-Capcom Management: "We need to create new IP." -Capcom Devs: "What's popular now?." -Capcom Management: "Zombies and some TV series called Jackass." -Capcom Devs: "Say no more."

"There is a ton of reading material in this game." Neat. "But I bet Frank would love to listen to it on the go." Wait- she isn't... "Well- thanks to audible-!" Well played Sphere Hunter.... Well played...

Fun fact. When I was 12 I saw a video of Dead Rising on the TV show The Electric Playground. I was blown away. When I was 13 I saw the game being displayed at a local rental store. I had to ask my dad If I could rent it. (The game and the console. Since we didn't have the money to buy an xbox 360.) He said no. It was too violent. When I was 14 I had the money and was allowed to rent it. But when I arrived to the rental store. The clerk told me the game had received Sun damage by a renter leaving it on top of his console in the sun.... When I was 15 I got my first job. I still didn't have enough money to buy an xbox 360. So I bought the game. I had to rent an xbox 360 every time I wanted to play it. I loved the game so much I rented an xbox for an entire month.

Who would win: A trained veteran in an actual tank with hundreds of confirmed deaths, or some journalist's spit?

Oh my god that spit strategy for the final boss is brilliant. Amazing.

Did you know Frank West has covered Wars?

Peak RE and Peak DR are polar opposites in tone despite having the same ratio of comedy and drama. RE1-3 were silly apocalypses, taken completely seriously by their main characters. Zombie sharks, a big gray man in a trenchcoat and trilby, giant mutant plants and bugs, all played straight, because the main characters took them seriously. Meanwhile Dead Rising is a very serious apocalypse. Everyone's dead, people have gone feral in response to seeing all the trauma, its horrible. But Frank doesn't give a solitary shit. Its a comedyhorror game because of the perspective Frank brings to it, despite the horror being more grounded than it is in RE.

I’m sad that they changed Frank’s voice actor for 4 but I love that he made a return as Birkin in RE2 remake.

Oh lawd yes. Great video!

Therapist: It's okay, Beta Frank West doesn't exist he can't hurt you. Beta Frank West:

Frank West: The Zombies: Lifeseeker: WEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Yeah, Dead Rising is like the most weirdly charming jank game ever. One thing it does very well is construct a sense of place.

You know your old when you still call the X-box 360 "Next gen"

Dead Rising 2 is arguably a "better" game with better AI and more responsive controls but I still can't help but love the first more. It's one of my all time favorite 7th gen games. The characters, the setting, the plot. I still pop it in to play even today.

Till this very day I still say “FAN-TASTIC!” Every time I take a picture.

Yeah the convicts are pretty easy to kill once you get them stuck in a tree but I think it's just the intimidation that scares most players since they arrive when you're such a low level surrounded by a ton of zombies and with a survivor to rescue. Plus their song Gone Guru is just somehow a perfect weird theme for them.

Lifeseeker’s “Gone Guru” still gives me PTSD. I swear, if I’m every in a public park and I hear that song, I will probably go insane.

It’s a shame on how many people slept on deadrising, definitely a classic

rings* ffs not this again. cuts off. Otis: Hey don't cut me off like that! It's rude! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

the timer in Dead Rising is one of the most japanese things in capcom games.

"There is a ton of reading material in game." *Nervous laughter as I hide my Criminal Biography, Engineering and Entertainment books.*

I love Dead Rising. I love Suzi's voice. I love Suzi talking Dead Rising. It's like a marriage made in Heaven.

Dead Rising1 was amazing, maybe the best of all, I can't even forgive how they made the DeadRising4, it's so incomplete, and lacks of most of the features you just pointed out

>Loves RE >Loves Dead Rising >Loves obscure survival horror games >Dorky and cute enthusiasm >Best avatar/persona design for gametubers Still surprised you don't have more views/subs.

yOU SOUNDED SO PROUD WHEN YOU MANAGED TO THROW THAT ADD IN THERE RELEVANTLY

I've had one of the most fun in gaming playing Dead Rising

The best part about having to carry a survivor (piggyback or just lending a shoulder or even a hand) is that it makes you almost invulnerable: the physics engine adds the survivor's weight to Frank's weight, making it extremely easy to push back zombies before they can even attack you.

"There is a ton of reading material in this game" Indeed there i- OH CRAP THE EVIDENCE!! "Thanks to Audible!" oh, thank god!! On a serious note, this channel is great. Well-researched topics with a relaxing voice and nicely done thumbnail art. It's all excellently done. Keep up the good work, Suzi!

I love how well researched and constructed your vids are and honestly, the first DR is still, in my opinion, the best in the franchise because it blended both the seriousness and the humor so well.

As much as I love this series, I have one large complaint. How does an old lady manage to take down a fortified barricade while men attempt to stop her? That lady's either very strong, or those men are very weak.

Steve the store manager didn't know there was a zombie apocalypse. His reaction is just what retail management does to a man.

I still love Dead Rising 1 even if I haven't played it in ages. I cared so much about playing it and seeing all it had that there's only two achievements I never got back on my original copy, the five and seven day survivor ones. It's one of those games that wouldn't get made today, and I mean in the "if someone took the concept and tried today, it'd be executed differently" sense. The timer especially wouldn't have made it through as it did, the first and second games were made into what they were by just how impactful the timer was, much like how the timer added pretty much nothing to the third game with how much leeway it gives. Love that you closed the video out with Justified, by the way. Also, how I beat Adam at low levels? Pick up a bunch of pistols and keep your distance. Shoot the balloons he blows and then him when he's stunned. Makes the fight a breeze. TJ Rotolo is also the only Frank West, there is no competition.

Kinda random but, when I was younger I always thought Frank hurt his leg when he jumped out of the chopper and that's why he walks slow as balls and there was no run button in the game. d:

"hey you wanna play a zombie game"? Yeah! Of course I'll play a zombie game!

I freaking love Dead Rising. It's too bad the series had to go the route it did, I think if they had kept the original Japanese developers the series would probably still be around today.

“Adam is unbeatable at lower levels” me who beat him at level 3:

That was the smoothest transition to a sponsor I've ever seen

No one: Frank: *LIGHT SPEED SPITTING*

The part that I always find unsettling about Deadrising (and one of my favorite parts) is the mall music. It serves the same purpose that The Gonk did in Dawn of the Dead. The juxtaposition between the light cheery music and ultra violence always gets me

Dead Rising 1 is the only game i will always play as much as it irritates and gives me anxiety, it's still one hell of a classic game of '06

Your voice is so relaxing.. time to binge watch all your video's!❤

That one second clip of Aaron running into the counter at 10:54 just gave me war flashbacks to this game

Holy shit I never thought of using spitfire to defeat Brock I've always done the downward knee exploit I gotta use that next time!

Loved this video as agree with everything! DR is my fave game of all time. Never understood the complaints about the timer, save system and survivors, as they are what makes the game so realistic and unique.

“I’ve covered wars ya know.”

I forget. Has Suzi covered any wars?

I forgot how much Frank's buddy looked like Terry Crews! Another great video. I really need to go back to DR. I miss this game.

'gone guru' will always give me anxiety

The fact that the 360 was able to handle that many zombies on screen at once was amazing and the boss fights were unique.

Huh, that's strange. My adblocker failed to pick up on this one ad in the middle of the video that sounded like Sphere and everything. KZfaq is learning...

“You will see groups of zombies popping into existence off in the distance” she spittin bars

"Heres a clip of me defeating the final boss with Frank's spit." Thas a power move right there. Odd flex but ok.

I thought you’d liked the references to other Capcom games as Easter Eggs, like the restaurant called “Jill’s Sandwiches”.

Aw, that's a cute thumbnail Su right there! 😊

Currently going through the whole series again, and am on my 3-rd (4th?) watch of this vid. I think its really amazing how you are able to explain why the game works, even making me realize some things i thought i hated about the game or atleast dislike are reasons why it works. Excellent vid.

Dead rising 1 is an amazing game! So many great memories playing this game.

I remember when my roommate used to play this on a CRT, and we couldn't read any of the text. Also, I think I could listen to Sphere Hunter talk about anything, and I would listen with my full attention.

Whenever I saw gameplay of this game it filled me with this sense of curiosity that always intrigued me on how what it would feel like playing this game since it felt (sorry if this sounds cheesy) like something I've never seen before. I was really young when it came out in the good old days of 2006. As well as discovering the franchise a year ago and not having enough money to buy it. So, I'm happy to say that I'm getting it soon. So, I might finally be able to have a hands on experience with Dead Rising. By the way, when I discovered both Dead Rising and your channel I've wondered how a video of yours on the game would be like. Glad to say, I finally found out. Thank You, Sphere Hunter.

I recall reading about this game when I was in 4th grade back when this game was released. I felt so spooked by the description and the setting of the game. Trapped in a mall for 3 days with loads of undead, nothing can be worse then that. Man, I miss the days when things like this could invoke emotion of dread.

Genuinely happy to see that you're getting sponsored at a high level now. Always enjoy your videos, LOVE the games you review and you've introduced me to some I haven't played (e.g. Parasite Eve). Keep up the amazing work. I'm off to have a look at your Patreon page

Best damn sponsorship segue I've ever seen in a KZfaq video.

It's a shame they absolutely destroyed this franchise with 4. Frank West is one of my favorite Capcom characters.

So you’re telling me that the virus is transmitted by...zombees? Badumtssss get it? Zombies. Zom bees?

It's seems trivial now, but it really can't be overstated just how impressive it was at the time to have that many real time characters on screen at once.

“I don’t want to spoil the game but..*spoils a part of a game*” God I love this channel.

Love how you say “we” when recaping the story, it’s like we’re all in this adventure together :)

There’s just something so infectiously awesome about Dead Rising. Also the fact that Yoshinori Kawano pulled a Robert Rodriguez and went from Mega Man Legends to Dead Rising, it’s pretty cool and funny lol

Honestly this video means a lot to me because it got me back into dead rising after forgetting about for a while and it became one of my favorite series ever. Thanks Suzi

I’ve played the ♾ mode in this game for so many hours!! I love it so much! It’s the only one I like tbh. I hated 2,3,4 for some reason. I also loved making my own difficulty in this game like Vegan only runs, melee only runs etc... so good!!!!

Just thought I'd stop by and say happy Halloween to you Suzi and to anybody who reads this comment, have a absolutely fantastic day.

I take it that you, Sphere, admire two of Capcom's high-profile early PS3/360 games, DMC 4 and Dead Rising 1. I agree, the early years of the 360/PS3 generation were truly some of the most magical years I've ever lived through. Dead Rising 1 is truly special in much of the correct ways: It's Capcom's first 360/PS3 gen title, it was developed in-house by Capcom of Japan (through production studio 1), its first new IP for the 360/PS3 gen, and it was a truly innovative new IP. Capcom came into the HD gen well-equipped by planning ahead, while other JP-based developers had a tough time trying to grasp the ropes (i.e. Square Enix). Dead Rising, as their first HD gen title and their first new IP for the seventh gen of gaming, coupled with a new gaming engine made by Capcom themselves, and a few gameplay innovations, was a huge gamble as a result, and one that, in the end, ultimately turned out successful. It got good reviews from both critics and gamers alike, it sold 1 million copies at the time of its original release on the 360, the character of Frank West managed to be Terence Rotolo's star-making role (and he's his baby), and in the end, essentially making it a platinum 360 title for Capcom. Coming off of a very successful PS2/Gamecube era, the early PS3/360 gen years held so much promise for Capcom. Now, Capcom wasn't perfect during the early PS3/360 years, but at least the company has still gotten this, as it has stuck with its modus operandi of developing games for its IPs in-house (as in not being crazy obsessed with Activision's business model and trying to ape the success of the Call of Duty games following CO4: MW) with Keiji Inafune along with the other top-level talent (Itsuno, Kobayashi, Ono, Takumi) still steering the company's ship though the uncharted waters of the early years of the PS3/360 era. And, like you pointed out in your DMC 4 retrospective, the early 2010s was when Capcom started to lose its way, as the success of Activision's business model (i.e. high-reward/low risk) and the financial success, and exploding popularity of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare caught the JP-based game company's attention towards Activision. It wanted to follow the leader. So, that is the reason why it decided to ship out some of its more popular IPs to Western-based (USA and Europe) develoeprs like Devil May Cry to Ninja Theory, Lost Planet to Spark Unlimited, and Dead Rising to Capcom Vancouver. It didn't help that, at the end of the year 2010, Inafune left Capcom, and the company almost began to falter and get lost in the far reache sof nowhere right away. Capcom Vancouver, without the JP-based team that worked on DR1, made DR3 as an attempt to appeal to the Call of Duty Crowd. Resident Evil 6, despite being developed in-house by Capcom, was made more into a Michael Bay action movie - packed with car chases and explosions - rather than the survival horror gameplay Mikami had envisioned. And, on top of that, Capcomd ecided to treat their mascot, Mega Man, like trash during its 2010-16 dork age by canning both Universe and Legends 3 and giving him a crummy iOS app by the name of Rockman Xover. Yes, there were a few gems during this dark and stormy time - RE: Revealations, DMC 4 Special Edition and Dragon's Dogma, most notably - but much of those gems were constantly smothered underneath a heaping pile of forgettable, Western-designed junk like DmC, Lost Planet 3 and RE6. And then we come to Dead Rising 4, which is essentially the DmC: Devil May Cry of Dead Rising games. It removed all of the challenge and appeal that the original, JP-developed title held. Oh yeah, and remember the ersatz Frank West in the game? He spouts out memes and things that date themselves quickly. "Thanks, Obama?" "Selfie?" Ugh. The original, Japan-developed Dead Rising will still be a gripping, atmospheric, innovative, appealing, challenging, and funny classic with tons of replayability in the next 30 to 55 years. But, in the year 2065, however, will anyone still remember Capcom Vancouver-developed Dead Rising 4? I truly doubt it. Capcom was successful and popular towards all kinds of gamers in past console generations and the first 3-4 years of the PS3/360 generation because it stuck to its status quo in terms of game development. By following Activision's high-reward/low-risk strategy and business model in the later years of the PS3/360 generation, Capcom themselves totally forgot to play the long game big time. It would take them until the middle of the current gen (PS4/XONE) to learn their errors of their ways that they created during the mid-twilight years of the PS3/360 gen, and now they're back to what they used to be, releasing games such as DMC5 and RE2 Remake. I could feel and see the same old good spark they had during the early years of the seventh generation of console gaming because of this. All in all, it's pretty disheartening to see Dead Rising, much like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil before it, get royally screwed over by Capcom's Western-developed obsession by trying to act like the Eastern Activision before finding its footing again. Another fantastic early 360/PS3 game retrospecive review, Sphere. Great job! :)

Great video as usual. Dead Rising is one of my all time favorite series and I'm glad they went with a more light hearted tone for it. I also had no clue you could spit! Now I feel like I missed out!

When you think about it, the first Dead Rising was basically a triple-A rouge-lite.

I like to pretend Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is the only sequel to this game.

I'm so happy that you covered this game. I really loved this series. I remember when this game first came out I was so in awe with how many zombies were on screen at once.

I just noticed that a bunch of my favourite games have a time limit in some way. Bully, Majora's Mask, Persona, Dead Rising, Outer Wilds, and probably more. When a time limit is implemented well and suits the story, it makes games so much more exciting, I love the planning it involves.

Dead Rising is one of my favorite games of all time. The pure fun of murdering zombies in a mall, the crazy paychopaths, the tounge-in-cheek dialogue, and of course Frank West himself. I just love it so much.

I sort of missed this generation of gaming. This video has convinced me to give Dead Rising a try. Thanks!~

Great video. I have very fond memories with this game. We were 18 or 19 that summer, and my friend and I (RIP buddy) went to Gamestop. The dude behind the counter asks him "you guys want to pre-order Dead Rising? It's a game where you're trapped in a huge mall with zombies and everything is a weapon." He looks at me and back at him "hell yes I want to order Dead Rising!" We were not disappointed. The maniacal, side splitting laughter we had was priceless. Any time one or both of us had free time, we played it. I still remember when we had been playing it half an hour and he goes "are you hearing this dumbass music???" and we about died laughing. I also met my first real girlfriend that summer, and those memories among others comingle with this game for me. I ended up completing it, which is honestly something I rarely do. Fully leveled, saved all the survivors at least once, and then uncovered the truth. It was so fun to go back thru with the Mega Buster and humiliate the bosses. Playing this, we finally red ringed his early Xbox 360 the following February. Such good times with this game, so many memories. All I can do is smile at this.

I have good memories of this game. I remember this when it dropped. My dad was friends with the EB GAMES manager and we got it a week before it was released. He gave it to my dad in a black case with no artwork. I miss those days. All I play is old games. I have a hard time getting into a lot of these new triple a games that come out. I miss when full games were released. Now we all are free beta testers lol.

I haven’t even watched it yet but thank you so much for making a video of Dead Rising in 2019

I played the demo for this on the 360 back when I was like 9 years old. Always wanted to play it properly, but I never did. This review made me buy the PS4 version and I'm currently loving it. Thanks for this video!

This video was awesome, it was like being a kid on a playground and raving about your favorite comic book hero. Glad to see other people love it and give it the praise it deserves.

The one thing I didn't like from this game was how a bit short it was. This has to be my favorite zombie game as well. Thanks for visiting this beautiful game, Sphere. 👌

I remember when I first played this game I got my neck snapped by the final boss immediately, then accidentally clicked save. Meaning that was my ending as far as the game was concerned and there was nothing I could do about it haha.

It’s really surprising how this game holds up. Capcom knows how to make quality games.

We're getting a dead Rising remaster in the fall, Adam the clown is even scarier in it than he was originally.

The spoiler warning and time skip option was a great addition to this video. It addresses basically my ONLY qualm with your content. Keep up the great work!!

I once had one survivor die during escort A cut scene started playing with him on the floor Me: "oh good those helpful zombies will get him on his feet" "Oh no they're biting him and stealing his pants!"

19:31 So... the zombies become CRIMSON EYES!

Great, I have all these great games on my to play list from this year and you've gone and convinced me to play this old classic from 2006

this is some good, old school, golden age, grade A, games journalism nice work

Up until now, I can never forget the fact that I know the name of the artist who drew Sphere Hunter's channel avatar

Yes one of my favorite KZfaqrs and one of my favorite games also who remembers the smallchainsaw with the 3 books?

I used to hate the timer but grew to love it sometimes it’s real intense when your seconds away from losing a case but complete it by the skin of your teeth

You just earned a sub and a bell for spitting the final boss to death. Seriously.. that gave me a hearty chuckle. This video takes me back. I gave up on some tasks in this game. Getting all survivors, the population kill count, answering Otis every time. These all took a backseat to the struggle of trying to read the text on my old, standard-def CRT television, finding scantily clad zombies to photograph for the erotic PP bonus (which was absurdly amusing), and making zombies slip on cooking oil. Okay, those last two weren't a struggle, but playing this without HD was a squintfest. The old lady with the dog initiating the onslaught of mall occupants was all too real for me and made my blood boil.

Ever thought about making a video on Silent Hill music? Most specifically, the ones involving Mary Elizabeth McGlynn?

Dead Rising is one of those great examples of Japanese creativity. When the west keeps making generic zombie shooters Capcom makes a goofy, but still thought provoking 3rd person action adventure with RPG elements in which you can skill zombies with any item you can get your hands on including food or plants and outfit the protagonist in child's clothes just because. As we've seen from Dead Rising 4, west tries to emulate Japanese creativity, but they just can't do it right.

You should totally do more videos like these!! Going back a generation or two to look at what made certain games so unique for their time, is something you make genuinely entertaining. Also, I’m surprised you never reviewed Cathrine:Full Body. I figured that would be your cup of tea. If you’ve never played it, I highly recommend in doing so! I’d dig hearing your take on the game.

Suzie likes Dead Rising 😊 Incredible game! I worked in a game shop when it came out and the excitement and sales were surprisingly huge... Like a new GTA or Eldar Scrolls. When I finally got a 360, this was my first game and I devoured everything 100% - 7 day survivor included. The juxtaposed brutal and absurd tone is really special and the level of content and attention to detail is still impressive. Really happy memories and it's still in my personal top ten of all time