When it released late last year, Dead Rising 4 was one of the best titles of 2016 that PlayStation owners couldn’t play. Fast forward one year, and now Sony gamers have access to the definitive version of the game called Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package. This isn’t just a normal game of the year edition, though, as it also comes with gameplay tweaks and new content.
From a gameplay perspective, Dead Rising 4 continues right where Xbox One launch title Dead Rising 3 left off. As such, the game is more of a straightforward action title, rather than a strange grind with an imposed time limit. This changes the structure wildly, but it winds up being a net positive for someone like me who doesn’t want to continually play through the same segments. At its core, though, this is still Dead Rising, and there’s all of the ridiculous zombie killing and weapon crafting that one would expect from such a game. This change also allows the game to be more cinematic in nature, and some of the writing in Dead Rising 4 is downright hilarious. The opening sees Frank West operating under the genius alias of Hank East until he gets swooped into yet another zombie-filled government conspiracy. Shortly thereafter, players are given the ability to freely roam around a gigantic map filled with ridiculous locations to kill zombies in.

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