Generally speaking, I've never really played that much DLC, but I've always heard about how Undead Nightmare was one of the best expansion packs ever made. The zombie game genre is a dead horse that has been beaten to a pulp, especially during the seventh generation of consoles, but something about putting the zombie apocalypse in the western genre makes it all feel fresh, especially when it features a cast of characters that we've all gotten to know really well over the course of a 20-ish hour base game. I had a feeling that this was going to be good, but Undead Nightmare was honestly even more fun than I was expecting, as it brings some new stuff to the table to spice things up while still being Red Dead Redemption at the end of the day.
It's no surprise that the basic gameplay of Undead Nightmare is no different to that of the base game, but the way that you interact with the open world feels pretty different. Currency, minigames, and the honor system have all been totally omitted in favor of rescuing towns from being overrun by the undead or gunning down the townsfolk yourself, along with burning down graveyards and dealing with random encounters. This gameplay loop is pretty fun, and it also works alongside the main missions and sidequests featuring the same eclectic cast of characters that were in Red Dead Redemption (along with a handful of new ones). Since the only way to consistently kill zombies is by headshotting them, that makes the Dead Eye mechanic feel much more important when trying to conserve your ammo and save towns quickly, and being low on it while being faced with a horde of zombies can get really tense. The tone and writing of Undead Nightmare were also much funnier and more lighthearted while still not feeling out-of-place for these characters, and it's a refreshing and interesting contrast to the mature and serious nature of the base game. The four horses of the apocalypse were a really cool addition to the game, as they all had really cool designs, as well as some useful abilities. I will admit that the new weapons and items that they added to the game could have been better, since I only used them once or twice before switching back to the ones I was more familiar with (aside from the Blunderbuss, that weapon is awesome). Even with that in mind, Undead Nightmare was still an awesome expansion pack, and I'm still disappointed that Red Dead Redemption II never got a similar one, since Rockstar could've made use of that game's survival aspects to make something really special.
It's no surprise that the basic gameplay of Undead Nightmare is no different to that of the base game, but the way that you interact with the open world feels pretty different. Currency, minigames, and the honor system have all been totally omitted in favor of rescuing towns from being overrun by the undead or gunning down the townsfolk yourself, along with burning down graveyards and dealing with random encounters. This gameplay loop is pretty fun, and it also works alongside the main missions and sidequests featuring the same eclectic cast of characters that were in Red Dead Redemption (along with a handful of new ones). Since the only way to consistently kill zombies is by headshotting them, that makes the Dead Eye mechanic feel much more important when trying to conserve your ammo and save towns quickly, and being low on it while being faced with a horde of zombies can get really tense. The tone and writing of Undead Nightmare were also much funnier and more lighthearted while still not feeling out-of-place for these characters, and it's a refreshing and interesting contrast to the mature and serious nature of the base game. The four horses of the apocalypse were a really cool addition to the game, as they all had really cool designs, as well as some useful abilities. I will admit that the new weapons and items that they added to the game could have been better, since I only used them once or twice before switching back to the ones I was more familiar with (aside from the Blunderbuss, that weapon is awesome). Even with that in mind, Undead Nightmare was still an awesome expansion pack, and I'm still disappointed that Red Dead Redemption II never got a similar one, since Rockstar could've made use of that game's survival aspects to make something really special.
Why did they make zombie DLC for their western, and why was it so good
Very fancy spin off. The fact that you needed to conquer the cities again and again got me a bit bored.
What a cool idea for an expansion. I mean, zombies are overdone and they were back then too, but this is like a Blood Dragon level of "let's just go a different direction and have fun with it" type of expansion. And it was pretty good!
Masterpiece 10/10
i still wish more studios could give us an expansion like this one. it was such a fun idea to do
Inovative amazing unexpected DLC that triggered my zombie fobia. Great!
couldn't finish it because of the endless graveyard bug.
A DLC é divertida e cumpre com o que promete, tendo uma história legalzinha e boa de se acompanhar.
Gonna rank this separately since I did have a separate disc for it. I would go to my babysitters and we would play this at their house after school tying people up and feeding them to zombies. Never beat the story myself though as I would get too scared. Must have at least 40+ hours just messing around.
dlc simplesmente incrivel, terminei pela segunda vez mt boa msm zerei em 15 horas, fiz tudo q dava pra fazer
Why have I never played this before???
'You eat babies!'
'I'm going to wander down that lonely, deserted street and get my bag.'
'I don't like Jews. Or colored folk. Or natives, now that you mention it... I bet you like Catholics. Can't stand them neither. Nor women, Fabians, Socialists, homosexuals, Asians, or British.'
Absolute banger, but I should've played during halloween for better atmosphere. Wishing for Undead Nightmare 2 but it's never going to happen. Just like the GTA V DLC we were promised. Now we just have to pray that Rockstar find it in their hearts to give us disgusting masses some GTA VI Story DLC.
'You eat babies!'
'I'm going to wander down that lonely, deserted street and get my bag.'
'I don't like Jews. Or colored folk. Or natives, now that you mention it... I bet you like Catholics. Can't stand them neither. Nor women, Fabians, Socialists, homosexuals, Asians, or British.'
Absolute banger, but I should've played during halloween for better atmosphere. Wishing for Undead Nightmare 2 but it's never going to happen. Just like the GTA V DLC we were promised. Now we just have to pray that Rockstar find it in their hearts to give us disgusting masses some GTA VI Story DLC.
Che ansia i puma zombie, giosu.
a decent expansion to the main game but i'm not really seeing the hype that everyone else has for this.
WTF is this shit, and why did they feel it was necessary to make this? Honestly felt like they were just milking off The Walking Dead craze at the time.
Undead Nightmare é A EXPANSÃO, pensar que hoje tem tantas DLCs que vem do jogo original pra vender a parte e antes tínhamos expansões cheias de conteúdo e essa é uma delas, ela é totalmente não canônica, apenas uma história de um apocalipse que ficou muito bem feita, é bem mais desafiador, vários tipos de inimigos e munição escassa, tem cavalos especiais irados pra caramba, algumas missões com objetivos engraçados e um específico bem característico da Rockstar.
O conteúdo durou comigo em torno de 5 horas mas ainda tinha algumas secundárias, achei um tempo bom e fiquei com porcentagem de 60%.
No geral gostei bastante do projeto, só algumas missões que não gostei tanto e algumas não serem tão bem explicadas e eu tive que apelar pra internet, teve uns bugs mas não sei dizer se é com o jogo ou meu 360 versão PCkkkk.
O conteúdo durou comigo em torno de 5 horas mas ainda tinha algumas secundárias, achei um tempo bom e fiquei com porcentagem de 60%.
No geral gostei bastante do projeto, só algumas missões que não gostei tanto e algumas não serem tão bem explicadas e eu tive que apelar pra internet, teve uns bugs mas não sei dizer se é com o jogo ou meu 360 versão PCkkkk.
This review contains spoilers
He jugado a Undead Nightmare justo después de hacerme el 100% de Red Dead Redemption 1 (a partir de ahora RDR) y me ha parecido más de lo mismo pero aún más repetitivo y con menos variedad de opciones respecto al juego base.
El momento en el que la historia del DLC comienza es bastante extraño ya que toma lugar al poco de que John Marston se reencuentre con su familia en Beecher's Hope. Al principio, pensaba que era una especie de universo paralelo a lo acontecido en el primer juego, pero la escena final del DLC demuestra que no es así, ya que John sale de la tumba en la que su familia lo entierra al final de RDR. Creo que Rockstar podría haberlo hecho mejor, ya que durante la historia del juego base estamos junto a nuestra familia desde el reencuentro hasta que John muere, por lo que no tiene sentido aparente introducir el DLC en mitad de ese arco argumental.
Dejando ese detalle a un lado, la historia en sí se resume en los 10 últimos minutos del hilo principal, en los que se nos presenta a Ayauhtéotl (diosa de la mitología mexicana), de la cual me di cuenta de su presencia en el convento de Las Hermanas pero, al parecer, estaba presente en más misiones principales y secundarias (no me percaté de ello). Marston tiene que poner en su sitio una máscara que Abraham Reyes cogió de las catacumbas de Escalera para que la pesadilla termine. Creo que es una premisa bizarra y "por la cara" ya que parece que se han sacado de la chistera todo este rollo con la excusa de poder ponerle fin a la historia de una forma rápida y sencilla.
Anterior a ese punto, John va deambulando desde West Elizabeth a Nuevo Paraíso, volviéndose a encontrar con personajes de la historia de RDR para encontrarle una explicación a lo sucedido. Este aspecto me ha gustado ya que uno de los puntos que no me gustaron demasiado del juego base fue el hecho de no volver a saber nada de ciertos personajes. Me gusta también que incluso se tenga en cuenta a personajes de misiones secundarias, como el director de cine, y las explicaciones tan bizarras que da la gente al porqué del apocalipsis zombi. Considero que es una críticia social ya que la gente demuestra su ignorancia y su atrevimiento a hablar de cosas de las que no tiene ni idea.
El mundo en sí se siente repetitivo, ya que solo hay zombis y animales no muertos, cuya variedad es considerablemente inferior que a los animales salvajes de RDR. Los eventos aleatorios también son sensiblemente más repetitivos y menos interesantes. Hay cuatro tipos de zombis, los cuales son suficiente variedad si tenemos en cuenta que la historia principal dura apenas 4 horas.
Una vez que se acaba el juego, no hay mucho más por hacer, más allá de rescatar a personas desaparecidas y terminar los desafíos, los cuales son menos pesados que los del 1 (en parte, porque no hay desafíos de recolección de plantas). No obstante, me negué a realizar el 100% por lo repetitivas que son estas tareas y lo poco que esto aporta al juego.
Si tenemos en cuenta que este DLC salió en 2010, durante la fiebre y la moda de los zombis, y que tampoco es que los zombis peguen demasiado con la temática e historia de RDR, nos queda un DLC más anecdótico que otra cosa. Se reciclan elementos del juego base con zombis y una historia metida con calzador. Hubiera preferido mucho más un DLC con historia canónica con Jack como protagonista o uno en el que se diesen más detalles del pasado del argumento principal jugando como John. Eso sí, hay que darle crédito a Rockstar por hacer un DLC así ya que fue uno de los precursores en hacer contenido adicional de calidad.
El momento en el que la historia del DLC comienza es bastante extraño ya que toma lugar al poco de que John Marston se reencuentre con su familia en Beecher's Hope. Al principio, pensaba que era una especie de universo paralelo a lo acontecido en el primer juego, pero la escena final del DLC demuestra que no es así, ya que John sale de la tumba en la que su familia lo entierra al final de RDR. Creo que Rockstar podría haberlo hecho mejor, ya que durante la historia del juego base estamos junto a nuestra familia desde el reencuentro hasta que John muere, por lo que no tiene sentido aparente introducir el DLC en mitad de ese arco argumental.
Dejando ese detalle a un lado, la historia en sí se resume en los 10 últimos minutos del hilo principal, en los que se nos presenta a Ayauhtéotl (diosa de la mitología mexicana), de la cual me di cuenta de su presencia en el convento de Las Hermanas pero, al parecer, estaba presente en más misiones principales y secundarias (no me percaté de ello). Marston tiene que poner en su sitio una máscara que Abraham Reyes cogió de las catacumbas de Escalera para que la pesadilla termine. Creo que es una premisa bizarra y "por la cara" ya que parece que se han sacado de la chistera todo este rollo con la excusa de poder ponerle fin a la historia de una forma rápida y sencilla.
Anterior a ese punto, John va deambulando desde West Elizabeth a Nuevo Paraíso, volviéndose a encontrar con personajes de la historia de RDR para encontrarle una explicación a lo sucedido. Este aspecto me ha gustado ya que uno de los puntos que no me gustaron demasiado del juego base fue el hecho de no volver a saber nada de ciertos personajes. Me gusta también que incluso se tenga en cuenta a personajes de misiones secundarias, como el director de cine, y las explicaciones tan bizarras que da la gente al porqué del apocalipsis zombi. Considero que es una críticia social ya que la gente demuestra su ignorancia y su atrevimiento a hablar de cosas de las que no tiene ni idea.
El mundo en sí se siente repetitivo, ya que solo hay zombis y animales no muertos, cuya variedad es considerablemente inferior que a los animales salvajes de RDR. Los eventos aleatorios también son sensiblemente más repetitivos y menos interesantes. Hay cuatro tipos de zombis, los cuales son suficiente variedad si tenemos en cuenta que la historia principal dura apenas 4 horas.
Una vez que se acaba el juego, no hay mucho más por hacer, más allá de rescatar a personas desaparecidas y terminar los desafíos, los cuales son menos pesados que los del 1 (en parte, porque no hay desafíos de recolección de plantas). No obstante, me negué a realizar el 100% por lo repetitivas que son estas tareas y lo poco que esto aporta al juego.
Si tenemos en cuenta que este DLC salió en 2010, durante la fiebre y la moda de los zombis, y que tampoco es que los zombis peguen demasiado con la temática e historia de RDR, nos queda un DLC más anecdótico que otra cosa. Se reciclan elementos del juego base con zombis y una historia metida con calzador. Hubiera preferido mucho más un DLC con historia canónica con Jack como protagonista o uno en el que se diesen más detalles del pasado del argumento principal jugando como John. Eso sí, hay que darle crédito a Rockstar por hacer un DLC así ya que fue uno de los precursores en hacer contenido adicional de calidad.
This is how you should handle DLC
when you need some help reach for the rootbeer shelf
Smart idea
zombie cowboys nuff said.
pretty good dlc, if a little short but i would say it's certainly worth your time if you liked red dead 1 and wanted more of it.
Entertaining, but awfully repetitive and frustratingly buggy. Almost every mission, main and side, boils down to "shoot zombies," and when the piece of shit glitches out and makes it so killing zombies doesn't contribute to the progression meter, it quickly gets tiresome. At first I thought it was just the totally legitimate copy I was playing on my totally stock, totally not modded 360, but sadly a quick Google search confirmed that it was indeed just how the game is. This made the relatively simple task of attaining 100% completion a Herculean effort, and I really don't recommend doing so.
Along with the repetition come some other lazy design decisions, like the fact that, out of four types of undead, two have the unique characteristic of charging at you.
As a whole I don't think this game's entirely worthless, as I've said it's rather entertaining with a fun story and dialogue. I just wish the wrinkles had been ironed out a little, and maybe a little more variation were added.
Oh, and Blood Dragon is still the king of expandalones.
Along with the repetition come some other lazy design decisions, like the fact that, out of four types of undead, two have the unique characteristic of charging at you.
As a whole I don't think this game's entirely worthless, as I've said it's rather entertaining with a fun story and dialogue. I just wish the wrinkles had been ironed out a little, and maybe a little more variation were added.
Oh, and Blood Dragon is still the king of expandalones.
It's red dead but with zombies, also its zombies in a western setting incredible
best DLC of all time? potentially
Probably the best video game expansion ever released. otherwise its the same as the base game. play it.
PEAK PRA CARALHO QUERIA UMA DLC NO RDR2
This is the best DLC ever made
Really fun stuff after the main game, zombies for fun and some evil creatures hanging around.
One of the best DLCs ever made