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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-08T13:32:05.840Z",
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  "textContent": "Last night I finished my second playthrough of Red Dead Redemption. I'd previously played the story of RDR1 on Xbox back in 2021. But, because I struggle mightily using controllers, I'd never played _Undead Nightmare_. Since then, of course, RDR1 has been ported to almost every platform in existence, and I'd picked up the Steam version back in 2024 to be able to play it _properly_. And so I tried.\n\nThe game itself holds up surprisingly well, even though the port suffers from odd quirks, and the unskippable animations (looking at you skinning an animal) are still teeth-grindingly annoying, but It's still a good, very playable, game.\n\nThe story is engaging, and the characters you meet are often more faceted than their screen-time would warrant. It's not a game where you can fix everything, there is no saving-the-entire-world power fantasy. John Marston is just a man who wants his family back. The heartache associated with that is something I appreciate ever more the older I get.\n\n_Undead Nightmare_ is a pretty good attempt at leveraging the world Rockstar had built, and adding more value, but I didn't I enjoy it very much. The story didn't appeal, and I found a lot of the missions quite tedious. It was worth playing, but I'd never consider replaying it.\n\nWhile I like RDR1, I **love** _Red Dead Redemption 2_ , and after playing _Undead Nightmare_ , I'm so happy they never made _RDR2: Undead Nightmare_. RDR2 is an absolute masterpiece, and DLC of that ilk would have tainted Arthur Morgan's story. The only DLC I'd be interested in is _RDR2: Arthur Morgan's Ranching Experience_ , where he is very happy, and nothing bad ever happens to him or Buell ever. In the meantime, I guess I'll just be replaying RDR2 for the fourth time, and trying to be bad this time.",
  "title": "Red Dead Redemption",
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