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//           COMPLETE WALKKTROUGH          \\
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//  Guide written by Nicolas Hernandez     \\
//  e-mail: nicohernandez96@hotmail.com    \\
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//                Dead Rising              \\
//                 XBox 360                \\
//            Developed by: Capcom         \\
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// *Spoilers* This FAQ contains spoilers   \\
// so I consider all of you warned before  \\
// you start reading this FAQ.             \\
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Table of contents
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1. Introduction to the guide................[intro0]
2. Basic Info...............................[binfo0]
2.1. Welcome to Willamette.............[binfo1]
2.2. Survivors.........................[binfo2]
2.2.1. Weapons, travel and shortcut.[bisur1]
2.3. Psychopaths.......................[binfo3]
3. Important Stuff..........................[stuff0]
2.1. Important weapons.................[stuff1]
2.2. Books.............................[stuff2]
2.3. Food..............................[stuff3]
2.4. Queen Bees........................[stuff4]
4. Walkthrough..............................[walk00]
4.1. Introduction......................[walk01]
4.2. Day 1(September 19th).............[walk02]
4.3. Day 2(September 20th).............[walk03]
4.4. Day 3(September 21st).............[walk04]
4.5. Overtime..........................[walk05]
5. Survivors Checklist......................[surv00]
6. Otis calls Checklist.....................[otis00]
7. Achievements.............................[achiev]
8. The end of the FAQ.......................[endfaq]
9. Thanks/Acknowledgments...................[thanks]
10. Legal Info...............................[legali]
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Introduction to the guide
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[intro0]
By the time I wrote this guide Dead Rising is not a new game, but I had
been reading many guides for beating the game, and at the end I add
something myself and I consider that creating a new guide with new
info, and beating strategy will be useful. I recommend that before
using this guide you play 1 or 2 times the entire game so you can move
easily through the mall and because you want to be at a higher level.
This guide is different from the others because it develops the game
from a different way that from any guide I've read does.I wrote this
guide because Dead Rising is the first game I totally beat and the
first game I discovered all the secrets it contains.
Hope you all find this guide useful and write to me if you have a
comment or a suggestion (nicohernandez96@hotmail.com). I live in
Colombia and this is my firts FAQ.
I repeat, this guide have *SPOILERS* so if you don't want to ruin your
game, looking advice anywhere else would be better.
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Basic information
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[binfo0]
Now the FAQ begins, during this section of the guide you will find the
plot of the events, the tips that will give you a much easier
walkthrough, the weapons and guidance you got to have when you are
chasing the perfect game, and much more.
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Welcome to Willamette
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[binfo1]
All the game will occur on the Willamette Parkview Mall, you will find
out that this little and peacefull town becomes a hell when zombies,
thousands of them,  start appearing, you are Frank West a
photojournalist that is chasing the scoop of his life, during his
adventure he will discover the origin of the zombie outbreak and also
he will save the last survivors that remained on Willamette.
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Survivors
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[binfo2]
Great part of your time during the game will be spent saving the
surivors around the mall, and they are the key for unlocking
achievements like Saint, Peace Keeper, Punisher, Transmissionary and
many other achievemnts that rescuing survivors would do, during the FAQ
you will find how to rescue the 49 survivors that are available and
some tips while rescuing them that will help you a lot, and I mean a
lot.
There are 4 interactions Frank can have with survivors: Carry, this
interaction allows Frank to move easily through the mall because
zombies find very difficult to bite you while you are carrying
somebody; Offer Shoulder, with this interaction Frank will be strong as
with carrying; Hold Hands, isn't a very strong connection, but if you
got two girls that can hold hands you can hold hands with BOTH of them;
Give, most of the survivors will have these interaction, with these
interaction you can gave survivors a weapon.
But I feel I got to remember all of you that the AI in this game isn't
the best and you always have to get an eye in every survivor doesn't
matter how strong or fast they are, and trust me there will be just a
few that have these characteristics.
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Weapons, travel and shortcut
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[bisur1]
*WEAPONS*
Most of the time during big scoops you must help survivors by carrying
them or by holding hands, and when this happens, you can be absolutely
sure there is a survivor near that can carry a weapon.
But if you want the armored survivors to help you (or in Aaron's case
cause you more trouble) you will want to give them powerful and one-hit
killing weapons. That's why you always want to keep in your inventory
some of these weapons:
*Shotguns
*Submachine guns
*Katanas or huntin' knives
These weapons will make your survivors to run easily through the mall
and believe me you want them to fight by themeselves.
*SHORTCUT*
The shortcut is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT if you are looking for the saint
achievement, and also for any other thing, becuse it makes a connection
between Paradise Plaza and Wonderland Plaza, it is basic for this
guide, and for any other guide, so if you choose to do 1 scoop let that
be "Out of Control" scoop.
*TRAVEL*
With armored survivors running through the mall, the way to the
security room should be easy, but most of the times, the survivors get
themeselves in trouble or just stop running to cry (Gordon is a
specialist on this, but also Aaron will be a pain in the ass dealing
with depression) so you want to keep pressing Y-Button constlantly so
they don't stop to cry, but if you heard something like a complain that
mean they stopped press Y to solve it. Other problem is that sometimes
zombies will grab your survivors and they will be stucked, when you
hear something like "Frank!!!" or "Help" you know sombody is stucked
set a waypoint in front of you for the survivors that passed the mob
and rescue the one that is being grapped.
The problems I mentioned in the paragraph above are the most common
ones, but the final challenge is on the rooftop. After the long travel
through the mall, you want to take your survivors to the Security Room,
right? but making the survivors to fit the tiny corridor to the air
duct is seriously a headache, so what I recommend is to set a waypoint
marker outside of the elevator then go to the air duct and call them,
most of the survivors will make it without any complication, but if
some of them didn't, set a waypint maker near the air duct and go down
to move them a bit, if some of the survivors that couldn't reach the
air duct has the interaction Hold Hands or Carry take them and wait the
others reach the air duct, then just let them free to go to the air
duct.
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Psychopaths
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[binfo3]
When tragedies occur, the worst of the people can rise, and Willamette
zombie outbreak is not the exception, you will have to fight against a
creepy clown, a crazy cult leader, a sexually confused cop, and many
other psychos that have conquered the mall, all the psychopaths have at
least 1 survivor (except for Cletus, but c'mon if you kill him you will
gain access to the gun shop), so you will want to kill them all.
Psychopaths will be a piece of cake if you got the mini chainsaws,
sometimes killing them can be tricky, so, just in case, carry a shotgun
with you, after killing them you will be able to rescue some scared
people and freed the world from a very creepy person.
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Important Stuff
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[stuff0]
Running through the mall, you will notice that some things are very
important not only to solve the cases but to rescue every survivor on
the run, in this section I will tell you some basic items you need to
make your adventure through the mall easier.
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Important Weapons
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[stuff1]
*Bat*
The bat is one of the first weapons available, is a very good weapon to
get rid of mobs or open ways for survivors, is a very powerful weapon
and you should consider to have 1 on your inventory, but not very
necessary.
*Huntin' Knife*
This is avery powerful weapon, perfect for killing some
psychopaths(when you are at a high level), for giving survivors, or for
rescuing survivors when zombies caught them. Carry at lest 1 with you.
*Submachine gun*
A very good weapon for killing psychos(Adam specifically)or for giving
them to not very skilled survivors, carry at least 2 so you give them
to the survivors.
*Shotgun*
The best weapon you can fire, it will help you killing some zombies
with just one shoot, giving them to skilled survivors will gave as a
result a very independant survivor that will not have to be so followed
by Frank, consider keeping between 2 or 3 of them, if you want to
choose between submachine gun or shotgun, don't doubt, grab the
shotgun.
*Mini Chainsaws*
The best weapon that you will ever find in the mall, it is fast and can
kill a lot of zombies in just one attack, you must take it, it will
last over 900 swings with the 3 improvement books, when you have space
reserve four spots in yout inventory for the chainsaw and the 3 books
that improve it.
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Books
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[stuff2]
The firsts times I played Dead Rising I never realized how important
books are for keeping your weapons longer, but then I realized my Mini
Chainsaw will last for almost all the game with the 3 books!!! Then I
decided to pay more attention to books that can make your food to heal
you three times its health value, or triple your weapons last.
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Food
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[stuff3]
The basic element to survive, the food will increase your health and
also the health of your survivors, very basic, open at least 2 spaces
in your inventory to carry some wine or orange juice.
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Queen Bees
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[stuff4]
Queen Bees will appear at 5:00 p.m. on the 19th when you enter the
warehouse, very important if you get caught on a huge mob, also you NEED
them to rescue some survivors easily and quickily (Sally, Nick, Pamela,
Susan), so always take them when you have the chance.
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Walkthrough
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[walk00]
Welcome to the Willamette Parkview Mall
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Introduction
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[walk01]
The first cutscene introduce you to Frank, a photojournalist that is
looking for the scoop of his live in Willamette, a town that had been
isolated by National Guards barricades, he arrives by helicopter, the
pilot is Ed DeLuca, and is not a great fan of Frank, let the adventure
begin.
After the cutscene you will only be able to control the camera, the
basic camera controls are teached, and you are flying all over
Willamette, but, there are only 4 interest points to take pictures of:
* The guy over the white car (After he died I felt guilty, because I
distracted him: Sorry!!)
* The school bus being sorrounded by zombies
* The huge explosion of the gas station
* That poor girl that felt from the warehouse (Take a pic of her
falling, a lot of PP)
After all this strange photo session, a cutscene of the National Guard
helicopters trying to kill Frank and Ed, Frank jumps from the helicopter
to reach the mall and when he falls, he meets Carlito, he seems pretty
sick. But just ignore him.
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Day 1 (Sep 19th)
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[walk02]
12:00 p.m. Frank arrives to the mall.
Enter the Security Room, keep straight and near de monitors press B,
"What in the world?" cutscene, get out of there, open the gray door
leading to a hallway, follow it until it ends and enter Entrance Plaza.
12:10. Entrance Plaza.
A cutscene of some people gathering on the Entrance, Ryan trying to
build a barricade, a crazy old lady looking for his precious, little,
sweetie dog Madonna and a misterious woman (a pretty one).
Ok, so you will be at the Entrance Plaza, take a pic of the 3 survivors
trying to build a barricade (Ryan, Chris, Freddie), then a picture of
Linsay crying because of her Madonna, a photo of Todd and Brian talking,
a pic of Verlene trying to cheer up Dana, a pic of Mark and finally the
picture of Alan and Kathy arguing about his young secretary, achievement
unlocked.
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| PORTRAITURE ACHIEVEMENT |
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Then move to the place where you can see some benches and stuff like
that, a cutscene of a very mad old guy, and, an expoure of how love
works, why? Because a 70 year-old person beat the strength of 3 adult
guys(c'mon), however, Lindsay open the door(just dumb) and let all the
zombies enter killing everybody on that floor.
Grab a bat from the stuff that is near and run, near the fountain is
probably the Brian's body, recover his shotgun and then you are free to
go upstairs.
12:25. Frank arrives to the Security Room.
A cutscene of Otis(meet the most annoying person in the world) sealing
the door, meet Brad and Jessie. Before going out talk to Otis, you will
receive a Transceiver and a map of the mall, then you are free to go.
When you arrive to the rooftop take a pic of the Air Duct and save it on
the images screen, this is IMPORTANT for later so take it now before you
forgrt about it.
12:30. Marriage can be for life.
Go near the elevator to find Jeff, he is looking for his wife Natalie,
after a chat he will join you, go all the way around to find Natalie,
they will have a nice lovely hug. A PP opportunity, take a pic of the
hug, if you take it right it will worth 10,000 PP, 2 achievements
unlocked.
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| PHOTOJOURNALIST ACHIEVEMENT|
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| THE ARTISTE ACHIEVEMENT |
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Interrupt their little reunion and take them to the Security Room.
SAVED: Jeff Meyer
Natalie Meyer
TOTAL: 2 survivors
12:45. Mall Rundown.
///OTIS#1: Paradise Plaza\\\
After receiving the call from Otis, go through the warehouse until you
find a hallway go there, you will se a cutscene in which you hurt
Jessie, she tells you about Brad in danger.
Case 1-1(closed).
-------->Case 1-2: Backup for Brad.Case 2-1: Image in the monitor(engaged but blocked)Case
3-1: Professors Past(engaged but blocked)Case 4-1: Another Source(engaged but blocked)Case
4-2: Girl Hunting(engaged)Case 5-2: Transporting Isabela(engaged)