Dead Rising/Survivors

Frank West is a fictional photojournalist in the video game Dead Rising, he is also the main protagonist of the game. In Dead Rising, Frank finds himself in the biggest scoop of his career, after hearing of a small town, Willamette, Colorado, being blockaded by the National Guard. Frank hires a helicopter, and flies over the town.

Frank first suspects that the civilians are rioting, but soon discovers otherwise. Frank asks the helicopter pilot to drop him on a roof of a mall, and to pick him up in three days. He meets a strange man on the roof of the mall, and when asking the man what has happened here, he tells Frank to go in and see for himself. Once he's in the mall, he realizes though, this isn't just some riot. The town is infested with zombies, with him stuck in the middle of it. As he tries to help survivors, and win the Pulitzer Prize, he slowly starts to unravel the mystery behind the zombie infestation.

After arriving at the mall, Frank is immediately met by a strange man named Carlito, who seems to know more than he is letting on. After the zombies infiltrate the mall, Frank ends up meeting two enigmatic survivors, Brad and Jessie, while escaping the zombies. As both of them stay secretive for a while, Frank does a little bargaining. As Jessie runs out to save Brad from an attacker, Frank accidently hurts her and Frank takes her place to save Brad. Jessie is hesitant about allowing a "civilian" to becoming involved, but she gives him her handgun after he assures her that he has experience with one by saying, "I've covered wars ya know". (Only minutes later, however, he admits that he's never actually fired a gun "at a person".)

Once reaching Brad, the attacker is the same guy he met on top of the mall, and is now continusly firing at them with a P90. After defeating him, the man takes off. While Frank presses Brad for info, Brad tells him nothing until Frank shows him a picture of an old man, which he took in the Entrance Plaze of the mall. Brad seems to have an interest in the photo. Since he does, Frank makes him a deal: Frank shows him the photo, if Brad tells him some info. Brad agrees, and Frank soon finds out both Jessie and Brad are DHS (Department of Homeland Security) agents.

Frank and Brad eventually go to see the man. He turns out to be someone by the name of Dr. Barnaby, someone who Brad desperately tries to get him to return to the Security Room they are hiding, with him and Frank. Dr. Barnaby declines, saying he will only leave once he is guaranteed safe passage out of the city first.

Brad leaves Frank for a while, leaving Frank to explore some of the mall. As he ends up looking for survivors, he runs into a few "Psychopaths". Some are just misguided; the stress of the situation has made them fend for themselves, making them not trust anyone or anything. Some, seem to be his directed, corrupted by the situation. Some are just completely insane, regardless of whether it was the stress of the situation that turned them that way, or if they were just insane to begin with.

Throughout the game, Frank (through the choices of the players) ends up dealing with a few Psychopaths and rescuing some survivors. After returning to the Security Room, Frank is just in time to see the man who was shooting at them earlier, dragging Dr. Barnaby from his hiding place. Brad takes action, Frank quickly following behind. They make their way back to the Entrance Plaza, the man now carrying a M82 rifle, firing at Brad and Frank from a far.

While Frank and Brad take cover, Frank notices Dr. Barnaby is tied up and hanging in the middle of the Entrance Plaza, zombies under him, reaching for him and trying to get a meal. After some fierce combat, Frank and Brad corner the man when he is out of rifle ammo. He ditches the rifle, and he pulls out a handgun. He and Brad have a small shoot out, leaving them both wounded. Frank fires at him, but misses him completely.

Frank grabs Dr. Barnaby, who is knocked out at the time, and both him and Brad make it back to the Security Room. They put Dr. Barnaby aside in a small room, letting him rest, while they also let Brad rest from his wounds. Brad's situation slowly gets worse as he begins to run a fever. Jessie says he needs medicine, and Frank decides to go out and find some at a supermarket in North Plaza.

Upon entering the supermarket, he comes in contact with the manager of the supermarket. He is carrying a "Weapons Cart" (a shopping cart fitted with bladed weapons). He seems to be a Psychopath like some of the others, really taking a passion to anyone who wants to vandalize from his store. Frank calmly tells him he needs medicine, but the man points out it's the same thing "this bitch" said when she came to "vandilize" his store. Frank notices the women he is talking to in the middle of his "Weapons Cart", a strange woman (Isabela) he saw in the Entrance Plaza before the zombies broke into the mall.

Before Frank can try and talk to him more about the situation, the manager attacks. A battle ensuses, the manager chasing Frank down with his cart, and even a shotgun that he carries on it. Frank manages to defeat the manager, who ends up falling to the checkout counters, wondering and worrying who will take care of his store while he's gone. Frank goes to help the woman, but she breaks away from him, telling him it is "your fault, not ours" for the zombie outbreak and mentioning something about a place called "Santa Cabeza". She runs away, and Frank steals the key from the manager to get access to the pharamacy where the medicine is.

Frank gets it, and returns to the Security Room, giving Brad the medicine. Jessie comments on blood found on Frank's jacket, him mentioning it must be from the woman he saved. Jessie askes him a few questions about her, Frank telling her she said something about a place called Santa Cabeza. Dr. Barnaby hears it from the other room, and Jessie goes over to ask him about it. As Frank tries to get pictures about it, and more information, Jessie shuts the door, leaving Frank in the dark on the situation. Frank then says he'll get his information elsewhere, and then searches the Security monitors for the woman, hoping that if he questions her, he'll get his answers.

Isabela reappears on the monitors in North Plaza once again, and Frank goes to question her. Not willing to trust Frank, she attacks him on her motorcycle and Frank is forced to defend himself. He manages to disable her and pin her to the ground. She tells Frank that if he wants an interview about the zombie outbreak, then Carlito is the one to speak to. She says she can "persuade" him as she is, after all, his little sister. However, when Frank shows up at their designated meeting place, Isabela is hurt and about to be killed by a zombie. Frank rescues her and he learns that Carlito, in frustration and anger, shot her. Frank carries her on his back to the Security Room where Brad and Jessie wait.

Appearance
Frank usually, as seen in the picture, wears a black jacket with a white button-up shirt, khaki-ish pants, and brown loafers. However, you can change Frank's appearance by visiting various shops for different clothing. One type of clothing that the player can unlock, Frank is dressed exactly in the same suit as Megaman. It is a little added bonus as the fact the director of the game is the same person who made Megaman.