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| Pollyanna 279th Post
 
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|  "Red Dead Revolver...then and now"
, posted Fri 7 May 18:54
I just finished Red Dead Revolver and enjoyed almost every minute of it (excluding the numerous glitches). I told myself that I would not be picky about changes from the original, and held off until I finished the game to go back and watch the Capcom preview video of it from ages ago.
While I'm not particularly disappointed with what Rockstar did, I was totally shocked to see how much the game had been altered. A large number of characters and areas had been taken out, and gameplay seemed dramatically different.
For anyone who has not seen the old Capcom video...it's a good thing to have. I can only upload it for a short period of time (24 hours or so) , so if anyone is willing to host it for an extended period, tell me.
All in all, I loved the game, though. I wonder what I was missing, but I'm not displeased with what I have. However, it's still quite disappointing that I was able to beat 4 bosses by glitches/loopholes and had numerous instances of randomly bulletproof characters/people running up walls, etc.
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| Undead Fred 1532th Post
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|  "Re(1):Red Dead Revolver...then and now"
, posted Fri 7 May 19:01
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I just finished Red Dead Revolver and enjoyed almost every minute of it (excluding the numerous glitches). I told myself that I would not be picky about changes from the original, and held off until I finished the game to go back and watch the Capcom preview video of it from ages ago.
While I'm not particularly disappointed with what Rockstar did, I was totally shocked to see how much the game had been altered. A large number of characters and areas had been taken out, and gameplay seemed dramatically different.
For anyone who has not seen the old Capcom video...it's a good thing to have. I can only upload it for a short period of time (24 hours or so) , so if anyone is willing to host it for an extended period, tell me.
All in all, I loved the game, though. I wonder what I was missing, but I'm not displeased with what I have. However, it's still quite disappointing that I was able to beat 4 bosses by glitches/loopholes and had numerous instances of randomly bulletproof characters/people running up walls, etc.
Aha! I KNEW something was weird... I remember seeing a commercial for it on TV a day or two ago, and hearing Rockstar's name with it. I was thinking, "I thought... that CAPCOM made that???" What ended up happening with that, anyway? Did Capcom want to cancel, but Rockstar picked it up or something?
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| KumagaiToshiro
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| "Re(2):Red Dead Revolver...then and now" , posted Fri 7 May 19:20
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I just finished Red Dead Revolver and enjoyed almost every minute of it (excluding the numerous glitches). I told myself that I would not be picky about changes from the original, and held off until I finished the game to go back and watch the Capcom preview video of it from ages ago.
While I'm not particularly disappointed with what Rockstar did, I was totally shocked to see how much the game had been altered. A large number of characters and areas had been taken out, and gameplay seemed dramatically different.
For anyone who has not seen the old Capcom video...it's a good thing to have. I can only upload it for a short period of time (24 hours or so) , so if anyone is willing to host it for an extended period, tell me.
All in all, I loved the game, though. I wonder what I was missing, but I'm not displeased with what I have. However, it's still quite disappointing that I was able to beat 4 bosses by glitches/loopholes and had numerous instances of randomly bulletproof characters/people running up walls, etc.
Aha! I KNEW something was weird... I remember seeing a commercial for it on TV a day or two ago, and hearing Rockstar's name with it. I was thinking, "I thought... that CAPCOM made that???" What ended up happening with that, anyway? Did Capcom want to cancel, but Rockstar picked it up or something?
That is what happened actually. Capcom cancelled it along with some other titles not too long ago and the games developer, Angel Studios, kinda had the project sitting in limbo. So, Rockstar came along (they had worked with Angel Studios before on the Smuggler's Run series), picked up the rights to the game and made Angel Rockstar San Diego. Personally, I can't wait to pick up a copy of RDR and play it. It looked cool back when Capcom unveiled it and thankfully, it has saw the light of day through Rockstar.
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| Pollyanna 280th Post
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|  "Re(3):Red Dead Revolver...then and now"
, posted Sun 9 May 13:13
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There's really no comparison. The original was like a gunfighting sim...this is like a mediocre action game. I really didn't find anything special or ambitious about it, which is what disappointed me. The first incarnation of the game was just sooooo out there and unique that this game really didn't impress me.
Plus I thought ennio morricone was going to do the soundtrack? what the hell?
If you remember, could you tell me a bit more about how they played differently? I know it was a while ago, but I'm really interested. After watching the old Capcom video, I didn't know what to think. I know I'm missing something that looks good, but it's not like I don't like what I have, despite its flaws.
But the soundtrack is my biggest concern, because...yes, Morricone was supposed to do it from what I heard. The music in the old Capcom demo was very...strange, so it was my assumption that it was made specifically for the game. I noticed that the voice samples in the Capcom version are also different than the Rockstar one. So, I'm starting to wonder if they didn't use the original soundtrack.
I don't want to start a rolling hate wagon about the soundtrack, when I don't know the details, but it is a bit funny. The music in the game was (almost) all taken from old, lesser-known westerns. To me, it's an excellent soundtrack, but there are only 2 Morricone songs on it. One is old, one is from 2002, but both are from other pieces. It may have been an exagerration to say "Morricone does the music", when in actuality, it was "Morricone does some music IN it", but I wonder if Rockstar didn't buy the rights to the soundtrack or something.
Any way you cut it, if there IS another soundtrack out there, I just want it on CD.
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| exodus 1919th Post
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| "Re(4):Red Dead Revolver...then and now" , posted Sun 9 May 18:19
ok...it's REALLY hard to remember. I wish I'd written up impressions, but I uh...didn't. I wasn't so sure that this 'insert credit' thing was going to take off at the time, so we were pretty laid back. here's a video though, dunno if the link still works: http://www.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2002/reddeadr/rdr.avi
(actually, looking at it, it seems to be gone...sorry. might have a backup somewhere though)
well, the control scheme was reeeeeeeally different. if I remember correctly, you controlled the guns independently of movement, and there was a lot of locking on, manipulating both analog sticks (PS2 at this point), and aiming through obstacles, such as a ruined town. There was very little running around, and a lot more rolling/dodging. it was much more about the aiming and shooting. Ugh, it's really hard to remember.
I'm not really finding any helpful previews. I'll see if I can get sklathill to post his impressions.
maybe it wasn't really that different, and I'm just insane. egh.
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