![]() ![]() Remember when RDR 2 was new and plenty of returning players complained that hunting was overly realistic, or how the bandanna didn't prevent wanted levels anymore? Then a few years later, people went back to RDR 1 with new complaints that the opening hours are full of poorly-written characters. Red Dead Redemption pulls genre references as deep as a zombie-themed DLC inspired by Weird West comics from the 70s, while Redemption 2 pulls history references as deep as Angelo Bronte starting an organized crime ring at the same time in history that the American Mafia first planted its roots. Redemption 2 instead surrounds itself with politics and in-jokes for history buffs its dive into how the turn of the century brought change to the way of life is far deeper than the train metaphor. ![]() The original game was just that:, the story of a lone cowboy coming into town with a mission and little care of what else was going on. Now, I get why for $50 folks might’ve at least expected higher frame-rates, improved resolution, and some spruced-up textures (none of which it looks like we’re getting with this port), but as a Switch owner I’m happy to get to play this classic portably even in its raw original form it’s not like I’ll be looking at those textures through a magnifying glass on the 6.2” screen, and the Switch runs at the original game’s 720p resolution anyway. These fans were effectively crushed by the recent news that the original game is getting a port to PS4 and Switch, after months of believing rumors that a remake, or at least a remaster, was finally happening. ![]() Not long after the prequel, I remember all the fans (especially on Reddit) saying the only thing they wanted was a remake of the original game in the style of Red Dead Redemption 2. The Last Of Us is sometimes called The Citizen Kane of games today, but Red Dead Redemption held that title first. ![]() Games had stories before then, but RDR told something so personal and so well that it just hit different. Red Dead Redemption set a fire in the gaming world in 2010. ![]()
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