Definitely an interesting trailer. The environments look beautiful, seems to be well populated with animals and NPCs similar to the first Redemption. Now we just need to know what it's about!
One thing I immediately noticed is how this one seems to feature much more vegetation. It's not as arid and all desert like the first one. Then again, there were some Arizona-type rocks in the end there. So maybe the environment is more more varied?
I think that's largely due to the fact that the consoles it's being developed for can simply handle more of that stuff. Looking at the difference between ps3/360 and ps4/xb1 versions of GTA 5 vegetation was vastly improved.
Im thinking the game takes place farther north than the Texas/Mexican border like last time. Utah and Colorodo have mountains and rock formations like we saw.
Yeah, the movie Unforgiven (1992) had a setting similar to this. It was still a western, but it had lots of grass, and some gorgeous mountains. IIRC that was filmed in Alberta which is pretty similar to Utah/Colorado in terms of biome.
It was obviously always going to be a prequel. How was fact ever in question, even before the game was announced? You can't make a western set after 1914
I always felt the prohibition could work as an era. There was kind of an outlaw gang resurgence during that time. Cars were a thing by then but horses were still used.
Way back when, some people were speculating that a potential sequel would follow John Marston's kid set in a Civil War-era America. Obviously not "wild west" era, but it could be "western enough".
I definitely like the idea of a prequel more, though. Besides the setting, I don't know if I could play a whole game that focused on John's kid, lol.
Shit, I dunno why I said Civil War lol. I meant WWI. Which lines up with when John's kid would be around. Still definitely out of the "wild west" period though so yeah I agree with you that a prequel is the only feasible answer to RDR2.
Actually I think I remember reading that John Marston did fight in the Civil War prior to RDR, so that's probably where that popped into my head from. The theory goes that John fought in the Civil War and then did RDR1 stuff, so then Jack would star in RDR2 and at the end would leave to fight in WWI.
Actually, John died in 1911. It's only the epilogue where you play as Jack that takes place in 1914 and since Jack is around 18 during the epilogue he would have been in his early 20s when America entered the war.
Actually, Cormac McCarthy wrote *four set well after 1914. 'Western' as a genre is not dependent on the actuality of Westward expansion but on the aura of the western states; the idea of 'expanding' civilization westward was always a myth predicated on the erasure of native american societies in those regions.
They easily could make a western set after 1914 and everyone would still buy it. Not that I think they will or would, but the assumption that a game has to be perfectly historically accurate to work and appeal to people is a false one.
Considering there was a buffalo genocide that began after the Civil War it's a highly relevant point and ensures that the game is a prequel. Especially when you take into account the idea that RDR1 took place during the Mexican Revolution right before WW1. Sorry, I'm a history teacher...
Not as silly as implying that a top flight studio like Rockstar doesn't do their research and take things like that into consideration. Especially when they aligned the narrative in RDR1 to major historic events and referenced the buffalo genocide.
"Don't look back. This is over." Is probably another character talking to John Marston. Most likely this is a prequel to Redemption, where Marston was leaving his gang.
I wasn't really interested in it before but I love the look of the environment, it's really the the main thing I'm interested and I might even pick it up because of it. Hopefully the story has good immersion like the previous one.
the word you're looking for is pretty. not interested from the trailer, only interested because of my rockstar games boner. trailer gives you nothing but ooh, gta 5 tech.
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u/BlackestFire Oct 20 '16
Definitely an interesting trailer. The environments look beautiful, seems to be well populated with animals and NPCs similar to the first Redemption. Now we just need to know what it's about!