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No Patch for Dead Rising Fans

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the patch-it-so-that-its-fun dept.

1up is reporting that Capcom has put the kibosh on a patch for Dead Rising, frustrating fans who have complained about the games's almost unreadable text on Standard Definition screens. From the article: "So, the question is, will there ever be a patch? Unfortunately, that's a no. 'Due to the amount of text and the size of the patch necessary to change the text, a patch isn't possible for this issue,' said the company. 'We had asked the team if it was even possible but ... due to the scope of what a patch would need to cover, it wasn't possible.' As it stands, no patch is coming for Dead Rising players -- but maybe they'll change their mind if you yell loud enough."

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  1. Quick! Someone get an internet petition going! by bunions · · Score: 3, Funny

    In these our modern times, when people need to get something done, they resort to the big guns: internet petitions.

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    there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
  2. Dead Rising 2: The Reading of the Dead by Hahnsoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    This probably just means that they are working on the next Dead Rising game, which is functionally identical to the first one, except for the fact that you can actually read the inappropriately Gothic-serif fonts.

  3. In a nutshell... by MMaestro · · Score: 4, Informative
    Someone explain to me how changing out a font or two constitutes a large patch without there first being some ridiculous method of storing said text in the first place?

    Short version : Video games don't use wordwrap.

    Long version : Its a hold-over from the 8-bit and 16-bit days, back when text would sometimes take up more memory than the game itself. You commonly hear this problem during fan translations of SNES games. When translated into English, the text would run out of the text box and, in the worst case, off the screen where it was completely unreadable.

  4. Biggest insult of the whole thing by cowwie · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The biggest insult keeps getting overlooked by EVERYONE on this. Capcom has refused to patch the game.... that's a slap in the face. The kick in the teeth comes from the fact that the SAME DAY that they announced they have absolutely no intentions of supporting the game.... they're throwing another $3million at the advertising budget to market the game. As long as DR keeps going out the doors, they don't give a crap.
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