Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · October 1, 2024

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Review, One day, the peaceful town of Willamette, Colorado, found itself put under quarantine by the U.S. army. Frank West, a freelance journalist, smells a scoop and finds his way into the only shopping mall in town. Unfortunately, the mall had turned into a living hell, crawling with countless zombies. Help will arrive in 72 hours, so it’s up to him to find out the truth behind this incident before it’s too late!

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
65.75GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Mouse and keyboard support.
Button icons can be set to Xbox, Nintendo, or Playstation.
Graphics settings – display mode, presets (recommended/performance/graphics/max), resolution, refresh rate, frame rate, display mode, v-sync, texture quality, texture filtering, shadow quality, anti-aliasing, fidelity FX super-resolution 3, and HDR mode.
You have a graphics memory and processing load counter in the graphics settings.
Action survival gameplay.
BGM streaming allows you to disable certain tracks.
Two control types – standard (move and aim), and classic (how it was in the original version).
Accessibility options – subtitle size, subtitles color, subtitles background opacity, speaker name color, key info color, closed caption subtitles, dot display, reticule color, and laser color.
Controller settings – swap sticks, swap triggers, repeated input type, aim mode switching, and camera mode switching.
Mouse settings – cursor lock, Invert axis, and sensitivity sliders.
Camera settings – camera wobble on/off, Invert axis for gameplay, aiming, and photography, camera speed sensitivity sliders for – gameplay, aiming, and photography, camera acceleration sliders for – gameplay, aiming, and photography.
The mouse has its own set of sensitivity sliders for when aiming and photography.
Fast loading times.
In-game cutscenes and character interactions.
The game runs well.
A brilliant opening cinematic to set up the now classic story.
You play as Frank West a photographer who covered wars don’t you know.
Despite the setting of running up against time and facing hordes of deadly zombies, there is a lot of humor throughout.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play and a tutorial menu for reference.
The game is all about time, you have 72 hours to get what needs to be done and then escape.
Find and use save points but there is also a generous autosave.
20 save slots.
A full 3D game world with full 360-degree camera control.
Interactive points have handy pop-up text and brief descriptions.
Constant kill counter on the bottom of the screen.
The compass at the top of the screen shows objectives, scoops, and personal markers or pins.
Armed with a camera, you can take pictures whenever you want and earn PP (photo points) for them.
Health bar system and you can pick up food and drink to replenish your health.
When grabbed by a zombie you have to mash a button to escape.
The closet is where you go to change outfits.
Depending on if you have played other Capcom games, you get a load of famous Capcom character outfits to change into.
Scoops are like optional side quests with their own rewards.
Play how you want.
The main boss fights along with optional sub-boss fights.
Side missions can have their own narrative and rescuing everyone gets addictive and varied.
You can pick up nearly anything and use it as a weapon, each has durability and you can carry two items at once and quickly swap between them.
The mall is a huge place and you can find shortcuts and secrets everywhere.
When someone dies you get a notification of that.
Memorable characters and set pieces.
Unlock new game modes by finishing the 72-hour mode.
You can surf on zombie heads if you are good and brave enough.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Review Cons:

You cannot remap the controls.
There is no benchmark test.
It’s not Frank West’s original voice actor. It takes some adjusting.
I forgot how quiet the opening half an hour is with so much dead space.
Parts have been changed from quest items to characters and scenarios.
It takes a while to get used to the gameplay loop, especially with the time element.