One of the best ways to see if a game stands the test of time is to remaster it. Updating the visuals for contemporary eyes while keeping the core gameplay mostly the same reveals whether the title holds up. Ca and it brings the original “Dead Rising” to a new generation of fans.
Released on the Xbox 360 in 2006, it was one of the first games that truly impressed me on the system. It throws players in the shoes of Frank West, a photojournalist who gets a lead on a big story in Willamette, Colorado. He hitches a ride on a helicopter and discovers that he’s in the middle of a zombie outbreak.
He heads to a mall for safety and finds several survivors holed up inside. https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=FIAiUWhxmrs It’s a nod to George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” but the big difference between the film and “Dead Rising ” is that the video game has an anything-goes campiness to the horror. The action game gave players the freedom to ransack the mall and using nearly anything as a weapon. Benches became bludgeoning tools.
Chainsaws were a godsend. On top of that, as Frank West leveled up by knocking off zombies, he gained more powerful moves to fend them off. The major element holding the original “Dead Rising” back is the visuals.
The Xbox 360 graphics were groundbreaking for the time, but they don’t hold up as well on modern consoles. tries to fix that by using the RE Engine. It’s a major face-lift that improves the immersion and storytelling.
The characters.