Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Last updated: 2025-04-11
- Significant improvements over the original game.
- Modernized controls enhance gameplay experience.
- RE Engine delivers greatly improved graphics.
- Helpful autosaving and save system implemented.
- Significant performance and stability issues reported.
- Voice acting quality considered inferior.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 68%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 29%
- Protest reviews
- 3%
- 80%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 20%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 3276
- Negative points
- 2360
- Gameplay points
- 431
- Perf. points
- 472
- Rec. points
- 1294
- Misc points
- 276
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Significant improvements over original | The remaster features significant improvements over the original, including enhanced graphics, modernized controls, quality of life updates like autosaving and time skip, and improved AI. These changes make the game more accessible and enjoyable for both new and returning players, while still retaining the core gameplay and charm of the original. | 97% |
| Modernized and improved controls | The game features modernized controls, including the ability to move while aiming and remappable controls, which improve the overall gameplay experience. These changes make the game more fluid and intuitive, addressing a major issue with the original's clunky controls. | 72% |
| Helpful autosaving and save system | The addition of autosaving and multiple save slots addresses a major pain point from the original game, making it more forgiving and less frustrating. These features prevent significant progress loss due to unexpected deaths or crashes. | 71% |
| Greatly improved graphics with RE Engine | The game's graphics have been significantly enhanced using the RE Engine, resulting in improved textures, character models, lighting, and environmental details. This visual overhaul brings the game up to modern standards and creates a more immersive experience. | 71% |
| Vastly improved Survivor AI | Survivor AI has been significantly improved, making escort missions less tedious and more enjoyable. Survivors are now more intelligent, capable of following directions, navigating the environment, and assisting the player in combat. | 20% |
| Improved and more playable Infinity Mode | Infinity Mode has been reworked to be more enjoyable, with features like the ability to save progress, fast forward time, and randomized survivor spawns. These changes make the mode less tedious and more replayable. | 10% |
| Fun, gory, and humorous gameplay | The game retains its unique blend of zombie-killing action, dark humor, and B-movie horror elements, providing a fun and engaging experience. The mall setting offers ample opportunities for exploration and creative zombie slaying. | 9% |
| Nostalgic and enjoyable experience | The game evokes nostalgia for the original while offering a fresh experience with updated graphics and gameplay. The reviewer enjoyed the game, with some considering it one of the best gaming experiences ever. | 6% |