DRW Introduction (Dead Rising 2)


 * For the Dead Rising introduction, see Introduction (helicopter ride).

The Introduction is the playable opening sequence of Dead Rising 2. Similar to 72 Hour Mode, this is not the official name given in-game, but is referred to as such for simplicity reasons.

Although it is an essential part of the main game's story, it is not a part of the 72 hours, and the game timer is disabled. It takes place shortly before the Fortune City Outbreak. If the opening cutscene is skipped, the game will jump straight into 72 Hour Mode.

Synopsis
Dead Rising 2 begins in the Fortune City Arena, with motocross former champion Chuck Greene checking his slicecycle as he prepares to compete in Terror Is Reality, a TV gameshow that involves the killing of large groups of zombies for entertainment. Chuck takes part in show to raise funds for Zombrex for his infected daughter; Katey. A TiR Employee enters to inform Chuck that he is on shortly. Chuck asks the employee to take Katey somewhere safe while she waits, and she is taken to the green room.

As Chuck pulls up in the arena next to his competitors, one of them, an obsessed former fan; Leon Bell taunts him about the death of his wife in Las Vegas. Chuck keeps his cool, and an announcer recalls the events in Willamette and Las Vegas, before introducing the host of the show; Tyrone "TK" King. The gameshow begins Chuck slices through the crowds of zombies. Upon winning he is rewarded with a packet of cash.

After the show, Chuck sits in the changing rooms looking at the money. The TV reports on CURE protesting Terror Is Reality and shows their leader; Stacey Forsythe voice her opinion on what she believes is systematic neglect for the infected. Another contestant; Anim White, sits next to Chuck and tells him he lost his family in Willamette, and so knows what it feels like to lose someone. Chuck gets up and asks Kristopher Bookmiller where the green rooms are, so he collect his daughter.

On his way, he bumps into the Twins, the co-hosts of Terror Is Reality, who taunt him further on his performance in the show. Regardless, Chuck gets into an elevator, and after he observes a Zombrex poster, he is knocked off balance when the elevator suddenly jerks to stop.

Outbreak
Chuck pries open the elevator doors and sees a crowd of people panicking and screaming. After witnessing a young man in a Letterman jacket transform into a zombie, it becomes clear to Chuck that another outbreak has begun.

The security shutters are closed, and amidst the commotion, Chuck locates his daughter in the green room, along with the dead TiR Employee. He carries his daughter out of the arena and sees Fortune City overrun and torn apart by zombies. Wade Coopwood directs him toward the emergency shelter, where the survivors have gathered.

Safe house
The security officer Raymond Sullivan allows Chuck access to the emergency shelter, although is at first hesitant due to Katey's infection, and directs him to a security room where it's quieter. Stacey Forsythe also makes it safely to the shelter.

Sitting in the security room, Chuck reveals to Katey that he actually doesn't have any Zombrex on him, and that he was meant to get some after the show. Stacey overhears this, and tells Chuck where he can obtain some, while promising to keep quiet. After this, the game enters the 72 hours and the timer is activated.

Trivia

 * Chuck is unable to check his watch.
 * If Chuck is killed before making it to the emergency shelter, a cutscene will play which shows Katey waking up an unconscious Chuck right outside the shelter. He then picks her up and runs in before the doors close.
 * If Chuck does not win the Terror Is Reality event, another cutscene will play where TK criticizes him for the poor performance considering Chuck is motocross champion.
 * During the elevator cutscene, several civilians can be seen fleeing the Arena who share the same models as Erica Mayes, Royce St. John, Lenny Mooney, Noah Hawthorne, Andy Talbat, and Jared Davis.
 * The zombie who attacks the Andy Talbat-lookalike survivor shares the same model as Gordon Dawkins.
 * In PC file missions.txt:
 * The arena slicecycle contest section name is Tutorial1
 * After the slicecycle until arrival in the safehouse is called Tutorial2_Katey
 * If Chuck is killed before reaching the Safe House, the section is Tutorial2_FailState
 * The stadium arena items are found in data\datafile.big\gs_biketutorial.txt
 * There are four corpses which are repeated throughout the stadium: Barra, Kerri (shares a recolored model with Tamara Stein), Dean (shares a model with Tim Duggan), and "pa" (the TIR employee).

Elevator cutscene
The elevator cut scense in the introduction reuses many survivor models.

All 152 game videos are controlled in Data/cinematics/cinematics.big. There are two files for the elevator cutscence:
 * File 010_outbreak.txt (Chuck in elevator looking at zombrex poster) and file
 * 011_elevator_2.txt (Zombie Jock)

Juan in elevator with Chuck
In 010_outbreak.txt is this line: cCineAnim srv_juan { AnimationName = "010_outbreak~srv_juan"

Juan was originally intended to be in the cutscene and Capcom took him out. See Juan Lee.

Zombie Jock cutscene
If a person watches the video 011_elevator_2.txt the cutscene with the zombie jock, they can see each one of these survivors from behind.

Unknown victim model of Jock zombie, probably Royce with different colored shirt.


 * "Erica" and "Royce" run past twice, once at the very beginning of the cutscene when Chuck opens the door, and a second time past the zombie jock.
 * As the Zombie Jock is walking towards Chuck, "Noah" is attacked directly behind Zombie Jock by Zombie James (also known as "the 7pm Zombie"). Yet after the cutscene, Noah is behind the bars in the cordoned off hallway. However, this man was intentionally to be a different civilian but with the same model as Noah, who also happened to be in the Arena.
 * Gordon is the "zombie" that attacks the man who looks like Jared.

In 011_elevator_2.txt is the following survivors listed:

Royce cCineAnim srv_royce { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_royce" Duration = "52.7" Time = "0" }

Erica cCineAnim srv_erica { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_erica" Duration = "52.7" Time = "0" }

Jared cCineAnim srv_jared { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_jared" Duration = "52.7" Time = "0" }

Lenny cCineAnim srv_lenny { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_lenny" Duration = "52.7" Time = "0" }

James cCineAnim cindead_james { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~cindead_james" Duration = "52.7" Time = "0" }

Andy cCineAnim srv_andy { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_andy" Duration = "59.3667" Time = "0" }

Noah cCineAnim srv_noah { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_noah" Duration = "59.3667" Time = "0" }

Gordon cCineAnim srv_gordon { AnimationName = "011_elevator_2~srv_gordon" Duration = "59.3667" Time = "0" }

Exiting the stadium
This video is found in the file Data/cinematics/cinematics.big/013_exit_the_stadium.txt

Alice: Female Outbreak Victim cCineAnim srv_alice
 * Victims and Survivors in this file:

Leah (cCineAnim cine_leah)

Luke cCineAnim cine_luke

Skylar cCineAnim srv_skylar

Wade cCineAnim srv_wade

cCineAnim cine_z_m4
 * Zombies

cCineZombieAnim zombie01

cCineZombieAnim zombie02

cCineZombieAnim zombie03

cCineZombieAnim zombie04

cCineZombieAnim zombie05

cCineZombieAnim zombie06

cCineZombieAnim zombie07

cCineZombieAnim zombie08