The game is played from a third-person perspective and features an open
world for the player to explore in the form of the Willamette Parkview
Mall. The player must survive by scavenging for items around the
shopping mall to fight zombies and hostile human non-player characters
known as psychopaths, while rescuing friendly human non-player
characters known as survivors. In addition, the game features a set time
limit of 72 hours, which the player will have to complete the story
within before the time expires.
Dead Rising was released on
August 8, 2006,[1][2] originally for the Xbox 360. The game became a
critical and commercial success, leading it to being introduced as part
of the Xbox 360 "Platinum Hits" lineup and spawning three sequels – Dead
Rising 2 in September 2010, Dead Rising 3 in November 2013, and Dead
Rising 4 in December 2016. A port of the game was developed for the Wii,
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, released in February 2009.[3] A mobile
phone version was developed. As part of its tenth anniversary, the
original Xbox 360 version of the game was re-released on September 13,
2016, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.[4]