2 Day’s until a year! Today’s game is Red Dead Redemption 1. The Last of Us was initially planned for today, but the crashing kept getting on my nerves that i decided to step back for a sec. I’m going to try and look into a fix because i’m really enjoying but those freezes seem particularly horrendous today for some reason. I still was in the mood for a narrative heavy game though and i had recently picked this up so i went, “what the hell?” and installed it since it was small and would take less than an hour.

I have to say, i’m glad i picked up on discount. Not worth the intial price, but god damn it’s not a bad port at all. It’s gorgeous and features a pretty decent selection of graphics options. And i’d argue it looks better than the original version unless you’re fond of the crunchy 720p. Like, damn, this is a Xbox 360 game? I don’t think they changed much graphically besides a few tweaks and extra options, so fuck does this look good. It runs well too. I’m at 1440p and it runs at a stable 60fps for me with FSR at Native Resolution. I did have some stuttering the longer the game went on though, which is odd because i remember Red Dead 2 having the exact same problem on Steam Deck/my gaming rig. I wonder if it’s a issue with the Rockstar launcher and Proton?

When i played the first one, i was young enough for a lot of things to go over my head. So playing this again, especially after 2 i’m picking up on a lot of things. Like for example the same Motif in American Venom from Red Dead 2 plays during this same mission. Which is a cool detail that i’m glad they added in two. It must have been so cool to remember this song from the first one and then finish 2 and hear that Motif. I’m just a sucker for Motif’s in general though.

I got to experience the absolute joy of this game’s physics engine too. When doing one of the Wagon missions i hit a rabbit or a rock or something and watched the wagon flip into the air before hitting the ground like nothing happened. It’s amazing. I wish i got a clip of it just to share because it was hilarious.

Finally, during the first mission, at the very very beginning, do you see that guy there? The one behind John? I accidentally pointed my gun at him and he ran off. When i got on my horse i caught up to him and he got absolutely railed by a train. He falls to the side, and then just walks it off like nothing happened. God this game has an hilarious physics engine. I loved Red Dead 2’s but god there’s some sort of magic in this one or something.