History VideoGame / DeadRising

** If the survivors you're trying to rescue takes enough damage from zombies, a cutscene will appear where the zombies are eating the survivors. Some of the cutscenes include the zombies devouring and pulling out the survivor's guts, the zombies dog piling on the survivor and devouring them, four zombies pulling on the survivor's limbs, or [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled the survivor shooting themself with the gun you gave them]].

** If the survivors you're trying to rescue takes enough damage from zombies, [[PlotlineDeath a cutscene will appear where the zombies are eating the survivors]]. Some of the cutscenes includes the zombies devouring and pulling out the survivor's guts, the zombies dog piling on the survivor and devouring them, and four zombies pulling on the survivor's limbs.

** The survivors you have to escort are dumber than a sack of doorknobs, to the point where injured survivors are the ''easiest'', because you just have to carry them to the safe room.

* HollerButton: Used to call and lead survivors. Oddly, can be used in InfinityMode, where the survivors are [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill you.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: Just about everyone short of being middle-aged, [[AllThereInTheManual check the profiles]]. The Hall brothers are 23 and 20 but look as though they were actually designed to be about 14 and 17, but were bumped up to a different age because in video games, it's against regulations to show children die violent deaths onscreen or something along those lines.

** Why weren't the zombies interested in Madonna at the beginning of the game? Was it because they are only attracted to human flesh, or is it because Madonna was already zombified? The, admittedly, [[VideoGame/DeadRisingChopTillYouDrop non-canon Chop 'Til Your Drop]] has zombified animals, including poodles, but the [[VideoGame/DeadRising2 sequel]] features a tiger that is perfectly capable of living in a zombie-infested casino despite being a large and easy target for a swarm of the undead.

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and the two most likely Getting DevouredByTheHorde). [[spoiler:In the true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on Isabella standing on a flipped over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screams into the air and the bird’s eye camera zooms out from his face.]]

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and the two most likely Getting DevouredByTheHorde). [[spoiler:In the true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on IsaBella standing on a flipped over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screams into the air and the bird’s eye camera zooms out from his face.]]

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and the two most likely Getting devouredbythehorde). [[spoiler:In the true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on IsaBella standing on a flipped over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screams into the air and the bird’s eye camera zooms out from his face.]]

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and the two most likely Getting devouredbythehorde). [[spoiler:In true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on IsaBella standing on a flipped over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screams into the air and the bird’s eye camera zooms out from his face.]]

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and two most likely Getting eaten alive). [[spolier:in the true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on IsaBella standing on a flipper over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screams into the air and the bird’s eye camera zooms out from his.]]

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and two most likely Getting eaten alive). [[spolier:in the true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on IsaBella standing on a flipper over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screenshot into the air and the bird’s eye camera (starting close to his face) zooms out to show the whole situation.]]

* Bookend: In the opening to the game a woman and her daughter are trapped inside a car that’s empty of gas and is being surrounded by zombies while a bird’s eye camera zooms out from the car (and two most likely Getting eaten alive). [[spolier: in the true ending After Frank defeats Brock he realizes that the tank he’s standing out is surrounded by zombies (Those not closing in on the tank instead closing in on IsaBella standing on a flipper over car). Looking around at the apparent impossibility of escaping Frank screenshot into the air and the bird’s eye camera (starting close to his face) zooms out to show the whole situation.]]

'''AND YET HE COMPLAINED'''

'''THAT HIS BELLY WAS NOT FULL'''

* MadArtist: [[spoiler:By the time Kent wants you to photograph a human becoming a zombie, you know he's lost it -- and indeed, he's one of the Psychopaths]].

[[caption-width-right:350: When all you have is a TV...]]

Lastly is the game's RPGElements and approach to NewGamePlus: Frank begins the story weak, slow, and unable to carry many items, with his stats increasing [[LuckBasedMission semi-randomly]] as he earns [[ExperiencePoints Prestige Points]] from taking interesting photographs, defeating zombies and bosses, rescuing survivors, and performing random activities throughout the mall. While it is possible to complete the story and even achieve OneHundredPercentCompletion in a single run, it is punishingly difficult -- the game instead encourages players to restart the story when they die or reach an ending, resetting their progress to zero but retaining their current level and stats.

The second (and more controversial) is its TimedMission: starting from the moment of Frank's arrival on the mall's roof, the game begins ticking down a three-day timer (six hours real-time) until Frank's chopper pilot returns. Every mission in the game begins at a certain time and must be completed within a set number of in-game hours, including the story, and once a mission’s time window runs out, there’s no way to access it for the rest of your playthrough. The game has no GameOver state other than death, instead offering MultipleEndings depending on how much of the story Frank managed to complete and whether he makes it to the chopper in time.

The second (and more controversial) is its TimeLimit: starting from the moment of Frank's arrival on the mall's roof, the game begins ticking down a three-day timer (six hours real-time) until Frank's chopper pilot returns. Every mission in the game begins at a certain time and must be completed within a set number of in-game hours, including the story, and once a mission’s time window runs out, there’s no way to access it for the rest of your playthrough. The game has no GameOver state other than death, instead offering MultipleEndings depending on how much of the story Frank managed to complete and whether he makes it to the chopper in time.

''Dead Rising'' is a 2006 action-sandbox-survival game and the first entry in the [[Franchise/DeadRising eponymous franchise]], developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} as an UsefulNotes/Xbox360 exclusive, later ported to UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, and UsefulNotes/{{Windows}}.

** Rescuing Paul will have him supply you with an infinite amount of Molotov Cocktails. Each Molotov takes up a whole space of inventory and it won't be long before you quickly run out if you plan on using them. With this in mind, their best use would be against Psychopaths but Paul is (likely) the penultimate boss of the main story, leaving only Larry. Paul is also no longer present in Overtime Mode, meaning there are no means of getting any more cocktails. Coupled with the fact the TrueFinalBoss Brock is forcibly fought unarmed, there is not much use for the weapon at all.

* FisticuffsBoss: Naturally, waiting at the very end of Overtime Mode.

* OptionalBoss: All the Psychopaths, barring [[spoiler: Carlito, Steven, Isabela, Larry, and Brock]], are the focus of side quests rather than having any importance to the plot.

The second (and more controversial) is its TimeLimit: starting from the moment of Frank's arrival on the mall's roof, the game begins ticking down a three-day timer (six hours real-time) until Frank's chopper pilot returns. Every mission in the game begins at a certain time and must be completed within a set number of in-game hours, including the story, and once a mission’s time limit goes up, there’s no way to access it for the rest of your playthrough. The game has no GameOver state other than death, instead offering MultipleEndings depending on how much of the story Frank managed to complete and whether he makes it to the chopper in time.