Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster's art director, Satoshi Takamatsu, has admitted that the team might have "gone overboard" with redesigning Frank West and making him look older.
When it was first revealed that Dead Rising would be getting a remake (or Deluxe Remaster, as Capcom likes to call it) earlier this year, there was one immediate roadblock - Frank West's new look and voice. The first trailer for the game really only showed us that, which left a sour taste for many as it seemed like yet another drastic redesign for the iconic photojournalist.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is the best way to play Frank West’s adventure, but I’ll never forget my first time.
Cut to a few months later, and the final results are much better than we could have imagined, with fans taking to Frank's new design and performance quicker than anyone expected. While that's all behind us now, it seems that even Capcom knows that it went a little too far with how old it made Frank look.
Earlier this week, Inverse had the chance to speak to several key developers on the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster team, including its art director Satoshi Takamatsu. During the interview, Takamatsu...
