Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition

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  1. Diaboliquin
    Sep 13, 2014
    6
    Pobre optimización, diversos detalles molestos (como la selección de objetos y diseño general de las misiones), hacen que Dead Rising 3, pese a tener algunas ideas interesantes, ofrezca una experiencia de regular a mala.

    De la historia ya ni digo nada, es una colección de escenas absurdas y hoyos en la trama.
  2. neanderthaljr
    Sep 6, 2014
    5
    Don't buy it from Steam, many many people can't play it, includes me. One day and no sign of patch. Thanks Capcom nice port. I really hope the capcom devs fix this complete mess.
  3. CardinalStorm
    Sep 7, 2014
    6
    The game runs fine on my rig (4770K @ 4.4Ghz, 780Ti, 8GB RAM) even at 2560x1440. With the 30fps cap removed it sticks at 60fps for most of the time, only dipping when there are masses of zombies on the screen. If your rig is struggling, then keep the 30fps cap in place (which will half the drain on both your CPU and GPU) and reduce the render to below your native resolution.

    I've got it    The game runs fine on my rig (4770K @ 4.4Ghz, 780Ti, 8GB RAM) even at 2560x1440. With the 30fps cap removed it sticks at 60fps for most of the time, only dipping when there are masses of zombies on the screen. If your rig is struggling, then keep the 30fps cap in place (which will half the drain on both your CPU and GPU) and reduce the render to below your native resolution.

    I've got it maxed out at 1440p and it still looks old. The release on XBox One must have looked very dated.

    With that out of the way.......I'm not really one for these kind of games; once I've had a laugh at the crazy weapons, and gruesome (second) deaths dealt out by said weapons, I'm overwhelmed by the repetitive grind of it all.

    It's fun, but only in short bursts.    … Expand
  4. Avadon
    Sep 5, 2014
    5
    This is the first game in the series that I played, and unfortunately it bored me quickly. Carnage is great but it needs something more to hold it together (like some kind of not dreadful story or characters), otherwise it gets old fast. After about the 5,000th zombie that I ran over, I caught myself getting distracted by the TV. Not a good sign. As for performance, this is the mostThis is the first game in the series that I played, and unfortunately it bored me quickly. Carnage is great but it needs something more to hold it together (like some kind of not dreadful story or characters), otherwise it gets old fast. After about the 5,000th zombie that I ran over, I caught myself getting distracted by the TV. Not a good sign. As for performance, this is the most demanding game I've installed on my PC. I suppose you could get 30 fps on a fairly good system if you tone it down a bit, but if you max it and unlock the framerate you're most likely gonna have a problem. On my 4790K, 16 GB Ram and a 780 Ti, the framerate was inconsistent. It fluctuated constantly between 50 and 70, although it usually stayed above 60. That's fine, but the game does not look anywhere near as good as it should for it to drop to 50 on a 2500$ system. It's a marginal improvement on something like Just Cause 2, and that game runs at 4 times the framerate. So, in conclusion, if you have a good PC, and if mowing through thousands of zombies for dozens of hours is enough to keep your attention, I recommend this game. Otherwise, I suggest you wait for some patches and a sale.… Expand
  5. Sergeant_MarkIV
    Sep 8, 2014
    6
    Poor console port, controls and menus were not adjusted to accommodate a mouse. Voice acting and plot are downright horrible. Don't think twice before skipping all cutscenes because none of them are worth watching. At least killing the zombies is fun, and the city was well-made.

    For people having issues with framerate, for some reason that is impossibile to understand, Capcom added a    Poor console port, controls and menus were not adjusted to accommodate a mouse. Voice acting and plot are downright horrible. Don't think twice before skipping all cutscenes because none of them are worth watching. At least killing the zombies is fun, and the city was well-made.

    For people having issues with framerate, for some reason that is impossibile to understand, Capcom added a system to cap your framerate to 30fps. And guess what? It will consume your system specs to do so. To solve this problem, open your game folder (the folder where the game's executable .exe is stored, usually is at C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommon), create a text file, write on it “gmpcr_unlock_frame_rate = True” (no quotes), save, and rename your .txt file as user.ini (make sure you save the file as .ini), and it's done. No more stupid framerate cap, and will improve the usage of system resources. I have an i3 2100, 8gb ram ddr3, and a GTX750ti, and I can run this game with almost everything maxed out at 45fps.    … Expand
  6. J4MESOX4D
    Sep 6, 2014
    6
    Dead Rising 3 may be considered an 'excellent' game on Xbox One but PC games have a much higher expectations and this title sits just above average. There are much better titles out there for a lot less money.

    The game is fun no doubt but the action can be extremely repetitive and shallow. The narrative is extremely weak and the characters are pretty uninspiring. Battling hoards of    Dead Rising 3 may be considered an 'excellent' game on Xbox One but PC games have a much higher expectations and this title sits just above average. There are much better titles out there for a lot less money.

    The game is fun no doubt but the action can be extremely repetitive and shallow. The narrative is extremely weak and the characters are pretty uninspiring. Battling hoards of zombies in an arcade-fashion can seem mildly satisfying particularly with the customisable and rather daft weapons but this eventually becomes a chore. With no story-driven backdrop to engross you; it just gets a bit tiresome and tedious very quickly to justify a price of £40.

    Credit to Capcom though; they have fixed early issues with the game very quickly and the game does run impressively considering the waves of action happening on-screen. There just isn't enough here sadly to justify the price and against some of the other titles available on Steam.    … Expand
  7. tyr8338
    Sep 12, 2014
    5
    Graphics arent bad, performance is descent on my haswell @ 4ghz and gf 670, gameplay is fluid, 35-60 fps , cutscenes can go below 30 fps tho but it`s not a big problem - who cares how many fps you get in cutscenes? :D I Didnt experience any bugs. When it comes to gameplay it got boring really soon, even before I killed 2000 zombies so maybe 2 hours into the game, maybe I will give thisGraphics arent bad, performance is descent on my haswell @ 4ghz and gf 670, gameplay is fluid, 35-60 fps , cutscenes can go below 30 fps tho but it`s not a big problem - who cares how many fps you get in cutscenes? :D I Didnt experience any bugs. When it comes to gameplay it got boring really soon, even before I killed 2000 zombies so maybe 2 hours into the game, maybe I will give this game some more time but tbh I enjoyed low-budget state of decay so much more and probably I will just wait for some better games to release instad of wasting time on this...… Expand
  8. gyrfalcon
    Sep 17, 2014
    7
    Dead Rising 3 is a fun game, less sandbox and more toybox! Buy this game if you like spending countless hours on finding new and absurd ways to kill a horde of zombies or just to explore a devastated, large city.
  9. NickelToe
    Sep 5, 2014
    7
    The game play is what you come to expect from Dead Rising franchise. Quick and heavy melee strikes, throwing objects and the guns are pretty fun when/if you find them.
    The graphics are not bad for a PC port, unfortunately consoles are going to continue to drive the bar down when it comes to gameplay, but I have to say that the developers gave really good key bind options and    The game play is what you come to expect from Dead Rising franchise. Quick and heavy melee strikes, throwing objects and the guns are pretty fun when/if you find them.
    The graphics are not bad for a PC port, unfortunately consoles are going to continue to drive the bar down when it comes to gameplay, but I have to say that the developers gave really good key bind options and customization for PC players.
    I dont mind the 30 FPS but some people may. I think the graphics matured from DR2 to DR3 meaning the Zombies are not so silly this time around and the sense of them actually being dangerous is very present as I play.
    The leveling system is flushed out and provides a solid reason to keep playing.
    I have no tried the 4 DLC missions so far but I think this is a solid purchase if you like Zombies and/or Progression mechanics.
    The timed events of Dead Rising series is always a turn-off and that is why it did not get an 8. It loses a port for not taking advantage of PC platform and loses a combined total of 3 points for simplicity over quality approach.    … Expand
  10. DimosZargarda
    Sep 27, 2014
    5
    I played this game for a few hours, it had alot of potential, a big world, alot of weapons, cars, NPC, alot ot see, explore and alot of action. Actualy a bit too much action, which is why I never managed to complete it. Not that its hard, but its annoying, every stel you make thers 100 Zombies around you, you cannot drive, you cannot explore, you cant do **** without 100 zombies on yourI played this game for a few hours, it had alot of potential, a big world, alot of weapons, cars, NPC, alot ot see, explore and alot of action. Actualy a bit too much action, which is why I never managed to complete it. Not that its hard, but its annoying, every stel you make thers 100 Zombies around you, you cannot drive, you cannot explore, you cant do **** without 100 zombies on your ass all the frikkin time. I loved killing them, I loved slaughtering them but dammit, give me a break, this is no fun.… Expand
  11. Nukemi
    Sep 11, 2014
    7
    I love Zombie smashing. That one Dead rising 3 got right. It's a lot of fun for the first 20 or so hours when you do the campaign. I even took an hour or so to completely max my character by combo grinding.

    The rest of the package is abysmal. The netcode of online play is the worst of it's kind. One out of twenty games i actually managed to join someone online without losing connection,    I love Zombie smashing. That one Dead rising 3 got right. It's a lot of fun for the first 20 or so hours when you do the campaign. I even took an hour or so to completely max my character by combo grinding.

    The rest of the package is abysmal. The netcode of online play is the worst of it's kind. One out of twenty games i actually managed to join someone online without losing connection, host booting me out instantly or me getting stuck in to the "can't spawn now... please wait..." screen.

    The game, is so heavy. And suffers from serious memory leaks. The loading times are unnaturally long. The performance is just outright horrible. The Survivor AI is the worst you will ever encounter. 99% of the time they are purposely getting killed or not being able to open a door of a car, while zombies are gnawing on their ass.

    I enjoyed the game for 30 hours, but after that, there's really not much replay value at all, unless if you just want to collect some statues and few missing blueprints. It's great that we now have a co-op, but why the hell don't we still have an zombie slaying sandbox WITHOUT timelimits after you've finished the game. Is it too much to ask to have something that is not limited by time for a chance?

    Last, but not the least. The controls even on a controller are really finicky. Sometimes i spent a minute trying to pick up something, instead picking up stuff from the ground i wanted. This was really frustrating at times.

    + Zombie slaying, so much fun, and there's more of them than you've ever seen.
    + A lot of weapons
    + Combo vehicles are fun, but get destroyed way too quick.
    + Plenty of collectables

    - Everything else about the game.
    - Coding is horrible.
    - NPC AI is the worst i've seen
    - Ridicilous performance hog
    - Memory leaks
    - Really bad controls, even when using xbox controller
    - The network code... Never quite seen anything as bad as this.
    - Again, you are running against the clock constantly, which is not fun.
    - No replayability. You finish the campaign, it's adios.
    - DLC's... Meh... no co-op, no interest.

    In overall the zombie slaying is so much fun that it overshadows the long list of negatives, so i'll give this game 7/10. If the zombie slaying was less fun, this game would be an 4/10 title.    … Expand
  12. Trance
    Oct 8, 2014
    5
    Never have I judged a game on it's poor technical performance. This game is great, but it runs **** terribly. Nobody cares if it plays well on your expensive rig, good for you.
  13. JamesTheThird
    Sep 18, 2014
    7
    I didn't really like Dead Rising 2, but this one absorbed me totally. Perhaps it was because of the plot that I found captivating. Personally, I consider the story to be the most important part of most games (apart from racing games) and although Dead Rising 3 isn't original in story-telling it reminds me of GTA with its cut-scenes - I enjoyed them a lot. The other reason I liked the gameI didn't really like Dead Rising 2, but this one absorbed me totally. Perhaps it was because of the plot that I found captivating. Personally, I consider the story to be the most important part of most games (apart from racing games) and although Dead Rising 3 isn't original in story-telling it reminds me of GTA with its cut-scenes - I enjoyed them a lot. The other reason I liked the game was because it wasn't really scary - it was humorous - I could compare my overall feeling to the one I had watching Inglorious Bastards by Tarantino.
    Though at first I didn't like the countdown to the bomb detonation which was going to destroy the whole city I completed the game with some of the side missions 1 day before "day zero".
    If I were to change anything about the game I would alter the way you have to go around the map. Running (as there is no walking) or driving through hordes of zombies and killing them gets boring after some time (even though there are lots of tools you can use and combine to create something new). I wish there were some helicopters to fly around - especially at the end of the game, when the number of zombies are overwhelming. Roadblocks spoil the fun of driving. You have to constantly open your big map (by pressing TAB) to check how to get to the destination as there are no gps-like directions on your mini map.
    When it comes to performance I managed to play at max settings with i7 3770k, GTX 760 4GB OC and 16GB of RAM @ Full HD, but the framerate oscillated between 15 and 60fps - usually about 35fps. The reason I played at max. settings was that I didn't see much difference in performance after lowering the settings but there was a huge difference in quality of the picture.
    All in all, if it wasn't for the performance my score would have been 8/10 as there were hardly any "deal-breaking" elements that modern games are full of recently. Try it if you like GTA and zombie games, but you don't like being afraid. Two more things: the game can be saved at any time (except for bosses fights) and it doesn't support nVidia 3D Vision.    … Expand
  14. death12123
    Apr 21, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The PC port nor this game isn't so good.
    1. 30FPS cap which you can remove but at the time it required higher end hardware.
    2. Too much inconsistency connecting Dead Rising 1 to Dead Rising 3.
    > Isabella is trying to clear her name originally but starts an outbreak to find a cure? Goes against what she wants.
    > The original list in the first game, that's a girl. There is no Nick Ramos.
    3. Removed the timer and made it a "Nightmare Mode". So uhh.... yeah... It felt rushed. The normal setting of all Dead Rising games turns into a "Nightmare mode".
    4. Spawn weapons from the locker. Again made the game way too easy.
    5. Level up perks aren't balanced at all
    6. Spawn survivors to help you instead of trying to save them to a safe house.
    7. The character Nick Ramos over all is a terrible choice for the Hero of Dead Rising. He's too wimpy and complains too much. He'll never be like Chuck or Frank. He ruined most of the game for me.
    8. Worst psychopaths yet. It's just the 7 Deadly Sins. Nothing creative, creepy or funny.
    9. Super Ultra Dead Rising 3' Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX + α is a better DLC than the whole game combined.
    10. Even the DLC chapters are more interesting than the main game

    Overall you can just forget this game exists. Dead Rising 3 is the Resident Evil 6 of the franchise. It's not really Dead Rising.    … Expand
  15. kEtE
    Sep 24, 2014
    7
    This game is fun.
    At least for some time.
    A map with full of zombies and a a lot of melee and ranged weapons to kill them sounds good at first. It plays good at first too. Problem is repetitive nature of Dead Rising 3. Yes 10 to 20 melee weapons but you have only just 2 basic action with them. Same animations over and over and over again cause abundance of weapons formula loses it's    This game is fun.
    At least for some time.
    A map with full of zombies and a a lot of melee and ranged weapons to kill them sounds good at first. It plays good at first too.
    Problem is repetitive nature of Dead Rising 3. Yes 10 to 20 melee weapons but you have only just 2 basic action with them. Same animations over and over and over again cause abundance of weapons formula loses it's charm quickly.
    If this game had much richness when it comes to using weapons it would hit 8 in my score book.
    Graphics also doesn't offer anything special. For us who has a decent gaming PC, they are so,so, moderate, bad even some might say.
    In Conclusion this game loses it's charm pretty quickly but for sort period of time it will offer you hell of a fun. That's for sure.    … Expand
  16. SGAR
    Sep 27, 2014
    6
    This isn't a bad game, I beat it once and mostly enjoyed it. Toward the end I found it infuriating to deal with a few sequences which in an otherwise easy game were questionably difficult. Overall it is playable and pretty fun, it maintains the series slightly goofy tone in an otherwise serious situation. The crafting feels slightly forced as nothing will compare to a combined weapon orThis isn't a bad game, I beat it once and mostly enjoyed it. Toward the end I found it infuriating to deal with a few sequences which in an otherwise easy game were questionably difficult. Overall it is playable and pretty fun, it maintains the series slightly goofy tone in an otherwise serious situation. The crafting feels slightly forced as nothing will compare to a combined weapon or vehicle, but it is overall a likable mechanic, as is the protagonist of the game.… Expand
  17. Jetpil0t
    Nov 12, 2014
    5
    Horrible performance, which is laughable given the game has had plenty of time to ported properly and didn't launch alongside the original.
    Optimization is terrible and runs poorly on even very high end hardware with few graphics options available to allow you to tweak said terrible performance, although I didn't encounter too many bugs which is nice.
    This game follows the latest trend    Horrible performance, which is laughable given the game has had plenty of time to ported properly and didn't launch alongside the original.
    Optimization is terrible and runs poorly on even very high end hardware with few graphics options available to allow you to tweak said terrible performance, although I didn't encounter too many bugs which is nice.
    This game follows the latest trend of releasing poor quality ports of games that should, with comparatively moderate effort to last generation, be ported with ease. But for whatever reason, arguably financial, you end up with weak, buggy and poorly optimized releases. Given the Xbox One runs an x86 processor, AMD GPU and Direct X, it is simply cost cutting and effortless porting that leaves this game running so poorly on PC.
    What a shame as it's actually a pretty enjoyable game overall.    … Expand
  18. King_Scorpion
    Nov 4, 2014
    7
    An open-world zombie action adventure game. This game has a good and fun gameplay. The story is not good at all. Graphic is not bad, but not good either.
  19. Luizzrz
    Sep 10, 2015
    5
    Fun game, terrible port.

    Gameplay is fun, fluent, agile, but has very, very bad driving mechanics. Story, is just "meh". Graphics are good and realize this: It was one of the first original games to come out to XBOne and in the Next-Gen era. Port? BAD, TERRIBLE LAG ISSUES, WEIRD 720P, 900P, 1080P OPTIONS, FPS KILLER V-SYNC, 30FPS CAP (Which is terrible for a 60hz screen owner,    Fun game, terrible port.

    Gameplay is fun, fluent, agile, but has very, very bad driving mechanics.

    Story, is just "meh".

    Graphics are good and realize this: It was one of the first original games to come out to XBOne and in the Next-Gen era.

    Port? BAD, TERRIBLE LAG ISSUES, WEIRD 720P, 900P, 1080P OPTIONS, FPS KILLER V-SYNC, 30FPS CAP (Which is terrible for a 60hz screen owner, like me) INSANE GLITCHES, ETC, ETC, ETC, BLAH BLAH BLAH.

    Get it on XBOne(r).    … Expand
  20. marcelus
    Mar 17, 2017
    5
    No. Only if it's on sale.

    The game is poorly optimized. After all the patches it solved some issues and now is not broken but is not the best experience if you enjoy play games at 60FPS or without pop up texturing.
  21. Shimmeywill
    Mar 6, 2020
    7
    A fun enough time to wander around the open city and kill zombies like its a Musuo game.
  22. Muismi
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    Dead Rising 3, no es un mal juego, pero es un Dead Rising que no está a la altura de los anteriores, eso sí. He leido comentarios de otros usuarios, y quizás el videojuego funcionase mal en 2014 o 2015, pero en 2020, cuando lo he jugado de principio a fin y a todos sus DLCs, no he tenido ningún problema y los fallos de rendimiento parecen haberse subsanado. Por eso advierto a los que estéDead Rising 3, no es un mal juego, pero es un Dead Rising que no está a la altura de los anteriores, eso sí. He leido comentarios de otros usuarios, y quizás el videojuego funcionase mal en 2014 o 2015, pero en 2020, cuando lo he jugado de principio a fin y a todos sus DLCs, no he tenido ningún problema y los fallos de rendimiento parecen haberse subsanado. Por eso advierto a los que esté pensando en jugarlo, no tengais ningún miedo de jugarlo, es un juego divertido y gamberro. El tiempo para completar la historia es un factor limitante, pero ni mucho menos tan grave como la gente afirma, da tiempo de sobra a hacer de todo, las misiones secundaras, los coleccionables, todo se puede hacer en una pasada. Recomiendo ignorar la nota (posible reviewbombing en su época) y jugarlo, ya que si éste juego te gusta los demás te encantarán.… Expand
  23. hileger
    Oct 21, 2022
    6
    Вроде и сделали веселуху , кучу зомби но игре явно не хватает сценария
  24. Suprizer
    Apr 22, 2023
    6
    A good game if you manage to fix 30 fps problem story is fine gameplay is HELLA FUN!! I like the mc i like the referaces to the other horror movie and games.

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 44
  3. Negative: 2 out of 44
  1. GameCritics
    Nov 26, 2014
    75
    For extremely high-end PC gamers who don't have the console in question, this is a great chance to try out a special game. Everyone else should just stick to the original version.
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  2. Thunderbolt
    Nov 14, 2014
    60
    All in all, Dead Rising 3 is a fun, open world zombie-splattering experience that is notably let down by a weak narrative, derivative boss fights and too much emphasis on using crazy weapons to obliterate scores of undead.
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  3. Gaming Nexus
    Oct 31, 2014
    85
    Even though it has a few annoying and erroneous elements and an uncompelling, cringeworthy story, Dead Rising 3 is still an incredibly fun game. If you're looking for something where you can turn your brain off and go ballistic- Dead Rising 3 is going to be a perfect fit for you.
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