Red Dead Redemption 2 PC update: Is this leak our first look at RDR2's PC settings? (Pic: ROCKSTAR)
We may well have had our first look at Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC.
The huge open world adventure game – which took the PS4 and Xbox One markets by storm when it released earlier this year – has had a huge impact on the gaming industry, outselling its predecessor in days and topping charts consistently since launch.
But there's one area that game hasn't capitalised on yet: the PC market.
Rockstar has never committed to a PC release of the game, or even hinted at one, but if previous titles from the developer (Grand Theft Auto V, in particular) are anything to go by, we can likely expect the company to release a PC version sooner rather than later.
This week, we've even seen what could be the first look at a PC version of the game.
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A 25-second clip (which you can see below) seems to show us a snippet of the PC version – complete with a brief look at the game's potential settings.
The footage is out of focus and doesn't appear to show too much content – and as such, it's very hard to verify. However, if this is our first glimpse of a PC version of the game, we get to see settings related to sharpness, brightness, colourblind mode and kill shots – and the all-important graphics options.
Listed so far, we have: screen type, resolution, refresh rate, FXAA and VSync options, sitting alongside a slew of Quality settings.
It's impossible to tell if this is legit, but it shows PC players will have good control over what they can alter to make the game experience the best it can be for them on the platform.
A great article by PC Gamer outlines a few issues you should note with the video, though.
"A couple of things do leap out at me and make me question the authenticity of the video, however," the site notes.
"First of all, we dont see anything beyond the menus, which would arguably be the easiest thing to fake, and we dont really see enough of the graphics settings to compare it with Rockstars last PC port, GTA 5.
"One thing thats notably missing is post-processing options. It looks like you can turn FXAA on, but theres no sign of other anti-aliasing techniques, or things like ambient occlusion or anisotropic filtering.
"The missing options could be below, of course, though they often sit together, as they did in GTA 5. If this is real footage, its also unlikely finished. No PC version has been announced or even alluded to by Rockstar, so its unlikely that a build is ready to go. Theres no reason why a dev build would need a counter that shows how much VRAM youre using, for instance, which might explain why its nowhere to be seen."
We'll update you as soon as Rockstar announces anything official about Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC.
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