Red Dead Redemption

This is an outstanding game that tells a great story with memorable and occasionally laugh-out-loud-funny characters. Think about great moments that you remember from spaghetti Western movies, put them all into one 20- to 40-hour epic feature, and picture yourself in the starring role. Now you have some idea of what's waiting for you in Red Dead Redemption.

So yes, the action rocks bells. But I still can’t help but feel that, for me, it’s the less familiar elements that help to make Red Dead Redemption the best game of 2010 thus far. There’s an early mission where you have to herd cattle with your horse in the middle of a storm, and if you cock things up you’ll have to watch as the cows plunge over a cliff to their deaths. It’s very, very odd – and yet even this failure feels remarkably fresh. At other times it’s just the rich atmosphere that wins you over – a random encounter with a laudanum addicted girl in the wilderness, or even just the feeling you get as you ride across the land in the pissing rain.

To succeed where other Western games have failed, Red Dead Redemption deftly recreates a sandbox playground of a tumultuous historical period swept away by technological progress. The game perfectly captures the expansiveness of frontier life and the gritty gunplay of spaghetti westerns, rightfully earning its place alongside the great Western films and the best Rockstar games.

Red Dead Redemption is a must-play game. Rockstar has taken the Western to new heights and created one of the deepest, most fun, and most gorgeous games around. You can expect the occasional bug or visual hiccup, but you can also expect a fantastic game that offers the Western experience we've all been waiting for. Red Dead Redemption is a complete game in every sense -- both the single player and multiplayer modes are excellent -- and still manages to offer an attention to detail you rarely see from a game of this scope.

Rockstar has not only delivered a kick-ass take on the Wild West era but they've done it with a finesse that satisfies every need of anyone who has ever fantasised about being a cowboy. Unless of course, your visions are based solely on Brokeback Mountain, in which case you may be disappointed. There’s cattle herding, duels, hunting, breaking in horses (not like that) and much, much more to keep you in the saddle for hours.

At the outset Red Dead Redemption promises to be GTA on horseback. Several hours later it goes on to fulfil that promise and then top it. This is so much more than a mere retooling of Rockstar's tried and tested open world formula, it's an artful take on a world long lost, an evocative paean to not only the Western genre but also to the beautiful expanse of the American landscape. Even better though is that under that remarkable feat is a game that's been refined and revitalised, setting the open world genre free and creating an experience that's quite likely to be one of this year's very best.

The result is an exceptional Rockstar game, one that successfully re-clothes the Grand Theft Auto framework in an exciting, distinct and expertly realised scenario. But just how satisfying the formula remains after the exuberant destructiveness of Red Faction: Guerrilla, or the joyful, ad-hoc player stories born in the freedom of Just Cause 2's playpen, is increasingly under scrutiny. And even within Rockstar's own canon, there is little here for that smart young journalist to inform Liberty City about that it didn't already know.

Those thinking that this is nothing more than Grand Theft Auto IV in the West will be surprised to see that, in many ways, Rockstar has outdone its last major sandbox game. Red Dead Redemption is arguably one of the best games we’ve played in a long, long time. Sure, it has some minor problems, but overall its story and immense world offer up both engaging and compelling gameplay that any self-respecting gamer needs to experience.

Red Dead Redemption es el mejor videojuego Sandbox de la historia, y su legado tardará en ser superado. Lo nuevo de Rockstar es elegante, tiene clase, cuenta con una ambientación cuidadísima y es un videojuego que rinde culto a los clásicos westerns del cine con un título a su altura. Lo mejor que se puede decir de un lanzamiento es que gustará por encima de géneros y modas; y la aventura de John Marston es tan atemporal, innovadora y maravillosa que es capaz de generar admiración sin importar edad, gustos o plataformas… será imprescindible para todos.

Si a esto le sumamos un guión excelente, personajes memorables, mucha acción y un acabado técnico de quitarse el sombrero tenemos ante nosotros uno de los mejores títulos de esta generación. A primera vista no es un juego revolucionario pero si os dejáis llevar por sus historias del Oeste, descubriréis que esconde muchos más secretos de los que podríais imaginar. La fórmula del sandbox no se ha estancado, ha dado un paso adelante.

L'élève aurait-il dépassé le maître ? Avec Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar a su prendre le meilleur d'un GTA pour le transposer dans le monde du western, tout en rendant une copie encore plus soignée. La richesse et la variété du gameplay, couplées à la cohérence d'un univers totalement fidèle aux codes du genre nous offre un jeu à la qualité rare. Vivre l'aventure de John Marston ne laisse pas indemne, et il ne fait nul doute que cet écorché vif trouvera vite sa place au panthéon des personnages les plus classes du jeu vidéo.

Le moindre espace de son terrain de jeu d'une taille record a été utilisé et aménagé à bon escient et aucun moment d'ennui est imposé au joueur, même durant les déplacements les plus insignifiants. On pourra simplement regretter que les interactions urbaines soient rendues gadgets par une difficulté un poil inférieure à nos espérances. Ceci étant, Red Dead Redemption s'impose comme un titre accessible à tous, capable de faire aimer les westerns à quiconque y était allergique et finalement, comme le GTA-Like de ce premier semestre 2010 à posséder impérativement. Merci Rockstar.

Cavalcare in gruppo da una cittadina all'altra cercando di difendere un treno, o di eliminare un'intera banda di criminali è un'esperienza eccezionale, che merita di essere provata almeno una volta. Red Dead Redemption resta comunque un gioco che si gode al meglio nella solitudine della propria cameretta, ma qualche scorribanda assieme agli amici non può che aggiungere la classica ciliegina a una torta a dir poco eccezionale.

Rockstar heeft met Red Dead Redemption weer een heerlijke game neergezet, waarin het eigenlijk aan niets ontbreekt. Als je een titel zoekt die missies in overvloed biedt, ben je bij RDR aan het juiste adres. Je zit ook goed als je een game zoekt die er simpelweg goed uitziet en een goede soundtrack heeft, en als laatste word je niet teleurgesteld als je een lekkere multiplayer ervaring zoekt, want ook hier weet de game je bezig te houden. Wat zijn dan de nadelen van de game zou je zeggen? Nou, het wil er wel eens op lijken d

Red Dead Redemption är feelgood-western när den är som allra bäst och när eftertexterna rullar efter runt 30 spelade timmar (där jag absolut inte gjort ens i närheten av allt) är jag bara en hårsmån från att ansöka om ett amerikanskt green card för att skaffa en ranch ute i Arkansas, komplett med dussinet Black Angus-boskap, en stetson-hatt och bli en riktig cowboy. Rockstar har inte bara gjort det bästa western-spelet någonsin, utan en vuxen välskriven historia som på allvar engagerar, berör och är helt genreöverskridande. Red Dead Redemption är kort sagt ett mästerverk ingen får missa.