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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Wii)

common sense media says

Campy zombie shooter remake isn't as good as the original.


parents & educators say
  • 33% say language is an issue
  • 33% say it's educational

What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this is a M-rated killing game that lets players get creative with dozens of weapons while taking down zombies in and around a shopping mall. It's quite gory and bloody. Enemies can be dismembered, impaled, and decapitated. The cutscenes show closeups of gruesome things like someone getting impated through the eye and zombies ripping flesh off of humans. The game encourages the killing by keeping a counter on the screen to record the number of deaths. Since this game is on the Wii, players do the motions to mimic the killing which vary depending on the weapon being used.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: Player uses all kinds of weapons to kill people in a shopping mall, but the overwhelming majority of enemies are zombies in this over-the-top slasher game.Playing as photojournalist Frank, you are also trying to rescue survivors of the zombie attack.
Violence: While chopping, bashing, and shooting zombies, blood splatters out of victims in a gory manner, plus enemies can be dismembered, impaled, and decapitated. It doesn't look realistic, but killing is the name of the game. Cutscenes show zombies ripping flesh off of humans and a clown being shredded by a chainsaw. A counter on the screen keeps track of the number of kills.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: One or two instances of the word "sh-t" and a few "damns" and "bitches" but nothing that pushes the envelope.
Consumerism: Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids

Families can talk about whether the motion-sensing of the Wii controls make the killing seems more real than games played on other consoles. Or is this campy game less realistic because of the subpar graphics compared to the other version? Is this game less offensive because you are killing zombies who are fictitious than games where you kill humans.

What's the story?

What's the story?

If it's zombies you crave, it's a good time to buy video games. Between Sega's House of the Dead: Overkill and Capcom's Resident Evil 5, you'll have plenty of undead blasting in your future. And then there's the campy DEAD RISING CHOP TILL YOU DROP, a remake of Capcom's popular 2006 horror game for Xbox 360 that now takes advantage of the Nintendo Wii motion-sensing controls to hack, slash, and shoot a flesh-eating mob.

In case you haven't played the original adventure, players assume the role of Frank, a photojournalist, holed up in a zombie-infested shopping mall. You must get out alive by finding and using real and makeshift weapons (from shotguns to bowling balls, respectively) to keep enemies at a distance while trying to find an exit -- and an answer as to what happened here in the fictitious suburb of Willamette, Colorado.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

The Wii remote adds some variation to the zombie killing as you can swing it like a bat, aim and shoot it like a pistol towards an oncoming enemy, or hold it like a chainsaw to take down the hoards. A ticker in the bottom right corner of the screen keeps a tally of how many baddies you've killed. It's gory, bloody and over-the-top -- like a B horror movie such as Dawn of the Dead (which also takes place in a mall). Plus gamers will face boss characters, rescue survivors, dress up Frank in a variety of costumes, solve some puzzles, and watch entertaining cut-scene cinematics.

But the Wii doesn't have the same horsepower as the Xbox 360 -- and it shows. The graphics are pale in comparison to Microsoft's machine and there aren't nearly as many enemies on the screen at once. What's more, Frank doesn't use his camera to take pictures in this version, which was very much a part of the original game-play. Despite these shortcomings, this "Mature"-rated zombie playground proves fun and silly for Wii gamers age 17 or older, but it might be best as a weekend rental as opposed to paying $40 to own this slasher.

Game themes & details

Game Details
Available on: Nintendo Wii
Not available online
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Capcom
Released on: March 3, 2009
Price: 39.99
ESRB Rating: M for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language

This review was written by Marc Saltzman
 
 

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What parents & educators say

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Based on 3 parent & educator reviews:
  • 33% say language is an issue
  • 33% say it's educational

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Friendofme
parent of 11 year old
 
Tweeny game
This game isn't bad at all. My ten year old son loves this game. I watched him play the game, and wow, I could say the only thing bad is the trailer - it's misleading. I would suspect the game to be teen when I saw it. Then, I looked at the cover and it said: M for mature. Now, my wife buys a lot of games for my two sons, ten and twelve and included Assassin's Creed, Left 4 Dead 2, Halo 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 & 2 and finally Dead Rising 1 & 2. The worst game was Assassin's Creed but the one that is most appropriate is Halo. The gore in the game is very toony and my son has not been affected. I would put this game as E10+ .

 
I lost six brain cells watching this

Rigbyboy
kid, 10 years old
 
Just superb.
Love this game! Gory, good story and swearing. 1 of the best games Ive played.

 
It's not THAT bad...
The game is not as mature as you think. In DEADRISING: chop till you drop, there is a very small amount of swearing. The only time the game says anything "strong" is probably at the beginning. A good part of the game is focused around mild language. Now the blood on the other hand is incredibly "cheesy" and nothing to be worried 'bout. If the blood means that much, then you can easily change the color and amount under options. If you let your kids play any Tony Hawks (T rated game), I think they are ready for this.

Conventrix
teen, 15 years old
 
Great if you are a Teenager
It is an awesome game its not as bad as they say for blood because in options there is a BLOOD LEVEL option and if you really are concerned as a parent you can change blood color as well. Also dimemberment is not noticable (i dont even think you can dismember limbs but common sense says so) and decapitation (with guns) is noticeable rarely. Blood and Bodies disapear within seconds of killing them but however the violence comes from numerous weapons and cutscens are grusome but not presented in a very serious manner. I recommend it to anyone 13 and up because it has just the language tag (not strong language) and blood is changeablle making at a not so bloody game.

cerealkiller189
teen, 13 years old
 
Wow.How could this be not for kids?
Date of review:29 February 2009 Yep,I've just got this game for my wii a few weeks ago and I've completed it.not as good as the Xbox version as you cannot take photos,fewer survivors and less psychopaths to defeat makes it boringly easy.And I'm Annoyed by the fact that missions have their own countdown clock,so yeah,screw that.Anyway,coming to the blood and gore section,I was like wow,how could this be rated m?me and my dad got bored of this and when my little brother or mum played it,they put it down after 2 hours.it really needs that little dead rising touch that 1 managed to achieve so greatly.

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