Here's the thing i'm broke 90% of the time (stupid job market here) and i finally got some cash in my pocket and i know i SHOULD save it but i have wanted RDR for a while now. I just recently got DQIX for x-mas and its an awesome game but i want/need something new on my 360 to scratch that itch and i'm torn if i should just save my cash or get rdr/$20 point card for the UN collection thing. What do you say giantbomb citizens?

yes

To all who make this thread: No matter the circumstance, the answer is always yes. 

Since this is not a financial responsibility site,     

If you like GTA then yes, because that is exactly what it is.

i concur, you should get it.

yeah its pretty good

I actually loved Undead Nightmare more than certain sections of Red Dead Redemption so I say yes.

Yes 
 
Also this is a pretty good song: 
  

You should buy it. Have some fun for a change. 

Dude yes. Do you like role-playing your GTA games? This is by far the best and easiest one to role-play in since San Andreas. You could easily spend 60 hours in the story if you play it that way. Don't get the Undead Nightmare disc though. Get real RDR instead.

yes

Fuck yes.

If you can love a game because of setting alone, sure. The game absolutely fucking nails the Western setting. The music, the scenery, the characters -- all that stuff is pulled of spectacularly well.

If you need your games to be fun to play, however, you need to know that the entire game is spent riding and fighting, and that the riding is tedious (it's like driving in most games, only instead of simply holding down a button you need to constantly tap A) and the combat boring (the reticule snaps to enemies for you and the scenarios never demand strategic thinking, so all you really do is press the fire button).

To be honest.. it's not as fantastic as people make it out to be. But that's just me.

Yes get this game the story is great. Only game that deserves a non skip able credits.

can you help me? 
 

i have buy the game and it have not thevip code on the papir.

can you give me a new vip code to  Red Dead Redemption ps3 please.

Yeah it's definitely worth a buy especially if you want to complete everything to get to 100% took me a good 30 hours i think.  If you have any interest in westerns at all then you should like it.  If you are someone that makes a HUGE deal about a bug in a game then you are warned.   They weren't frequent enough to really effect my experience I had with the game.  I found the ending to be really well done and probably the best ending i've seen in years.  Oh and did I mention you can stab a grizzly bear to death? 

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY  
 
This game is absolutely breathtaking.  The graphics, audio, gameplay, environment, mood, color palette, art, dialogue......I could go on for hours explaining why this is such a great game.  It's funny because I actually had no interest or even tried to have interest in the wild west before getting this game.  Once again, Rockstar (San Diego in this matter) proves that it can captivate an audience that previously had not but one interest in a genre.  My hat's off to you, Rockstar. 
 
Oh, and just to repeat my original statement which was the answer to the question: 
 
ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY

" My hat's off to you, Rockstar.   "

Don't listen to all the buzzkills that immediately descend on any RDR thread here, it is a fantastic game.

" @rmillz87 said:

" My hat's off to you, Rockstar.   "

i like you  "

" If you can love a game because of setting alone, sure. The game absolutely fucking nails the Western setting. The music, the scenery, the characters -- all that stuff is pulled of spectacularly well.

If you need your games to be fun to play, however, you need to know that the entire game is spent riding and fighting, and that the riding is tedious (it's like driving in most games, only instead of simply holding down a button you need to constantly tap A) and the combat boring (the reticule snaps to enemies for you and the scenarios never demand strategic thinking, so all you really do is press the fire button). "

" @Icemael said:

" If you can love a game because of setting alone, sure. The game absolutely fucking nails the Western setting. The music, the scenery, the characters -- all that stuff is pulled of spectacularly well.

If you need your games to be fun to play, however, you need to know that the entire game is spent riding and fighting, and that the riding is tedious (it's like driving in most games, only instead of simply holding down a button you need to constantly tap A) and the combat boring (the reticule snaps to enemies for you and the scenarios never demand strategic thinking, so all you really do is press the fire button). "

Except that you can toggle the options. I set it to expert, or whatever the setting is called, and it no longer snaps to the chest, its all free aim. "

Well, definitely you should get it, but if money's tight, maybe you should wait for a price drop. It'll probably drop in price pretty soon.

It's definitely a game that should be played, but I'd wait for a price drop, or some sort of 2-for-1 deal kinda thing. It's a good game, great really...It's just not thatgood.

Yeah, it's a great game and will last you quite awhile, but like everyone is saying, price drops are pretty cool.

Well, here's a quick list of what I thought about RDR: 
 
THE GOOD: 

1. Great Story
2. Great Ending
3. Great Graphics (for an open world game, but they're still pretty good)
4. Fantastic Voice Work
5. A relatively long single player story, with a lot of optional stuff and collectibles
6. Very different from 90% of stuff that's out there in terms of setting and art
7. It has multiplayer

1. It's easy as hell on Normal. This is not a hard game by any stretch of the imagination. Some of the optional quests are a bit difficult, but no storyline mission is difficult. It's easy as pie unless you set it to "expert", but even then... Dead Eye is overpowered.
2. Mountain Lions are a pain
3. The Multiplayer, while decent, isn't anything to get too excited about
4. A divisive ending. I loved it. My brother, not so much.