items, and don’t run out of time. But that’s not nearly all there is to surviving and thriving in Fortune City, and thankfully Prima’s guide is well-equipped to help.
The guide is rife with all manner of tables and appendices. List of weapons and their locations, what weapon combinations are most effective, and how to make different mixed drinks are just the start. There’s plenty more and Prima covers just about everything, including tables and maps specifically to serve a few of the more difficult achievements of the game (such as defacing all the Zombrex posters). [Read more…]
I must have cracked now, right? How can I choose a guide cover that has so little color for the Strategy Guide Cover of the Week? In this case, quite easily. The cover of the Alan Wake Strategy Guide–excuse me–Survival Guide says pretty much all you need to know about the game. It’s dark, it’s not inviting, and the fact that Alan seems to be holding a flashlight and not a gun makes it all the more scary. The mist and shadows coming from his last name further intensifies the feeling. 
It may seem hypocritical of me to pick the cover of Assassin’s Creed 2 as the cover of the week this week since