Rockstar knows how to generate hype. The beloved studio just released a brand new promotional material focused on the upcoming spaghetti western Red Dead Redemption 2 and it's a trailer that you should definitely watch, as the developer unveils some fascinating and meaty details. The second half of Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay series is focused on the story and pure action.
Our protagonist, Arthur Morgan, is the pivotal member of the Van der Linde Gang who will get involved in all sorts of dangerous adventures, including robbing trains, encountering rival gangs and outlaws, evading cunning lawmen and lots more in a world that is deep, teeming with life and very menacing. The trailer also gives us a chance to see this wonderful world from the first-person camera.
The Dead Eye system (borrowed from another western series,
Call of Juarez) also makes a return working better than ever. Basing solely on the video, the transitions between cut-scenes and actual action are seamless. The scale of the world is also breathtaking and it look like players will have a chance to check out two fantastic open-world games (
RDR2 &
Assassin's Creed Odyssey) this month.
America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will be available on October 26, 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.