Red Dead Redemption

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2010 Release

As part of its second fiscal quarter earnings report today, Take-Two announced it is delaying both Mafia II and Red Dead Redemption until 2010. The games were originally expected to ship later this year. Take-Two said the games need a little more time on the burner in order to maximize their potential.

[Klocker]

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2010 Release

I'd read yesterday that it was FISCAL 2010 which begins Nov 1st 2009 for T2. so it's still POSSIBLE to see it by holiday but doubtful.


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[Money99]

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This blows!

[CaptainZombie]

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This blows!

I second that.

[Flawless]

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Eurogamer Preview

If Revolver was a Spaghetti Western, Redemption is a grim-faced Butch Cassidy, moving the clock forward to the turn of the 20th Century, and exploring the nasty derailing that ensued when the frontier culture collided head-on with the modern world. It's a tantalising agenda, and one that colours every aspect of the game, as protagonist John Marston, once a bandit, now trying to get by as an honest man, finds himself roped into helping the Bureau, the government agency created to tame the west, when they give him what Rockstar's coyly referring to as a "terrifying ultimatum".

Hopefully, that ultimatum's a little more involving than, "Either the beard goes or I do." But, however the mystery eventually unfolds, Rockstar's already created another of its signature leads: a brutal victim, trapped between their own wishes and the plans of others, or, if you prefer, caught within the promise of the sandbox environment, and the quiet tyranny of the missions layered on top.

Rockstar's playing the Western genre straight, then, and building on it much the way you'd expect it to, with the open range transformed into an open world split across three massive areas, divided into Frontiers, Plains, and Mexico. The result is a plot of land which, taken as a whole, is significantly bigger than GTAIV's Liberty City. But while the developer is keen to underline the size of Redemption's stomping grounds, it's the wildness of it that is initially most startling, and the first indication comes with the lead character. Marston, all gun-belts, Stetson, and itchy trigger fingers, is a peculiarly haunted presence, his eyes darting back and forth whenever idling, as if he's nervous and perhaps slightly paranoid about the space into which he's been dumped.

And, flung into the game for a quick developer playthough, he has every reason to be. Frontier is a vast expanse of dunes and bluffs, golden mountains rising on the horizon, and tumbleweeds rolling through the foreground. With a huge draw-distance and a creepy soundtrack in place, there's a palpable sense of isolation, but Redemption's world is far from empty, the wilderness between towns alive with creeping wildlife (for the first time in an open-world title, Rockstar's pouring critters into the sandbox, with an elaborate ecology that fights and feeds all by itself) and packed full of entirely unpredictable encounters with the locals.

You can choose to ignore most of the distractions the game flings at you as you trot through the desert, but they still offer glimpses of a stark and ungovernable environment, as the next rise reveals a rotting corpse tangled in amongst the scrub, or a strange plume on the horizon, which may emanate from drunken good ol' boys gathered round a campfire, or the dust flung up by a group of desperadoes dragging a local farmer behind them. Frontier doesn't just seem dangerous, then - it feels promisingly unhinged.

Transport around such a huge space is as volatile as the rest of the wildlife. Powered by Euphoria's real-time animation system, which allows for an unending parade of saggy, staggering deaths, each horse Marston finds, whether he steals it from a town or tames it from the wild, has a different set of traits, ranging from speed and toughness, to general orneriness, all of which reveal themselves in wilful handling. His rides are easily spooked, too, with snakes, gunshots, and even reckless over-spurring causing them to throw him if he doesn't treat them right, suggesting horse management may add a fascinating wildcard to many of the game's missions.

Due to the general scarcity of decent Western titles, and the developer's own skill at mimicry, Rockstar's latest is shaping up to be that rare game in which it's still exciting to see your favourite genre clichés enacted as much as undermined. And while we've only been given a quick glance at a gigantic title, it's more than enough to remind fans of Revolver what a perfect match Rockstar's found in the Wild West. With a setting that offers a handy means of exploring the company's fascination with brutal morality, while simultaneously providing a neat framework of cinematic references to hang the whole thing on, Red Dead Revolver sees Rockstar shooting from the hip - and, so far, it's hitting most of its targets.

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G4

Not surprisingly, the game will be pretty bloody, and to appease the Jack Thompsons of the world, will be rated M. Marston will be able to target and shoot a guy’s limbs off, or blow off an enemy’s Stetson. On the stage coach battle the demoer unloaded a barrage of bullets into a horse’s head instead of taking out the cowboy, relegating the horse into giblets of cat food, collapsing the beast and rider. Pretty awesome, indeed.

[Brandwin]

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12 things you need to know about Red Dead Redemption

Random events are a nice touch.

Wander through the seemingly barren lands and you’ll witness hangings, poor saps being dragged around by outlaws or even people being chased by cougars, screaming for help. These aren’t just eye-candy either, no sir, you can interact with these situations for rewards or kudos from certain characters.
One surprising event we come across is a lady in her underwear wailing for help near her over-turned stagecoach. As John approaches, a gang of bandits run out to try and cut him up. It’s a setup. This lawless land will test your moral fibre just like GTAIV does.

[WeLLWeLL]

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12 things you need to know about Red Dead Redemption

Wow. I cannot wait for this game. Nice find Dookie.

[CaptainZombie]

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12 things you need to know about Red Dead Redemption

Now this is awesome.

[55]

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I want this game NOW!

[ezekiel55]

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Good find Dook.

[judgejudy]

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wow...that article has me ****ing pumped for this game now.

[Darkleaf]

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wow...that article has me ****ing pumped for this game now.

Yeah this game has been a dream of mine for years, this is what I had hoped Gun would be.

[DickDalewood]

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This is officially on my radar now... WOW.

[Jet Sufferer]

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Can't wait for this game, hope it feels like "Deadwood". I want poker games leading to fistfights and gunplay. Lots of hookers and whiskey, lot's of clinking spurs on barroom floors, etc. Has potential to be the BEST Rockstar game.