Dead Rising is a must have for zombie-movie fans. The game makes you feel like you are in an apocalyptic zombie world.

User Rating: 8.5 | Dead Rising X360
By mhfpunisher | Review Date:
To start I am a zombie movie fan. The whole premise of man-eating zombies taking over the world is a scary idea. The movies usually have a lot of unintentional as well as intentional comedy to them. Dead Rising is a game that takes you inside one of these movies especially Dawn of the Dead. The skinny is that you are a photojournalist that is trying to figure out what is going on in this town and mall. The mall gets filled with zombies like the ones from the original Romero films (not DoD remake). They stumble along after you and you can take them out with pretty much anything. I have used knives, axes, katanas, lawn mowers, frying pans (heated or not),bubble gum machines, benches, chainsaws, guitars of different types, augers (one of the best), etc. The game is bloody as hell and that makes it great. You can slice zombies in have, cut their heads of, mow them down, shoot them, etc. It's great fun and the mall is pretty big and filled with zombies so taking out 600 in 30 minutes is quite possible.
The game is not only about killing zombies however, there are also humans that you must face. These crazies are the hardest part of the game in my opinion. The story evolves and you are given information for missions from the mall janitor, Otis through a transceiver. (This thing can actually get annoying during the games where you just want to check out the mall, level up, and take out a couple of thousand zombies). Anyway these bosses are not easy to fight and it takes some timing, etc. to beat them.
The game's level up mechanism works through taking pictures, performing tasks, and killing zombies (and bosses). You get what are called PP points which as you level up you learn more skills, get more health, get stronger, etc. You may want to just play the game for awhile to level up before trying to actually beat it. You have 72 hours before the helicopter comes to pick you up but you restart after you die. So the 72 hours begins all over again.
Saving the game is one of the only things that bother me. You have to use the security room or restrooms to save and this isn't usually convenient. If you do not save you die, and the game by no means is short. This is why I put the difficulty as hard. The bosses alone will get you if a hoard of zombies doesn't.
In conclusion I like this game quite a bit. It is one of the reasons I went for the 360 instead of PS3, I just like zombies that much. It definitely did not disappoint!

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