![]() West is now a professor but still infiltrates a “Reservationist Training Facility” at the behest of Chu. In Dead Rising 4, Frank West is on his way back to Willamette with Vick Chu, his student. "Am I meant to laugh or be depressed? It’s all probably meant to make you feel heavily drugged and/or hallucinogenic like a zombie-fueled fever dream." Unfortunately in terms of narrative and gameplay mechanics, Dead Rising 4 does very little to innovate on a franchise that – when it was first introduced – was quite unlike anything we’d seen at the time. ![]() The tension of survival is still ever present thanks to a much more heavy handed narrative than the previous game and it actually feels more in line with the first Dead Rising. How many survivors can you find? How much of the game can you complete and discover before the bomb drops or evacuation is required? What blueprints will you craft and which weapons will you discover to fend off hordes of zombies? There was a sense of purpose to it all, even if Dead Rising 3 tried to expand ever further into the open world space with greater elation.ĭead Rising 4 changes that by completely removing the timer in the single player campaign, thus allowing you to explore the town of Willamette without any restrictions. These are hack and slash crowd brawlers that simplify their mechanics to facilitate a timed exploration of the map. Open world titles are complex beasts and it’s always been interesting to look at the Dead Rising series within that context.
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