Even taking into account the behind-the-scenes problems (CV wanted to take the series in a new direction and went with MS to make some reboot without Capcom's consent, causing a chain reaction that led to this being made in about a year of dev time) Dead Rising 4 is fundamentally a bad game in its own right in so many levels that even my most open minded self gave up trying to find any enjoyment out of it.

Everyone already has ripped this game a new hole because of how much it neutered the series staples, the gameplay flandarization and the incredibly bad writing and direction, so instead I'll stab it on the left kidney to get a new hole.

The zombies hurt you by a AOE instead of actually attacking you, which in Blackest Friday difficulty means attacking head on is suicide, it is better to spam heavy attacks to keep them away. Constantly the camera stops tracking you and looses orientation. Input delay when moving can cause you to pick anything but the health item you actually need, and the stiff movement means you might get teleported to a different interactive element. Human enemies have awful hit detection and get stuck on the environment while still being able to shoot you behind a cover. The game's inventory system is cumbersome and doesn't allow you to quick-swap what you want in real time, and since you cant throw weapons, many items lying around are simply not worth picking up to begin with. And so many bugs, collision issues, input eating, broken animations, and more.
And lowering the difficulty makes the game so pathetically easy the game is not even a game anymore. It's a mess from top to bottom.

I had such a miserable time in the past 7 hours that I decided there was no point in continuing.
I'd encourage you to not be open minded and look past this one, only someone with incredibly low standards could enjoy this game, let alone as a Dead Rising entry.

Even taking into account the behind-the-scenes problems (CV wanted to take the series in a new direction and went with MS to make some reboot without Capcom's consent, causing a chain reaction that led to this being made in about a year of dev time) Dead Rising 4 is fundamentally a bad game in its own right in so many levels that even my most open minded self gave up trying to find any enjoyment out of it. Everyone already has ripped this game a new hole because of how much it neutered the series staples, the gameplay flandarization and the incredibly bad writing and direction, so instead I'll stab it on the left kidney to get a new hole. The zombies hurt you by a AOE instead of actually attacking you, which in Blackest Friday difficulty means attacking head on is suicide, it is better to spam heavy attacks to keep them away. Constantly the camera stops tracking you and looses orientation. Input delay when moving can cause you to pick anything but the health item you actually need, and the stiff movement means you might get teleported to a different interactive element. Human enemies have awful hit detection and get stuck on the environment while still being able to shoot you behind a cover. The game's inventory system is cumbersome and doesn't allow you to quick-swap what you want in real time, and since you cant throw weapons, many items lying around are simply not worth picking up to begin with. And so many bugs, collision issues, input eating, broken animations, and more. And lowering the difficulty makes the game so pathetically easy the game is not even a game anymore. It's a mess from top to bottom. I had such a miserable time in the past 7 hours that I decided there was no point in continuing. I'd encourage you to not be open minded and look past this one, only someone with incredibly low standards could enjoy this game, let alone as a Dead Rising entry.