Red Dead Redemption Review

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Rockstar's long-awaited open world take on the lawless free-for-all that was the wickedly-savage wild west is finally here! While we may not be ridiculously head over heels in love with the game the way that the rest of gaming community seems to be we certainly had a rootin'-tootin good time with both its single player and multi-player components.

Other than Call of Juarez: BIB, the original Red Dead Revolver, and possibly Lucasarts' Outlaws there really haven't been any western video games worth playing. So it's no surprise that Rockstar's own attempt gets to wear the shiny spit-shined crown since there wasn't a whole lot of competition to begin with. Going the sandbox route, populating it with colorful/memorable characters, filling it with a variety of gameplay mechanics & mini-games, not to mention painstaking attention to detail, as well as incorporating a very mature and cinematic storyline. All this adds up to a fairly singular experience that mostly gets it right. Unfortunately, some of the more outlandish/annoying characters tend to over stay their welcome whereas the more interesting ones only get a minimal amount of screen time. The repetitive nature of the mission structures and the lackluster gun-play also tend to wear thin rather quickly. All these complaints aside, RDR is highly recommended to all fans of open world gaming as well as western junkies alike!

The era(ror) of the cowboy is coming to an end and The Hard Cast is looking for some rough and tumble vigilantes to help tame the western frontier tight posse style. Vagrant rapscallion charlatans and jackasses need not apply also don't forget that there is no honor among thieves unless you're Sly Cooper!

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