Yeah, that's what I said when they first revealed the game, that in the beginning, it's empty.  But it wasn't 6 Zombies empty, lol. 

And yes, the underground tunnel had waves of Zombies in there, hundreds, maybe a thousand or so Zombies from everywhere, so much fun!  ^_^

IMO, there are hardware limitations yes, but as proven before, that doesn't stop a company from making a good game.

...I think an example would be the positive buzz around Tecmo's Rygar remake, initially they were head now the same road as Dead Rising appears to be, a poor port, but they decided against it and basically remade Rygar ground up for the Wii.

...It's about what standards you will accept, you wouldn't think Tecmo would have a higher one for their game then Capcom....

Well it really shouldn't be like RE4...

I know they're using its engine and similar controls, but the game itself is not RE4...it's not horror survival...it's like zombie beat-em-up.

Apparently either the author or the rep he spoke to has no clue how much can be done in 6 months. While the engine might be in its final build, that does not mean anything for any art related areas. Often builds go through to final with placeholder graphics. Then before and during beta, the graphics are replaced with higher quality, controls are tweaked, etc.

Sounds like a case of misunderstanding. Expect more come release time.

Did you read it? He said "And the graphics, in the game's defence, look pretty good, especially the cutscenes."

I don't particularly care for the graphics here, but that's not my problem. My problem is the number of enemies onscreen at once. That also COULD be improved in the next 6 months, but I doubt it.

The guy SAID "no, aside from a few minor bug fixes, this was the same build, because the game was nearly done." They're not going to suddenly add a ton more zombies.

That doesn't mean anything coming from a person in the media. Media types are designed to twist words, cherrypick ideas. The game releases in February 09, that gives them 3 more months of tweaking and improvements, and a month+ of beta testing before the game goes gold. Anything can happen. C'mon Ben, I'm sure you know this already. I'd expect you to know how the dev process functions.

 With the announcements and hands ons so far from numerous websites and mags, you should know now that Dead Rising for the Wii isnt meant to be like the original but instead a clone of RE4. Its even on the trailer...

The RE4 point in that video was meant to say it has the same controls as RE4, not a clone of the gameplay.  They are completely different games and I would be even more disgusted with the game is they tried to clone the gameplay.

That crowd system is something completely different and something much easier to do than actual AI running around.

And I'd argue I do.

I'm sure some graphical bells and whistles can be added on to a game 6 months before it comes out.  Look at Left 4 Dead 6 months ago compared to today...there are MAJOR differences...it looks a lot better.

There's a difference between optimizing graphics and being able to add even a dozen more zombies though.  This RE4 engine clearly isn't capable of holding a hundred zombies in one area, coupled with the Wii's weaker hardware, I just don't see this improving much.  I'm not saying it's impossible...the Wii is capable with the right developers and the right tools...

I guess another bad sign is Capcom is not telling us it might improve...they're pretty much telling us this is it.

Dead rising with wii controls sounded like a promising idea, Its a shame that it appers they haven't quite pulled it off