Let's get three things straight real quick. This is the greatest Western video game of all time. This is the best game of the year so far and one of the greatest video games I've ever played. Yes I know it sounds like hyperbole but it's true. Red Dead Redemption is set in the old west circa 1911. The federal goverment is quickly taming the west and the days of outlaws and renegades are coming to an end. You play as John Marston. A former outlaw who hung up his guns and started a family on a small farm when his fellow gang members abandoned him wounded after a robbery. Now the goverment has kidnapped Marston's family and threatend to kill them if Marston does not hunt down his former brothers in arms. This begins the amazing and epic story which sweeps you from the old west to revelutionary era Mexico.
Red Dead Redemption is the brainchild of Rockstar and Rockstar San Diego, the creators of the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Many of the same gunplay mechanics are in this game and GTA veterans will be right at home but this is not simply a GTA Wild West game. Several new mechanics are in this game which include an updated wanted system and a new dead eye aim mechanic which slow down time and allows you to mark targets Splinter Cell style in an amazing display of gunplay.
Another awesome part of this game is just how real it feels. The color's and graphics of this game make it feel your both in a spaghetti western movie and the real world. The gunplay is magnificantly realistic and every gunshot is met with a visceral visual sight of blood and screams that add a grittyness and realism rarely seen in games.
Being an open world game there is just so much to do. You can ride your horses (which are actually fast unlike Assasin's Creed) everywhere and do anything. Hunt animals, play games (my favorite was Liars Dice), be a good samaritan and help passerby's, hunt down criminals (awesome) etc. This just adds hours of more fun to an already rock solid game.
The story is the best part of Red Dead Redemption. It is an incredible deep and intelligent story that allows you to meet many intresting characters my favorite being the philandering Nigel West Dickens. The ending is fantastic and is one of the best video game endings in history and is well worth the 20-30 hour wait.
The multiplayer is a side note to the single player but is still cool to check out. It is a free roam multiplayer like GTA and has many intresting games like gang shootout and grab the bag and let's you have even more fun.
Red Dead Redemption is one of the greatest game I have ever played. It is flawless in almost everyway gameplay, writing, music, voice acting, graphics etc. Rockstar should be extremely proud and they have finally made a blockbuster game that leapts out of GTA's shadow. This game is definitaly a must-by you will not regret it. Buy. Buy. Buy.
Written by Matthew Byrd - Gamertag: ColonelByrd95
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