Do you remember when Dead Rising came out on the Xbox 360? I do! It was a really fun take on the zombie genre and added some mechanics uncommon in games at the time.
A 72-hour time limit before you had to escape. You could only save specific NPCs at specific times of day, so you couldn’t get everyone all in one run.
Finding a katana and a Lego head to run around in and cause chaos. Dead Rising gave us an entire shopping mall to run riot in. I didn’t quite “get” it at the time, truth be told. But in hindsight, I wish I’d spent more time with it.
Luckily, now I can. Come September 19th, Dead Rising is being reanimated. I’m all-in on this one, and wonder if it’ll grab me the way it did millions of players back when it originally came out.
Dead Rising Remaster – Press Release
Say cheese! Everyone’s favourite zombie-hunting photojournalist, Frank West, is back in action in the beautifully remastered Dead Rising™ Deluxe Remaster – launching digitally on Sept. 19, 2024, across Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®5, and PC via Steam, with pre-orders available starting today!
Brought back to life with Capcom’s RE ENGINE, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is the definitive remaster of the classic Dead Rising game from 2006 that delivered a fresh take on the zombie genre with incredible action, over-the-top combat, hordes of weapon choices, costumes, and a comedic yet compelling storyline.
Suppose you’ve been living under a rock or have been trapped in a shopping mall for the last 18 years. In that case, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster introduces freelance photojournalist Frank West as he ventures to Willamette, Colorado after overhearing something unnatural going on in town.
Frank soon finds out he is in the middle of a zombie takeover and has 72 hours to uncover the truth about this outbreak! There are a bunch of new features and gameplay improvements in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster that will have both veterans and newcomers falling in love with the game (again), including:
- Improved Graphics: Experience Willamette Parkview Mall being overrun by hordes of zombies like never before in up to 4K resolution with a 60 FPS frame rate!
- Updated Character Models: Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster introduces new, high-end character modelling for Frank West, the unhinged Psychopaths, NPCs like Brad, Jessie, Isabela, and the beloved Madonna, survivors of the outbreak, and the seemingly endless waves of zombies!
- For the first time, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster comes fully packed with voiceovers for all characters in nine different languages, including English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Castilian Spanish, and Russian!
The game will also have subtitles across 14 languages, including those above nine plus Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, and Arabic!* - Quality-of-(Undead) Life Improvements: Numerous adjustments and highly requested features have been added to the game, like Frank West now can move while aiming! Aspiring photojournalists can customise action shots with filters to get the best glam shot of their favourite zombies!
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster now has auto-save functionality! Need a bathroom break? Don’t worry… manual saves are still available when you need a breather.
Tl;Dr….
- All NPC and survivor interactions are now fully voiced!
- New and improved NPC behaviors!
- Real-time lighting and shadow effects!
- More intuitive and user-friendly controls!
- New fine-tuned user interface!
Play your way with sandbox-style gameplay as you escape the madness of Willamette Parkview Mall, rescue survivors, and use almost any object you come across as a weapon in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster – the definitive remaster of the classic Dead Rising, releasing digitally on Sept. 19, 2024!
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