Red Dead Redemption

[AristotleP]

This is a must have game!!! It's awesome. It's Grand Theft Auto in the Wild West I'd say it's better than GTA 4.


I got it early *cough* ehehe  Been playing all weekend    It's out Tuesday.

[Sheridan Passell]

This looks fantastic.



Been wanting an open world Wild West game for a long time. Thanks Aristotle.

[AristotleP]

It's brill mate

[dalmatianjaws]

So frickin funny

Cannot WAIT to play this game!!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2010/05/25/red-dead-redemption-bug-causes-mutant-donkey-woman-and-flying-deer-graphic-glitch-video-115875-22285286/

[Sheridan Passell]

That was so funny.

I played the multiplayer with a bunch of friends last week. It was slightly disappointing I have to say, in so far as there wasn't actually that much to do of note and the character progression didn't grab us. There's like 8 bandit camps to take down in multiplayer, you do that and then it's just a case of riding around shooting at people and pissing them off. I've heard single player is a much richer, more thought out experience.

[dalmatianjaws]

Yeah, apparently they took the sandbox format that Rockstar perfected, set it in the old west, and unlike their GTA games, gave it a worthwhile story. I've heard it described as epic. Apparently it's damn good. That makes me happy. The stories are my favorite part of gaming.

[David Hawk]

Got this on the 360 and it is bloody brilliant but far from perfect. The Mexico stage drags like legless 'Ho but its worth the trawl to get past.

Its not as 'free' as i thought it would be though because if you choose not to do the main mission then once you skinned a few animals and gambled a bit there really isn't much else to do apart from the main mission.
As for the choices that you make, basically be good or be bad, they don't affect the story remotely enough for it to be a different enough experience like say Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic which is frustrating and it would've been awesome if you could've taken on a job as a sheriff for instance or formed a new gang but these are minor gripes really as being caught for trying to cheat at poker and having to shoot your way out of the mess, taking out whole villages with petrol bombs and raiding trains are just a few of the brilliantly crafted scenarios you find yourself in