How to Handle the Prisoners in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

As a seasoned survivor of the Willamette Mall, I can tell you that my first encounter with the escaped convicts was anything but a walk in the park. These cunning prisoners, armed with a machine gun-equipped military jeep, were a force to be reckoned with. But, after countless hours spent navigating through hordes of zombies and facing off against some of the mall’s most formidable foes, I learned a thing or two about handling these convicts.

Your first time through Leisure Park is, well, certainly not leisurely. Traveling from Paradise Plaza to the Food Court, you’ll face hordes of zombies roaming in small packs. But it’s nothing compared to what’s to come. Shortly after that, you’ll come face to face with the prisoners in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. A group of escaped convicts commandeered a military vehicle with a heavy machine gun on the back, and they aim to create chaos. Here’s to how to handle the situation!

How to Beat the Prisoners in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

On your inaugural visit to Willamette Mall, particularly during the evening hours, you’ll stumble upon Leisure Park where a gang of prisoners is causing chaos among survivors huddled inside a jeep. A machine gun is mounted on the back of the vehicle, so avoid lingering in open areas for extended periods. As you navigate through hordes of zombies and Frank, the convicts, they may switch their focus to you and spray bullets indiscriminately. The outcome might resemble this:

How to Handle the Prisoners in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

To ensure you don’t meet an early demise in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, here are some tips to outsmart the prisoners:

If you can score a Sniper Rifle by dealing with the Hall Family at the Entrance Plaza, you can shoot the convicts from afar without putting yourself at risk.
One of the attacks the prisoners enjoy using is to ram survivors with the jeep, so bait them into the nearby copse of trees and try to force them to ram one or more of the trees. When they stop, run up and hit them repeatedly with a fast-swinging melee weapon, like the Katana or Chainsaw.
It’s a bit of a cheese tactic, but if you bait the jeep toward one of the park benches, there’s a chance they ram into it and become stuck on top. You can put them down from there with anything you have, but be wary of the jeep becoming unstuck and running you over.

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Can You Take the Prisoner’s Vehicle in Dead Rising?

You can! There’s even an achievement—Carjacker—tied to stealing the convicts’ vehicle in Leisure Park. However you can’t drive it out of the park, but it’s an excellent way to traverse the area, mowing down zombies with reckless abandon. I don’t know about you, but I’ll take a military vehicle with a machine gun over walking through hordes of zombies any day!

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