zombie-themed franchise gets updated for PS4 in Dead Rising. Players take command of a photographer named Frank West, who thinks he's on the verge of a breakthrough story in the remote suburban town of Willamette. Yet this is no ordinary visit. He soon learns the unfriendly locals aren't just wary of the media -- they're hungry for flesh. Players must somehow get past hordes of zombies lining the aisles of the one place thought by West to be safe: a shopping mall. He was obviously wrong, but it's up to players to keep him from being dead wrong.
Unlike the carefully scripted games in the Resident Evil series, Dead Rising features a more open-ended, action-oriented design where players can freely explore the various mall stores to use whatever tools, weapons, or items they find, from frying pans and umbrellas to lawn mowers and bowling balls. Time keeps ticking away as players search for potential survivors as well as a way out, with the zombies growing stronger as the sun goes down and certain events only occurring at specific intervals. West will be able to replenish lost health by finding vending machines or the food court, and he can also snap pictures of the chaos and mayhem to unlock different bonuses.
