Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption came out in 2010 and became one of the top games of its generation. Rockstar Games placed you at the end of the Wild West era: 1911, with trains and the government pushing outlaws into history. The action covers three regions: the American New Austin (canyons, ranches), West Elizabeth (foothills) and the Mexican Nuevo Paraiso (savanna, mountains). Each region follows its own rules.

John Marston is a former outlaw whom the Bureau forces to hunt his old comrades from Dutch van der Linde's gang: his wife and son are held hostage. The world reacts to the honor system: high honor brings discounts from merchants and respect from NPCs, low honor turns you into a target. The Dead Eye mechanic (slowed time for precise shooting) makes gunfights tactical. The horse here is not just transport but a companion with its own temperament and physics.

If you finished Red Dead Redemption 2, you know John Marston from the epilogue: his story continues here, after the events of RDR2. The main character of RDR2 is Arthur Morgan, and Marston is a secondary figure there; in RDR1 he is at the center. RDR2 is earlier chronologically but came out later. RDR1 is the end of Marston's life, and you play him knowing how it all ends.

The package includes Undead Nightmare, a standalone campaign (~6-8 h) in an alternate reality of a zombie apocalypse. Marston's wife and son are infected by a mystical disease that turns people into the living dead. Dark humor, a horror atmosphere, encounters with the chupacabra and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: a separate narrative with its own ending. According to player reviews, it is the strongest DLC of its generation.

The PC version came out on October 29, 2024; the port was made by the studio Double Eleven. It adds 4K, 144 Hz, HDR10, ultrawide (21:9 and 32:9), DLSS 3.7 (NVIDIA) and FSR 3.0 (AMD). Metacritic PC score: 83. A fair disclaimer: gameplay and animations are not updated, these are the mechanics of 2010, and Red Dead Online is not included.

Localization: Russian subtitles and interface, for the first time in the series (the original 2010 release had no Russian localization). Voice-over is in English only.

A Rockstar classic set in the Wild West of 1911. Former outlaw John Marston is forced to hunt down his own: the government has taken his family hostage. The package includes the main campaign (15-20 h) + Undead Nightmare, a separate zombie campaign in the same open world. If you played Red Dead Redemption 2, this story is a must: Marston is older here, and it all began here. Russian subtitles. Online multiplayer is not included.