It has been a mighty long time since I have done a blog and that I do apologise. As I am sure I have mentioned in my last post, I have been struck by the illness commonly know as lazy-itus. This has disabled my zest for blogging and for doing anything which would take more then five minutes to perform. Lucky for me I have now made a full recovery and I'm fighting fit to give you what you have been waiting for!
As promised, this next blog was for the game Dear Rising, available on the Xbox 360. Now, I have had this game since I first got my Xbox which according to my gamer stats, was two years ago. Back then I had a small t.v and dvd combo, which as you can guess, wasn't filled with any high tech magic, but it got me through my first steps of playing high def games. While playing Dead Rising, unfortunately I was unable to enjoy it to the max simply because I couldn't read the flaming text. As soon as something important came up on the screen and I spent goodness knows how long trying to decipher the very tiny writing, it would disappear. After consulting my friends about this, I was told that the text was made for a HD ready t.v. So finally this year, as a treat for my birthday I got myself a 23" HD ready piece of hotness and I must admit that it has taken my gaming to a whole new level. Graphics look sharper and more defined then I could imagine, allowing me to fall in love with my games again.
Now as I was going through the games that i own, I decided to give Dead Rising a spin and see if I could get the game play that I expected from my little dvd, t.v combo. As the disc span and I watched the cut scene I must admit that I did get excited. I wanted to give the game a proper chance so I decided to start from the beginning. Now I do try to be as impartial as possible when it comes to reviews. Yes I am going to be biased because the games that I review are games that i went out and spent money on, but I always try to give a balanced argument. Unfortunately, for Dead Rising, I am unable to give this game my all. The concept of the game is ok. You play as a reporter,Frank West, who goes to a small town to find out what has happened to its inhabitants. While making his way via helicopter he notices that nothing is what it seems, it appears that zombies have started to consume the town. The only way to get any answers, Frank heads to the last place where survivors have found refuge...the mall. As the daring reporter that you are, you have give yourself 72 hours to get the scoop and get back to the helicopter without being left behind.
During the game, you are able to pick up different items, which you can find in a mall, including a lawn mower and use it to take out any zombie that gets in your way. Now this I must say is a very fun part of the game. Its really interesting to see what different objects you can use to smack the walking dead. But I must say that there aint anything else I found remotely impressing with the rest of the game. I think the biggest bug bear that I found while playing would be that practically everything you did in the game, a load screen would follow. If you move to another part of the mall, a load screen appears, if you see a cut sequence, load screen. Now I do understand that you need a load screen, for it obviously allows the game to load and the examples I have give is quite pants but it really did get on my nerves. Unfortunately, I have given up completely on this game and have decided to ignore the fact that I once brought it.
I do hope my (barely) review doesn't put you off giving this game a whirl, for it may just push your buttons, but I'm afraid it was more 'Oh please' then 'Argh SCREAM!'. Dead Rising only gets a U.F.G score of 0.5 out of 5.
