Dead Rising

RoachycaL · 14 Jan 2007 at 12:07

Hey guys,

Im thinking of getting the game in the next week or so. I just want your opinions on what the storyline is like, the game play, how easy or hard the achievements are.

Thanks

DaveyD · 14 Jan 2007 at 12:12

It's the kind of game you need to complete a few times to get a lot of the achievements, it's a good game in my opinion, however a little frustrating to begin with. It's quite open ended, so you do get to wander around quite a bit and just beat up zombies if you really want to.

Begbie · 14 Jan 2007 at 12:42

I just got it and maybe I aint given it a good chance, might have a blast today infact

, but seems like you could easily get bored of it!

FlyingFish · 14 Jan 2007 at 12:50

Have to say i thought the same when i played the demo

Do you just go around swinging things at zombies.......er.......and is that it?

Oh and graphics didnt seem to do it for me.

Mick

Begbie · 14 Jan 2007 at 14:06

Graphics are pretty impressive imo. Nope you do missions etc. although keep dying and still forget to save!!

ScarySquirrel · 14 Jan 2007 at 17:09

Now I am levelled up to 11 and finding swords and stuff the game is much more fun. Seems to need about 1-2 hours gameplay before it gets going. Still find a few things about the game extremely annoying though.

The aiming system on the guns suck.

Draeger · 14 Jan 2007 at 17:49

Do you have an HDTV?.

I tried playing this on my CRT flatscreen TV, but the text was almost totally unreadable. Havent tried it through the new Advanced Scart cable I got a few days ago, but using the standard Scart that comes in the box, it made the game pretty difficult to play.

suarve · 14 Jan 2007 at 18:01

There are two of the achievements are extremell hard to get and less than 100 worldwide have them. Ther's the 5 day survivor (65 people worldwide have this) and the 7 day survivor (51 people have this worldwide).

You'll have trouble getting ones like transmissionary and saint without a guide as they are very very challenging themselves and require you do do very specific things throughout the entire game.

You'll need to play it through at least once to level your character up, as the game really is no fun at all once you first play it.

And as ever, if any opf you haven't read my guide on this game, please check it out, as the number of people still not using adams demon chainsaws in this game amazes me.

ScarySquirrel · 14 Jan 2007 at 19:03

Suarve,

Does the game end if you don't do the case missions?

suarve · 14 Jan 2007 at 19:25

ScarySquirrel said:
Suarve,

Does the game end if you don't do the case missions?

As soon as missed cases i restarted. DR lets you keep playing but you cant get the true endings etc. Aint played it for ages tbh so i cant remember exactly what ending you'd get if you miss out cases. You can't unlock overtime mode either.

ScarySquirrel · 14 Jan 2007 at 19:31

Fair enough. Just wondering because Ill do the cases now, then in the future to just chase achievements I can just miss them

Replenish · 14 Jan 2007 at 19:36

I really didnt like this game when I first played it but I gave it another go and now I love it.

Like the other posters have said once you get levelled up a bit you can enjoy it more.

RoachycaL · 14 Jan 2007 at 20:43

Thanks for the info guys. Seems like a good game. A very good mate of mine got it the day it was released. Hes got all but 2 of those achievements and the two you mentioned he already has.

I just had a look at the guide and I think its a great idea that you put that lil' number together

Thanks for the help mate. Im gonna get the game in the next few days as my mate is a pro at it and ofcourse he can help me loads. Once again thanks for the advise guys

suarve · 14 Jan 2007 at 22:23

ScarySquirrel said:
Fair enough. Just wondering because Ill do the cases now, then in the future to just chase achievements I can just miss them

well if u want the achievements, i posted the way i did them in my guide. You defo need to level up first.

RoachycaL · 14 Jan 2007 at 22:57

Update: Ordered the collectors edition in the steel tin for £32.50 inc. postage

Mobius 1 · 14 Jan 2007 at 23:37

i got this yesterday, and i can say its a hell of a lot of fun. my favorite weapons so far are the sledgehammer, which is satisfying mashing zombies with lol. and the katana and battle axe

Clairvoyant · 15 Jan 2007 at 00:19

Mines on its ways in a couple of days.

LeoWyatt · 15 Jan 2007 at 12:57

had mine since Christmas Day and had a good session on it yesterday. Actually restarted as I fluffed a case. It's really really good now on level 26. Highly recommended to anyone.

Oh to the SDTV people, buy yourself a VGA cable and play it on your monitor, so much better on that. I got my vga cable for £7 and it think it looks great, all the games look fantastic.

ScarySquirrel · 15 Jan 2007 at 14:06

-Tauren- said:
i got this yesterday, and i can say its a hell of a lot of fun. my favorite weapons so far are the sledgehammer, which is satisfying mashing zombies with lol. and the katana and battle axe

Katana and the Sword are my favourite so far, you can really slash your way through a hundred zombies really quickly.

Smit · 15 Jan 2007 at 14:11

-Tauren- said:
i got this yesterday, and i can say its a hell of a lot of fun. my favorite weapons so far are the sledgehammer, which is satisfying mashing zombies with lol. and the katana and battle axe

Just wait til you get the hand chainsaws

(if you haven't had them already)