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Well, pilgrim, in this world, there are two types of people - those who have guns, and those who dig. Or maybe those who like third-person shooters and those who don't. Either way, we don't think it's nice, you laughin'.Ahem. This isn't working, is it? We were going to do this entire review in a Clint Eastwood voice, because that's so obviously what Rockstar have in mind for Red Dead Revolver - a gritty homage to the Man With No Name. Since 'acquiring' it from Capcom, they've polished it up from rusty antique to gleaming shooter, stuffed with references to every cowboy flick from The Good The Bad And The Ugly (the one-armed man) to the Quick And The Dead (the kiddy quick-draw expert). There's a weird blend of visual styles on offer, too - cutscenes come in grainy projector-vision, but the sweeping scale of the levels is pure Sergio Leone.As you'd expect, it's mostly about shooting.
These latter came out of a dozen rivers- the Illinois, the Missouri, the Upper Mississippi, the Ohio, the Monongahela, the Tennessee, the Red River, the White River, and so on-and were bound every whither and stocked with every imaginable comfort or necessity, which the Mississippi's communities could want, from the frosty Falls of St. Fleet meaning. Those belonging to the little Cairo line and the little Memphis line always stopped; the big Orleans liners stopped for hails only, or to land passengers or freight; and this was the case also with the great flotilla of 'transients.'
The aiming engine's fairly similar to Manhunt, using the same simple aiming-from-cover dynamic for tricky fights. Showdowns tend to use a combination of rifle fire (long-range, accurate, best used from cover) and revolver-shooting (speedy, good at close quarters). Red's also got Dead Eye, a bullet-time style lock-on ability where he can slow down time to select multiple targets with the right analogue, but that only really comes in handy when there's a big group of bad guys around.
And, of course, there are quick-draw sections, testing your reflexes on the right analogue stick.What keeps the constant gun-fighting from getting stale is the variety of situations Red Dead throws at you. One minute you're sprinting along the top of a train, the next you're riding a cow around a ranch to protect it from rustlers.
Sometimes it doesn't work - clumsy hand-to-hand combat makes the bar fight bust-up a bit of a chore - but mostly it's brilliantly done. Most of the game focuses on Red, the gravelly-voiced Clint-alike who's just init for the money and revenge, but other characters turn up to punctuate the action with side stories or flashbacks. The standout level's got to be evil General Diego's civil war stand-off against the yankees - explosions and smoke everywhere give things a Medal Of Honor feel.
With his Revolver. 17 October 2004 by tylergnash – See all my reviews. Rockstar™ Games' Red Dead Revolver. out of. At its core, Red Dead Revolver is an average looking game. There is no question about the game's idiosyncratic, atypical looking characters, its excellent dynamic lighting system, its slickly.
El General's marking artillery positions so that the southern boys can take them out, but at the same time he's dodging huge cannonballs and fighting off troops.Despite the cartoony, almost TimeSplitters-style graphics, there's something pretty brutal about firing a flare gun into a soldier's forehead and bayoneting him through the lungs. Special mention has to go to the sound department here, too - like Manhunt and GTA, it's all about the detail and every gunfight's full of shouts and insults from the people you're a' fillin' full o' lead. The music's spot-on, as well, mixing up the menace of classic Ennio Morricone scores with the breezy jauntiness of the Magnificent Seven-style theme.Don't be fooled by the addition of a 'hub' town, though - this isn't Grand Theft Auto Texas. You can wander the streets and chat to the good townfolk, but there's no way to pull a gun - forget holding up the bank or pulling a jailbreak. In fact, all you really do in town is go shopping for stuff to use in Showdown mode. Without anything more than the main game to keep your attention it's pretty short, too - the bosses are incredibly easy, and you'll complete most levels on your first go. And the less said about the stealth levels, the better - you'd think knifing a sleeping guard in the head would kill them silently, but it just doesn't work like that.Grittier than the streets after Christmas and more stylish than a pair of leather chaps, Red Dead isn't quite as brilliant as we've come to expect from Rockstar.
But it's still the best goldurn cowboy game we've ever seen in these parts. Pilgrim.Red Dead Revolver will hit be released for PS2, Xbox and PC on 11 June, its on-sale date having recently been put back from 21 May.
.: May 4, 2004.: May 28, 2004Mode(s),Red Dead Revolver is a 2004 developed by and published. The first entry in the series, it was released for and in North America in May 2004, and in Europe in May 2004.Angel Studios began working on Red Dead Revolver under the oversight and funding of Japanese video game publisher in 2000, and the game was announced by Capcom in March 2002. It was originally intended to be a spiritual successor to Capcom's, a 1985 designed by.In November 2002, of Rockstar Games, announced that they had acquired Angel Studios, with it being moved to the Rockstar Games label and being renamed Rockstar San Diego. Following the purchase, Rockstar Games executives reviewed projects in development at the studio, so to sort out what was worth keeping., creative director at Rockstar Games, remarked that the game 'looked very good' and caught the review team's eyes, despite it being in an unplayable state. Due to the troubled development leading to that unplayable state of the game, with it missing both the 2002 and the 2003, Capcom cancelled the title in August 2003.
However, Rockstar Games acquired the rights to Red Dead Revolver the following December, and let Rockstar San Diego go on to develop what would become the first installment in the acclaimed Red Dead series.Its successor, was released in May 2010. Contents.Story This game takes place in the 1880s as Nate Harlow (Kurt Rhoads) and his partner Griff have found gold in an area called Bear Mountain. To celebrate the find, they commission the creation of two with a distinct cast iron scorpion on each; Nate takes one and Griff takes the other.Griff is later captured by the Mexican army and sentenced to be executed. However, he offers General Diego (Robert Jimenez) half of the gold in Bear Mountain if he were to spare his life. Diego complies but later sends his right-hand man, Colonel Daren (Dennis Ostermaier), to kill Nate. Daren arrives with his men to the Harlow farm and shoots Nate and his wife, Falling Star (Messeret Stroman).
However, Nate's son Red retrieves his father's gun and shoots off Daren's left arm before he escapes.Years after his parents' deaths, Red becomes a ruthless. He begins by battling a gang led by an outlaw of the name 'Bloody Tom' (Christian Tanno). Hoping to claim the bounty on the gang, he takes their bodies into the town of Widows Patch where he is attacked by a rival gang and its leader 'Ugly Chris' (Erick Devine).
Red and Sheriff O'Grady beat the gang and survive the attack, but the sheriff is badly wounded. They must travel to Brimstone, the nearest town with a.After Red drops O'Grady off, Brimstone's Sheriff Bartlett asks him to help take care of some thugs. This includes battling an evil traveling circus that was originally aided by an English trick-shootist Jack Swift (Gregg Martin) along with other bounties including a former saloon girl turned gang leader and a murderous undertaker. After all the bounties are complete, he asks for the bounty on the corpses' heads. He is told by Sheriff Bartlett that the gold wagon carrying the reward has not yet arrived and later learns that one of the townsfolk, Annie Stoakes , is in danger of losing her farm and that Governor Griffon (Bert Pence) owns part of Bear Mountain. Recalling that his family was killed over that very mine, he goes to discuss the issue with Annie.
After the talk, he goes back to Brimstone to inquire from local ruffians about the whereabouts of the wagon train. When they refuse, a fight ensues and Red is forced to kill most of the patrons which finds him arrested by Sheriff Bartlett, from whom he discovers that General Diego and Colonel Daren are still alive and court bound.When he is released he goes to attack a camp where General Diego's supply wagon is apparently stationed. After destroying the wagon he is captured and imprisoned by Col.
Daren to work in his mines as slave labor. It is there he meets a captured African American soldier who is known only as the Buffalo Soldier (Benton Greene). Finally, with the aid of his cousin Shadow Wolf , he is freed along with the Soldier allowing Red to go and attack Diego's fort and kill Daren, however Shadow Wolf dies of his wounds inflicted by Daren. During this, the Buffalo Soldier goes to inform Governor Griffon of General Diego's operations, only to be captured as Griffon is fully aware of the operation. Afterwards, Red strikes out on his own and disables the train carrying Diego's gold. In the ensuing firefight, Diego is critically wounded. He offers Red everything.
However, Red declines and kills General Diego.Later, during the quick-draw competition, which Annie Stoakes and Jack Swift both attend, Red learns that it was Governor Griffon who sold out his parents to General Diego. Governor Griffon orders Red to be killed by contestant Mr. Kelley (Joseph Melendez), but Red defeats and kills him instead and pursues Griffon back to his mansion with the aid of Annie & Jack. There, Red shoots Griffon in quick-draw fashion.
For killing him the Sheriff offers to pay Red the gold he is owed and warns him to flee as murdering an official is a hanging offense, but he refuses to arrest Red because of all the good he has done for the people. Red refuses, telling him to give the gold to Annie to pay off her debts and help the Buffalo Soldier she rescued. He is disheartened to realize that Jack perished in the firefight to give him a chance to kill Griffon and takes Griffon's revolver, later claiming 'It never was about the money.' Reception ReceptionReview scoresPublicationScoreN/A8/104.83/104.83/10N/A6/1031/4031/408/108/10C−C−7.3/107.3/10GameZone7.2/107.5/107/107.5/10N/AN/A8.4/10CCAggregate score73/10074/100Red Dead Revolver received 'average' reviews according to the website. In Japan, where the game was ported and published by on May 25, 2005, almost two years after the company had cancelled the title, gave it a score of 31 out of 40.gave it four stars out of five, saying that it 'has a strong, coherent storyline that whisks Red from novice gunslinger to competent bounty hunter in what proves to be the mother of all shooting practice games.' Similarly gave it four stars out of five, saying that 'Show-offs can even stealthily duck behind cover and shoot at foes' feet to make 'em jig like sans.'
However, gave it a C and said that 'The game misses its mark: Instead of the gritty, scrub-brush humor of a pic, Revolver feels like a rootin'-tootin' Disneyland ride.' According to, Red Dead Revolver sold 140,000 units during June 2004. As of July 2, 2010, it has sold 920,000 copies in North America according to.In 2010, the game was included as one of the titles in the book. See also:The first glimpse at a sequel was in 2005 when Rockstar showed a teaser at a Sony press conference. The successor to Red Dead Revolver, was officially announced for and in 2009. After a few delays in release dates, it was finally released on May 18, 2010 in North America, and on May 21, 2010 in Europe and Australia to critical acclaim, with many reviewers praising the game's gameplay and technical improvements over its predecessor.was confirmed by Rockstar in October 2016, and was released on October 26, 2018 for.
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