Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption Review

Red dead redemption is a game based on a fictional western storyline, it is a sandbox genre game which was made in 2009 by the same company who makes the Grand theft auto series (RockStar). There are not many games like this and if there is then they certainly don't come anywhere near this fantastic game.

 

The game came out in the year 2009, it was published and developed by RockStar and was distributed by Take-Two Interactive. As of Vgchartz the game totalled a great 5.70 million units sold and on Metacritic the game received a score of 95 which is nearly the highest score which you can receive.          On a personal thought, I believe the game to be one of the best I have ever played and is definitely deserved of its high score of 95. Of course every game does have its negatives, its biggest negative is that there are plenty of people who aren't into this type of game, not everyone loves a great western story and they choose to stick to their guns like Call of duty and FIFA. This game is still very enjoyable today, can it compete with GTAV... I'm not too sure and with the lack of sequels to the game you can clearly see that RockStar is not turning their heads to this game any time soon.

It takes quite a while to get into the game as when you start you are hit with quite a long cut scene which takes up about 4-5 minutes of your time, but once you start diving into the deeper story plot you realize how well thought of this games story was. The game focuses on the tale of John Marston who you could say is quite a cowboy, his first aim is to go out and get a gentleman named Bill Williamson, but I'll leave it there for you to go out and play it for yourself.

 

 

The graphics were very good at this time, which to be honest isn't that long ago and can still compete with the biggest games today, and the terrain in the game is absolutely incredible with the yellow sandy desserts to the hard roads in some parts of the game, it really doesn't disappoint. But with the next generation consoles coming out soon there isn't any room for these graphics. But what I really like about this game is the fact that this is very different to other games out there at the moment and I believe is why this game is still popular today and have crushed the competition around that time.

John Marston is a very likeable character and even though the ending is quite disappointing you would still be by his side if you kept playing the game over and over again. I've got to admit it the other characters in the game annoy me, it's not because of their accents but because they are extremely dull and have no life to them.

To conclude the game is a pleasure to play, with no multi player it does take a hit in my opinion but with a score of 95, where the recent GTA received a 97 you could say its a major achievement. With a high amount of achievements to unlock and aim for, you will not be lacking in enjoyment and fun. I give it a 8/10.