Furthermore, most maintenance rooms have other compatible items in the immediate vicinity, so smart players should be able to snag at least two combo weapons from each pit stop.

Thankfully, there are maintenance rooms all over Fortune City and, for some reason, it seems all of them just happen to contain two items that can be handily combined into a devastating weapon. It's not for those who want to savor the sweet sense of weapon-making discovery themselves.ДЄ quick primer: The only way to make weapons in Dead Rising 2 is by finding maintenance rooms. Rather than evaluate the many similarities and few differences between the two games - we'll save that for the review - I've come up with a much more valuable use of your time: A list of 5 of my favorite weapons I've created so far, how they work and where you can find them.ДЇair warning: Here there be spoilers. A single broadsword is great while it lasts, but all that hacking through flesh and bone tends to wear it down pretty quickly.Having finished the first two in-game days of Dead Rising 2, I've come to the same conclusion as our earlier previews: that the game is basically just more of the things you liked about the first Dead Rising. It will literally leave most crowds of zombies on pieces in the floor. Its range, wide area of effect, and ability to instantly kill any zombie in its path makes it an indispensable tool of destruction. The broadsword is one of the best melee weapons in the game. Location: Americana Casino, Ned's Knicknackery' Shank's That said, its sheer attack power is hard to ignore. If you try to switch it out for another item in your inventory you'll drop it completely and if you're attacked while using one you'll have to turn it on again. The chainsaw has a moderately wide arc when you swing it and will slice its way through zombie flesh with the utmost ease.

Location: South Plaza, Underground, Kid's Choice Clothing Nonetheless, for a little carnage of the ranged sort, grab a shotgun. Aiming reduces how much of your surroundings you can see, making it far easier for a zombie to sneak up on you. The downside is that unless it's aimed, its accuracy is fairly poor. A shotgun however will rip a zombie to shreds and if well aimed can knock down and kill a cluster of zombies with ease. What gives the shotgun value is its wide spread. The shotgun is the one real exception to this. You may recall that we just finished telling you how utterly useless guns are against the undead. Location: High Noon Shooting RangeВ , Underground, Yucatan Casino ~Not only this but you can use it with a Fire Axe to make the Defiler which is like the Battle Axe except it does slightly damage but lasts 3 times as long. Outright killing said ghouls will generally require a second blow to finish the job, but if your goal is just to make it through a pesky crowd of flesh munchers, this will get the job done admirably. The sledgehammer is great because it swings in a wide arc, and every zombie that it strikes will fall flat on its back. There's literally one sitting in the hall outside the safe house. The sledgehammer is a great weapon that packs a fair punch and is relatively common. Locations:В South Plaza, Safe House, Underground The paddle has about an average lifespan if you go through using it to beat zombies with it left and right, and it DOES work against zombies to a certain degree, but if you're gonna grab a paddle, use it to make the Paddlesaw. While all on it's own this weapon isn't very useful to get through those annoying crowds of zombies, it is essential to one of the most powerful combo weapons in the game (In my opinion), the Paddlesaw. Locations: Water Slide BarВ ,Under the Sea TravelsВ , Luaii Wauwii

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