History VideoGame / RedDeadRevolver

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[[caption-width-right:256:[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge He's not very happy about his parents being killed.]] [[CaptainObvious That's for sure]].]]

* TheWildWest: [[CaptainObvious The game is set during the Old West.]]

* DistressedDamsel: Sheriff O'Grady's daughter is tied up in the middle of Widow's Patch during the fight with Professor Perry. Jack goes to free her initially, but is interrupted by Perry and his gang, whereupon he has to fight them off. She gets captured ''again'' later in the game and Red ends up rescuing her from the mines.

Despite having very little hype and a disjointed production poking into the gameplay here and there, with its superb atmosphere, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large and memorable cast]] and extremely fun multiplayer on its side Red Dead Revolver got good reviews and became something of a CultClassic. In 2010, it was followed by the huge hit and critical darling ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', which borrowed the game's Western setting but gave it a sandbox framework (well more of one anyway; ''Revolver's'' main town hub is explorable). It isn't a direct sequel, though the story of the game does get a mention and you can play as the ''Revolver'' character via DLC.

Despite having very little hype and a disjointed production poking into the gameplay here and there, with its superb atmosphere, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large and memorable cast]] and extremely fun multiplayer on its side Red Dead Revolver got good reviews and became something of a CultClassic. In 2010, it was followed by the huge hit and critical darling ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', which borrowed the game's Western setting but gave it a sandbox framework (well more of one anyway; ''Revolver's'' main town hub is explorable). It isn't a direct sequel though the story of the game does get a mention and you can play as character via [=DLCs=].

Sound vaguely familiar? That's because the game's an extended homage to the classic SpaghettiWestern, as least as much as its predecessor ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' was to film noir. A lot of effort went into the atmosphere, including giving an oversaturated and 'grainy' cinematic quality to the visuals and building a [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome fantastic score]] heavily influenced by (and almost indistiguishable from) Ennio Morricone's best.

''Red Dead Revolver'' is a third-person shooter from 2004, developed by Rockstar Games after sitting in Capcom's DevelopmentHell for a while.

* AlliterativeName: "Blind" Willy Wilson.

* BlingBlingBang: The Widowmaker revolver is one pimped out piece.

* DistressedDamsel: Sheriff O'Grady's daughter is tied up in the middle of Widow's Patch during the fight with Professor Perry. Jack goes to free her initially, but is interrupted by Perry and his gang, whereupon he has to fight them off.

* AceCustom: Jack, Annie, and General Diego all get unique custom guns as their WeaponOfChoice with [[ICallItVera individual names]].

%%* DistressedDamsel: Sheriff O'Grady's daughter.

* ArbitraryGunPower: The exquisite pair of Scorpion pistols that Nate Harlow and Griff have custom-made are also the most powerful in the game. One bullet was enough to sever Colonel Daren's left arm from its socket.

* AncestralWeapon: Red's Scorpion Revolver, which belonged to his father.

* CaptainErsatz: Mr. Kelley has an adopted daughter named [[NataliePortman Natalie]] who he's training to be a gunfighter like himself. If Red speaks to her in the saloon, she will sometimes say:

* TakeThat: One opponent in the duelling contest seems quite closely based on LeonardoDiCaprio's cocky young gunfighter from ''The Quick And The Dead''. Red guns him down and doesn't even give him a respectful tip of the hat.

%%* FourStarBadass: General Diego.

%%* HubLevel: Brimstone

Despite having very little hype and a disjointed production poking into the gameplay here and there, with its superb atmosphere, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large and memorable cast]] and extremely fun multiplayer on its side Red Dead Revolver got good reviews and became something of a CultClassic. In 2010, it was followed by the huge hit and critical darling ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', which borrowed the game's Western setting but gave it a sandbox framework (well more of one anyway, the main town hub is explorable). It isn't a direct sequel though the story of the game does get a mention and you can play as character via [=DLCs=].