Dead Rising

Who doesn't love killing zombies? If you raised your hand, chances are, you're a zombie and you're being killed next.

You are Frank West, photo journalist. You're trying to get the scoop of the decade and you hear something funny is happening in the small community of Willamette, CO. On your way in by helicopter, you've noticed that all roads leading into town have been blocked by the National Guard (or some other military entity). While you fly over town, you notice strange things going on. Strange things are definitely afoot at the Circle K, so you decide to touch down at the local mall.

You give your ride 72 hours to come back so that you may investigate what's going on. Once inside, you find out what's going on: the town is overrun by zombies! At first, the mall is safe, then someone decides to let them in, and that's when the fun begins. You now have to survive for three days while you wait for your ride to get back.

To aid in your survival, anything you can pick up in the mall, you use as a weapon. Yes, ANYTHING. Mall bench, trash can, CDs, guitars, katanas, knives, night sticks, 2x4s, lead pipes, ANYTHING. Those are just a few things you can pick up. The only downfall is that each weapon can break, so you can only injure so many zombies with each weapon till you have to find a new one.

One of the other great things about this game is that it's completely open ended. You don't have to follow the story line if you don't want to. You only have to do it if you want to know why this happened. I plan on going back through to find out, but first, I want to kill as many zombies as I can, because like I asked earlier, who doesn't love killing zombies?

This game is easily one of my favorite games. I highly recommend it, especially if running around killing things in some of the most unbelievable ways interests you. It's a greatest hit, so it's cheap and not very hard to find, so yes, pick this game up!