Dead Rising 4: 10 Reasons It's The King Of The Zombie Genre

2. It's Not Afraid To Indulge In Survival Horror

On the other side of the coin from the goofier aspects of undead fiction, is that of brutally difficult survival. What would you do if the world's populace was turned into nothing more than a shambling mass of brain-eating zombies?

Dead Rising's past games have many timed elements, forcing you to get from place to place as fast as possible, stockpiling items and learning the layout and where's best to scarper to if the horde gets too much.

For Dead Rising 4 you can breathe a sigh of relief - as the timer has been removed; survival takes on a completely different dynamic with four-player online co-op. You're free to tackle the wave-based mode yourself, but like every great zombie tale, it's getting through it as a team that'll really stick with you.