{"id":85090,"date":"2024-09-26T20:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/why-frank-west-looks-so-different-in-the-dead-rising-remaster\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T20:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:49:36","slug":"why-frank-west-looks-so-different-in-the-dead-rising-remaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/why-frank-west-looks-so-different-in-the-dead-rising-remaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Frank West Looks So Different In The Dead Rising Remaster"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The recently released Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster<\/em><\/a><\/span> <\/em>is a fairly faithful upgrade of Capcom\u2019s original zombie killin\u2019 game, which launched back on the Xbox 360 in 2006. However, Dead Rising<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u2019s main character, Frank West, was changed quite a bit, complete with a new model, face, and voice actor. So what\u2019s up? <\/p>\n

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On June 26, Capcom revealed its fancy big-budget remaster of Dead Rising<\/em><\/a><\/span>.<\/em> The game was rebuilt using the RE Engine, the same engine that powers Monster Hunter <\/em>and Resident Evil Village.<\/em> As a result, Dead Rising Deluxe<\/em> Remaster <\/em>looks incredible, with some impressive lighting and high-res textures. But one change caught a lot of people by surprise: Frank West, the game\u2019s zombie-killing photographer protagonist, looked much older and gruffer. <\/p>\n

In a new interview with Inverse<\/em><\/a><\/span>, DRDR<\/em>\u2019s art director Satoshi Takamatsu explained why Frank West looks bigger, older, and maybe a little meaner in the newly released remaster. According to Takamatsu, they \u201cdeconstructed and reorganized\u201d the character\u2019s visual makeup to better emphasize his \u201clife-related frustrations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Takamatsu said that as someone who worked on the original game, he had a fondness for how it looked and for West\u2019s original design. And at first, the plan was to simply upgrade and improve the character\u2019s original model. But things changed as they moved to a \u201cmore realistic\u201d style. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs we were rebuilding the game and working to create a \u2018more realistic\u2019 visual art style, the team felt like we\u2019d reached an impasse on Frank\u2019s concept as an average American \u2018tough guy\u2019 on the verge of turning 40′ and \u2018a journalist who\u2019s always looking for an opportunity to turn his life around.\u2019 <\/p>\n

So the team decided to \u201creorganize\u201d his visuals using the \u201caverage joe\u201d concept as the foundation for this new version of Frank West. <\/p>\n