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I know, I know. This game is like a million years old and no longer relevant but when it first came out it was such a big deal. I never knew why but i just accepted it.

I bought the game in the beginning of the year along with DMC 4 and Lost Planet: Colonies Edition. They were being sold as a Capcom Triple Pack. it seemed like a good deal at the time. I beat DMC 4 not too long after i got it and then attempted to play Lost Planet and didnt really like it. It wasnt like i hated the game, it just didnt catch my attention.

I eventually forgot that i had dead rising and basically ignored it like it was a neglected housewife. That is until recently when i got bored of all my games and rediscovered it. I figured "hey what the shit, ill give it a try".


.....Why the fuck did i even bother?

This game is such a giant piece of crap, it made soulja boys anime rap seem decent.


Horrible, But not as bad as Dead Rising

I played for maybe 20 minutes before i literally popped the disk out and tossed it into my hallway like a frisbee The controls are clunky, the camera is never positioned properly and the weapons dont do shit to the zombies.

I just want to know what the big deal with this game is. Why do so many people love it? Is it maybe that im playing it wrong or perhaps its the "Napoleon Dynamite" thing were everybody tries to pretend they like it to be one of the cool kids.
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Fuck off!

Napoleon Dynamite is fucking hilarious and awesome!

Do you like zombies? Do you like killing zombies? I hope so cause Dead Rising was awesome like that.

Also Kittens
It has its flaws but once you level up killing zombies is a lot easier. But you have to get over the hump of being low leveled and doing jack shit damage to zombies and the bossess.
I never really got the appeal either. Never played it myself but I didn't really understand how something that sounded so repetitive could be so widely loved
I liked the idea of it and parts were a hoot but yeah, I couldn't really get into it. Think it was the save system. I fucking hated that save system. It doesn't help that I'm bad with maps and suffered a near-fatal stabbing in a mall bathroom once.

Also, who pretended to like Napoleon Dynamite? I thought it was universally understood to not be funny.
My friend thought Napolean Dynamite was funny. It's one of those things where I kind of can look at him seriously now because of this.

Also Dead Rising's concept is fucking brilliant, it's execution is absolutely horrible. Being the broken record I am I'll state what I've always thought. Had Dead Rising been about you traversing the mall doing escort missions it would have been brilliant. Instead the game decides you MUST do story missions or the WHOLE GAME is over. That's not what I call "free roam". Also admittedly the controls are fucking terrible but to be fair it's nothing you won't get used to.
I liked it because I thought it was fun. Others don't like it because they thought it wasn't very fun.

That's about the gist of it.
You're not alone. I thought it looked like crap from the videos. I rented it and I played for 1 hour and quit. That game is shit.
its a game where you can kill a lot of zombies in a fun and creative manner.

what's the problem here?
I think everyone loves it because the idea was brilliant. No one could resist a game that involves killing zombies in a shopping mall filled with weapons.

I didn't like the game either though, I found it to be very repetitive and the boss fights were terrible.
So yeah, I like all two of your criticisms.
Maybe you suck at using the right analogue stick and you probably blow at fighting zombies. Theres no reason for you to not be able to kill them with ease.

Old topic is old. I wish you the worst.
@Gobun: kill yourself.
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I agree with above posters, it's just coz it was a good idea that wasn't as well executed as it could have been. I didn't play through the first one, just watched others play. On the other hand, I really want to play Dead Rising 2.
I don't think it SUCKED, but I sure as hell thought it was boring. I don't know why so many people liked it, either.
Have you tried using a chainsaw? ;)

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