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Red Dead is a series of Western-themed action-adventure games published by Rockstar Games. The first entry in the series, Red Dead Revolver, was released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in May 2004. Originally developed by Capcom, Red Dead Revolver borrowed elements from their 1985 arcade title Gun.Smoke, to which it was intended to be a spiritual successor, but the game was cancelled in 2002. Subsequently, after acquiring the rights, Rockstar purchased Red Dead Revolver and expanded on it.

Red Dead Redemption, developed by Rockstar San Diego (who also worked on its predecessor), was released in May 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to critical and commercial acclaim. Selling over 15 million copies by 2017 and winning many year-end accolades from multiple gaming publications, the game is considered to be one of the best games of all time. Multiple DLCs were added, including Undead Nightmare, a single-player expansion later released as a standalone game. A Game of the Year edition of the game includes all of the additional content.

Red Dead Redemption 2, developed by Rockstar Studios, was released on October 26, 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on November 5, 2019 for Microsoft Windows. The game was also widely acclaimed and a commercial success, generating $725 million in revenue in three days and selling 23 million copies in two weeks. Its online multiplayer component, Red Dead Online, was released in beta on November 27, 2018 to mixed reviews, with a full release on May 15, 2019, which received more positive reviews.

Games

Year	Title	Developer	Home release
2004	Red Dead Revolver	Rockstar San Diego	Vorlage:Flat list
2010	Red Dead Redemption: GunslingersVorlage:Efn	Rockstar Games	—
	Red Dead Redemption	Rockstar San Diego	Vorlage:Flat list
	Red Dead Redemption: Undead NightmareVorlage:Efn
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar StudiosVorlage:Efn	Vorlage:Flat list
2019	Red Dead OnlineVorlage:Efn
Notes:

Red Dead Revolver

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Red Dead Revolver is the first entry in the series, released for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004. Set in 1880, during the American Old West, Red Dead Revolver follows bounty hunter Red Harlow as he uncovers the plot that killed his parents and exacts revenge on those responsible. In terms of canonicity to the Redemption followup series, Dan Houser suggested that Revolver is set in a separate universe, but a version of the events in the plot could still have taken place due to the nature of legends told in the Red Dead games' world.

Red Dead Redemption

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Red Dead Redemption is the second installment in the Red Dead series, and the spiritual successor to Red Dead Revolver. The game released in 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game takes place in the year 1911, during the decline of the American Old West and the Mexican Revolution. A spiritual successor to Red Dead Revolver, the game follows John Marston, a former outlaw, whose family is kidnapped by the Bureau of Investigation. In exchange for his family's return, John sets out to hunt down the surviving members of his former gang, in the process achieving closure and redemption for his past actions.

Undead Nightmare is a non-canonical expansion to Red Dead Redemption that follows John's efforts to find a cure for a zombie plague that has infected his family. A standalone disc, titled Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Collection, which does not require the original Red Dead Redemption game to be played, was released in North America on November 22, 2010.

Red Dead Redemption 2

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prequel to Red Dead Redemption and the third main entry in the series, released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2018 and for Microsoft Windows in November 2019. Its story follows Arthur Morgan, a member of the infamous Van der Linde gang in 1899, in the waning years of the American Old West, and the extinction of the age of outlaws and gunslingers. The game features several returning characters from Red Dead Redemption, including a younger and less-refined John Marston, his family, and fellow gang members Dutch van der Linde, Bill Williamson, and Javier Escuella. A lot of focus is put on Arthur's morality and relationship with other characters, primarily John, with whom he has a nearly brotherly-like bond, and Dutch, who slowly descends into madness as the gang faces more problems.

Red Dead Online is the multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2 and released in May 2019. It acts as a prequel to the single-player game, set one year prior, in 1898, and follows a silent protagonist who is freed from prison and tasked with taking revenge in exchange for their innocence.

Future

In October 2018, Dan Houser said that Rockstar might develop a future entry in the series depending on the success of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Common elements

Gameplay

In each game in the franchise, the player takes the role of an outlaw in the waning years of the American Old West. All three titles are third-person (although Red Dead Redemption 2 also gives the option to play in first-person), yet there are crucial differences between them. The first game in the series follows a linear storyline with fixed, limited locations. Red Dead Redemption, however, provides the player with an open world setting and gives them various options for exploration, random encounters and side-missions. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the biggest and most immersive of the three, providing far more options and activities for the player than in its previous titles. Combat and gunplay are a fundamental part in the franchise; players can cover, blind-fire, free-aim and can get into physical altercations with enemies. A large number of weapons are introduced in all three games, typically rifles and revolvers. Horses, stagecoaches and trains are the primary methods of transportation in all three games due to the period in which they are set.

Dead Eye

The trademark game mechanic of the series is the Dead Eye system, which bridges the gap between the protagonist's exceptional shooting prowess and the limitations of the human player's speed and coordination. For a short period, it allows the player to aim at targets in slow motion for better accuracy. After painting their targets, time goes back to normal as the player then attack with a flurry of bullets in rapid succession. The Dead Eye system in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 has been refined, as it levels up as the game progresses, giving the player more options when using it.

Honor

Red Dead Redemption brings a new mechanic to the franchise that has been improved in Red Dead Redemption 2: a morality system where the player gains positive or negative "honor". Good deeds like saving townsfolk from danger will level up the player's honor, while malicious actions like harming innocents or committing theft will lower the player's honor. The player should be considerate of the honor system, as it can influence how the world interacts with the character.

Setting

All games in the series take place during the days of the Wild West. Red Dead Revolver takes place at an unidentified point in time during the 1880s, while Redemption is set primarily in 1911 (with the epilogue taking place in 1914), and Redemption 2 is set in 1899 (with the epilogue set in 1907). While Revolver's aesthetics and atmosphere are reminiscent of the films set during the Wild West, the other two games depict the final two decades of this time period, as new factories, machines, motor vehicles, and modern technology appear all throughout the United States, marking the modernization of society. In Redemption and Redemption 2, the map undergoes several changes between the two different time periods, such as new houses being built, and NPCs sporting new looks.

Red Dead Revolvers setting is quite transient, as Red moves from town to town throughout the game. The most prominent location is the town of Brimstone, which acts as a hub between several missions. The game takes place in the United States, in an unidentified region of mostly desert, although some levels also feature a forest or mountain setting.

Red Dead Redemption offers the player a more significant interaction with the environment, and its location is bigger than in the previous game. It ranges from canyons to deserts, but the player is unable to reach to the outer limit due to the borders surrounding the area (mountains and deep ravines). There are several towns and settlements that the player can visit, each with their own citizens (with whom the player can interact). The map spans two fictional U.S. states, New Austin (which is mostly desert) and West Elizabeth (which features lush forests and a mountain area), as well as the Mexican state of Nuevo Paraiso (which is also mainly a desert area).

Red Dead Redemption 2’s world is greatly expanded compared to its predecessor's, and is far more immersive, lifelike and responsive. Both New Austin and West Elizabeth from Red Dead Redemption make a return, although they have been expanded with new regions and towns, while three new states have been added: Ambarino (which is mostly a mountain wilderness), New Hanover (a wide valley that incorporates multiple small settlements, including the town of Valentine), and Lemoyne (composed of bayous and plantations, and the location of the small town of Rhodes and the large industrial city of Saint Denis).

Characters

Vorlage:See alsoThe following list contains only main and supporting characters from the Red Dead franchise, who play a significant role in the narrative of the game(s) they appear in.

Character	Red Dead Revolver	Red Dead Redemption			Red Dead Redemption II
		Single-player	Multiplayer	Undead Nightmare	Single-player	Red Dead Online
	Vorlage:Small	Vorlage:Small			Vorlage:Small
Cast
Red Harlow	Robert Bogue Vorlage:Small	Mentioned	Robert Bogue		Mentioned
John Marston		Rob Wiethoff
Arthur Morgan					Roger Clark
Jack Swift	Gregg Martin	Mentioned	Gregg Martin
Annie Stoakes	Carrie Keranen	Mentioned	Carrie Keranen
Shadow Wolf	Chaske Spencer	Mentioned	Chaske Spencer
Buffalo Soldier	Benton Greene		Benton Greene
Sheriff Bartlett	Gene Jones
Nate Harlow	Kurt Rhoads	Mentioned
Falling Star	Messeret Stroman	Mentioned
Governor Griffon / "Griff"	Bert Pence	Mentioned
General Javier Diego	Robert Jimenez	Mentioned
Colonel Daren	Dennis Ostermaier	Mentioned
Mr. Kelley	Joseph Melendez	Mentioned	Joseph Melendez
"Curly" Shaw	Lloyd Floyd
"Bloody" Tom	Christian Tanno
"Ugly" Chris Bailey	Erick Devine		Erick Devine
Sheriff O'Grady	Stephen Schnetzer
Pig Josh	Dennis Ostermaier		Dennis Ostermaier
Bad Bessie	Heather Simms	Mentioned
Mr. Black	Geoffrey Arend	Mentioned
Professor Perry	Geoffrey Arend
Katie O'Grady	Ursula Abbott
Grizzly	Erick Devine
John "Jack" Marston Jr.		Josh Blaylock			Marissa Buccianti (child) Ted Sutherland (pre-teen)
Abigail Marston (Vorlage:Nee)		Sophia Marzocchi			Cali Elizabeth Moore
Dutch van der Linde		Benjamin Byron Davis			Benjamin Byron Davis
Bill Williamson		Steve J. Palmer			Steve J. Palmer
Javier Escuella		Antonio Jaramillo			Gabriel Sloyer
Uncle		Spider Madison			John O'Creagh James McBride
Edgar Ross		Jim Bentley			Jim Bentley
Archer Fordham		David Wilson Barnes			Character is silent
Bonnie MacFarlane		Kimberly Irion			Mentioned	Kimberly Irion
Drew MacFarlane		Chuck Kelley			Mentioned
Marshal Leigh Johnson		Anthony De Longis
Deputy Jonah		Brad Carter
Deputy Eli		Frank Noon
Nigel West Dickens		Don Creech			Mentioned
Seth Briars		Kevin Glikmann
Irish		Kevin Harrison Sweeney
Colonel Agustín Allende		Gary Carlos Cervantes
Captain Vincente de Santa		Hector Luis Bustamante
Captain Espinoza		David Anzuelo
Abraham Reyes		Josh Segarra
Luisa Fortuna		Francesca Galeas
Landon Ricketts		Ross Hagen
Professor Harold MacDougal		Joe Ochman
Nastas		Benjamin Byron Davis
Norman Deek		James Carroll
D.S. MacKenna		Jay O. Sanders		Jay O. Sanders
Mother Superior Calderón		Irene DeBari		Irene DeBari
Sadie Adler					Alex McKenna
Charles Smith					Noshir Dalal
Micah Bell III					Peter Blomquist
Hosea Matthews					Curzon Dobell
Leonard "Lenny" Summers					Harron Atkins
Susan Grimshaw					Kaili Vernoff
Sean MacGuire					Michael Mellamphy
Simon Pearson					Jim Santangeli
Leopold Strauss					Howard Pinhasik
Mary-Beth Gaskill					Samantha Strelitz
Tilly Jackson					Meeya Davis
Karen Jones					Jo Armeniox
Molly O'Shea					Penny O'Brien
Josiah Trelawny					Stephen Gevedon
Reverend Orville Swanson					Sean Haberle
Kieran Duffy					Pico Alexander
Mary Linton					Julie Jesneck
Leviticus Cornwall					John Rue	Mentioned
Andrew Milton					John Hickok
Colm O'Driscoll					Andrew Berg
Catherine Braithwaite					Ellen Harvey
Sheriff Leigh Gray					Tim McGeever
Tavish Gray					Madison Arnold
Deputy Archibald MacGregor					Greg Hildreth
Beau Gray					Bjorn Thorstad
Penelope Braithwaite					Alison Barton
Angelo Bronte					Jim Pirri
Colonel Alberto Fussar					Alfredo Narciso
Levi Simon					Jeffrey Gurner
Hercule Fontaine					Guyviaud Joseph
Rains Fall					Graham Greene
Eagle Flies					Jeremiah Bitsui
Colonel Henry Favours					Malachy Cleary
Captain Lyndon Monroe					Jake Silbermann
Cleet					P.J. Sosko
Joe					Ian Bedford
Anthony Foreman					David St. Louis
Thomas Downes					Peter Lettre
Edith Downes					Jayme Lake
Archie Downes					Paul Thode
David Geddes					Jeff McCarthy
Jesicca LeClerk						Lisa Datz
Horley						Larry Bull
Old Man Jones						Gary Desbien
Marshal Tom Davies						Mike Keller
Samson Finch						Julian Rozzell
Alfredo Montez						Emilio Delgado
Teddy Brown						Daniel Stewart Sherman
Amos Lancing						Unknown
Jeremiah Shaw						Unknown
JB Cripps						Larry Kenney
Madam Nazar						Daniella Rabbani
The Woman With No Name						Ebony Blake
Maggie Fike						Stephanie Roth Haberle
Lemuel "Lem" Fike						Unknown
Danny-Lee Caton						Unknown
Reid Hixon						Unknown
Harriet Davenport						Emilea Wilson
Gus Macmillan						Unknown

Note: A gray cell indicates that the character does not appear in that medium.

Reception

Vorlage:Expand section Vorlage:VG Series Reviews The Red Dead series, particularly the second and third games, are critically acclaimed. Red Dead Redemption, averaging 95% on both review aggregate websites Metacritic and GameRankings, won numerous awards, including Game of the Year by GameSpy and GameSpot, and is considered to be one of the greatest games of all time. Reviewers praised the visuals, music, acting, open world gameplay and the story. A Game of the Year edition containing all additional content was released in October 2011.Red Dead Redemption 2, averaging 97% for both platforms on Metacritic, was also widely acclaimed by critics, who praised the same aspects as well as its significant level of detail, winning a number of awards from publications.

Sales

Red Dead Revolver sold 920,000 copies in North America as of July 2, 2010. Red Dead Redemption broke the records of its previous game, having shipped over 11 million copies by August 2011 and over 15 million copies by February 2017.Red Dead Redemption 2 however, marked the franchise's commercial achievement. In three days, the game generated $725 million in revenue, officially having the largest opening weekend in the history of entertainment, as well as being the second highest-selling entertainment launch, behind Grand Theft Auto V, another widely popular title from Rockstar Games. Two weeks after launch, the game shipped over 17 million units, thus exceeding its predecessors' lifetime sales. By August 2021, the two Red Dead Redemption games had shipped almost 60 million units.

Einzelnachweise

• Blake Hester: How the Red Dead franchise began. In: Polygon. 17. Oktober 2018, abgerufen am 21. Oktober 2018 (amerikanisches Englisch). 

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