Editor's Choice - Dead Rising 3 on PC

After making its tongue-in-torn-cheek debut on the Xbox One last year, Dead Rising 3 is finally unleashing its fetid horde of zombies on the PC.

While some games in the genre tend to err on the serious side with their moral implications and tough choices, Dead Rising has always been mainly about offing zombies with the most bizarre combos of weaponry imaginable, whether you were racing through a shopping mall or along a Las Vegas-like strip.

And while DR3 looks more gritty and po-faced than its predecessors, fret not because under those sombre third-person visuals, this latest entry remains as deliciously silly as its predecessors. You’re mechanic Nick Ramos who finds himself stuck in the city of Los Perdidos, California. Your mission? To get the hell out of dodge before it’s nuked by the military. The problem? The thousands of zombies crowding the city’s streets, alleys and buildings.

On your travels, you’ll meet the usual weird, eclectic mix of survivors plus Capcom’s infamous Psychos – how about facing off with a rather ‘portly’ lady who will defend her finger-food buffet to the death? No, really.

But never mind all that – when you’re running down the streets slaughtering zombies with one of 100-plus weapons made out of all manner of brilliant combinations (grab that Pukes O' Hazard club, folks!), you’ll be too busy grinning wildly to care much about anything else. Especially as there has been a big change to the game’s previous ‘timed hunt’ and save systems.

There’s no deadline to wince at fearfully now and instead of the sometimes punishing save system of the previous entries that left you in a cold sweat every time a situation got out of control, you can now save wherever you like. These changes mean you’ll be more confident about taking risks without fear of being (too) punished as a result. Though, for masochists, the game’s Nightmare mode does enable you to reinstate both.

Better still, DR3’s great co-op mode allows you to team up with a friend and take down hordes of the undead, scoring vital experience points, which can then be used to boost your character in the single-player campaign.

It all adds up to a fun, frenetic trawl through an undead-infested city and, when running on a decent PC, those hordes of zombies never looked so overwhelming – or in need of a swift dispatch under the wheels of a tricked-out steamroller.