<h3>This article will contain spoilers</h3> for Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption 2 (hereinafter referred to as "Red Dead Redemption 2"), a strong contender for the game of the year, is about to be released. In order to help you better understand the happiness and revenge of the West, here we would like to share with you some key information of the first generation, so that everyone can have a better gaming experience.
Then there is the old rule, seeing that there are surprises at the end~
<h4>Breaking into the West, the most important thing is people</h4>
The main story of "Red Dead Redemption" is actually very simple: a man is coerced by the authorities to kill the old accomplices who abandoned him, and then the man follows the demand to kill his old accomplices, then the man unloads his armor and returns to the field, and then the authorities return to kill the man. The man's name was John Marston, and it was a tragic story.
So before discussing any plot about Red Dead Redemption, please remember: unlike what the game shows, the West is not free, the West is a must, you kill someone else, naturally there will be another person to kill you, "the maker of people will always do it" is absolutely applicable in the West.
We can discuss the plot of the game on the premise that the game story is tragic, and I will not blow up the first generation here, because it does not mean much to players who only want to play until the second generation, so I will try to choose meaningful characters to explain.
In addition, if it is not specially stated, the people mentioned below will eventually die, so please do not panic.
The first is the previous protagonist, Marston, who has already decided to appear in this game. Marston in the original generation is not a good person, and his good intentions are rarely seen in the main flow of the game, leaving aside the protagonist's aura, Marston is at best "less of an asshole".
But the first generation focused on Marston's emphasis on family and love for his wife and children. Because in the early days, Marston had every opportunity to leave his wife and children and marry the daughter of the farmer who saved his life. In many ways, the farmer's daughter is better off than her wife: she likes Marston; the farm she runs is the root cause of the emergence of a small town; she herself knows and is both literate and martial... In contrast is Marston's wife, a former gang member.
But Marston is not an "ordinary bastard" after all, and although in the first three chapters of the game, Marston can leave his wife and children at any time and fly away, he does not do so, or even has no idea at all. When the farmer's daughter had already hinted with "Don't call me by my last name, call me by my first name," Marston's first response was, "I'm married."
On top of absolute loyalty to the family is Marston's understanding of society and even life. He knows where he is, he knows how what he's doing will affect him, but he still chooses to do it. Under the premise of obedience to society and the times, he is still trying his best to fight against fate, which makes him return to the farmer's identity and "regain his life" in the later stages of the game, while the player also breathes a long breath, and the final tragic turn also makes the player's emotional fluctuations more significant.
Judging from the game trailer released so far, Arthur has quite a few levels to work with Marston. <b>Therefore, when the player sees Master in the second generation game, please observe him carefully, pay attention to his concept and attitude towards family, and he may have the happiest time in the second generation. </b>
Aside from Marston, the most important characters in Red Dead Redemption are the Van DerRyn gang of outlaws. In the early generation, Marston mainly killed three former accomplices, namely <b>Bill Williams, Javier Estella, and Duche van der Lin</b>. Bill Williams was king of the mountains in the early days, and the game started with a serious injury to Marston less than ten minutes later; Javier Estella ran to Mexico and colluded with local government forces to lay a trap for Marston. Of course, both were killed by Marston in the end.
But although Bill Williams and Javier Estella are fierce characters spanning half the original generation, Duche, who appears in the game later in the game, has a more important place and significance than them. Because, logically, Duche is more like the other side of Marston, and you can even understand him as "what Marston would have become without love and bondage to his family."
In his understanding of society and the times, Ducci's understanding is actually clearer than Marston's. He was marston's elder and marston's benefactor. In the current release of the second-generation trailer, Dodge is the one who firmly believes that "the law of the west can still work". But the question is, is he for himself or for the gang? When Dutch died in the first generation, he told Marston, "This is no longer our time", and who knows how much he has experienced over the years?
<b>So when we see Duche in the second generation, everyone observes his words and deeds as a gang boss, pays attention to why he abandons the injured Marston, and what choices he will make for the gang. </b>
After talking about several important members of Marston and the Van der Linh gang, the other figures in the second generation are actually less important in comparison. Because although it is called a prequel, in fact, more than half of the characters in the current trailer did not appear in the original generation at all. But it's worth noting that there are two other figures here who are relatively noteworthy, <b>namely The Uncle and Agent Ross</b>, who, of course, died in the first generation.
Uncle only appeared in the late stages of the original game, And Marston described him as a jerk who was "lazy to eat, drink every day, have no eggs, and don't know how many bastards there are", and his attitude towards Uncle in daily life is not friendly, and Uncle Marston also has no good looks. But even if the two are so in such a relationship, at a critical moment, the two sides have absolute trust in each other. When the government army came to encircle and suppress, the uncle and Marston fought back bravely, and the uncle was killed.
The image of the uncle is a common "sentient and righteous person" in gangster films, usually cursing the people around him, but at key moments, he can give everything for the people around him. <b>Therefore, when you see the uncle in the second generation, you can pay attention to his words and deeds, and what kind of relationship he has with other members of the gang. And what kind of attitude did he have towards the gang abandoning Marston, after all, in the end, he was still on Marston's side. </b>
As for Agent Ross, he may not have played much in the game, but he did appear – albeit as a follower.
Agent Ross can be said to be the real villain of the first generation, without his coercion of Marston would not have had to hunt down the former gang accomplices, and after Marston fulfilled the contract, Ross led the team to kill Marston himself (although he was later killed by Marston's son).
<b>Then in the second generation, you can pay attention to how he grew from a follower to a single-sided agent, this time Mr. Agent has a great influence on his career, looking at how the original commander fought against the Van der Lind gang, he naturally knew how to use Marston. </b>
Next: "Red Dead Redemption", is the epitome of the real West
<h4>Red Dead Redemption is a microcosm of the real American West</h4>
Friends who are interested in the Red Dead Redemption series should know that the game is set in the West and set in 1899-1914. Thanks to the boom in industrial technology and the pioneering policy that the American authorities once played, the Western Region was almost finished.
With the rapid development of the automobile industry, semi-automatic pistols have emerged; the AMERICAN authorities, who originally moved out of the immigration law homestead law and vigorously promoted "money everywhere in the west" and "you go to the frontier, I will pay for it", because of various problems, the policy has returned to the old road in the east; the local indigenous people are also quite dissatisfied with foreign visitors and Americans - running to other people's homes to seize the land is king, and also claiming "common progress and common prosperity".
Therefore, although the tone of the story is different from that of Grand Theft Auto (hereinafter referred to as GTA), the background design concept of "Red Dead Redemption" is the same as that of GTA, that is, "seeing the big in the small". Under the guidance of the main line of revenge story, the various events encountered by players in the game are actually the epitome of various conflicts in contemporary society, and the various characters encountered are representatives of various classes at that time. Whether it's the Mexican Civil War or the M1911 and the car in Blackwater, this clash of consciousnesses and the clash of civilizations are all condensed by the game.
Good games always have a lot of "elasticity", just like Mario that everyone can play but not everyone can play well, "Red Dead Redemption" and GTA give players plenty of freedom at the same time, but also let players who are willing to calm down and taste can feel the unique characteristics of the society at that time.
At first glance, Red Dead Redemption is like the Western GTA, that is, the player rides a horse and shoots out a gun to kill people who don't look happy, of course, the player can do this. But if you look at the plot carefully from beginning to end, players will understand the kind of fate and pathos that Rockstar wants to show.
Here's the simplest example: after completing the main line of the game, the player assumes the role of Jack, Marston's son, and Jack can carry out the task of revenge on Agent Rose. But this mission is not the main line, it is just a side line - revenge is just a choice, because Marston's final ending is doomed from the moment he holds the gun for his wife and children, and Jack is going to go down this old road?
Therefore, I suggest that everyone naturally understand and enjoy "Red Dead Redemption 2", the great thing about the original game plot is that the official did not deliberately render and show the turmoil and uneasiness of the West, it gave all players a free and unrestrained West on the surface (gameplay), which may also be the feeling and impression of the vast majority of players playing "Red Dead Redemption".
But under this free skin, there are unique holes in the West, there is a player's unwillingness to "I mark so many people but why will Marston still die", whether to experience and deeply investigate this "full of holes" decision, it is up to the player himself.
<h4>Want to better understand the game? Check out these behind-the-scenes stories</h4>
Then we say something interesting that has nothing to do with the game itself, but is related to reality, which is the origin of Red Dead Redemption.
To talk about the history of Red Dead Redemption, we have to talk about this already badly used translation. Search for Red Dead Revolver now and you can see the movies A Fistful of Dollars, Capcom's Gun.Smoke, PS2's Red Dead Revolver, and what we now call Red Dead Redemption...
It also tells us how important it is to have a unique translation.
Although the translations are confusing, they are all called big darts and they are indeed inextricably linked. The family's super grandfather, the movie "Red Dead Redemption", was evaluated as "reinventing the Western" and is also one of the popular so-called dart trilogies.
The existence of Super Grandpa directly influenced the birth of Capcom's "Red Dead Redemption". Just as there are always some ancestral lineages in the so-called family, this is no exception in the Big Dart Family. Capcom Red Dead Redemption is a vertical reel shooter that you can simply interpret as the Western Riding Edition of 1942. The game's setting follows the classic Western architecture: the protagonist, a bounty hunter, comes to town, takes on a wanted warrant, and then breaks the level alone, killing hordes of miscellaneous soldiers and bosses after boss.
In fact, Capcom's Red Dead Redemption has a lot of interesting designs, such as as the vertical scroll shooting game that actually brushes enemies behind the player. But since it's too old to describe it here, you just have to remember that it's a Capcom western-themed game and (supposedly) the first Red Dead Redemption game in the game world.
Fast forward to 2002, the year Capcom released Gun.Smoke's PS2 spiritual sequel, Red Dead Revolver.
This once again tells us how important it is to have a unique translated name.
PS2 "Red Dead Redemption" at the beginning of the announcement is more like an arcade game, the game's UI is a typical light gun shooting framework, a lot of information, the enemy design is also very self-indulgent, the trailer also has a birdman (the kind of long winged can fly) image appears, called the magic West, people can't help but wonder if Hogwarts College moved.
According to the time, Capcom paid angel Studios, who had been in charge of porting Resident Evil 2, to develop the game, but initially the game had nothing to do with either Red Dead Redemption — it was originally a SWAT game code-named SWAT: the player controlled a SWAT squad, and the screen split into four pieces, each of which was the main view of a squad member.
The game's development was overseen by Capcom's Yoshiki Okamoto, who was also the producer of Capcom's Gun. Smoke. However, after watching a Western starring Ringo Starr (yes, the Beatles' Ringo Starr) called Blindman, Yoshiki Okamoto decided to change the direction of the game, and the original SWAT became another "SWAT": Spaghetti Western Action Title.
After changing the direction of the game's production, Capcom sent several designers to supervise and develop the game, and the above-mentioned self-releasing magic Western character was even written by Yasuda Ryu (The creator of Haruna), and the game had been in development for three years until it was announced in 2002. But in reality, Capcom has little confidence in the game anymore. If the day is not as good as anyone wishes, the story of the Big Dart Family may end here.
But it didn't. This milestone was the beginning of the rebirth of the Red Dead Redemption series, as angel Stuidos, the game's development team, had previously worked with Rockstar on the development of Midnight Club. Although Capcom almost lost confidence, Rockstar was interested in Red Dead Redemption. At the time when the latest game in the GTA series, Vice City, was about to go on sale, Capcom wanted to have a relationship with Rockstar to get the Japanese distribution rights to Vice City. As a result, Rockstar acquired the rights to Red Dead Redemption and Angel Studios and renamed the latter Rockstar San Diego.
Red Dead Redemption continued to be developed after being transferred to Rockstar, and players saw the game in 2004. PS2 Red Dead Redemption is a third-person shooter in which the protagonist Red witnesses his family being killed and grows up to be a bounty hunter and makes a living.
Although PS2 Is Not a particularly famous work, it laid the foundation for many elements that have survived the series to this day, such as the Eye of Death system and the Duel system, which have not changed much in the Red Dead Redemption and can be said to have survived to this day. Even the protagonist of PS2 Red Dead Redemption is highly consistent with the facial features of the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption.
At this point, the "Red Dead Redemption" series is officially on track.
I thought it would be a long article, but when I actually wrote it, I realized that too much information could affect your reading experience, so I chose things that I personally thought were relatively important to explain, and cut the content of the first edition.
For Rockstar San Diego, a seven-year sword-sharpening work, the best attitude is actually not to listen to it, to play it directly after the game is in hand. In any case, I hope that the previous content will help you quickly understand the parts of Red Dead Redemption that may be passed down to the sequel, and hope that it will make you have a better game experience.
At the same time, everyone in "Red Dead Redemption 2" must try lasso drag people, train horses, cattle, poke fingers these small games, they will let you appreciate an inexplicable cowboy spirit, and after practicing in this article, maybe you can still go to "Red Dead Redemption Online" to compete with others, why not enjoy it?
Dear friends, we see you in the West.
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<h2>And finally</h2>
As I said before, this week is Big Cousin Week, and next week, it's Big Cousin Week... In addition to today's retrospective, on Thursday, October 25 at 8pm we will start the live broadcast and interactive topics, followed by a series of exciting content. So, if you follow and interact with our big cousin this week and next week, you have a chance to get the Red Dead Redemption 2 game or equivalent point card that we sent out. As many special topics as there are big cousins, send as many games or point cards as you want, and do what you say!
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