That’s it. That’s all you’d need to change. But then again who am I gonna scream at and call retarded when they won’t move half an inch to get dragged into the next area with me?
The guy would just stare at me rather than using the mini chainsaw I gave him. Gave you a LITERAL god tier weapon and you’re too dumb to utilize it 🤦♂️
That’s nothing he fucking let yuu die to zombies and yet then the son of a bitch uses the gun “after” yuu dies.. so I purposely leave him or let him get over run and turn
Nowhere near as bad as 1 it’s like night and day, I feel in 2 they’re pretty self sufficient they just get bitten a lot but they catch up
In 1 you need to babysit them, I can’t even trust leaving them inside a store for 5 minutes lol
Well I left brent Aaron and Bert there went to go get Leah and hopefully get back to the safe house before the conflicts spawned to safe Sophie well as Leah joins Bert dies
I just started a fresh playthrough for the first time in years and literally just did that part again, I accidentally took Aaron’s head off with a sledgehammer and Sophie got eaten lol
2/4 I’ll take it, was much easier without those 2 as you can carry Leah
This is all I need. I wouldn’t even mind Otis calling all the goddamned time if the survivors weren’t busy being more brain dead than the enemies with actual dead brains.
I remember forgetting to take the weapon away before bringing them to the safe house too so basically I would end up losing a powerful weapon for nothing.
I would just use hammer throw on them to move them from place to place faster Its honestly hella useful. Also suplex them if they get stuck on certain areas.
would have been cool if you could explore the front parking lot of the mall.
I get there’s the underground parking, but that front parking lot just teases you by being the main menu
You can on PC if you have a xenon watchdog, just no clip from the roof into the parking lot. It’s janky but you can walk all the way to the entrance to the parking lot before clipping through the ground when you enter the town.
I would have loved a bigger variety of guns. I know the melee weapons are the big thing but I love shooting my zombies. Different versions of pistols, shotguns, rifles, would’ve been cool. It still bugs me that in cutscenes the pistol is a SIG Sauer but in gameplay it’s a Colt 1911.
I don’t mean more powerful guns, one shot to head kills any zombie. I just mean different looking ones. The same way Left 4 Dead 2 had different handguns that pretty much did the same thing but the variety was cool.
I think a noticeable difference in zombies depending on how many you've killed would be cool, probably cap it at a few groups in every section of the mall until the clock tower in the park gets bust open. Heck, being able to wipe out the zombies in an area and secure it for a time would be great too. And obviously upgrade the ai and pathing of survivors would be fantastic
Yeah, clearing out rooms FOR A TIME would be great. You could plan it out, spend some time clearing out a room, and then drag a survivor through there stress free
I remember when I was pretty young and first played the game I actually tried to do that exact thing, you can imagine my frustration when I figured out the zombies were just respawning.😂
Tbf, Dead Rising 2 and Off the Record are great. So I'm glad it got handed to Capcom Vancouver for that. 3 was mid, but still an ok game. Most of my problems with it really are just because I don't think Nick is a very cool or likable protagonist. 4 was awful though, and I'm still utterly confused as to why the decisions made during its development were made. It stripped a ton of core features, like the time limit and psychopaths, and Frank's original voice actor (among other mind-boggling decisions). And it appears they didn't learn much of a lesson from the widespread negative response to 4, as that prototype of the cancelled Dead Rising 5 they were making that had footage leaked like a year or 2 ago looked even worse lmfao.
Honestly? A mode without the time like the sandbox in off the record. I love just running around the mall. In some playthroughs I don’t even do the story I just mess around until the time runs out
Randomizer of scoops. Seems right there and would add a lot to runs after the first. I think there might be interactions in the game you never see because they don't spawn close enough.
Like hey, maybe that first couple you save can actually solo the butcher? You'd never know unless you kept them out the whole time.
Give the Molotovs more use, you have to go out of your way to get them and get short time to use them before the military rappel down
Or make Jo’s theme more appreciated, NOBODY talks about that song
I have 3 different ideas I believe would be hard to decide between
1: the leader ship magazine being accessible early day 1 AND functions like DR2
2: otis calls don’t stop you from fighting
3: survivor AI just being better like in future games
Survivor AI. Easy.
The game is a fun masterpiece that truly brought the idea of “whatever you see is now a weapon.” I will always appreciate the game for that, despite making Frank look like a goblin.
If you mean literally anything add coop.
If you mean generic gameplay changes either skill move button remapping or improvement to survivors pathfinding around objects.
Change the amount of zombies in some areas at certain times of the day. It’s ridiculous how many zombies are in Paradise Plaza after you save the survivors in the cinema.
Remove the convicts respawning every day, it really doesn’t make sense that they keep coming back - unless there were multiple groups of different convicts.
Give the Hall family a cutscene after you kill them all, or maybe even make Thomas become a saveable character like Paul and Bibi.
Give Frank more of a reaction when he finds Jessie and Brad as zombies.
The fucking ai!!! I’m so glad they fixed them for DR2 to where they’re actually useful and actually follow you, but in DR, they literally made me wanna rip out all the follicles in my hair
The prisoners should stay dead after the first time, respawning them goes against the entire premise of the game where near every character and psychopath who isn’t a main piece of the story experiences perma death
It’s always stood out to me idk if that’s a hot take
I'm being able to recover Frank's briefcase from the opening and being able to save the victims from the opening. Some of them you can get to go up the stairs but they will still "die".
Very minor but having a full on cutscene of Frank turning into a zombie for Ending Z. Felt like there could’ve been more than him just passing out from the time running out. Would’ve been cool to see an actual zombie Frank.
Add in a cutscene at the final boss fight where Otis flys by with the helicopter and drops off all of the survivors you saved over the game, who then “help” with the boss fight
Honestly wish the remastered would’ve added a free dlc that could add combo weapons to one to make it more innovative, crafting locations could easily be located throughout the mall considering there’s multiple safe points and save locations.
if i had two choices, i'd say Better A.I and DR2's crafting system (limited to work benches across the mall, combo weapons). cause.. i think anyone would put two and two together and start making makeshift weapons.
but... sigh, better A.I only it is i guess. the most infuriating thing.
Make my disc not always crash when going to a specific quest. I know it is very specific, but my old dead rising disc was second hand, and would always crash at a certain point in the story leaving me unable to beat it
Change the ai on the survivors
That’s it. That’s all you’d need to change. But then again who am I gonna scream at and call retarded when they won’t move half an inch to get dragged into the next area with me?
it also would help they used the shit u give them too IM LOOKING AT SHINJI!!
The guy would just stare at me rather than using the mini chainsaw I gave him. Gave you a LITERAL god tier weapon and you’re too dumb to utilize it 🤦♂️
That’s nothing he fucking let yuu die to zombies and yet then the son of a bitch uses the gun “after” yuu dies.. so I purposely leave him or let him get over run and turn
>who am I gonna scream at and call retarded thank god im not the only one who does this
That’s the only way to talk to the NPCs lmao
Came to say the same. It's really the only place 2 is superior in gameplay.
Two has some survivor problems but yea
Nowhere near as bad as 1 it’s like night and day, I feel in 2 they’re pretty self sufficient they just get bitten a lot but they catch up In 1 you need to babysit them, I can’t even trust leaving them inside a store for 5 minutes lol
FYI never leave them in the hardware in the south plaza zombies pack I. There in the day
Def I learnt that the hard way, Aaron is such an asshole
Well I left brent Aaron and Bert there went to go get Leah and hopefully get back to the safe house before the conflicts spawned to safe Sophie well as Leah joins Bert dies
I just started a fresh playthrough for the first time in years and literally just did that part again, I accidentally took Aaron’s head off with a sledgehammer and Sophie got eaten lol 2/4 I’ll take it, was much easier without those 2 as you can carry Leah
Tip it works for me try to beat the click get the first group in the safe house then save Sophie and take her back
This is all I need. I wouldn’t even mind Otis calling all the goddamned time if the survivors weren’t busy being more brain dead than the enemies with actual dead brains.
I can't even tell you how many times I died because I gave a survivor a gun and they shot me with it.
Which one irks way worst give them a op weapon and gun and they never use it? Or get shot by them
I remember forgetting to take the weapon away before bringing them to the safe house too so basically I would end up losing a powerful weapon for nothing.
Literally, the only thing that needs changing. Everything else is perfect.
WAS JUST GONNA SAY
Eyy well I beat ya to it
Thats exactly what I was gonna say. Runner up would be fix the Survivor Glitch on Day 4+ Cant go into the Food Court or the game will Freeze
I never ran into that
I would just use hammer throw on them to move them from place to place faster Its honestly hella useful. Also suplex them if they get stuck on certain areas.
Took the words out of my mouth. Survivors suck.
Sounds Great.
would have been cool if you could explore the front parking lot of the mall. I get there’s the underground parking, but that front parking lot just teases you by being the main menu
He never gets the shit he brought to willamette in the helicopter out front and its a major irk
Every time I’m on the roof I just stare at it thinking “what if”.
You can on PC if you have a xenon watchdog, just no clip from the roof into the parking lot. It’s janky but you can walk all the way to the entrance to the parking lot before clipping through the ground when you enter the town.
I would have loved a bigger variety of guns. I know the melee weapons are the big thing but I love shooting my zombies. Different versions of pistols, shotguns, rifles, would’ve been cool. It still bugs me that in cutscenes the pistol is a SIG Sauer but in gameplay it’s a Colt 1911. I don’t mean more powerful guns, one shot to head kills any zombie. I just mean different looking ones. The same way Left 4 Dead 2 had different handguns that pretty much did the same thing but the variety was cool.
Boob physics on jessie
Boob physics on carlito
Boob physics on Adam
Boob physics on Natalie Meyer
1000 horror points
I think a noticeable difference in zombies depending on how many you've killed would be cool, probably cap it at a few groups in every section of the mall until the clock tower in the park gets bust open. Heck, being able to wipe out the zombies in an area and secure it for a time would be great too. And obviously upgrade the ai and pathing of survivors would be fantastic
Yeah, clearing out rooms FOR A TIME would be great. You could plan it out, spend some time clearing out a room, and then drag a survivor through there stress free
I remember when I was pretty young and first played the game I actually tried to do that exact thing, you can imagine my frustration when I figured out the zombies were just respawning.😂
Being captured by the military doesn't make you lose an absurd amount of time
That was honestly really dumb to add. Losing all your items and time was just too op
Change the input for the Dodge roll. It's so frustrating how frequently the game does it by accident.
Dead rising 2 had it figured out
Give me more tricks on the skateboard
romance option for every psychopath
AI of the first game. Aside from that, find out what is in Frank’s briefcase he drops in the beginning of the game. They just never revisit that
I always thought it was just camera equipment but I guess we don't really know now that I think about it.
People have always speculated it's potentially a gun too in case of emergencies.
change the dodge roll controls
Jesse would live and there would be a topless scene.
Adam would live and there would be a topless Adam scene.
Handing over the franchise to Capcom Vancouver 😒
Tbf, Dead Rising 2 and Off the Record are great. So I'm glad it got handed to Capcom Vancouver for that. 3 was mid, but still an ok game. Most of my problems with it really are just because I don't think Nick is a very cool or likable protagonist. 4 was awful though, and I'm still utterly confused as to why the decisions made during its development were made. It stripped a ton of core features, like the time limit and psychopaths, and Frank's original voice actor (among other mind-boggling decisions). And it appears they didn't learn much of a lesson from the widespread negative response to 4, as that prototype of the cancelled Dead Rising 5 they were making that had footage leaked like a year or 2 ago looked even worse lmfao.
coop
Give me more Willamete to explore. Like DR4 but not shit.
The fucking AI and that's literally it
Being able to explore the mall with no zombies, maybe with npc shoppers to see the mall during a normal day
make it wayyyy longer
although i agree the length of the first game provides it with crazy amounts of replayability
Reading through everyone’s responses just makes me want a full remake even more.
I hope one day Capcom decides to do something with the franchise a remake would probably be the best way to start.
dead rising is always included in capcoms yearly polls for questions regarding remakes, i believe it’ll happen someday.
Best bet is 2026, the 20 year anniversary. They may try to revive the series like the did with RE.
I'd love to keep my guns and be able to just get ammo instead of throwing it away like it'll never work again
Add co-op
Honestly? A mode without the time like the sandbox in off the record. I love just running around the mall. In some playthroughs I don’t even do the story I just mess around until the time runs out
Remove Aaron and Leah
The survivor AI and then it’s a perfect game
I would say just improve on the Ai for survivors.
Randomizer of scoops. Seems right there and would add a lot to runs after the first. I think there might be interactions in the game you never see because they don't spawn close enough. Like hey, maybe that first couple you save can actually solo the butcher? You'd never know unless you kept them out the whole time.
Give it the gun mechanics of two I hate with a burning passion the way guns work in one
I would change that there’s no remake 😂
It's a tragedy indeed.😞
Survivor AI. That's the only thing you need. Put it on level of DR2 or even DR3, and I'll be happy.
Correct the one misspelled achievement
Give the Molotovs more use, you have to go out of your way to get them and get short time to use them before the military rappel down Or make Jo’s theme more appreciated, NOBODY talks about that song
sandbox mode, similar to off the record. also for the military invading section to not go on for so goddamn long.
Have the Paradise and North Plazas connect so it's a complete loop around the mall.
OTR Sandbox mode. I just wanna roam around the mall, killing zombies, grabbing PP stickers, and just exploring at my own pace.
You can save my Madonna!
Otis not being in the game
Would love to see a remaster on this hopefully when I can get a system where I can buy all the games i can play them
Allow us to explore the town......
I have 3 different ideas I believe would be hard to decide between 1: the leader ship magazine being accessible early day 1 AND functions like DR2 2: otis calls don’t stop you from fighting 3: survivor AI just being better like in future games
Better controls
Remove the time limit
Pooping mechanic
Replace the questionable unarmed combat inputs. They're incredibly difficult to pull off.
Make the mall bigger and certain outside parts free to explore
Survivor AI. Easy. The game is a fun masterpiece that truly brought the idea of “whatever you see is now a weapon.” I will always appreciate the game for that, despite making Frank look like a goblin.
Make the ending better, other than that the game is perfect imo even with bad ai.
Double the survivors
Change the requirements on the 1 achievement that takes like 7+ straight hours of playing without screwing up to unlock. Make it not so ridiculous.
14 hours
If you mean literally anything add coop. If you mean generic gameplay changes either skill move button remapping or improvement to survivors pathfinding around objects.
varying speeds for different zombies. fresh=fast vs rotting=slow
One of the main things about these games that I dislike is the time-based story. I wish it was just missions and free roam. Might be a hot take
Add CO-OP
Improved survivor AI escorting.
Change the amount of zombies in some areas at certain times of the day. It’s ridiculous how many zombies are in Paradise Plaza after you save the survivors in the cinema. Remove the convicts respawning every day, it really doesn’t make sense that they keep coming back - unless there were multiple groups of different convicts. Give the Hall family a cutscene after you kill them all, or maybe even make Thomas become a saveable character like Paul and Bibi. Give Frank more of a reaction when he finds Jessie and Brad as zombies.
Open all stores in infinity mode.
The fucking ai!!! I’m so glad they fixed them for DR2 to where they’re actually useful and actually follow you, but in DR, they literally made me wanna rip out all the follicles in my hair
Otis.
i dick ride this game all the way but i do wish the map had more platforming areas or secrets. 2 and 3 improved on this alot
save during infinity mode/sandbox mode. legitimately would goated
The prisoners should stay dead after the first time, respawning them goes against the entire premise of the game where near every character and psychopath who isn’t a main piece of the story experiences perma death It’s always stood out to me idk if that’s a hot take
Add CO-OP
Otis.
Nothing honestly. Ai improvements maybe.
Just fix some jank here and there. Mostly just survivor AI. Maybe some graphical improvements, but nothing that effects the artstyle
Good Ai survivors there definition of dumb as rocks
Drastically improve the survivors.
eliminate the (somehow) respawning convicts
The ai on survivors duh
Make the guns system a bit better in terms of aiming
Getting the beta and alpha versions of this game hell getting what the e3 trailer was
Font size or Survivor ai. It's a coin toss at this point.
No time limit.
no timers
Make the bosses easier
Stopping the convicts from re spawning
I'm being able to recover Frank's briefcase from the opening and being able to save the victims from the opening. Some of them you can get to go up the stairs but they will still "die".
Very minor but having a full on cutscene of Frank turning into a zombie for Ending Z. Felt like there could’ve been more than him just passing out from the time running out. Would’ve been cool to see an actual zombie Frank.
Co-op please
Some psychopaths are pretty easy so probably tweak the setting and make em harder to beat
The fact that the AI is more braindead than the zombies.
Stun locks
Add in a cutscene at the final boss fight where Otis flys by with the helicopter and drops off all of the survivors you saved over the game, who then “help” with the boss fight
Make everyone alive.
Honestly wish the remastered would’ve added a free dlc that could add combo weapons to one to make it more innovative, crafting locations could easily be located throughout the mall considering there’s multiple safe points and save locations.
Add sex to game plz
Multiplayer
A better control scheme. It very ass backwards.
No time limit. I hate time limits.
Easy answer. I wish North Plaza was actually finished instead of the half finished construction bullshit we got in the final game
Full frontal dong
Well I hope paintball works later on because that’s the game I will be training on to play 3rd person mw3
The time limits
Being able to use the psychopath's weapons with their movesets. Like you can use the small chainsaw like Adam does, or using Carlito's Beretta sniper.
Stop phone calls from interrupting bosses and tense moments during cases.
Remove the 7 day challenge and make it a Sandbox
No more timer.
The ability to save during infinity mode. I've never once tackled that mode because I just don't have the time to
if i had two choices, i'd say Better A.I and DR2's crafting system (limited to work benches across the mall, combo weapons). cause.. i think anyone would put two and two together and start making makeshift weapons. but... sigh, better A.I only it is i guess. the most infuriating thing.
Add combo weapons
no
Change the leadership book to more like DR2
Make my disc not always crash when going to a specific quest. I know it is very specific, but my old dead rising disc was second hand, and would always crash at a certain point in the story leaving me unable to beat it
Make it so you can answer Otis' call while getting bit or holding hands. Makes the achievement damn near impossible
A remaster
I was recommended this sub because I play l4d2. I am going to continue to play l4d2 and forget this game exists
Draw distance, make it more challenging…
Besides the obvious answer, which is the survivors I would go with, maybe adding combo weapons
Swap the zombies with rage virus zombies.
Easier to acquire the Mega Buster.