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    Dead Rising

    Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Aug 08, 2006

    Freelance photojournalist Frank West struggles to survive a zombie outbreak after being trapped inside the Willamette Parkview Mall. Frank has seventy-two hours to get the scoop of his life while dispatching the undead hordes with anything he can grab.

    Are you supposed to restart the game several times?

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    #1  Edited By FuzzyLogic

    Last time I tried this, it ended up in general discussion, so hopefully this works. 

    Am I missing something here, or are you expected to die and restart the game a few times before finishing all the way through? I played this game shortly after it shipped and it seemed impossible to make it through the game starting at level 1. I put it on my gamefly queue to give it another shot and I'd like to know how everyone else played through it. Is it expected that a successful 3-day survival only happens after you start with a few levels under your belt?  
       

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    #2  Edited By nail1080
    @FuzzyLogic said:
    " Last time I tried this it ended up in general discussion, so hopefully this works. Am I missing something here, or are you expected to die and restart the game a few times before finishing all the way through? I played this game shortly after it shipped and it seemed impossible to make it through the game starting at level 1. I put it on my gamefly queue to give it another shot and I'd like to know how everyone else played through it. Is it expected that a successful 3-day survival only happens after you start with a few levels under your belt?      "
    here's a tip, get the 53000 kills achievement first (look up a guide on teh interwebz to get to the car park). That will boost your level really high and hopefully you will have a better understanding of the lay out of the mall. Now sit back and enjoy killing zombies and cleaing the story mode with your awesome level 50 powers!
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    #3  Edited By BrokenCage

    I don't know if you're expected to, but I did it. Most of the people I know that finished the game did it also. To add to Nail1080's comment, print out a copy of the Mall Map, and write down where specific weapon-types and save points are. Also, you can use Adam's saws with three books (Engineering, Entertainment, and Criminal Biography) to make them last the entire game.
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    #4  Edited By FuzzyLogic

    @nail1080 said:

    here's a tip, get the 53000 kills achievement first (look up a guide on teh interwebz to get to the car park). That will boost your level really high and hopefully you will have a better understanding of the lay out of the mall. Now sit back and enjoy killing zombies and cleaing the story mode with your awesome level 50 powers! "


    How long does that take? Because grinding a bunch before a game gets fun does not sound very appealing.

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    #5  Edited By BrokenCage
    @FuzzyLogic said:
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    @nail1080 said:

    here's a tip, get the 53000 kills achievement first (look up a guide on teh interwebz to get to the car park). That will boost your level really high and hopefully you will have a better understanding of the lay out of the mall. Now sit back and enjoy killing zombies and cleaing the story mode with your awesome level 50 powers! "


    How long does that take? Because grinding a bunch before a game gets fun does not sound very appealing.

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    About as long as it'd take you to finish the game. To put it in perspective, I completed the entire game, obtained the true ending, and still didn't break 10,000 zombies killed. The achievement isn't a requirement, get to around level 12, combine Adam's saws with the three books mentioned before, and you'll do alright. Edit: I mean get to level 12 before making a serious attempt at finishing the game.

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