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Capcomhas finally explained whyDead Rising Deluxe Remasterhas such a strange title and confirmed that it doesn’t consider it to be a full remake like it does the recent Resident Evil re-releases.
From the moment it was revealed thatDead Risingwas finally making along-overdue comeback in the form of the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, fans havewondered why it had such a strangely specific title. The graphical improvements alone are far above a “remaster” andall of the gameplay changes make it seem much closer to a remake.
This was made even more confusing when the game’s developers revealed in an interview that theyput so much work into the game that it’s fair to consider it a remake. The line between the two types of re-release is already blurry, butCapcomhas finally explained what the difference is in a recent survey.
Following the release of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster,Capcom has shared a survey asking fans about their experience with the gameso far and how they heard about it.Beyond hinting that other games in the series could get the Deluxe Remaster treatment in the futureif there’s interest, Capcom also gave a pretty good explanation as to what makes a “Deluxe Remaster”.
At one point in the survey, Capcom asks players if they’d be interested in seeing more games from its back catalogue get the Deluxe Remaster treatment. This leads to Capcom finally explaining that it views a Deluxe Remaster as a “remaster with improved playability and updated graphics (including new 3D models)”.
Interestingly, the survey asks about Deluxe Remasters for games like Onimusha, Dino Crisis, Power Stone, and more, suggesting Capcom sees it as a new way of re-releasing older titles.
The survey even gives players the option of saying that they’d rather have a full-on remake than a Deluxe Remaster, which shows that Capcom doesn’t consider Dead Rising’s latest re-release to be on quite the same level. While that might seem a little harsh, it makes sense considering how the Resident Evil remakes have been marketed.
Although the Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 remakes all keep the same basic outlineof their original games, they differ massively when it comes to gameplay mechanics and are overall quite different. Considering how Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is mostly the same game with some minor improvements, that difference in definition does track.
