Red Dead Redemption - Playstation 3

to start it off i have to say this game isn't anything i thought it would be, it is betteri mainly preordered the game because i heard it came with a 20 dollar gift card so if it sucked, i wouldnt have lost much; BUT it turned out to be a great game. i can say for a fact that i hate gta4, despite its high reviews it wasnt that kind of game for me, but this game isnt just gta4 with horsies, it is fun, good looking, great sotry, and multiplayer was better than i expectedabout the game:graphics: just wonderful; enough saidfun: the shooting machanics are nice and fun and the assist aim doesnt super assist so u still to have fun and the guns and dead eye mode and great as wellvoice acting: it is perfect, im ocd, so wen words r completely off from the lips i can't concentrate well, but rockstar really pulled it offmultiplayer: well im rating it on day one and not many ppl are online atm, but it is great already, the free room is truly epic; i basicaly ran around the whole time with m possie and we killed animals, gangs, townspeople, and each other. when you reach certain parts of the map in multi free roam, objectives pop up and they r super fun, they can be hard by urselves but, if u have a possie it is fun to chat and organize and take down npc gangs. now tdm is also in this game, and it is just like any old tdm in a thirdps, but the opening is epic, u start the match off with a mexican stand off and it sets the tone for the game, overall in the first day this game has shine in multiplayer and i cant wait to have more ppl online to play withwat really shocked me was the length of the game, holy **** it is long, it isn't rpg long but it is longer than a normal shooter. i mean comeon 20-40 hours of gameplay for 60 dollars (40 if u preorder and got the 20 dollar gift card =]) with a great multiplayer that will last another 2 months =]; in the game there are so many side quest and things to do u get sidetracked and they are so fun it doesn't even matter. i think if u go thru it is about 20 and with all the extra stuff it is 40. so overall the wow factor really made me like this game.everything about the graphics, gameplay, multi, and story wows me; nothing like wat i expectedmy only bad comment is that u can;t change controls, and the game forces u to use r2 and l2 for trigger and aim, which isnt bad, but can be bothersome for those use to use l1 and r1, but i admit it is fun using those triggers now and it makes me went to buy those ps3 real r2 and l triggerso my advice, buy this game if u like a shooter with length, story, graphics, the only hate u can have is that u hate horsies and western stuff

I wanted to emphasize a point that at least one other reviewer made -- given the period setting for this game, it seems so much more realistic than GTA IV ever did. Given the relative lack of law enforcement and the transient nature of the West, the "anything goes" kind of feel is there at level of saleability that I haven't seen in another game.I have to compliment R* for the depth of the experience and characters in the game. While there are the expected scripted missions, all kinds of stuff just happens out of nowhere, and you are forced to make very quick judgments about what you should do. If you see a guy being chased down by two others shooting at him, do you intervene? You know none of the background, so who is on the good side? Who on the bad? Do you just watch it play out and do nothing? There are real in-game consequences to your decisions, as measured by the honor and fame needles, and your "wanted" level. The number and diversity of the random situations you are confronted with are truly remarkable.R* also did an excellent job of making the West alive with animals and diverse geography. The hunting aspect of the game is really fun and adds to the experience. I got killed once by a hog that seemed to have the dexterity of Lazarovich, but that was probably just me since I haven't played too far into the game.The level of detail in the game is also very impressive. I was near a tree and shot an animal, and the report caused several birds I couldn't see to take flight from the tree. I rode over a dead guy and my horse left bloody horseshoe prints. And then there's all the stuff you would expect but are still amazed by -- the detail in the towns, shops, etc. and the way the horses ride and carriages feel to drive.There are some things R* could have done better, and I'll close with those. I hesitate to call them "cons" because in a game so rich, I have to ask myself what more I am truly allowed to expect. Regardless, here they are: (1) graphics could have been better in some instances -- some popping textures and inconsistent frame rates, but at the same time I am amazed that the game can keep up at all given how quickly scenery can change when your galloping along on your horse and changing direction; (2) the weapon wheel can be a bit clumsy; (3) some visuals could be sharper -- not sure why the game is not 1080p, but perhaps that would have required additional disc space that wasn't available given how expansive the game is; and (4) I agree with an earlier poster that it's a bit weird for the lead character not to be able to swim. It could have been fun to try a fight in the water with knives or something, save people from drowning (or not), do some log rolling, etc.All in all, I consider RDR an achievement in gaming. The genre has so much appeal to kids, I would thing R* would do well to have a scaled-down "E" or "T" version that focused just on hunting, treasure, and gathering quests. My kids would love it. They are clamoring to play/watch RDR, but there is just so much inappropriate content for kids in the game that, regrettably, there's no way to parse out any activities in the game for them. If they made an "E" or "T" version, they could sell several million additional copies, IMO.