Red Dead Redemption Review

http://www.xboxcheater.com Publisher: Rockstar Games Developer: Rockstar San Diego I avoid western games as much as I avoid sports games. I play games to visit a different universe and do things I can't do in this world. At least until they can secure my head to a 50 foot robot body. If I wanted to play sports I would play real sports. If I wanted to see what it was like 150 years ago I would go visit the Amish. Westerns had their heyday back in the 50s and 60s. But then they were sent out to pasture along side with film noirs, and Gary Busey. When I first heard about Red Dead Redemption I pegged it as Rockstar Games loosing their God Damn MINDS. When was the last time you played a western video game that didn't put you to sleep? But then again I am sure that's why they released it just before summer. No one really knew what to expect, but at least it's not Naughty Bear. Man that game sucked. The premise is pretty simple. Think of Grand Theft Auto... 200 years ago. Then decide weather you are someone to be feared by all, or be the like the sheriff that has come to clean up these here parts and you've got... RED DEAD REDEMPTION! Now don't get me wrong. I enjoy a cowboy movie or two, and watching movies like that make me glad that I am wasn't born in the days of the Wild West. But if I was, I would want to be a gun toatin, horse ridin, posse ridin, hombre! Just like our main character! Red Dead Redemption gives us exactly that. The chance to feel like a real cowboy, and a real bad ass one at that. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. There is more to this game than just feeling like Clint Eastwood, and John Wayne combined as one super human cowboy clone.