From the folks that brought you Grand Theft Auto, they bring you Grand Theft Auto... With Cowboys. If you're a fan of any sort of Open-World games or Grand Theft Auto in general, then you'll find much to love in Red Dead Redemption.
You play as John Marston, the partially reformed outlaw, who is blackmailed by federal agents into working for them. Martson is sent across the American frontier to bring the law back to it's towns. He must take in or kill his former gang members, even his old friend Bill Williamson or else his family will be killed. Those Government assholes.
Much like the beloved Grand Theft Auto games, Red Dead Redemption (RDR) is set in an entirely open-world environment that allows the player complete control of where they would like to explore, when they want to do it and what they want to do within it. Horses are the main form of transportation around the world, this can sometimes be a bit of an issue. With the minimal stamina of horses, you can only sprint for so long, which makes the vast emptiness between towns drag on for longer than it should. This drives the player to want to take the "taxi's" or quick travel from their campsite.
There are a plethora of missions for the player to partake in. Aside from the main story missions which include things like ranching cows and horses, completing jobs for the Marshall cleaning up the towns, to doing shady activities with creepy men who dig up graves to plunder them. There are also stranger missions which pop up on the map while traveling and include things like running small errands, to stopping people from being hung.
The combat in RDR is a huge part of the game, which consists of third-person shooting. The player can take cover behind basically any object, lock-on to targets, free-aim, and blind fire. RDR includes a really interesting perk when aiming. If you're locked on to a target or free-aiming, the player can enter "Dead-Eye" which allows the player to slow down the world and use precision shots to take down enemies.
The voice acting in RDR was extremely well done. All words sink up to the mouths of the characters in cut scenes, and all voices were chosen just right to suit the characters and are appropriate to the western theme.
An example of a Deathmatch in RDR.
Visually, RDR takes the visuals of modern Grand Theft Auto titles, and kicks it up a notch. The landscapes all look swell, and cut-scenes look great. Even random animals that pass by in the desert look almost life-like in the way they move and interact with the environment.
RDR also features online multiplayer game modes. There is the option to free-roam with a posse of up to 16 players in a game. Similarly to Grand Theft Auto 4, you can go from free roam you can move into classic multiplayer modes like Free-For-All, and Team Deathmatch. Online also allows the player to unlock things like new characters, animals to ride, and titles.
In June 2010, Rockstar has already announced it will release some DLC for both PS3 and Xbox 360. This will be a co-op mission pack consisting of 6 new co-op missions for players to do online or through system link.
Overall, RDR proves its worth in the open-world genre. It brings a semi-unique way of playing it with the Western theme. Both story mode and online multiplayer give the player hours upon hours of gameplay making the game worth the investment. if you're looking for a game to kill some time and have fun doing it, or you just really want to be a cowboy, go pick up Red Dead Redemption today!
- Jeremy M.
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