Spending a few moments with Red Dead Redemption, you would be right to make a comparison with GTAIV.The controls are roughly the same and the same type of routine "Go here, kill them & return" missions we're used to from it's liberty city counterpart.Tho at first it may feel like Grand Theft Stagecoach, Red Dead Redemption is brimming full of it's own unique personality that you completely forget GTA even Existed.
I cannot stand it when others put massive spoilers in their reviews so, don't worry about that here.
As the game starts you're greeted with a cinematic train ride across the countryside with Mr.John Marston, the Protaganist of this tale.With his wife and child being held against their will by Federal agents.John is tasked, or more like Blackmailed, into killing Bill Williamson.A murderous outlaw.An outlaw John once called a brother back when they rode in a gang together.
Skipping ahead a few hours through the game, you find yourself leaving Macfarlen Ranch, a cozy dream farm tucked away on top of a cliff.Headed towards the town of Armadillo in search of the sheriff, i got to experience some of the random encounters of the game.In this case, a seemingly stranded women stood idle by her broken down stagecoach..
As i slowly walked closer, fully expecting an ambush, she screamed out "I'm sorry, they made me do it!" And sure enough, all hell broke loose.In a hail of bullets and blood flying everywhere, All five of the men, the women and even my horse were dead.It happened so fast i didn't even understand how i survived.
Mostly because the wonky auto-aim targeted a bird flying above, instead of the men shooting me.
In any case, after looting the dead bodies and saying a prayer for my fallen horse, i set off on foot.It was getting dark in the area and the sound of coyotes was unpleasant, to say the least.
I took shelter in what i though would be a simple cave.Turned out, it was a massive canyon of sorts.i run through, shooting and skinning animals along the way until i seen it.
And by "it" i mean the absolute gorgeous view.As i emerged from the far side of the canyon, i seen a beautiful sunset.I watched as the light poured in an all around me and glistened off the rock-walled canyon.I looked out in the distance and could see for miles & miles.Massive plains of land dotted with trees, cactus, small towns & settlements all of which seemed so calm and peaceful.
It was then that i truly appreciated the graphical prowess of the game.Every thing in the game has such great detail.From the muscles flexing when a horse jumps, to a highly textured tree leaf in the middle of nowhere.It's all done with some attention to detail.I applaud you for that Rockstar.
Over the course of the game you will make many friends, some more sane than others.But all in all it's a great cast of characters with great acting and voice work.
Skipping ahead countless hours into the game, you'll find yourself in Mexico amidst a revolution against the power hungry president.It's all out war between the Mexican Army & The rebels.It's the man-whore rebel leader vs the rapist president and his right hand man De Santa, a cross between Fabio and Tony Montana.Yep, it's all good times in Mexico.
And thats as much as i'll talk about the story.There's many side missions or other activities to do.Such as poker, five finger fillet, arm wrestling, blackjack, liars dice and many more.
Or, if you're more of a sadistic personality, why not lasso some poor shmuck, drag him behind your horse a few miles, tie'em up and leave him on the train tracks to meet his maker?
My favorite would have to be hunting.Everything from snakes, skunks, armadillos, rabbits, wolves, cows, chickens, elk, buffalo and everything in between can be hunted, skinned, and sold.
Word to the wise.If you find yourself up north near the mountains, keep a lookout for bears.And never, ever bring your favorite horse with you.
Well, there you have it.My review of Red Dead Redemption.
All in all it's an incredible game with a small amount of flaws, all of which are over-shadowed by the sheer scope of the experience.
It is by far the best Western game you will ever play.
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GB: "With this feature, we talk about 15 games on the PS3 that should be remade for the PlayStation 5."
The head of Nightdive Studios has posted that The Darkness is on their list of games they want to do, so hopefully something comes from that
Little Big Planet 1 and 2 deserve a mention, IMO.
Good call on Motorstorm, a game released 2 gens ago but still looks and feels so good. Motorstorm 2 and Motorstorm RC were gems as well. They followed up the Motorstorm games with the brilliant Driveclub, which still manages to put modern racing games to shame. Imagine closing down a studio as talented as that ... (!) Incredible.
A little 'arcade-gem' back then was The Last Guy, a top down 'follow the leader' snake-like game where you had to find and lead survivors to safety during an alien invasion, on terrible looking 'Google-earth' maps. Graphics were poor, even back then, but would love that same gameplay with modern maps and graphics.
Street Fighter 4, once it finally had a full roster, was quite good, but it was always an ugly game, sadly. Imagine bringing that back while using the current SF6 engine.
Good suggestions, I'd be in for
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Motorstorm: RC
God damn I love motorstorm so much
At the time I had a low-mid range sony 40” tv, The latency to the controller was waaaay too high, would to play a modern version
In saying that later I got a 3d lg tv and playing the 3d motorstorm in my bedroom with the environment crumbling around the track, was something special, specially compared to what others were playing at the time, will always remember that
Some good choices here and Resistance: Fall of Man is my most wanted PS3 remaster/remake. Not sure about their claim it was Sony's answer to Gears of War though.
I’d rather have sequels than remakes. Look at Dead Space 1 Remake. Would’ve been cooler if we got a new entry and it failed with sales sealing the fate of a sequel rather than just replay the same game and it fail in sales and we never get a new entry.
Remakes are great for things like PS2 and earlier games to really get a crazy new graphical coat, but I think we should ease up on all these remakes and actually do sequels.
Yeah for sure, sequels would be ideal. But in the current market environment where many big publishers are risk-averse, I'd rather get a remaster or remake that a developer can do on a budget that will be approved, rather than nothing for an IP.
I rather they remaster and port over to PC and current gen all the games permanently stuck on PS360. Those games don't need remakes, they need to be given a chance to live again outside of their confined consoles and then give a few proper sequels. Like Sleeping Dogs, Motor Storm, LA Noir, should get another entry.
Yeah I'd be fine with remasters of PS3 games too, they don't have to be remakes.
Whispers of a potential remake or remaster of Rockstar's classic cowboy epic Red Dead Redemption have intensified.
PC gamers never got RDR1 ... of course gamers are ecstatic.
hell, bring other old titles to PC too, like Killzone 2,3 & shadowfall, infamous 2nd son, MGS4, Uncharted trilogy, TLOU 2, Halo 5, Fable 2, Bad Company 1, Bloodborne, Demon souls, Army of Two, etc ...
PlayStation games probably also no longer have a convenient way to play either with the game on a console Sony isn't willing to emulate it's a bit of a forgotten game like GTA IV
Only be exited if it's a Remake.
If not, then it's likely another crap remaster like the GTA3 remaster.
Supposedly the studio behind GTA remasters is no longer working with Rockstar, like they arent involved with them at all anymore so im curious whos working on this remake if its true.
Hell yes.. I recently went from gaming on Switch OLED to doing all my gaming on my laptop and I definitely wouldn't mind blasting through Killzone on it. Also want Gears 2 and 3 on it as well. All available on Steam would be a mighty blessing as well.
The earliest rumours due this remaster must go back like 10 years basically when the PS4 came out this however is the first time I've felt confident saying it's happening
Eh, I'll believe it when I see it. Also I don't see a remake happening, maybe a remaster, but no way a remake.
Yea, they've never even properly remade a GTA game yet, as much as I'd love to have a RDR remake. Hopefully we'll be proven wrong, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I actually just started playing the original again for the first time since it originally released. Not sure when this remaster is supposed to be out, but maybe I should just wait.
