Recent reviews by Kuziz

A good game. Got completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥ by Starbreeze's upper management. Mainly marketing and business decisions. It's kinda sad, really. I feel sorry for everyone at Lion Game Lion who had to deal with Bo and his group of executive chumps. Eventually having pulled the plug on the game and effectively murdering it.

Since the player base is pretty much dead, if you can convince at least a single friend to tag along with you, you should have a fun time with this anyway. It's really not as bad as people made it out to be in the past, especially with a more reasonable price tag than the one on release. Would still rather recommend getting it on sale, making sure Starbreeze gets as little money from you as possible.
Just don't expect any updates now, what you see is all we'll ever have.

This is coming from a person who has played it for the first time ever in 2016, never owning the original on the Xbox 360.

I must say, the day I heard this is coming to PC I was exhilarated. Having played all the other available titles on PC (2, OTR, 3) I believe this one is the best in the series.

For starters, the first entry in the franchise was developed by the core japanese team of Capcom. Japanese humor and quirks are noticable here and there, and some cutscenes feel that way. It's not bad nor obnoxious though. It's what made this game fun and memorable back in 2006. It has its own charm. It feels and plays very differently from the ones made by Capcom Vancouver (2 and onwards).

I think I'll pass on reviewing all aspects of the game as much more professional reviews are available from when the game was released, instead I will focus on the port quality.

My experience with the port was flawless. I have used only keyboard and mouse controls which I found to be easy to use and comfortable, but skill moves might be tricky to initiate at first. The camera movement needs some time to get used to, as it feels like you're dragging it around. That "effect" can only be disabled for aiming, sadly. There seems to be no negative mouse acceleration either, which plagued other entries in the series on PC, but even on max sensitivity the camera might turn a bit too slow for someone.
Eventually one can get used to it, and doing swift movements becomes second nature.
I haven't stumbled upon any gamebreaking bugs either, which really made me happy.
Game supports 4k resolution, MSAA up to x8, uncapped frame rate, a motion blur toggle, and fully rebindable controls, so most needs will be satisfied.


Now the bad things, because this game is not THAT perfect.

There is a feature called "hitstop", which freezes the game intentionally on one frame when hitting zombies with blunt weapons. It was supposed to enhance the impact of blunt weapons, but for many it can be jarring, especially running at a significantly higher framerate than it was designed for. The effect itself amplifies the more you hit in one swing, making it appear like your game completely freezes for a second if you charge into a group with a bench. Luckily mods will be available soon so it's likely it can be modded out.

Even though I haven't experienced any bugs doesn't mean they don't exist. There are multiple reports of the game not launching at all due to lack of a specific Windows update, no audio issues which are apparently fixed by updating Internet Explorer, or higher framerates resulting in more damage taken, even allowing the player to be one shotted. The team is aware of those issues and as far as I know, they're working on fixing them. Apparently those are mostly occuring on Windows 7.
I was lucky enough to not suffer from those issues.

There's also the problem of the game's infamous really stupid survivor AI. It's so annoyingly dumb that it can make you want to throw your computer out of the window. Just be aware that escorting survivors back to safety will raise your blood pressure.


In summary, I dare say this is a high quality port, probably the best Dead Rising PC port that exists in this franchise. I want to thank Capcom for going forward with decision to allow Dead Rising 1 to reach current generation consoles and Q-LOC for doing excellent work on the port. I believe the original experience from 2006 is available here, right now. For 20 bucks you can too cover wars, you know.

IT'S BACK BETTER THAN EVER

the answer i picked in the kahoot quiz was correct but they marked it as incorrect so i lost my answer streak

brings back the moments when i was 2 years old, sitting on a potty and try to watch my dad play this but the monitor was always too high up but i still faked cheering for him while taking a ♥♥♥♥

and right before he wins, i decide that i had enough and he has to wipe my ass
then finally i can actually see the final moments, victory in his grasp...

and i decided to barf all over the floor.

after a few days, i got to play myself, and all i did was asking how do you turn this on properly and goof around

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

THAT WAS ABOUT THE OLD VERSION
GUESS WHAT

HD VERSION IS WHATEVER YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THIS GAME BUT 3 TIMES BETTER
AND IF YOU HAVENT PLAYED THIS YET GO ♥♥♥♥ YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU SHOULD
(unless you straight up hate RTS games then it's okay i guess)

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forget this game, go here instead:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/301640/

not watching this is like loving bieber


you can't love bieber

fallout is better but this is also ok but not really captivating my interests

Tactical Intervention.
Not tactical at all.


So this game is... a bit weird. It's not good... but it ain't bad either. It DOES have some potential to be a good game, but... it's not going that way... much.

And it's not tactical at all, it's a free-to-play "Counter-Strike" ... "styled" ... game... ? It's not a slow game, it's the opposite actually - it's a bit fast, but not CoD fast or Quake fast.

Right off the bat I'll say that the shooting is really weird, it's jerky and awkward to get used to. The network part of the game is horrendously bad, and there's some optimisation issues (it's Source engine for ♥♥♥♥'s sake, how can you mess up that?)

But it's still VERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ FUN
The best mode in the entire game must be the VIP Car Escort, which is a car chase on a few maps (so far 3 exist), which are pretty big, and you just have to drive forward.
Driving isn't as simple as it sounds, the handling is unlike any other game with cars. It's a bit hard to learn but it comes fast.
So while you drive, you occassionally stumble upon green boxes, which can heal you, your passengers, repair your ride a bit (dunno about that one actually) and have a surprise weapon like a grenade launcher or RPG which is a round changer most of the time.

It's unfriendly to new people, because there's a bunch of menu options and sections where you just get confused how everything works, and most of the mechanics are explained through VERY simple tips during the loading screen. The best way to learn is in practice.


Get a friend or two or a pack of them, grab some alcohol (optional), go with your friends on one team and play the game. It can be enjoyable.

tl;dr:
+- weird shooting, can piss you off
+- weird driving, makes you laugh sometimes
+ car chase best mode
- borderline if not crossing the pay2win line
- unbalanced weaponry
--- heavy armor ffs nerf that ♥♥♥♥
++ awkwardly fun with friends
+++ gore
- network stuff