Red Dead Redemption DLC Disappoints
By Raychul MooreThere are developers that understand how to make cooperative play a fun experience for all players involved and then there are those
By Raychul MooreThere are developers that understand how to make cooperative play a fun experience for all players involved and then there are those
You\'re welcome. Rumor has it that a Red Dead Redemption movie is in the works, though not much is known about it - beyond murmurings that Brad Pitt is the favorite choice to fill the mud-caked leather boots of John Marston. “This is an exciting project with a great character at the center of it,†a source said. “The idea is to make this in the style of an epic Western movie but with a few modern touches. “Brad is perfect for the role and he is being given first refusal.†Naturally, we have a few issues with this. Hit the jump.
 Tomahawks, tomahawks, tomahawks. Booting up the new Red Dead DLC pointed me directly in the direction of stereotypical Native American weaponry. The Tomahawk is the only weapon included in the Legends and Killers pack. Getting it isn't as simple as downloading the content and booting up. Players must head to the Manzanita Post in Tall Trees and buy their chuckable axes there. They sell for $10 a piece, which is huge scratch for those that didn't spend time finding treasure or looting the innocent, and players can only buy them from that specific store. It is entirely possible that fallen enemies stashed axes in their special, hideaway places, I was just never lucky enough to find them. So, every time I wanted more axes in order to complete the set of challenges that came with the new weapon, I had to head back to the Manzanita post and shell out more dough. On one hand this could be considered an excellent well for frustration, but the developers and die-hards might point towards it as an evil way to extend the life of the single player value within this DLC. More after the break...
Kill the haxxor! Back when Rockstar first announced the new DLC for Red Dead Redemption they made mention that they would be adding some anti-griefing measures, as well as cracking down on cheaters. Now, we have clarification, as the team has detailed exactly what they plan to do to those mangy varmints who keep ruining everyone else's fun.
Recently, Rockstar's Social Club unveiled animal kill statistics from within Red Dead Redemption, their sprawling western epic. The numbers portrayed a world filled with animal hunters, killing 14,638 cows, 30,860 bighorns, 305,200 crows, and most notably 68,883 buffalo. And that only includes those players who have synced their game to the company's website. Now, in the Wild Western setting of Red Dead Redemption, Buffalo, like in real-life, were an endangered species. Their numbers were dwindling, and only a few small herds remained in the Great Plains region of the game. There's an achievement, called Manifest Destiny, for killing the last of the Buffalo, but unlike killing rows and even cows, some people couldn't bring themselves to pull the virtual trigger on the majestic buffalo. I myself was one of them, as was gamer Austin Ivansmith, who wrote a blog post on the subject.
Red Dead Redemption's previously announced co-op DLC, which will lend more structured missions to the wild west sandbox's existing online multiplayer mode, has been dated for June 22nd. The best news for fans is that the content will be free to all. This news can also be seen as somewhat troubling for the industry at large, however. Hit the jump for some bona fide DLC bitching, and some actual info, to boot.
For a game that many thought would be a complete miss in the world of consumer reception, Red Dead Redemption has been doing very well. It's been in short supply at retailers and it's received all sorts of critical fanfare. Though there are still those among us that always viewed Red Dead as a definite home run. The results for last week's Xbox LIVE activity have been posted by Major Nelson. Red Dead Redemption isn't exactly where must gamers thought it would be. Hit the break for more...
Yesterday we reported that a film made using in-game assets from Red Dead Redemption will be airing on Fox this Saturday night at midnight, and today Rockstar has released a trailer for the film. The trailer shows off some of the many wonderfully eclectic characters of Red Dead Redemption and offers a little bit of a hint at who John Marston is and what the world of the Wild West circa 1911 is like. Check out the trailer after the break.
A film made using in-game assets from Red Dead Redemption will be airing on Fox this Saturday night at Midnight. The film will reportedly be 30 minutes long and is directed by John Hillcoat, the director behind The Road and The Proposition. Will the film be a success? And what will it encompass? Read on after the break to find out more.
Red Dead Redemption sure is in the news a lot these days, isn't it? It's accumulated a significant heap of critical acclaim, a 30-minute film made using the game is being aired lived on Fox on Saturday night, and stores in the UK found themselves sans any copies of the game because of its popularity. And it appears stores are still finding themselves short.