Highly recommended!  Really.

Picture GTA in the Old Wild West with an interactive Sergio Leone Western touch.
 I've never actually been into GTA.  I mean, going around in a modern big city
as a thug, beating, robbing and killing people with a hiphop soundtrack?  Is
that fun?  But being a former outlaw gunslinger in the old west, that's much
better! :)

Really, the most amazing thing about this game is the world:  a huge open map
spreading miles and miles beyond view under red sunsets and high noons.  Truly:
you see things far off in the distance that may look like mere scenery, but
after much galloping you eventually get there!

First time around I completed a few main missions and then gone on just
wandering aimlessly through the desolate but beautiful lands, hunting the
various kind of fauna out there, helping strangers assailed by gangs or beasts,
accepting various sorts of challenges and duels, galloping with my horse like
there's no tomorrow.  That's not even counting the main plot!

The game gives such sense of freedom it's unbelievable and the settings and
music (Ennio Morricone inspired) are hauntingly beautiful.  2 thumbs up!  Story
itself looks like an amalgama of older western plots and works like a charm to
tell the tale of former outlaw John Marston.  I guess I'm about 2% done so
far...

So, if you happen to have a PC, XBox 360 or PS3, just give it a spin.  Well
worth it.

I feel glad that 2 of the current generation top games have been historical
simulations of sorts.  I'm sick of war and marines of all kind...

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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> First time around I completed a few main missions and then gone on just
> wandering aimlessly through the desolate but beautiful lands, hunting the
> various kind of fauna out there, helping strangers assailed by gangs or beasts,
> accepting various sorts of challenges and duels, galloping with my horse like
> there's no tomorrow.  That's not even counting the main plot!

  You also get to play Texas Hold'em.

> I feel glad that 2 of the current generation top games have been historical
> simulations of sorts.  I'm sick of war and marines of all kind...

  Have you tried the Assassin's Creed series? Perhaps not so realistic,
but their stated idea is that they are placed at time periods that are
very rarely used in games. (The vast majority of "historical" games are
placed on big wars, WW2 being the most common, the golden age of piracy,
the American civil war, ancient Rome, Napoleonic times, etc.)

  Also, they look gorgeous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Assassin%27s_Creed_II_gondola_screen.jpg

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                                                          - Warp

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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > First time around I completed a few main missions and then gone on just
> > wandering aimlessly through the desolate but beautiful lands, hunting the
> > various kind of fauna out there, helping strangers assailed by gangs or beasts,
> > accepting various sorts of challenges and duels, galloping with my horse like
> > there's no tomorrow.  That's not even counting the main plot!
>
>   You also get to play Texas Hold'em.

and five finger fillet. :)

>
> > I feel glad that 2 of the current generation top games have been historical
> > simulations of sorts.  I'm sick of war and marines of all kind...
>
>   Have you tried the Assassin's Creed series?

sure, that's the other of the 2 games I mentioned.

everyone loves screens, here's some:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Rqr6jOrd7A/T6z4tgBfH4I/AAAAAAAADeI/mmwyRcJWpeI/s1600/red-dead-redemption-20100516105656671-3
210020.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/reddeadredemption/images/9/98/Red-dead-redemption-20100128005811943.jpg

http://www.i9artigos.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/red-dead-redemption-new-screens-100.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3WU59FOxwp4/TLDw5_RcbDI/AAAAAAAAAGE/dOPDDjMXeZA/s1600/Red-Dead-Redemption_2010_01-08-10_01.jp
g

all those mountains and prairies in the back are actual parts of the world, it's
plain amazing... they also display a few of the many kinds of gameplay
available...

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On 5/21/2012 13:12, nemesis wrote:
> wandering aimlessly through the desolate but beautiful lands,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZVss5i4UN8

That's next on my list after ghosting Deus Ex HR and Batman City.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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