Summary
Dead Rising Deluxe Remasterappears to be using AI upscaling for the textures on some of the storefronts and shop items scattered around Willamette Mall.
Aside from all of thequality-of-life improvements that have been made to Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, the main thing that the semi-remake changes about the original is its art style, which has gone for a more photorealistic approach. Since Deluxe Remaster was first revealed,fans have had mixed reactions to the new directionand that seems like it’s about to turn more negative.
Yesterday,YouTuber Crowbcat released a video negatively comparing Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster to the original game, calling it “Demake till you drop”. Although most of thevideo is focused on the censorshipandreduced difficulty of Deluxe Remasterthat’s been talked about for a while, it does highlight something strange about Willamette’s new coat of paint.
Crowbcat’s video highlights a few examples of what is clearly the use of AI upscaling to remaster textures on items around the shops and mall.The most obvious cases can be seen when it comes to items that aren’t useable, such as the food on the shelves of Seon’s Food and Stuff, which will appear very morphed and out of place when taken a closer look at.
For example, the texture for the Coffee Creamer used to read “Chocolate Milk”, but it’s now just a random jumble of letters. The same can be said of a lot of the packaging on food and drinks across the mall, such as with cookies, frozen vegetables, and even objects that can’t be used like bottles of cleaner and toy boxes. It can even be obviously spotted on a poster of a cow in the Meat Processing Area.
The use of AI upscaling can also be seen on some signs across the mall, such as Robsaka Digital saying “New Releasrs” instead of new releases.
While the original Dead Rising had some pretty blurry textures for a lot of its food and packaging, they were still legible and added a lot of nice detail to Willamette. Just like with the GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition, it’s a shame that AI has been used instead of new textures, as it’s clear that a few corners were cut when it comes to Deluxe Remaster.
