Rockstar Games | Red Dead Redemption | Open World

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Red Dead Redemption delivers the most authentic Wild West experience ever created for gaming consoles, following former outlaw John Marston's journey across the American frontier and Mexico as he tracks down his former gang members to save his family. This critically acclaimed western adventure is available now at Mascom International, Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, Nairobi, starting from just Ksh 5,500 for PS4 and includes the complete Undead Nightmare expansion with countrywide delivery and pay on delivery options. Unlike any other western game available in Kenya, Red Dead Redemption combines cinematic storytelling inspired by classic westerns, a massive open world spanning deserts, prairies, and mountains, and intense gunfighter gameplay featuring the innovative Dead Eye targeting system. Gamers across Kenya consistently report that Red Dead Redemption remains one of the most memorable gaming experiences available, offering 20-30 hours of story missions plus countless hours exploring the beautifully realized frontier setting.

Red Dead Redemption addresses the specific needs of Kenyan gamers who appreciate story-driven adventures set in unique historical periods rarely explored in video games. The game runs on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (via backward compatibility), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S (via backward compatibility), Nintendo Switch, and PC, ensuring compatibility with whatever gaming setup you currently own. The PS4 version features enhanced resolution up to 4K on PS5 with 60fps performance option added in October 2023, while the PC version released in October 2024 includes native 4K support, ultrawide monitor compatibility, and DLSS upscaling technology. With over 25 million copies sold since 2010, Red Dead Redemption earned universal acclaim from critics and remains one of the most beloved games in Rockstar's library alongside Grand Theft Auto, serving as the predecessor to the 2018 blockbuster Red Dead Redemption 2.

Red Dead Redemption eliminates the compromise between authentic historical atmosphere and exciting gameplay found in most period games available across Kenya. The main story follows John Marston, a reformed outlaw forced by federal agents to hunt down three members of his former gang to secure his family's freedom, exploring themes of redemption, loyalty, and the dying Wild West. Players experience authentic frontier activities including horseback riding across vast wilderness, participating in quick-draw duels, hunting wildlife for food and materials, playing poker in saloons, capturing bounties, and protecting settlements from bandits. At Mascom International, we've helped countless gamers discover why Red Dead Redemption continues receiving praise over a decade after release - this game genuinely transports you to another time and place. Experience the acclaimed Wild West adventure firsthand at our Nairobi showroom at Old Mutual Building, Kimathi Street, or take advantage of our secure countrywide delivery with payment-on-arrival service anywhere in Kenya.

What makes this game different from other action-adventure titles in Kenya?
Red Dead Redemption stands apart from typical action games through its authentic recreation of the American frontier in 1911, a rarely explored historical period marking the transition from lawless wilderness to modern civilization. The game world features three distinct regions including the American Southwest, Northern Mexico, and the West Elizabeth territory, each with unique landscapes, towns, and wildlife creating a believable living world. The innovative Dead Eye targeting system slows time during gunfights, allowing players to precisely target multiple enemies in sequences inspired by classic western films. This attention to period detail combined with Rockstar's trademark open-world freedom creates an experience unlike anything else available in games selling for Ksh 2,500 to 6,000 in Kenya.

What can I expect from the story mode experience?
The story mode delivers a mature, emotionally resonant western tale spanning approximately 20-30 hours for the main missions, with another 15-25 hours of optional stranger missions, challenges, and activities. You'll track down Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and Dutch van der Linde across the frontier and into Mexico, facing moral choices about redemption and the cost of violence throughout your journey. John Marston represents a memorable protagonist trying to escape his outlaw past and protect his family, making him relatable despite his criminal history. The narrative explores the death of the Wild West as railroads, telegraph lines, and federal law enforcement transform the untamed frontier into civilized society. Each region features distinct missions and characters, from helping Mexican revolutionaries overthrow a corrupt government to tracking down legendary gunslingers. Users in Kenya report being emotionally invested in Marston's journey and moved by the story's powerful conclusion.

How does the Undead Nightmare expansion change the game?
Undead Nightmare transforms the entire Red Dead Redemption world into a zombie horror experience set in an alternate timeline. The expansion follows John Marston as he searches for a cure after his wife and son are infected by a mysterious undead plague spreading across the frontier. Players battle various zombie types including standard undead, fast-moving Bolters, explosive Retchers, and brutish Bruisers while completing story missions and helping survivors defend settlements from nightly attacks. The expansion adds new weapons specifically designed for zombie combat including the Blunderbuss shotgun and Holy Water bottles, plus mythical creatures like the Four Horses of the Apocalypse that grant unique abilities. This substantial expansion adds 6-8 hours of story content plus additional challenges and provides a completely different tone from the main game, making it feel like getting two distinct experiences in one purchase.

How good are the graphics on different gaming platforms?
Graphics quality varies significantly depending on which platform you're playing. The PS4 and Nintendo Switch versions released in August 2023 feature enhanced resolution and improved shadows compared to the original PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, with the PS4 version running at 4K resolution on PS5 via backward compatibility and supporting 60fps performance mode added in October 2023. The Nintendo Switch version prioritizes portability, running smoothly in both handheld and docked modes while maintaining the game's visual atmosphere. The PC version released in October 2024 represents the best visual experience with native 4K support, ultrawide monitor compatibility, and NVIDIA DLSS upscaling for higher frame rates. Xbox players can already experience enhanced versions through backward compatibility, with Xbox Series X supporting 4K resolution and Xbox Series S running at 1440p. Even on older hardware, the game's art direction and detailed frontier environments remain visually impressive.

Is the game suitable for fans who played Red Dead Redemption 2 first?
Red Dead Redemption serves as the sequel to Red Dead Redemption 2 chronologically, taking place in 1911 compared to RDR2's 1899 setting. Players who experienced RDR2 first will recognize familiar characters including John Marston (RDR2's playable protagonist in the epilogue), Dutch van der Linde, Bill Williamson, and Javier Escuella as they appear years after the Van der Linde gang's collapse. The game provides satisfying closure to storylines established in RDR2 while standing perfectly well on its own for players experiencing the franchise in release order. Many fans report that playing RDR2 first actually enhances the emotional impact of the original game's story, as you understand the history and relationships between characters more deeply. The gameplay mechanics differ slightly from RDR2, feeling more streamlined and arcade-like rather than the sequel's simulation approach, which some players actually prefer for its faster pace.

Where can I buy this in Nairobi?
Red Dead Redemption is available immediately at Mascom International, located at Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, Nairobi CBD. You can check out the game, ask questions about which platform version suits your gaming setup, and understand the differences between PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, and backward-compatible Xbox versions before purchasing. We stock physical copies when available and can advise on digital download options. Our convenient CBD location provides easy public transport access and secure parking for customers driving to central Nairobi. All games include authentic packaging and comprehensive guidance including tips for mastering the Dead Eye system and finding legendary outfits.

Do you deliver outside Nairobi?
We provide comprehensive countrywide delivery service with secure payment on delivery throughout Kenya. Order by phone or online, and receive your Red Dead Redemption anywhere in Kenya without any upfront payment requirements. Delivery typically takes 1-2 business days to major cities like Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, and Nakuru, and up to 4 days for remote locations. This trusted payment-on-delivery system eliminates concerns about online payment security while allowing you to inspect the game packaging and confirm it's the correct platform version before completing your purchase.

Game Overview and Story
Setting and Time Period
  • Experience the American frontier during 1911, a pivotal moment when the Wild West faces its final days as modern civilization, federal law enforcement, and industrial progress transform the untamed wilderness into settled territory.
Main Character and Motivation
  • John Marston: Former outlaw and gang member attempting to live peacefully with his wife Abigail and son Jack on a ranch. Federal agents from the newly formed Bureau of Investigation kidnap his family and force Marston to hunt down his former gang members in exchange for their freedom.
Story Campaign Structure
  • Complete the main story across three distinct acts spanning the American Southwest, Northern Mexico, and West Elizabeth territory. Track down and confront Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and Dutch van der Linde while meeting memorable characters including Marshal Leigh Johnson, Professor Harold MacDougal, con artist Nigel West Dickens, treasure hunter Seth Briars, and many others.
Major Themes
  • The story explores the death of the outlaw lifestyle, redemption through violent means, loyalty versus survival, the cost of civilization, and whether people can truly escape their past. The narrative questions whether violence can ever lead to peace while examining the romantic myth of the Wild West against its brutal reality.
Open World Exploration
American Frontier Regions
  • New Austin: Desert territory featuring frontier towns including Armadillo, Tumbleweed, and Ridgewood Farm. Experience harsh badlands, rocky canyons, and sweeping vistas inspired by classic western films.
  • Nuevo Paraiso: Northern Mexico region controlled by corrupt government forces and revolutionary armies. Navigate desert landscapes, colonial towns including Escalera and Chuparosa, and lawless territories.
  • West Elizabeth: Northern region featuring forests, mountains, and the growing town of Blackwater. Hunt in Tall Trees, explore the Great Plains, and witness the encroaching modern civilization.
World Size and Activities
  • The game world spans diverse ecosystems including deserts, prairies, forests, mountains, swamps, and frontier settlements. Engage in dozens of activities including hunting 40+ animal species, completing bounty hunter missions, playing poker and blackjack in saloons, participating in sharpshooting challenges, breaking wild horses, treasure hunting, collecting rare flowers, and helping strangers with random encounters.
Platform Specifications and Features
PlayStation 4 Version Features
  • Resolution and Performance: Enhanced resolution with 4K support on PS5 via backward compatibility, 30fps standard with 60fps performance option added in October 2023 update.
  • Trophy Support: Full PlayStation trophy system including platinum trophy for completing all challenges and story missions.
  • Loading Times: Improved loading compared to PS3 version, with significantly faster loading on PS5 hardware.
  • Save Transfer: No cross-platform save transfer available, each platform maintains separate save files.
  • Complete Content: Includes base game and Undead Nightmare expansion plus all Game of the Year Edition DLC content.
Nintendo Switch Version Features
  • Portability: Play the complete Red Dead Redemption experience in handheld mode or docked to television.
  • Performance: Stable frame rate in both handheld and docked modes with resolution adjustments to maintain performance.
  • Touchscreen Support: Touch controls for inventory management and map navigation when playing handheld.
  • Physical and Digital: Available in both cartridge format and digital download from Nintendo eShop.
  • Localization: First version to include Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Latin American Spanish language support.
PC Version Features
  • Graphics Enhancements: Native 4K resolution support, ultrawide monitor compatibility (21:9 and 32:9 aspect ratios), and enhanced draw distances.
  • Performance Options: Unlocked frame rates supporting 60fps, 120fps, or higher depending on hardware specifications. NVIDIA DLSS upscaling and AMD FSR support for improved performance.
  • Visual Improvements: Enhanced shadows, improved anti-aliasing, higher texture resolution, and refined character models compared to console versions.
  • Controls: Full keyboard and mouse support with customizable key bindings, plus controller support for players preferring gamepad controls.
  • Mod Support: Community modifications possible for single-player experience, though not officially supported by Rockstar.
  • System Requirements: Minimum requirements include Windows 10 64-bit, Intel Core i5-4670 or AMD FX-9590 processor, 8GB RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R7 360 graphics card.
Xbox Backward Compatibility Features
  • Xbox Series X/S: Enhanced backward compatibility running at 4K resolution on Series X and 1440p on Series S with improved loading times and stable frame rates.
  • Xbox One: Original Xbox 360 version playable through backward compatibility with resolution boost on Xbox One X.
  • No Purchase Required: Players who own original Xbox 360 disc or digital version can play on modern Xbox consoles without repurchasing.
Gameplay Mechanics and Features
Dead Eye Targeting System
  • Signature Mechanic: Slow-motion targeting system allowing players to mark multiple enemies and execute precise shots in rapid succession, inspired by gunfight sequences in classic western films.
  • Dead Eye Levels: System upgrades throughout story progression, starting with basic slow-motion and eventually allowing manual targeting of specific body parts for tactical advantages.
  • Usage Strategy: Fills through combat actions, hunting, and completing challenges. Strategic use essential for difficult encounters including gang ambushes and legendary gunfighter duels.
Combat and Gunfighting
  • Weapon Arsenal: Period-appropriate firearms including revolvers, rifles, shotguns, repeaters, sniper rifles, throwing knives, dynamite, fire bottles, and lasso for capturing bounties alive.
  • Cover System: Take cover behind objects, peek around corners, and blind fire at enemies during intense shootouts. Cover destructibility forces tactical repositioning during prolonged battles.
  • Dueling System: Traditional quick-draw duels against legendary gunslingers requiring precise timing and accuracy. Draw your weapon, mark your target, and fire before your opponent in tense showdowns.
  • Horseback Combat: Engage in mounted gunfights during chases, train robberies, and carriage protection missions. Different horse types affect handling, speed, and stamina during intense pursuits.
Horseback Riding and Transportation
  • Horse Mechanics: Realistic horse behavior including stamina management, bonding system improving performance, and permanent death requiring purchase of new mount if current horse dies.
  • Horse Types: Various breeds available for purchase or taming including Kentucky Saddler, American Standardbred, Hungarian Half-bred, and rare breeds with different stat distributions.
  • Alternative Transportation: Use stagecoach fast travel between discovered locations, trains for cross-region travel, and wagons for specific missions.
  • Wild Horse Taming: Capture and break wild horses found roaming the wilderness, offering free transportation if you're skilled enough to successfully tame them.
Hunting and Wildlife System
  • Animal Diversity: Hunt over 40 animal species including deer, elk, bighorn sheep, bears, cougars, wolves, coyotes, armadillos, rabbits, birds, and more across diverse ecosystems.
  • Hunting Mechanics: Track animals using visual cues, use appropriate weapons for clean kills (rifles for large game, small game arrows for rabbits), and harvest meat, pelts, and materials.
  • Wildlife Behavior: Animals exhibit realistic behavior patterns including feeding, traveling in herds, predator-prey relationships, and fight-or-flight responses to human presence.
  • Master Hunter Challenges: Complete increasingly difficult hunting challenges including killing specific numbers of animals with certain weapons and locating rare species.
Honor System and Morality
  • Honor Meter: Tracks player's moral choices ranging from honorable lawman to ruthless outlaw, affecting story outcomes, dialogue options, and NPC reactions.
  • Honor Impacts: High honor provides discounts in stores, friendly NPC interactions, and access to certain missions. Low honor increases item prices, causes fear reactions, and attracts law enforcement attention.
  • Building Honor: Gain honor by completing stranger missions, helping distressed travelers, donating to nuns, capturing criminals alive, and protecting innocent people from danger.
  • Losing Honor: Decrease honor by killing innocent civilians, stealing, attacking law enforcement, breaking promises, and generally behaving like an outlaw terrorizing the frontier.
Activities and Side Content
Stranger Missions
  • Unique Encounters: Meet memorable characters across the frontier each with multi-part mission chains including treasure hunter Seth Briars seeking ancient artifacts, flower collector Alma Prendergast creating commemorative bouquets, and many others.
  • Mission Variety: Tasks range from collecting items, protecting characters, solving mysteries, and making moral choices affecting outcomes. Some stranger missions have multiple possible endings based on player decisions.
  • Challenges and Achievements
  • Challenge Categories: Complete objectives in Sharpshooter, Master Hunter, Treasure Hunter, Survivalist, and other challenge sets. Each category contains 10 progressive challenges increasing in difficulty.
  • Legendary Outfits: Earn special costumes providing gameplay benefits by completing challenge sets and gathering specific materials from across the frontier.
Gambling Activities
  • Poker: Play Texas Hold'em poker in saloons across the frontier with varying stakes and AI opponents with different playing styles and skill levels.
  • Blackjack and Liar's Dice: Additional gambling games offering variety and opportunities to earn money through skillful play.
  • Five Finger Fillet: Rhythm-based minigame testing reaction speed and timing as you stab between fingers with increasing difficulty.
  • Nightwatch Jobs: Accept jobs as town nightwatchman protecting settlements from criminal activity during overnight shifts for legitimate income.
Random Events and Encounters
  • Dynamic World: Encounter random events while traveling including stagecoach robberies, people requesting help, ambushes, wild animal attacks, and opportunities to intervene in crimes.
  • Moral Choices: Many random encounters present moral decisions affecting your honor rating, such as whether to help victims or join attackers, return stolen items, or capture criminals.
  • Reputation Building: Your actions during random encounters affect your reputation in different regions, with witnesses remembering your choices and behavior.
Undead Nightmare Expansion Features
Zombie Apocalypse Setting
  • Alternate Timeline: Experience Red Dead Redemption's world transformed by a supernatural zombie plague spreading across the frontier, killing or converting survivors.
  • Story Campaign: Follow John Marston searching for a cure after discovering his wife and son infected. Investigate the plague's mysterious origin while surviving in a world overrun by undead.
  • Mission Structure: Complete story missions helping survivors, clearing out undead infestations from towns, and tracking down mythical artifacts that might hold the cure.
Zombie Types and Combat
  • Standard Undead: Slow-moving zombies attacking in large hordes, requiring headshots or fire to permanently neutralize.
  • Special Infected: Face unique zombie variants including Bolters (fast runners), Retchers (spitters causing explosive damage), and Bruisers (heavily armored tanks requiring focused fire).
  • Combat Strategies: Conserve ammunition, aim for headshots, use fire to control crowds, and manage inventory carefully as resources are scarce in the apocalypse.
  • New Weapons: Access zombie-specific weapons including the powerful Blunderbuss shotgun dealing massive close-range damage, Holy Water effective against groups, and Boom Bait attracting zombies to explosive traps.
Town Defense System
  • Settlement Management: Liberate sixteen towns from zombie control and defend them from nightly attacks by clearing infestations and saving survivors.
  • Strategic Defense: Position yourself strategically, manage ammunition, and protect survivors as zombie waves assault the settlement from multiple directions.
  • Persistent Threat: Towns can be overrun again if left undefended, requiring regular patrols to keep the frontier safe from undead invasion.
  • Rewards: Successfully defending towns provides safe zones for saving progress, restocking ammunition, and accessing vendors still operating during the apocalypse.
Mythical Creatures and Secrets
  • Four Horses of the Apocalypse: Discover and tame legendary supernatural horses including War (infinite stamina and sets enemies on fire), Famine (never dies), Pestilence (causes enemy weapons to jam), and Death (undead with terrifying appearance).
  • Sasquatch Quest: Track down and confront a legendary creature hiding in the wilderness in one of the expansion's most memorable side missions.
  • Chupacabra: Hunt the mythical beast terrorizing livestock across the frontier for unique rewards and rare materials.
  • Missing Persons: Locate missing persons scattered across the undead wasteland, often discovering disturbing fates and uncovering the plague's spread.
Technical Requirements and Performance
Storage Requirements
  • PS4/PS5: Approximately 12-15GB storage space required for game installation including Undead Nightmare expansion and all updates.
  • Nintendo Switch: Similar storage requirements around 12GB for digital version or minimal space needed if using physical cartridge.
  • PC: Minimum 12GB free space recommended with additional space for save files and potential future updates or mod content.
  • Internet Connectivity: Not required for single-player gameplay, only needed for initial installation verification and accessing any available updates.
System Performance
  • PS3/Xbox 360: Original version runs at 720p, 30fps with occasional frame rate drops during intense action or when rendering large numbers of NPCs.
  • PS4/PS5: Enhanced version offers improved resolution up to 4K on PS5 with 60fps performance option, loading times, and stable frame rate throughout gameplay.
  • Nintendo Switch: Optimized version maintains stable performance in both handheld and docked modes with dynamic resolution adjustment ensuring smooth gameplay.
  • PC Requirements: Minimum Intel Core i5-4670 or AMD FX-9590, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 960 or AMD R7 360. Recommended Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 2070 or AMD RX 5700 XT.
  • Content and Rating Information
  • Age Rating: Rated M for Mature (17+) by ESRB, containing intense violence, blood, strong language, sexual themes, use of drugs and alcohol, and gambling.
  • Content Warnings: Game features period-appropriate violence including gunfights and hangings, prostitution references, alcohol consumption in saloons, tobacco use, and strong language reflecting frontier setting.
  • Gameplay Duration: Main story completable in 20-30 hours, with 100% completion requiring 40-60 hours including all challenges, stranger missions, activities, and Undead Nightmare expansion.
  • Replayability: High replay value through different moral choices, challenge completions, legendary outfit collection, and Undead Nightmare offering completely different gameplay experience.
Package Contents
Physical Copy Contents
  1. Game disc or cartridge for chosen platform
  2. Game case with original artwork
  3. Instruction manual with basic controls
  4. Promotional materials when available
Digital Purchase Benefits
  1. Instant download and installation
  2. No physical media required during gameplay
  3. Automatic updates downloaded in background
  4. Cloud save backup on supported platforms
Complete Game Content
  1. Red Dead Redemption full campaign (20-30 hours)
  2. Undead Nightmare expansion (6-8 hours)
  3. All Game of the Year Edition DLC including outfits, weapons, and challenges
  4. Solomon's Folly and Walton's Gang Outfit (previously PlayStation exclusive)
Additional Features
  1. Full manufacturer support through Rockstar Games
  2. Achievement/Trophy system for tracking progress
  3. Multiple save file slots for different playthroughs
  4. New Game Plus option allowing replay with earned items and outfits
Available at Mascom International - your trusted partner for gaming entertainment in Nairobi's business district. Experience the legendary Wild West adventure, test the different platform versions, and understand which edition best suits your gaming preferences at our showroom located at Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, or benefit from our secure countrywide delivery service with payment on arrival. Every game includes authentic packaging, manufacturer support, and comprehensive setup guidance for your ultimate gaming satisfaction and peace of mind.


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