Red Dead Redemption: The Good, the Bad, the Iconic: The Birth of a Western from Rockstar Games
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In 2004, Rockstar Games released Red Dead Revolver, an open-world third-person action-adventure western, and launched a new series that turned the gaming industry upside down.
Author Romain Dasnois, fascinated by the mysterious Wild West, tells you the full story of the success of the Red Dead trilogy, which became one of the outstanding series of our time in both technical and narrative terms. Not only will you be treated to a history of the game saga's creation and analysis, but also an exploration of the Western genre itself. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of backwoods towns and scorching sun, dangerous shootouts and traveling across the vast expanses.
You will learn:
- How the morals of the Wild West changed and what the Western genre was based on;
- what happened behind the scenes of development and how the Red Dead saga developed in parallel with the GTA series;
- how the script was prepared, what narrative techniques were used by the developers and what was the inspiration from cinema;
- how the series explores themes of revenge, honor, and redemption and weaves them into the game experience.
Author Romain Dasnois, fascinated by the mysterious Wild West, tells you the full story of the success of the Red Dead trilogy, which became one of the outstanding series of our time in both technical and narrative terms. Not only will you be treated to a history of the game saga's creation and analysis, but also an exploration of the Western genre itself. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of backwoods towns and scorching sun, dangerous shootouts and traveling across the vast expanses.
You will learn:
- How the morals of the Wild West changed and what the Western genre was based on;
- what happened behind the scenes of development and how the Red Dead saga developed in parallel with the GTA series;
- how the script was prepared, what narrative techniques were used by the developers and what was the inspiration from cinema;
- how the series explores themes of revenge, honor, and redemption and weaves them into the game experience.
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