Dead Rising 4

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  1. Average_gamer13
    Jun 22, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok so you may think I'm insane about this but as a fan of the series but not getting to play any of the previous 3, I actually love this game. 1. The story may be linear and boring at times but honestly its cus they didn't have much time for the game. 2.Although the gameplay is a lot different to previous games the parts added or changed make it honestly more fun and enjoyable. Like let's say the exo suit. It may be op but really I think its awesome plus u get be all bad ass ripping zombies to shreds with this new suit. Only down side is u only get it in certain instances which means it is sorta fair cus others don't like it. 3. psychos may not be in the game but at least we have maniacs. May not be as good but at least its something.
    4. The humor and stuff in the game is funny at times like when Frank tries escaping a room by throwing a chair at the wall.
    5. Although at times Frank may be annoying or just a jerk its kinda better since it shows a new personality on someone we have seen before and know all of their tropes. The redesign is actually good aswell. Making him look better and at the same time also somehow making him younger. I honestly think its a good game and anyone who loves games that u play as a badass human with some humor as u run and kill things and even parkour (which I like personally) then u should play this game. Also the characters actually have personality unlike certain games.    … Expand
  2. Joe2539
    Jan 6, 2023
    10
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  3. BlackBusterYT
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    Decepción, un juego que hizo que cayera Capcom Vancouver y con ello muchos más juegos de ahi.
    Toda la esencia que tenían los otros juegos desapareció en este mismo, lo bueno es la jugabilidad divertida y el modo de Capcom Heroes, por eso le di el 3 y no una menor calificación.
  4. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Dec 25, 2021
    7
    Dead Rising 4 is the Saints Row of the series. It's over-the-top silly fun. For once, the timer from the previous entries is longer a thing. The game is set in a shopping mall during Christmas time and features the return of Frank West. In DR 4, he is a college professor who resembles Michael De Santa of Grand Theft Auto V. While the formula is similar to past games, the gameplay has beenDead Rising 4 is the Saints Row of the series. It's over-the-top silly fun. For once, the timer from the previous entries is longer a thing. The game is set in a shopping mall during Christmas time and features the return of Frank West. In DR 4, he is a college professor who resembles Michael De Santa of Grand Theft Auto V. While the formula is similar to past games, the gameplay has been revamped. This entry plays more like a hack' n slash than a survival title. Purists will hate the change in direction. If you're a fan that doesn't mind a little change, then you'll probably like it. I would rate Dead Rising 4 with a 7.5 out of 10.… Expand
  5. MANXMAN76
    Jul 10, 2021
    2
    OOOOOHHHHH my god this is such a bad game holy **** the game is not even a dead rising game it's a ****y knock-off by people who had no idea what they were doing and even with the game with all it's updates it actually performs worse than with no updates with a horrible combat and leveling system you are halfway of being max level before you finished the first chapter out of 6 and theOOOOOHHHHH my god this is such a bad game holy **** the game is not even a dead rising game it's a ****y knock-off by people who had no idea what they were doing and even with the game with all it's updates it actually performs worse than with no updates with a horrible combat and leveling system you are halfway of being max level before you finished the first chapter out of 6 and the reason why is because the people working on this game we're working on DEAD RISING 5 before DEAD RISING 4 the game that they were assigned to do was even half-finished and was going to be in a Mexican setting like who the **** goes yeah the game we are currently working on is half finish let's work on the next game and let the production that needed to done on something and waste it on something no one was even waiting for it's like someone going hay GTA 6 is coming out in 3 years and isn't finished but I want them to focus more on 7 for no reason.… Expand
  6. nismo10
    May 15, 2021
    10
    No se porque tanto hate, lo estoy jugando y lo estoy amando, no se porque me dejé llevar por reseñas de gente amargada
  7. Arch-vile
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    Horrible game, it’s boring and bland. It’s nothing like the original games.
  8. Deadsea1993
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    I've been a fan of this series since the first was announced and released. It has become my favorite franchise of all time and the first is my favorite game of all time. I was excited when Dead Rising 4 was announced cause the developers said "We are going back to our roots". That turned out to be a lie and they removed a lot of what made the series different and unique. This includes evenI've been a fan of this series since the first was announced and released. It has become my favorite franchise of all time and the first is my favorite game of all time. I was excited when Dead Rising 4 was announced cause the developers said "We are going back to our roots". That turned out to be a lie and they removed a lot of what made the series different and unique. This includes even the most minor changes like the food inventory system. I like every Dead Rising game and yet this one is my least favorite. The people that made it don't have any clue as to what the series is about. It was made by a separate branch at Capcom Vancouver and not the one that made Dead Rising 2-Dead Rising 3. I still rated it as a 7 cause it is a very fun zombie game and I've put in 40 hours so far and I plan on doing a third playthrough soon to experience Capcom Heroes Mode. The story is forgettable and breaks canon many times, characters are poorly written, the Frank West here is nothing like he was in earlier games, and many great features within the franchise have been changed or removed. It still is a fun game with a lot to explore as the map is wonderful. There are a lot of zombie killing combo weapons and there is no timer. I'd recommend the game.… Expand
  9. Caldan
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    ⚠️51%
    This game looks fairly promising and I like the selfies and map, but this game just sucks bruh
  10. Toz123
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    This game is not really cool because this game haves lags,bugs but the story mode is really cool.this a 9/10 for me
  11. KTS0228
    Jul 19, 2020
    9
    Very enjoyable game. Best of the series so far. I certainly hope they make more games in this series.
  12. bear00766
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Craziness in its purest! Love this game ! And looking forward to more from dead Rising! very good game and very funny
  13. MOLEX3000
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Craziness in its purest! Love this game ! And looking forward to more from dead Rising!
  14. Voretechz
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Dead Rising 4 is a pretty solid game and probably my favourite in the series to date. But I haven't beat the entire story yet but I am very close I think. The graphics and performance are pretty good from what I have played so far which is pretty impressive since there is so much stuff going on on the screen at one time. There are some frame rate dips though which is almost expected withDead Rising 4 is a pretty solid game and probably my favourite in the series to date. But I haven't beat the entire story yet but I am very close I think. The graphics and performance are pretty good from what I have played so far which is pretty impressive since there is so much stuff going on on the screen at one time. There are some frame rate dips though which is almost expected with hundreds of zombies on screen at points.
    The sheer variety of things to craft to add to the mayhem is impressive with about 50 or so different weapons. The power suit is also a hell of a lot of fun to mow down crowds zombies with!
    The main character Frank West returns from the first and second games spin off and he is hilarious! His funny comments really break up the monotony of killing zombies. The story has been pretty enjoyable as well so far.    … Expand
  15. ItsAReview
    May 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a disgrace to the DeadRising franchise and especially Frank West over the top gameplay that is somewhat fun but kinda repetitive, trash story, Frank's a dick, game looks like a rushed mess, not difficult in any form like the older games and no real reward except for the fact that the garbage is over 2 out of 10 is the best I can give this dog ****… Expand
  16. Nerevarinho
    Dec 27, 2019
    5
    Starts good with a fantastic humor. The humor was the main reason for me to play further, the gameplay i knew already since DR2. But after every chapter the humor declined and the cheap openworld mechanics artificially stretched out the missions. Now on chapter 5/7 i dont expect anymore that the game get better, so i dont force me anymore to go further.
  17. SenorKoquonfaes
    Nov 23, 2019
    1
    After falling in love with the Dead Rising IP from the beginning, playing through Dead Rising 4 was an utter disappointment. The game is a pandering, hacked together, repetitive, Christmas-themed mess where the true ending was sectioned off as paid DLC.

    The developers were dead set on taking Dead Rising back to it's roots. That turned out to be a flat out stinking lie! None of what    After falling in love with the Dead Rising IP from the beginning, playing through Dead Rising 4 was an utter disappointment. The game is a pandering, hacked together, repetitive, Christmas-themed mess where the true ending was sectioned off as paid DLC.

    The developers were dead set on taking Dead Rising back to it's roots. That turned out to be a flat out stinking lie! None of what made the earlier Dead Rising games good is present in Dead Rising 4: it's not challenging in the slightest, they added regenerating health, so food and drink items are borderline pointless, you can build OP weapons from the start, no psychopath boss fights (this one REALLY irked me!) and the timers on missions and side quests are so lax, that you might as well not even have them.

    Overall, I truly wanted to like Dead Rising 4, but after playing through the whole game and even buying the true ending DLC, I simple can't recommend this game.    … Expand
  18. WillTheWise
    Sep 1, 2019
    3
    Just wanna mention some of the flaws; terrible writing and humour/ the fact they created an entirely new character and called him Frank West/ boring "bosses"/ removing the timer, an unnecessary change since you could ignore the clock in previous games if you just wanted to free roam / and most importantly, unresponsive controls and no hit feedback on enemies, ridiculously bad compared toJust wanna mention some of the flaws; terrible writing and humour/ the fact they created an entirely new character and called him Frank West/ boring "bosses"/ removing the timer, an unnecessary change since you could ignore the clock in previous games if you just wanted to free roam / and most importantly, unresponsive controls and no hit feedback on enemies, ridiculously bad compared to the first.

    The people behind it were obviously clueless and I hope whoever works on the next one, will give it more thought.    … Expand
  19. Miguelbpaes
    Jul 7, 2019
    7
    Por mais que seja duramente criticado, Dead Rising 4 pode agradar aqueles que gostam de descontar a raiva em hordas e mais hordas de zumbis. Com os mais diversos equipamentos, que vão de pás até uma exoarmadura, Dead Rising ganhou seu brilho quando foi apresentado ao mundo em 2006, quando revolucionou o gênero Beat-em-up. Hoje em dia, a série se mostrou genérica, e os fãs mais antigos daPor mais que seja duramente criticado, Dead Rising 4 pode agradar aqueles que gostam de descontar a raiva em hordas e mais hordas de zumbis. Com os mais diversos equipamentos, que vão de pás até uma exoarmadura, Dead Rising ganhou seu brilho quando foi apresentado ao mundo em 2006, quando revolucionou o gênero Beat-em-up. Hoje em dia, a série se mostrou genérica, e os fãs mais antigos da franquia não vão gostar nem um pouco deste game. Agora para aqueles que estão descompromissados com qualquer game da franquia, podem achar Dead Rising 4 um prato cheio para se divertir destruindo mais e mais zumbis.
    Frank West está impecável neste game. Provavelmente o melhor protagonista de longe da franquia, Frank virou aquele esteriótipo de ''homem velho politicamente incorreto'', e isso o fez se tornar um personagem extremamente bem explorado e divertido, ponto alto que os jogadores podem se identificar. Além disso, o game não possui mais o ''timer'' que está disponível no 1 º e 2º jogos da franquia, fazendo com que ele seja bem menos ''com senso de urgência'' que os outros.
    Genérico, porém divertido, Dead Rising 4 pode não ser o melhor de sua franquia, senão o pior, mas ainda sim pode ser uma boa pedida para aqueles que gostam do gênero.    … Expand
  20. skullrider56
    Dec 27, 2018
    8
    A lot of people criticize this game for ungodly reasons. Read this review understanding that I have only played the four main installments of the main game, and I do not review games professional, nor do I deeply analyze any of the dead rising games. Dead rising 4 has been claimed to be the worst game in the series, but I do strongly disagree on this. The first thing that I love about thisA lot of people criticize this game for ungodly reasons. Read this review understanding that I have only played the four main installments of the main game, and I do not review games professional, nor do I deeply analyze any of the dead rising games. Dead rising 4 has been claimed to be the worst game in the series, but I do strongly disagree on this. The first thing that I love about this game, is the fact that there is no set time of which you have to beat the game, while the other games have the same stupid time of 72 hours or around three in game days, with this in place, you are not really able to explore the map to its full extent, because you are literally being pushed against the clock. Capcom vancouver thank god, you fixed it and made it so that you are able to beat the game at your own pace. With that being said, it is a fun game to roam around the large mall, and the outside world. the gore and blood factor has been bumped up in the game, which is a huge plus. the amount of zombies on screen can give you a fun time of slaying zombies and having fun. I would give the story mode itself a 5/10, its so predictable and quite boring to be honest, so I would treat this title to be more of a sandbox open world zombie game. So yeah, 8/10 because of the **** predictable story line.… Expand
  21. BrettSiebenhaar
    Aug 12, 2018
    4
    Just not good. I loved Dead Rising 3, but I couldn't get into this game. It was a little over the top if you know what I mean. Yah, Dead Rising is meant to be that way, but 4 was just too much and not fun.
  22. Gorter
    Jul 29, 2018
    3
    This game put simply- an absolute dull, uninspiring cash grab. On the outside Dead Rising 4 is a sleek and colorful game but once you spend more than 30 minutes you realize that it is shallow and the opposite of creative. The story is boring to no end, the characters suck, the weapons are not that interesting at all, and Frank comes off as rather annoying. It is clear that Capcom rushedThis game put simply- an absolute dull, uninspiring cash grab. On the outside Dead Rising 4 is a sleek and colorful game but once you spend more than 30 minutes you realize that it is shallow and the opposite of creative. The story is boring to no end, the characters suck, the weapons are not that interesting at all, and Frank comes off as rather annoying. It is clear that Capcom rushed Dead Rising 4. Given that I thoroughly enjoyed Dead Rising 1-3 it disappoints me that this game can't come near to matching those games in any way. Maybe Capcom will learn from this and make Dead Rising 5 not complete garbage.… Expand
  23. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    2
    One of the most insulting games I've ever played. Everything about this game is awful. I had a tiny bit of fun at first, and there were some fun places to explore. But, that doesn't even come close to make up for the awfulness of the rest of the game.
  24. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 8, 2018
    8
    Dead Rising 4: Franks Big Package
    Fun until it’s not
    Dead Rising 4 Franks Big Package is a collection of the base Dead Rising4 game, but comes with all dice including Capcom heroes mode, 4 player co-op, mini golf that can be played local and online, and the Frank Rising DLC that takes place after the end of this games story.. I didn’t find any of the extras special… But this games    Dead Rising 4: Franks Big Package
    Fun until it’s not
    Dead Rising 4 Franks Big Package is a collection of the base Dead Rising4 game, but comes with all dice including Capcom heroes mode, 4 player co-op, mini golf that can be played local and online, and the Frank Rising DLC that takes place after the end of this games story..
    I didn’t find any of the extras special…
    But this games campaign definitely is…
    Dead Rising 4 is my first Dead Rising game... here you play as retired journalist Frank West, all you wanna do is play some mini golf, but youre tricked into covering one last zombie story..
    I wasn’t sure what I was going to get out of this game... I was expecting just a mindless zombie slasher game… but there’s so much more to it than this...
    For starters the story is throwaway... its here but its background noise to the addictive weapon gathering that is this game...
    What makes dead rising so unique from other zombie games is that it feels authentic to what an actual zombie apocalypse would feel like in a cartoony way… practically almost everything in this world can be used as a weapon…
    This about 10 and half hour long game starts in a mall but takes place in an open world and I wasn’t expecting the have as much freedom in combat as I was given…
    At first I was grabbing the most ridiculous weapons to be funny… ive never killed something in a video game with a giant candycane or a Christmas wrieth…
    But as the game went on, enemies started to become a threat and I had to start taking things a little more seriously.. But not completely…
    hidden through this games open world are blue prints that will allow you easily combine items for ridiculously powerful weapons... and youll get to experience so many because weapons do break fairly quickly..
    Thankfully you’re able to carry a decent amount with you, as you’ll have melee slots, throw able, and ranged weapons…
    I was surprised with how unreceptive the game ultimately ends up being as the first hour of the game is what you get until the end…
    it’s just picking up new weapons and killing everything in your way until you complete an objective, leveling up and dumping skill trees for more slots for weapons and health pickups and increasing your stats of both you and the vehicles in the world…
    Annoyingly though you can’t really drive everything in the world.. But if you look hard enough you’ll always be near at least 1 car to drive of bike to ride…
    the game slow down a bit at times for you to investigate areas which I didn’t mind much at all...
    changing the pace of the game, letting you breathe.. it allows you to crave the zombie and rogue survivor slaying…
    The game does eventually get to that feeling of repetitiveness though…
    Thankfully it started to wrap up around that time…
    I was over it before it was over.. so I feel the campaigns length is pretty near perfect…
    The story doesn’t end with the credits though
    Again included in this collection is the Frank Rising DLC.. You’re a zombie version of Frank trying to get cured and escape, but you’re given an hr. and a half real time to do this…
    And this mode is just not fun... there are no weapons here.. You’re given 3 zombie moves, an acid spit, a scream, and a pounce… and these mechanics are just awful for combat when guns are involved... you don’t feel overpowered as youre pouncing and eating enemies for health…
    You just start getting frustrated as enemies with guns surround you and take you out over and over..
    There’s an imbalance here and nowhere near the epic chaos that is the base of this game…
    IF you’re a fan of slaying zombie hordes in anyway, you definitely owe it to yourself to pick up Dead Rising 4
    I’m tired of Zombie games and even I had fun fighting with ridiculous items, and finding fresh gear throughout the world.
    I give Dead Rising 4: Franks Big Package
    An 8/10    … Expand
  25. ElSeano89
    Jan 2, 2018
    8
    An unpolished gem, Dead Rising 4 takes most of what worked in Dead Rising 3, throws in some fan service and a great game world to make one of the more fun experiences I have had with a game for a while. The downside to this however is that the game is very, very unpolished. Glitches abound throughout the game and this is playing the game way after release where patches should have handledAn unpolished gem, Dead Rising 4 takes most of what worked in Dead Rising 3, throws in some fan service and a great game world to make one of the more fun experiences I have had with a game for a while. The downside to this however is that the game is very, very unpolished. Glitches abound throughout the game and this is playing the game way after release where patches should have handled some of it. If you can look past a few faults in a game then there is a lot here to appreciate and have fun doing.

    First off all the fury over the change of voice actor was never that big of a deal to me. I like Frank West as much as the next guy but he's hardly the most iconic of characters, certainly not big enough for me to care they changed his VA. Besides of which (googles) Ty Olsson does a pretty bang up job and by the games end I had come to care and like Franks character. It must be said the games humor takes a little getting used to, it tries consistently very hard to be funny and falls short a lot however in a way this becomes part of the games charm, in essence you get used to the bad jokes and it becomes a kind of "So bad its good" type of deal. At least for me anyway.

    What I liked most about the game however was the game world. I wasn't surprised to see an expansive world given the size of DR3 but where DR3 was large but without much to see there is an absolute wealth to see and do in the world of DR4. I will admit that the Mall itself is by far the most interesting part of the map but that in itself impressed me more than a game has for a long time in its design, scale and diversity. Outside the mall the game varies between standard industrial/commercial/residential zones and each location always has something for you to find or see. As a rule I always think that if I stop playing your games main plot just so I can go explore more then you have done a good job of world design. They cater to this with the lack of rushing/time limits meaning you have free reign to do pretty much as you wish from very early on in the game. I spent more than a few hours just going from location to location and seeing what I could find.

    The glitches are what stops me rating this game higher and they are frequent and occasionally game breaking. Frank will sometimes run as though hitting invisible walls, sounds will cut out altogether or play at the wrong time (metal footsteps on concrete when those two floor types are close to each other), enemies will glitch into ceilings and walls. It all comes across as a poorly tested game and it is a shame because there is a ton here that has been done very well. Besides the obvious care in the game world they also put a ton of content to find, collectibles that are interesting to hunt, combo weapons and vehicles that are almost always brilliant to use and just a lot to see and take in. If you can cope with the bugs and glitches and are lucky enough as I was to never get one that truly stopped gameplay then you'll have a whale of a time.

    The plot was halfway decent, the ending caught me a little off guard but I found the plot far more interesting than DR3 and Franks new **** persona was hilarious more than once. It's a shame maniacs and survivors have taken such a reduced role in this game. The maniacs seem very tacked on and are always just the same formula of a bunch of unique designed foot soldiers and a pretty basic mini boss that will give you a special combo weapon on defeating them. Survivors were one of the best features of DR3 and now they've been neutered to something akin to mission givers which is a shame.

    The pacing of the game is much, much better than DR3 and held my interest for the 30 hours (with a lot of exploration) my first play through took. Whilst the end of DR3 was a slog I never felt that way about DR4, it seemed just long enough. As such I feel plenty interesting in the game to go back for some new game + action and maybe try for 100%.

    I cannot lie that difficulty is nearly non-existant. I died once and it was entirely my fault for thinking I had to run through some flames to progress a story event and I got insta-killed, entirely my own fault. Besides that though I never even came close to dying once, most bosses were hilariously easy (including a fairly climatic one where you can just spam her grenades and win in 15 seconds flat) and even the standard "super" and "super-duper" zombie types that show up aren't much of an effort to dispatch. But I don't play Dead Rising to be challenged, it's a huge sandbox to have fun blowing things up and slaughtering countless zombies. I can understand people bemoaning how easy this was but for me it's not a negative nor did it ever get so easy I wasn't having fun.

    Fun is the main point of this whole series and I had a ton of it playing through DR4. Rough edges aside this was a worthy addition to the franchise and good entertainment value.    … Expand
  26. GBG_Jason
    Dec 15, 2017
    7
    We begin Frank’s newest adventure as he and his student Vick are trying to get the story behind a strange military base, where they find the shady agency known as Obscuris conducting tests on zombies. After things don’t go as planned, Vick leaves Frank behind, meaning he has to go into hiding as a wanted man. Months pass, and we find Frank living under the name Hank East and teaching at aWe begin Frank’s newest adventure as he and his student Vick are trying to get the story behind a strange military base, where they find the shady agency known as Obscuris conducting tests on zombies. After things don’t go as planned, Vick leaves Frank behind, meaning he has to go into hiding as a wanted man. Months pass, and we find Frank living under the name Hank East and teaching at a small community college, until a government official tracks him down and asks him to come save the world from the zombie menace… again.

    You’ll spend your time exploring the town of Willamette again, this time after a strange outbreak decimated the town on Black Friday. Much like the previous games, you’ll be using found items around the mall to create deadly and often humorous tools of destruction, ranging from house hold items to vehicles, creating aberrations that would make the team behind Pimp My Ride go home crying to mommy. My most sought after tool of destruction was the new mech-suit that can be found sparingly across the game world. These allow you to essentially become near-invincible and allow you to pick up cars, street lights, and other items that Frank would never be able to wield.

    The writing is as good as it’s ever been in my opinion, swapping out the trademark tongue-in-cheek “bad” writing for a more sarcastic Frank, which works on most levels. Despite saying the same lines throughout the game, I never grew tired of Frank saying “I’m too middle aged for this S***”. Frank, as well as some of the supporting characters, were much funnier than they had any right to be.

    The overall presentation, while not perfect, is admirable – especially when taking in the sheer number of zombies that can be viewed on the screen at any one time. Once you’ve upgraded Frank and progressed through the story, you’ll soon be mowing down hundreds of zombies in seconds as you drive from one area to another. That being said, there are a number of visual bugs that do occur here and there, but nothing that makes the game unplayable.

    The biggest change to this entry is the timer that was once the bane of my existence has been removed. While some missions are timed, they are few and far between, which allows you the freedom to explore the town at your leisure, testing out weapons (which can now be combined at any time and do not require you to do visit a workbench), and finding the many featured collectibles which are a necessity to upgrading Frank’s abilities and arsenal. These upgrades are essential to progress once the enemies and their numbers scale to your level and come often enough to keep the player engaged.

    The other noteworthy changes, which also make the game slightly less appealing, are the lack of an overtime mode and additional endings the previous games offered. The single ending, which is not really a fitting close for the story, is also a cliffhanger that requires you to purchase the game’s DLC, Season Pass, or Frank’s Big Package edition. Between these features being removed and the lack of worthwhile Maniacs or other NPC survivors that the previous games highlighted, it feels a bit unfinished. While you will still find a few of these encounters, none of them feature the spine tingling intros that the other games offered. The survivors you face feature even less backstory; you’ll regularly find them in the open world and they only require you to clear out a small group of enemies around them. While a good source of XP, they get about as old as being tasked with saving a settlement for the 500th time in Fallout 4.

    Players will also notice the lack of co-op play for the main story. While this feature has been around for most of the previous games, it has been replaced with a multiplayer mode more akin to Left 4 Dead than Dead Rising. You’ll assume the role of one of the random survivors from the main story and battle hordes of undead in randomly generated scenarios, which get increasingly difficult with each objective cleared, with up to 3 other players. While nothing out of the ordinary, it does provide a mild distraction, but the addition of co-op through the story would have been a more welcome addition to the overall package.

    The game does control well in most instances, with some frustration stemming from the lackluster platforming segments. While these are typically only required when searching for collectibles or on various challenges, the frustration can build quickly, especially when falling just short of your goal.

    While the game was not as enjoyable as the previous entries, it was a worthwhile addition to the series. I would recommend anyone wanting to live out their dreams of destroying the hordes of zombies that inhabit a shopping mall to purchase, at the minimum, the main game to catch up on Frank’s newest adventure.    … Expand
  27. Broyax
    Nov 8, 2017
    1
    Dead Rising 3 avait marqué de sensibles progrès mais ce 4ème épisode régresse ou stagne sur bien des plans, notamment son défaut d'équilibrage des ennemis survivants beaucoup trop coriaces pour être honnêtes. On a même des boss bien lourds avec des grosses barres de vie sur la tête !

    Il faut dire que la jouabilité et son imprécision n'ont pas bougé d'un pouce et si cela fonctionne dans    Dead Rising 3 avait marqué de sensibles progrès mais ce 4ème épisode régresse ou stagne sur bien des plans, notamment son défaut d'équilibrage des ennemis survivants beaucoup trop coriaces pour être honnêtes. On a même des boss bien lourds avec des grosses barres de vie sur la tête !

    Il faut dire que la jouabilité et son imprécision n'ont pas bougé d'un pouce et si cela fonctionne dans la masse des zombies où il suffit de bourriner comme un débile, ça devient problématique face aux vicieux survivants nombreux et retors. Là, le système de combat montre ses limites et se révèle complètement nul à chier, aidé en cela par une caméra qui fait toujours des siennes.

    Par ailleurs, le ton et l'humeur générale sont devenus beaucoup trop hystéro-bouffons malgré -pour la première fois- une VF intégrale de qualité. Les graphismes pour leur part sont des plus présentables, surtout avec le patch Xbox X Enhanced qui propose une image très propre tout en soutenant sans coup férir ses 30 im/s. On aurait préféré pour un tel jeu d'action un mode 1080/60 mais avec les développeurs flemmards, il faudra se contenter du 4K/30.

    Les sauvegardes sont automatiques mais notoirement insuffisantes et le petit monde de Dead Rising 4 est rempli de choses plus ou inutiles à ramasser et collecter. Si les armes sont légion, elles s'usent encore trop vite et en ce qui concerne les armes à distance, celles-ci sont toujours aussi délicates à utiliser en raison d'une programmation toujours aussi nulle à chier de ces branleurs de développeurs.

    Vous me direz que c'est un peu normal qu'ils s'agisse de branleurs, sinon ils ne seraient pas édités par Capcon l'éditeur (et développeur aussi) d'innombrables étrons à chier. Bref, quelle merde ce jeu, il m'a vénère sa mère, comme disent les jeunes.    … Expand
  28. ITZZZPERRY
    Jun 17, 2017
    6
    Dead Rising 4 is a game that kind of let me down. I loved Dead Rising 3, as I thought it was a blast of fun. This game, however, is very repetitive, and has, by far, the most annoying escape sequence I have ever played in a video game. The multiplayer also seems kind of pointless. Finally, the game's ending was a little unnecessary.
  29. noxiousd
    May 5, 2017
    7
    An expanded map, but a confined game. Doesn't change the formula enough from the excellent third and feels more like the first merely ported over. Online is frustrating to use and unreliable, and the loss of the psychos feature is hurting the series. Also non zombie enemies are still a frustrating distraction more than anything.
  30. GamingTreeHouse
    Mar 30, 2017
    8
    In its attempt to draw in a casual audience, Dead Rising may alienate series veterans. While I love the direction the series is taking, I fully understand the sentiment. For those willing to accept Dead Rising 4 for what it is, they will find an over the top zombie-slaying power fantasy that leaves a few presents under your tree.

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#15 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2016
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#12 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2016

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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 86
  3. Negative: 3 out of 86
  1. Edge Magazine
    Feb 15, 2017
    60
    It's hard to complain too much about the absence of peril when you're wearing the bottom half of a chicken suit. [Feb 2017, p.114]
  2. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2017
    70
    Dead Rising 4 has some obvious flaws, like a shallow story, poorly executed co-op and the difficulty level that is nonexistent for anyone who has a tiniest bit of gaming experience, but I honestly enjoyed killing almost 15.000 zombies throughout the campaign. [02/2017, p.26]
  3. New Game Network
    Feb 7, 2017
    60
    Despite a few improvements, Dead Rising 4 falls short in too many areas to earn a recommendation. A passable entry in the zombie slaying franchise that wastes the return of its original hero.
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