User blog comment:The Milkman/Dead Rising 3 E3 Impressions/@comment-1853435-20130613203305

Looks like they made it into a zombie killing and survival game. Dead Rising was never really about killing zombies, yes you could kill them and there were even achievements/trophies for doing so, but it was more about the storyline. Unless I was trying to get an achievement for killing them then I basically just avoided them entirely. It doesn't look like you’re going to be able to do that in this one.

According to the interviews I've seen they took everything funny out of the game, claiming they wanted a more gritty feel to it and that you can use the situations to create your own comedy. The comedy was one of the main reasons I liked the game so if that's not there then it wont feel like dead rising to me.

I also didn't see anything about the plot of the game or what the missions are. Are there going to be survivors to rescue and psychopaths to kill? The entire demo was just him running around killing zombies, again, something that really wasn't a big part of the past dead rising 1 or 2.

They also said the time limits been removed and you have to go into a special mode if you want to play with one. Again, the time limit and not being able to complete everything in one playthrough was what made the game fun. I've played every Dead Rising game to date but I may be passing this one up based on what I've seen so far.