A new year is upon us. After 2020 has been a rough one, it’s kind of hard to think about what 2021 will bring forth. It’s been a wild year with a lot happening both in gaming and in the broader world in general. Like all months, January of 2021 will also have the usual slate of games for the various subscription services, and Games With Gold is looking to start the year off pretty good.
- Yeah, Dead Rising 1 is the best IMO. Classic Capcom campiness, iconic encounters and characters, and that eerie sense of presence that's tough to capture. 3DS: 0731 - 4978 - 4269.
- Best Dead Rising Games Online Summary: Frank West is a freelance photojournalist on the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. He travels to a small suburban town in pursuit of a hot lead, only to find that it's been overrun with zombies.
Dead Rising 1 2. Off the Record 3. Dead Rising 2 4. Dead Rising 3 Dead Rising 3 is just gross. The setting was generic, psychopaths were just terrible (went way over the top and not in a good way), and the entire cast aside from Nick were either cringe or forgettable. Best Dead Rising Games (Worst to Best) 9. Dead Rising Mobile. Bringing the Dead Rising series to mobile must have seemed like a good idea on paper, but sadly the execution was nothing short of.
For the entire month, you’ll be able to get Little Nightmares on Xbox One, just in time for the horror sequel coming out in February. From January 1st-15th is the Xbox 360 fighting game, King of Fighters 13, which was the game right before the most recent entry. For the 16th until the end of the month on the 31st will see the remaster of the first Dead Rising on Xbox One. From the 16th and into February 15th will see a hidden OG Xbox gem called Breakdown, an experimental first person action game with a very Japanese flavor from Namco before they merged with Bandai.
The games will be available starting on New Year’s day and will be playable on all Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S systems. King of Fighters 13 and Breakdown will also be playable on the 360. They will all be free of charge for those subscribed to either Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass Ultimate.
- Platforms: PC | PS4 | X360 | XBO |
- Developer: Capcom
- Publisher:Capcom
- Release: August 08, 2006
Ten years ago, the zombie scene was in the midst of the biggest boom ever and a little Japanese corporation by the name of Capcom took a chance on Microsoft’s newest platform, Xbox 360, by releasing a game about cutting up the hordes of undead. With a highly likable protagonist and a slew of memorable psychopath bosses located within a varied mall, Dead Rising became Capcom’s biggest new IP during the last generation. Outside of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Dead Rising was also one of the few games within the first year of the Xbox 360’s life that really showed the leap from the previous generation. Cut to 2016 where the fourth game in the franchise is slated for a holiday release, so it’s the perfect time to revisit what made the series so great all of those years ago. Capcom has re-released the first game on not only the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but the PC, as well, introducing a whole new group of players to the classic zombie slasher.
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From a mechanical perspective, Dead Rising hasn’t aged as well as one would think. Ten years have helped streamline the process of killing zombies substantially, causing Dead Rising to feel a bit dated in the process. Firstly, Frank West moves around like a tank until a certain level as he doesn’t start off as an agile or quick individual. It will take him awhile to get from point A to point B, making the earlier parts of the campaign feel a bit tedious and draining. At the very least his capabilities of swinging a bat or katana is highly enjoyable, bludgeoning and cutting up zombies in the most satisfying of ways. Aiming unfortunately feels incredibly clunky, that tied in with the inability to move while looking down the sights makes projectile weapons less than ideal. Artificial intelligence is also just as poor as it has always been. Frank West will be escorting various survivors back to a safe haven, but they can be some of the most frustrating individuals to interact with. Some will go off on their own, be stuck on environments and easily get caught up in groups of zombies. Giving them a weapon can help them, but doing so tends to encourage them forget they’re supposed to be following Frank.
We’re also quickly reminded that Dead Rising was before Blue Castle Games’ (now Capcom Vancouver) fantastic innovation of combining weapons. There’s still a ton of enjoyable ways to dismantle zombies, but the combo weapons, and even combo vehicles, became a staple of the series, making it hard to imagine a Dead Rising without them. Fortunately, it’s the boss battles and even-leveled progression that will have players engaged from start to finish.
This isn’t a game that’s meant to be played once and put away. More than likely, players will obtain a less than ideal conclusion and be booted back to the start of the story in order to do things correctly. If anything, Capcom encourages failure in order to try again with an even more capable Frank West, as it’s guaranteed you won’t be able to save everyone on the first go around, and the 72 hour (actually around eight hours) limit is a constant reminder of that. Regardless, it’s all about having fun in this open environment, cutting your way through zombies, be it with a chainsaw or lawnmower, and Dead Rising accomplishes this perfectly. That tied in with the various side quests spread throughout the highly diverse mall makes Dead Rising just as fun as it was ten years ago.
Just as the mechanics are, the visuals make it apparent how far we’ve come since the original release of Dead Rising. That’s by no means a knock against Frank West’s adventure as our protagonist still look surprisingly detailed, but the majority of the game still contains quite a few lower resolution textures. Even some of the more open areas, such as the Leisure Park in the middle of the map, looks much plainer now. Fortunately, load times have been greatly reduced. Mind you, they were never terrible on Xbox 360, generally ranging from five to ten seconds, but the PC version performs substantially better. Not even running off an SSD, each map takes at most two seconds, and considering there’s very few instances of this due to the sizable areas, it makes the PC port all that more impressive. The frame rate increase is by far the best addition as, while there were noticeable hitched in the original Xbox 360 version, maintaining a steady 60fps is easily obtainable. Heck, running on a roughly five-year-old GPU, 60fps was achieved with no effort maxed out at 1440p. Dead Rising still looks surprisingly good for a ten-year-old game.
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In 2016, Dead Rising is fantastic nostalgic trip that benefits from the higher resolution, frame rate and graphical options greatly, despite the overall textures and models not being as magical as they once were. While the opening parts can be a slog to get through, and this is before the innovation of combo weapons, cutting through hordes of undead is still incredibly satisfying, not to mention fighting the creative psychopath bosses. This all tied together with the wacky humor we have come to love creates a rather charming adventure. Capcom has been good at re-releasing their biggest and best games as of late, and Dead Rising is a solid example of how to do it right. If you missed this classic zombie slasher ten years ago, there’s no better time to catch-up.
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Version Reviewed: PC