Red Dead Redemption PS5 Another Subpar Re-Release from Rockstar

For all the money it earns through GTA Online, you'd think Rockstar would put at least a little bit more effort into the re-releases of its past games. Apparently not, though, as the new PS5 version of Red Dead Redemption is probably about as barebones as you can get.

Just like the older PS4 re-release from a few years ago, you get the single player campaign of Red Dead Redemption along with the Undead Nightmare expansion in this package. There's a free upgrade for current PS4 owners, and it's also available via PS Plus Extra and GTA+.

Buying the game outside of any upgrade or subscription will knock you back £49.99 / $49.99, or there's a 10-day offer to utilise on the PS Store to get it bundled with Red Dead Redemption 2.

Now enhanced for PS5, the current-gen version only takes advantage of Sony's console in the most basic sense. You get a 4K resolution at 60 frames-per-second, with improved draw distances, HDR support, and some "enhanced image quality". The improvements seem to stop there, though.

Despite the PS Store listing for the title stating it supports "vibration function and trigger effect" in relation to the PS5's DualSense controller, our testing has found there to be no evidence of any use of haptic feedback or the adaptive triggers.

While you can import PS4 save data to pick up where you left off, there are reports that the PS5 Trophy list isn't auto-popping to reflect your achievements in the old version.

Because of this, the comments we made in our review of the PS4 version still ring largely true. It's great to have Red Dead Redemption native to PS5, but it's still a western open worlder that "deserves so much more".

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