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Boys want to be cowboys. Which one of us didn’t want to have a horse and tilt our cowboy heads and lead the rough life of Clint Eastwood? Rockstar made those dreams come true. However, just going along rustling cattle would not have been fun at all. Red Dead Redemption created a story, which we lived, travelling through Texas and Mexico, meeting conmen, revolutionaries, bonnie lasses, federal agents, and all the wildlife we could dream of. John Marston’s story is one of redemption, and the gameplay does an outstanding work of developing the story. It’s not just cutscenes either; clever use of conversations and newspapers and snatches of conversation bring the story to life. Red Dead Redemption also has one of the best writing in 2010. It’s a rare sandbox game that can deliver such a powerful story.
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