[Venks]

I have both my step father and sister who are both into zombie/survival games so this was pretty sweet. Going from simple run n' gun shooters to this took a couple games, but once I got used to the controls it was awesome.
While you can't hit someone with your knife until they are breathing on your face, once you can, they are as good as dead. Don't try to use this melee like Gears of War or Halo, because while that is meant as a viable option over shooting in close range fights the knife in RE is a last ditch effort or ammo saver. Just spam hit the knife trigger and cut the hell out of 'the' zombie and you'll have no problems. It also borrows time if you're surrounded by a wave, hopefully long enough for your team mate to save you.
I had trouble with the slow aiming/no movement at first, but then I realized I could go to options and change it to the 'fastest' option. Again this game isn't a run n gun shooter. You shouldn't be able to just kill everything by holding down the shoot button/ammo conserving is for noobs/what are tactics?
Also the inventory has 4 slots which can be accessed via the D-pad. Anything you wanna pull out quick just move it into one of the D-pad slots. I had my pistol/machine gun/herb/grenades. Good to go.

Co-op was my favorite part about the game. I love being able to tackle down zombies with my family. How else would we bond? We can't play Left 4 Dead all day and Dead Rising needs co-op. The assist jumps were pretty cool allowing one player to move forward while the other assists from a distance. Though it's not mandatory at every instance it does prove useful to take out the long range attacking zombies. I also liked how you could use a single herb to heal both players if they were standing close to each other. This game just screams for team work and cooperation. It makes me giggle happily.
I can understand that it might me be a little disappointing having another partner who just by being there with you takes away from the scare factor. But that wasn't a problem for me at all. Being stuck inside a building with five zombies and a zombie with a MUTHA-FU*** CHAINSAW spooked me. My sister had a good time laughing at my step father and I as we ran around screaming from Mr.Chainsaw... who I'm sure is actually a member of the Ringmasters from America's Best Dance Crew(Season 3). Some how that made me even more scared.

tl;dr/Recap
QQ less. I wanna play this survival game. Not Halo Clone #53,594.
Learn the controls. Try again.
This is a SURVIVAL game. You're not suppose to die. When's the last time you saw a Game Over Screen?
Co-op will always be fun or not depending on your team mate. If you have a good friend it will be fun. If you have no friends and party with xxM4573R CH13Fxx who would rather sing about snowmen then watch your back... go make friends.