Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster no longer rewards you for dirty photos

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Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster has removed one of the photography categories from the original game.
In the 2006 version, players were rewarded for taking daring photos of zombies and humans.
This is no longer the case with Deluxe Remaster, as this category is completely eliminated.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster no longer rewards players for taking daring photos of people and zombies, as one of the original game’s photography categories has been removed.

From what we’ve seen of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster so far, it seems like most of the 2006 game’s content will remain intact, while also adding some quality of life features to make the game a little more accessible after 18 years. However, there have already been a few examples of changes to show how tastes have changed over the years.

Dead Rising strikes the fine balance between remake and remaster

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster doesn’t have to change the original

And it looks like Capcom isn’t changing much anyway.

One example of this is Larry the Butcher, whose appearance was completely changed from the original design, as he was considered an offensive caricature. In addition, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster seems to tone down some of the sexual content of the 2006 game, for example Cherly’s outfit has been made less revealing. However, this is only the first step.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster doesn’t reward daring photos

Frank West holds a camera in the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.

As VGC noted and Famitsu reported, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster unsurprisingly removed the “Erotic” photo category from the original game. In the 2006 version, Frank was rewarded for taking risqué photos of zombies and humans, earning him experience points and nosebleeds.

Although taking these types of photos was mostly optional and left up to the player, it was a mandatory part of some missions, such as Kent’s photo quest or when Frank was asked to take photos of Cheryl after being rescued. It seems that Capcom will now adjust these objectives now that the category has been removed entirely.

Capcom hasn’t made an official statement on the category yet, but Famitsu has reported that it has been removed from the deluxe remastered version of the game. This isn’t a huge surprise considering it hasn’t appeared in any of the gameplay showcases so far and is a relic of the past. However, I’m sure that won’t stop some people who are constantly online from being annoyed about it.

Aside from the removal of this category, there have been a number of improvements to photography in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, as players can apply tones and filters to their photos.

Funnily enough, it wasn’t just the original Dead Rising that was rewarded with cheeky photos, as Dead Rising 2: Case West and Off The Record also brought the mechanic back, despite coming out several years after the original. It seems that Capcom would rather put that part of the series behind them for good now that the series is finally coming back.