Red Dead's really come together over the last month, and is now beginning to feel like a final game. The textures are also more detailed, and the final music is now in place, and sounding excellent.

Most notable is the Xbox version's framerate: It's a fairly smooth 60hz, as opposed to 30hz on PS2. You can read our earlier preview for the basics on the gameplay, so I'll just mention what's new in this near-final version. When chapter two began our hero was fully grown, and ready to kick ass in his own grim bounty hunter sort of way. Between chapters there's also a helpful general store, wherein you can buy new weapons and stat-boosting items, as well as unlock various bonuses. It'll take multiple playthroughs in various difficulties to unlock everything. The game has an extensive variety of unlockables, and one way to unlock them is through skillful performence in each chapter - a rating of 'good' gets one specific item unlocked, while 'excellent' gets two.

It was too late to save his family, of course.Īfter the fight ended and the tears began, the chapter summary screen came up, reporting on my hit percentage, damage taken, and overall grade. After a bit of training, I got to control Red and fight off the maruading bandits. The first chapter was a prologue, and showed the brutal slaying of Red's family after bandits discovered that his father had struck gold. To get a taste of Red Dead's overall flow, I started a new single-player game. Red Dead Revolver is around 95% percent complete now, and the developers are just applying the finishing touches.

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