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What the forget is Red Dead Redemption?



Red Dead Redemption is an open world action-adventure western video game, developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on May 18, 2010. It is a spiritual successor to 2004's Red Dead Revolver. Most of the game's story takes place in the year 1911, during the decline of the American Old West. The game follows John Marston, a former outlaw, while he sets out to hunt down his former gang members. Marston's wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a bounty hunter. Having no other choice, he sets out to bring his three former gang members to justice.



Criticism



Upon its release, Red Dead Redemption was met with high critical acclaim, averaging 95% on both review aggregate websites Metacritic and GameRankings, making it one of the highest rated video games for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on both websites. It won several "Game of the Year" awards. Reviewers praised the visuals, music, open world gameplay and the story. According to the NPD Sales Group, Red Dead Redemption sold over 2 million units in its first two months of release, and as of February 2011, 8 million total copies



Development



A trailer of the project was sent to a select number of people at a Sony conference in 2005, promoting the release of the PlayStation 3 system. The trailer was a tech demo of RAGE set in a western setting referred to as Old West Project and a sequel to Red Dead Revolver. The trailer circulated throughout the Internet.
Production had finally began in early 2008 after work had finished on Manhunt 2 and Bully: Scholarship Edition. It was originally titled during development as RDR2 and was aimed for release on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. In the April 2010 edition of Game Informer, Red Dead Redemption was listed as being for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and (erroneously) for the PC. On June 10, 2010, a representative for Rockstar Games stated, in a comment on their website: "As of now, there are no current plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to the PC platform. If that should change, we will let you know." On February 3, 2009, Rockstar Games announced the first official trailer. Resulting trailers showcased numerous characters, gameplay features, and multiplayer modes that would be featured in the final release.



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Downloadable Content



On June 22, 2010, Rockstar Games released the first downloadable content (DLC) for Red Dead Redemption titled Outlaws to the End. The content includes six new cooperative side missions ranging from raiding a mine and stealing the gold to riding down a river to secure a town's weapon cache. New multiplayer challenges as well as new trophies/achievements are also included. The downloadable content is free for all users on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
On July 8, 2010 Rockstar announced four new downloadable content packs. The first, dubbed the Legends and Killers Pack was released August 10, 2010. This pack adds nine new multiplayer map locations, 8 new multiplayer characters from Red Dead Revolver, a tomahawk, and new achievements and trophies. The second pack is called the Liars and Cheats pack, and was released on September 21, 2010. It consists of new competitive multiplayer modes such as "Stronghold" and horse racing, as well as multiplayer versions of liar's dice and poker. Additionally players can play as the heroes and villains of the single-player story in multiplayer. Fifteen additional multiplayer characters are added. The explosive rifle is also added, however, it can only be obtained by earning the most points in one of the new gang hideouts. Killing someone with the explosive rifle will make that player drop all the weapons he has picked up, but it will be dropped on death. This pack also includes new achievements/trophies.
The third expansion known as the Free Roam Pack brings new modes, challenges, and hideouts as well as leaderboards and a scoring system for multiplayer posses, however this was cancelled and combined with the Liars and Cheats pack instead. The fourth expansion pack, called The Hunting and Trading pack, was released October 12, 2010 and included a new animal, the jackalope and the Savvy Merchant and Expert Hunter outfits for use in single player as well as related challenges.
The latest expansion pack, Undead Nightmare, was released on October 26, 2010. In this pack a horror element is added, with ghost towns and cemeteries full of zombies. It also brings a new single-player adventure, five new weapons, six new mounts, new animals to hunt, and eight more multiplayer characters as well as a brand new online co-op mode called "Undead Overrun". This plays out as a survival mode in which waves of zombies attack the players. On June 6, Rockstar announced that they would be releasing more downloadable content for free, "including new fan-favorite playable multiplayer characters by popular demand as well as something for all players of Deathmatch, Grab the Bag, Gang matches and other online modes."



Soundtrack



Red Dead Redemption Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack of video game music used in the game. The music was mainly composed by Friends of Dean Martinez member Bill Elm and ex-member Woody Jackson along with additional contributions from various musicians. Recorded at 130 beats per minute in A minor, most of songs featured are constructed from stems in the game's dynamic soundtrack.[33]
All music composed by Bill Elm and Woody Jackson, except where noted.
No.   Title   Length
1.   "Born Unto Trouble"     3:12
2.   "The Shootist"     4:17
3.   "Dead End Alley"     2:06
4.   "Horseplay"     3:15
5.   "Luz y Sombra"     5:19
6.   "El Club De Los Cuerpos"     6:24
7.   "Estancia"     2:02
8.   "(Theme From) Red Dead Redemption"     5:38
9.   "Triggernometry"     5:24
10.   "Gunplay"     1:28
11.   "Redemption In Dub"     2:10
12.   "Muertos Rojos (aka The Gunslinger's Lament)"     5:51
13.   "The Outlaw's Return"     6:54
14.   "Exodus In America"     4:59
15.   "Already Dead"     1:31
16.   "Far Away" (José González)   4:40
17.   "Compass (Red Dead On Arrival Version)" (Jamie Lidell)   2:59
18.   "Deadman's Gun" (Ashtar Command)   4:15
19.   "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie" (William Elliott Whitmore)   2:24
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75:18



This game is so cool.

Too bad my PS3 died in a fire, so I can't play anymore.

Add my PSN anyways

Gamertag:bakanoob (I think)
DLC:None
Average ontime:1-2 hours

Xbox 360

Gamertag: modern hippie12
DLC: Undead nightmare
Average ontime: Im open to play at whatever time, unless in a party with someone else.

Xbox 360

Gamertag: Rotavator06
DLC: None:c
Average Ontime: Whenever the forget I feel like it.

PS3

Gamertag: hgrigsby
DLC: Undead Nightmare
Average Ontime: Whenever


Gamertag: kemboPR
DLC: Undead Nightmare and Outlaws to the End
Average ontime: When I feel like playing, on and off.

The targeting system is beautiful.

I have like 400 hours played in that game thanks to the Undead Nightmare DLC

I pre-ordered and got a poster, fancy cover, and the soundtrack which is climaxic

PS3

Gamertag: Kevdude10
DLC: All
Average Ontime: Not much

Game's amazing