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Dead Rising 4 - Meet the Maniacs(AKA psychopaths) + new infected
- Thread starter Arby 'n' the Chief
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Jawmuncher
Member
Why change the name from psychopath?
Piston Hyundai
Member
what, did they fuck psychopaths up too
Really not sure how you're getting that.
Fried Food
Banned
each game has had them become less and less psychotic
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
They're optional bosses now.
If it ain't broke, change it anyway
CherryIcee
Member
All the charm of Dead Rising has vanished.
blankempathy
Member
Nah man you still got the cheery Christmas music that doesn't fit. Thats totally charming.
I can kinda see it. I mean they look like beefed up regular characters with followers/special items. Basically like shadows of mordor. Although they're probably not enemies you've beaten in the past.
Dane_gerClose
Member
It's pretty clear. Previous Psychopaths were actual characters, had names beyond "Crazy Claus" and very standout designs. All the "Maniacs" here very obviously looked like remotely altered enemy survivors also shown in the video. Heck, they even looked like they were just wearing themed costumes Frank can likely acquire upon beating them or in the game world. A far cry from the Bosses in previous games. I do doubt they are procedural though.
MAtgS
Member
The Santa boss looks like when a regular survivor was an enemy in DR1's Infinity mode: A basic AI to use their equipped weapon & not much else to it.
Hellwarden
Member
Fighting the Psychopaths in the previous games was fun, because they were characters that often brought out the fun dumb humor of the series...These guys don't look like characters...
Fighting a psychotic mall Santa isn't fun if he's not a character...
Fighting a psychotic mall Santa isn't fun if he's not a character...
Vital Tundra
Member
So these definitely aren't psychopaths, but are psychopaths even in the game?
Dane_gerClose
Member
Yeah, now that you mention it I fully agree. Good observation! Gotta say, I had hope for Dead Rising 4 (I still kinda do) but this is getting more and more disappointing.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
"We're going to make psychopaths more grounded." - Capcom Vancouver
*wannabe Santa Claus appears out of nowhere via lightning bolt*
*wannabe Santa Claus appears out of nowhere via lightning bolt*
TheSpoiler
Member
Eh doesn't look too bad to me. As long as the attacks are varied I'll deal.
blankempathy
Member
I like the idea of maniacs but not at the expense of psychopaths. I think both would work.
drotahorror
Member
Weird seeing so many hate on the game when it looks like it might be the first one I'll even bother buying.
RecRoulette
Member
Sort of weird how they went backwards after making the psychopaths stand out so much in 3.
SirNinja
Member
I mean, they changed pretty much everything else...why stop there?
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
DR2, OTR and 3 were all great games. If they make one turd after three gold bars then they get a free pass from me, as long as they acknowledge what they did wrong and go back to the good stuff from there.
Garcia el Gringo
Member
Ah man, definitely get the generic vibe too. Discovering good optional psychopaths is what defined Dead Rising for me. This is incredibly disappointing if DR4 doesn't adequately compensate for the lack of meaningful bizarre character encounters elsewhere.
blankempathy
Member
Maybe people enjoyed the older games and felt like they didn't need to change? Not everything is going to appeal to everyone and thats ok but these games had an audience so its easy to see why people are upset at such drastic changes.
Shadylunchbox
Member
Still Xbox exclusive right?
Hierophant
Banned
maniac is a pretty good name
No. 1 year later on PS4 and I think 3 months later on Steam.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
That isn't much of a track record worth talking about after all these years of their involvement. DR2 is largely good but flawed in numerous ways despite the improvements it brought on board, OTR is merely a minor remix where maybe 5% of an existing template was changed and 3 is a bipolar travesty of a sequel that started (much like 4) forsaking nearly all the elements that made the series interesting, all the while having awful technical performance too regardless of platform. "Three gold bars" is a massive stretch, considering their all-new games without supervision from outside directors or whatnot are a sham.
They're also certainly not acknowledging what they did wrong, because Capcom Vancouver can't even listen to themselves if you look at the flip-flopping they've been doing design-wise with 4.