You have 72 hours in a mall infested with zombies and a wide array of weapons, what will you do with your precious time?
You are a freelance news journalist who finds out about the zombie infestation. After taking a helicopter ride to the mall and arranging that you will be picked up in 3 days with the pilot you have 72 hours (it 's not real time it's sped up) to get your story and find out who was behind this zombie invasion, why, and if they are friend or foe.
There are major case missions which you have to finish in the game but in between the time's in which those take place you have time to do "scoop" missions which are sent to you via walkie talkie by otis the janitor. Although most of these scoop missions are simple "Two people are stuck in bookstore escort them back to the security room etc...) They're are a couple in which you have a fight scene.
Talking about fighting in dead rising there is a mass amount of zombies and basically anything is at your disposal, from a baseball bat to a potted plant, if you can find it you can pick it up. Each item effects the zombies in certain ways some will gain you experince (pp) while others are just plain fun to do.
Dead Rising is tons of fun and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys gaming and owns an xbox 360.