They haven't made a single good Dead Rising since the original. So this is either a last ditch chance to make the franchise worth something, or them attempting to drag the original down to the level of the rest to lower the bar.

Like, there are a huge amount of improvements you could make that would be 100% a net gain. Making the guy not be a fucking tool with his calls. Make it a little harder to get the +Blade books so that mini-chainsaws don't invalidate 99% of the game. Make there be some alternative to the 50k+ zombie kill process besides 3 days of running a car back and forth.

Instead they will remove a lot of the cheese (replaced with quips) and jank (making it soulless and even easier) and call it better. And of course the eroticism shots will be gone.