Rockstar Games' genius lies not only in creating vast worlds, but also in its rigorous philosophy regarding how these worlds should be presented and interconnected—all of which has evolved through the RAGE Engine.
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In an interview with Kiwi Talkz, Rob Carr, the studio’s former audio designer, revealed internal guidelines for Red Dead Redemption 1 and explained how the company’s technologies and narratives evolve with each generation, culminating in Grand Theft Auto VI.
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Red Dead Redemption: The "picture on the wall" rule
Despite having been released three console generations ago, the first Red Dead Redemption has aged very well. Carr points out that this was no accident, but the result of a strict visual requirement imposed on the art and design team: the "picture on the wall" rule.
"One of the first things they said was that, at any moment, you should be able to pause the game, take a screenshot, and frame it on your wall. And man, they delivered on that," recalls Carr.
For him, the combination of impeccable voice acting with one of the best soundtracks of the past 15 years makes John Marston’s adventure a masterpiece. When comparing it to Red Dead Redemption 2, Carr notes that, aside from the raw resolution and fidelity of the new hardware, the essence of the first game proves that it was “decades ahead of its time, honestly.”
Rockstar Games uses its games as tests for the RAGE Engine toward something bigger
Rockstar is a master at using its own releases as testing grounds for the RAGE Engine. Carr highlighted how the GTA 4 expansions (The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned) were crucial to the franchise’s future.
He cites the iconic "Three Leaf Clover" bank heist from GTA 4 and the narrative crossover of the expansions as the blueprint for the character-switching mechanic. This culture of "recycling and improving" good ideas in the RAGE Engine is what underpins Carr’s predictions for GTA 6.
He uses Dead Eye (the slow-motion feature from Red Dead Redemption) as an example, which was adapted in GTA 5 as the special abilities of Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. Following this logic, it is expected that complex systems from the RAGE Engine in Red Dead Redemption 2 will dictate the gameplay rules in Vice City.
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