[quote name='ClevelandBrowns']Saving isn't the problem, it is just the timer and how A LOT of things are missable.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. Even if the game had 10,000 save spots, the timer would still be an issue. I first played this game thinking you could run around and actually explore the mall but nope, not with that pesky timer. There's not even a free-roam mode after completion, just another mode with another timer. At least the story still continues regardless of missing most objectives.
[quote name='xSiLeNcEx']im not sure id enjoy dead rising having never played it, yet i love DR2. same thing with assassins creed 1[/QUOTE]
Honestly I don't see a point in returning to DR1 after playing DR2 since the two games are pretty identical and the second one fixed a lot of the problems of the first and added many more features (ala Assassin's Creed 2). Plus the story of DR2 isn't much of a continuation of the first game.