DEAD RISING®

It's fun, just hate the AI and how clunky it can be sometimes...

Boring ass game. Walking simulator, Bland story.

The kind of game you play when you just want to goof around.

This is one of those games that your enjoyment will highly depend on what you already know about the game. Where survivors are, what books do what, how to kill the bosses, where weapons are - it is all beneficial knowing these things before attempting to play through.

It is very video gamey and I love it. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and is all around just satisfying to play. It offers a somewhat unique experience too as I can't really think of another game where you are trapped in a zombie apocalypse under a time limit and you can take photos of various things that grant you experience.

It's not really like Resident Evil as those games are typically get from A to B as fast as possible. This is more just survive. While there is a story, you are free to not engage with it at all and just look out for yourself.

It's methodical, arcade-y, goofy, and just fun. I highly recommend this game if you feel like giving yourself a puzzle to solve or just looking to kill some free time by wacking some zombies with a bunch of random objects.
 

One of the most fun console games that you can try. It has all the original console's details faithfully recreated. I have had a LOT of fun with this game. You progress every time you play, so you will never get bored.

best game of all time, not glazing.

Only the Japanese could have made a game so aggressively American.

Funny Camera Man Serious

never played dead rising 1 but i have done dead rising 2 during the xbox 360 era
honestly i was in between this or the DRDR and im glad i got this over DRDR

From what i see DRDR is more censored,has better textures/graphics, QoL things and has some changes to survivors like for one of the psychos.

I strongly reccommend this over DRDR especially if its your first time playing.
DRDR is just a cash grab for 50$ lol

Can zombie infection spread through penisary contact with the volvo?

this game is good

Good game, but i don't like AI NPC characters much its pretty dumb & co op multiplayer but by the way this it still good for someone start zombie games like this. I not play remastered version yet so this is my opinions.

2016 Capcom cooked with gas with this while 2024 Capcom burned the whole neighborhood down witht he remaster.

someone will rot in hell for the creation of this game's atrocious AI pathing system 10/10

Killing zombies is always fun

Jessie Zombie head goated

great game but the Isabela fight can crawl in a ditch and die

Perfect OG zombie game

frank is so ugly i hate him with a burning passion

best game ever

The kind of game you play when you just want to goof around.

This is one of those games that your enjoyment will highly depend on what you already know about the game. Where survivors are, what books do what, how to kill the bosses, where weapons are - it is all beneficial knowing these things before attempting to play through.

It is very video gamey and I love it. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and is all around just satisfying to play. It offers a somewhat unique experience too as I can't really think of another game where you are trapped in a zombie apocalypse under a time limit and you can take photos of various things that grant you experience.

It's not really like Resident Evil as those games are typically get from A to B as fast as possible. This is more just survive. While there is a story, you are free to not engage with it at all and just look out for yourself.

It's methodical, arcade-y, goofy, and just fun. I highly recommend this game if you feel like giving yourself a puzzle to solve or just looking to kill some free time by wacking some zombies with a bunch of random objects.

STUPID FUCKING BOTS DYING I HATE THEM PLEASE


play this game for orange juice addiction, 100/10

You can kill a zombie with a purse wearing children's clothing and a Lego mask. Also there's the US military.

Easily one of the best designed open-world sandbox games due to multiple playthroughs making you plan out the best routes. Game has good story to uncover, has fun weapons to play with. It may be jank, but it's such a classic.

I played Dead Rising 2 Off the Record when it came out on the xbox 360 but never played the original. After the deluxe remaster came out i wanted to play the original so I picked this version up. After completing this and comparing it to the deluxe remaster, I wish I would have played the deluxe remaster instead.
This is still a very solid game and is unfiltered unlike the remaster, but there are some balancing issues that were fixed in the remaster. AI for survivors that follow you is laughably bad and the small chainsaw is so powerful you are almost forced to use it. This is not fun because it locks you out of having to use other weapons in your surroundings, which is kind of the point of setting this game in a shopping mall. The remaster nerfs the small chainsaw and makes other weapons more powerful, encouraging use of a diverse arsenal of weapons. Also the remaster makes the game more accessible, not necessarily easier. For example, in psychopath fights(the boss fights) you can kill a boss in seconds with the small chainsaw(or any weapon) by stunlocking them. This stops you from seeing all the work the developers put into these fights(and most have a really cool licensed song during the fight). The deluxe remaster makes it so only your first hit in a series of attacks does full damage. This is good because it prevents you from rushing a boss and stunlocking them, you get to experience the intended battle and are forced to engage with your surroundings and the game mechanics. This is a feature that was introduced in DR2:OTR because it stopped boss battles from being shorter than the cutscenes that introduced them. My last point will be that there are several interactions in this game that are not voice acted. This coupled with the poor AI can make NPC's frustrating to deal with. In the remaster, everything has decent to great voice acting and radio calls don't get in the way of gameplay. The AI teammates can actually carry their own weight or at least follow you back to base correctly, and that will be the majority of your gameplay in dead rising.
Overall, a really great game with a unique time mechanic and zombie hordes in an Americana mall setting that feels like an early Xbox360 game, because it is. If you have somehow not played any of these games, definitely start with this one and play the deluxe remaster version if you can. Afterwards play 2 or 2 Off the Record if you need more Frank West, he's covered wars you know!

this game is epic, to be frank. and you are indeed Frank West.
10/10 would Frank again

Better than the Deluxe Remaster scam. Buy this one instead.

Game controls are horrible. Boss fights are borderline impossible without cheesing it. Survivors are annoying, Otis calls non fucking stop.

I fucking love this game vro..., i played it on the xbox time and time again and it never gets old. The soundtrack is one of the best i have heard, and im not even into video game OSTS. The game is hard and you can cheese the living hell out of it but its a amazing game if you have the patience and time.

better than the remake

I've come to notice a lot of gaming cults don't enjoy when their favorite piece of nostalgia is criticized. Truthfully, this is a game that deserves both praise and criticism for what it does right and wrong. In my Dead Rising 4 review, I mentioned that I didn't care for Frank—at least, not that particular version of him. I'm happy to say that this iteration of Frank is much better and more grounded in the gritty "reality" the game presents. However, overall, it still falls short in several areas that made it un-enjoyable for me.

Rising PROS

Dead CONS

Story7/10 [] Gameplay 4/10

HOLY CRAP THERES A ZOMBIE GAME THAT ISN'T A RESIDENT EVIL CLONE
AND ITS REALLY GOOD
except for the damn cult i hate those guys and the survivors who get in the way and die when im trying to save them

Unique blend of action, survival, and dark humor. The freedom to use nearly anything as a weapon and the challenge of managing time effectively make for a thrilling experience. While the save system and time constraints may frustrate some players, the game’s charm and creativity more than make up for it.

8.7/10 ⭐🌟⭐
If you enjoy zombie games with a twist of creativity and strategy, Dead Rising is a must-play Classic.

Mom got this for me on the 360. Great memories and I still play it to this day.

This is what an average journalist would do to get that one photo he needs for an article

The GENUINE Version of Dead Rising, NO Censorship, Woke Culture and DEI Infested, also no technical and artistic downgrades.

The Pure Juice from the 2000s. Buy this Version!

And this.... is my FUNNIEST shot...

TSK TSK TSK TSK TSK.... UHUH, UHUH

As if Capcom wanted to make a funny Resident Evil game.

This game took me a little while to get the hang of…the controls are great for the average zombies but clunky for bosses; you really don’t have much time to do anything (reminds me of Night Trap where you kind of just have to memorize all of the locations and sprint everywhere); save locations are scarce; your weapons last 30 seconds; zombies are everywhere and take a few hits. Combine all of those together, and I died a couple of times pretty early after gaining several levels. Fortunately, it plays like a rogue-lite where you can restart with your experience saved if you want to, and I did that two or three times when it became faster to run through quickly with a higher level than reload a save. At the end of the day, it’s going to be a lot of fun for many people but had some things that frustrated me a little to the point of having some sourness to go with the sweet parts of the game.

The Positives
-This game is creative and innovative for its time. Taking the basics of a GTA-like control scheme, combining it with the zombie-infestation plot of Resident Evil, and then adding the comical nature of killing zombies with random objects in a mall with a cast of kooky bosses with their own personalities…it is quite something. Zombies were always used to drum up horror or post-apocalyptic terror in previous games, so this is a fantastic spin on the zombie game.

-The controls work mostly well—once I got used to the configuration and the weapons and such, I never really had an issue with them in any normal situation.

-The mall and its contents are the best part of this game. It is wacky, and the fact that you have to go find random stores to get the weapons or items you need is so brilliant. Everything from baseball bats at the sporting goods store to guns at the hunting store to film at the camera store…this game has you covered. A sniper shootout in the food court; a machine gun battle in a giant grocery store; a parking garage filled with zombies to run over by the (literal) hundreds…so cool.

-The diversity of weapons and items is fantastic, as is the fact that you can learn where good things are and run straight to them to help you with big-time events. When you become familiar with where big-time weapons are, the game becomes much more survivable. If you don’t get comfortable with where you can get weapons or health while you’re in the mall, you are screwed.

-The main story and side quests are really, really good. It unfolds well, and there are so many survivors and bosses with various personalities that make the game interesting. While the survivor escort quests only have a few variations, the bosses are wildly different and will make you actually want to fight the next one (even with your lack of inventory).

-Frank West is cool, as is the helicopter pilot, the baddy and his sister, and the agents. Even the kooky older man who ends up being key to everything is an interesting character. This game thrives with its characters.

The Negatives
-Weapons last for what sometimes feels like 30 seconds. There are just so many zombies, and while you’re not supposed to kill them all, it always feels like a war of attrition where you wonder whether you have the weapons and health to make it to your next destination and back. Early on, I died a few times and just restarted because it was easier to fight back to my death point and keep the experience than reload and have to grind to get the levels back. With only a few slots for weapons and items early in the game, I would often have to run around with nothing until I found something—only for that to last 10 hits and I’d be back to nothing. Yes, you can run around the zombies at first, but the survivors often can’t and so are as good as dead.

-There is very infrequent downtime. You are safe in the starting area and can save there, but once you leave, you have to be “on” 24-7. You need to constantly be moving, watching for zombie lunges, and monitoring your health and weapon condition while gathering more resources along the way of completing quests. I finally got the hang of bathrooms on the other side of the mall so that I could have more save points, but note that path deviations are time-consuming, so you can’t do it that often. Also, there are zombies right outside the bathroom, so those areas aren’t for downtime but are rather just checkpoints.

-Parts of the game feel cheap (both ways). The jeep with a gun turret was borderline impossible to fight—I literally had it stuck driving into a pole, I walked right up to it and shot the people in the face many times, and it did nothing—and, of course, the gunner shot me and the jeep got unstuck and ran me over. I basically just ran past every time, but it made getting survivors through that area at night in the first run near impossible. In other parts, bosses just seem to require a machine gun or for you to exploit AI pathfinding imperfections to win. And in the end game with the armored foes, I somehow killed the first one and survived easily (luck?) and then got the best weapon and then just farmed from above in the warehouse early until I had an inventory full of the best gun in the game. My mantra became: “Win by cheap kill, or lose by cheap kill.”

-Speaking of survivors getting through, in your first run at low level, you have almost no shot of getting survivors back (the secret to having fun is to accept that fact). I maybe saved a dozen in my first run. You basically go and grab one and barely have time to run back before you have to do the next thing. On top of that, any survivor that doesn’t let you carry them is slow, meandering, and stopping every 10 seconds to fight off zombies. The ones that can piggyback onto you are much easier, though. You just don’t have the time, the weapons, or the health to save many of them the first time around. That’s probably intentional, which is fine, but the AI can be frustrating.

-It might be intentional, but I feel like I couldn’t really enjoy the game. Part of it is the infrequent downtime mentioned above, but the biggest part was that the time limit just goes by so fast that I just kept getting frustrated running out, trying to do something, failing, and missing out on three quests. Fortunately, there is ample time to complete all of the cases, but I feel like you need to be perfect in the game or come back at max level with great weapons to play the game where you can save most of the survivors. As such, I only saved convenient survivors after a while and just focused on the cases for my run.

-I liked the camera gimmick, but I never used it outside the beginning and the photo quest. After the previous bullet, who the hell has time to take pictures of anything—not just game-timer-wise, but because if you take pictures of anything that would give you a high score, your risk of getting bitten is huge. Not worth the time or risk to me in that first run.

Overall, it’s a really good game. The kooky characters all around make it a fun run through, as does the insanity of running through a mall to save/fight them. The only downside is the “what’s the point?” feeling that I kept getting because I kept running out of weapons, health, and time and so sometimes just said, “Screw it,” and gave up saving inconvenient survivors. And that’s the only part that bothered me: it’s like getting a guided tour of an amazing place but the tour guide doesn’t have enough time and keeps shouting, “We’re walking…We’re walking.” I was always off to the next thing while failing at one of the current things and trying not to die. Constant tension is an interesting concept, but it’s hard to really enjoy a game when you’re anxious or annoyed half the time. Go in knowing that you need to learn weapon locations and accepting that you’ll only complete a fraction of the quests in the first run, and you’ll have fun.

they really don't make em like they used to

Fun classic that I suck at. 8/5/10.

Although it may seem unconventional, I commenced playing this game from the outset due to my lack of familiarity with it during my childhood. I exclusively utilize the Steam Deck for this purpose, and the performance is satisfactory, with no lag or performance issues.

Still an awesome game after all these years. I wouldn't worry about purchasing the remake for the price it currently is when this one is still an absolute gem. Yeah, it can be a little clunky at times but nothing that is game breaking or overly frustrating. This game is at least an 8/10 in my opinion for its time

Simply not fun, moreso frustrating and tedious.
The overall premise is great but extremely badly implemented.
The game is just a massive chore, even just 30 mins in.

busty mannequin torso versus Frank's spit

Clunky controls, glitchy missions, and dumb npc's that can't walk straight.

Edit: Borderline unplayable comfortably, too glitchy and buggy, half the escort missions end with the npc's standing still and dying from zombies and that's the most of the game. Tried playing through the issues but it happens no matter what changes are made.

Another one of my favorites! Dead Rising was the first Capcom game I played on the Xbox 360, this time around I was able to do so much more than I did back then. I literally spent 14 straight hours playing Infinity mode and obtained the 7 Day Survivor achievement, something that was literally a difficult feat (anybody who got it in 2006 will agree with me). I really don't understand what the appeal of the "Deluxe Remaster" is. They outright replaced difficult achievements with easier, lackluster ones. Also they made the game so easy that a kid could do it. Actually it looks like the Deluxe Remaster was made for a Teen audience and they forgot it was rated M for Mature. Plus this one is cheaper, just go with the original for a real challenge.

banger game a lil wonky sometimes but gore is funny and the killing is so bad its actually good

yo this game is FANTASTIC

p.s thank god for my steam deck cause that was a life saver during my 7 day survivor run

Really good & i remember playing on my playstation back in the day with Friends, & i decided to re buy the series because i miss playing them & this is so much Nostalgia, because i remember trying to 100% this when this game first came out man what happened to the good old days

Amazing game, really fun. It's got some frustrations (like the unskippable radio calls that restart if you get hit), but honestly? One issue in an entire game is pretty good.

"I've covered wars ya know" - Frank West, photojournalist

This, along with Left 4 Dead 2, and Resident Evil, are PEAK zombie games.