Dead Rising 3: Flying Gameplay, Illegal Immigration?
Dead Rising 2Even though the sequel didn't garner as much critical acclaim as Capcom might've hoped, you had to assume another entry was on the way.
And if you check the official Dead Rising Facebook page, it seems Frank West is coming back for a "new adventure."
"I'm getting packing for my new adventure - camera, notebook and baseball bat. What else would I need for a break in paradise? - Frank."
Man, that sounds a little like Dead Island, doesn't it? Anyway, not long after, Siliconera apparently confirmed the existence of Dead Rising 3. It'll take place in the fictional city of Los Perdidos, California, where a zombie outbreak has closed the town's borders.
But strangely, in contrast to the Facebook page message, Frank West won't be the protagonist. Instead, it'll be some mechanic dude named Rick, who intends to repair a plane and fly to safety before the town is overrun. In fact, flying will be a part of the gameplay, and the game will boast "an undercurrent of themes about illegal immigration."
Capcom hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but be prepared for a potentially controversial theme...
Tags: dead rising, dead rising 3, capcom, dead rising sequel
12/8/2011 8:58:08 PM John Shepard
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Jawknee
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:39:28 PM
As with movies, video games with an agenda or a lecturing tone will not get support from me.
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ZenChichiri
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:44:11 PM
Like I said, there are times I don't want to think about these things either, but it's nice to know there are games out there that have capabilities of powerful literature or movies. As someone who thinks the gaming industry has the potential to be the best entertainment medium, we need fun but we also need some higher order thinking to go along with that as well.
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Jawknee
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 11:02:15 PM
Of course I agree we should indulge in higher order of thinking. I just don't think video games is the place for it. Especially when there is so much other content out there for that. Like books. ;)
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ZenChichiri
Friday, December 09, 2011 @ 12:37:07 AM
As a side note I know some people who don't like to read books (reasons could be anything, from not being able to concentrate, sit still, etc.) but they do enjoy games. Being able to show this whole group of people those same themes found in books is definitely a welcomed thing, as it can inform through an engrossing gaming story.
I read books as well, but I still do enjoy it in games, especially with decision making capabilities (I'm looking at you Deus Ex). I think having some games like this in the industry gives us diversity, which is great. However, like you said, sometimes it can get preachy, which does bother me too.
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BikerSaint
Friday, December 09, 2011 @ 12:46:01 AM
.....just as long as the game's home-base is Maricopa County, Arizona.......
.....and as long as I can play as Sheriff Joe too!
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Metal Head
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:12:21 PM
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Mr Bubbles IGR
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:29:48 PM
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Jawknee
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:41:34 PM
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JDC80
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:52:45 PM
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My main beef with DR2 was the mission timers kept running. How can they expect you to earn some of these trophies when you only have time to do a side mission or a main story mission? Once I got done with one mission I had to rush to another mission before time ran out.
I hope they fix that in Dead Rising 3 because no one is going to check out the city if you gotta finish one mission quickly to get to the other before time runs out.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 10:58:02 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 11:00:55 PM
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Jed
Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 11:01:10 PM
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___________
Friday, December 09, 2011 @ 3:09:55 AM
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why does that not surprise me!?
only crapcom could release a game, release some DLC as a full priced game, then announce a sequel only a month after the full priced DLC came out.
at this rate were going to have dead rising 10 by 2015!
and people say antivision is bad!
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ZenChichiri
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 @ 9:43:38 PM
As for DR3, I think it's great that they would tackle something like this and not having played the first two games, I might actually pick this up (I do have the second game just never played it).