Review: Red Dead Redemption - Classics Xbox 360 (From Chorley Citizen)

Review: Red Dead Redemption - Classics Xbox 360

2:32pm Friday 19th August 2011 in Computer games By David Crookes

Red Dead Redemption - Classics Xbox 360.

THERE can't be many people who haven't yet played Red Dead Redemption but here is another - cheaper - chance to give Rockstar's awesome wild west action adventure a go.

Rockstar Games releases don’t come along that often, but when they do they have almost always been worth the wait and invariably justify every last bit of hype that surrounds them.

And when Red Dead Redemption swaggered into town in 2010, jingling its polished spurs with every step and gunning down pretty much every sandbox action adventure opposition that dared stand up to it, gamers revelled in the huge open-world environment set in the final years of the Wild West is the backdrop to the story of former outlaw John Marston’s adventure across the American frontier.

It remains a thigh-slapping essential purchase with huge rolling regions of towns and outposts, cracking characterisations, a morality system based on your own gaming actions, Western-themed mini games, period-specific weapons, and DeadEye ‘bullet time’ for greater shot accuracy.

And, of course, you can ride horses.

It is one of the most ambitious open-world, sandbox gaming experiences out there, and taking on the role of Marston is like stepping into the shoes of a true western movie hero.

5/5