The Death of Dead Rising - A Bleak Retrospective

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

I could never get into the series but I feel for the fans who saw their favourite game series being driven into the ground.

[@yanfei7782]

I actually liked Dead Rising 4.

[@jordanboyd5587]

I feel the same way.

[@jakk2631]

Same

[@youngbloodbanana3376]

I feel the same way with starwars

[@Reaperwarth95]

I with you on this main comment above me

[@ReynLynxPSI]

I'll never forget the day I went into Gamestop and heard about Dead Rising 4 just being released. I never played the games myself - I've only seen Whoisthisgit's Creepy Bad Endings videos on the games. After asking the clerk if Dead Rising 4 was good or not, he/she simply replied, "Well its pre-owned value is already 20 bucks and we've gotten this many returns, so I think it speaks for itself."

[@Ramsey276one]

OUCH and more surprising TRUTH FROM GAMESTOP!! XD

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Evn Gamestop Hated it? Dang

[@corneliussnow8215]

Due to the Xbox exclusivity for a time, I never touched Dead Rising 4 for a bit. Despite seeing what it had become, I still wanted to give it a chance. Forming my own opinions on it. When I finally played it, I came to the conclusion that I don't mind it's existence. It is a tolerable 5/10 at its best although it is a constant reminder that this game essentially the death of one of my favorite franchise. I can separate it enough from the other games in the series to judge it as it's own thing. With that said though, the first two, especially Off the Record are 100% better than the fourth onr

[@thefrontier2288]

Oof

[@based980]

fellow whoisthisgit watcher

[@329link]

In DR4 they turned frank west into trevor phillips without the charm or hard drugs.

[@turntninja2617]

That wasn't Frank West that's Hank East.

[@jackcouch8322]

@@turntninja2617 that’s not Hank East that’s assface

[@fernie-fernandez]

“Nobody on the team went out there trying to make Frank a sarcastic d**khead. The problem was that everything was written at such a breakneck pace...but we didn’t have enough time to fix it” An anonymous CAPCOM Vancouver employee

[@329link]

@@fernie-fernandez I kinda believe it (rushing a title is the number one cause of bad games these days), though I also think there's likely more to it than that. If nobody was trying to make frank this way, you'd think a bit of his original self would peek out now and then. If anything though, the cause would likely be executive meddling.

[@fernie-fernandez]

@@329link Turns that many dev. teams from DR4 were constantly switched multiple times as a frantic dev-cycle because of crunch-time, the unnamed employee admitted: "It felt like we were inheriting someone else's mess that we had to clean-up. We couldn't invest the amount of time and effort into it to make it the product we wanted because we had this accelerated timeline."

[@BloodthirstyPikachu]

Could you imagine how good the story could have been if done right? Frank west in his older years starts to suffer from ptsd because he’s spent years covering wars and outbreaks, watching people die, the human body put up on macabre display and coming so close to deaths door. It gets to the point it’s wearing on his mental state, he can’t go to malls anymore because the customers walking aimlessly sometimes reminds him of zombies and he breaks into panicked episodes. Maybe show him trying to shop during the holidays and him thinking he’s in an outbreak, ready to grab whatever he can get his hands on out of instinct. Show how he can’t lead a normal life, but also that he’s trying. Then if you really need to keep Vick, you can have her as the sympathetic student who is almost like a Katie to him. Have her want to help him because of a bond we don’t know about yet. Then we could have led into her taking Frank to Willamette memorial because she wants to help him get over his trauma that he shared with her. Then they get there, end up stuck because Vick sees something fishy is going on, so she runs in to take pics. Have her go missing. Dash elements of the cloning in and BOOM. That would make the game about him needing to try and repress his feelings and be strong, throwing himself back in like a fish out of water to try and save someone who has been trying to save him too. All in the place where it all began. Seeing survivors die all over again. If your going to kill off Frank you could make it seem almost like a mercy if this was the way the story was framed. Have him wanting to die not just as a heroic act, but because he feels like he’s too old and too damaged to help anyone else anymore because he can’t even help himself like he could before. In turn you could make this fuck up Vick and have her gain the same problems that Frank had, thus creating an understanding and bond that would be immortalized in pain and corruption.

[@craigrobertson1629]

Beautifully written, sir. Hats off to you. This would've been a great story. At the very least, better than what they did. Sounds kinda like the story of Logan, that wolverine movie. Doing that sort of thing with Frank would've been very cool.

[@demontorch]

the fact an average joe like you made a better story than the actual bloody developers says a lot. congrats mate.

[@maxleon61702]

I can imagine one of us living in an Alternate Universe where Dead Rising 4 got this plot.

[@twindrill2852]

Interesting. My only complaint is having Frank die because he feels that he can be no longer useful to others, that just sounds extremely bleak and disconcerting.

[@zacharyrosemann]

​@@twindrill2852 tbf, the franchise has always been bleak and sometimes depressing

[@blackskullknight9062]

Dead rising 3 was the beginning of the end for the Series once you know what happened in background

[@ErvingCo]

Dead Rising 3 was fun and dope af......waayyyyyyy better than dead rising 4 let’s be honest here

[@Redbird-dh7mu]

They really should have ended it with 3, it would have made for a somewhat disappointing, but perfectly serviceable, end to the story and series.

[@TheUnknownOtaku]

Imagine, if the 5th one, just completely ignores the 4th existence, and does the story normally.

[@329link]

I like the idea of making DR4 an in-universe movie where hollywood did what they do best.

[@zelg.5551]

So Devil May Cry route then.

[@maxleon61702]

Facts.

[@grandadsashtray4850]

5 has recently been canceled, it was gonna be set in Vietnam and bring chuck green back. Soooooo glad it got cancelled cuz that setting just sounds awful. Here's hoping for the resident evil remake treatment for dead rising.

[@Eduardesuper]

​​​@@grandadsashtray4850What do you mean by the re remake treatment? Not trynna be rude or anything but if u mean the gameplay then that wouldn't really work imo, all the og game needs is some really general quality of life improvements like AI, controls, saves and better graphics. It doesn't really need as drastic as a touch up as RE 2, correct me if there's anything i missed tho.

[@deadinside8891]

42:11 I have a bit of a theory about DR3 and why it’s ending was so different. What if the game was meant to be the last in the franchise? I don’t have anything to back this up but the ending really does scream “this is the last game”. DR4 was probably an attempt to push the game out to an even larger audience.

[@BorbMcGorb]

Considering 3 was initially supposed to also have Frank and Stacey as part of the story, I imagine it was envisioned as an endpoint for the series, where every characters arc finishes.

[@door-kun721]

@LeoUltima except toy story 4 was good. Dead Rising 4 . .isn't. .

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

The DR4 developer interviews genuinely feel like they're from another universe. I've never seen a development team so far removed from what the original games, even the one JUST BEFORE theirs, were even like.

[@peateargryfin844]

If there is any solace to be had in those interviews with Joe Nickolls, it is knowing that after the colossal failure that DR4 was, he was forced out of Capcom Vancouver, went to EA, and now spends the rest of his days forced to work on endless FIFA games. I'd say he lives in his own personal hell now.

[@richardnash6111]

*CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP* YOU DESERVE IT!

[@have_a_good_day420]

A hell that pays well

[@Plasstyre]

DR4 is if they invited Michael from GTA V to be Frank for a day.

[@jackcouch8322]

It’s a shame, because both Michael and frank are great characters it their own way. But they are completely different characters.

[@PCFROMVCS]

Hes like Ash from Evil Dead crossed with Deadpool and I hate it

[@ryszakowy]

even deadpool was better than DR4 frank in night of the living deadpool

[@nathangreene1149]

​@ryszakowy very true Deadpool was given reasons for his actions.

[@kangurukaiser9395]

Personally I think Chuck Greene having a child is less of a prop to hold him up and more or less the defining factor that differentiates him from Frank West: he is a man with a family and liabilities in the zombie apocalypse. Frank while not ultimately bad isn't great either, and does not have these responsibilities. He at the end of the day is doing all of this for glory and for himself, helping others is ultimately a means to an end. Chuck on the otherhand does what he does for Katey and is a more grounded person who seems to help because it's a moral obligation, with Case West showing how these personalities clash on full display. It's just a minor point, but I wanted to mention I suppose.

[@cgkase6210]

DR3 even goes further showing Chuck being so dead set on finding his daughter that he went into another overrun city on the basis of "Katie is there"

[@Zetact_]

The irony of Capcom, a company who is milking a zombie series for all its worth, refusing to revive old beloved IPs. You'd think after things like seeing Clover become Platinum, DMC3 being made specifically because Itsuno didn't want the DMC series to end on the sour note that was 2, and SF4 being something of a risky decision (fighting games were dead in the mid-late 2000s) then essentially reviving the entire genre that they'd learn.

[@lazyvoid7107]

RE still strong tho

[@tonysonic456]

Lesson of the Day: If you want to give your franchise to new developers, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT MAKES IT GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE. Edit: Wow, over 200 likes? This may just be the most popular comment I've ever typed.

[@tonysonic456]

@@frankkennedy6388 Even better.

[@AusSP]

@@frankkennedy6388 No, don't say that! How am I supposed to get a good Metal Gear if I let Konami make it!?

[@enamon6651]

@@frankkennedy6388 don’t tell Konami that, it’ll be better for everyone if they give ip’s away

[@holy9781]

Ya I loved the 1st two games.i miss the games if the 2000s.they just had a different vibe

[@tonysonic456]

@@AusSP If you ask me, the companies that should give away their franchises are Konami and Bethesda. The former seems to outright hate their franchises, and the latter is lazy and ignorant with everything except Doom.

[@geoshark12]

I just wanted to apologize on the behalf of canada for that horrible mess of a game that contains the number 4

[@bria.w4073]

Why are you apologizing?

[@angelfilms4886]

Yeah, you got nothing to be sorry about. None of this was either your fault, or Canada's fault

[@Emily12471]

Don't apologize for something that you never did. I know you're canadian, but don't apologize if you have no reason to

[@Randomlad56]

@@bria.w4073 the horrible mess of a game that contains the number 4

[@phobosanomaly5383]

@@Randomlad56 I think he meant why they specifically is apologising for it

[@FonVegen]

I'm so out of the loop with this franchise that I never played a single one of the games, and the last one I remember is the second one with the sick child. Still sitting through this entire thing in one go, good job!

[@thebainiac1]

When Devs call the players "Gamers" that's usually a red flag

[@KopperNeoman]

Indeed. When people in an industry increasingly treating the word "gamer" as a dirty slur use the word gamer, RED FLAG.

[@SolidSnake240]

@Kodiak KDK-85X Don't ever compare those 2.

[@screamybingus707]

@@KopperNeoman a bunch of resentful reactionary retards on Twitter\Reddit turned it into a slur, not the "industry". The word itself is fine, it just became a catch-all term for said reactionaries to describe the icky dum-dum people they hate but can't aptly describe

[@Depressedwhale14]

@@SolidSnake240 what do you mean by that

[@yarororororor6417]

Another red flag is when the old staff which made great franchises leaves and is replaced by impostors.

[@WiFi-qj5kr]

I loved the time constraint in the first two games, it really pushes you into the stress of a zombie apocalypse, and it adds a nice feeling of anxiety while rushing survivors to your safehouse

[@immortalfrieza]

I think the time constraint effectively made Dead Rising. Having to figure out how to save everybody possible while still managing to get through the story of the game gave the first 2 Dead Rising games a lot more value. Extending or outright eliminating that time constraint effectively destroyed anything worthwhile about the game.

[@dylanlewis5113]

I remember watching PhantomSavage play Dead Rising 1 back in the day. I love how basically created his own narrative, just by redubbing Frank's lines.

[@chaosbug7]

Then Phantomsavage did DR2 Off the Record, which to this day is one of my favorite LPs

[@Raziel312]

I was expecting the final joke of the video to be that Dead Rising 4 caused Manga to lose his mind and become a Psychopath.

[@DeitySkullKid]

I'm frank west Trynna find my way Gotta new job Gonna start at the mall today

[@somekami3375]

Oh god Im fighting zombies for the first time I’m Frank west My life kinda stinks But I’m killing them so fast Time to kick eff-ing ass!

[@kingkaiser95]

HOW COULD YOU LOL

[@DeitySkullKid]

@@somekami3375 I'm just glad someone knew what I was doing, nice lines

[@Kayuubi1]

Didn't they actually have a zombie special too?

[@kingkaiser95]

@@Kayuubi1 they did

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Tokyo Ghoul: *Shows a completely maniacal sadistic ass* Isn't he evil? Well he has a family so you should feel bad that he died. Everyone: Nope.

[@lordderp6914]

I felt more sad for the wife how she would probably have to do everything by herself then the kids would hate ghouls and probably follow in his foot steps

[@happyvalentine4008]

Anime Villains be like >slaughters cities for pleasure >protagonist mortally wounds them >anime villain starts to die >"mom...dad" >protagonist gives a monologue about how they weren't different from us >single tear falls down antagonist face before they die >Fandom proceeds to jump around making monkey noises, fanart, and 2 hour long documentaries analyzing the complexities of the villain

[@kneeofjustice9619]

Gacha games be like:

[@somepersonauser3324]

Frank west? More like, Frank went east because holy shit this man was not even Frank anymore.

[@ShopperKungVtuber]

yeah Dead Rising is like something good that you never know until it already gone yes i'm play Dead Rising before i feel this game is so clunky but now after Dead Rising 4 i feel the first Dead Rising is super fun and enjoyable game man i can't believe i miss this game

[@plaguis1391]

Holy fucking hell, punctuation and grammar, ya ever heard of it?

[@ShopperKungVtuber]

@@plaguis1391 i'm sorry i try my best

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Dead Rising was definitely one of the best zombie games in history. It definitely stood out from the zombie media crowd.

[@tyrantking9000]

For me, Dead rising wasn't _just_ about killing zombies. It was about being in a cheesy movie with fun as fuck characters that I can have fun playing as and somewhat relate to. Dead rising was also, at least for me, trying to play hero, and to get past zombies, and to uncover what caused the zombie outbreak. I always, or at least try to, save every savable surviver and get the best ending. Dead rising 4 felt like a bastardized version of the first game, only thing missing was someone ripping the first game apart.

[@SeanGokuu]

Matt McMuscles' Wuh Happened episode on DR4 helps to also illustrate the flustercluck of DR4's development. Apparently the devs at Vancouver wanted to do a soft reboot, pulling from other zombie series at the time. Capcom of Japan on seeing this more gritty soft reboot was like, "Nah! You stop this and start from scratch!"

[@juancena6909]

Just so you know, there's actually Dead Rising comic which take place after DR1 and before DR2: Case 0. In which it explains what happened to Frank, TK's plan, and Chuck Greene's wife biting Katie during the third outbreak

[@cameronwiley9412]

Damn you. I played all of Resident evil 3 without noticing he had a nose. I will never be able to unsee that.

[@AHappyBlackGuy]

Dead Rising 4 is like if Frank got surgery to look like Michael from GTA V and suffered brain damage while dropping acid

[@paragonrobbie9270]

Frank is one of my favorite video game characters, so it was nice to see TJ Rotolo play Birkin in RE2R.

[@Tanner31904]

Wait that's who played him?

[@gellister]

This is the problem with focus groups. They target a general audience which doesn't work for game franchises built on a more distinct niche. People who want less hardcore features in Dead Rising don't care about the brand and the people who adore the brand lose the things that made it distinctive in the process. No one ends up happy with the product. It's textbook homogenization and it rarely works out for an IP unless it is done very slowly or as part of a reboot. At least then the fans can kind of read the intentions and make their choice to continue and new fans don't feel off put by the previous track laid in terms of a reboot. From a purely business angle that can work, from an artistic angle, I get real tired of everyone chasing the unicorn that is the general and casual audience. It ruins the variety we have with games.

[@chocolatechip6672]

The original developers for dead rising should make “Dead rising 4: For real this time” and make the original dead rising 4 not cannon, like what happened with the devil may cry reboot.

[@maxleon61702]

Yep. The Alternate Title for this would be Dead Rising 4: Frank's Final Chapter as it would serve as the Grand Finale for Frank West's Story Arc.

[@rg975]

Dead Rising on the 360 at launch was special, some of the best memories I've had while gaming when I was young. When I got a PS5 a few months ago, the first game I beat was Dead Rising 1, I guarantee I was the only one playing OG Dead Rising on their PS5! Still as good as I remember it after all the years!

[@howen474]

You ain’t the only one, I have it on my ps5 too

[@JetblackJay]

Nemesis has a chad nose

[@littlebadassgaming]

Jay?? you're here? I didn't think you were the kind of guy to be into it.

[@theshellderinslowbrostail5422]

Agreed

[@niccage6375]

I feel the pain your dad had. As a person who did choir for 4 years. After halloween we had to sing the same christmas songs over and over again. I lowkey hated it.

[@demontorch]

Buddy I work retail, hearing the same damn songs makes me want to rupture my fucking eardrums

[@MarioGMan25]

The credits theme to DR3 was such a mood shift I couldn't help but laugh and feel it was intentional.

[@coolman229]

MangaKamen: Dead Rising didn't just die... it was murdered.

[@anomalyinc3239]

"TRAITOR!"

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Hopefully, in the near future, Capcom decides to revive Dead Rising. Maybe as a reboot or remastered version.

[@milkanoid]

they already remastered both one and two I kinda would want a remaster on Dead Rising 4 or a Dead rising 5 would work for me

[@Gigantor_T]

You forgot to mention the awesome soundtrack of the first few games. Which I still listen to this day.

[@damonlongstreet8630]

Justified Switchback Best its gonna get I Believe You Classics

[@gentlyvillainous]

Du nun Du nun Du nun Du nun *WEEEEEEEEEELLLLLL* !!!!!!!!

[@markmartinmagmam3834]

Wow, never expected Dead Rising to be a topic you would cover. Well, now looking forward to the entire video. Part 1-3: Yeah, I can see the appeal of the games through the early days and mid-life. Dead Rising 1 as having the fun inside a mall at your disposal, Dead Rising 2 and Off The Record for Fortune City’s color, wider selection of stuff and the introduction to Combo Weapons. Dead Rising 3 has probably the most amount of zombies and combo weapons for having fun out of the three. Plus the last DLC rocks for just how arcade-like and full of spirit. But the lack of color for realism bleed into the dullness of it. Part 4: Dead Rising 4. Do I need to say anything? Well, if I do... ...I have only played Off The Record, but I’ve seen and looked into a lot of Dead Rising, especially for 1 and 3. But 4 is a game I don’t think I’ll ever play. And that’s a shame, because Dead Rising is probably one of my favorite series involving zombies for its gameplay, personality, and the tone (both of the serious and silly, alongside the clashing in between). But 4 just falls flat on so many areas, even with what positives it does have.

[@Junkyardproduxtions]

"Every five seconds a minute passes." Africa: "Impossible!"

[@zelg.5551]

27:50 - to be fair, survivors being potentially OP started with vanilla DR2, not DR3. Thing is, if you handed them firearms, they (unlike you) would have infinite ammo. Which led to some ridiculous scenarios where you could farm the secret heavy machinegun hidden above the casino, then arm an entire team of survivors which will effortlessly carry you in boss fights up until the point where you're forced to return to administer zombrex to your daughter (which despawns them). This also made the tense moment where safehouse is breached into a complete joke.

[@XeviousvSBlackmanta]

Hell get the Cultist manual, and the right weapons and survivors are pretty good in the first game as well. But yea, DR2 survivors trivilized some bosses

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

I love how the skull also has emotions

[@MarioGMan25]

In DR5 i want DR4 to just be a poorly received "Frank West: The Movie" in-universe, thus retconning it out of existence.

[@jackcouch8322]

Dude, a dead rising in a film lot would be siiiicccckkkk

[@MarioGMan25]

@@jackcouch8322 Imagine all the psychos based on movie characters.

[@velocilevon]

While I don't think that Frank West should be the protagonist for DR5, I think it would be dope to have a scene with him where he watches "the movie", leaves halfway through the session and says something like: "Knew I shouldn't have given them the rights for this... What was I thinking?"

[@isauldron4337]

The dead Rising franchise is dead

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

@@MarioGMan25 maybe one of the psychopaths is a actor who was trapped on set and thinks he's the character he played in the movie

[@SapphireCarbuncle009]

28:00 Slight correction, survivors in DR1 could also be a mini army of sorts, but they only really work well if you were trying to do a "No Zombie Kills" run. Otherwise it's a waste of gear

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

47:23 that punching sound effect brought me memories of a ton of flash games.

[@kyburn6195]

Pretty funny how you said Ace Attorney was thrown to the side and now we get the Great Ace Attorney games localized for current systems.

[@BestWayKilla]

"Dead Rising is the go-to example of shady business practices killing a franchise." My friend, have you ever heard of a little game called Prey?

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

I wouldn't say they were " lying about the situation " - they seem more like the kind of people that had their heads up so far up each other's asses that they legit thought they had produced a great product for the fans.... ^^;

[@DrDictator]

That jumpscare at the beginning, I was tryna show off your video to some friends and had it playing just for me in the top corner of my phone in the background. Scared tf outta me, it was just really loud lol

[@Leostar-Regalius]

wonder what the world would be like if werewolves had taken the place of zombies

[@muckest5024]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention how dead rising 2 & 3 introduced co-op campaign while 4 removed it and added that horrible side mode.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Never expected you to do a video this long that covers Dead Rising. But thanks for getting me interested in trying the game series. Also imagine if any of the Resident Evil protagonists ended up having to team up with Frank. Heck imagine Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe..... set in the world of Marvel Zombies!

[@phantomdriver2010]

The big hang up for me on these games was the time limit. It's just a little too stressful for me but it's crazy cool and creative

[@DrakeKnight99]

That's what put me off the game was a time limit and why I liked 4 because I could do shit at my leisure like just driving over zombies in a car. Of course I barely remember beating because I was on multiple meds at the time

[@SolidSnake240]

It gave you a reason to do multiple playthroughs

[@meleemastermaa1449]

"Inventory management is a failure of game design." - Dead Rising 4 developers about going back to the roots "We don't want people to play our games multiple times while experiencing different outcomes." - Dead Rising 4 developers about the side content in the game

[@Krensharpaw]

I like how they talk bad about the time and are like "people don't want to play it again" and makes me wonder if they played the older versions of the game. I saved all the survivors and felt like I did something awesome. With no time limit, then that isn't a challenge. That's just something that'll happen. Not something I have to set out to do.

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

Remember playing the first Dead Rising when I was a kid. That scene where the old lady opens the door and lets the zombies in fucked with me so bad I had nightmares from it. No idea why.

[@T-Jex]

Blue Castle: can I make other games besides Dead Rising? CAPCOM: No. BC: but what if i make a different game and still call it Dead Rising? CAPCOM: *NO!* BC: Oh... Then we have a little problem...

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I’ll never forget Dead Rising 2 because of a particularly memorable mixup I had with my brother, he asked me about The Last of Us and I managed to get it confused with Dead Rising 2 because I was remembering both games from years earlier and got them confused lmao, and he just freaked out at me being so stupid and it was hilarious.

[@emanuelespinoza9325]

In regards to romantic subplots, there was also Chuck and Stacey, but even that wasn't fully developed until the end. Some fans even felt that Chuck and Rebecca was more believable. Of course, Frank and Rebecca felt really believable.

[@Cruddy129]

Funny how we never even seen Chuck and Stacey have it going on in the second game and the 3rd game's OVERTIME MODE basically just exposition dumped it all in mere seconds They were together, Chuck screwed up, making Katey resent Chuck for years till she suddenly had a change of heart during DR 3's outbreak

[@emanuelespinoza9325]

@@Cruddy129 Well, Chuck and Stacey interacted in a way that seemed that they would have something there, like Stacey expressing concern toward him. Then there was Overtime mode when Chuck went to go save her and Katey. The way it was implied was that she would join the Greenes on their journey.

[@danilog342]

I only got into the franchise last year. Played Dead Rising 1 and 2 and trying to buy Off the Record for my 360. It took a while to get accustomed to the controls of the first one but the concept was so cool that made me persist. They are one of my favorites games now.

[@TennoWolf]

Combo weapons sound like an interesting concept, we need more games with that mechanic.

[@Aickelodeon]

I had zero fucking clue they made a Dead Rising 4 until like right now

[@jacob-spring]

Ive said it before but i will say it again. It baffles me that, NO ONE, called Joe Nichols out on his obvious lies during his numerous interviews! He singlehandedly killed Frank West and buried the franchise. Frank West is a main character in the Capcom stable as he appears in crossover games so I wonder if Capcom knew that they were going to kill him?

[@CyberDragoon656]

Well ace attorney is getting some love now hopefully dead rising does as well along with mvc

[@brandonlyon730]

I’m surprise you didn’t go into detail of how stupid the villain plot was in Dead rising 4. The reason the military brought back and clone zombies in the first place after they did so much damaged and killed millions of people in this universe. Was all just so they could sell zombies off for cheap labor? I’m mean not only would it be cheaper to just hire a random yahoo off the street then pay millions for zombie clones that are probably to stupid to do anything even basic making the whole thing useless, but no one is going to want to eat food or anything touched by zombies and would do nothing but give the companies endless negative PR forever ruining there bottom line. This whole thing started because this company was trying to make something that probably would never work or be profitable to begin with.

[@TerreiSingularity]

I think one of my favorite zombie games was dead island. I had quite alot of fun with all my playthroughs.

[@alexkogan9755]

I'm not that big on zombies but I have a soft spot for Resident Evil and other properties that do them differently (the necromorphs in Dead Space come to mind).

[@jozkieFr]

whats really sad that the story of dr isnt even finished like > whats isabela keyes up to > what happens to nick ramos, katie, chuck greene and the other survivors after los peridos > a rlly good redemption arc for frank west > will isabela take up the mantle of her brother to take revenge or will she be a good person theres soo much more we were hoping to get from DR but now we wont cuz it got ruined by bunch of insecure devs

[@Quickpatch12]

I will admit, I was one person that wasn't a big fan of the time limit so really couldn't get into 1 and never played the rest, but getting rid of it did not bring me in, in fact, that would be a bigger turn off for me, I may not be a fan of it, but more liked it the time limit.

[@N0t-Luciifer]

Ive never seen or played dead rising but hell yea ill watch a hour long retrospective

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

Dead Rising? Hell yeah!

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

Wow, even DIO likes Dead Rising.

[@jordanboyd5587]

Dead Rising 4? HELL NO!

[@gavynbrandt]

I remember when Dead Rising 4 was being hyped up and it had a demo. I tried the demo and something caused a soft lock with a survivor so I immediately uninstalled the demo and never thought about it again. Half a decade later I'm watching a video on the right choice I made.

[@freddyfangamer1964]

I never knew about Dead Rising 4 until this video.

[@Nomadman903]

Dead Rising 2 is my favorite in the whole series, but after seeing how DR4 just axed any possible sequel in the future. Truly a shame that breaks my heart.

[@TyuErt]

Damn, I reflexively said "you forgot the cookies" right on beat

[@tectonic4555]

Even if i dont know anything about the series, is still really intresting to see this types of analisis, well done Kamen.

[@Ommialfonzou]

as someone who loved dead rising and played 1-3 all there childhood, this video hurts physically

[@andrewgardner58]

I love the first dead rising game in fact I go back every few years to play it

[@BigmanSebastian]

as a huge fan of Dead Rising, this video is great!

[@dayvonlouis5187]

I’d love a Dead rising one and two remake not a port but a full graphically remake

[@woolfieMcP]

Frank: A guy getting rid of merciless psychos Also Frank: :D ->_

[@deathspark47]

Finally a good dead rising retrospective, editing is great commentary is great nice job man

[@thazkid]

13:30 Still never understood how a flash light and some jewelry could make a lightsaber. 😂

[@chriscanul4075]

Thanks man! I've never really heard of them, but I'm gonna get Dead Rising 1, 2, and Off the Record! They're 70% off on Steam right now!

[@gigajerk6953]

Am I the only one who think zombies have way more psychological horror to them than people give them credit for or depict them with? They are literally human bodies. Imagine seeing your mom, dad, best friend, spouse, even kids, decomposed and bloody, and trying to KILL YOU? It's dark af. It's sad you basically never see media explore that aspect of them and just treat them as funny shooting barrels

[@TheDrunkLawyer]

I’ll never forget when my friend he looked my English teacher dead in the eyes and summarized the plot of the first Dead Rising for his book report 😂

[@GatorRay]

This is probably my new favorite video of yours. I may not see eye to eye with you at times (Like how I've lost faith in Pokemon getting better for example) but I can tell you really love this series and was frustrated to see Capcom RUIN IT! Also kudos to your editor I will certainly check out his channel since I never heard of him until now. Overall if you want to do more videos like this in the future I say go for it cause I'll more than happily watch them.

[@danchase7454]

I forgot reporters/journalists used to be capable human beings. Imagine a current day journalists ending up in zombie las vegas. He would try to cancel the zombies on twitter or write top 10 reasons why the zombie outbreak was mostly peaceful. They would refuse to eat non vegan healing items.

[@wiseguy1512]

Question what is your stance on abortion?

[@danchase7454]

@@wiseguy1512 i support it.

[@maverick9357]

​@@wiseguy1512the fuck that gotta do with this?

[@Абдулло-щ3е9э]

22:17 Honestly gave you more of a challenge, shopping cart optimization is what I live for.

[@skybluenerd219]

This was pretty fun! Watching this made me wanna replay my collection of the games again. Nice work on the video

[@jessestone7093]

I feel like Dead Rising and Saints Row are quite similar series due to how they started with two great starts and by the time they reach the third they overly embrace a certain aspect that was noticed by fans and ran with it. Unfortunately, I love both series quite a bit and it's a shame to see them fall like this. At least Saints Row 4 was ok though, gameplay wise.

[@emanuelespinoza9325]

I am a fan of Saints Row, and I often feel people are too hard on the third game. I won't deny that there were flaws with it, especially when looking at gameplay mechanics that didn't transfer over, but I still like the game. As for Saints Row IV, well here is what I always say - I can acknowledge the game's issues and won't argue with people who don't like the game. Although I feel that going Sci-Fi was a stretch and an odd move, I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy the game. I acknowledge all of its problems, but that doesn't mean that I don't like it. Gat Out of Hell, on the other hand, although I will play it, I felt it was not necessary.

[@Tinwibss]

The first time i ever saw a sequel to a game i liked announced and felt "I don't want this" was the reveal of dead rising 3, holy crap that was a terrible reveal. the end product ended up being a perfectly fine game, but I could tell Dead rising as i loved it was gone, and DR4 was the nail in the coffin

[@staregineer]

Oh so i'm not the only one that hate the fact that remake Nemesis have a side way nose.

[@asmosnos3532]

it absolutely BAFFLES me that dead rising 4 came out in 2017, it feels like it had been dropped in like late 2018

[@aethercorp1210]

I bought the 4th game at a discount store. Not even out of sheer curiosity, it was to boost my achievement score

[@mrred773]

Was it worth it?

[@aethercorp1210]

@@mrred773 after lots of thinking... Nope!

[@xscythe67]

I will always consider DR4 as apart of the Off the Record timeline

[@tsnophaljakarax9963]

That's an insult to Off The Record.

[@icarue993]

About the daughter having psychic powers, is not a terrible idea, here's why: What if the zombies in DR are a hive mind? The daughter for having being cured of the zombi infection is attuned to the zombi hive mind more so than a regular human. She could know where zombies are and where they are being directed to. This would mean that her zombi psychic powers only affect the zombies, not regular humans. More so, there could be more psychics (I would just put the final final boss to be able to have them) that can manipulate the zombi hive mind into attacking the protagonists.

[@sarafontanini7051]

I am behind the idea of Katie being the final protagonist, either way

[@thedorkknight5772]

I remember seeing the trailer for Dead Rising 4. I thought it was a walking dead game because Frank looked like Negan more than himself lol.