When Useless Rising Deluxe Remaster releases later this yr, followers should play as a brand new, different-looking Frank West. This “improved” model of the character hasn’t been nicely obtained on-line, so it’s good to listen to that Capcom is providing a special mannequin primarily based on the OG Frank West within the remaster. Nonetheless, there’s a catch.
The unique Useless Rising was launched in 2006 on Xbox 360 and later ported to different platforms. The sport stars Frank West, a photojournalist who has lined wars earlier than, and his investigation of a large zombie outbreak in and round a small-town mall. In June, Capcom stunned followers with an announcement that it was remastering the unique sport. However that first teaser featured a brand new look and voice for Frank West. Followers weren’t comfortable about it. And Capcom, who in all probability predicted such a response, has a proposal for these followers: Pre-order the sport to get traditional Frank.
As noticed by IGN, Capcom is now taking pre-orders for Useless Rising on its official web site. And as you would possibly anticipate from a AAA online game writer in 2024, pre-ordering Useless Rising comes with some bonuses. A type of perks is a pores and skin for Frank West that turns him again into his extra pudgy and younger-looking self as seen within the unique 2006 model of Useless Rising.
Now usually, a couple of tiny beauty bonuses included with a pre-order wouldn’t trigger a lot alarm or anger. And I do assume the opposite pre-order bonus pores and skin—primarily based on the primary character from Useless Rising 2—is fairly cool! However some followers aren’t comfortable that the one huge grievance they’ve with the upcoming remaster—the brand new, weird-looking Frank West—can solely be mounted by giving Capcom some cash now earlier than critiques are out and other people have had an opportunity to play the sport.
And as soon as the sport is out, will it nonetheless be potential to get this traditional pores and skin? Will Capcom promote it to of us at a later date? Or will it get added to the sport as a freebie down the road? For now, we don’t know, however the sport’s official web site does point out—in tiny textual content—that these pre-order bonuses could also be “made out there individually at a later date.”
Oh, and don’t anticipate this traditional mannequin to sound like he did within the Xbox 360 sport, as the unique voice actor says Capcom by no means even requested him to return.
Actually, the OG Frank West mannequin looks like one thing that you need to unlock after beating the sport as soon as. Or after killing a selected variety of zombies. It needs to be a enjoyable reward for taking part in Useless Rising Deluxe Remaster and never a technique to get extra individuals to pre-order one thing earlier than they also have a probability to play it or learn a couple of critiques.
Useless Rising Deluxe Remaster launches September 19 on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC.
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