Dead Rising

 PlayStation 4
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 100 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 100
  3. Negative: 17 out of 100
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  1. Invader_Spoods
    Jun 2, 2019
    8
    This game is all about time you have 72 hours (in game time is faster then real time) to solve every thing about the Willamette zombie outbreak.but things go a little wrong and now your stuck in a mall with hundreds of zombies and have to gather info from the remaining survivors. But not every ones all there and you'll have to fight them for items,info and to progress. This game does haveThis game is all about time you have 72 hours (in game time is faster then real time) to solve every thing about the Willamette zombie outbreak.but things go a little wrong and now your stuck in a mall with hundreds of zombies and have to gather info from the remaining survivors. But not every ones all there and you'll have to fight them for items,info and to progress. This game does have issues though like survivor AI being unbearable but survivors are optional, also this will be a hard game it took me it took me several days beating the game because i had to restart do to not being a high enough level to beat the bosses, but dead rising does have a feature were you can keep your level and restart. If this does not sound appealing i recommend dead rising 2.… Expand
  2. LOL_HACK
    Jul 4, 2017
    10
    Best Dead Rising ever Made. Now in PS4! ,Great history, excelent gameplay , this game is FAAAAANTASTIC. Buy it, its really good...........................
  3. Bucketninja
    Sep 23, 2016
    9
    A great game.
    After the questionable Dead Rising 3, I just wanted to play the start of the series, where everything was actually tame and serious. And fun at that. Now you can play it at a smooth 60fps and 1080p.
  4. Douglas_Moreira
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    Game muito original pra época personagens interessantes e história realmente boa, gráficos muito bonitos mesmo na versão remasterizada, jogabilidade um pouco travada mas nada de tão grave.
  5. Bulbotrax
    Nov 24, 2016
    0
    BE CAREFUL !!! Dont buy this game, it's just a piece of trash !!! it's full of bugs !!! it has crash a number of times on my ps4... i can't believe i give my money to these thieves....
  6. ExcaliberDG11
    Feb 3, 2017
    7
    Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat game
  7. Toz123
    Nov 23, 2020
    10
    This GAME IS THE BEST !!! I really love this game and now on Xbox one is really cool !
  8. Heisenberg93
    Apr 30, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dead Rising is one of those video games that deceive you, nicer to watch at than to play with. I was expecting pure fun by it, even before its high and nonsense challenge. Unfortunately I was a bit burned by it and will explain why.

    Dead Rising's plot certainly does not shine in writing, on the contrary, the psychos (for example) that should "shock" the player just end up looking banal, laughable, irritating and poorly written. If nothing else, however, having a scoop-hungry photojournalist as protagonist, and not a policeman or a soldier, looks more original as well as the origin of the zombie virus which does not come from a strictly pharmaceutical product, and has no bioweapon nature, but is related to the need to produce more meat for hundreds of millions of Americans. In the end, zombies exist because of the livings' need in eating meat and in turn zombies need to eat the livings' meat. It's a story about bingeing on meat and this common element is definitely intentional by the game's writers.

    Dead Rising's core gameplay is solid and fun. There are hundreds of various interactive objects to use as weapons against zombies until they break and many of those cause different effects on targets. The player's fantasy in using them plays a role too. The game's physics system is very good and consent an high interactivity even with objects not possible to use as weapons, like breaking stores' glass, smashing carton box (potentially to get items)... or throwing pies in the face of zombies. It's possible to drink and eat various meals to recover HPs and mixing different items might produce stronger items or items with different effects. The player can complete both main and side quests to get optional new weapons, items and experience points. Frank gets experience points by killing zombies and completing missions, leveling up and improving his skills (like damage, speed). Frank's camera can also be used for getting experience points, obtaining different scores based on the type of scene photographed. Frank's skills improve in a rotation order automatically as the player levels up. It's clear that the game wants to be in control and submit the player to play at certain conditions as the player cannot decide to improve skills freely (like improving only damage on the first levels to make the game much easier). Makes sense in the developers' intention, point being I do not like the developers' intention. And this brings me to what I did not like about the game.

    Unpopular opinion (maybe): the in-game 72 hours countdown in the Dead Rising is not its real problem. Problems are the absence of checkpoints, which I don't find justifiable. I've seen some elitist players saying that it's good that there are no checkpoints because "games today hold your hand too much", well I would remind those enlighten minds that in Dead Rising there's an arrow navigator to guide the player to all missions objectives. Also, while this is technically a strong point of the game, many times zombies are... just too many. And not as slow and dumb as classic zombies, turning fun into frustration. Fire weapons aiming and vehicle driving system are both barely sketched and below average even for a 2006 game. Most of boss fights are not well designed. In general, the game's contrived challenge may discourage and disorient the player and in-game 72 hours countdown puts up further pressure. Eventually it's easy to give up and abandoning the game. It doesn't matter the game becomes "more playable" from level 25 and up: the player doesn't start the game at that level and the same flaws remain, even if they impact less. It's ridiculous to justify its contrived challenge with "it's made not to be finished first try, you have to get to a certain level and then start again"... seriously? I don't want to start a game, just to stop halfway and restart the story mode again: the game must allow me to complete it at first run. And, despite much frustration, I completed 72 hours mode at level 22.

    Dead Rising is the first game using Capcom's MT Framework graphics engine. An engine which eventually Capcom used for a decade as default graphics software for most of its games and which clearly shows its age in this early 1.0 version. However the game doesn't really look that bad and it's still visually nice, thanks to the remastering too and considering the incredible, unreal, amount of zombies on screen. Xbox 360's hardware was great but it's still an impressive achievement that this game ran on it.

    Dead Rising is a game with a good idea and a solid, fun gameplay at its core which however is betrayed and penalized by very serious flaws. I bought the game on sale in digital for €5, and in retrospect maybe I would have spent them better. If you don't have time and will "to invest" in such a game, Dead Rising may not be worth even trying.    … Expand
  9. Halt
    Oct 4, 2019
    2
    The game lags whenever you fight an enemy. It is terrible when your framerate drops from 60fps to 20fps and back! Furthermore, the developers haven't tried to fix that.
    Also, I want to mention how **** the aiming system is. It is the worst aiming system ever made and... It was not fixed since the original! You don't aim in the direction where your camera is, instead you aim in the    The game lags whenever you fight an enemy. It is terrible when your framerate drops from 60fps to 20fps and back! Furthermore, the developers haven't tried to fix that.
    Also, I want to mention how **** the aiming system is. It is the worst aiming system ever made and... It was not fixed since the original! You don't aim in the direction where your camera is, instead you aim in the direction where your character looks. Yes, it is two different directions.
    Oh, how I hate the saving system. You have to find a special place where you can save your progress... It doesn't sound bad but it is because of the bad aiming system, lags, and other "amazing" features. Save player progress before a boss battle? Eh, no. For example, the first boss which has P90 and... Yes, you have a gun too, but because of the aim system, the best tactic is close combat. Yes, you can die easily. No, you cannot restart from the start of the battle, instead, you have to go from the security room back to the place where the boss battle starts.
    In GTA SA for mobile devices, the checkpoint system was added. What is wrong with Dead Rising? Only some graphics improvements and that's it?    … Expand
  10. Carvalho
    Jun 14, 2020
    10
    um dos meus jogos favoritos na epoca do 360, agora está melhor do que nunca nessa versão remasterizada!
  11. frederik1478
    Aug 15, 2022
    9
    It has never been so intense from walking one place to another. crazy and the way the game pacing is amazing in the beginning. You are nothing you are baby. You can barely even touch a zombie but the more levels you get the better you become and you can to make wrestling moves on them when you keep till 30 and 40. It's really intense and fun. The way you have to remember where all theIt has never been so intense from walking one place to another. crazy and the way the game pacing is amazing in the beginning. You are nothing you are baby. You can barely even touch a zombie but the more levels you get the better you become and you can to make wrestling moves on them when you keep till 30 and 40. It's really intense and fun. The way you have to remember where all the weapons and health items are, and All The Psychopath fight it just all comes together in a really good Union where you mind keeps track of everything and remember. Where are the best healing spots and weapons spawn. My only problem are in the last half of the game. I feel like there weren't enough said things to do. I kind of run out of them and had to waste time by killing zombies and getting XP. Big is amazement. What's the story was good and I really like the main character Frank he doesn't feel like an bully an idiot anything to feels really compassion in this game in the later half.… Expand
  12. GenuineBruv2021
    Oct 29, 2018
    10
    I played the original 360 version back when it was released in 2006, now I've always been a PlayStation guy but Dead Rising made me buy a 360 back in the day, now we have it on PS4 and it's just as great as it once was, the improved resolution and frame rate is a pleasure. Just as good as it was in 2006!
  13. Kevinjohnwaite
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Great game with enjoyable gameplay and a story that serves it well... I mean you can kill zombies with a guitar whilst wearing a lego head... What more do you need!
  14. diegoaguila25
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    This is the best video game I’ve ever played in my entire life, by the way if you haven’t played it you must play it!!
  15. Xavarent
    Jun 27, 2020
    8
    One of the most fun sandbox zombie games out there. How you can pickup literally anything and use it as a weapon and the sheer amount of zombie is insane. It's great fun but the pacing in the end is a little strange, the ending in general. Not the ending specific, but to get there. Maybe that's just me, but it's only my opinion, not a fact.
  16. Cozy_Bear
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    Wacky and crazy at times, Dead Rising was so much fun on the Xbox360 and I am glad it has made its way to ps4. The sheer difficulty of the game as you level up is what made me want to keep playing. Along with the sandbox nature, and being able to use anything as a weapon. Dead Rising will forever be one of my most favorite games.
  17. JamesJennings
    Jun 1, 2022
    8
    Absolute classic, one of my old favorites. The time limit makes for a fun way to encourage replayability. Be warned though, this is not a remaster or remake or anything. This is just the original game on a newer system, all of the jankiness included. Don't expect smooth gameplay and do expect a couple of crashes here and there. Still worth it for the gameplay and charisma of Frank West, though.
  18. goodgriff33
    Dec 25, 2022
    7
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  19. drseven
    Jul 8, 2023
    10
    A unique and very special game. I'm glad Capcom dared to make such a fun zombie sandbox with time mechanics. The charisma of all the characters and the dye of series B, make a super fun game. The music, the physics and the design of the shopping center reflect the care that the team put into designing the product. It's a shame that the series became generic and soulless and that theyA unique and very special game. I'm glad Capcom dared to make such a fun zombie sandbox with time mechanics. The charisma of all the characters and the dye of series B, make a super fun game. The music, the physics and the design of the shopping center reflect the care that the team put into designing the product. It's a shame that the series became generic and soulless and that they finally canceled the saga. I hope that Capcom one day recovers the saga, but that it does it with the standards it deserves and that it doesn't treat it as a minor product, because in its day it wasn't.… Expand
  20. SuperSonicJunus
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    It’s a shame because this game could be rated so much higher. I don’t know if other consoles suffer from this but the PS4 version has an issue with the roll mechanic once you unlock it. And you do that around Level 10 automatically. It breaks the game in a bad way because you’ll auto-roll every few seconds. Exploring? Important boss fight? Doesn’t matter, like Limp Bizkit said “We justIt’s a shame because this game could be rated so much higher. I don’t know if other consoles suffer from this but the PS4 version has an issue with the roll mechanic once you unlock it. And you do that around Level 10 automatically. It breaks the game in a bad way because you’ll auto-roll every few seconds. Exploring? Important boss fight? Doesn’t matter, like Limp Bizkit said “We just keep on rollin’, baby.” Other than that, I do love this game. Play the superior Xbox 360 version for your controller’s sake.… Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. GameCritics
    Nov 25, 2016
    45
    Dead Rising was never a great game — it’s perverse and didactic in equal measure, and an exciting concept delivered with almost no artistry or craft. Why not put in a little extra effort to fix it, rather that just running it on superior hardware? The sequels offer a clear roadmap for the experience that Dead Rising could have been, but apparently Capcom had no interest in following it. It’s too bad, because even as a budget title, this reissue is just too rough to recommend.
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  2. Impulsegamer
    Oct 3, 2016
    86
    Combined with beat ‘em up gameplay and hundreds of different items to use against the hordes, the series’ best psycopath bosses and mall setting and a ton of endings and secrets, Dead Rising still holds up today for both newcomers to the franchise and returning fans like me indulging in some gory nostalgia.
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  3. Gamers' Temple
    Sep 26, 2016
    80
    The original Dead Rising is a fantastic start for this zombie beat'em sandbox series and this new release is now the ultimate version and a good reason to pick it up.
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