Introduction (Entrance Plaza)


 * This is the second article about the Dead Rising introduction, for the first, see Introduction (helicopter ride) and the last, Introduction (Love Lasts a Lifetime).

Landing on the mall roof
Frank spots a Heliport on the rooftop of the Willamette Mall and asks the pilot Ed to drop him here and come back to get him in three days. Before the helicopter can touch down, three military choppers appear and attempt to push the helicopter away from the mall. Ed gets close enough for Frank to jump out before flying off.

Franks meets Carlito
On the Heliport, Frank encounters Carlito for the first time, a mysterious man who is not very forthcoming with information.

Security Room
After speaking with Carlito, head through the gray doorway to Carlito's right and go down the stairs to  the mall's Security Room.

At the bottom of the stairs is a green couch where you can save your game when the "save" action icon appears.

The Security Room is comprised of a set of smaller rooms. For the duration of the game, this area is a safe house where Frank can return Survivors and get a temporary respite from the zombies in the mall. At the moment, all the secondary rooms are empty and devoid of any useful items.

Walk through the red door at the end of the small hallway, which is labeled "Janitor's Room" on the glass.

Examine the surveillance monitor for a short cutscene.



Then walk through the yellow security room door.



Walk through the door on the right marked "Staff Only."



Warning on door to Entrance Plaza hallway.

This door opens into a long hallway, which takes Frank out into the Entrance Plaza of the mall.

Building the barricade
Inside Entrance  Plaza, there are more  survivors  barricading  the front entrance to keep the zombies out. The leader of the group, an  older man named Ryan LaRosa, informs Frank about the zombies and orders Frank to help by gathering large items for the barricade in the back.

If Frank  approaches  each of the eleven survivors, he  can  listen  in  on  their conversations.

Walk toward the back of the Entrance Plaza near the gate, where there is a pile  of furniture  for  the  barricade.

Introduction to Dr. Barnaby
Before Frank picks anything up for the barricade, an old man on the other side of a shutter yells at Frank, but Frank doesn't have any time to respond as the crazy old woman opens the main doors to get to her dog, letting the zombies into the mall. A man shows up on the floor above and orders everyone to run and follow him to safety.

Running to the stairs

 * Further information: Weapons, which explains how to fight.

As soon as the cutscene ends, grab as many of the food and smaller one hand weapons that Frank can hold, and start running through the  horde  of undead to either staircase.

Tips:
 * Run along the walls, because there are often less zombies along the walls.
 * As Frank approaches a zombie, Frank can jump to avoid being grabbed.
 * Focus on running to the stairs instead of killing zombies. Frank is weak at the start of the game and there are too many zombies which will quickly surround Frank.
 * Frank cannot kill all the zombies because the zombies will continue to respawn when Frank moves away from a section of the entrance.
 * None of the eleven survivors are savable.

Return to the security room
Frank is introduced the main characters here, Otis Washington, Brad, and Jessie. The entrance plaza door is blow torched shut, and will not be reopened until 10am, September 22, the last two hours of 72 Hour Mode.

Frank can save his game on the green couch, before leaving through the airduct to the rooftop.

Frank loses all his health
If Frank loses all his health in Entrance Plaza, he will awake in the security room on he couch.

Trivia

 * Before the zombies breach the mall, Frank can walk up the stairs and explore the entire Entrance Plaza, although all the shops are locked and there are no additional items to pick up.
 * In the cutscene, Ryan LaRosa is seen carrying a small propane tank, but there is no propane tank outside of the cutscene.
 * Frank can push Ryan LaRosa away from the door so that his hand is not on the glass anymore, but it is still up.

Rescuing Alan and Kathy
When the zombie breach occurs, Kathy will slowly stumble to the stairs with Alan following her. Alan and Kathy can get up the stairs past the zombies, but their profiles will still show dead when Frank returns to the security room.