Dead Rising is a zombie slasher unlike anyhting else out there, and it's very much fun!
The graphics are really good. The amount of zombies on screen is amazing. There are hundreds and hundreds of zombies coming at you, and your job is to slash them all down at it all looks very crisp. There are many in-game videos that also look great, and which helps telling the story, which is actually quite good. Dead Rising sounds great. All the different items you pick up have their own sounds that are very nice and realistic. Hearing the knifes and swords slash through zombie flesh is very saticfying, and that makes the game even more enjoyable. The music is good, though features mostly rock and "at the mall" tunes. The actors has also done a quite decent job bringing the characters to life. Dead Rising all plays out at this big shopping mall. And the only problem is that there are lots of lots of zombies there. Or, that's not entirely true, there are also psychopaths there, and they are worse than the undead, that's for sure. There are clowns, snipers and even a butcher there to make you intoo zombie dinner, and they act as bosses in the game. The story is quite simple: You are a journalist that's heard about this insident in a city. You fly over there by helicopter and end up at the shopping mall, where you have 72 hours to find out what's happening before the pilots comes back to pick you up. This is where it all begins, and you have to find out what's happening there. Where did all the zombies come from? Your missions are divided into case files you have to complete. The clock is allways ticking in this game, so you have to be carefull not to miss your apointments, cause if you do it's game over! Yeah, that's right... If you for example save your game when it's actually to late to reach your apointment in time, then you have to start the whole game all over again! LAME!! And yeah... It happened to me! This is just stupid, though because there are so few savings during the game, you become really afraid of dying, which is quite realistic. The game has a lot of side quests that are really cool and rewarding. Cause you gain experience points for killing people and for saving innocent survivors. By doing this you raise your level, which increases your life meter or makes you run faster and so on. The game is very good, and it's incredibly much fun at times. But I was very dissapointed when there wasn't a "free killing mode" unlocked after completing the game. I wanted some free killing, though I'm forced to play in this stressed out story mode where you have to be here and there at the correct times. The game is cool, and I recommend you to try it out cause it's hilarious at times.
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Good graphics with a lot of on-screen action. Saticfying sound effects. Interesting storyline, with some great side quests. A lot of the weapons you find are awesome, like chainsaw, ketchup bottles and lawnmower!!
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The story mode is very stressed because of the time limits. The "free killing mode" is missing. Very frustrating saving system.