Good, stutter-free performance, with graphics options that scale beyond consoles.

I have confidence that Steam will persist well into the future, but the Rockstar launcher?

I’m not so certain, and that complicates the legacy of the game.

red dead redemption key art showing arthur morgan, a moustache-wielder and a zombie

Beyond this complaint, the game’s technical execution is on point.

There’s also higher-quality post-processing effects, including motion blur.

There are a few issues you’ll notice on more modern hardware too.

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Some sunlight and shadows are also missing in cutscenes on PC, which seems like an obvious bug.

The HDR implementation is also reportedly quite poor - perhaps a similar SDR-in-HDR-container implementation as we saw withRDR2.

The game scales beyond the console release and offers some nice options for high-end and low-end PC hardware alike.

comparison between level of detail settings on red dead redemption on pc vs ps5 back compat

There are also a few bugs that I hope will be fixed by the team at Double Eleven.