Friday, May 08, 2020

Making Movies with Red Dead

I didn't literally just discover these two YouTube channels, but I'm giving them free advertisement for the three people who may see it here; Voowg and Voyager's Revenge have both utilized the Red Dead Redemption game to make cinematic short movies. Both have different strengths; Voowg seems to have a much better sense of storytelling, whereas Voyager's Revenge is able to use mods to create more unique characters. Both have a very good sense of cinematic direction; i.e., they are able to render very good action sequences, at least. Anyway, I quite like them both. It also really makes me jones for the ability to customize the characters more! Why can't we get some of the story mode clothing in Online? Why can't we get NPC clothing items; like double bandoliers (not crossed; both across the same shoulder) or open vests, or the big hairy coat of Flaco, etc. Why can't we break down the role outfits, when clearly with mods they can be broken down? I had thought that the bandoliers, for example, were just "painted" on the coats, but that's not true; they are regular bandoliers and with mods they can be removed, or used with other outfits, etc. There was a glitch on the PS4 that you could use to get the Carthage crossed bandolier, which seemed to be everyone's favorite, for instance, but it keeps getting patched so it doesn't work anymore. Why not just let us do it anyway period? I wouldn't mind paying the high price for the whole outfit, especially if I could use the components. I said earlier that the bounty hunter outfits, for example, are a mix of really cool and really weird visual cues; do you know who awesome it would be if I could use the Garwood (tier 3) outfit without that weird little poncho on it? It'd be my favorite outfit period, and I'd have all of the colors.

Anyway, here's a few of their better videos; not the ones that focus on outfits, but the ones that focus on being entertaining little short films in their own right.

Here's a sampling:

John as Van Helsing. I've said before that some kind of Supernatural style monster hunter role would be awesome in the game.


Arthur Noir. An expansion on the bounty hunter role that's some kind of detective or lawman would be a great new role too, by the way.


The Frontier Explorer; a more laid-back, interesting one. I don't think there's anywhere to take this into a role, but this is right up my personal alley, certainly, with regards to just exploring and enjoying the outdoors.


Hitman Arthur. The different kind of expansion on the bounty hunter that would be the flip-side of the lawman or detective.


Arthur (and John) as Indiana Jones. Sadly, the collector role just didn't ever manage to be as exciting as this, but some kind of treasure hunter that's actually exciting should be in the game somehow.


Arthur's Valentine bank robbery. Why don't we have heists and an outlaw role? The template already exists in GTA Online, fer cryin' out loud, and it's probably the most requested by the fans.


The Hateful Eight. It says in big letters TARANTINO STYLE, but maybe that just means that instead of plot and story there's a lot of posing and style. That certainly seems like Quentin Tarantino to me; style over substance. 

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