Dead Rising humor: I hate you, Otis
by Ross Miller 
{ Aug 11th 2006 at 8:25PM }
Here's a little bit of comedy for Friday, courtesy of Something Awful. For those of you who have played the game, you know of the security guard Otis. He's the guy who gives you a transmitter -- quite possibly the biggest mistake you can make. Otis will provide you with "scoops," which are essentialy the side missions of the game.However, it seems that Otis only calls you when you're being swarmed by a group of zombies and, when he calls, you can't attack (as you're holding the phone while the text is displayed on the screen below). Doing so will hang up on Otis but, no worries -- he'll call back. "Don't hang up on me," he says, "it's rude." Way to be understanding there, Otis, you fu ...
... you know, we'll save the rant for Something Awful. It's pretty funny, so click on the link and enjoy.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Babylonian @ Aug 11th 2006 8:43PM
Man, on the SA forums recently the Dead Rising threads have been some of the most active. After playing the demo, even I want a 360 just for it. It's incredibly fun.
Grim @ Aug 11th 2006 8:51PM
I don't own Dead Rising, but that brings me pain just reading about it. Reminds me of the flashing screen that would give you a migrane in Prey. Someone needs to make a parody about that annoying sucker.
MO @ Aug 11th 2006 8:55PM
Hmm, I don't like games with this kind of irritation...I just might not buy the game. Rent, maybe.
PhantomVI @ Aug 11th 2006 8:58PM
I swear to god, I used to work for that guy.
oz @ Aug 11th 2006 9:28PM
Yea, Otis is definitely a psycho-he welds the door shut then he helps you in the air vent. That cell phone is definitely annoying, but it's part of the gig. You guys who haven't tried this yet have to-it's a HOOT! The saves are a mile apart, but if you can get outside [through a bazillion zombs] to the other part of the mall the fun begins! There is a save point right where the chainsaws are located[snik]so you can whale on em over and over! Try to find the bike cus you can plow thru legions of zombs and make the gibs fly! The bike handles same as CJ's in GTA. Try it-you'll laff your bloopchute off!ha ha ha.
dubz @ Aug 11th 2006 9:46PM
DR is easily the most fun game I have played since NG perhaps. The game rules, and it just goes to show you that for whatever reason Japenese developers pwn!
BklynKid @ Aug 11th 2006 9:53PM
So true, I want to kill Otis! STFU, I don't care about saving innocent people!
Man the game is hard! I'm stuck on the Bomb Collector mission (7-1 I think). Agh!
soma @ Aug 11th 2006 11:49PM
They should just rename Joystiq to Dead Rising Fanboy. Another day, another article on this game. Yawn.
rom @ Aug 12th 2006 2:34AM
"I desperately need to find some orange juice or potato chips. Anything to stop this bleeding."
I couldn't stop laughing after reading that! LOL
Brad Lee @ Aug 12th 2006 3:01PM
I love this game, but Otis is such an ass! He never seems to call when I'm safe, he either calls when I'm surrounded by undead hordes, or when I'm fighting a boss! They really should have taken him out during boss fights. Whats worse is the first day you are in the mall he just doesn't stop calling you!
Aside from that, and the obnoxious save system, the game is excellent. I just love the dark humor. When I killed the crazy, chainsaw-weilding clown for the first time and saw the cutscene of him dying, I just couldn't stop laughing. It was so disturbingly hilarious.
Bryce @ Aug 12th 2006 7:21PM
The game would have been better if the walkie talkies were a cheap Hello Kitty toy, if they really wanted to keep with the mall setting.
David @ Aug 14th 2006 3:32AM
I'm playing the game now. Well, not now now since I'm tying this, but it's paused. I think it would be a lot better if you could call Otis and get info. That ring is so annoying and he calls way too much. It's ridiculous. If he is watching the monitor, then he sees me running my honky ass around hordes of zombies while trying to talk to his dumb old ass on the walkie-talkie. Give me a break dude.
I do like how you keep redoing it and making your guy stronger and stronger. I'm a level 29 right now, I have almost all the brawling moves, and I know the mall layout well enough to where I can get where I want to go and I'm always well stocked with stuff. My best advice, as soon as you start a game, run through the courtyard, go north to the North Plaza, and find the gun store. You can stock up on guns and the boss character isn't there yet. With the shotguns, you can take out the inmates that show up in the courtyard pretty easily (just hide behind trees and peek around and shoot them when they drive up) and you can take the chaingun off the jeep when all 3 are dead and it kills Carlito in a few shots.
If anyone wants to talk about it, exchange info and stuff, hit me up. shadownovasod [at symbol] yahoo [dot] com
[Edit: e-mail address stretched out to make sure spam bots don't pick it up as easily -- Ross]
vidGuy @ Aug 14th 2006 1:54PM
It's an interesting trade-off: have to run around defense-less, but you get more scoops that help you level up.
Things I've found helpful: replay the beginning part of the game (where you rescue the couple on top of the roof), then die and save, then start over. Each time you level up by 2, so it doesn't take long before you have more health, more inventory slots, and can run faster. After being irritated by the difficulty and lack of saves, I did this until I was level 15. THEN I set out, and I have had very few spots where I've died.
ALSO, if you are carrying or holding hands with somebody, the zombies have a hard time attacking you. 95% of the time, you can run through a huge horde and not get stopped. It definitely makes rescuing a lot easier.
Anyway, I agree, this is the best game of its type that I've played in a long time.