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Red Dead Redemption

X360, PS3

First Released May 18, 2010

Red Dead Redemption is the greatest Western that the video game industry has ever produced. That alone should get it on your bucket list, but if you need a little more convincing or just want to know what you have to look forward to, read on.

You play as John Marston, an outlaw-gone-clean forced to get dirty again when government agents kidnap his family and demand that he hunt down his former partners-in-crime. Marston’s long and winding quest is full of eccentric allies and nasty enemies who lend the narrative much of its juicy Western flavor.

Like many a stoic gunslinger before him, Marston didn’t get to be the man he is by talking. The gunfights you get into are varied and plentiful; from racing across the chaparral on horseback to taking cover behind the bar in a saloon to leaping from car to car on the back of a moving train. Red Dead Redemption is packed with exciting moments that bring the outlaw fantasy to life, but thankfully, it’s not all gunplay. There’s plenty of time to ride across the open range and see what adventures await.

You might go on the hunt for valuable plants or animal pelts; just be sure a cougar doesn’t make you its prey. You might find a stranger desperate for help; just be sure that her overturned cart isn’t hiding an ambush. Red Dead Redemption’s world is a dangerous one, but it’s also beautiful. When you see the sun setting over a broad bend in the river with the dusty hills rolling off into the distance, you can’t help but stop and stare a while. With the Wild West stretching out in front of you and the fantastic soundtrack setting the mood, this game is a living room cowboy’s dream come true.

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Marston’s lasso is one of the stars of the show, whether you’re roping and taming a wild horse, running down a man with a bounty on his head, or dragging an ornery varmint behind your horse as you trot through a cactus patch.