| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Console: | Xbox 360 |
An experiment gone awry, a mall-ful of zombies, psychopathic survivors, the DHS and the military. An overused plot? Yep. Crummy game? Dead wrong.
Dead Rising is one of the most addicting games I've come across in a long time. You play Frank West, photojournalist, and you have 72 hours to survive in a mall full of zombies and save as many survivors as you can. Sounds simple, right? Au contraire, this game is one of the hardest games I've ever played, especially when you're as OC as I am in saving NPCs. Not only do you get to deal with escorting unbelievably idiotic (running-against-the-wall idiotic), scared-to-death survivors to safety, you've got a time limit as well. So that means making a schedule on how to finish all quests in the shortest time possible- if you don't go psycho and murder the blubbering morons yourself, that is.
The system is simple enough - you get linear gameplay with the hours open for main quests (which you can choose not to do, of course), but you'll certainly get the most fun with the open world free play. It is completely up to you to explore the zombie-infested mall and do whatever you want to do.
This game was especially designed to be played on HDTV - and for good reason too! For people who can appreciate blood and gore games like yours truly, it's quite a treat to watch a blood-and-gut splattered Frank West tearing off zombies apart with his bare hands, sending heads and limbs and god-knows-what flying everywhere.
Blood and gore aside, the thing that I liked most about this game is that you virtually get to use whatever item you can find at the mall to kill zombies. Aside from the usual guns, knives and chainsaws, you get to use HDTVs, potted plants, CDs, and even toy Light Sabers and teddy bears. Or, since your character gains skills while leveling up, you could eventually tear zombies apart like they were made of paper. It's loads of fun thinking up creative ways to kill both living and undead enemies. Boosts replay value too.
It's just really too bad this game doesn't have multiplayer feature. Now THAT would have been insanely fun. *big grin*
This game's got me eyeing the chainsaws in Ace Hardware last time I was in SM. Full marks! I'm definitely never going to look at a mall the same way again! :P
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