Red Dead Revolver
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| Developer(s) | Rockstar San Diego |
| Publisher(s) | Rockstar Games |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, PlayStation 2 |
| Release date | USA May 3, 2004 PAL June 11, 2004 JPN May 26, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person action adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Mature PEGI: 15+ CERO: 15+ |
| Media | DVD-ROM |
Red Dead Revolver is a western third-person shooter video game published by Rockstar Games and developed by Rockstar San Diego. It is a third-person shooter with a focus on arcade action entertainment over reality. It was released in North America on May 4, 2004, for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles.
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[edit] Overview
The game's development stalled for some time when it was dropped by Capcom. In 2002, Rockstar Games purchased the game and expanded on it. Changing from an American western to a Spaghetti Western allowed the developers to add more blood, over the top characters and well designed character models. The lead character seems to be an amalgamation of various Clint Eastwood-inspired characters from assorted movies. The game reproduces a grainy "film" effect and even borrows incidental music and soundtracks that are highly reminiscent of – if not taken directly from – the movies of famous Spaghetti Western directors, including Sergio Leone.
The main character is Red Harlow. As a child his parents were murdered by bandits; he survived the encounter but grew up swearing to find whoever killed his family. Red grew up over the years and became a bounty hunter collecting bounties wherever his travels took him. However, after a series of unexpected trials and tribulations, Red soon finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy involving political corruption and greed. But most of all, Red may finally be able to find the person responsible for the death of his parents.
[edit] Story
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The game takes place in the late 1880s. Nate Harlow and his partner “Griff” have found gold in Bear Mountain. Griff is later captured by the Mexican military and condemned to be shot as a spy. He agrees to give the General, Javier Diego, half of the gold on Bear Mountain if he spares his life. Diego agrees.
Later, the General sends Colonel Daren, his right hand man, to kill Nate Harlow and his family. Daren shoots Nate and his wife, but his son, Red, manages to shoot Daren’s arm off and escape into the woods.
Red grows up to be a bounty hunter. The game begins with him battling a gang led by Bloody Tom. Hoping to claim the bounty on the gang, he takes the bodies to the town of Widow’s Patch. In Widow’s Patch, he is attacked by the Ugly Chris gang. He and the sheriff are able to eliminate the gang, but the sheriff is badly wounded, and has to travel to the town of Brimstone for a doctor. So eventually Red and the Sherrif get on a train.
After Red drops off the sheriff at Brimstone, the sherrif of Brimstone asks Red to take care of some crimanals for him. After they are killed, he asks for the bounty on the criminals' heads, but the bank manager says to him that the gold wagon has not arrived yet; then he learns that one of the townsfolk, Annie Stoakes, is in danger of losing her farm to the bank, whose manager, Griff, also owns the Bear Mountain gold mine. Remembering that his family was killed over that mine, he goes to talk to her to find out more information. This leads him to the sheriff of Brimstone, where he finds out that General Diego and Colonel Daren killed his parents, and that there is a bounty on them. Red goes out and kills them both.
He later learns during a quick-draw competition, called the Battle Royale, that the governor is Griff, who sold his parents to General Diego. Griff orders Red to be killed by Mr. Kelley, the previous year’s winner, but Red kills Kelley and pursues Griff to his mansion. There, Red shoots Griff in a quick-draw showdown.
After Red kills Griff, the sherrif offers Red some gold, but he refuses it, and says "It never was about the money".
[edit] Characters
[edit] Red Harlow
The hero of the game, Red is the son of Nate Harlow and Falling Star, a Native American of the Red Wolf Tribe. After witnessing his parent's brutal murder by Colonel Daren, he becomes a bounty hunter. After arriving at Brimstone, he realises that his prey may be getting closer. Red would go on to pursue and successfully attain many bounties until finally finding and brutally killing Governor Griffin in his mansion, the man who was behind the murder of his family. (Based on the Man With No Name)
[edit] Jack Swift
An English duellist (Based on Bat Masterson) Jack Swift was hired by circusman Preston O'Leary to be a trickshooter. When he arrived in the West, Jack was kidnapped by Professor Perry, a former member of the circus and O' Leary's killer. It was this act that led Swift into meeting Red Harlow. Near the end Red and company infiltrate Governor Griffin's mansion, just before Red and the Buffalo Soldier get to the roof to confront griffin Jack decides to stay behind to hold the rest of griffin's guards back. Red goes to the rooftop and gets his revenge. It is possible Jack died in the manison, but not confirmed. When Red askes of his wearabouts to Annie, she just silently shakes her head.
[edit] Annie Stoakes
Annie owns a ranch that Governor Griffon can't wait to get his hands on. Annie denied all offers, so Griffon began to make her life difficult. When local ruffians torched her ranch, Red gave her 5,000 dollars to get her ranch back. She helps Red and Jack infiltrate the mayor's mansion. It is likely that her character is based on Annie Oakley.
[edit] Shadow Wolf
Shadow Wolf is a member of the Red Wolf Tribe and Red's cousin. He and all the tribe believe that Red had died along with his parents. However, when Shadow Wolf realized Red was alive, he was desperate to reunite with his cousin. Shadow Wolf would rescue his cousin Red from Colonel Daren, but would later die following a confrontation with the colonel at Fort Diego.
[edit] Buffalo Soldier
A black member of the U.S Army,(he also clamied to be a slave at one point and vowed never to do it again) Buffalo displeased General Diego, which led to his incarceration in Diego's jail. Buffalo was rescued by Shadow Wolf and he quickly ran to warn Governor Griffon of Diego's plan. Buffalo's pleas fell on deaf ears and once again, he was thrown into jail (the only thing he did wrong was going to Griffon for help). He was freed by Red and his friends when they were about to confront the governor. He was injured but luckily survived.
[edit] General Javier Diego
General Diego fought a series of border wars with the U.S, who placed a high bounty on his head. After capturing a bridge across the Rio Grande, Diego captured a man called 'Griff' who informed Diego of a gold mine that he and his partner Nate owned. Diego sent his loyal lieutenant, Colonel Daren to kill Nate. This act of murder made Griff the Governor and Diego two of the richest men in the West. General Diego continued to be Griffin's partner. Diego was able to construct some of the most advanced weapons such as Colonel Daren's cannon and an armored train created using and capable of carrying the general's new abundance of wealth. However, the train's armor was unable to withstand an attack by Red Harlow who had tracked the General down after his fight at Fort Diego. The general, attempting to fight with cowardly tactics, was killed by Red Harlow but not before pleading to live. {based on Pancho Villa}
[edit] Colonel Daren
Daren is General Diego's right hand man who led the attack on Nate Harlow's ranch. He had been sent to kill Nate so General Diego could have Harlow's share of the gold. Nate died, but his son Red shot off Daren's arm and escaped the Colonel who recoiled in pain. General Diego would go on to place a cannon where Colonel Daren's arm had been making the Colonel more dangerous than before. The Colonel again encountered Red Harlow and his Native American cousin Shadow Wolf at Fort Diego, where he took Shadow Wolf's life but was slain and knifed shortly after by Red. He called Red's father, Nate, a yellow belly, saying he was a coward.
[edit] Governor Griffon
Once a good friend of Nate Harlow, Griffon had one of two gold encrusted, scorpion guns, the other owned by Nate Harlow. Griffon crossed the border and was captured by General Diego, who believed he was a spy. He made a deal with Diego saying that Diego would get half the gold in Bear Mountain on the terms that Diego would kill his former business partner. Griffon became the governor of the territory due to the large amounts of gold that he owned in Bear Mountain.
[edit] Pig Josh
Pig Josh is a part of Prof. Perry's traveling wild west carnival of murderous freaks. Pig Josh is obsessed with dynamite, and attempts to use it against Red Harlow.
[edit] Mr Black
Mr Black is a notorious mass murderer who is killed by Red, for a bounty. Mr Black is the undertaker of the ghost town of Tarnation, and is sure that people die mysteriously so that he can rob them. His sidekick is Jesse Lynch.
[edit] Mr Kelly
Governor Griffon always wants to control the outlaw population. He holds the "Battle Royale" dueling contest in Brimstone every year and hires Kelly to win every single gunfight. This way, Griffon remains on top. Kelly is wounded when he loses the contest to Red, but gets back up for one last fight, before being killed.
[edit] Reception
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Red Dead Revolver received mixed to generally favourable reviews. It received an average score of 75% of Game Rankings.
As of March 12, 2008, Red Dead Revolver has sold 1.5 million copies according to Take-Two Interactive.[2][3]
[edit] Sequel
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Rumors of a sequel, Red Dead Revolver 2, have been circulating since 2005. Rockstar has been fairly secretive with a game in the works, simply known as "Old West Project". Speculation is that the game in fact is the sequel to Red Dead Revolver. A trailer for the mystery game is circulating on YouTube and Gameprotv.com, in which it is identified as Red Dead Revolver 2. Red Dead Revolver 2 will be released on thePlayStation 3.[citation needed]
[edit] Trivia
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- Luis Bacalov's theme from the Spaghetti Western Lo Chiamavano King is the song in the opening video of Red Dead Revolver.
- The unlockable character Natalie is an homage to Natalie Portman's character Mathilda in the 1994 film Léon. In both versions, the girl is studying under her "uncle" to be a professional killer.[citation needed]
- The game was originally developed by Capcom and was to be a horror western with zombie like people, but Capcom abandoned production for unknown reasons (ironically they would go on to make Darkwatch a few years later). Rockstar then bought the rights and changed some of the plot retaining the main character and making it like a spaghetti Western.
- In GTAIV cut scenes from Red Dead Revolver can be seen on the television as a show called "Spittoon". The cut scenes are from the beginning of the game when Red first enters a town overrun with gang members.
[edit] References
- ^ Metroid Red Dead Revolver Reviews. Game Rankings. Retrieved on 2007-27-09.
- ^ Matt Martin (2008-03-12). Grand Theft Auto series has sold 66 million units to date. GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ Recommendation of the Board of Directors to Reject Electronic Arts Inc.'s Tender Offer (PDF) 15. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (2008-03-26). Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
[edit] External links
- Red Dead Revolver Official Website
- Red Dead Revolver at MobyGames
