Controls are a bit wonky, bit I feel like that has to do with all my time in State of Decay 1 & 2. Once you pick up the flow of the games story and movement it gets really good, really fast. Experimenting with all the weapons and vehicles is super fun if that's your jam. If not, you can easily rely on our favorites at the weapons locker in the safe houses. Glad it supports both styles of play. All in all, great stuff, would recommend to any zombie fan.

This is not just a game it's a wild ride through a world where the rules of reality take a backseat to sheer, unadulterated fun. It's a perfect blend of horror, comedy, & absolute lunacy that will leave you laughing & craving more.

Aggressively middling, super easy even on nightmare mode; this is Dead Rising for babies. All the identity the previous games had has evaporated with 3: survivors are a complete afterthought (which is egregious for a Dead Rising game), there's less interaction with the environment itself (can't pick up traffic light after destroying the pole, mannequins despawn when thrown instead of breaking into pieces to pick up again, etc), and the time limit is so generous it may as well not exist (even on nightmare).

The story stinks on ice besides some small callbacks, and the main protagonist is never fully fleshed out and comes off as a scared kid the whole time.

The combo weapons are cool to use for about 15 minutes, then become super boring as they are so overpowered the game might as well play itself. Firearms are so busted its unfunny; you can fully spec out the ranged tree to kill hordes of zombies with a handgun within 20 minutes of starting the game.

I found myself completing the game as quickly as possible to be done with it. Dead Rising is all about the tension of the clock, racing to do as much as possible against the time limit. When you essentially remove the pressure of the time limit, DR becomes aimless and bland. Tons of potential wasted. Capcom Vancouver ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about how hard making a Dead Rising sequel was, but I don't buy it. I think the real issue was that Capcom handed over the franchise to the Canadians in the first place.