So this game is a pretty much like DR1.5. It fixes some of the issues with the first game, like the escort missions are 150% less frustrating because the survivor AI has been improved. The downloadable prequel really helps, letting you get to level 7 even before you start this game.

Now for the gripes: this game is 33% play time, 33% waiting for loading, 33% watching poorly rendered CGI videos, and 1% picking up your controller after you've thrown it across the room in anger and frustration. Of the 33% playtime, 20% is spent running though the mall to get to a survivor or destination before time runs out. You hardly get time to enjoy finding new ways to kill zombies, or trying to rack up the kills. They really stress combo weapons, but they give you very little time and inventory slots to find parts to discover new combo tools. In this game you get 72 hours in game to complete the story while saving as many survivors as you can. I don't remember exactly how much time you got in the first game, but after about 4 hours of playing I'm down to 50 hours in game. Kind of bullshit.