Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2862 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Capcom
• Released on: 2007-05-25
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Xbox 360

Manufacturer's Description
Dead Rising follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, an overly zealous freelance photojournalist on the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. In pursuit of a juicy lead, he makes his way to a small suburban town only to find that it has become overrun by zombies. He escapes to the local shopping mall, thinking it will be a bastion of safety yet it turns out to be anything but. It will be a true struggle to survive the endless stream of enemies, but players will have full reign of a realistic shopping centre, utilizing anything they find to fight off the flesh-hungry mob and search for the truth behind the horrendous epidemic.

Dead Rising features an open level of freedom and offers a vast array of gameplay possibilities. As part of a real time system, time is dynamic in Dead Rising, marching on whether Frank is actively engaged or if simply stationary. Time also plays a role as zombies become more powerful when the sun goes down. Though they move slowly during the day, the zombies become stronger and faster at night, making it even more dangerous for players to survive. The unprecedented numbers of enemies come in never-ending waves and consist of a diverse population of former humans that have retained some memory of their previous lives, which is reflected in their behaviour and appearance. The variety of different stores in the mall offers players an endless supply of resources including vehicles, makeshift weapons and more. Players will also encounter other survivors along the way and by helping them can acquire valuable clues as to what has happened.

Customer Reviews

Good while it lasts
Dead rising is a very good game and is a lot of fun to play but afder few hours or days it will get very dull.I would rent this and buy call of duty 4

If You Like Killing Zombies This Is The Game For You
This is my son's game. It has a very straight forward game play, basically rescue the survivors and kill the zombies that get in your way. It is quite blood thirsty (so not a game I would play) but my son thinks it is really good.

Dead Fun
This game is great. It's not going to wrap you up in the story, you're not going to relate to the characters and you're not going to be left breathless from beautiful cinematics.

but you will have fun. I find this game utterly theraputic, it's the kind of game you can play for hours consistantly without any major peaks or troughs in content. Laying into masses of zombies is a lot of fun.

I feel the title is let down by the missions... they're a lot of fun, some are moderately challenging but both myself and a friend missed a detail... we're not sure if it was mentioned in any cutscenes but a certain objective wasn't displayed in the objective list.. and subsequently we got a poor ending having played the game's missions for 2 straight days. We didn't get the unlocks we yearned for.

This left us feeling a bit short changed and empty... like we'd never forgive capcom ever again (god Street Fighter 4 better be good...)

Buuut don't let it bother you.
This game is fun and relaxing without you having to stress out to much. It's the video game equivalent of Friends... you can sit and watch for however long you like... having a moderate amount of fun without having to get too invested in it.