Some, however,
may not be into the stressful encounters of head-to-head fighting, which
is where Dead Rising 3 came along. Its human or AI multiplayer
options are appealing even to the recluse game player, but Dead Rising
3's enemy-thrashing co-op multiplayer couldn't be beat, though. The
only thing that even came close to it was Capcom's other co-op blast,
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate that came out in the Wii U's infancy.
Nothing on the PlayStation 4 really even compared at the beginning of
its lifecycle, and nothing really even compares now (a few years later).
Dead Rising 3 started with two playable characters; Nick and Dick,
who are struggling to survive the swift onslaught of a zombie apocalypse
with a handful of the living who still remain.
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They join with
Nick and Dick to make four to six-survivor crews (just like first and
second games in the series). Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition (which
is actually Dead Rising 3 Untold Stories of Los Perdidos) adds
four new playable characters to the fold, each with backgrounds and stories
that are integrated seamlessly into the hell Nick fought through in the
original edition of the game. The additional characters include an anti-hero
mercenary, a tragic beauty, a sweaty biker, and a special agent. Each
of them take different paths through the game, and some are even taken
through previously inaccessible areas. These paths all vary in length
(with some being longer than others), and they're even packed with unique
objectives determined by the alignment and background of the character.
These objectives (which include survivor eradication in some cases) are
unique to their characters (who may be enemies to Nick and his crew),
so there is very little overlapping.
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In
fact, some characters are in the game's locales at different times than
others, with some entering the fray earlier than Nick's arrival, and some
later. You'll see bosses reclaiming their places in their respective organizations
before Nick's arrival, carrying out nefarious plans and going rogue during
Nick's struggles, and even arriving to the absolute chaos following Nick's
departure. We even get a chance to see a Punisher-inspired survivor
connected to a survivor Nick saves. Six is a solid number of playable fighters
when we consider how the average number for the side-scrolling fighting
genre (not the side-scrolling adventure genre seen in Dynasty Warriors)
is four characters. The branching paths, weapons, and items make it even
better, and this isn't even including the even larger roster in the Super
Ultra Dead Rising 3' Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha! That
title cannot possibly be contained by anything less than its own, devoted
tribute. |
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