Survival Guide #8: Dead Rising

by Awesome The Hedgehog (Where’s my baby Madonna?…SHUT UP BITCH!).

What’s the matter? You thought old SEGA boy here didn’t have enough knowledge to take on Microsoft’s XBOX 360? Think again. Yeah, these guides ain’t just for SEGA, every game I can get my hands on will be Survival Guided…yeah. So this time, Dead Rising! And what is it about, zombies in a shopping mall, with some dude, some gal and Samuel L Jackson! (I’ve had it with these motherfucking zombies in this motherfucking mall!)

What makes this game so cool is that it’s pretty much Dawn Of The Dead, which is in my opnion the best zombie movie ever made. You play Frank West, an eager photojournalist who is about to uncover the biggest event since the coming of Jesus, dead people – alive and well. Why have zombies taken over the mall? Who is that old man? And why the hell didn’t Capcom get sued for this awesome plagiarism!?

 

In the mall, Frank’s job is to solve case files given to him by Brad and Jesse, escort survivors back to the security room and kill off survivors who are threaten you. While doing this, there are many more things you can do while waiting around. Level hoards of zombies for fun, take amazing photos to boost PP and back up your story and lots of other stuff. So let’s begin the guide, eh?

1) Time Limit

The basic gimmick in this game, other than the zombies, is that you have three days to do everything, and then it ends. Time moves a lot faster in the game then in real life and I think, roughly, each day is about 2 hours. Don’t go thinking the game sucks because of this, if you want more time to screw around, beat the game and unlock infinity mode, where you can hang around the mall for as long as you like. Make sure to check your watch whenever you can and remember, time is very important in this game, certain things happen at night and things change, which give the game a certain sense of realism.

 

2) Case Files

These are the main missions of the game, as soon as you get into the mall, you’ll meet Brad and Jesse, two secret agents, or something like that, who are trying to find out the cause of the zombies. They’ll get you to do their dirty work, which usually involves gathering supplies, taking care of psychopaths, etc. A little hint I picked up: Don’t try and beat the game, the first time round. The game is very flexible, in that if you fail a case file, you can continue the game, but you can’t continue cracking cases. Do this and meet me at tip 5)! Near the end of the game, you ‘ll be taking a few orders from Isabella, a chic you hook up with while fighting the zombies. Beat all the case files to unlock Overtime Mode.

 

3) Survivors

I never thought, in my entire life, I’d witness anyone act more dumb and retarded than the zombies in this game. Then the survivors came along and fucked everything up. These people are the bottom of the brain chain, idiots who found themselves in the mall at the time of the infestation. Some of them even try to kill you and others around them before they realize you’re helping them! When you tell them to go somewhere, they fuck off in the other direction! When you hold their hand to take them to a safer place, they let go and run off. But, the problem is, if you want to level up, you have no choice but to save them for big PP. Find people who need piggyback rides, seriously, zombies won’t touch you and it’s easier to travel. But, bottom line: Have patience, until you level max out. Then shoot them all in the face with a shotgun. Don’t even get me started with the group at the beginning.

 

4) Psychopaths

Psychopaths serve as the bosses of the game, some are part of case files, some are optional (You’ll only want to fight optional ones if they are guarding a good store like the gun shop or hardware store). People who have gone insane witnessing the attack of the zombies. These range from deranged hillbillies, clowns with chainsaws, fat police women, an insecure teenage nerd and three escaped convicts puming out loud rap music while driving around the park in a army humvee with a heavy machine gun mounted on the back. The patterns, little if any, are really easy to spot, find the flaws and attack the weak point. The only possible problem is protection and the right weapon. Usually, Adam the Clown’s one-handed chainsaws are the best to taking out anything. Also, beware the evil raincoat cult, these guys may look somewhat really awesome, but stay away from their deadly knives, that and they come in packs of 10!

 

5) Leveling Up

The RPG element in this game is leveling up. How you do this? Simple, take awesome photographs of bloody zombies eating people, psychopaths posing before a fight, survivors with big boobs (Dude, I could stare at Jessie’s rack all day long ^_^). Kill certain amounts of zombies or psychopaths and escort survivors. Reach at least level 30 or 40 before trying to beat the 72-hour mode, leveling up give you more health, special moves to pull off and more space in your inventory to keep weapons. You max out at 50, were you get a 20g achievement and the game becomes a lot less harder, but still amazingly fun. Leveling up is vital to beat the game, as some cases require a lot of health and speed, like the bomb collector.

 

6) Overtime Mode

After beating 72-hour mode, you unlock Overtime Mode. This serves as a sort of extra mission, being another 2 days trapped in the mall, only this time; the zombies are replaced with military enforcers with annoyingly powerful machine guns. Do what Isabella tells you to, gather supplies and find a way out of the mall and don’t mess around. You only have another 24 hours before *spoiler*Frank becomes a zombie!*spoiler*. Oh yeah, a little hint for the final boss, spam him the Double Lariats when he comes close and he’ll be dead in no time, make sure to watch after the awesome credits to find out what happened afterwards and play infinity mode, then await the sequel like I am.

 

So, there you go. These tips should help you own at Dead Rising, one of the coolest games on the 360. If you want tips for Infinity Mode: Don’t trust anyone, Otis will try to kill you with a frying pan and nothing is what it seems. Keep playing side missions too, to keep you entertained. I mean, you never know when you might have missed a call from Otis.

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