"Frank West is back!" That's the tagline and promise of Dead Rising 4, and it represents more than you might think at first glance. This isn't just about the return of a character - it's about the༺ series getting back to its roots after Dead Rising 3 took a brown-and-𓂃grey-tinted turn for the serious. And in that objective, DR4 succeeds. This is the closest a Dead Rising game has come to feeling like a proper continuation of the wackiness that defined the original.
First, a little disclaimer about that "Frank is back" business. He is and he isn't. The character Frank is back, and he has the same smartass-with-a-heart-of-gold personality he's always had. His lines are funny without being obnoxious, and he comes across as lovable anti-hero. He's not there to save the day, but he might just do so anyway, because underneath all the sarcasm we know he's a softie. However, Frank's g🦂ot a new, more handsome look (no more receding hairline or bulbous nose), and voice actor TJ Rotolo has been replaced. It's a bummer that we'll never get another line reading quite like the infamous "I've covered wars y'know," but the new Frank is still worth cheering on.
Now, onto the real star: the Willamette Memorial Megaplex. Here, you can take laps around a go-cart track, fire cannons off a pirate ship, explore an indoor jungle🌟, go food-tasting in a medieval village, and go window shopping for the next great weapon to use against the undead. Maybe you'll find a stuffed dragon that baps harmlessly off a zombie, or maybe you'll discover a sledgehammer, or an assault rifle.
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