Red Dead Redemption PC – RockStar Games and its studios can be considered one of the rare game developers in the industry where each released game brings success both professionally and in overall revenue, but this is also a company with traditionally “milking” its brands quite aggressively.

In 2023, this game was suddenly and surprisingly “revived” on modern Chinese gaming systems. Sony and Nintendo marks the return of this game series. It wasn't until October of this year that the game officially “landed” on the PC system.

Will this “come back” really be a success?

Let's learn about the game with MarkGame through the following review, everyone!

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The conversion is simple, but smooth!

In many years ago, when console generations often used a completely different processing architecture compared to PCs, ports for games developed on these consoles were often becomes a “disaster” for gamers, because these games often need to be almost completely recompiled for many different PC configurations, thereby leading to countless problems in both control and control. compatible.

Not far away, Dark Souls Remastered was such a “disaster” when it was transferred from the PlayStation 3 system to the PC platform even though it was released following the Remaster, Remake, Reboot trend of the new era with a lot of effort put into upgrading both gameplay and quality. graphics, not the “giveaway” type conversions of the previous period.

Meanwhile, ports of modern consoles like PlayStation 4 or XBOX One use a processing architecture similar to PC, which is often a bit easier to create a perfect port, such as with God of War PCwhen the port developer can intervene more deeply in the source code so that the game can be more compatible with all types of PC configurations, with many display standards from standard, to Ultrawide 21:9, or even “embed” many graphics support technologies such as DLSS or FSR without breaking the structure of the game.

That said, porting games that are “separately” for an older generation console is extremely cumbersome, some developers even had to… completely destroy and rebuild the whole thing. Persona 3 Reloadedto achieve better game quality instead of having to “reverse” from the original version, which has low resolution.

But even though it also comes from the “furnace” of 7th generation consoles, Red Dead Redemption PC brings an extremely smooth system conversion experience, even no less than the games transferred from recent 8th generation systems, helping players to enjoy almost all the features of the game. essence of this game.

Honestly, since this porting project was announced for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch gaming systems, as well as “hinted” for the PC system, the writer also had a little expectation that the version for the console would be released. PC will be a “Remastered” version, because this version was released more than a year later than the two console versions.

However, when the game was pre-loaded with a capacity of only approximately… 10GB, equivalent to the original version, the writer was a bit disappointed with the quality being maintained as a simple transfer version, rather than a version. has been “retouched” in terms of graphics.

Overall, you will own the right game Red Dead Redemption launched on the PlayStation 3 14 years ago with almost no significant changes, except that you will now be able to adjust the resolution to 4K to serve the gaming screen. top games or TV with 4K resolution.

Besides, right from the first scenes of the game in Red Dead Redemption PCyou will feel… unprecedented comfort from unprecedented fast image speed.

It must be known that when it was launched in 2010, PlayStation 3 was more than halfway through its gaming system's life cycle, allowing game developers to find ways to “squeeze out” most of the power of the Cell processor chip. The most bizarre architecture in the gaming world at that time.

As a result Red Dead Redemption It can be considered one of the games with a fairly “dinosaur” number of polygons in each game scene, as heavy as the graphic blockbuster games of that time. God of War: Ascensionor even Crysiscausing the game to often only operate at an average speed of less than 25fps, even in action scenes sometimes falling below 20fps even though it only operates at 720p resolution, creating an experience that is both… happy, but it was extremely tiring at that time.

Of course with a “14 year old” game Red Dead Redemption PC Extremely light for most current PC gaming configurations, even quite light for handheld gaming systems like Steam Deck or ROG Ally, providing extremely impressive frame rates for gaming consoles. Movement is fluid, especially when you're riding lightning-fast across the vast landscapes of the Far West.

The graphic distance (Draw Distance) has also been expanded much farther than the original version, creating majestic scenes that once “captivated” gamers.

In addition, the remaining elements of Red Dead Redemption PC All remain the same as the original version, from the low quality of the surface texture, to the poor shading ability or the not-so-smooth movements, but it is still a story of “high quality”. like distilled water” with a vast world with many interwoven main and secondary quests waiting for you to explore, just like a game. Grand Theft Auto of the Far West.

…right from the early scenes of the game Red Dead Redemption PCyou will feel unprecedented… comfort from unprecedented fast image speed

If you can ignore the somewhat outdated elements of an old game Red Dead Redemption PC It is still an excellent game in many aspects, even far superior to many modern games.

The game's plot, in fact, takes place after the events in Red Dead Redemption 2 In America in the early twentieth century, the player will play the role of John Marston, a “former” accomplice of Arthur Morgan in the Van der Linde gang, on the way to find some members of the gang to atone for their crimes before the law. after he was betrayed by Bill Williamson and several other members of the gang.

Although there are many mechanisms that are no longer trendy today, it cannot be denied that the Rockstar San Diego team has been extremely skillful in integrating them into the open world of the game, bringing a new and alive feeling. stir up the Western world, which is full of deserted lands without people.

For example, random encounters (Random Encounter), commonly known in classic Japanese Role-playing games (JRPG), are transformed into random scenarios, allowing players to solve to earn a little more money, reputation or some necessary items.

They could be a carriage robbery, a cattle herding, a riot of wild wolves or even… fans blocking the road to give you gifts when your reputation is high.

Not to mention many hidden missions are also “hidden” very deeply, giving players excitement to explore more of the game's world, an element missing in many modern games today, especially when there are many The “open world” in the game is just repetitive, lifeless “duplicate missions”.

In addition, the game will also bring you an expansion Undead Nightmare “following” the extremely popular trend of Zombie movies and games at that time, bringing a bit of “new taste” to players.

Overall, Red Dead Redemption PC is still great at giving players a smooth experience with almost no noticeable bugs, a top-notch story and gameplay that has stood the test of time, and whether or not you have ever played it. Through the original version on the seventh generation console, you will not regret playing this game.

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Price level and lack of multiplayer mode!

Despite possessing a top-notch storyline and gameplay along with smooth performance, still Red Dead Redemption PC certainly still makes fans of this game series complain, because of two main reasons: high price and lack of multiplayer mode.

Although the fall sale of Steam gives the game a 20% discount, but the original price of up to 50USD for a ported version is quite high, except for “hardcore fans” of the game series, for gamers who have never played the game. this game, ask the question: are you willing to spend that much money to play a game with the standards of 14 years ago?

Besides, it is quite confusing that the multiplayer part is not integrated while this is one of the most interesting features in the original version, which accounts for 1/3 of the beauty of the game when allowing players to play together. each other complete difficult tasks, or form a “gang” to fight with other players.

Even this multiplayer part creates great inspiration for the “money-making” multiplayer part. GTA Online of Rockstar today.

Perhaps it's because the developer of the adaptation, Double Elevenalso did not want to interfere with this game, which has many relationships with… PlayStation Network.

Besides, it is quite confusing that the multiplayer part is not integrated while this is one of the most interesting features in the original version.