Red Dead Redemption

Grand Theft Horse, well not really. Red Dead does actually have a very different feel to it than GTA did. It successfully captures the classic western setting, in my humble opinion of course. I've sunk about 20 hours into it so far and still haven't completed the main story, granted I did take the time to burn through side quests pretty regularly.

If open world is not your thing, Red Dead will annoy the shit out of you, if on the other hand you're still partial to the occasional GTA game, this one will probably impress. My biggest complaint about the game is the way it allows you to be either a hero or a complete bastard. On the surface that does seem like a good thing, but the story just doesn't work if you play as a bastard, the whole idea of the game is kinda welded to the title "Redemption". Playing anything other than an honest to God hero just doesn't make sense.

Anyway I'm rather enjoying it so I thought I'd give it a quick shout out.