Red Dead Redemption Review

Story
Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. A follow up to the 2004 hit Red Dead Revolver, this game tells the story of former outlaw John Marston, taking players on a great adventure across the American frontier.

Choose to fight for honor or fame as former outlaw John Marston. View larger.

Gameplay
Red Dead Redemption is a third-person action-adventure game set a fictional open-world American Wild West environment for players to explore. Gameplay area types include frontier towns, rolling prairies teaming with wildlife, and perilous mountain passes - each packed with an endless flow of varied distractions. Along the way, players will experience the heat of gunfights and battles, meet a host of unique characters, struggle against the elements and animals of one of the world’s last remaining wildernesses, and ultimately pick their own precarious path through an epic story about the death of the Wild West and the gunslingers that inhabited it. In their travels throughout the territories of the gameworld players partake in a morality system built on honor and fame, where they gain or lose points in each area based on their actions. The game features an easy to use cover system, a variety of mounts and period specific weapons including a cattleman revolver, a mauser pistol, a repeater rifle, a sawed-off shotgun, a throwing knife, a lasso and more. Western themed mini-games are also available, including showdowns, gambling, hunting bounties, cattle herding and five finger fillet.

Key Game Features

• Expansive open-world gameplay set in the final years of the American Wild West.
• Massive play area made up 3 unique regions composed of towns and outposts filled with characters with varying looks, accents, etc.
• Morality system based on honor and fame generated by the players actions throughout the game.
• Loads of unique non-player characters to interact with.
• Western themed mini-games including showdowns, gambling, hunting bounties, cattle herding and five finger fillet.
• An assortment of period specific weapons including a cattleman revolver, a mauser pistol, a repeater rifle, a sawed-off shotgun, a throwing knife, lasso and more.
• The Dead Eye targeting mechanic, allowing the player to slow down time for shot accuracy.
• Ridable horses and more than 40 kinds of animals that you can hunt or be hunted by.