Dead Rising's 'Sniper Mode' crosses the line
by JC Fletcher 
on Feb 18th 2009 10:00AM
In addition to the '
Challenge Quests' revealed earlier this week, Capcom has shown the first screens of another new mode for
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop: "THE SNIPER" mode. On the face of it, a series of sniper-rifle-based challenges that task Frank with shooting certain targets within a strict time limit -- red birds flying among flocks of blue birds, and zombies attacking people whom you are trying to protect -- sounds like a fun arcade-style addition to the game.
But we
cannot support the "Kobun Mask Boom" mission. This mission puts everyone in
Servbot helmets, and you must determine which of the wandering Servbot-people are zombies by observing their clothing and behavior. It's not the possibility of shooting innocent people that offends us -- it's the fact that this is almost a minigame about shooting Servbots, and that is
not cool. Servbots are wonderful!
