Dead Rising 4: Frank's Big Package

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: Capcom
  • Release Date: Dec 5, 2017
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 40
  3. Negative: 2 out of 40
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  1. LaPS4
    Dec 11, 2017
    74
    Frank's Big Package offers a lot of content and many enjoyable extras, although Dead Rising 4 is the least loyal to the series' general lines. It succeeds when it comes to entertainment, but Frank West's comeback as main character could have been much better.
  2. COGconnected
    Dec 10, 2017
    73
    Dead Rising 4 is great fun for people who want to take on zombies and not feel threatened but if you already have the base game, you might not want to fork out the full price for Frank’s Big Package. If this will be your first step into Frank West’s shoes: by all means, grab a weapon and jump right in.
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 22, 2018
    70
    One of the best games in the series, but one held back by technical issues and traditional repetition. Get past that, and you'll find hours of zombie slayin' fun. [Feb 2018, p.96]
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  5. BaziCenter
    Jan 1, 2018
    70
    Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package is not a horror action adventure, filled with adrenaline and exciting moments, it’s just a zombie killing fun with many hilarious moments that it always wanted to be. Gear-up and get ready for hordes after hordes after hordes of zombie bad boys.
  6. Gameblog.fr
    Dec 14, 2017
    70
    Dead Rising 4: Frank's Big Package is the Xbox One version with all its additional content - that need a 17Go file to download. It is still a fun action game that runs smoothly on PS4 and offers some interesting modes beside its solo campaign.
  7. Eurogamer Italy
    Dec 10, 2017
    70
    The new content would be more than enough to guarantee Dead Rising 4: Frank's Big Package a rating higher than the previous edition. Unfortunately, some of the defects found on Xbox One and PC have not been fixed.
  8. 4P.de
    Dec 8, 2017
    70
    Dead Rising 4 was and (with all the added modes) still is just a shadow of the franchises former self. Having said that, especially the new Capcom Heroes mode embraces and emphasizes the new arcade direction and is actually quite entertaining.
  9. Twinfinite
    Dec 5, 2017
    70
    Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package still comes with all the flaws and warts it had during its original release, but if you can look past that, and deal with some laggy multiplayer connection problems, there’s still a fun and varied story experience waiting for you here.
  10. PlaySense
    Dec 14, 2017
    65
    Dead Rising 4 continues the series' focus on absurd fun, with a mixture of insane weaponry and idiotic enemies. It makes for a cute singleplayer adventure, to be sure, though the same cannot be said for the game's repetitive multiplayer, which flatout doesn't always work properly.
  11. DualShockers
    Dec 10, 2017
    65
    A game worth playing if you’re a fan of the series solely because of the new features, however, regarding the single-player story it felt more like a one and done for me.
  12. JeuxActu
    Dec 7, 2017
    65
    Dead Rising 4 Frank's Big Package is a perfect pick for any fan of the IP as it's filled with content, but in spite of the "Capcom Heroes" mode, the game still retains all of the original drawbacks like a lack of fun and repetitive fights.
  13. TheSixthAxis
    Jan 2, 2018
    60
    Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package is perhaps the perfect Christmas game; stuffed to the gills with content that swiftly loses its novelty, with the overall effect being a kind of overfed sleepiness. In this case, less could have been more.
  14. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Dec 13, 2017
    60
    The only thing I really like in Dead Rising: Frank's Big Package is the Capcom Heroes mode. I guess it's more than enough for me to keep playing this game.
  15. Metro GameCentral
    Dec 5, 2017
    60
    At times it feels like a reanimated corpse itself, but as mindless and predictable as it may be Dead Rising 4 can still offer hours of inoffensively dumb entertainment.
  16. PlayStation Universe
    Dec 5, 2017
    55
    This is definitely a Dead Rising game, but it certainly isn’t the Dead Rising it once was. This is the greying, shuffling husk of a lovably naff series, turned horrifically bland.
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  1. VG247
    Dec 5, 2017
    It feels like Capcom couldn’t quite decide what it wanted Dead Rising 4 to be. Should it be a return to roots and the style of the first game, as the use of Frank and Wilamette suggests? Should it be a Saint’s Row style casual sandbox fun, gleefully nuts without much restraint, as the design and combat is? Should it be something new, a new vision for the series? Dead Rising 4 tries to be all three, and while it’s by no means a bad game little about it stands out as a result.

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 80
  3. Negative: 35 out of 80
  1. Deadpoolio
    Dec 5, 2017
    8
    Not a terrible game by any stretch of the imagination as the butt hurt fanboys would like you to believe. There are definitely some clunkyNot a terrible game by any stretch of the imagination as the butt hurt fanboys would like you to believe. There are definitely some clunky menu issues and a bug here and there, nothing major or game breaking at least so far. I don't know where people get this notion that Dead Rising story was some like super cereal intriguing thriller but its about what you would expect more or less. Its extremely nice that the time limit thing is gone, as much as I liked Dead Rising I don't want to have to play a game 10 times to do everything. Pretty decent attempt from Capcom to change things up and bring in new people, not everything needs to cater to just the herpcore fan base that doesn't like change or apparently fun, cause the game is fun...There is a ton of content that its kind of surprising that Capcom didn't try and charge the full $60 for it… Full Review »
  2. hazardman89
    Dec 5, 2017
    3
    There's a ton of potential here, and it's completely wasted by removing series tropes in favor of nonsensical zombie killing.

    Easily the    There's a ton of potential here, and it's completely wasted by removing series tropes in favor of nonsensical zombie killing.

    Easily the blandest game in the series, and no amount of costumes and post launch DLC will fix that. The game is fundamentally stunted due to poor response from controls, and a lack of things to do outside of the main missions, which are required to be done before one can have full access to the map in the last couple of missions. When your open world game doesn't open up until chapter 4, and it only has 6 chapters, there is a problem.    … Full Review »
  3. THEJoelHorton
    May 25, 2018
    1
    A lazy, pathetic and sorry excuse for a Dead Rising game but decent in it's own ways as a game. Removal of many of the series features let'sA lazy, pathetic and sorry excuse for a Dead Rising game but decent in it's own ways as a game. Removal of many of the series features let's it down including throwable items, psychopath bosses with cutscenes, lack of original Frank VA, time limit, campaign co-op and more! Along with bugs, crashes and the graphics being average at best with an unfinished look at times (but atleast it's more colourful than the 3rd game)

    I'm very surprised they didn't add campaign co-op with this second chance. It really shows just how much they listen to their fanbase. Add it back or it's 1/10 forever! This is definitely the worst Dead Rising game to date!    … Full Review »
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