Red Dead Revolver's story in Redemption's world is very much like the Trojan War in our world. It happened, but much of the story was embellished. Red Harlow (along with the other characters) likely existed, but not in the way Revolver portrays them.
i played this game about ten times all the ways through with my brother and it was probably one of the best games on xbox. i loved all the old timey stuff you could buy.
It's odd to hear someone talking about a 2004 game as "old timey stuff." I've been gaming since the 80's and it doesn't seem that old to me. But I guess it is.
@@dr.skulhamr3220 i was talking about the snake oil, the lever guns, and the bowie knives. old timey western stuff. the marketplace in the game had great art and menus for all that stuff.
Gun was also lit. The first semi-open world Western that came out shortly after RDRev. It was also made by most of the same devs. So it was essentially RDRev 2 but open world...
I haven't played it, but I'll probably pick it up since it's on Steam. People recommended it after my punisher video because Thomas Jane voices the protagonist
Another western I strangely found a lot of fun in was Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. First western i played thru all the way and had a decent amount of fun doing so as well.
@@MrHammers its by no means a "Great Game" but like my opinions on Revenge of the Sith: "My Enjoyment for this game outmatches thought, reason, and criticism"
I was 5 or 6 when my brother got this game who was probably 12 at the time. I watched up until the Pig Josh fight, which made my brother kick me out of the room so he could concentrate. He kept losing and I watched from a crack in the door anyway.
I have my original PS2 version and still can’t unlock Mr Kelley in multiplayer cause I can’t get hit by him and always end up getting 1 shot in me before beating him
@@illusioNery I’m telling you super cheap at the end especially if you want everything. Frankly I like the filter option on the ps2 version it makes it look closer to Xbox even though that ran at a higher frame rate.
@@TheL1arL1ar i had the ps2 version and beat it but I didn't beat the hardest difficulty until I played it on xbox.. I own it to ps2 now nad need to give it another go but I've played it all east 3 or 4 times lol
@@BarrickMacready I own it for ps2 as well but imma be honest even though I beat it multiple times…I think I got ptsd from this game and I dunno anymore…still love it tho.
I was looking to play that game, I actually never played it back in the day. People were recommending it after the punisher video because Thomas Jane voices the protagonist in that as well, and it's on Steam! So I don't have to jump through loopholes to play it hahaha
@@MrHammers hopefully you can see through it's flaws having never played it. I'd put it right up there with RD Revolver. It's not as good but it's still a classic.
I remember my dad getting this game for me when I was a kid even though he knew nothing about it. It's the reason why I even got into Red Dead Redemption in the first place, because I thought it was the continuation of Revolver lol. Great video, didn't know initially Capcom was behind this game.
lol same haha. When I saw red dead redemption come out and I had a PS3 I was like “Oh thats cool I have a red dead game for my PS2. Its probably part 2” oh how wrong was I tho. Miss this game it had an amazing soundtrack when I would sit at the menu as a kid.
I still play this game even today, the qualities of it it's undeniable and also the nostalgia that comes with that. It feels good to see that other people either have the same feeling about this game like me.
Some of the best gaming memories I have involve playing this game after renting it from Blockbuster back in 2004. One night, while my mom was at the hospital (my little brother was just born that night), me and my dad were playing this game on the PS2 and we were yelling, laughing, and having a great time. I miss when gaming was about having fun with quality games and not throwing away your money on half-finished garbage games and microtransactions.
Commenting for the algorithm. Mr. hammers is great and defiantly deserves the likes/views. Never played this game, but this video has given me even more appreciation for the Red Dead universe.
I mean, it’s decent yes. But beautiful? Lol. It’s just a game review with consistent changing of screens using basic video editing. This channel is good. But idk about BEAUTIFUL.
This was it... The game that got me hooked up. Everytime I heard red saying "it was never about the money" always sends me chills up to my spine. It's crazy how times flys. I still have the disk so I should get back to playing it
I still have fond memories of renting & beating Red Dead Revolver. The gameplay took some getting used to, as I wasn't skilled at shooters and had never seen anything like the Deadeye mechanic before. But man, after some practice, I LOVED it. Everything from the story (though, I admittedly didn't understand all of it at that age) to the characters, music and setting was fun and memorable. I felt like a Terminator in the Old West (if said Terminator was played by a younger Clint Eastwood). It was just about everything a kid could want in the classic cowboy power fantasy: Hunting bounties, stopping crimes (like the train robbery), exploring an old town, getting new weapons, winning shooting duels, feeling like an overall badass, etc. When Redemption first came out, I'd honestly forgotten all about Revolver. Then, lo and behold, I loved Redemption even more (except, I sadly never beat it and eventually moved on to other games). My sister bought R.D.R. 2, but I never got into it. It's hard to explain why, as I love everything about both those titles and agree that they improved on Revolver in every possible aspect. Perhaps the genre simply didn't resonate with me anymore (admittedly, I was never into old Spaghetti Western films)? Or, maybe it was Revolver's simpler foundation that kept my interest, whereas the Redemption titles are so much bigger and more complex? In any case, I'll always have a place in my heart for this franchise and am grateful that it's still going strong. I might give Redemption 2 another try someday and see if it recaptures those feelings I had for its predecessor. I wish Rockstar would remake Revolver (not just remaster), imagine what current technology could do for the adventures of Red Harlow?
Rented this in 04 cept I was just out of the Navy and in college. This game is probably the seed that got me to dive into Euro Westerns (spaghetti westerns). Before that, like a lot of Americans, I thought there was only the Dollars movies. Now I have probably viewed somewhere around 100-150 of them. And there was supposedly 600-1000 of them made.
If they do a remake I think they should make it open world and expand on that world then have a gra 5 style where you can swap from red to other characters in the game like jack swift. However keeping to original style of red dead revolver and as well add more missions with the characters
Great vid Mr.Hammers! Red dead revolver was a amazing game and it along with a few others such as The Warriors, Oni and Wild Metal are often overlooked when talking about Rockstar games.
The warriors was fantastic! One of my favorites and Oni was a great game, as far as I know Rockstar was only involved in the PS2 port of the game though, it was developed by Bungie.
Yes! This is the game!! The nods to spaghetti westerns got me hooked right away. Been championing this game since it came out. Glad to see a dedicated video like this.
I rented this game way back then myself and I had a blast playing it for sure. One of the best around at the time as far as I can remember, but then again I wasn't really what you'd call a full on "gamer" either. I really only got back into gaming because GTA 3, Vice City etc were so awesome that they ended up luring me back in, lol.
I only just played Revolver last year, and I absolutely adored it. It was everything I expected it to be for a game in it's time, but honestly didnt expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The story is great. Not the most fleshed out story, but still very telling the way it was done. I can imagine being a kid and playing it for the first time, I would have been just as satisfied, if not more so.
Man, this might have been the first video game I ever actually played. For some reason, my town library had it, and 14 year old me decided to steal it. Good choice, me.
Had to sell chocolate bars for some class. The class was canceled half way through and I had never turned in my money. One day while my dad was at work, I walked a couple miles to Kmart to buy Final Fantasy 7. What a great buy from free money.
I'm just glad Red Dead Revolver is backwards compatible on Xbox One now finally so more people can experience it. It's a great game and definitely worth playing. The Spaghetti Western soundtrack is awesome. The track with the whistling that plays when you're on the level with train robbery has been stuck in my head for years ever since first playing the game.
When it comes to wild west styled games, there are 5 that will always come to mind for me. Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, Red Dead Revolver, Gun, and God Hand. I kinda wish that Redemption didn't overshadow the other 3 but when those 2 games are as good as they are, it's nearly impossible to not let that happen. Plus, they've earned that recognition beyond a shadow of a doubt. I think most people kinda see Revoler, Gun, and God Hand and confuse "not as good as" with "not good" which is a damn shame
As a Red Dead Redemption II fan, I dutifully bought the Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption games because I thought I'd enjoy the additional context. The problem is I don't want to take the time away from playing RDR2 to play those other games. Your video has been very helpful. Thank you.
Once you feel the need to stop or take a break from RDR2, I highly recommend RDR1. You'll enjoy it just as much and once you're done with the main game the DLC Undead Nightmare is one of the best of all time.
When this came out it was the game I’d always been dreaming of. And it was so stylistically on point, and funny without being flat out stupid, but dark in all the right places, it was honestly at the time like getting a new Tarantino film. Red dead redemption is my favorite game of all time but it wouldn’t have made as much sense if this hadn’t been thoroughly played first. You would never get how deeply spaghetti western it really all was in origin
Man, I remember playing this as a kid, the battles were legendary for me. All the side characters mission were amazing, I'll never forget shadow wolf's boss battle against that bear dude, or jack swift's crazy witch guy, and annie riding a buffalo. Awesome game, nice to see other people that remember it!
it's nice to see some folks still talk about this gem of a game today, even if its a small amount its still nice to know i ain't the only person on the planet who still thinks about it. probably the only game i've ever played that felt like i was inside a old skool spaghetti western! likely the game i can blame my 'love of all things western' on. you simplified the story a bit too much (for my liking), but then i guess this isn't a story summary lol otherwise a very good video about revolver, thank you for this. its a shame it gets overshadowed by the series sequels and often forgotten or ignored due to it not being canon (though i personally don't care what anyone says, its canon to me), or simply due to its age. really in my opinion, the best western game on the market before redemption came along, it just has this magic to it that can't be beat! one of the few games i'd unironically give a 10/10, and it sucks that it'll likely never get a sequel or remake, though you never know a remake could ruin it somehow. so maybe its for best. cheers
I think I've only owned a half dozen games in my life. Somewhat like you, it was a love for spaghetti westerns that got me into RDR2. I didn't even have a machine that would play it, so I bought a console. It seemed a bit expensive to pay that much just to play one game, but the amount of hours of entertainment I've gotten made it definitely worth it.
Ah yes, i too remember how broken jack was on this game's multiplayer, it was basically a dispute to see who got to use him and spam the living shut out of his ability
Who forgot about revolver? If we going to talk about a forgotten rockstar game. The Warriors needs more attention. Started watching more of your vids and I see that you did talk about The Warriors. You a legend mate! Take my sub!
When RD2 dropped I was amazed at how so many people had no clue about RDR (OG) I can't help but to always say Revolver before realizing I made a huge mistake I get corrected as if this game was in a list of thing being associated with the Mandala effect. The Showdown mode to me felt sooooo lovely especially since I would kick ass with good ol' Sheriff Bartlett. Oh Xbox I miss your touch, your vibrations you passed along our bodies and mind. This is what made me REALLY enjoy westerns. Who knew? Please show the same love to my friends... Dear Revolver.
Dude you nailed it with this video! You made me remember how much I genuinely love this game. I take comfort in knowing I still have my ps2 and this game in storage for a rainy year 😆
There was a local teen center in my hometown. My parents weren't always 'around'- physically present but taken by substance and their own trauma. This game was a lot for a kid born in 92 when this came out at '04: the guy at the teen center always made such a big deal out of passing this game over the counter to me like it was a 'secret spy envelope' for eyes only. Thank you for making this video 🧚🏻♂️❣️
What a beautifully put video, and even though I've read all the Journal Pages and played the game for over 100 hours, thoroughly enjoyed your thorough recap on the plot. Great vid!
I remember seeing commercials for this when I was young and begging my father to get me the game on release day and playing it and getting fully immersed playing it nonstop I loved this game and super underrated.
I always remember scrolling over the character selection and to that guy who kept saying "I'm gunna kill yuuu and useee yuuu to wipe muh bee hind!" That and that guy who says "Whose up for some Bar-B-Que!" Lol. "Pray for a swift death!" Haven't played in over 15 years yet, I still remember playing so many hours with my brother. We thought if you bought the "For sale" sign in the shop, you'd be able to own your own store or what not. Ahhh... The imagination.
Damn bro thanks for the memories I used to do this exact same thing when I was a kid playing on ps2 I played a lot with my grandpa he played as jack swift and I’d play as Buffalo bill man I miss these times
To me Red Dead Revolver has never been forgotten, I still play it and I remember back 2004 being so excited about it and preordering it. One of the best games ever made.
When this game came out I expected it to play more like the way Red Dead Redemption ended up playing. Of course GUN was basically the type of game was looking for but didn’t realize it was what it was at the time. With that being said Red Dead Revolver turned out to be very entertaining in its own right. The initial let down was quickly overcome.
This was one of the first games I ever played. I would always watch my older brother play games but this one had a pretty dang fun local multilayer so we'd play that a lot after my brother finished the story. That was until my mom got fed up with us playing it every waking hour, and she also found out it was Rated M. So she did what any mother would do and snapped the game in half and forced us to sell our PS2. It did us right though, I started playing outside more often. I played it again about 12 years later on the PS3 and it was just as incredible as I remember.
Cant believe ur such a small channel for the amount of work these vids seem like they are. i tried this game on a ps2 emulator and it seemed really fun but i dont like playing emulators usually. shame this and red dead 1 never made it to pc
my dad bought me revolver when he first got me xbox original when2006, it was the very first game that i played on console which made me love games and become a gamer myself years later. now my father's been dead for 11 years now and everytime i get to see revolver any where i shed a tear on him cause we had alot of memories together playing it.
One of my most memorable games from growing up. Always upset me when my friends thought RDR was the original for some reason. Think it’s because of how much I loved the true original
I like the idea that Red Harlow is Uncle's real name. No one else in the Van Der Lind gang knew because he never really got into specifics about his life before the gang, and most of them would think he's full of shit anyway.
@@frankcastle8397 yeah, probably not. I like the idea specifically because it's so unlikely, but it would be a funny way to tie up the trilogy. As it stands now redemption and revolver are totally unrelated, except for the fact that it happened in the same world.
I believe in Redemption Red is just a folk tale. I Imagine rockstar wanted a different world because I believe they got the rights to Revolver late in it's Development. so the references to Red indicate he is only a story told by people. Which in my opinion is a good way to reference a legendary character like Red. Also Uncle is definitely not Red because he mentions nothing that Red Harlow did.
I remembered thinking Red Dead Redemption was continuing of Red story. My brother got the game and told me that it's a new guy name John Martsen. I was pissed. It took me a good year before I played Redemption. I was busy playing Skyrim too.
It's a shame that Revolver ain't canon to Redemption. Fun Fact: I thought they'd continue the naming scheme and that Red Dead 3 (Red Dead Redemption 2) would be called like Red Dead Repeater or something
Is there any reason as to why? Any story beats or contradictions somehow that wouldn’t fit? I haven’t played any games so far but just picked up the first Redemption to play soon
I think Rockstar could really do something interesting (and make a ton more money) if they replace a Redemption 3, and instead make a Red Dead Revolver 2. It's all in the same universe and roughly same time period and location that eventually leads to a crossover game with related characters. Even more interesting, if the Harlows & Marstons become feuding families in the 1930's Dust Bowl/Great Depression.
This is the first game I bought after I got married. Saw it at Walmart and bought it because it was Rockstar and it looked cool. What a fantastic game. I adore nearly all the missions. I recently played through this again on my PS4 and was surprised by the quality of the art direction. The graphical fidelity isn’t great but the art direction hasn’t aged a day. God even the loading screen with the setting sun. A gorgeous, fun game. What a fun video man. I enjoy your stuff. Thank you for your work here.
As much as I like Red Dead redemption 2 and 1 I still like Red Dead revolver more I still play to this day hell after this I might go play right now in hard mode and I recommend y'all to get the game you can still get it on the PlayStation store for PS3 PS4 PS5
I feel like I'm alone in that I prefer Revolver to Redemption. Its just more fun. It still holds up imo. A completely unique game. Especially for the time.
I just love this game to bits, ironically my friend named himself shadow wolf and never played Revolver, so i did what ever good friend does, I made him play it, plus joke around by telling him to never died on me. Red Dead Revolver was my favorite game back in the ps2 era and to this day I still have my OG copy of it. Thank you for shining a light on this great game.
I mentioned this game to a lot of people who love Redemption 1&2 and you'd be surprised by how many people who haven't heard of Revolver! I use to play multiplayer with my brother and my best friend back in the day and we activated a bot just to spice things up I just wish this game could return in some shape or form. Criminally underrated!
I was 18 in 04 and I loved this game. I had it on PlayStation. There had never been a game where you could ride a horse til then. It was cool. I also loved Midtown Madness on PC, it was GTA before GTA was anything but birds-eye-view. Good times.
Jack's fate was intended to be ambiguous. If you talk to him in free roam he mentions wanting to retire after the contest. One of the writers confirmed he survived(sneaking off after protecting Red long enough for him to get through the secret passage, so he could retire in peace) and he was apparently supposed to be Landon Ricketss in the first draft of the Redemption Script.
Man this game always held a special place in my heart and I never got past the pig Johnson fight as a little kid lol. I never owned a copy so my chances to play were super limited but damn did it make an impact on me. Red was my character in rdr1 online and I made sure to never change that. I loved the style, the classic revenge tale, the gunplay. God it's a shame nobody including rockstar talks about this game. Thanks for doing your part
Nice work, that was entertaining and fun. I remember seeing ads for RDRevolver when it came out, and it caught my attention because I always enjoyed westerns and especially spaghetti westerns. But I never got around to playing it. When RDR2 came out, I hadn't played a video game in years but I actually bought a console just to play it. Now I'm playing RDR2 again, enjoying it just as much as the first couple playthroughs, and I suppose I should try to find copies of the first two.
Brings a smile to my face looking back at me and my neighbor in my basement on a 13 inch tv 📺 playing red dead revolver. Loved playing the army battle episode. Good times..
I had forgotten about this game. Thanks for the memory flashbacks!
I'm gonna pin your comment because about 100 people have asked " Who forgot this game..?".
You are the chosen one
@@MrHammers haha I win!
Is red John 🤯 wtf 😳
Same bro it was a last
Same bro what a memories
Red Dead Revolver's story in Redemption's world is very much like the Trojan War in our world.
It happened, but much of the story was embellished. Red Harlow (along with the other characters) likely existed, but not in the way Revolver portrays them.
That's why I love the Uncle theory.
IIRC revolver was supposed to be ‘narrated’ in a sense by Sheriff Bartlett, so yeah it’s supposed to be like a folk legend
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i played this game about ten times all the ways through with my brother and it was probably one of the best games on xbox. i loved all the old timey stuff you could buy.
Truly was a fascinating game in it's time
It's odd to hear someone talking about a 2004 game as "old timey stuff." I've been gaming since the 80's and it doesn't seem that old to me. But I guess it is.
@@dr.skulhamr3220 i was talking about the snake oil, the lever guns, and the bowie knives. old timey western stuff. the marketplace in the game had great art and menus for all that stuff.
@@FirelordRob76 ok
Same, my brother I loved it! We would have buddies over and ay the multi player alot!!
Gun was also lit. The first semi-open world Western that came out shortly after RDRev. It was also made by most of the same devs. So it was essentially RDRev 2 but open world...
I haven't played it, but I'll probably pick it up since it's on Steam. People recommended it after my punisher video because Thomas Jane voices the protagonist
@@MrHammers Yeah, the story was pretty good, although very short. The game overall is still pretty solid to say it's old af
Fax
this is one of my favorite games as a kid and I'm surprised that there's not more people that talk about this game.
Gun was definitely lit 🔥
Another western I strangely found a lot of fun in was Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. First western i played thru all the way and had a decent amount of fun doing so as well.
I've been sleeping on the westerns, I need to check those out
@@MrHammers its by no means a "Great Game" but like my opinions on Revenge of the Sith: "My Enjoyment for this game outmatches thought, reason, and criticism"
Hahaha that's a great way to put it, it's okay for games to be blind fun
Gunslinger was great fun as well.
I love that game.
FINALLY, the original is getting some love. Red Dead Revolver and Gun are two of the best games to come out of that era.
Absolutely loved GUN my 1st ever western game and was brilliant playing through it.
Gun was one of the first games I played as a kid and it always stuck with me since. I loved it so much
I loved gun growing up
I like guns
@@MJIZZEL bro not the guns. The Western open world game called: "GUN"
Got red dead revolver as a kid and have done at least one play through a year since, love it so much
wow, this guy likes Red Dead Revolver
@@TurtleHouse I think that might be a bit of a stretch
@@TurtleHouse a good theory, but more evidence is needed to say for certain
It's part of my nostalgia and I'm glad.
I was 5 or 6 when my brother got this game who was probably 12 at the time. I watched up until the Pig Josh fight, which made my brother kick me out of the room so he could concentrate. He kept losing and I watched from a crack in the door anyway.
Pig Josh had that effect on everyone 🤣 not a balanced boss fight at all lol
I hated that asshole so much.
That boss fight was so easy, just get on the roof and cheese him
I thought the one with the Mexican general sharpshooter guy was hard.
@@Assassino275 When the game is 4 days old and you're only 12, it isn't so easy. Good times
"there is no man alive who can beat the scorpion revolver"....i think i heard this line two dozen times until he fell...what a great game this was
I'll never forget beating this game on the hardest difficulty. The dual at the end took me many many tries
Even on normal toward the end I found it gets super cheap buy the duel part with all the townsfolk.
I have my original PS2 version and still can’t unlock Mr Kelley in multiplayer cause I can’t get hit by him and always end up getting 1 shot in me before beating him
@@illusioNery I’m telling you super cheap at the end especially if you want everything. Frankly I like the filter option on the ps2 version it makes it look closer to Xbox even though that ran at a higher frame rate.
@@TheL1arL1ar i had the ps2 version and beat it but I didn't beat the hardest difficulty until I played it on xbox.. I own it to ps2 now nad need to give it another go but I've played it all east 3 or 4 times lol
@@BarrickMacready I own it for ps2 as well but imma be honest even though I beat it multiple times…I think I got ptsd from this game and I dunno anymore…still love it tho.
You should also look at the gun it is really underrated!
I was looking to play that game, I actually never played it back in the day. People were recommending it after the punisher video because Thomas Jane voices the protagonist in that as well, and it's on Steam! So I don't have to jump through loopholes to play it hahaha
Yeah ,Gun was cool.They had an all star voice cast.
Thomas Jane was the GOAT back in the day
@@MrHammers hopefully you can see through it's flaws having never played it. I'd put it right up there with RD Revolver. It's not as good but it's still a classic.
I just bought and beat it on pc a few months ago. still fun.
I remember my dad getting this game for me when I was a kid even though he knew nothing about it. It's the reason why I even got into Red Dead Redemption in the first place, because I thought it was the continuation of Revolver lol. Great video, didn't know initially Capcom was behind this game.
lol same haha. When I saw red dead redemption come out and I had a PS3 I was like “Oh thats cool I have a red dead game for my PS2. Its probably part 2” oh how wrong was I tho. Miss this game it had an amazing soundtrack when I would sit at the menu as a kid.
I still play this game even today, the qualities of it it's undeniable and also the nostalgia that comes with that. It feels good to see that other people either have the same feeling about this game like me.
Some of the best gaming memories I have involve playing this game after renting it from Blockbuster back in 2004.
One night, while my mom was at the hospital (my little brother was just born that night), me and my dad were playing this game on the PS2 and we were yelling, laughing, and having a great time.
I miss when gaming was about having fun with quality games and not throwing away your money on half-finished garbage games and microtransactions.
This was one of my first M rated games, I remember I tried to rent it three times before I finally got a clerk who didn't ask for my parents
Commenting for the algorithm. Mr. hammers is great and defiantly deserves the likes/views. Never played this game, but this video has given me even more appreciation for the Red Dead universe.
Thanks friend!
Hey we have the same initials.
Defiantly.
Ah yes, such defiance.
@@TurtleHouse nice try. We all know your initials really stand for Turd Haven.
One of my favorite games of all time . Played and replayed tens of times .
"It never was about the money, it was about a cure for my LUMBAGO!"
Red Harlow is not Uncle.
@@frankcastle8397 wrong
@@barrybambmessagedeletedbyy7467 Red Harlow is not Uncle.
@@frankcastle8397 wrong
@@barrybambmessagedeletedbyy7467 nah.
This was by far one of rockstars best game for the PS2.
This video absolutely does not deserve as few of views as it does. This is just beautifully made.
Thanks dude, appreciate that
I mean, it’s decent yes. But beautiful? Lol.
It’s just a game review with consistent changing of screens using basic video editing. This channel is good. But idk about BEAUTIFUL.
This was it... The game that got me hooked up. Everytime I heard red saying "it was never about the money" always sends me chills up to my spine. It's crazy how times flys. I still have the disk so I should get back to playing it
You are a legend, thank you so much for covering this game
I still have fond memories of renting & beating Red Dead Revolver. The gameplay took some getting used to, as I wasn't skilled at shooters and had never seen anything like the Deadeye mechanic before. But man, after some practice, I LOVED it.
Everything from the story (though, I admittedly didn't understand all of it at that age) to the characters, music and setting was fun and memorable. I felt like a Terminator in the Old West (if said Terminator was played by a younger Clint Eastwood).
It was just about everything a kid could want in the classic cowboy power fantasy: Hunting bounties, stopping crimes (like the train robbery), exploring an old town, getting new weapons, winning shooting duels, feeling like an overall badass, etc.
When Redemption first came out, I'd honestly forgotten all about Revolver. Then, lo and behold, I loved Redemption even more (except, I sadly never beat it and eventually moved on to other games). My sister bought R.D.R. 2, but I never got into it.
It's hard to explain why, as I love everything about both those titles and agree that they improved on Revolver in every possible aspect. Perhaps the genre simply didn't resonate with me anymore (admittedly, I was never into old Spaghetti Western films)?
Or, maybe it was Revolver's simpler foundation that kept my interest, whereas the Redemption titles are so much bigger and more complex? In any case, I'll always have a place in my heart for this franchise and am grateful that it's still going strong.
I might give Redemption 2 another try someday and see if it recaptures those feelings I had for its predecessor. I wish Rockstar would remake Revolver (not just remaster), imagine what current technology could do for the adventures of Red Harlow?
I still remember getting red dead revolver from the used game store by my house. love that game it’s super good and still holds up for me.
Sure did gloss over the multiplayer. It had like 30 playable characters and special abilities. Best game of the series imo
No way I’ve forgotten bout this as it’s still my favourite red dead game to date.
Nice
Rented this in 04 cept I was just out of the Navy and in college. This game is probably the seed that got me to dive into Euro Westerns (spaghetti westerns). Before that, like a lot of Americans, I thought there was only the Dollars movies. Now I have probably viewed somewhere around 100-150 of them. And there was supposedly 600-1000 of them made.
Imagine if instead of red dead 3 they do a remake of red dead revolver? 😳
And make it canon to the Redemption games! That would be so cool!
Given what happened with the trilogy release. Let's not wish any remakes on any games for a while ay 😁
If they do a remake I think they should make it open world and expand on that world then have a gra 5 style where you can swap from red to other characters in the game like jack swift. However keeping to original style of red dead revolver and as well add more missions with the characters
Nah remake gun
That’d be the shit
Now this is a game that should be remastered and be extended. Man I love this game
I love that this video exists because Red Dead Revolver deserves so much love
Great vid Mr.Hammers! Red dead revolver was a amazing game and it along with a few others such as The Warriors, Oni and Wild Metal are often overlooked when talking about Rockstar games.
The warriors was fantastic! One of my favorites and Oni was a great game, as far as I know Rockstar was only involved in the PS2 port of the game though, it was developed by Bungie.
Yes! This is the game!! The nods to spaghetti westerns got me hooked right away. Been championing this game since it came out. Glad to see a dedicated video like this.
Been waiting all night for this to drop, good stuff bro🗿🤝🗿
Hell yeah, thanks homie 🙏
That was the oldest sentence I heard today " I ran down to the Blockbuster ASAP" lol you just earned yourself a new sub sir . Good job
So glad to see coverage of this game. Discovered it by accident shortly after Redemption 1 released and fell completely in love with it.
I rented this game way back then myself and I had a blast playing it for sure. One of the best around at the time as far as I can remember, but then again I wasn't really what you'd call a full on "gamer" either. I really only got back into gaming because GTA 3, Vice City etc were so awesome that they ended up luring me back in, lol.
I was addicted to this when it came out………great game for its day
Definitely a dated experience in 2021, but in it's day it was one of the best for sure
I only just played Revolver last year, and I absolutely adored it. It was everything I expected it to be for a game in it's time, but honestly didnt expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The story is great. Not the most fleshed out story, but still very telling the way it was done. I can imagine being a kid and playing it for the first time, I would have been just as satisfied, if not more so.
Man, this might have been the first video game I ever actually played. For some reason, my town library had it, and 14 year old me decided to steal it. Good choice, me.
Had to sell chocolate bars for some class. The class was canceled half way through and I had never turned in my money. One day while my dad was at work, I walked a couple miles to Kmart to buy Final Fantasy 7. What a great buy from free money.
I'm just glad Red Dead Revolver is backwards compatible on Xbox One now finally so more people can experience it. It's a great game and definitely worth playing. The Spaghetti Western soundtrack is awesome. The track with the whistling that plays when you're on the level with train robbery has been stuck in my head for years ever since first playing the game.
Holy crap it is?! And they even bring the Timesplitters game to Xbox One!
When it comes to wild west styled games, there are 5 that will always come to mind for me. Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, Red Dead Revolver, Gun, and God Hand. I kinda wish that Redemption didn't overshadow the other 3 but when those 2 games are as good as they are, it's nearly impossible to not let that happen. Plus, they've earned that recognition beyond a shadow of a doubt. I think most people kinda see Revoler, Gun, and God Hand and confuse "not as good as" with "not good" which is a damn shame
Did you play the Call of Juarez series (minus Cartel)? Bound in Blood and Gunslinger are both fantastic games.
I played Gunslinger. I don't think it was great but it was really fun
As a Red Dead Redemption II fan, I dutifully bought the Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption games because I thought I'd enjoy the additional context. The problem is I don't want to take the time away from playing RDR2 to play those other games. Your video has been very helpful. Thank you.
Once you feel the need to stop or take a break from RDR2, I highly recommend RDR1. You'll enjoy it just as much and once you're done with the main game the DLC Undead Nightmare is one of the best of all time.
I finished binge watching your videos yesterday! Good that a new one just released
Thanks dude! Appreciate that ☺️
This game soundtrack is absolutely masterpiece. Still listen to it while playing RDR2.
When this came out it was the game I’d always been dreaming of. And it was so stylistically on point, and funny without being flat out stupid, but dark in all the right places, it was honestly at the time like getting a new Tarantino film. Red dead redemption is my favorite game of all time but it wouldn’t have made as much sense if this hadn’t been thoroughly played first. You would never get how deeply spaghetti western it really all was in origin
Man, I remember playing this as a kid, the battles were legendary for me. All the side characters mission were amazing, I'll never forget shadow wolf's boss battle against that bear dude, or jack swift's crazy witch guy, and annie riding a buffalo. Awesome game, nice to see other people that remember it!
it's nice to see some folks still talk about this gem of a game today, even if its a small amount its still nice to know i ain't the only person on the planet who still thinks about it.
probably the only game i've ever played that felt like i was inside a old skool spaghetti western! likely the game i can blame my 'love of all things western' on.
you simplified the story a bit too much (for my liking), but then i guess this isn't a story summary lol
otherwise a very good video about revolver, thank you for this.
its a shame it gets overshadowed by the series sequels and often forgotten or ignored due to it not being canon (though i personally don't care what anyone says, its canon to me), or simply due to its age.
really in my opinion, the best western game on the market before redemption came along, it just has this magic to it that can't be beat! one of the few games i'd unironically give a 10/10, and it sucks that it'll likely never get a sequel or remake, though you never know a remake could ruin it somehow. so maybe its for best.
cheers
I think I've only owned a half dozen games in my life. Somewhat like you, it was a love for spaghetti westerns that got me into RDR2. I didn't even have a machine that would play it, so I bought a console. It seemed a bit expensive to pay that much just to play one game, but the amount of hours of entertainment I've gotten made it definitely worth it.
Ah yes, i too remember how broken jack was on this game's multiplayer, it was basically a dispute to see who got to use him and spam the living shut out of his ability
Yeah Jack is one of the best, I've been playing it recently more and Slade The Blade is also pretty broken with his throwing knives
Who forgot about revolver? If we going to talk about a forgotten rockstar game. The Warriors needs more attention.
Started watching more of your vids and I see that you did talk about The Warriors. You a legend mate! Take my sub!
I just found my copy of the warriors chiped ofcorse remember the good ol days of getting your ps2 chiped and buying 5 buck games! So good!
Great video man! I was 12 when this came out too. I think I'm gonna go back and replay on ps4 now.
Enjoy!
When RD2 dropped I was amazed at how so many people had no clue about RDR (OG) I can't help but to always say Revolver before realizing I made a huge mistake I get corrected as if this game was in a list of thing being associated with the Mandala effect. The Showdown mode to me felt sooooo lovely especially since I would kick ass with good ol' Sheriff Bartlett. Oh Xbox I miss your touch, your vibrations you passed along our bodies and mind. This is what made me REALLY enjoy westerns. Who knew? Please show the same love to my friends... Dear Revolver.
Dude you nailed it with this video! You made me remember how much I genuinely love this game. I take comfort in knowing I still have my ps2 and this game in storage for a rainy year 😆
Good times my friend, appreciate ya.
Appreciate you!
Red Dead Redemption 3:
A much older Red Harlow continues his trials, now against the backdrop of Redemption 1&2.
I demand this.
This gave me so much nostalgia. Well done sir
There was a local teen center in my hometown. My parents weren't always 'around'- physically present but taken by substance and their own trauma. This game was a lot for a kid born in 92 when this came out at '04: the guy at the teen center always made such a big deal out of passing this game over the counter to me like it was a 'secret spy envelope' for eyes only. Thank you for making this video 🧚🏻♂️❣️
What a beautifully put video, and even though I've read all the Journal Pages and played the game for over 100 hours, thoroughly enjoyed your thorough recap on the plot. Great vid!
Thank you!
If you like speed runs I highly suggest checking out some of the runs on this game, it's got some interesting tech for sure.
Red dead revolver always has a special place in my heart because it was my first rockstar game and loved every minute
I guess you can say Mr. Hammers really nailed this video
🔨🔨 *Cue House building song from Red Dead Redemption 2* 🤠
I remember seeing commercials for this when I was young and begging my father to get me the game on release day and playing it and getting fully immersed playing it nonstop I loved this game and super underrated.
I always remember scrolling over the character selection and to that guy who kept saying "I'm gunna kill yuuu and useee yuuu to wipe muh bee hind!" That and that guy who says "Whose up for some Bar-B-Que!" Lol. "Pray for a swift death!" Haven't played in over 15 years yet, I still remember playing so many hours with my brother. We thought if you bought the "For sale" sign in the shop, you'd be able to own your own store or what not. Ahhh... The imagination.
Damn bro thanks for the memories I used to do this exact same thing when I was a kid playing on ps2 I played a lot with my grandpa he played as jack swift and I’d play as Buffalo bill man I miss these times
Whiskey lol he was funny
always love to see some attention being put on the original red dead game, blessings and riches
Red dead revolver was the first western style game I ever played, back when the original playstation was still a big deal.
To me Red Dead Revolver has never been forgotten, I still play it and I remember back 2004 being so excited about it and preordering it. One of the best games ever made.
When this game came out I expected it to play more like the way Red Dead Redemption ended up playing. Of course GUN was basically the type of game was looking for but didn’t realize it was what it was at the time.
With that being said Red Dead Revolver turned out to be very entertaining in its own right. The initial let down was quickly overcome.
This was one of the first games I ever played. I would always watch my older brother play games but this one had a pretty dang fun local multilayer so we'd play that a lot after my brother finished the story. That was until my mom got fed up with us playing it every waking hour, and she also found out it was Rated M. So she did what any mother would do and snapped the game in half and forced us to sell our PS2. It did us right though, I started playing outside more often. I played it again about 12 years later on the PS3 and it was just as incredible as I remember.
Cant believe ur such a small channel for the amount of work these vids seem like they are. i tried this game on a ps2 emulator and it seemed really fun but i dont like playing emulators usually. shame this and red dead 1 never made it to pc
my dad bought me revolver when he first got me xbox original when2006, it was the very first game that i played on console which made me love games and become a gamer myself years later. now my father's been dead for 11 years now and everytime i get to see revolver any where i shed a tear on him cause we had alot of memories together playing it.
This game is a childhood favorite of mine and I forgot how difficult it was! Great video!
Thank you!
One of my most memorable games from growing up. Always upset me when my friends thought RDR was the original for some reason. Think it’s because of how much I loved the true original
I like the idea that Red Harlow is Uncle's real name. No one else in the Van Der Lind gang knew because he never really got into specifics about his life before the gang, and most of them would think he's full of shit anyway.
Red Harlow is not Uncle.
@@frankcastle8397 yeah, probably not. I like the idea specifically because it's so unlikely, but it would be a funny way to tie up the trilogy. As it stands now redemption and revolver are totally unrelated, except for the fact that it happened in the same world.
I believe in Redemption Red is just a folk tale. I Imagine rockstar wanted a different world because I believe they got the rights to Revolver late in it's Development. so the references to Red indicate he is only a story told by people. Which in my opinion is a good way to reference a legendary character like Red. Also Uncle is definitely not Red because he mentions nothing that Red Harlow did.
I remembered thinking Red Dead Redemption was continuing of Red story. My brother got the game and told me that it's a new guy name John Martsen. I was pissed. It took me a good year before I played Redemption. I was busy playing Skyrim too.
It's a shame that Revolver ain't canon to Redemption. Fun Fact: I thought they'd continue the naming scheme and that Red Dead 3 (Red Dead Redemption 2) would be called like Red Dead Repeater or something
RED DEAD LUMBAGO
@@themancantfindaname7589 *L U M B A G O*
Read dead revolver
Read dead double barrel
And red dead repeater lol
Is there any reason as to why? Any story beats or contradictions somehow that wouldn’t fit? I haven’t played any games so far but just picked up the first Redemption to play soon
I have a feeling this day's work will become more financially gratifying for this channel quite soon
I never say "RDR" when talking about Redemption because for me RDR will always be Red Dead Revolver.
Great game. Solid story mode and the multi-player is really fun. I've re played it a few times over the years and it holds up good
I think Rockstar could really do something interesting (and make a ton more money) if they replace a Redemption 3, and instead make a Red Dead Revolver 2. It's all in the same universe and roughly same time period and location that eventually leads to a crossover game with related characters. Even more interesting, if the Harlows & Marstons become feuding families in the 1930's Dust Bowl/Great Depression.
This is the first game I bought after I got married. Saw it at Walmart and bought it because it was Rockstar and it looked cool. What a fantastic game. I adore nearly all the missions.
I recently played through this again on my PS4 and was surprised by the quality of the art direction. The graphical fidelity isn’t great but the art direction hasn’t aged a day. God even the loading screen with the setting sun. A gorgeous, fun game.
What a fun video man. I enjoy your stuff. Thank you for your work here.
As much as I like Red Dead redemption 2 and 1 I still like Red Dead revolver more I still play to this day hell after this I might go play right now in hard mode and I recommend y'all to get the game you can still get it on the PlayStation store for PS3 PS4 PS5
I've heard it's been put back on Xbox marketplace as well, with some other older rockstar games
@@MrHammers yup they probably cost like $15 same price from the PlayStation version
I love those channels that review older iconic games
I feel like I'm alone in that I prefer Revolver to Redemption. Its just more fun. It still holds up imo. A completely unique game. Especially for the time.
Nah you're not alone dude. Revolver and Redemption 1 have always been and always will be my childhood classics and some of my top 10 Games overall. 👍👍
HOLY SHIT, only 20k views? Man, I hope the algorithm picks up on you! Great work, my dead wife would have loved this.
A person who thinks RDR1 had “elegant storytelling”, hasn’t been exposed to decent storytelling in their life.
Funny how i never forgot this game . Freaking awesome, Gun is a good one as well.
I’ve never forgot about this game it was the first game I ever actually beat as a kid bcuz the story was soo good
I just love this game to bits, ironically my friend named himself shadow wolf and never played Revolver, so i did what ever good friend does, I made him play it, plus joke around by telling him to never died on me. Red Dead Revolver was my favorite game back in the ps2 era and to this day I still have my OG copy of it. Thank you for shining a light on this great game.
I own a copy of this game and love it its one of those games that in my opinion is very underrated and overlooked but very good.
I mentioned this game to a lot of people who love Redemption 1&2 and you'd be surprised by how many people who haven't heard of Revolver! I use to play multiplayer with my brother and my best friend back in the day and we activated a bot just to spice things up I just wish this game could return in some shape or form. Criminally underrated!
I grew up with this game and love it. Play it all the way through at least once a year, even my kids got into it and sit and watch me play it.
The cover is so flippin badass and iconic, really felt that spaghetti western feel.
I was 18 in 04 and I loved this game. I had it on PlayStation. There had never been a game where you could ride a horse til then. It was cool. I also loved Midtown Madness on PC, it was GTA before GTA was anything but birds-eye-view. Good times.
Jack's fate was intended to be ambiguous. If you talk to him in free roam he mentions wanting to retire after the contest.
One of the writers confirmed he survived(sneaking off after protecting Red long enough for him to get through the secret passage, so he could retire in peace) and he was apparently supposed to be Landon Ricketss in the first draft of the Redemption Script.
I'm so glad to hear this. As a kid, he was my favourite character and I never could quite believe his death. 😂
Man this game always held a special place in my heart and I never got past the pig Johnson fight as a little kid lol. I never owned a copy so my chances to play were super limited but damn did it make an impact on me. Red was my character in rdr1 online and I made sure to never change that. I loved the style, the classic revenge tale, the gunplay. God it's a shame nobody including rockstar talks about this game. Thanks for doing your part
Again, another essay from you, that i deeply appreciate. Well... Like every single one of your videos to be honest. Love your style, man. Thank you!
No, thank you!
Nice work, that was entertaining and fun. I remember seeing ads for RDRevolver when it came out, and it caught my attention because I always enjoyed westerns and especially spaghetti westerns. But I never got around to playing it. When RDR2 came out, I hadn't played a video game in years but I actually bought a console just to play it. Now I'm playing RDR2 again, enjoying it just as much as the first couple playthroughs, and I suppose I should try to find copies of the first two.
This game’s couch multiplayer was a blast too wen you beat the game and can play as the bosses
Brings a smile to my face looking back at me and my neighbor in my basement on a 13 inch tv 📺 playing red dead revolver. Loved playing the army battle episode.
Good times..
Great video, always wondered what Revolver was like. Here's to your channel getting the views it deserves.
I remember playing this game growing up and it was frigging phenomenal despite limited exploration in terms of location. Absolutely loved it!
"It never was about the money." - Red Harlow
Sends chill down the spine