Red Dead Redemption Review (Steam)

Red Dead Redemption Review, this is where we journey across the sprawling expanses of the American West and Mexico in Red Dead Redemption for the first time on PC, It only took 14 years to make, oh, and it has a zombie-horror companion, Undead Nightmare included. We Step into the events immediately following the 2018 blockbuster, Red Dead Redemption 2, in the critically acclaimed tale of Marston’s journey to bury his blood-stained past, one man at a time.

Red Dead Redemption Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 11.4GB download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Own in-game achievements.
• Rockstar Games launcher and social club integration.
• Cloud save support for both Steam and Rockstar.
• Initial boot-up lets you pick your graphics preset.
• 3 save slots and a fourth autosave slot.
• Contains the main game and the Undead Nightmare DLC.
• Display settings – brightness, contrast, saturation, kill effect, subtitles, subtitles scale slider, objective scale slider, help text scale, show map, and show way point.
• Graphics settings – output monitor, screen type, resolution, framerate cap, v-sync, triple buffering, pause game on focus loss, constrained mouse pointer, quality preset, shadow softness, HDR, anisotropic level, Nvidia reflex low latency, anti-aliasing, super-resolution, and motion blur.
• Video memory shows usage and capacity on the graphics menu.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, dead zone slider, auto center, flip triggers, southpaw, horse control scheme, targeting mode, and vibration.
• Full mouse and keyboard support.
• Mouse and keyboard settings – remap controls, Invert axis, and sensitivity sliders, hold the button for sprinting and horseback, and horse control scheme.
• Two difficulties – Normal and hardcore.
• You can select and play the Undead Nightmare straight away from the main menu.
• Fast loading times.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
• In-game cutscenes.
• A full 3D world with 360-degree camera control.
• Auto saves regularly.
• Action adventure gameplay.
• Is set in The Wild West.
• Amazing voice works for every character.
• The main quest with optional side quests you can get given or find randomly.
• Play how you want.
• Massive open world.
• Golden guns – on or off.
• A brilliant soundtrack.
• Very atmospheric game world.
• The game transitions between cutscenes and gameplay smoothly.
• The mini-map is basic but shows objectives.
• Comes with the Golden Guns option. (found in the game settings)
• Targeting mode can be set to casual, default, and expert.
• All the game cheats can be turned on and off along with the old-school enter cheat code menu.
• Your horse has its own stamina bar and you can gallop and just stroll along, if you have a companion or someone to follow then you can hold the button down to match their speed.
• Fast loading times.
• Full stats menu for – general, Missions, strangers, crimes, travels, money, combat, Collectibles, score, and miscellaneous.
• The game still looks incredible.
• Sixteen outfits to u lock and wear, some have specific criteria and actions to complete.
• Your journal houses challenges, strangers, and any briefs.
• You can instantly skip cutscenes.
• Sleeping in your bed saves the game but also advances time by 6 hours.
• The map fills in with objectives and points of interest over time.
• Button prompts appear when needed.
• Deadeye allows you to slow down time and paint/shoot enemies.
• It’s the small attention to detail that sticks out as your horse goes faster on the trails rather than the rough Offroad.
• Poker is in the game, just find a table and play.
• You can buy and rent houses.
• The honor and Fame system is at play and determines how people react to you and what missions you could possibly get.
• Stage coaches act like taxis and can take you places for a price.
• For the most part, you can pause cutscenes.
• You can loot bodies.
• Full cover shooting including blind fire and vaulting over cover.
• Campfires allow you to save and fast travel to unlocked locations.
• It’s a fully living world and you can people watch, look on as fights break out, find dead bodies, and more.
• Place a marker on the map and it will give you the best route to follow on the minimal, this also happens in missions.
• Your currently equipped weapon and any skins/outfits are shown in the cutscenes.
• Press up to have your current horse come to you, they have an icon that shows on the map.
• Strangers are people you can stumble across who have a mission for you, the missions can be started and finished whenever you want.
• You build trust and loyalty with your horse which can increase stamina.
• Wildlife and animals roam the world and can react and attack you, luckily you can also hunt and skin them.
• Wanted posters hang in towns and you can view the target and reward before accepting it. It puts a marker on the map.
• You can attempt to break in and tame wild horses by using a lasso and grabbing one and then playing a mini-game of balancing on the horse until it’s tamed.
• Any dead animals/people will show an X on the mini-map to show they can be looted or skinned.
• Full day and night cycle with different weather types happening with the thunder and lightning being a real highlight.
• At any time something can break out.
• Outfits can give major buffs and state increases aswel as a possible entry into closed-off communities/areas.
• Wanted is when you kill innocents or steal, as you continue the money you owe goes up with more police chasing you until finally they hire a gang to chase you ANYWHERE on the map.
• Gang hideouts act like dungeons in that they are self-contained and have unique or harder-to-get upgrades and rewards.
• Unlock new jobs and shop stock by playing the game.
• With your lasso, you can grab and drag people or get close and hogtie them.
• This is the best the game has ever looked release-wise.
• It’s a lot easier to play with better controls and fast loading times, it’s just the definitive way to experience the game.

Red Dead Redemption Review Cons:

• Does not have any multiplayer.
• You cannot remap the controls.
• Cheats disable autosave and achievements.
• You don’t get any confirmation or warning about skipping cutscenes.
• Can’t turn blood on and off.
• The controls haven’t been updated to make using the map or anything easier.
• Had missions bug out like the first sheriff one where you have to tail Walton, the sheriff didn’t move or react until I died and it restarted the mission and fixed itself.
• Huge initial info dump.
• The follow someone on a horse mechanic is hit and miss if it matches their direction.
• You have to play a fair bit until the game opens up to the point where you can do what you want.
• No colorblind settings.
• It’s really hard to make out the X on the mini-map at times.
• Every action has an animated sequence from looting to skinning.
• People will challenge duels and they are optional otherwise it’s a mini-game.
• Had the game not play well with Steam big picture mode like achievements not popping up and the controller messing about.
• Getting rid of a wanted level is a real pain as it can only be done at train stations and these bugs out or close down when you are being chased or in a wanted town.
• The tutorial pop-ups at times seem really delayed and small in size so you get a lot of them.
• Earned achievements don’t pop up on the screen and you can’t sort them to see what you have.
• Instances of people walking into walls or horses clipping.
• The camera goes crazy when breaking into horses.
• The AI patching isn’t always great.
• Still cannot skip the skinning animations.
• Been in gunfights and all of a sudden my horse will be there and die.
• Had inexplicable fights or bounties when doing missions.

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Red Dead Redemption:

Official website.

Developer: Double Eleven

Publisher: Rockstar Games

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Steam