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Review: Red Dead Redemption

Developer - Rockstar North / Rockstar San Diego
Publisher - Rockstar Games
Available On - XBOX 360 / Playstation 3
Reviewed On - XBOX 360

Red Dead Redemption is the latest next-gen blockbuster from world renowned studio Rockstar Games. Set in the Wild West, it tells the tale of a man once an outlaw trying to raise a family and build a life through difficult historic times. Players traverse through the wide open plains of the Wild West all sculpted in Rockstar’s own Euphoria engine previously seen in Grand Theft Auto. Now let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Red Dead Redemption demands a comparison against Grand Theft Auto; they’re both games set in an open world sandbox environment where players travel from mission to mission as they please. They’re both filled with end game content and side missions, robust multiplayer and thick narrative and on the most basic level play similarly.

This is where all comparisons to GTA end. After completing RDR I’ve realized only a fool would compare the two, RDR offers such Read more [+]