Red Dead Redemption Free Remaster Brings Huge Overhaul to Graphics and Gameplay
Red Dead Redemption players can now download a free community-developed remaster which makes big changes to graphics and gameplay. Developed by modder BadassBaboon, Reality Redemption is a new mod that aims to revamp almost every aspect of the original Red Dead Redemption. According to them, the mod aims to improve the visual fidelity of this game with better textures, models, and weather cycles, fixing continuity errors, as well as improving its gameplay elements for a more fluid and realistic experience.
BadassBaboon says that while Red Dead Redemption is one of the best Western titles ever created, its age has led to various gameplay and visual elements feeling outdated and not up to today’s gaming standards. That’s where Reality Redemption comes in, improving visual clarity, fixing continuity errors, and touching up gameplay details for a better experience.
AI, Gameplay Upgrades, and 4K Textures
Putting this into more detail, some of the changes made by the mod include adding more than 300 prop textures, along with improvements to various vegetation and grass textures. This also extends to textures for animals and vehicles like horses, carriages, and steam engines. Snow has also been added to the level of detail textures.
Moving on to gameplay improvements, the mod has added an optional white Arabian horse that can be used as a war horse. AI has been significantly changed as well, with improvements detailed across the board. Horses can now detect enemies independently, and bears will also charge at you. And on higher resolutions especially like 4K, the game should look even more gorgeous than it did before. You can download Reality Redemption from Nexus Mods now. Being a mod, it’s obviously only available for the PC version of the game.
GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption Actor Auditioned for Over 60 Roles in GTA 6
Prolific Rockstar actor Robert Bogue may have appeared in the likes of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, GTA 5, Red Dead Revolver, and Red Dead Redemption, but he won’t be making an appearance in GTA 6 – though not for a lack of trying. Speaking to a fan through Instagram – since reposted on Twitter, verified by GamesRadar+ – Bogue shares that despite auditioning for more than 60 roles, he hasn’t heard back from Rockstar.
I’m a little disappointed with Rockstar, he says. I had an amazing experience working with them before. Some of the producers I worked with are still there, and so are several directors whom I have a great deal of respect for. I really wanted to be part of GTA 6, but they turned me down.
Discouraging Rejections and Unofficial Policies
I must have auditioned for more than 60 roles—some major, some minor. I didn’t care how big the role was; I just wanted to be in the game. I didn’t get any of them, and I never even heard back about a single one. Honestly, that was pretty discouraging.
At one point, I even started wondering if they had some kind of unofficial policy against bringing back the same actors. Because being rejected that many times and not even landing a small role just didn’t make sense to me. There’s definitely some disappointment and resentment, he says. It feels like falling in love with someone, only for them to suddenly leave you.
As part of verifying the quote for this story, I reached out to Bogue about the quotes, who tells me that rejection is sadly part of the gig, and that what he really wants to get across is how much he enjoyed working with Rockstar over the many years.
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