Red Dead Re-Awesome: Review 0

by Chad Blue • Reviews

WOW!!! When my little bro (Sean Blue) said this game was amazing, I thought…eh…it’s probably good…but really how awesome can it be. After being broke for a minute and not playing anything since Alan Wake (which is also awesome!), I finally broke down and got Red Dead. And to be honest it did start a little slow for me and seemed repetitious.

A little back story, if needed. Your a cowboy! I bet you didn’t see that one coming. Your a cowboy sent to find and capture or kill some one! Ooooh the plot thickens. You make friends and enemies on your way to help or hinder your journey. OK STOP Hold the phones this story is just too deep let’s get to the gameplay….ok.

Well after the first couple missions where you learn stuff, I started getting to the core of this game, and not just the barreling through of the story missions, but the challenges. The challenges are what really got me into this game. There is a Survivalist challenge (Yeah…picking flowers!), Hunter challenge (killing and skinning animals…one of my favs), Sharpshooter (skillful shooting tricks), Treasure Hunter challenge (find maps then find treasure), and I think there is another but I can’t remember. These challenges get harder and harder, but they also unlock little perks for your character. So far hunting and killing 2 cougars with only a knife was the toughest….they are fast and lethal. Also another hard one was a Sharpshooter challenge where you have to shoot the hats off enemy’s heads without killing them. Pretty hard.

Also getting the secret achievements are pretty fun. One of them I had to kidnap and hogtie a girl while making sure the law wasn’t after me. Then lay her on the train track just to get pummeled by a train to turn into red mist and chunks. Only 5 gamer points, but probably the funnest 5 I ever got.

Last I will finish with the GTA4 comparisons. There are lots. You can probably figure out what they are. But it takes them and makes them fresh again. All the mini games are great. Poker, Black Jack, Liar’s Dice, Horse Shoes, Arm Wrestling, breaking in horses, and a whole lot more. Well enough carrying on. I don’t want to spoil everything. I didn’t even get into the multi-player at all. This game has a lot of replay value. Get it. It’s the GTA Killer!!

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