Call Red Dead Redemption on the Switch whatever you want. A remake, a port, or, as per the official message from Rockstar Games, a "conversion". To me, it doesn't really matter. What matters to me, and I'm sure the same applies to many of you, is how it looks, feels and plays in the palms of my hands. We've seen this game on consoles already, albeit on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles way back when or via PS Plus streaming more recently, and we've since been wowed by its stunning 2018 successor on PS4 and Xbox One. If I'm to be impressed by John Marston's maiden voyage in the Old West all over again, quite frankly, I need something new.
And so, after spending several days doing just that, I can confirm: Red Dead Redemption indeed looks, feels, and plays great on Nintendo's flagship hardware. In fact it does all three of those things so well, that in the process my mind went back in time – not to my PS3 days, but to the last few months of 2005.
