So, if you read my blogs, you probably heard about Red dead Redemption. Well, Red dead has a new expansion called Undead, which it takes the cowboy setting but it adds ZOMBIES to it. Awesome, I know! Well, one thing that surprised me is that in the expansion, the developers added mythical creatures. When I heard that added Sasquatch, I was so happy. The reason is pretty long to explain but I will try to explain it...
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (the same developers of Red dead) there was this forest in the game. This forest had people's hopes of them finding Sasquatch and killing it. You know how everyone wants to hunt for Sasquatch, its like a holy grail. Its that rare thing, its almost like in every open world, people want Sasquatch in it. So in San Andreas, people would not leave the developers alone about Sasquatch. So, six years later, Red Dead comes out ,but with no Sasquatch. Again, people complain and clamor for Sasquatch. The developers finally gave in...but gave us a taste of bitterness along with it, when the Undead expansion was released. Theres a mission in which you must kill 5 Sasquatchs, because they are eating babies. The main character meets up with the final Sasquatch and prepares to kill it...when this happens...
This story, this game, made me think about my wants, people's wants and their consequences. Think about it yourself. Think about it...
Unlike Sasquatch, you should die evil spammer.
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ReplyDeleteThat is an amazing commentary, and I agree with Stephanie, the way this somewhat tongue and cheek addition takes a very serious turn is brilliant. And then turn back again to comedy by saying "the birth of the conservation movement" once Sasquatch is saved.
What gets me is the way Rockstar games is both listening to and commenting with its gamer community. Obviously this geared directly to there community, and the fact that they are having fun with them while at the same time being serious is really cool. And your posts nails it, thanks for this, I had no idea about the whole Saquatch theme in the expansion pack, and your post here does a lot to flesh it out.
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