A solid game that definitely has an audience. Might lack replay value, could be too short or there are some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.

No holds barred, gruesome action; Engaging story; Huge variety of weapons;

Too similar to previous installments; Controls too hectic in the heat of the battle; More variety would be nice;

Dead Rising is an action and adventure series that challenges players to find the truth behind zombie outbreaks while battling hordes of the undead in new and exciting ways.

It seems like this is a hate it or love it game, especially in the Dead Rising fanbase. Personally, I'm not a hardcore fan of the game who follows the story and everything, I just want to kill some zombies with cool weapons.

The original Dead Rising polarised critics and gamers in 2006, its dedication to cathartic, slapstick violence either marrying well, or clashing with (depending on your stance), its insistence on stri

Unpretentious; cathartic fun; Detailed; busy environments; Genuinely funny

Technically iffy; Far too easy; Dumbed down mechanics

The allure of the original Dead Rising's goofy and gratuitous zombie slaughter was the reason I bought an Xbox 360 back in 2006. Dead Rising 4 ratchets that arcadey, hack-and-slash power fantasy and self-aware satire up to new heights.

It's not without a certain sense of déjà vu that we return to Willamette as Frank West in Dead Rising 4 . Sure, much has changed since the original (released in 2006 on Xbox 360), but we're back in a mall (at least for parts of the game) and the overly snarky, somewhat egotistical journalist is back...

The corpse of the original Dead Rising is definitely in here somewhere, kicking if not alive. Much as I've moaned about the generic open world elements, the shonky enemy line-up and the shortage of "wow" moments, few games have quite such panache when it comes to steaming through a crowd,...

What do you get when you combine Dead Rising 1 with Dead Rising 3? (let me just check my calculator…) The answer is Dead Rising 4 . No, this wasn't just some simple math problem, this is how I believe Capcom Vancouver approached this latest Dead Rising game.

Tons of wicked weapons to create; Excellent continuation of Dead Rising story; Frank West is hilarious

Main campaign has no co-op; Some frustrating glitches

Dead Rising 4 is a silly Christmas game. It's like one of those straight to video films you'd see at your local rental store right around this time of year, fun while it lasts but not really something you'll be thinking about too much, or coming back to later on.