They're everywhere!!!!!

User Rating: 9 | Dead Rising X360
For quite long I've wanted to find a zombie-slaughtering game where I'll be put straight into the action instantly. I guess it was destiny that I'd find Dead Rising. Well, here's a game with a rather interesting premise. You're investigating a zombie infestation in Willamette Mall from a journalist's perspective (whip out the camera). Along the way, you're given the option to save citizens which helps with your reporting. So I guess these objectives mean you don't necessarily HAVE TO kill zombies in most situations, but I image anyone who buys this game won't be bypassing the chance for some gritty and gory action.

What's very nice, though, about the citizens you rescue is that some of them you can throw a weapon to and you both can manhandle zombies to your utmost desires.

So, now onto the zombie-killing element. Normal games have a select set of weapons. Handgun, Shotgun, Machine Gun, Sniper Rifle and maybe a few melee weapons. But I tell you, when this game says everything is a weapon they DO mean it! You've got swords, 2 by 4s, lead pipes, chainsaws, store signs, potted plants, barbells, propane tanks, CDs, baking ingredients, frying pans, dishes, and stun guns just to name a few. Each of the many weapons have their own various gory outcomes and sound effects, top props to Capcom for that. I just love the cash drawer release mechanism going "DING!" whenever I bash zombies over the head with a cash register. My personal favorite weapon is the shower head, its effect is incredibly gross, but incredibly hilarious. On a similar note, here the graphics are pretty good, maybe not up to par with the 360's potential but still good. You'll get your fair share of horrific scenes and gross-outs once in a while. But there are just two problems I have with the text. The dialouge text is WAY too small, you really need to get up close to the monitor to see the exchange of words. And then there's the time remaining text, it's too big. The time remaining text appears whenever you've come out of a loading sequence and stays there a bit. Now when I'm surrounded by zombies, I can't see to well with around me with big numbers.

Dead Rising is Capcom's answer to those begging for more action and open-ended possibilities than with Resident Evil. Any XBox 360 owner can take solice. This game does just that.