I had fun with the DR2 because I learned from the mistakes I made in DR1. When I played the original I didn't know the only save points were in bathrooms so after I put a good 4-5 hours into it, I died at some point and it only gave me the option to start from the  very beginning. Annoyed me so much I just said fuck it and stopped playing. The older DR games really needed a "more traditional" saving mechanic, which hopefully is in the 3rd. 

Dying in the first game and starting from the beging is actually not a bad thing since you keep the level you died at when you restart the game.

It is a game built around the concept of time. In fact you're warned about this right in the beginning of the game. You speak like this was GTA IV's map size, but it actually was a simple but huge supermarket. The game was supposed to be played in multiple walkthroughs; that's why your experience carries on to every single playthrough you make. You don't need 100 play thrus. You can, in fact, do the main mission and rescue all the survivors if that's your concern; you only need good timing.

My problem is that time limit should be mandatory, and then put a different mode without it. Not create a game without what made the original one different and then put it as an extra for the original fans. That sucks. That means you're listening to the wrong audience to sell more.

Dead Rising is one of my favourite games of all time. A game I replay again and again. It's not challenging, not at all. And once you hit level 50 you're imparable.

It is a fun game. A very enjoyable one. The time limit is part of its charisma.

well we'll see in 3 month how the game turns out o be.... for all we know we'll still have time constrained missions or events....