Red Dead Redemption Review

Two barrells of fun, coming right up!
In the unlikely event that Red Dead Redemption doesn’t pick up any Game Of The Year awards, then it must be a shoe-in for the Most Anticipated Title of 2010.
Before I kick this review off, I’d like to tell you about the craziness that was release day here in Australia. To begin with, five of around seven major games retailers broke street date a day early, much to the delight of gamers country-wide. When I went to pick up a copy at around 11AM, the Big W store I visited hadn’t even had time to shelve the game’s boxes, and had sold over half their stock just over the service counter. Leaving the store, the 50-something gentlemen who validated my parking smiled when he saw my copy of the game and pulled out a copy from under his booth’s desk. As he explained it: “My son wanted me to bring him home a copy, but I think he’ll have to wait until I’m done with it”.
Rockstar must truly be the kings of the hype machine. Unsuspecting console gamers (who didn’t even know they liked Westerns) have been either playing this game recently, or broke. They were apparently the only two options on hand.
So then, for a title that everyone simply must have, how is Red Dead Redemption once the hype wears off?









