Red Dead Redemption

     This is one of my favorite games to play online over Xbox Live. Not just because of shooting my friends' horses so they fall over, but also because of the vastness of it. Red Dead Redemption is a game based in the wild west. You play as a man named John Marston, a man who was once a part of a gang, but left and made a family. The government hunts him down and he now has to kill or capture his former gang-mates.
     The game seems to take almost every wild west film you've seen and jam them all together to make everything that is Red Dead Redemption. The start slowly rolls into the action, not straight away from the start but gradually. The story and the way Rockstar games made all the regions, villages and towns is beautiful, and perfectly fitting for the game. The game has several RPG-like elements to it, like side quests, choices and currency. Everything is so bright and yet, in a way, dark and evil. My favorite parts are probably just roaming about, enjoying the scenery, before being thrown into the action again as a horse-rustler tries to steal my horse before I notice, and sometimes, unfortunately, he succeeds.
     The characters are all interesting, with different views and traits. For instance, there is a character named "West Dickens" (who looks slightly like the monopoly bloke), who cons people out of their money by selling them fake healing tonics. He also tries to use you for his own gains, for a time.
     Weaponry. There is a massive variety of weaponry. From throwing knives to sniper rifles, from pistols to shotguns. All of which, in their own way, aid you to some extent. For example, one mission you have to assault a train, but without the massive camp of soldiers noticing. A few throwing knives and your trusty skinning knife easily do the trick. At least until you get so far up the train that you get to the gatling gun and massacre the camp.
    Overall, though, I think the game is just amazing. The storyline, the characters, the side quests. It's all perfectly tied together in a neat little disk.

Ingenuity-8
As mentioned, it is like a box of every wild west film seen.
Graphics-9
The world, though most of it being desert, is beautiful. The beasts that roam, the bandits, the plant-life. It's all so amazing and beautiful.
Story-9
Very well written story. The ending very well near brought a tear to my eye.
Overall-9
I would reccomend this game to anyone who asked to be reccomended one. It's just so well made that you absolutely must play it.