Dead Rising 4

"We're just giddy with excitement, what can we do next?"

- Alex Jones from Capcom, stated while talking about the future of the Dead Rising series.

Dead Rising 4 is the upcoming eighth installment in the Dead Rising series, scheduled for release on December 6, 2016. The game features the return of Frank West, the protagonist of the first game and the second game's spinoff; Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.

Dead Rising 4 returns to Willamette, the setting of the original game, during the Christmas season. The game is a sequel set sixteen years after the events of the first game, and one year after the events of Dead Rising 3, though it also acts as a soft reboot of the series. Dead Rising 4 also does away with the restrictive time limit, much like the Wii port of the original; Dead Rising: Chop 'Till You Drop.

Development
Capcom announced interest in developing a fourth entry in the series sometime after the release of Dead Rising 3. The third numbered game's director, Michael Jones, said he was not satisfied with the third game, mentioning that we wanted to make Dead Rising more interactive through the Xbox Kinect and Smartglass, such as when the player must escape zombie grapples. He also stated that due to the success of the multiplayer system in Dead Rising 3, the next installment could possibly include a four player multiplayer option. The development team further elaborated that such a feat would also be much more difficult than the typical two player co-op the series has been known for since Dead Rising 2, stating that "nothing is set in stone".

The game formally announced and showcased at E3 in 2016. The trailer confirmed the rumors that Frank West would be returning as the main character. The trailer showed Frank returning to Willamette and revealed the setting for the game to be set during Christmas period. The game takes place 16 years after the first game (which means it takes place a year after Dead Rising 3), and a new outbreak has resulted in the Williamette Memorial Megaplex Mall being overrun by zombies, history repeats itself as Frank has to discover the cause of this new outbreak.

Gameplay-wise, it seems Dead Rising 4 will retain the bigger open world from Dead Rising 3 as Frank can now travel outside the mall and explore the town of Willamette. The game will also introduce new combo weapons to the series.

The game will not feature a time limit of any kind due to negative player feedback with previous games. The exception is the online co-op mode, where players complete objectives with a given time limit. The mode is inspired by the Infinity Mode of the original game. The backstories of the four characters will be detailed within the mode. It starts in a safehouse, where weapons can be purchased before the doors unlock. A safehouse must be reached by the end of the day to survive.

It was later announced that Dead Rising 4, unlike the third entry, will be a timed exclusive for Microsoft Windows 10 and the Xbox One for a one year duration, after which the game is expected to appear on the PlayStation 4 in the fourth quarter of 2017, as hinted by the recent announcement that Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2 along with its spinoff Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will be re-released on the PlayStation 4 as well as the Xbox One with improved resolutions and a frame rate locked at 60 FPS.

Pre-Order Bonuses
You can get these bonuses via pre-ordering the game:
 * Candy Cane Crossbow (Best Buy)
 * X-Fists (Microsoft Store)
 * Steampunk Snowman Head (GameStop)
 * Slicecycle (Amazon)



Pre-release Fan Reaction
Since the release of the first trailer, there has been some backlash from the Dead Rising community against Capcom Vancouver's decision to change the voice actor of Frank West, as well as significantly changing his appearance. Fans felt that Frank hadn't returned to his "true form" without the return of his long-time voice actor TJ Rotolo.

gameplay Features

 * The maximum character level have been doubled from 50 to 100.
 * Scrap can be collected as currency.
 * Instead of using yellow blocks to track health like in the previous games, a more traditional green health bar with your hitpoints displayed on it is used.
 * Psychopaths are now called Maniacs, most will be optional encounters. Frank will need to find clues before he can fight them.

Trivia

 * In IGN's "33 Minutes of Gameplay" video, several characters from the first game either has easter eggs of or only appears as voices through Frank's nightmare.
 * The known survivors are Brad Garrison, Jessie McCarney, Ryan LaRosa, and Jeff Meyer.

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