Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Review

I’m a fan of many things; some might say to an alarming degree. While I tend to be very sunny side up 🌳when it comes to gaming in general, especially to some of the old cynics at TheGamer, thꦦere’s a special VIP space in my heart reserved for a few series in particular. Right near the top of that list is .

As one of my all-time favourites, I’ve been obsessed with Dead Rising ever since I first glimpsed the cover and begged my parents to ignore the PEGI 18 symbol just this once. While I have , th🎀e game that started it all peaks harder than Frank’s hairline.

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You might think that those rose-and-zombie-blood-tinted glasses would make an instant win for me, but my first reaction was the opposite. The series is so special to me and has been so poorly handled in recent years that I’ve been 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:sceptical ever since the remake wa♈s revealed. But I had no reason to be, as Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster not only lives up to that legacy but improves upon 🦋it in countless ways to make it the bes👍t, albeit easiest, it has ever been.

A Fresh Coat Of Blood For One Of Gaming’s Most Iconic Locations

The Inside Of The Willamette Mall in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.

Despite the name, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Deluxe Remaster is more of a full re🌳make, with the most obvious change being its visual overhaul. Every corner of Willamette🐬 Mall and the hordes of zombies infesting it look grislier and more detailed than it could have 18 years ago. It’s more than just an increased resolution and actually being able to read the in-game text for once, though, as almost every area in the mall has been redesigned and given a theme, like the Food Court’s Wild West influences and Wonderland Plaza’s space-faring children’s party vꦬibe.

The best of the bunch is Paradise Plaza, which now has a nautical theme that does its name justꦰice.

The only miss when it comes to the visuals is how dark the mall is in certain areas, especially at nighttime. The new lighting is great during the day when you can see everything, but at night it feels like a step too far 𓂃and makes grabbing a Toy Sword for its pink glow a necessity instead of an optional moment of discovery.

Darkness aside, the visual upgrade is overall a big improvement that breathes new life into one of gaming’s most iconic locations. Even the more controversial changes, such as Frank West’s older, more middle-aged mug, end up feeling like an improvement over the original game thanks to how much more detail💟 a🌞nd expression it offers.

Dead Rising's Story Still Hits Hard, Even With Weaker Voices

Frank West riding zombies in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.

The same universal praise can’t quite be said for the new voice cast, which is a mixed bag overall. I thought Frank no lo🐟nger being voiced by TJ Rotolo would be a deal-breaker, but Jas Patrick does a great job offering a more grizzled take on Frank West that I’d be happy to see continue in other games. Some of the other cast members are decent too, like Carlito, Jessie, and Isabela, but the majority are a downgrade, especially when they’re repeating the same 🐷lines that have been searཧed into my brain since 2006.

Brad, one of Dead Rising’s most important characters, is affected by this the most,ಌ as his new actor lacks the emotional weight that TJ Storm delivered.

While most of the performances are weaker, it doesn’t stop the storyღ from being just as impactful as it was in 2006. I haven’t replayed Dead Rising all the way through in a while, but Deluxe Remaster reminded me how un🍃iquely tragic and politically pointed its tale about American consumption and capitalism is.

Capcom likes to paint the series as a goofy ‘zombie paradise’, and it can be if that’s what you’re after, but the main mystery and its depressing twists and turns are the series at its best. I would still recommend the original game to newcomers for its stel🌠lar performances and delivery, but Deluxe Remaster is a goo꧙d way to re-experience the dark world of Dead Rising before it went all Fortune City on us.

Dead Rising, But Make It Less Obtuse

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster - Frank swinging at a horde with a baseball bat

Presentation aside, Dead Rising’s gameplay is the same as ever. You have 72 in-game hours (w💯hich is around six or seven in real time) to explore Willamette Mall, kill zombies and Psychopaths with whatever you can get your hands on, and rescue whoever comes your way. MIx in some of Frank's patented photojournalism, and you've got Dead Rising baby.

That’s all present and accounted for here, but it’s been minorly tweaked and improved in a number of ways, such as being able to fast-forward time to skip the longer waits for missions to unlock, 🐼see the durability of your items, skip through now fully-voiced dialogue, reload from autosaves, and a whole lot more.

The list of smaller changes feels nearly endless, but they all add up to making Dead Rising a lot less obtuse and more modern and accessible than the original game. But Deluxe Remaster’s be♔st change is the updated control scheme, which makes Frank’s special moves require simple button combinations instead of sacrifiꦉcing your thumbs every time you want to roll forward.

Deluxe Remaster even adds a few new things to the game, such as the fabled Rocket Launcher that got cut from the 2006 release and some 🔯new incredibly overpowered Books.

The Best Way, If Easiest, Way To Play Dead Rising

Frank escorting survivors in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:As I noted in my preview, all of these improvements have a noticeable impact on Dead Rising’s infamous difficulty. The original game was known for being hair-tearingly painful and hard to work with at times, but that’s not the case here at all. Psychopaths are easier to defeat, survivors basically take care of themselves (thank God), weapon durability has been increased across the board, and the constantly ticking clock doesn’t feel like it’s working against you as much, since you can speed it up wh🌟enever you like.

I only died once in my 50 hours with the remake. Part of that is because I know Willamette like the back of my hand, but also because it’s just a ꦜlot easier to get through. There are some spikes in the journey (I hate the Special Forces), but the tweaks mostly make it a walk in Leisure Park, especially if you’re already familiar with Dead Rising. Even Overtime Mode and Infinity Mode aren’t as tough this time around, which I was thankful for as someone who had to suffer through their 2006 incarnations.

The only time it feels like it pulls back too far on difficulty is with how fast you level up, with Level 50 easily being reachable in aܫ single playthrou♔gh and making Frank far too overpowered for some of the early game Scoops.

I was initially quite mixed on how much easier Deluxe Remaster is, since D🌞ead Rising’s difficulty is a large part of its charm. But the quality of life improvements make it much more satisfying to play while keeping the spirit and charm of the original. A harder difficulty mode would have been a great middle ground that’s sadly not present here.

Even if Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster tones down the diamond-sharp edges of the original game a little too much, every single change ultimately works towards making it unarguably the best way to experience Dead Rising, especially for a long-time fan who wants to revisit Willamette in a more approachable game. I think lonꦯg-term fans are going to appreciate it more, but anyone completely new to the series should give the hardcore 2006 release a try to see just how much has been rebuilt from the ground up.

More than anything, it’s a joy to see a game that means so much to me have the time andꦯ love it deserves poured into it by developers who clearly care about it just as much as I do. There was a chance that Dead Rising was going to be stuck in a grave forever, but Deluxe Remaster proves that the dead can, and should, rise again.