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I'm not sure how well known much of this information is by everyone here on GAF but there are rumors out there in the gaming nether that Rockstar secretly downgraded and changed many aspects of RDR2 over the course of it's life cycle.
Now, some things are obvious in current versions such as the inability to dress Arthur in his buttoned up winter jacket from the prologue, as well as the inability to remove his shirt entirely, leaving his chest and back exposed to the elements.
But other things such as the removal of a few lanterns outside the Valentine general store or the reduced population of animals may not be as well known by the general playerbase.
It goes even deeper than that and that's where things start getting interesting. In v1.00 Arthur and John especially, as well as Pierson all look different than they do in updated versions. Arthur looks more rugged and bit uglier. John looks much closer to his original character model in RDR1. In updated versions of the game, Rockstar replaced Johns animation and modeling rig with Arthur's chest, making him look out of proportion. Pierson is also much uglier and is portrayed as much more of a fat slob than the Jolly fat man that he seems to be in the updated versions.
On a note about the animal population, there are abundantly more animals in v1.00. Whitetail Deer herds occur more frequently, in more areas and they are of greater numbers sometimes reaching closer to 8-10 at a time. Turkeys are a much more common animal to come across as well.
There are even possible changes to the dynamic weather. In v1.00 there are noticeably thicker fog banks and volumetric at play that occur at a much more frequent frequency.
I found out about this through the few youtube channels covering the subject such as WesternRev, RedsDeadBaby and Andristo 20 (I'll link all of their channels below). I found it so fascinating in fact that I decided to join them in this research endeavor and over the past year and a half have been playing the game solely in v1.00 and capturing videos along the way.
So I wanted to make an offical discussion thread on GAF for any others who would like to join in on the fun and experimentation.
In order to get this version of the game all you need is the disc version on either Xbox or Playstation (I currently play the PS4 version on my PS5) install the disc and do not update it.
If you save a game in v1.00 and then update the game and overwrite that save, you CANNOT recover your v1.00 save file and will have to start all over again from the beginning of the game. So make sure you have at least two saves in v1.00 just incase.
Feel free to hangout here, discuss any differences that you may find as well as post any screenshots and videos you may capture.
Current things I'd like to solve... (I will keep this section updated with anything we can discover.)
Links to youtube channels that cover this topic...
https://www.youtube.com/@Tomofdahook17 (My Channel)
Interesting Videos
My Own RDR2 v1.00 Playlist
Now, some things are obvious in current versions such as the inability to dress Arthur in his buttoned up winter jacket from the prologue, as well as the inability to remove his shirt entirely, leaving his chest and back exposed to the elements.
But other things such as the removal of a few lanterns outside the Valentine general store or the reduced population of animals may not be as well known by the general playerbase.
It goes even deeper than that and that's where things start getting interesting. In v1.00 Arthur and John especially, as well as Pierson all look different than they do in updated versions. Arthur looks more rugged and bit uglier. John looks much closer to his original character model in RDR1. In updated versions of the game, Rockstar replaced Johns animation and modeling rig with Arthur's chest, making him look out of proportion. Pierson is also much uglier and is portrayed as much more of a fat slob than the Jolly fat man that he seems to be in the updated versions.
On a note about the animal population, there are abundantly more animals in v1.00. Whitetail Deer herds occur more frequently, in more areas and they are of greater numbers sometimes reaching closer to 8-10 at a time. Turkeys are a much more common animal to come across as well.
There are even possible changes to the dynamic weather. In v1.00 there are noticeably thicker fog banks and volumetric at play that occur at a much more frequent frequency.
I found out about this through the few youtube channels covering the subject such as WesternRev, RedsDeadBaby and Andristo 20 (I'll link all of their channels below). I found it so fascinating in fact that I decided to join them in this research endeavor and over the past year and a half have been playing the game solely in v1.00 and capturing videos along the way.
So I wanted to make an offical discussion thread on GAF for any others who would like to join in on the fun and experimentation.
In order to get this version of the game all you need is the disc version on either Xbox or Playstation (I currently play the PS4 version on my PS5) install the disc and do not update it.
If you save a game in v1.00 and then update the game and overwrite that save, you CANNOT recover your v1.00 save file and will have to start all over again from the beginning of the game. So make sure you have at least two saves in v1.00 just incase.
Feel free to hangout here, discuss any differences that you may find as well as post any screenshots and videos you may capture.
Current things I'd like to solve... (I will keep this section updated with anything we can discover.)
- What resolution does v1.00 run in on Playstation (I believe it's 1080p but I'm not sure) and Xbox?
- Does v1.00 on Xbox run in native 4K?
Links to youtube channels that cover this topic...
https://www.youtube.com/@Tomofdahook17 (My Channel)
Interesting Videos
My Own RDR2 v1.00 Playlist
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. Go play another game
