One of the Xbox's greatest features of allowing players to view the games in ether high-def or standard-def seems to have been forgot by Capcom in
Dead Rising. Internet forums are flaming away on how the in-game's text are un-readable on normal SDTVs and users are claiming that the game must have been test only on high-def sets. This 'bug' effects nearly every portion of the game as the player cannot read anything in any conversation or receive the games instructions when viewed on a normal TV. So far there hasn't been any fix released, but Capcom is aware of the issue. We are sorry that we don't have a fix for you but just a warning to the owners of standard-def sets, don't buy this game - yet.
NOTE: We could not find any screenshots of the issue indicated above so if any of you are experiencing the same issue, feel free to send over a pic of it and we would gladly post it. Thanks
Read: Capcom forum post
Read: Xbox.com forum post
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dan @ Aug 14th 2006 9:50AM
Even on an HDTV, it's very tiny. I played the demo and I can understand how impossible it would be to read on a standard def. tv.
Hopefully they can patch this up through an update.
Steve @ Aug 14th 2006 10:03AM
I also just played the demo, and had no difficulties... using non-HDTV.
Isagani @ Aug 14th 2006 11:21AM
i agree with Dan in the #1 comment... the game has tiny text even on an HDTV. I have a 30" and i choose to sit pretty close just because the text is small. I don't know what they are testing these things, if the testers even thought of it as a problem, or if the development team just didn't want to change the text or what but i hope next gen doesn't continue with the thiny text.
is it me or are other games having small text in their games as well... playing NBA Live 06 the menu text is pretty small for me
Brian @ Aug 14th 2006 11:22AM
Actually, on my set I could read everything, sure it was a little bit of a pain, but it was distinguishable.
Runciter @ Aug 14th 2006 12:11PM
Smaller than the text on FFXI? Man that was horrible, not to mention the whole play experience. I didn't have a problem with DR on the demo, but I'm on an HD set... people play 360 on regular sets? Why?! You can get a 30" widescreen HD Philips CRT ("renewed") for under $400 shipped! (and shipping is a lot for that beast). Not playing 360 games in HD is like not watching films in O.A.R.
quezcatol @ Aug 14th 2006 4:23PM
I have a STV and i gotta say,btw its normal STV not widescreen,and the text is impossible to read.
So im one of those who gonna have to buy a hdtv before the EU release.
MIke @ Aug 14th 2006 4:47PM
I have no problem reading the text on my 27" Sony WEGA CRT tv, but I see how someone with worse eyesight than me couldn't distinguish the letters. The only parts that are hard to read are when Otis calls and when youre conversing with a character in-game, which aren't too important anyway. The important info comes from cutscenes with voices and in the tutorial boxes that pop up which are perfectly readable.
jayquik03 @ Aug 14th 2006 7:03PM
Runciter #5,
Yes, I played FFXI on 360 for a while (Up until about a month ago.) and I must say this is worse than that. FFXI's text is very legible at a close distance, even medium. Not to mention that you can just get used to it. After a while you know where everything is in your inventory you dont have to read too much, and the pics help. But this is almost impossible at times to read. Especially when people are talking to you and it kinda speeds by. It wouldnt seem like it was going to quickly if it wasnt so hard to read.
If they came out with a fix for this the game would be 100x better (and I already love the game). But I highly doubt they will. Maybe reviewers should start to take this into consideration and when they play to review games that could do a little bit on HD and SD.
Anyone have comparison pics yet? as the people that say they have no problems reading it either have HDTV or are sitting right ontop of there tv's and have great vision. I'm sitting about 1 foot away from mine and I can read it... But it's not easy. -Jay
Rich @ Aug 16th 2006 4:21AM
On the demo everything is fine for me. I have crap eyes and I'm viewing it on a 26" Samsung HDTV. Maybe you people should book yourselves an eye appointment. Whats the point in high def if your eyes are crap? ;-)
Also shouldn't it be "a HDTV" not " an HDTV? Unless you don't pronounce the H at the beginning of the letter H.
Robin @ Aug 20th 2006 9:21PM
There is no H at the beginning of the letter H. It's "aitch".