One of the best games I've ever played. The timer creates a lot of great anxiety-induced-moments, the music choice is always on point, and there's more seriousness, drama and fear than any of the other Dead Rising games.

With Dead Rising 2 onward, they introduced a system where you combine weapons; I really, really dislike it. It completely ruins my favorite thing about the first Dead Rising: exploring an abandoned, zombie filled mall and using whatever's around you as a weapon. In Dead Rising you can pick up a knife or a paint can and destroy zombies with it. There was a reason to explore and go into shops, because they might contain a useful weapon. But in the other iterations of the game, if you're not using COMBO WEAPON X or Y, then you're handicapping yourself because that's the overpowered option.

It's also more of an RPG than the other games. You've got stats, level progression, items that upgrade your stats and affect how well you do in combat in certain ways. You can carry books that boost your followers' abilities, make sharp weapons last longer or do more damage, or allow you to use toys as weapons more effectively. So for me, this provides hours and hours more gameplay time because I enjoy progression, pushing to the next level, and the rewarding sense of reaching the maximum level and becoming a god-like man.

spoilers ahead tho
My favorite thing about Dead Rising, without a doubt, is the 3 day limit with events that happen at certain times. It makes the world feel like it's moving, it's alive, and you're experiencing a story. It's hella cinematic. While you're trapped in the mall, within 2 or 3 days a cult begins to appear and post fliers everywhere saying they're having meetings in the theatre. At a certain time of day, the zombies become ultra powerful for a few hours. Prison inmates break free and terrorize survivors in the park.

Scripted events happen at certain times and eventually (spoiler) the military busts in and kills all the zombies... There's an incredibly surreal moment where you're exploring the mall and it's DEAD quiet! No zombies, just acres of dead bodies everywhere. You'll hear a walkie talkie or a drone flying around sometimes and, like I said, it's just surreal.

It's an eventful adventure with an unusually big map (or at least, it gives the illusion of being big because of how much stuff they've crammed into the little mall).

One of the best games I've ever played. The timer creates a lot of great anxiety-induced-moments, the music choice is always on point, and there's more seriousness, drama and fear than any of the other Dead Rising games. With Dead Rising 2 onward, they introduced a system where you combine weapons; I really, really dislike it. It completely ruins my favorite thing about the first Dead Rising: exploring an abandoned, zombie filled mall and using whatever's around you as a weapon. In Dead Rising you can pick up a knife or a paint can and destroy zombies with it. There was a reason to explore and go into shops, because they might contain a useful weapon. But in the other iterations of the game, if you're not using COMBO WEAPON X or Y, then you're handicapping yourself because that's the overpowered option. It's also more of an RPG than the other games. You've got stats, level progression, items that upgrade your stats and affect how well you do in combat in certain ways. You can carry books that boost your followers' abilities, make sharp weapons last longer or do more damage, or allow you to use toys as weapons more effectively. So for me, this provides hours and hours more gameplay time because I enjoy progression, pushing to the next level, and the rewarding sense of reaching the maximum level and becoming a god-like man. spoilers ahead tho My favorite thing about Dead Rising, without a doubt, is the 3 day limit with events that happen at certain times. It makes the world feel like it's moving, it's alive, and you're experiencing a story. It's hella cinematic. While you're trapped in the mall, within 2 or 3 days a cult begins to appear and post fliers everywhere saying they're having meetings in the theatre. At a certain time of day, the zombies become ultra powerful for a few hours. Prison inmates break free and terrorize survivors in the park. Scripted events happen at certain times and eventually (spoiler) the military busts in and kills all the zombies... There's an incredibly surreal moment where you're exploring the mall and it's DEAD quiet! No zombies, just acres of dead bodies everywhere. You'll hear a walkie talkie or a drone flying around sometimes and, like I said, it's just surreal. It's an eventful adventure with an unusually big map (or at least, it gives the illusion of being big because of how much stuff they've crammed into the little mall).