User blog comment:SlenderDev/Dead Rising 4 ideas?/@comment-4694083-20150609080011

I actually don't know. Not because I don't care or don't want to see anymore Dead Rising.. I just don't know what they could do after making Dead Rising 3 so drastically different. Plus, didn't they cure the zombie infection? :/ Nick WAS the cure. That's sort of the point. Unless they were to make the game somewhere in the past.. or they take it outside the USA/North America to a country where perhaps the cure isn't available or mutates.

Other considerations:


 * Smaller map. Dead Rising 2's Fortune City was the perfect size. Los Perdidos is just too big. Especially after 90+ hours of gameplay, a third of it was probably just driving and trying to get around. Very painful. The novelty of getting to drive the RollerHawg everywhere wears off very quickly.


 * More humor. I feel like Dead Rising is known for it's quirky humor. Dead Rising 3 tried to mix the darker tones with humor but it falls pretty flat in a lot of respects. We have enough dark and serious zombie games to go around. I want the series to continue to make me laugh.
 * A protagonist who's a BAMF. I don't think there's anything wrong with Nick. But the whole gawky shy awkward guy is definitely not as cool as Frank or Chuck.
 * I would love to see a female protagonist. All the games have been spectacular in including strong female characters who aid the main character... but seeing somebody like Annie as a protagonist would be great... if they continue on in that direction.
 * It woud actually be pretty cool to have the game set in Santa Cabaza or something. But I don't think that they could make that work... would be hard to put in psychopaths, survivors, etc.