Wild West & survival, with a very detailed open world simulation of late 19th century North American ecosystems.
| Duration: 30+ min Number of players: 1 Material: PC / Console Link: https://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption2/ |
Short description
America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed.
After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
Educational Value
- Conservation education – wildlife identification, learning about animal behavior and species interactions.
- History of North America late 19th century – Frontier mythology + expansion of monopoly capitalism and how railroads extended corporate power settler colonialism and the dispossession of Native peoples, et cetera.
Recommendation for use
This game is not tailored for education, but a history professor in the University of Tennessee uses it successfully to engage students for his classes. More information on his classes and the book he’s going to write: https://www.ign.com/articles/professor-teaching-worlds-first-red-dead-redemption-american-history-class-wants-to-do-gta-next#
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