| Red Dead Redemption | 
| From: Rockstar Games
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Rating:  616 reviews
Sales Rank: 60
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: shooter_action_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.1
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MPN: 39574
Model: 39574
UPC: 710425395741
EAN: 0710425395741
ASIN: B001SH7YMG
Publication Date: April 30, 2010
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| Features:
| | The Dead Eye targeting mechanic, allowing the player to slow down time for shot accuracy, as well as ridable horses and more than 40 kinds of animals that you can hunt or be hunted by. | | | Expansive open-world gameplay set in the final years of the American Wild West. | | | Massive play area filled with NPCs, made up 3 unique regions composed of towns and outposts filled with characters with varying looks, accents, etc. | | | Morality system based on honor and fame generated by the players actions throughout the game. | | | Western themed mini-games including showdowns, gambling, hunting bounties, cattle herding and five finger fillet; and an assortment of period specific weapons. |
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Product Description
Red Dead Redemption X360
Amazon.com Product Description
Red Dead Redemption is an open-world, third-person, action-adventure game set at the tail end of the American West West era. Action takes place in the first few years of the twentieth century and revolves around the choices that the protagonist, former outlaw John Marston, is forced to make due to his blemished past. The game features a morality system assigning honor and fame points generated through the player's choices. It also features Wild West themed mini-games, new targeting and cover systems, extensive horse riding abilities, a wealth of period specific weapons and more than 40 huntable animals. Story
Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. A follow up to the 2004 hit Red Dead Revolver, this game tells the story of former outlaw John Marston, taking players on a great adventure across the American frontier. Choose to fight for honor or fame as former outlaw John Marston.
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Red Dead Redemption is a third-person action-adventure game set a fictional open-world American Wild West environment for players to explore. Gameplay area types include frontier towns, rolling prairies teaming with wildlife, and perilous mountain passes - each packed with an endless flow of varied distractions. Along the way, players will experience the heat of gunfights and battles, meet a host of unique characters, struggle against the elements and animals of one of the world’s last remaining wildernesses, and ultimately pick their own precarious path through an epic story about the death of the Wild West and the gunslingers that inhabited it. In their travels throughout the territories of the gameworld players partake in a morality system built on honor and fame, where they gain or lose points in each area based on their actions. The game features an easy to use cover system, a variety of mounts and period specific weapons including a cattleman revolver, a mauser pistol, a repeater rifle, a sawed-off shotgun, a throwing knife, a lasso and more. Western themed mini-games are also available, including showdowns, gambling, hunting bounties, cattle herding and five finger fillet. Key Game Features - Expansive open-world gameplay set in the final years of the American Wild West.
- Massive play area made up 3 unique regions composed of towns and outposts filled with characters with varying looks, accents, etc.
- Morality system based on honor and fame generated by the players actions throughout the game.
- Loads of unique non-player characters to interact with.
- Western themed mini-games including showdowns, gambling, hunting bounties, cattle herding and five finger fillet.
- An assortment of period specific weapons including a cattleman revolver, a mauser pistol, a repeater rifle, a sawed-off shotgun, a throwing knife, lasso and more.
- The Dead Eye targeting mechanic, allowing the player to slow down time for shot accuracy.
- Ridable horses and more than 40 kinds of animals that you can hunt or be hunted by.
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Cover and targeting system.
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All the dangers of the period.
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Western themed mini-games.
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Realistic mounted combat.
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 "Blackwater...$#!+ . I'm still only in Blackwater." September 8, 2010
korova (Varosha)
"...Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the desert."
A man is given a task by the government against his will. A powerful man, who was formerly a popular leader but is now considered a criminal, must be eliminated. Getting close to the target will require a long, arduous journey to a highly fortified compound. The government must not be connected in any way to the mission. Sound familiar?
No, the target's name is not Kurtz in Red Dead Redemption. But it might as well be. Rockstar has once again taken inspiration from a masterpiece of cinema. In the same way that the Grand Theft Auto series is strongly linked to works by Singleton, Scorsese, De Palma, and Kurosawa, Red Dead Redemption pays homage to Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.
On the surface, RDR appears to be based on classic Westerns. The game is set in the American frontier at the beginning of the 20th century. There are plenty of references to films directed by John Ford, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, and Sam Peckinpah. The driving forces behind the game's narrative, however, are questions about duty versus honor, confrontations with enemies who may not truly be opposed to what your character represents, and most importantly, the achievement of moral redemption by completing a psychologically harrowing journey. Western films often address these themes as well, of course, but without any ambiguity or ambivalence. It's always crystal clear who is good, who is evil, and what is right and what is wrong in these films. In contrast, RDR and AN deliberately obscure their moral viewpoint on the actions of their characters.
Anybody familiar with Apocalypse Now will recognize that many aspects of RDR's story are directly analogous to AN. While the characters and motivations of John Marston and Final Boss (no spoilers here) are never as fully developed as those of Captain Willard and Colonel Kurtz-due to both Rockstar's avoidance of Metal Gear Solid-length cutscenes and to the limitations of the videogame medium-all of AN's key plot points are present in the game. There's even a minor reference to the sniper execution scene in Full Metal Jacket that helps reinforce RDR's connections to AN. All of this adds up to a rich and compelling story arc, especially considering RDR is a videogame.
Story and influences aside, the bigger question is whether or not Red Dead Redemption is fun to play. The answer is YES. The graphics, especially the environmental effects, are outstanding. There's a good chance you will find yourself just sitting on a horse admiring a spectacular sunset or taking in the dramatic view from a mesa or hilltop and not doing anything else. The controls are easy to learn and quickly become intuitive. Finally, as is the norm with Rockstar, the game's universe is gigantic and full of missions, mini-games, and random encounters. A few minor things feel a bit unfinished, such as the missions set in Mexico that involve long journeys without characters saying anything, or unrefined (it's left to the player to figure out how the inventory management system works while playing) but there aren't any glaring flaws overall. Well worth picking up.
 READ DEADLY REDEMPTION September 8, 2010
Valued Customer (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Read Dead Redemption
Read Dead Redemption is an awesome game, which you can spend countless hours playing, or goofing off and enjoying yourself. Although the plot is somewhat short, It's a game that you'll enjoy time after time again. I recommended this to someone who likes games that you can do anything in, spend countless hours playing.
 Rockstar fan but this is horrible September 7, 2010
Michael B. Barker (Greer, Az)
Look, I loved all the GTA games and was really looking forward to RDR. What a disappointment. It takes forever to ride the horse from one action location to another. It is just too slow moving to keep my interest. I really tried to like this game but finally had to just shelve it and replay some old ones. Just wondering--are the glowing reviews real or are they written by employees of Rockstar whose managers realize they have huge dud on their hands? Especially the ones that say crap like, "this is the best game I have ever played!" or "This is the best game Rockstar ever made!" After playing the game, I wonder, what game are you dudes talking about?
Cant stop playing this game September 6, 2010
mark (SAN JOSE, US, Canada)
This game has made me stop playing Call of Duty for a while now, great game, definitely on my top 5 all time
A western epic unlike any other in gaming September 6, 2010
A. Collazo
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After completing Red Dead Redemption (RDR) and receiving 100% completion game stat, I am left awestruck to the brilliance of this epic western title. Rock_Star literally nailed it with RDR in regards to details, visuals, voice acting, & storyline. Rarely does a video game come out with so much detail like RDR. Prior to playing RDR, I was not a big fan of the western genre. However, giving the incredible rave reviews in which RDR has gotten, I decided to make the purchase. I can say wholeheartedly that I did not regret purchasing this game as I was literally hooked to RDR the minute I started playing. Somehow, Rock_Star was able to put so much details into RDR that you actually feel that you are somewhere in the Southwest portion of the United States or in Mexico.
As I said before, the details of this game is ridiculous. The facial animations, open world settings, character interactions, and limitless action will leave you feeling like you've gone through an adventure of a lifetime. RDR is a very long game. So much to do and see, it will take an individual plenty of hours to accomplish everything in RDR. Anyone feeling hesitant in buying this game should not worry no more as RDR will simply give you one of the best gaming experiences ever. I can say that RDR is definitely one of my top five games of all time. It took Rock_Star five years to make RDR from start to finish and it shows big time. The effort in which the team at Rock_Star took to make RDR is incredible. I can only imagine the amount of hours that was put in to make this game.
Amid the minor glitches found in this title, Red Dead Redemption will give anyone an experience like no other with regards to open world games. RDR has elevated the standard of sandbox games and can be summed up with one word...phenomenal!!
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