As it stands, it seems the long-awaitedRed Dead Redemptionremaster will likely manifest…someday. Recently, it was indicated that if the reported-but-yet-to-be-announcedGTA Remastered Trilogysells well, thenRockstar Games would remaster the originalRed Dead Redemptionafter it. Now, that’s still a coin toss in a lot of ways, but due to the popularity of both franchises, both would likely sell well.
It remains to be seen how deep such a remaster would be, but it does seem unlikely that the game would move too much towardRed Dead Redemption 2(since it’s not a remake). Enhanced graphics with some additional fine-tuning forRed Dead Redemption 1would be perfect, nonetheless. And with those new graphics, that means reliving some of the most defining moments of the original. So, however, will be just as heart-breaking, if not more so, the second time around.
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John Marston’s Death
Without a doubt,John Marston’s deathis likely the biggest moment many think back to when it comes to the first game. It doesn’t necessarily come out of everywhere, but the build-up to it is intense. Not only does John finish what he set up to do for the Pinkertons, but players see him return home, attempting to live his life once again with his family. That’s when they decide he is the “last enemy to be destroyed” as is the mission title.
With the added context fromRed Dead Redemption 2, it could be even more emotional than it was. Still, pulling out the Deadeye—a reliablemechanic throughout bothRed Dead Redemptiongames—to take a few with John as an army takes him out is an incredibly heartbreaking moment.
Dutch’s Death
If there is one death that is for sure more impactful after playing throughRed Dead Redemption 2, it’s Dutch’s. In the original game, the man is a bit of an enigma. His final words make sense but come without too much context. He led the gang during its heyday, but it’s clear he’s fallen from grace. Dutch falls to his death, a symbolic point of his fall from grace, and it’s as memorable as it gets.
Still, inRed Dead Redemption 2, Dutch is everything fans could have expected. He is unique, a leader, and beloved, yet his fall from grace drives home every point he ever made inRed Dead Redemption 1. “Our time has passed, John.” Those are his last words and really drive home many of thewestern themes in Red Dead Redemption, and now those carry even more weight.
Jack Marston vs. Edgar Ross
This moment is slightly different. After his mother passes a few years later,Jack Marston pursues Edgar Rossto take revenge for his father in a rivalry lifetimes in the making. Symbolically, it’s more about all the fathers Jack had and the family he had in the gang, something thatRed Dead Redemption 2once again really accentuates. It also shows that Jack, who preferred books and had the way out of the outlaw life, gets dragged back in.
It’s not immediately as painful as the other games, but it is a reflective moment. To this day, fans do not know what becomes of Jack Marston. He’s alone in the world, andRed Dead’s Pinkertonsaren’t likely to forgive him even though Ross is retired. The west, while still carrying a few more years of stories, is basically settled. Jack Marston is the last outlaw in a world where he cannot survive, and knowing everything he lived through and lost before this moment is only going to add more weight to it.
