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What year does Dead Rising take place?
Is it supposed to be present day?
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While there is no specific year mentioned in Dead Rising, it can be fairly surmised from the game's setting that it is set in the present or in the near future, as most horror survival games like Left 4 Dead are. While the game's sequel, Dead Rising 2, is set 5 years after the events of the first game, it continues the storyline of the zombie apocalypse, which limits the amount of technological progress in between games and is no more helpful in trying to pin down the game's specific time setting.
Most survival horror games are set during contemporary times in order to take advantage of the player's familiarity with these settings, making it easier for the developers to introduce factors that would suddenly make them alien and scary to us. The game's developer, Capcom, recently announced that there will be a Dead Rising 3 along with more DLC in order to bridge the story between the games, so a definite answer regarding the games' specific time setting could be forthcoming.
Most survival horror games are set during contemporary times in order to take advantage of the player's familiarity with these settings, making it easier for the developers to introduce factors that would suddenly make them alien and scary to us. The game's developer, Capcom, recently announced that there will be a Dead Rising 3 along with more DLC in order to bridge the story between the games, so a definite answer regarding the games' specific time setting could be forthcoming.
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