Rockstar Games has delivered us real gems over the years: Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V, Max Payne 3, and Red Dead Redemption 2 are the standout games. It is not surprising that many people lose their minds every time we find out that they are working on something new… and we no longer speak when they announce it.
Grand Theft Auto VI o GTA 6 is the next video game from the company destined to literally stop the video game industry. The leaks from a few months ago captured all the attention both on social networks and the media, and its official announcement and launch are expected to be much more crazy. However, rumors suggest that before another delivery could arrive.
Red Dead Redemption is the sister franchise of GTA. They share a good number of fans, but it goes without saying that they also have their faithful community apart from the Rockstar mastodon. After the abandonment of Red Dead Redemption II y Online On the part of the company, there weren’t too many hopes for a next-gen version or a sequel… and the thing is that the rumors point to something else just as desired.
Red Dead Redemption remastering
The last week of June 2023 has been a complete madness for fans of Red Dead Redemption. They have gone from not having the slightest attention from Rockstar Games and the video game industry to becoming the center of all rumors. And what has happened for this to be so?
He Korea Game Administration and Classification Committee entered data from Red Dead Redemption into your system. This occurred on July 15 and under the reference “CC-NV-230615-001“. The code itself does not say much, but its classification as NV does, which is a nomenclature to refer to new console games. And to clarify, NP refers to PC video games. These qualifications are not exclusive.
Red Dead Redemption II It was released in 2018 and the company’s next installment, GTA VI, won’t arrive until at least the first half of 2024. This would be 6 years without having a video game on your part. Red Dead Redemption’s remastering would not only buy time (and money) until the release of GTA, but it would explain the abandonment of Red Dead Online… despite the fact that it continues to sell and have active players.
But the madness does not end with the information from the Korean committee. The content creator videotechxspecialized in Red Dead Redemption and GTA, shared a track which allows us to be optimistic about the remastering of Red Dead Redemption I: Rockstar has updated achievement icons of the video game in Social Club. Although it is not conclusive proof, since other video games have received this update, it is a reason to dream.
Finally, Zack Zwiez of Kotaku pointed out what “there were plans for a remaster/remake of RDR1 for a while, but the post GTA trilogy debacle those plans were shelved. However, I was told that the RDR1 remaster was not dead, but just on hiatus until closer to or after the release of GTA 6.“.
There are not a few people who support that all this information is true and that there really is a remastering of Red Dead Redemption on the way. Furthermore, all the rumors point to August as the month for your announcement. If it is true, we are one month away from the announcement of one of the most necessary and desired remasters in the video game industry.
Whether true or not, the Red Dead Redemption remaster thing has gotten completely out of hand. Some Reddit fans have even started to imagine how could they look the covers of the physical and digital editions. He even imagines a Definitive Edition!
The idea of a remastering or remake of Red Dead Redemption is not recent and comes from quite far away. I explain why in the next section. Many content creators have imagined how it would look in Unreal Engine 5. The videos of ENFANT TERRIBLE y TeaserPlay make us dream once again…
What the heck is Red Dead Redemption? The video game that most deserves a remastering
We all know the legend of Red Dead Redemption II. We are talking about one of the best video games of the last generation, of recent years and even of history. Its predecessor, Red Dead Redemption, hasn’t aged nearly as well… despite being another damn gaming legend.
There is no game in the world that deserves a remastering or remake more than Red Dead Redemption. Bloodborne certainly comes close, but not even FromSoftware’s nightmare can match the need for Rockstar Games’ Wild West adventure.
Red Dead Redemption was developed by Rockstar San Diego, announced on February 4, 2009, and released on May 21, 2010 (95 on Metacritic) for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It is backward compatible on Xbox. In this paragraph we have two good reasons for a remastering/remake– Launched over a decade ago and eluded PC. Not to mention that PS4 and PS5 can’t even smell it.
It is the spiritual successor of Red Dead Revolver. Its history places us in 1911, a stage that we know as the last days of the American Wild West. We live a story of revenge with high doses of drama and violence in the skin of John Marston, a former outlaw who is blackmailed by federal agents to find a former partner in crime, Bill Williamson. Along the way, he runs into other old friends.
In case you are a bit lost: the events of Red Dead Redemption II occur BEFORE Red Dead Redemption I. The epilogue of the sequel serves as a link between the two video games. Originally, it was thought that Red Dead Redemption would be integrated into the sequel through an expansion… something that never happened despite being an incredible idea.
As for DLC, it had four: Myths and Forsaken, outlaws to the end, Legends and Killers, Liars and Cheats, Hunter and Merchanty Undead Nightmare. The most outstanding and mythical is the last one, so much so that the community has been begging for years for such a DLC for Red Dead Redemption II. Another reason to do a remaster/remake: the incredible Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. An edition with all the DLCs was released in October 2010.
Having a Red Dead Redemption remaster that includes all its DLCs and that takes advantage of the full power of PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC would be a A dream come true. Furthermore, it would be one of the few justifications that those of us who continue to be hurt by the abandonment of rockstar games for the benefit of GTA Online flying motorcycles.
However, part of me finds it hard to believe that they’re working on a Red Dead Redemption I remaster while develop GTA VI and without having taken one versión next-gen de Red Dead Redemption II a 60 fps para PS5 y Xbox Series X/S. Although I do not rule out that they announce it at the same time as the remastering. Rockstar is very capable.
Taking into account the panorama of leaks in recent times, it would not be surprising if more data appears about the supposed remastering of Red Dead Redemption. In addition, the company has not issued any statement to deny all this information. If it ends up being a reality, I hope it’s living up to its legend…and for Rockstar not to repeat the GTA Trilogy mistake. I choose to believe, worse heart breaks I have survived.
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