Dead Rising 3 review

[Lebowski]

been playing this a bit over the last few days, and it turns out it dose have a time limit am i right in thinking if i don't finish the story missions by day 5 I'm gonna get bombed and have to start again?

Had a fantastic evening on this just exploring and doing side missions i managed to save one person who was hiding in a freezer but he was more of a hindrance than a help, can you send them back to safe houses?

Overall though this game is amazing the level of enemy's on screen is crazy the crafting is a lot more instant the roller hog is fantastic fun as well as a lot of the weapons. I quite like the upgrade tree it adds a bit more to the game and gives you a reason to chase the upgrades and hunt the frank statues.

it's just a shame it can stutter in places, I've had a few complete freezes where the game stops and then starts again very noticeably though this tends to be when there are hundreds of zombies and explosions going off everywhere, but it feels next gen there is no way the ps3 or xbox 360 would have been able to even come close to handling the amount going on here or have a world this detailed.

Final mention goes to the camera it all seems a bit close and I'm constantly wrestling with it, it took me a bit of getting used to wish it was zoomed out a bit more as its easy to loose your guy or find yourself starring at the floor.

[djtickle]

been playing this a bit over the last few days, and it turns out it dose have a time limit am i right in thinking if i don't finish the story missions by day 5 I'm gonna get bombed and have to start again?

Had a fantastic evening on this just exploring and doing side missions i managed to save one person who was hiding in a freezer but he was more of a hindrance than a help, can you send them back to safe houses?

Overall though this game is amazing the level of enemy's on screen is crazy the crafting is a lot more instant the roller hog is fantastic fun as well as a lot of the weapons. I quite like the upgrade tree it adds a bit more to the game and gives you a reason to chase the upgrades and hunt the frank statues.

it's just a shame it can stutter in places, I've had a few complete freezes where the game stops and then starts again very noticeably though this tends to be when there are hundreds of zombies and explosions going off everywhere, but it feels next gen there is no way the ps3 or xbox 360 would have been able to even come close to handling the amount going on here or have a world this detailed.

Final mention goes to the camera it all seems a bit close and I'm constantly wrestling with it, it took me a bit of getting used to wish it was zoomed out a bit more as its easy to loose your guy or find yourself starring at the floor.

Not sure about the timer as it never ran out for me on my run through. As for the survivors if you go to a safe house and on the survivor board you can un-tick the person with you which sends them away.

I've had the stuttering too which is a shame as the game is amazing, one of the best I have played in a while. Ive done all the collectables and am now on my nightmare play through. Its been pretty easy so far as after my first play through and then going back to collect everything I missed I was level 50 with most stats maxed.

Has anyone had any problems with the Duct tape master achievement? It seems to be the only one that doesn't give me a progress % in the achievements app. Just wondering if its like this for everyone else?

[djtickle]

Finished this now and afterwards I purchased the season pass. Whats really strange is that in the DLC I don't get any stuttering at all.

Sadly the DLC is pretty poor, not many extra missions and some very boring go get side missions. Bit of a wasted opportunity really. Will play the 4th one just for completion.

[Uli]

first impressions are mixed. i love exploring the huge open levels and the fact that there's no loading screen is really nice. overall technically there isn't too much progress, in fact there is some backsteps too. cutscenes are now prerendered instead of playing out real time reflecting your actual outfit and equipment. that's poor! characters and story so far are generic stuff, every dedicated fan of the franchise could easily come up with something better than this i guess. the first boss fight was no fun at all, not overly difficult but just annoying. i hope this is going to be better...

oh, anyone got the smartphone/tablet companion app to work? i installed the smartglass app but can't find anything that offers new side missions or enables me to use super weapons.

[nonny]

I traded it in after 10 hours play. Just not my thing. Way too repetitive and the weapons just bored me after you've seen some of the crazier offerings.

That said, I didn't get any stuttering at all during my time. Nothing really bad at all.

[Uli]

i have to correct myself. looks like there are some cutscenes in the beginning of the game that are pre-rendered but most of them seem to be real time rendered.

i have reached chapter 3 now and i am beginning to enjoy it a bit. the open city with all its collectibles is a really nice and interesting playground. the amount on zombies on screen is amazing - i doubt this could have been rendered in 1080p while keeping a decent fps rate.

still no idea how to get the companion app to run on my smartphone... do i miss out on anything?

[nonny]

Not really. Its a cool thing for the first few times an in game character calls you and issues you missions. Bit freaky at first but in the end I just turned it off as begun to find it distracting.

[Family Fry]

I played the entire game with smartglass, thought it was awesome personally, probably the best use of smartglass so far.
You get weapons and blueprints a bit quicker with it and some things he says lead into or surround the DLC stories.
Put so much time into the game I started to memorise the map and locations.
Also I'm sure most of the cut scenes are in game as I spent nearly the entire game wearing an oversized Blanka head, which was always funny, he would be acting all concerned and all you would see is a fixed Blanka head no facial expressions.
I would go as far as saying this was my favourite launch game, even though I didn't get on with previous efforts.

[Uli]

thanks guys! the game got a lot better for me when i started using combo weapons only to level up faster. it's so much fun to kill zombies while watching the level meter rising.

how do i get the super combo weapons? do i need to unlock this via skill tree? oh and do i have to bother about the timer? i am at the end of chapter 3 now and have a bit less than 4 days left before the bomb goes off.

[originalbadboy]

Also I'm sure most of the cut scenes are in game.

Most are .. but there are one or two that are prerendered for some reason .. Need to get back into this and complete the 'proper' mode and try the DLC too.

[ETC]

It's nearly good enough alone for
me to keep my bone, but not quite its excellent and I love that the story links in nicely with 1 and 2

->Open Spoiler<-

Yeah Chuck Greene in Overtime mode

great game but since hammering it since April I think I'm done with it now