Dead Rising remaster removes sexist Erotica photo reward-GameCentral-Entertainment – Metro

This is how the photos worked in the original version (YouTube)

It seems it’s not just the graphics Capcom is changing for Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, as they no longer reward you for taking photos of women’s underwear.

For publishers, the obvious appeal of remasters is that it’s relatively easy money, overhauling an already existing, and usually much loved, game with nothing more than slightly updated graphics.

To be fair to Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, there seems to be more work being done to the visuals than normal – perhaps because the game has already had one remaster – but the one problem with reselling an old game is that sometimes certain aspects don’t age well.

Even back in 2006, the idea of taking photos of women in compromising positions, for extra points, was considered pervy but now it’s apparently so far beyond the pale that Capcom is taking it out entirely.

Since protagonist Frank is a photojournalist, and a fairly sleezy one at that, In the original Xbox 360 game you could earn bonus PP (prestige points) for taking certain categories of photograph.

These categories were Brutality (violence), Horror (zombies and gore), Outtake (images of zombies looking silly), and Erotica (photos of women’s underwear or cleavage).

It was nothing pornographic, and it did have the excuse of Frank’s background and personality, but it was eyebrow-raising even then and it’s not surprising Capcom has decided to take it out now – while keeping the other photo categories.

The information comes via a new preview by Famitsu in Japan, which makes it very clear (in red text, no less) that, ‘This version does not include the ‘EROTICA’ rating point that was present in the original version.’

Although the game is clearly labelled as a remaster, that word is becoming increasingly misused even by publishers and this seems to be essentially a full remake, as it now uses the RE Engine for graphics and has modernised controls, a revamped interface, and a more traditional save system.

What it doesn’t have is original voice actor Terence J. Rotolo, although it’s not clear who is voicing Frank in the new version.

Despite never being one of Capcom’s biggest sellers, there have been four mainline Dead Rising games so far, plus a remake of Dead Rising 2 starring Frank – who was not originally the protagonist of the first sequel.

This new remaster is presumably an attempt to gauge interest in a new game, while also being inspired by the success of the Resident Evil remakes.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will be released digitally on September 19 on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC, with a physical version promised for November.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster – better graphics, less perviness (Capcom)

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