Dead Rising is a campy, horror game filled with fun – what other game allows for smashing zombies with random things in a mall?
When a friend saw that I was playing Dead Rising this weekend, he asked me what it was. Apparently it doesn’t have the mainstream popularity of a game like Gears of War or even Elder Scrolls: Oblivion so hopefully I can enlighten everyone about why this game is so good. It has its own cult following for several reasons.
If a gamer were to ask me what Dead Rising is like, I’d probably best sum it up in one sentence: It feels like Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil combined, but in a shopping mall. The graphics engine seems very similar to the Grand Theft Auto series on the PS2, but inserted into a mall with zombies. Of course, they look sharper and clearer due to the 360, but I wouldn’t say the graphics are amazing in this game. They get the job done but it’s no Gears of War. The gameplay is again, similar to Grand Theft Auto as well – missions and such are carried out through phone communication – you need to go to point A to rescue someone or fight someone in point B, etc. It feels Resident Evil-ish since of course you’re fighting the undead, and with Resident Evil being a Capcom property, it echoes forth the fact that it’s a Japanese game.
