After months of hypothesis, the Purple Lifeless Redemption remaster/remake saga hit a moist squelch of an anticlimax yesterday afternoon, when Rockstar proudly introduced it was porting the fundamental model of the unique PS3 and Xbox 360 recreation to the Nintendo Swap and PS4. For $50, no much less. Followers have been upset.
“C’mon Arthur we solely must promote yet one more copy of Purple Lifeless Redemption for change at 50$ and tomorrow might be consuming mangoes” pic.twitter.com/QfEhWA1NDxAugust 7, 2023
Followers proceed to be upset, really. Purple Lifeless neighborhood hubs have gone into full-on mutiny mode, buying and selling memes that excoriate and mock Rockstar’s decision-making and inspiring each other to boycott the port totally.
“Don’t purchase Purple Lifeless Redemption,” reads the title of a much-upvoted and awarded thread within the subreddit all about Purple Lifeless Redemption. Its writer, dtv20, explains their reasoning thusly: “It is a $50 port of a 13 yr outdated recreation” with “no graphical enhancements. No FPS enhancements” and “no multiplayer.” “Do not buy this money seize,” they conclude.
I am all the time cautious of the phrase “money seize,” which is often used to paper over holes in our understanding about how specific video games come to be, however I get the frustration. After over a decade of RDR1 being trapped on consoles that the majority of us—at finest—have locked away in lofts and storage, it is bewildering to see the sport’s stewards determine that the most effective factor to do is port it to a decade-old console (and the Nintendo Swap, which at the least is sensible) however go away PC within the mud.
Loads of followers have identified the incongruity between RDR1’s new port—and its value—and the backwards appropriate model that followers can play proper now over on Xbox Collection S/X. You may choose that one up for a mere £25/$30 proper now, and have it run with a set of Xbox Collection X enhancements that make it look very fairly certainly. It is usually on sale, too, as famous by person AveryLazyCovfefe, who wrote, “$50, holy hell. Whereas I discovered it for as little as $8 on Xbox. Which has a decision increase.”
Washington Put up video games reporter Gene Park likewise identified that his personal, backwards appropriate Xbox model of the sport nonetheless had its multiplayer mode, and that his cowboy from 13 years in the past continues to toot, shoot, and doubtlessly root within the vast ramble of the American frontier even in 2023. The brand new port will not embody a multiplayer mode.
pink lifeless 1 multiplayer nonetheless stay and populated on xbox, in 4K. my cowboy from 13 years in the past resurrected from the cloud pic.twitter.com/pZPh6mdQNOAugust 7, 2023
Others are simply revelling in a possibility to make enjoyable of Rockstar, which, you already know, honest sufficient. A preferred put up on the Poorly Aged Issues Twitter account merely consists of a screenshot of 2021 VGC article about Take-Two—Rockstar’s father or mother firm—declaring that it was not focused on “easy ports” for its remaster technique.
Again on Reddit, some customers are delighting within the variety of dislikes Rockstar’s announcement trailer has accrued; some are kicking themselves for ever getting their hopes up, declaring “Rockstar is Dutch and we have all develop into Arthur,” and a few are simply lamenting a remake that was in all probability by no means within the playing cards however that many individuals bought their hopes up for anyway.
It is a darn disgrace. Purple Lifeless 1 is a well-loved recreation, and it has been trapped on lifeless consoles for a lot too lengthy. Whereas it will be good to have it in locations the place it will probably at the least be performed on trendy programs through backwards compatibility, it seems like a lot, a lot lower than a recreation of its significance deserves. Plus, after all, we wish to see it on PC, if just for the inevitable cavalcade of mods that exchange John with Arthur Morgan. However at the least one good factor has come out of all this: Here’s a image of Kirby in cowboy boots.
pink lifeless redemption on the nintendo change pic.twitter.com/XxzekyhNn3August 7, 2023
