Capcom scares up a handful of brand new screens and gameplay video from their upcoming Wii port of Dead Rising.
Written by Evan Nathans (editor-at-large)
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Naked Came I!
Despite a two-year window since the original's release, it looks like the
folks out there never seem to tire when it comes to everyone's favorite
videogame villain - zombies! That's right you alien/Nazi/supernatural
supporters out there, your personal baddies-of-choice don't even come close when
it comes to defining the most popular object of everyone's affection for
splattering, zapping, or just plain good old fashioned dismembering.
Capcom's upcoming Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop port for the Nintendo
Wii (no stranger to Capcom-sponsored bouts with the undead) looks to keep that
tradition alive, only now with all the waggle-power the console can muster.
Much has been made of this version's (how shall I say this nicely) lack of
graphic fidelity when compared to its Xbox 360 original, but despite the
excision of many of the game's zombie residents from the shopping mall there's a
host of new features and gameplay added to help round out the package.
Speaking of the original, while I tried very, very hard to love and accept
it...I could not. Surprisingly great visuals couldn't make up for
haphazard and awkward pacing, a silly and convoluted save system, and lack of
overall structure. Agree or disagree, let's hope the Wii revision can
manage to make up for its technical downgrade with an excess of riches to round
out my complaints.
While I would have personally liked to see an all-new adventure rather than a
stripped-down port, I'm optimistic, and here's a new round of screenshots and
gameplay trailer to help make the progressive-scan medicine go down a bit
smoother.
For a low-priced downloadable adventure Amy may be tempting, but numerous issues prevent it from becoming the horrific butterfly it meant to emerge as.
Based on a premise that only gets progressively less likely the further it goes until it reaches an ending that might as well have been written for a fantasy novel.
A deplorable example of exploitation, cruelty, and nihilism masquerading as philosophy; a survivalist story in which the survivors are given the same reverence as horror movie victims.
The dogfights, in the style of a Star Wars, are nothing short of spectacular, but all the digital wizardry in the world can’t compensate for a inferior plot and one-dimensional characters.
