# History of the Red Dead Franchise! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842 "2020-05-18T21:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/1 "2020-05-18T21:11:06Z")
> **[How the Red Dead franchise began](https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/17/17986118/how-the-red-dead-franchise-began-angel-studios-capcom-rockstar)** > > It started with Peter Gabriel, Resident Evil 2 and Patrón This was a long-ish but fun read. I was never a fan of Westerns or Red Dead Redemption itself for that matter, but the history behind it is a different story haha. ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/2 "2020-05-18T22:22:51Z")
Have you played it? ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/3 "2020-05-18T22:54:17Z")
Yes I have. Fully. Even got every single beaver pelt for that one pesky achievement 🌩 I prefer fantasy (Dragon Age, Witcher, Skyrim) or Space/Future (Mass Effect, Fallout) more. Riding around on a horse with realistic weapons just…seems like something I could potentially pull of in real life. I can’t summon an ice elemental though. 🧊 ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/4 "2020-05-18T23:10:11Z")
I loved breath of the wild and I love westerns so I thought about picking up red dead redemption, but I’m afraid if I start playing it I won’t stop. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/5 "2020-05-18T23:32:45Z")
I haven’t played Revolver, or RDR1, but I have played RDR2, and that’s a great game. It feels a lot like a reskinning of GTA, but that’s not really something you can knock it for. And there’s something appealing about the wild west as an environment. It definitely has more of a BotW feel to it. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/6 "2020-05-18T23:56:43Z")
It isn’t as open-ended as some of the other RPGs I listed. You will ultimately run out of primary and secondary quests without spending 200-ish hours. If I remember, the entire game took me about 40 hours to complete. I have not played RDR2, but it is on my list to play…once my daughter goes to college in 16 years and I have more free time haha. 🍇 ---
**Author:** ![tbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842/7 "2020-05-19T03:29:32Z")
Same here. I was watching videos on the pc version a few months ago, and was blown away at the detail and graphic quality. I’m afraid to start it