No Added Sugar's James takes a look at the way RDR neatly sidesteps criticisms levelled at previous open world games.
Rockstar Games’ shiny new Red Dead Redemption port is now on GTA+, and you can play it while claiming some tasty GTA Online benefits.
Rockstar still strying to make GTA plus work
Should be $6 for the rdr game on sale not 6 bucks for a months playtime
One of my favorite games from PS3 generation. I have the remaster as there was a buy 2 get 1 free deal a while back but the price they are charging for the port is way too high although not surprising at all.
Improvements have been made to the stability of the game
I still think this release was a big waste of time. I would have been a day 1 purchaser if they had redone the game w RDR2 graphics. I still own my PS3 copy, so don't see the point in picking this up if it's minimally improved.
They should have released the game in its current state not the state it launched in. Obvious we all wanted this to be a expansion to rdr 2 given that the original map was already remade in the game lots of people though this was just going to be added in later as paid DLC.
Now the game runs at 4k 60 fps on ps5 and can be brought on sale it's actually worth playing.
At launch the game was priced far to high and was a ps360 era game that couldn't run at 60 fps.
I'm in no way a frame rate snob I defended games like tears of the kingdom in the past for being 30 fps experiences but rdr was a joke at launch
Red Dead Redemption II got an award for its continued support, despite barely receiving any updates since 2021
Troll /trōl/ verb
"fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat.
gerund or present participle: trolling"
Example: Kotaku got trolled because they gobbled up the bait so quickly. They didn't pause and consider that the juicy bait might be a trap.
''.....while there’s fun and value to be had romping around Bethesda’s 1,000-planet-rich galaxy''
Did we play the same Starfield?
Do uh what’s up with Kotaku being so out of the mix like someone’s grandparent?
Nice article. Alot of people have said the ending for RDR is pretty satisfying, but for my money, Reach has had the most powerful ending this year. Never thought I'd say that about a Halo game, but there you go!
Fascinating stuff James. Rockstar certainly have a flair for storytelling.
Keats: Halo, powerful ending? I've gotta see this! Also- excellent article, although full of spoilers for those who haven't played RDR.
Without providing any spoilers, I'll just say that the RDR ending is one of the best that I've ever seen in a game.
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The main theme of RDR was the death of the wild west. Developers and business men coming in from the East where making huge changes that would soon see cowboy outlaws abolished, and the ending was symbolic of that if you know what I'm talking about.