Dead Rising reminds me in a lot ways about the weird Japanese games of yesteryear, you know the ones where everything game mechanic was a mystery in itself for you to figure out. When I first played it somehow missed the fact that experience carries trough death and was floored by how difficult this game was, the controls were awkward, you need to stop to fire weapons and unarmed combat leaves a lot to be desired. Then there is everything else like escorting survivors that more often than not get stuck in scenery or throngs of zombies and promptly get eaten. But there is something amazing here, the graphics still look great considering the amount of characters on screen and the variety of weapons and strange situations you create is astonishing. If you can deal with the unique controls, the frustrating escorting of survivors and the bizarre story, you get an experience like no other game on the market.
