Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Remember when Rockstar actually put effort into their DLCs? We had no idea we were living in a short golden age (as far as DLC is concerned) between GTA IV and RDR.

Calling this a zombie reskin is far too simplified of a statement. This alternate storyline blew doors off hinges when it came to DLC expectations. For a measly 20 bucks, most of us felt like we were getting a brand new game!

Best DLC of all time!

Talked about it already in the red dead redemption review. A really fun DLC that is honestly one of the best examples of DLC I can think of. Might honestly be the best and most creative next to Witcher 3 and bloodorne.

Has such a different yet similar tone to the main game and is just so fun all the way through.

It's no secret that the original Red Dead Redemption was an amazing game. And what does every amazing game need? Zombies! So does Undead Nightmare live up to it's original or is it truly a Nightmare?

The year is 1914 and John Marston is trying to get his life back in order after having to kill his former friends. Just when he thinks everything will work out a zombie plague sweeps over the Western frontier. After his wife and son become infected John ties them up and heads out to find a cure.

One of the best things about Undead Nightmare is how it's so similar yet so different from the original Red Dead Redemption. The zombies are very different from your standard outlaws. For one almost all of them fight hand to hand which makes cover less important than finding higher ground. They also need to be taken down with shots to the head as they take a lot of bullets to kill and ammo is limited. You'll come into towns from the original game overrun by zombies that you'll have to kill if you want information, ammo, a place to sleep, and fast travel from as you can no longer fast travel from camps.

The game looks great. Everything about the games presentation from the voice acting, sound track, landscapes, and the disgusting sound of a zombies head exploding perfectly immerse you in the game.

If there is one downside to the game is that there's so little variety. Sure there are different breeds of zombies and new horses but if you play one hour of Undead Nightmare, you've played all of it. But this is a small grievance when what's here is so well done.

Red Dead Redemption is a milestone for open world videogames and was the first ever with a western setting. But Rockstar Games decided to go one step further with their DLC Undead Nightmare, which turns the game into a zombie-apocalypse-western.

Rockstar's story and mission design are excellent as always. Their games' biggest strength is the satirisation of the United States of America and it works here again. Their developers' creativity has no limits, the player profits immensely from that.

This time there are bigfoots, burning horses and an unicorn.

The only aspect you may criticise is, that it is too short. There are only 10 story missions and some of them are pretty easy and a bit boring. So that's why the main game is superior to this dlc.

However both of them are recommended to play. These are historical pieces of art you can learn from, and most importantly, that will give you a lot of fun! Before watching a zombie movie, just play the best one available!

In a twist on the main game, Red Dead Redemption, this alternate game is literally a nightmare. You're still in the old west, but the story mode is about zombies. If you're a horror fanatic and love zombies, then you'll love this game. It definitely is a whole new genre, as well as intense.

This expansion game does not need the base game to be playable, which is great if you don't already own Red Dead Redemption. Story mode for Undead Nightmare lasts roughly around six hours, not near as long as the base game. It is however like the base game, an open world and the player can diverge from the story and do side missions as well.

The enemies and animals you encounter are also plagued with zombieness, and are somewhat more aggressive than the enemies of the base game. The game play is similar to that of the Left for Dead series of games, or The Walking Dead games. Unlike the base game though, fast travel is removed, and three new creatures are added; a unicorn, sasquatch and El chupacabra.