How to Survive Infinite Mode in Dead Rising, Part 1

If you have beaten Overtime Mode, you have also unlocked Infinite Mode. This mode of gameplay provides a unique challenge, testing your survival skills to their limits! If you think it just means that it’s the same game with no Cases to solve, guess again.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Obtain level 50. This takes a while, but two or three passes through 72 hour Mode should do it. Being Max level gives you the most health to burn though, the most moves, damage resistance, damage causing potential, etc. There are scores of reasons to be full level before you attempt Infinite Mode.
2. Arm yourself! You begin with nothing, not even your camera. Your PP bar is gone, replaced by a constantly ticking counter that, when it goes all the way down, removes a health bar from you. The counter removes a health point every 1 minute, 40 seconds (1 second=1% of a health bar.)
3. Avoid taking damage! Any hits you take that don’t take away a full bar of health bring down your health ticker, meaning that you’re a little closer to losing another health point!
4. Seek out food! With your health constantly ticking away, you’ll need food and lots of it! Memorize the places where food can be found and don’t rely on the infinite fount of Orange Juice; it doesn’t exist in Infinite Mode!
5. Go for Achievements! There are a variety of Achievements like five and seven day Survivor that can only be earned in Infinite Mode. This is also the perfect time to get the kill count Achievements like Zombie Genocide, since you’ve got all the time in the world to do it.
6. Grab the Real Mega Buster if you can! This ludicrously powerful weapon becomes available if you complete the Zombie Genocide Achievement. Like the Mini-Chainsaws, it is the most devastating weapon in its class and can lay ANYTHING low in very few shots.
7. Learn the hand combat moves! If you’ve gotten Infinite Mode, you should probably be familiar with these already, but just in case.
8. Read! Books are your friend! At the very least, grab the Health Books from Wonderland Plaza and the Entrance Plaza. This will give you quadruple health points from food! Entertainment, Criminal Biology and Engineering books are also super-handy to have.

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