Published on Dec. 9, 2016. Follow Dead Rising 4. 14 comments. Dead Rising - that being the third-person action game where you murder a million zombies in a shopping mall - has always had an identity crisis. It's like a guy who writes Christmas cracker jokes for a living then runs dog fights in the evenings. A game about dressing up in stupid December 5, 2016. The Dead Rising franchise has stood out over the years for its wacky sense of humor, goofy weapons, crazy bosses, and tough time limit. And a lot of that wacky sensibility is There are new locations to explore, weapons to build, and (most importantly) Frank West so don't be turned off if you've already played Dead Rising 2. The game is due out October 11, 2011. The You don't have to play the missions, rescue survivors, kill psychopaths, or wait for the helicopter. If you want to see the story progress you have to, but if all you want is to slaughter zombies you can just do that. When the time runs out you can start a new game and do the same thing. I've played that way a few times. Not specifically. But you can simply fail the main storyline and just run around doing whatever you want. The game does still end after 72 game hours if you do this, but you can restart the story while keeping your character's levels, combo cards, keys (except for maintenance tunnel keys) and special outfits (such as the knight armor). DR1 : r/deadrising. I hate to ask but has anybody found a mod to slow down the timer? DR1. I know it's not how the game is meant to be played but now that I have this wonderful game back in my hands I want to take it all in, I only ever had one perfect run back in the day and I'd really want to recreate that without the timer this time around. The time limit was amajor factor in what made the other games fun. Dead Rising 1 was like if Majoras Mask was a zombie apocalypse game, and it was awesome for it. No time limit just kinda makes it a generic survival game. The gameplay eschews a time limit in favor of a more open world, with tons of collectibles to find and the ability to gain experience to power up Frank in a multitude of ways. Dead Rising 4 Xfyx5L7.