Horror Speedruns Explained: Dead Rising 2 Off The Record New Game All Bosses in

[@iconsumecats2853]

The fact that every second of these explain speedruns you make has some interesting commentary or information is awesome. Keep this amazing series going!

[@chadjones967]

It's almost a shame how charismatic and funny this guy is. He operates in such a niche game that most people aren't going to see him.

[@Ecdycis]

Oddly enough the Dead Rising videos do really well in comparison to some of the weirder stuff I have after a month or so? I think the algorithm digs it for some reason since my other OTR video is I think around 8k?

[@KurtValenciaExIm]

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[@JMFWHIHP.]

Todd Grenier was the lead concept artist of Dead Rising 2: Off The Record which is why I think it's on the jersey

[@BudderBallFist]

this just popped into my recommended and i gotta say youre one hell of an entertaining person and id gladly watch more in the future

[@hudsonbtw8159]

Always love a good Ecdycis speedrun explained

[@PerryProject_]

only 6 minutes in but all the info you're giving is awesome. Love Dead rising so will watch this fully

[@Ecdycis]

It's a fun category to do! Thanks

[@littlebadassgaming]

@@Ecdycis Hey, I have a question, you mentioned that in 2:00 that taking pictures makes you lose time, but isn't there a feature in COOP or even a mod online that disables the freeze effect when a picture is taken? I know that mods are obviously discouraged, but what about COOP?

[@Ecdycis]

Co-op doesnt activate till after the prologue, as well a mod to remove the camera freeze seems unneeded, if you really wanted bonus xp talking to Denyce would suffice

[@littlebadassgaming]

@@Ecdycis hey. Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't sure if it worked or not. I loved the video!

[@LinkleMcA]

Hell yeah, someone else who recognizes Off the Record's greatness!

[@SleepingOnScissors]

I forgot this was a DR2OTR run, this man turns this game into Tony Hawk with Zombies

[@bedsidekhair3667]

I used to play dead rising 2 24/7 back in the days. I was really addicted to this game

[@jack_as_killer]

For real I remember me and another bro use to hit this game like crazy

[@Wisdomball]

Always a nice time when you get a commentated PB. Fun and informative start to finish.

[@BananaGatorProds]

I think the reason snowflake will always follow you to new zones regardless of how far away you are is so you cant purposefully leave her outside of the saferoom to use throughout the whole campaign At least that could be one of the reasons because she is pretty damn powerful for a survivor in a casual playthrough

[@Ecdycis]

Snowflake is just great

[@hp2546]

You can leave Snowflake outside of the saferoom once you use the waypoint and say wait over there and then Snowflake wait over there. Once you enter the saferoom without Snowflake, it is too late to escort Snowflake. Human survivors will be ok to be left behind but not Snowflake.

[@ericsjothun3392]

I can confirm that the weird glitch in Case 7-4 happened to me too, you're not alone

[@Ecdycis]

So I want to say the glitch was either caused by having too high an FPS or not having the game in a high enough priority

[@andymurray5045]

2 mins in and youve easily earned my fastest subscription, here's hoping you can speedrun your youtube success as effectively as these vidya games

[@Ecdycis]

Thank you

[@andymurray5045]

@@Ecdycis Yo have you ever done a speedrun of the alpha omega achievement in off the record?

[@MrGreenToS]

Just got done playing through this game since I last played it years ago and I'm always amazed at all the strats speedrunners find, wish I knew about the snowflake tech

[@Ecdycis]

I found Snowflake on accident because I got lost when I learned the regular route casually, it got routed into the All Bosses route as a result!

[@Mikeab503]

This showed in my suggested. Good stuff, man.

[@Ecdycis]

Thanks I'm glad you liked it!

[@yoyoprofessorxavier]

I've just stumbled on this for work, i wanted to hear speedrun commentary and i played this game back in high school on 360! you've got a cool vibe and your commentary is fun and funny to listen to. Nice work!

[@Ecdycis]

Thanks

[@grimyGobIin]

Can't get enough of this guy 💯

[@Ecdycis]

Cheers!

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

Another interesting fact about Slappy is that he does his Light Yagami laugh during certain attacks

[@Ecdycis]

And I absolutely LOVE it. Slappy will be GOD of a new world

[@axtrophies]

Thank u for the information that u give in the video it really helpful

[@timwin8194]

The Knife Gloves are a Wolverine reference, Chuck wears yellow and black and has a tragic past. Keep up the awesome work bro

[@Ecdycis]

Chuck tries his best out there

[@DanielWoolley]

I'm new and really enjoyed this

[@Ecdycis]

Glad you liked it

[@lightningstroller]

Commenting a day late but hey better late then never! I loved watching this in stream and now I get to enjoy it again as a video

[@mrcrabominable]

6 shooter is OP. I gave some to some of my survivors and they turned into an unstoppable zombie and psychopath killing mob.

[@Ecdycis]

It's hilarious to have them murder Antoine

[@hp2546]

There are funny ways to kill. Just like I can easily get zombies to kill Ted. As for looters, when I meant to speedrun, I left the looters alone but looters were following. By accident, looters came with Rebecca and so Rebecca shot 1 looter. I went like ok, I will take it. That was my happy accident. Looters see Frank miles away but as for Chuck, if Chuck leaves the looters alone, the looters will leave Chuck alone. If you are in New Game Plus, survivors can easily kill psychopaths because you would already have Protoman's Blaster by now. For example, with Brandon, you can hide behind your survivors and have them use Protoman blaster to do the killing for you. Walter alone can give big damage and kill Brandon. If your survivors have Protoman blaster and shoots Slappy, Slappy will not ever get 1 chance to stand up. Even a funny guy Eric should have no problem taking down Slappy and Slappy will sit on the floor. Eric is the only survivors where once Eric shoots, he automatically falls down to the floor but he won't take damage. Eric falls down to the ground to show that he is a funny shooter. As for TK's chopper, you could already put your controllers down and let your survivors do the killing. You can get away doing absolutely nothing. Protoman's Blaster is a lot more powerful in the hands of the survivors. Almost every pyschopath I fight, I make sure my survivors will be the one to do the killing. So the only psychopath where I fight alone is 1 sniper that does not require entering a loading screen and Stacy.

[@Diego-ue6ur]

Top notch content

[@hp2546]

In Off The Records, Looters follows from far distance. For example, I went in not caring about zombies nor looters. I used Quicksteps right after meeting Rebecca at Fortune City Hotel and then after bathroom break, I used quicksteps and speed my way to the door. The looters followed Rebecca and before the door opens, Rebecca ended up killing 1 looter and then opened the door. Looters will follow randomly. I can see why the way to killed the 3 looters at Roy Mart is used that handgun to head shot them. So you killed the looters using Rebecca's way.

[@Ecdycis]

It works

[@breadinpain1266]

I can't remember specifics to gimmicking the roger and reed fight but can't you stand on one of the couches with a table in front of it in the room they spawn in and confuse the ai? they think they can hit you with melee but whiff every attack, also locking Reed to be constantly trying to ram you. I think it was from a dr2 speedrun and not off the record but im curious if the boss has changed that much that you cant use that strat.

[@sstamey4]

damn man you got great charisma

[@Ecdycis]

Thanks!

[@hp2546]

By the way. If Frank West enters TK's arena as final boss, Frank West would be considered a cure. Frank West would be like Nick Ramos. I remember when I attempted to take my zombrex medication right in front of TK, the game decided to take away the zombrex. I remember seeing the bar turning red which is a sign Frank West needed zombrex. Instead of taking zombrex, I entered the arena. Then automatically, my zombrex is gone and Frank's infection was gone. I thought I can enter the arena first and then take the zombrex medication. So it is kind of weird that Frank West is cured only in TK's arena but if Frank West is located anywhere else, Frank West needs zombrex medication. Even if Frank West goes into the arena with 0 zombrex and with the zombrex health bar going red, Frank's infection is automatically cured once he enters the arena. Gaming logic is weird. That would mean Frank's way of defeating the purpose of taking zombrex is just camp out in the arena and never leave.

[@AnimeGamingPal]

That fun fact for slappy is really cool

[@Ecdycis]

It is!

[@joeyidc3212]

I don't have no right telling someone better than me at the game any advice but maybe like move your inventory around so that doesn't happen as often are you equipped or pretzel or healing item instead of your weapon just saying I know what's annoying trust me Dead Rising 3 being able to select all the weapons was actually pretty helpful in that regard so that's one for them

[@Ecdycis]

You’d be right to assume that, it’s more one of the things that goes under the radar in the moment

[@ClownManTom]

It lets you eat garbage? SIGN ME UP

[@Ecdycis]

Damn right

[@TheSCPStudio]

Do you think you’d ever speed run Star Wars: Fallen Order? There are a lot of mechanics and different types of tech you can implement as well as a lot of potential skips you can do. It’s also a really fun game to play normally haha. Though it may not be up your alley for speed runs since it’s not a horror game.

[@Ecdycis]

I only do horror games for the most part so I would not

[@TheSCPStudio]

@@Ecdycis I figured, but it never hurts to ask! Thanks for uploading :)

[@user-qo3ve8kn9y]

what if chuck was in dead rising 1

[@Ecdycis]

He would be Chuck in DR1

[@user-qo3ve8kn9y]

@@Ecdycis zombrex didnt exist yet (kinda), so, it litterally would be just camera less frank

[@rozasupreme]

Fun Fact: When the Hunters go Berserk, if you're close enough they won't hit you and basically softlock themselves and you can just wail on em

[@Ecdycis]

It only works when they go Hyper, I can't seem to force it anymore on PC for some reason. It stopped occurring when I got a new CPU

[@tulipelily9373]

Hey, French here. Although it is true that Grenier used to refer to the part of the house you would put the non-perishable, it just means attic nowadays. So I think grenier is just a very annoyingly hypster way to say: retro?

[@Ecdycis]

Good to know! According to Capcom Vancouver it’s a viking horseman?

[@trev9000]

The lead concept artist of dead rising 2 off the record is named Todd Grenier, so I'm pretty sure the joke is that the team is named after him

[@theperson3533]

Do you know how to skip time on pc so I don’t have to wait so long between missions

[@Ecdycis]

It’s a mod on the Speedrun.com page

[@theperson3533]

@@Ecdycis thanks

[@DEFRaven]

“This way is faster” *proceeds to die* KEKW

[@Ecdycis]

Sometimes it do be like that

[@Ninjagaming66768]

this is hell

[@Ninjagaming66768]

jk bro its fun as shit

[@Ecdycis]

It's both

[@shinydewott]

Btw kinda unrelated to the video, but I recently got a new controller and laboured for hours trying to get it to work on the game. Except for a few annoying binds I don’t know how to change it works fine, but one problem I am having is that I can’t aim and move at the same time (kinda like how it was in the original Dead Rising). Considering you were also playing with a controller on a PC, I was wondering how you managed to fix it?

[@Ecdycis]

www.speedrun.com/dr2/resources This link above is the speedrun resources for Dead Rising 2. For both the original game and OTR it's the same deal and you can use the fix with instructions there

[@shinydewott]

@@Ecdycis Weird... I did exactly as written but I still can't move while aiming. What's even weirder is that I can move fine when I equip the camera

[@shinydewott]

@@Ecdycis Ok really weird. I started a new game and now I can aim and move normally. Thank you very much! Rebecca is the queen, but you're the king!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

I hate that stupid thing that chat does where they deliberately misinterpret what the streamer is trying to say just to try and wind him up. For starters, it never works because Ec's too good humored to get angry about it but moreover, it's the most cliche and unoriginal form of humor there is. They clearly just do it because they want to be the center of attention for a few seconds except they don't have anything interesting or clever to contribute.

[@DoomRizzst]

Hey bro love your content would love to do a co op speed run

[@Ecdycis]

Not my thing

[@roymaynard5619]

ik im 2 years late lol but did you know 2 wines make quickstep i always see you get beer when its not needed

[@Ecdycis]

I like the beer because it saves a trip

[@roymaynard5619]

@@Ecdycis ok gotcha never thought about that

[@Spyfan47]

Yo can you speedrun dead island 1?

[@Ecdycis]

Dead Island makes me sleepy

[@Spyfan47]

@@Ecdycis darn lol

[@thespooner3906]

is it on my end of does it look like the game keep having micro stuttering?

[@Ecdycis]

It does, good news I’ve fixed the problem since then In newer uploads

[@thespooner3906]

@@Ecdycis Glad you were able to get it fixed, I don't know how you were able to deal with that for so long without going mad XD And Thanks for the reply! Sorry if it's on an older video, I appreciate it never the less

[@Khome-blue]

what is the best part? I wanted to buy

[@Ecdycis]

The bosses

[@ir0547]

snowflake hungry

[@Ecdycis]

Snowflake friend

[@STS_Psycho]

All praise to you but you look like micheal cera

[@Ecdycis]

It happens

[@STS_Psycho]

@@Ecdycis it does happen fr

[@EmptyPeace]

Why does the video skip a little every few seconds.

[@Ecdycis]

I had a 5 year old computer until recently and early 2010 capcom PC ports run like HELL

[@EmptyPeace]

@@Ecdycis ahh i thought it might of just been me since no one else mentioned it. That makes more sense.*

[@Ecdycis]

On the upside! I should have clearer quality in my next OTR video

[@Yummers321]

Tony hawk's rising 2 😂

[@Ecdycis]

It really is

[@rucu8311]

Hulk hogan wasted all his life on leg drops..... shoulda skipped many years of wasted time.

[@rucu8311]

#kneedropskip

[@Ecdycis]

Break his legs!

[@AtomFA]

KKona is a racist emote like TriForce

[@Ecdycis]

You mean TriHard for one, for two neither are inherently racist unless used to be absolutely hateful