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Red Dead Redemption is an open world, western action-adventure video game. Set during the decline of the American Frontier in the year 1911, the game follows John Marston, a former outlaw whose wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a hired gun. Having no other choice, Marston sets out to bring the three members of his former gang to justice. Rockstar Games developed and published the title for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms in May 2010.
Red Dead Redemption is displayed in a third-person perspective in an open world environment. The player interacts with the game world at their leisure and can travel the virtual world, a fictionalized version of the Western United States and Mexico, on foot but primarily by horseback. Gunfights emphasize a gunslinger, bullet time-style gameplay mechanic called "Dead Eye" in which players mark multiple shooting targets on enemies in slow motion. The game uses a morality system that judges the character's honor and fame by their in-game deeds. An online multiplayer mode lets up to 16 players engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting.
Reviewers lauded Red Dead Redemption upon its release, with praise for its visuals, dynamically-generated music, voice acting, gameplay, and story. It has shipped over 14 million copies and won year-end accolades, including Game of the Year awards from several gaming publications. It is widely considered one of the greatest video games of all time. After the game's release, several downloadable content additions were released, including the standalone Undead Nightmare, which adds a new single-player experience in which Marston searches for a cure for an infectious zombie plague that has swept across the Old West. A Game of the Year Edition containing all additional content was released in October 2011.
This topic was promoted following a nomination by czar in 2016, but demoted earlier this year due to the creation of List of Red Dead Redemption characters and John Marston (Red Dead) in the meantime. With the deletion of the former and promotion of the latter, this topic now meets the good topic criteria once again. --– Rhain ☔ 02:28, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support with a comment: Same comment as with RDR 2: note that if you include John Marston (Red Dead), then you're defining the scope of the topic to include articles about the game's characters, so the topic is only then complete if Marston is the only character in the game notable enough to potentially have an article written about him. I'm not familiar with the game or the critical response to it, so I don't feel that I'm in a position to assess whether there are any other notable characters in the game, but I'm AGF and supporting. -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 03:33, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support. IceWelder [✉] 09:08, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support as fully scoped. Per the demotion (linked above), I still hold that John Marston and the character list are non-notable. The commentary on the former is almost wholly discussed in the context of the game, not as external, independent impact. That's a matter for the article's talk page, though. Rhain has put in the work and due diligence for this complete FTC. (not watching, please
{{ping}}) czar 04:56, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Czar: I would differ with you on John Marston. When I picked up the GA review, I did note the page's short length and I have to wonder if there's further commentary on the character's impact out there to develop upon. If you'd like to start a dialogue at the talk page, I'll jump in. — CR4ZE (T • C) 15:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Talk:John Marston (Red Dead)#Potential merge but please don't let this hold up the nom czar 02:21, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
- Shouldn't hold up this GTN—if consensus moves in your favour, it would only be a matter of merging a GA into another GA. Can't see the scope of this topic being harmed. — CR4ZE (T • C) 03:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Czar: I would differ with you on John Marston. When I picked up the GA review, I did note the page's short length and I have to wonder if there's further commentary on the character's impact out there to develop upon. If you'd like to start a dialogue at the talk page, I'll jump in. — CR4ZE (T • C) 15:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support hits the criterias. MPJ-DK (talk) 05:54, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support per nom. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 12:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support a well-connected topic that looks complete and meets GT?. — CR4ZE (T • C) 15:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Consensus to promote to Good Topic. Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 21:50, 4 June 2020 (UTC)