Originally an Xbox One exclusive, the zombie-mascaraing, open-world, extravaganza Dead Rising 3 has finally made its way to PC. The same core game remains — and is joined by all four Untold Stories of Los Perdidos DLC packs — but has this port been properly reanimated, or is it just a shambling shadow of its former self? Dead Rising 3 takes place 16 years after the initial outbreak that was chronicled in the first game.
The government has, for the most part, got the situation under control. Infected individuals have been chipped with implants that keep them dosed with Zombrex , a drug that inhibits the development of the virus allowing them to live normal lives and not eat people. A failed Zombrex chip has seen the virus reemerge and spread through the population in a matter of hours. With all other contingencies failed, you have one week to escape the town before an airstrike designed to incinerate the virus — and by extension you — commences.
Dead Rising 3 follows new hero, Nick Ramos, as he and his gang of un-undead attempt to escape the city. Thus, most of the group remain in a fortified stronghold while Nick is suckered into rescuing other survivors , gathering supplies , and discovering the truth. Luckily, Nick is fairly industrious and can happily turn anything he finds — from a hair drier to a hand grenade — into a weapon, allowing him to slash, smash, explode, and… perm?
Not only do combo weapons make filleting the undead more efficient they also earn you additional experience when used, allowing you to power-up with increased frequency to improve your chances of survival. The Dead Rising series has always been a strange beast.
Though it is certainly now improved , newcomers will still find themselves wrestling with a legacy odd design decisions, many of which are still present in the third installment.
Rendering zombies into tiny pieces with anything you can find is fun, however, the sheer number of undead - combined with loose controls - force a heavier reliance on movement and evasion than the act of joyously eviscerating zombies. Indeed, until you get the larger, more indiscriminate weapons that allow you to lay waste to huge swathes of zombies at a time, combat is usually reserved for when you are stuck in a corner or on set missions.
This does add tension, as there are moments of legitimate panic as you fight helplessly against a swarm. When trying to complete a story mission against the clock, however, it becomes a frustration.
Another returning issue is the cumbersome nature of picking up and using items. Though the on-the-fly selection from your inventory is now improved, it is still far from intuitive when surrounded by brain hungry zombies. There are amazing and wonderful tools are available in this Game. Welcome to the apocalypse, where your zombie slaying thrills await.
Each add on chapter focuses on a different protagonist and gives players access to crazy new weapons and vehicles that carry over to the main game. You can use these tools during the playing games. These tools helps you during the playing this game. It would eventually make its way to PC and for the most part, it is a game that was very well received by fans of the series and new fans alike. One of the best aspects of Dead Rising 2 for me was the story. I got really invested in that story and thought that it was the perfect blend of Dead Rising weirdness and also a more serious plot.
Dead Rising 3 I feel does not have quite as strong a story, but I do like the main character that you play as Nick. Nick is a mechanic and his neck of the woods has been overtaken by a zombie outbreak. Nick is trying to hold it together and figure out what is going on. All the while trying to get people to safety as it has been decided that a bombing is the best way to eliminate this zombie threat. Dead Rising 3 does have multiple endings so that is pretty cool.
The leap of a generation is clearly on show here. I think that Dead Rising 3 is a very nice-looking game. Capcom had more horsepower to play around with this time around so everything is bigger and grander in scale. The map is like an open world map and there is a fair bit of variety to it. I really like the level of polish there is in this game. Also, Capcom was able to actually increase the number of zombies that are on the screen at any one time. If you thought Dead Rising 1 and 2 were crazy with their zombie hordes, you have not seen anything yet.
Dead Rising 3 does feel familiar to the other games in the series, but I feel that the controls are better and in general Capcom did all they could to fix some of the annoyances from the first two games. Most notable of these for me is the saving system. You now can save when you like which actually does make the game way more fun overall. You still will need to take down hordes of zombies, deal with people who have lost their minds and take on plenty of side missions too.
The open world aspect of the game gives you more to do and as the map is so larger there are tons of places where you can go to just screw around and have some fun. Like in the previous games, Dead Rising 3 allows you to combine weapons together. There are some pretty insane combinations that you can come up with. That, however, is not all Dead Rising 3 lets you combine. You see Nick is a mechanic and he can use his skills to combine all kinds of zombie smashing vehicles.
Dead Rising 3 also has a pretty solid multiplayer aspect to it as well.
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