Capcoms's Best Zombie Game yet.
Dead Rising puts you in the role of war-covering-journalist Frank West. Frank goes to Willamette, Colorado in search of a scoop. When he gets their, he sees riots and people eating other people. He travels to the town's main attraction, its hugantic mall. When he gets there, the helicopter pilot talls him that he will be back in 3 days(72 hours) to get Frank. While on the roof he meets a mysterious human named Carlito. Frank goes down to the mall entrance and sees other humans blocking the entrance so that the "citizens" can not get in. The man tells him to go get more things so that they can keep the zombies out. Although he is bewildered, Frank helps. A woman who is looking for someone named "Madonna" goes and pushes everyone away so that she can rescue Madonna, who turns out to be her dog. Thus, letting all the zombies in the mall.
After the introduction scene, Frank can do whatever he wants. He can go up the stairs with a man named Brad, or he can battle the zombies for a while. After he meets Brad and everyone he is set free in the mall. There really are a lot of stores in the mall. Everything from gun shops to a movie theatre. From a blade store to a grocery store. Its all there. Virtually everything is a weapon. There are powerful weapons like the katana, battle axe, baseball bat, and of course, guns. Then there are some really wierd weapons like CDs, jewelery, purses, and even the cash registers in the stores. There is a huge selection and most of the weapons handle differently than the others. The zombies in the town are litterally endless. They never stop coming at you. In addition to the zombies, you have psychopaths, which are crazed humans who, for some strange reason, want to kill you in horrible, horrible ways. There is also something that happens to the zombies at 7:00. Their eyes turn red, they bacome stronger and more resistent to damage. I'm not going to spoil why, but you can find out for yourself.
Of course, this couldn't be a good game without a top-notch story. Unfortunetly, this game does not have a top-notch story. They do, however, have a pretty good story filled to the brim with twists, turns, and conspiracy theories. The game is not all free-roaming. There are missions, called scoops. These may involve rescuing another trapped human or taking down a boss. These get repetitive after a while, espicially the rescue missions.
Dead Rising has some problems however. The saving system is extremely bogus as you only get one save slot throughout the entire game. Also, the real-time structure, while a good idea, is not as good in execution as it was on paper. The problems are small and do not effect the game very much.
If you like Resident Evil and stealthy games, don't play Dead Rising. However, if you like Capcom and Resident Evil and don't mind a bit of violence, I highly recommend picking this game up. You will not be disappointed.