Frank West, a freelance photojournalist on the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime, pursues a juicy lead to a small suburban town only to find that it is being overrun by zombies! He escapes to the local shopping mall thinking it will be a bastion of safety, but it turns out to be anything but. It's a true struggle to survive the endless stream of enemies, but with full reign over an entire shopping center, Frank can utilize anything to fight off the flesh-hungry mob and search for the truth behind the horrendous epidemic.
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For a game that is definitely outdated by today’s standards, the gameplay is still good just a bit clunky and awkward at times. The skills Frank gets are fun to use and add a lot more variety to the game, but don’t be fooled as there is obvious better weapons and not everything is equal in this game(the gun you get from special forces is crazy broken). The story for dead rising is honestly not that good and carlito is such a terrible villain and his motives for doing what he does is laughable at how he came to the conclusion that he did tbh. A lot of people in this game also act super weird and Frank our main character always throws me off with what he says. Like it could be a serious or sad moment and he shows no signs of empathy or has his camera out lmao. He gets better later in the game but the way he acted shocked me even if he is a photographer. All of the side bosses are good for the purpose they serve, and almost all of them are just so over the top that it’s funny and leaves them as memorable. Also the survivor ai is absolutely terrible in this game even knowing all of the mechanics. But anyways, Isabella Brad and Jessie were are fine but the way Jessie died was a lil corny. It serves as a great shock and the story really picks up from what was a lackluster one when she turns so I take it as a even trade off. So overall, if the last stretch of this game didn’t happen I probably would’ve gave this a 4 or 5 out of 10 rating.
Overall: 6/10
Overall: 6/10
"WHAT?!" I hear you saying. "ONE STAR FOR THE MASTERPIECE THAT IS DEAD RISING 1?! HOW DARE YOU!!" And yeah, I don't like rating it that either. But the thing is I'm on PS4 and that version seems to be HORRIBLY optimized! So this isn't so much a 1 star review of Dead Rising, but rather its PS4 port
Dead Rising is a notoriously stringent game series, and under normal circumstances that would be fine. The problem is this version has crashed for me no less than 4 times. My PS4 games have crashed a few times, but it's a rare occurrence and all the crashes happened to me here within the first few hours of gameplay, meaning I haven't even beaten the first story quest! I got to Carlos, beat him, and then crashed. I got to Carlos again, beat him again, saved right after, found the scientist hiding in the store and crashed. This repeated another 2 times before I finally gave up
Back in the day, when I was poor, had no xbox and youtube was new, I did go through all of Dead Rising's story. I think it's a fine story with most of my gripes being things I don't like about zombie stories in general (i.e. I hate it when all my friends die!) But it's still a neat story, the bosses being the obvious standout of character design, and the gameplay is of course fun as all heck.
This is not a review: it is a warning. PLEASE do not buy this game on PS4, because this port port sucks so much. It's such a shame, because I would love to enjoy this game more than I currently can. Bleh
Dead Rising is a notoriously stringent game series, and under normal circumstances that would be fine. The problem is this version has crashed for me no less than 4 times. My PS4 games have crashed a few times, but it's a rare occurrence and all the crashes happened to me here within the first few hours of gameplay, meaning I haven't even beaten the first story quest! I got to Carlos, beat him, and then crashed. I got to Carlos again, beat him again, saved right after, found the scientist hiding in the store and crashed. This repeated another 2 times before I finally gave up
Back in the day, when I was poor, had no xbox and youtube was new, I did go through all of Dead Rising's story. I think it's a fine story with most of my gripes being things I don't like about zombie stories in general (i.e. I hate it when all my friends die!) But it's still a neat story, the bosses being the obvious standout of character design, and the gameplay is of course fun as all heck.
This is not a review: it is a warning. PLEASE do not buy this game on PS4, because this port port sucks so much. It's such a shame, because I would love to enjoy this game more than I currently can. Bleh
I did A LOT of stuff, died and lost the entire progress because the saving system is so weird
Then I got madge and gave up. Didn't like it that much, the gameplay is too janky/sloppy for me
Then I got madge and gave up. Didn't like it that much, the gameplay is too janky/sloppy for me
There's a world, not far from our own, where this was titled "Resident Evil: Dead Rising".
Dead Rising does to survival with the 360 as Resident Evil did to the PS1 in so many ways.
I did not expect to enjoy this nearly as much as I did. Incredible videogame
Dead Rising does to survival with the 360 as Resident Evil did to the PS1 in so many ways.
I did not expect to enjoy this nearly as much as I did. Incredible videogame
An incredible game despite all of the jank. I absolutely love the detailed American mall setting, the game world always marching forward regardless of what the player is doing, the multiple endings, and the non-linearity of how you plan and solve all of the various events happening. It's a really inspired game.
such a unique and memorable game. i love frank west