Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster director explains why The Convicts are making a comeback

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  • One of the strangest elements of Dead Rising is its respawning convicts, who are the only psychopaths to do so.
  • It was never really explained, but the Deluxe Remaster director gave a reason.
  • According to Ryosuke Murai, prisoners should be different people whenever they respawn.



Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster director Ryosuke Murai explained that the Prisoners reappear every day because they should be different people each time.

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The convicts that reappear in Dead Rising are supposed to be different people

Prisoners of the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.
Destructoid recently had the opportunity to speak with the developers of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, which included game director Ryosuke Mirai. In addition to asking him about the new survivor AI and the possibility of a deluxe remaster of Dead Rising 2, Destructoid also took the opportunity to ask why the Prisoners respawn at midnight every day. In response, Murai offered an explanation that I'd never thought of before, and honestly, it's hard for me to get on board. Murai said that the prisoners Frank meets after the first day should be different convicts than the ones we initially see, which is why the boss fight is repeated.

Similar to the original game, the convicts players face after the initial encounter on Day 1 are supposed to be different people than the original trio. – Ryosuke Murai

It's an interesting way to look at it, but one that requires a lot of your disbelief to be suspended. Ignoring the fact that fans already have questions about how the convicts got to Willamette in the first place,

all three actually have official names and aren't just called “Prisoner”.

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Then there's the fact that the same models and voices are used every time they appear in Dead Rising, with no variations to indicate they're different people. This was definitely a technical limitation in the original game, but it doesn't fly as well now in 2024. Overall, it's a nice theory and probably what the developers had in mind, but it's also something that's a little hard to believe.

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