Capcom Is Doing Dead Rising Fans Wrong By Locking a Main Feature Behind DLC

"Dead Rising 4 is on the way to Xbox One and PC this December but for long time fans of the franchise some of the changes aren’t welcome."

[ObviousGoldfish]

So what?

[Gaming_Cousin]

Ladies and gentlemen...

I present to you a supporter of all microtransactions and DLC

[AnotherProGamer]

I don't have a problem with microtransactions or DLC but putting a series staple mechanic behind a paywall is just wrong

[miyamoto]

That is MS and Crapcom for you. They never learn.

[BossBattle]

@miyamoto that's not MS doing it. It's a time exclusive coming to PS4 eventually.

[_-EDMIX-_]

What's your solution? Take over the company? You're essentially complaining about content you legally don't even own in the first place.

First world problems folks

[UnHoly_One]

Maybe I'm misinterpreting it, but from that description it sounds like a completely different mode, like an add on with its own story.

Not just the addition of the time limit into the default campaign.

[Kryptix]

lol He's an obvious goldfish.

"Dead Rising 4: Frank Rising: In this DLC, Frank West is freshly infected and needs to find a cure before he becomes a zombie and is lost forever. While searching for a cure, Frank discovers that everything is not the same as it was; zombies are getting smarter, people cannot be trusted and paramilitary forces are plotting to wipe out Willamette. Frank has a limited time before he reverts to the full zombie state and the city is wiped out. Frank will have to get to the truth first… or die trying."

From how it reads, it sounds like it has it's own story, characters, and enemies, but regardless, adding it in to a separate DLC than an overall optional mode kinda begs for money from those who played the older ones. From how it reads, it'll just be a different version of Williamette, the same area you'll play in the base game.

The same area without the Christmas theme? Yea, sounds like it. So if they can implement the mode in that, they could of implemented it in the base game. I guess they're using an old formula to make a new copy & paste DLC feel fresh.

[ObviousGoldfish]

Yeah welcome to reality chief.

[showtimefolks]

Obvious

While you do have a right to your opinion it's just wrong man

Micro transactions will lead gaming industry towards a very bad direction so saying so what will hurt all gamers somehow and someway

WellyUK

look at how many games had MT 11 years ago compared to almost every game now having some sort of MT

big blockbuster titles like uncharted and halo 5

where things have changed is quite simple the game which required you to grind 11 years ago made the grdining that much more longer unless you are willing to pay

it's the smaller things which are being slipped in until big features will be held back

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol shloobmm3 has a point bud.

When has gaming not been a business? You have your options to not purchase that in which you don't want.

[zerocarnage]

Halo had the worst rip off MT, when you brought packs you still could not use cards untill you was levelled enough every game. It made me feel sick that the levelling wall to your purchased cards stopped you from straight out using what you already brought when you attempted to play a game of halo.

[DasTier]

Except that's not entirely true, Halo 2 had a map pack expansion and Halo 3 had the Heroic, Legendary and Mythic DLC. All of these cost around £10/15.

Where as ALL of the DLC in Halo 5 was free. Funded by micro transactions instead. The micro transactions gave faster access to customisation options or weapon cards to be unlocked in Warzone/Firefight, a non-ranked game mode, but these were not "locked behind a paywall" as every 1.5 games you have earned enough points to spend on the packs. This was a much better deal for games and one of if not the best implementation of micro transactions in gaming. It allowed early access to those who bought them without fundamentally unbalancing the game for those who never used real money, Me.

That makes it even more shocking that Gears of War 4 managed to fail so badly considering the example set by Halo 5.

@Zerocarnage

Are you serious? do you realise how dumb and unbalanced it would be if you could start the first round of warzone with a scorpion or banshee?

by capturing points or killing enemy's you earn points throughout the match, earning better weapons as you progress. If anything I think the card implementation is Warzone is actually one of Halo 5s biggest successes.

Out of curiosity how would you have 'improved' it?

[sdcard4gb]

Redesigning and recasting VA for Frank West turned me right off from this game.
It's easy, CAPCOM - reinventing features nobody asked you to reinvent makes people not want your games. Sorry, it's just common human nature to depend on certain things and once you make them lose that ground to stand on... You lose a customer.

Also, CAPCOM... Asura's Wrath should've taught you this already - don't lock anything behind DLC or your customers WILL make you eat shit in the end.

[XXanderXX]

No bothered by it as I hated the time BS , so am good till I buy the pass.

[opinionated]

I'm a huge DR1 fan and I loved the time limit personally. That said, I couldn't care less about this.

[DivoJones]

Capcom be Capcom'in.. DLC and remasters with the occasional sequel. But make sure to never do anything new.. too risky!

[Kokyu]

Not surprising its capcom. They are just joining the ranks of Square-Enix, EA, Blizzard, Activision, Bungie and other good devs gone to crap because this whale of an industry is getting too big for its own good.

[TheUndertaker85]

Uh, who cares? It's a time limit of all things. Plus from the sound of the DLC it's something Dead Rising hasn't done before.

If you appreciate Dead Rising 4 you'll get the DLC. If not you likely won't. All I see happening is the base game giving you more time to explore or make decisions about how you're going to tackle the next portion.

The DLC being timed would actually make more sense as if you take too long you're a zombie. If not you used a sense of urgency, prompted by the timer.

[s45gr32]

It makes the game more barebones. Too long, majority of gamers have allowed DLC/microtransactions to continue. Now gamers pay $60.00 plus tax for barebones games. PS2 games had free unlockables, map editors, mini games, offline/online multiplayer for $50.00 or less. Come on grow some balls and not buy the game just rent it.

[porter470]

I thought people would be pissed off more about the pc version been a timed windows store exclusive, maybe its just me?

[BassMan125]

Wait, it's a Windows Store timed exclusive? So it'll come to Steam eventually? I'll gladly wait then.

[porter470]

Steam release and ps4 at a later date
http://www.gamespot.com/art...

[Vithar]

great news for me LOL I HATE time limits, now I can actually have fun? GREAT

[Caedus511]

Dead Rising 3 didn't have a timer either.

I know more people who were happy about this change rather than upset.

[UnHoly_One]

Yes it did.

It was just way more forgiving, especially on the normal difficulty.

[ExplodingJuice]

Dead Rising games blow anyway. Why all the fuss?

[BossBattle]

Dead Rising 3 was favorite. I hated the time limit on 1 and couldn't enjoy the game feeling rushed.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Why are so many apologists popping out of the woodworks all of a sudden?

[s45gr32]

Because they are corporate loyalists.

[Lionsguard]

Doesn't bug me personally. I hated the time limit aspect. Just give me hordes of zombies, a bunch of weapons and leave me the hell alone.

[deathtok]

Vote with your wallets.

Don't buy the game and send a polite message to Capcom about why you're holding out.

[alfcrippinjr]

thank EA for the birth of microtransactions
i do not support this unless they giving you money worth.

[Lord_Sloth]

This website is ad city.

[Redx165]

As a PS4 owner I'm glad we get the complete edition

[s45gr32]

This is horrible, hopefully gamers do not defend this game like they did with Street Fighter V or Star Wars Battlefront.

[BassMan125]

DR1 and DR2 had time limits. So what? It's a good feature. So your decisions matter on who will you save, and what events you get and missed. All that means replayability.

Asking to remove the time limit feature in Dead Rising is like asking for one button fatality in Mortal Kombat or easy mode in Dark Souls.

[zerocarnage]

The industry has gone way out of control with these practices, but we're as much to blame as the publishers and developers.

[Max-Zorin]

Not surprised, it's Capcom, the Japanese Ed, Edd, N Eddy. The same company that thought it was a bright idea to attempt hiding twelve characters on the disc. I wonder when the gaming community is going to blacklist Capcom like they did Konami.

[Kosic]

Tbh Did anyone not expect this from Crapcom?

[MilkMan]

What else is new. Keep buying their products. THats what you get.

[veicht]

I find it interesting that this article claims the time limit is something wanted by fans. I personally have always wanted them to remove the time limit and recall that being one of the 'fan feedback' changes to 3 (even though it did still have a time limit just a bit softer one). I don't care for the time limit but the OPTION to have one probably should not be DLC for fans who do happen to want it.

[Platformgamer]

Well, cannot wait to purchase it on ps4 with all DLC included after the time exclusive expire ;) rise of the tomb raider anyone? :3