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    Red Dead Redemption

    Game » consists of 23 releases. Released May 18, 2010

    Red Dead Redemption is the spiritual successor to 2004's Red Dead Revolver, featuring a vibrant, open world set in the decline of the American Wild West. Players take on the role of former outlaw John Marston, who is forced to hunt down his former gang to regain his family.

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    #2  Edited By Hourai

    The irony is that people will probably bitch at you for making another. 

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    #4  Edited By Zimbo
    @Hourai:
    Better that than another 100 threads now that the reviews are coming in fast.
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    #6  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
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    #7  Edited By laticsfan

    Try and link them back to the review as well. In case you don't know how just highlight what you want to act as the link and click the little grey link icon net to insert and paste the address in there.

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    #8  Edited By Zimbo
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    Work me like a slave why dont you :P

    I'll do that now

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    #9  Edited By cap123

    you can always trust eurogamer to give a good, calculated review. Obviously, i haven't played it, but all these 98's and 97's? so silly, 0.2 off  being the perfect game? hyperbole that the game will never meet.

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    #10  Edited By Siepher

    Yeehaw!

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    #11  Edited By Brake

    That's it! I'm pre-ordering this thing!

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    #12  Edited By RichardLOlson

    Yeehaw!!!  This is beautiful, I knew the game would do great.

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    #14  Edited By Ghostiet
    @cap123 said:

    " you can always trust eurogamer to give a good, calculated review. "

    This, only not. Though this time they weren't unnecessarily harsh just for the kicks.
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    #15  Edited By Rhaknar

    seems we have to wait until next week for the GB RDR review (Ryan only mentions a quicklook of it this week)

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    #16  Edited By Zimbo
    @Rhaknar:
    Even better in my opinion. I love quick looks
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    #17  Edited By MachoFantastico

    okay I will admit, thought the IGN UK review was over the top. But it seems the general agreement is that it's a damn fine game. Can't wait till Thursday/Friday. 

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    #18  Edited By DrLove

    damm.  its a great thing that high ranked big games are coming out throughout the year not just in Q4

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    #19  Edited By DrLove
    @cap123 said:
    " you can always trust eurogamer to give a good, calculated review. Obviously, i haven't played it, but all these 98's and 97's? so silly, 0.2 off  being the perfect game? hyperbole that the game will never meet. "
    that just because of a 10 point scoring system.  if GB gives it 5/5 would you say its "hyperbole that a game could never reach"?
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    #20  Edited By cap123
    @DrLove:  yeah it's a different system, exactly. a 5/5 can be anything from 8/10 to a 10/10 when translated, all it means is it's a game of top quality. Which is all the user needs to know, rather than this game is 0.1 increment better than that other game!
     
    In using little 0.1 increments like that, a 9.9 is better than a 9.8, better than a 9.7, it tries to measure a games quality in a much more accurate way in, partly in an attempt to compare it to everything else. In doing so, a 9.8 is pretty damn close to perfection. There are 97 places below where it could of scored, but it could only place 3 points higher. In giantbombs scale, it couldn't of scored any higher, but that's because it's general.
     
    Having a system like that means you have to be accurate, it's a huge scale, and they feel as if they have to compare to other games, so because game A got 9.5 and game B is better, it must be a 9.6,, but game C is even better, must be a 9.7! rather than just this is a five star game.
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    #21  Edited By Jimbo

    Remember when average scores like this used to be rare?   Like once every few years?  They happen so regularly nowadays that we're soon going to need to start marking out of 12 or something.

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    #22  Edited By Jeust

     

    I can only pick out the following negative sentiments about the game as a whole: 

    Occasionally buggy terrain 
    Marston's awkward running animation 
    A less-than-perfect cover mechanic 
    A struggle to control aiming/steering/shooting simultaneously during high-speed shoot-outs 
    A lengthy 50 hours playtime that has peaks and valleys of quality     

    from Eurogamer. Not surprising the game follows most of GTA4 virtues and flaws.
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    #23  Edited By captain_clayman

    must...buy...
     
     
    NO!  must finish school first.

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    #25  Edited By DirrtyNinja

    Damn, that is some sexy scoring.

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    #26  Edited By wfolse1
    @cap123 said:
    " you can always trust eurogamer to give a good, calculated review. Obviously, i haven't played it, but all these 98's and 97's? so silly, 0.2 off  being the perfect game? hyperbole that the game will never meet. "
    I really don't think a 10 means "perfect game", just as five stars on GB doesn't.  
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    #27  Edited By Robitt

    Wow. Okay, thats really impressive. I think I will have to get this before Alan Wake then.
     
    Or just get both and live on noodles.

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    #29  Edited By Zimbo
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    Added. Thanks for the heads up.
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    #30  Edited By buzz_killington

    Just so you know, Rockstar has hand picked publications that wrote positive previews of the game and only sent out review copies to those.

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    #31  Edited By LincoIn

    Sure Rockstar is only letting the excellent reviews loose but we all know this is going to be a badass game regardless. I expect the GB crew to give a 4/5.

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    #32  Edited By Zimbo
    @buzz_killington:
    Do you have proof of that seeing as the other thread hasn't got any solid info yet? As far as I know its just a business trying to keep the metacritic score as high as possible on release day so that they can try and get more sales. I doubt it has any reflection on the games quality. 
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    #33  Edited By Rowr
    @LincoIn said:
    " Sure Rockstar is only letting the excellent reviews loose but we all know this is going to be a badass game regardless. I expect the GB crew to give a 4/5. "
    If its brad it will be a 5.
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    #34  Edited By Rhaknar
    @LincoIn said:
    " Sure Rockstar is only letting the excellent reviews loose but we all know this is going to be a badass game regardless. I expect the GB crew to give a 4/5. "
    its not even that, if you dont have a review copy, you cant review it
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    #35  Edited By natetodamax

    Whoa, the game must be excellent. Can't wait to play it.

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    #36  Edited By cap123
    @wfolse1:  when using it as a 10.0, though, it's the same thing as a 100 point scale, and it's much more accurate. 
     
    if a game got 10/10 for a site thats only using 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then yeah, a 10 is kind of general. On a 100 point scale it's saying a lot more though.
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    #37  Edited By jaqen_hghar

    Really looking forward to this. Heck, I would even if it got bad scores. Everything I have read about it in previews, reviews and even in threads by people who have played it and don't like it have made me want this game even more. I am pretty sure this will be my GOTY this year. Too bad I have to wait till Friday to play it. 
     
    Oh, and buzz_killington is just hurt because no-one joined him in boycotting it.

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    #38  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    Awesome. I'm starting to get really really excited and am definitely glad I preordered it.

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    #39  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    Greatest thing about New Zealand is there isn't a large amount of gamers, so pre-ordering is almost useless. I just need to walk 10mins and pick it off the stand! Can't wait for Friday!

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    #40  Edited By Rowr

    Wow that IGN review is worthless...
     
    It's like three paragraphs explaining game modes. Theres more to go off in the previews...

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    #41  Edited By Trilogy
    @buzz_killington said:
    " Just so you know, Rockstar has hand picked publications that wrote positive previews of the game and only sent out review copies to those. "
    Weren't you that guy that tried to get the game boycotted?
     
    (That's a rhetorical question, I know you were the guy)
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    #42  Edited By Bluethunder35

    The NZGamers site gave the PS3 version a 10. 
    I don't know why they limit themselves to one version. 
    Looks like the only sub-9 score is from Eurogamer. 
    I wonder what the nerds from Reviews On The Run will score it.

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    #43  Edited By blair

    I surmise that this game has been overblown with hyperbole.  I'd love for it to be this amazing, but I don't suspect it will be so stupendous.  I'll wait for the Giant Bomb review before I make a purchase.

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    #44  Edited By Ghostiet

    Ludicrous scores? I'm in, universal praise rarely fails, as we could see in Arkham Asylum's, Uncharted 2's and God of War III's cases.

    The only thing this game would need to make me want it more at this point is a Carl McCoy cameo appearance.

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    #45  Edited By JellybeanRanger

    i cannot wait for this game dam friday release. bribes or not on this game im still as hyped as ever

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    #46  Edited By djstyles92

    TotalVideoGames gave it a 9

    http://www.totalvideogames.com/Red-Dead-Redemption/review-15242.html
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    #47  Edited By Zimbo
    @djstyles92:
    Added to the front page. Thanks for letting us know.
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    #48  Edited By djstyles92
    @Zimbo:No prob
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    #49  Edited By Hourai

    Just one more day to go. Going to be a crappy day at school tomorrow waiting to get home and play. 

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    So I'm guessing this game will be at least OK.

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