Equal parts fun and frustration

User Rating: 8.1 | Dead Rising X360
As a HUGE fan of Capcom's Resident Evil series Dead Rising is one of the main reasons I purchased an XBOX360 and I must say I am pleased with the results.

After beginning the game it becomes pretty apparent that you will not be able to finish it without at least half a dozen restarts to level up your character so he will be able to handle the thousands of zombies that at times are an absolute blast to kill but can also easily overwhelm you in sheer number (especially at night). The beginning can be a little frustrating but once you get stronger and are able to hold your own the fun will truly begin. Although as has been said several times before it would have been much better to just give us multiple saves instead of the one.

The boss battles are of the games truly strong points and definetly some of the most original you've probably seen, from crazy grocery store owners with carts tricked out to evicerate you to old shell shocked army vets bent on getting and hanging you Predator style, not to mention the very cool heavy metal soundtrack that accompanies the battles themselves.

The frustration lies in the sometimes incredible stupidity of the survivors you will try to escort as they constantly run into mobs of zombies or run into stores and get stuck behind walls, etc. This makes escorting multiple survivors very frustrating and time consuming and usually resulted in myself saying the hell with it, you can die if your that stupid lol.

All in all I had a real good time with this game and look forward to playing through again to see the different endings, now bring on Resident Evil 5!!!