Maybe it's because I played through Dead Rising 1 immediately before this and play a lot of SSF4 at 60fps but man the framerate on this game is killing me. It feels like it dips to 15 or so at times, when you're just looking into a zombie crowd outside.
 
I've got a newish 250gb slim so it's very unlikely that it's my hardware, but just wanted to get a sense of how everyone else feels about it.
 
Personally this shit is bad. My laptop won't run the PC version either. I'll deal, but it's annoying to see these problems coming up in a lot of new release games lately. Reach being the other prominent one.

no not for me, I have mine installed and it doesn't have too many frame rate problems unless I get like a million zombies around.

It sounds like your Xbox is dying regardless, chief. I played through the game and the only time I ever had framerate problems was during cut-scenes near the end of the game.

It's not halo reach bad, but it's not smooth.  
 
Def not smooth. definetly not an xbox dying. Maybe i'll try the game out on my old arcade unit and see if it runs the same.

Do you play PC games a lot? Compared to a PC game the framerate is absolutely horrible. The PC version obviously has an uncapped framerate and looks great but I'm afraid the framerate in the Xbox360 version of DR2 is just pretty standard. And that standard is bad.

Yeah like I said it may just be a problem of comparison with playing a lot of fighting games running at 60fps, and the original dead rising was much smoother as well.

Hmmm. Maybe. I'm not sure though, I feel like DR1 had a lot more blur going on which could mask some choppiness of animation. It's probbably a bit slower though, but DR2 does have better graphics and more zombies which might explain the decrease. It any case yeah, it is really noticeable. It's got to be below 30fps a lot of the time.

Never noticed anything, but I'm the worst judge. I must be conditioned to ignore framerate issues. Seriously I never notice unless it's really bad. Like 5 FPS bad. I can remember a couple of Quick Looks where the guys mentioned the bad framerate they were seeing, but it looked okay to me.  Maybe I'm just easily pleased.

I once saw a stream with a guy playing the 360 version. I counted about 30 seconds on average for loading times. It takes about 5 to 10 seconds on my brothers rig so the difference is quite large. The FPS wasn't that great either and there was a bit of slow down a lot so maybe it's the aging hardware I guess?

frame rate is fine for me, i mean it's not super duper smooth like an expensive PC but its fine.

I was playing this game in a Kiosk in EB Games 2 days ago and the framerate was excellent. 
 
What do you mean when you say "Newish" 360? did you buy it from someone else?

Definitely has some nasty drops.  Some cutscenes drop below 10FPS (and they're not even the detailed cutscenes).  A few outdoor scenarios drop below 20fps in gameplay...
 
I would have bought the PC version had I known how the versions would turn out a while ago.  It's somewhat disappointing.

Yeah it does, but why the hell does anyone care?

Runs 'OK' on pc for me, but I was expecting better.

The 360 version is locked at 30 FPS with vSynch. Tho it can drop in the heavy zombie areas. Just be happy you didn't pick it up for PS3 like i did, cause talk about bad frame rate, and theres tear-lines left and right. 
 
I don't know why the PS3 version isn't locked at 30 like the 360 one, just mind blowing.

Nope it's fine for me. Just you buddy. Unlucky.

Fine most of the time, but it can get sluggish when there's a lot of stuff going on.

PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert.

There are noticeable framerate drops in areas with large amounts of zombies (mainly outside), but I'm not bothered by them.
 
The only really bad framerate that get to me are the ones in a few of the cutscenes. Whenever there's fire nearby in the background, say hello to 5fps.

Yeah it is mostly outdoors areas or when you're swinging an axe through a crowd. Some of that might be intentional hitstun type god of war effects too.

No, it's just 360..

" Definitely has some nasty drops.  Some cutscenes drop below 10FPS (and they're not even the detailed cutscenes).  A few outdoor scenarios drop below 20fps in gameplay...  I would have bought the PC version had I known how the versions would turn out a while ago.  It's somewhat disappointing. "

@Diamond said:

Definitely has some nasty drops.  Some cutscenes drop below 10FPS (and they're not even the detailed cutscenes).  A few outdoor scenarios drop below 20fps in gameplay...  I would have bought the PC version had I known how the versions would turn out a while ago.  It's somewhat disappointing.

Sell/return your 360 version. Get the PC version from Steam.

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

" The 360 version is locked at 30 FPS with vSynch. Tho it can drop in the heavy zombie areas. Just be happy you didn't pick it up for PS3 like i did, cause talk about bad frame rate, and theres tear-lines left and right.  I don't know why the PS3 version isn't locked at 30 like the 360 one, just mind blowing. "

" @Vorbis said:

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

@pornstorestiffi said:

" The 360 version is locked at 30 FPS with vSynch. Tho it can drop in the heavy zombie areas. Just be happy you didn't pick it up for PS3 like i did, cause talk about bad frame rate, and theres tear-lines left and right.  I don't know why the PS3 version isn't locked at 30 like the 360 one, just mind blowing. "

PARADOX. "

" @pornstorestiffi: I play on PS3 and the fps is fine. I have no tears and very rarely can I notice any sort of drop. Of course there is the fresh load point stutter that lasts about half a second after a load screen and the occasional tons of zombies drop but is fine after it renders them all and is fine when I kill them all. "

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

" @Vorbis said:

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

*actually there is major screen tearing in the ps3 version dont know what your talking about, many people have commented it and they've had comparisons* "

" @WilliamRLBaker said:

" @Vorbis said:

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

*actually there is major screen tearing in the ps3 version dont know what your talking about, many people have commented it and they've had comparisons* "

I have seen none and I'm on my 4th playthrough, maybe I have a magic version. "

" @Vorbis said:

" @WilliamRLBaker said:

" @Vorbis said:

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

*actually there is major screen tearing in the ps3 version dont know what your talking about, many people have commented it and they've had comparisons* "

I have seen none and I'm on my 4th playthrough, maybe I have a magic version. "

Occam's Razor; or maybe you simply don't notice the things he is referring to. All PS3's are running on the same spec hardware and all game discs are the same. Screen tearing and low framerate of multiplat games on PS3 is also a common issue.  "

My elite that was purchased just before Christmas experiences low fram rate at spots, but after two hours I got over it. But still, if removing 10% of the zombies would have helped the game then the Blue Castle guys has to rethink their priorities for the next game. 
OFF TOPIC: Also, I wish they had more ... useful weapons. Like Jeff I am mostly using the spiked bat, or I mix it up with quicker weapons for boss fights, like the spear for instance.

" @Pokechapp said:

" @pornstorestiffi: I play on PS3 and the fps is fine. I have no tears and very rarely can I notice any sort of drop. Of course there is the fresh load point stutter that lasts about half a second after a load screen and the occasional tons of zombies drop but is fine after it renders them all and is fine when I kill them all. "

You must have one bad ass PS3 then. My PS3 slim must suck, likewise my friends old fatty must be shit too. Cause we both have tear-lines and frame rate drops. 
 
At least i know i'm not the only one out there who sees that issue on PS3. "

I haven't had any framerate issues, actually. It's no Mass Effect, (in terms of terrible framerate).

It chugged for me at random times even if there weren't a lot of zombies.

It's kinda ironic considering all the money Microsoft spent on getting all the DLC for this title, and yet the Xbox version seems to be the one with most "issues".  The framerate is chunky and the graphics is not as good as the PS3 version, which makes it even funnier considering it always uses to be the PS3 version that lacks in that department. 

" @Geno said:

" @Vorbis said:

" @WilliamRLBaker said:

" @Vorbis said:

" PS3 version is fine, zero screen tearing and only had FPS drop in one place, which was at the Rock concert. "

*actually there is major screen tearing in the ps3 version dont know what your talking about, many people have commented it and they've had comparisons* "

I have seen none and I'm on my 4th playthrough, maybe I have a magic version. "

Occam's Razor; or maybe you simply don't notice the things he is referring to. All PS3's are running on the same spec hardware and all game discs are the same. Screen tearing and low framerate of multiplat games on PS3 is also a common issue.  "

Then the fact I have not noticed it says how much of an issue it is. And yes I do know what screen tearing is, I played Darksiders on the 360 before the patch. "

" @pornstorestiffi: I play on PS3 and the fps is fine. I have no tears and very rarely can I notice any sort of drop. Of course there is the fresh load point stutter that lasts about half a second after a load screen and the occasional tons of zombies drop but is fine after it renders them all and is fine when I kill them all. "

It seems like I just had to get used to it after playing lots of fighters at 60fps and civ 5 at a smoother framerate. I think it's fine in the 360 version.
 
Load times, however, are a different story.