Eaily one of the best zombie gams to date, absolutely astounding!!!
The main part that everyone focuses on when they look at this game is that they can kill ombies like crazy with a large variety of weapons (over 100 in fact) but there is actually a very decent story behind this whole thing. And based on what you do or don't do, you will get different endings to the story.
The game has controls that are quite easy to learn and you will definetly catch onto them after just a few minutes of gameplay (about ten for me). But the buttons that you will be using most often are X (attacking), B (for different cmmands, i.e. picking up items, opening doors, talkng, etc.), Y (used to have your survivors follow you), A (jumping, duh!), and LT (look mode which makes it much easier to hit something with a gun). There's also other things that other controls do, like you can press left on he D-pad to check Frank's (the main character's) watch.
The things that were most frustrating about this game to me, and probably to lots of other people, were 1) the survivors in this game are mind-numbbingly stupid (you hve to either set a guide point or continuously tell them to follow to make them follow you) 2) the save system is annoying at times, because you can only have one saved game, of any mode, per profile. Also, the fact that there are only a few place to save in the whole mall is sometimes irritating, but if you go with the main storyline (CASES) you will be stopping by the Security Room a lot, and there happens to be a save point there. But having a save-wherever-you-please save system would not make the game dfficult. And 3) Otis the janitor and his stupid tranceiver, it gets so annoying, mainly because yo can't be doing anything, or do anything, when you pick up the trancever, or are talking on it, and if you cut him off, he calls you back saying how rude it was that you did and you have to listen to his message all over again.
Dead Rising has many different things that you can do and many side-quests (SCOOPS) that you can perform. The game also has decent bosses (PSYCOPATHS) some of which are more difficult (sch as Adam, a psycopathic chainsaw-juggling clown, or Isabela, a woman who tries to run you down with her motorcycle) and some simpler ones (like Jo, a fat female cop who has taking some girls hostage, or Cletus, a mad hillbilly who has taken control of a gun shop).
Those who are lookng for a place in this game to just kill zombies, I would recommend the normal 72 HOUR MODE, and just kil zombies instead of doing the CASES. The reason for this is that the games INFINITY MODE has your health constantly going down, little by little, and fighting zombies and being bitten up like crazy won't help when you're trying to survive. Also, the 72 HOUR MODE has unlimited food, while INFINITY does not.
But as I said before, this is an astounding game nd I would recommend t to anyone who enjoys a good zombie game, or games that are set in malls, if that's more of your style.