Note, the following is copy pasta'd from a post I made on Kotaku. Thought it would make a good first Giant Bomb blog post.
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is my favourite movie of all time.
I enjoyed the TV series Deadwood (until it got really boring halfway through season 2).
Unforgiven, The Searchers, 310 to Yuma etc... I love the western genre.
I have not gotten into Wild West games for whatever reason. I have not played Gun or the Call of Juarez games.
I contend that Fallout 3 is probably the most 'like a Western' game that I've ever played.
In it, I wandered the lawless wastelands (sans horse, unfortunately) and came across cattle ranchers, scavengers, and outlaws (raiders). I did so while donning my stetson (Shady Hat), and my trench coat (Recon Armor). I (obviously) did all of this while rocking a sweet (Wasteland Survivor) beard.
The crowning moment for me was when I stumbled on the slaver camp (Evergreen Mills i think?). Ruthlessly murdering the entire population of that small town (while freeing the slaves) was a very satisfying experience.
Perhaps The Man With No Name would have gotten in with the slavers and took their organization apart from the inside instead of walking in and straight up murdering everyone like I did. It doesn't matter. I did what I wanted to do. And I felt like a total badass.
I hope Red Dead Redemption can deliver that feeling.
I've played through it about 10 times now. Here's a couple of my favorite moments:
- Like many of you, I screwed up trying to grapple onto the jeeps in the "Can I get a Witness" mission. I noticed that the convoy was headed for an intersection and tried to head them off by taking a shortcut. I used the parachute + grapple hook method pull myself there and made it! It was like an action movie where the hero spontaneously finds a way around an obstacle. I made short work of the convoy and got into the witness' vehicle but the timer ran out before i could finish the mission. I will try the unlimited time glitch next time I play.
- I managed to take out all of the SAM sites in a military base, got into a chopper and rained down some fire on that mother. I badly want to be able to take a chopper and actually fly it around the island but I always get shot down by enemy choppers. I imagine that the full game will allow you to order gunships and fighter jets from the black market provided you have the Chaos and money.
This demo confirmed what I suspected for about a year now. This is a must-have game. Will be picking it up on March 23rd.
Log in to comment