Red Dead Revolver

Red Dead Revolver
Studio	Rock star San Diego
Publisher	Rockstar Games
Erstveröffent- lichung	PlayStation 2 / Xbox: May 3, 2004 May 28, 2004 June 11, 2004 May 23, 2005 PlayStation 3: December 19, 2012 PlayStation 4: October 11, 2016
platform	PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox
genre	Action
Game mode	Single player , multiplayer
control	Gamepad
medium	DVD-ROM , download
language	German (texts and subtitles), English in the game
Age rating	USK PEGI

Red Dead Revolver is a video game from the action game genre by Rockstar Games . It takes place in an open game world in the Wild West . The game was released in Europe on June 11, 2004 and received average to good ratings.

Red Dead Revolver marked the beginning of a successful game series. In May 2010 a successor appeared with Red Dead Redemption . In October 2018, another successor appeared with Red Dead Redemption 2 .

action

The game begins in the 1880s and is about Red Harlow. As a teenager, he longs for the exciting life of a cowboy . He lives with his family on a farm , where one day he receives a revolver from his father and goes to practice shooting with it. Meanwhile, however, a catastrophe occurs. General Diego sent his henchmen, including Colonel Daren, to kill Red's family and to get him the "Scorpion Revolver" that is in the possession of Red's father. Red's father and mother are shot, but Red manages to shoot Colonel Daren off an arm with one shot from the revolver and flees. Years later he returns to get the hidden revolver to avenge the death of his family. Red matures into a feared bounty hunter and gunslinger. Red is then regularly offered new profiles and jobs from a sheriff named Bartlett in the town of Brimstone. By chance Red comes across the murderers from back then and now begins his merciless vengeance campaign. At his side are gradually other people, such as the farmer Annie Stoakes , an English gentleman named Jack Swift , the soldier Buffalo and the Indian Shadow Wolf . Little by little he comes closer and closer to his goal of avenging the murder of his parents.

main characters

Red Harlow

Red Harlow is the main character in Red Dead Revolver . He is the son of Nate Harlow and the Falling Star Indian . After watching his parents murdered, he becomes a bitter and cynical bounty hunter with the aim of redeeming his family's deaths. The character of Red Harlow is based on various western roles by Clint Eastwood .

Jack Swift

Jack Swift is an English gentleman and duelist. At the beginning he was held captive by a circus where he was supposed to perform as an art shooter. Red frees Jack and the two become friends. At the end of the game, Jack Swift is killed while protecting Red and Annie. The character of Jack Swift is based on Bat Masterson .

Annie Stoakes

Annie Stoakes is an indestructible lady who runs a farm on her own. Since Griffon and his henchmen want to dispute their ranch and their land, she is in dire straits because she refused a sale and Griffon therefore tried to use force to usurp the land. After she was able to defend her country for some time, she meets Red there, who gives her a hand. This incident makes the two allies.

Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo Soldier is a former Griffon soldier who was jailed for disobedience. He first meets Red in a dungeon , where he frees him. Buffalo does not join Red, however, but wants to kill Griffon in another way.

Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf is an Indian and member of the Red Wolf tribe. He has long been friends with Red, his cousin, and Shadow Wolf calls Red a member of his tribe. In the end he is murdered by Colonel Daren.

Gameplay

The game character is controlled from a third person view . The western desert town of Brimstone serves as the central element. There the player receives new orders from the sheriff. You follow a main story and gradually you go through 27 different chapters (levels), for example through a ghost town or a mine, there are rides on horses, a train ride or a canyon. In most cases, the areas can be explored freely. There are more frequent duels in the game, in which the so-called dead-eye function comes into play. This is comparable to the bullet-time effect from other games. During the duels, the camera takes a position close to the character.

useful information

• Connoisseurs will discover countless allusions and bows in the game. For example, a boss opponent carries a machine gun around in a coffin, just like Franco Nero in Django .
• Red Harlow's appearance and demeanor as a cynical, silent antihero is based on Clint Eastwood, and Jack Swift is based on Bat Masterson's appearance and demeanor.
• The in-game tournament was modeled on the movie Faster Than Death . In this film there is even a "Red" on the list of applicants for the shooting competition.
• At the end of the 16th chapter you duel with three opponents named Sergio , Ennio and Eli . Another allusion, this time to Sergio Leone , Ennio Morricone and Eli Wallach , three icons of the Spaghetti Western .
• The cover picture of the game cover is based on the cinema poster from the film The Texaner with Clint Eastwood.
• The original concept of the game actually came from Capcom and had fantastic elements, such as fighting against zombies. Later, after Capcom stopped developing the game due to the average quality of their version, the Western concept was then taken over by Rockstar Games and further developed, and a quasi completely different game was developed from it. The first presentation of Red Dead Revolver was at the E3 game fair in 2002.

Soundtrack

Many pieces from more or less known spaghetti westerns can be found in the game, including titles by Ennio Morricone. The theme song of Red Dead Revolver comes from the film Lo chiamavano King with Klaus Kinski and comes from Luis Bacalov . Songs from the following films have been licensed and used in the game:

Django: The vultures are lining up Django: The gravedigger are waiting Western Jack: Every shot a hallelujah Minnesota Clay A hole in the dollar Dead Men Ride Django: Only the Colt was his friend Nevada The song of murder and manslaughter A dollar between your teeth run for your life Bloody lead Ringo: The Lone Rider Mercenary of violence Confession from a nun

Sartana: Still warm and already sand on it A hallelujah for Camposanto A stretcher for the sheriff Oklahoma John: The sheriff of Rio Rojo Play your game and kill Joe Do you know the land where blue beans bloom? The killer of the clan Kill amigo His Name Was King His bullets whistle the song of death The right and left hands of the devil More dead than alive Death rode on Tuesdays Amigos: The angels send their regards

• The soundtracks are also available as an album.

successor

Red Dead Redemption

→ Main article : Red Dead Redemption

The successor Red Dead Redemption was released on May 21, 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . A port for the Xbox One appeared in June 2016. Like its predecessor, the game is set in the Wild West and is assigned to the action-adventure genre. The game was released on November 26, 2010 with Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare an expansion . The successor was even more successful than its predecessor and sold 14 million times.

Red Dead Redemption 2

→ Main article : Red Dead Redemption 2

Another successor to the game appeared with Red Dead Redemption 2 . Like its predecessors, the game was developed by Rockstar Games and initially published for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and later also for Microsoft Windows . The game takes place in an open game world in the Wild West .

Web links

• Official German website
• German Red Dead Wiki
• Official English site
• Red Dead Revolver at MobyGames (English)
• Red Dead Revolver on IMDB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Dead Revolver on metacritic.com
2. ↑ ^{a b} Red Harlow on giantbomb.com, accessed February 23, 2015.
3. ↑ Jack Swift on reddead.wikia.com, accessed February 23, 2015.
4. ↑ The Legends and Killers of Red Dead Revolver: Part One - Annie Stoakes on rockstargames.come, accessed February 23, 2015.
5. ↑ Characters - Shadow Wolf on rdrvision.com, accessed February 23, 2015.
6. ↑ Red Dead Revolver (XB) on gamezone.de, accessed on February 23, 2015.
7. ↑ The 10 Coolest Western Games - Red Dead Revolver (PS2, Xbox). at spieletipps.de, accessed on February 23, 2015.
8. ↑ Red Dead Revolver - PlayStation 2 on gamepro.de, accessed on February 23, 2015.
9. ↑ Red Dead Revolver and the Italian Western ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on filmmusicmedia.com, accessed February 23, 2015. 
10. ↑ Capcom cancels Red Dead Revolver and Dead Phoenix on gamespot.com, accessed February 23, 2015.
11. ↑ Red Dead Revolver (Music From The Original Soundtrack Recordings) on discogs.com, accessed February 23, 2015.