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I'd like to clarify a mistake many buyers seem to make

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: May 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A lot of buyers seem to think that, because this is a Rockstar game, it'll have a Grand Theft Auto feel. However, Rockstar acquired the title very, very late in its development cycle after CAPCOM left it dead in the water. The most Rockstar did was polish it up (after the bulk of it was already programmed under Capcom's watch), and then they published it. So this is much more a Capcom game than anything else.

I myself have been waiting for it since it was with Capcom, starting about three years ago, and I'm satisfied. I possibly had too high of hopes for it, but after trying to find a Spaghetti Western fix elsewhere (Wanted: Dead or Alive, Dead Man's Hand), it's satisfying to finally get a game that was made with a passion and skill. The atmosphere is impeccable, the soundtrack is fantastic (when can I get it on CD?), and the gameplay surprised me. Usually I don't much care for games where you play as a character other than the protagonist, but in Red Dead Revolver, the six or so characters you get to play as (briefly; characters other than Red himself get two stages at most) mostly feel different enough that it's a welcome feature. I especially enjoyed playing as Shadow Wolf the Native American: how thrilling it is for a bad guy to fall over with an arrow visibly sticking out of him!

Replay value, too, is here, with the unlockable Bounty Hunter mode (in which you play through the game again, this time with odd goals specific to each stage such as "finish the level without getting injured," "finish the level with all headshots," etc.), unlockable "journal pages," and maybe most appealing, unlockable weapons. The most powerful pistol in the game, for instance, you don't obtain until the very last cinematic of the game. And for social gamers, the multiplayer aspect of the game seems like it'd be a cut above the rest with its distinctly different playable characters.

The only flaw I can think of is an unfortunate collision glitch (I guess that's what you'd call it; occassionally your shots don't register on a character as hits if he's in the middle of a pain animation from your previous shot into him, which is particularly annoying since one of the main aspects of combat is linking combos).

The music, though, is definitely the high point for me, with tracks taken from Spaghetti Western films, with such composers as Sergio Leone, Bruno Nicolai, Franco De Masi, and more. If you're a fan of the genre then there's no question that you have to get this game, and even if you just like action shooters and have no taste for the tumbleweeds, I think you'll be pleased. Just, please, don't expect "Grand Theft Auto on horses." That's silly.

The Game I've Waited Years For...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Not since Wild Gunman on the old NES platform have I so throughly enjoyed a western game. First off, there aren't too many western games on the market to begin with but Red Dead Revolver gets it right. Rockstar Games has produced another winner. The game has sick graphics and smooth gameplay. The shootouts and levels are challenging but not frustrating. An average gamer can navigate the levels fairly easily. The weapon selection is large and varied, as are the levels. Red Dead Revolver could never be accused of being repetitive. You can change characters, ride horses and other animals, have a shootout on top of a moving train or just a simple bar fight. The targeting system is accurate and the duels are ultra cool. Rockstar even licensed some of the music from the classic Clint Eastwood westerns to give the game a complete touch. Also, the ability to take cover against rocks or walls makes the gameplay even more true to life. Overall, this is one of the best games I've played on the XBOX system and without a doubt the best western game ever made. Highly Recommended.

ROCKSTAR HAS DONE IT FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: May 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

RED DEAD IS AS GOOG AS IT CAN GET IN THE OLD WEST.IM VERY GLAD AT THE M RATING AS WELL THIS GAME ISNT FOR CHILDREN ITS FOR ADULTS TO HAVE FUN .THE GRAPHICS ARE AS GOOD AS THEY SHOULD BE FOR THE TIME ERA OF THE GAME .THE SOUND IS FANTASTIC OVE OF THE BEST FEATURES ALONG WITH THE STORYMODE WHITCH IS GREAT THERE ISNT ANY NEGATIVE POINTS TO MY OPINON OF THIS GAME ITS DEFENITELY A BUY NOT A RENT A BUY SO REMEMBER TO PUT THIS ONE ON YOUR XMAS LIST TRUST ME .

Mr. De Leon, You'd Be Very Proud...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: May 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

..Firstly, i think that i should point out that while i am and always have been a very avid and prolific gamer, in the past few years, this love of sitting, eating, and pushing buttons into the wee hours of the morning on any day of the average week has become..a thing of lesser joy, i'll say. In the past three or four years, there have been few games that have made me want to actually finish them off, that have made me want to see how the various characters ended up, whether they lived or died,how the storyline tied up....Indeed, i can honestly say that games like Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto, and The Assassin have never really drawn my attention....it was mostly fighting games for me...or maybe the exceptionally sensible exception, such as Kingdom Hearts....and then came Red Dead Revolver. Recomended to me by my Best Friend and 1/5 of my KA-TET, i bought this game simply because i was given a good rating, and was told that i'd absolutely love this game. The person who gave the rating to me has the same type of tastes that i do in video games, so, without so much as a careful onceover of my checking account balance, i bought this game, ock, stock, and barrel. And man, was i right to do that. The game starts off nearly identical to your typical Western flick, what with the killing of the main character's family, and his following proclamation of Bloody Wrath And Revenge. The game fast becomes an excellent forray into why games like this matter, that is to say, why it is important to dare being original...failure may follow, but so might Glorious Success! The game plays just as those before it did, but to me at least, the controls are far more well oiled and appropriate for a game such as this. As violent and bloody as the average player would want, Red Dead Revolver is no pinch on the inclusion of great tall tell telling, either. The story is absolutely hokey and old hat and by the book Old West, but that's what makes it great to play. You feel as if you're living through all the twisted complications and plot throwbacks that the main character is as you play the game. And best of all, all the right touches are there. The ten gallon hats. The fast shoot outs and Duels. The sheer look of the game and backgrounds. The over the top villans and their fun, yet deadly pltos and plans. You even get to save 'The Old Farm' at one point in the game. The cast is so authentically varied that it had my friends and i reeling back in surprise. Too many times have i had the experience of playing through a game with the heroic caucasian main character...not here, though. There are Hispanic, African American, Indian and even female main characters to play through the game with, and what's more, their inclusion adds to the game, making the overall story more sensible and more real. It just feels more authentic. It feels very reinvigorating to not play through a completely fictitious landscape that is the video game equivolent of Friends, with no racial or cultural diversity at all. I won't say too much else, but for those of you who are really itching to get away from the Grand Theft Auto-type gameplay and storytelling that has rather infected the genre of late, have a look and play at this fantastic game...you will NOT be disappointed.
Hawksmoor...From The Bleed

A classic western shooter made by Rockstar!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I went to Gamestop a few weeks ago and picked up this game due to its introduction. I mean, how addicting is this introduction that you find on the back of this game?

"Vast, Rugged, and lawless, as a young man,
you were helpless to prevent the slaughter
of your family at the hands of bandits,
many years later, you live as a
bounty hunter bringing criminals to
justice, while struggling to unravel
the mystery of your past. You must find those who murdered your family. Then, you will take your revenge".

Just that simple and detailed introduction is what made me pick up this game in a flash, and i can tell you, i defintely do not regret it considering its excellent gameplay, graphics, audio and lots and lots of violence! I mean, what do you expect from Rockstar?

The story is great, you basically play Red whos family has died and hes basically avenging their deaths. As you progress through the levels, the story becomes more in depth addicting you even more to the game.

Graphics- The graphics in Rockstar's Red Dead Revolver are actually really good, and it was a surprise to considering that their graphics usually arent. But it was different in this game. The character models look great, the background detail is amazing as it takes place in the old Western times, and boy, can you tell that it does. The cutscenes are very well done but the only problem with the graphics in this game that i find is that the blood, much like a lot of other games, lacks in detail and it looks like a big shower of red circles which they could have done a much better job with. But overall, the graphics are probobly one of the better aspects of the game thus making Red Dead Revolver very fun and entertaining, but a little TOO gruesome at times as characters heads can sometimes completely implode and blood goes flying everywhere.

Gameplay- The gameplay in Red Dead Revolver is extremely good as well. You are given many options that you can do such as lock on to characters, perform special moves with your western gun, duck and roll and many others. As you progress through the levels, you get the option to buy new guns which make Red Dead Revolver a more rewarding game to beat, as many games now a days aren't at all, you just beat them for the sake of it. Simple and easy controlls to master, and yet such a detailed game, make this game a must play.

The only problem that i find with this game is that it can be extremely frustrating at times. For example, i remember that in one level i had to fight of seven sets of four enemies before i finally got to the boss (there are bosses in most of the levels.) The bosses can also be extremely difficult to beat, which make this game more frustrating at times.

The multiplayer is also great, up to four players can battle against each other, using practically any weapon they want, once they find it around the map. Very addicting, and highly fun/entertaining to play.

But overall, the gameplay of Red Dead Revolver is great, and even if your a little bit of a gaming expertice, this game shouldn't be that difficult to beat.

Audio- There isn't much to say about the Audio aspect of the game. Its just old Western music that gives Red Dead Revolver a more of a theme to it, so it doesn't end up being a wannabe western game.

Unfortunetely, there is no online play for Red Dead Revolver. I think that they should have made it so that it did, and that 16 players could play at one time. If that were so, i would have given Red Dead Revolver a full 5/5, but for now i'm sticking with 4/5. Still a very fun/entertaining game to play, no matter what the price!

Savage

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For any fan of old school westerns this game is a must. Is it perfect? No, but it is a revolutionary game that finally lets old western fans have fun video game style. I felt that the game played well and stayed true to the old school western way of doing things. The game play was fluid and I really did not have many complaints with the camera as some others did i had no trouble controlling the camera as I went a long. Personally I prefer to have control of the camera. An excellent game I definitely give it a high recommendation.

glued to my seat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's about time a good western game comes down the pipe! I don't know why people are saying that this game lacks originality. I thought this game was in a class of its own. I like the fact that you can play as multiple characters throughout the missions and the storyline is pretty cool too. The graphics are beautiful and the gameplay is smooth. If you like games like Max Payne, GTA, Dead to Rights etc.. you are sure to enjoy RDR. If you hate video games, but like western movies you'll still enjoy this game. The only bummer about RDR is there is no co-op. Heck of a game anyway!

I really liked this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i'm pretty freaking picky with so many losers out there the last few years. Its fun, its everything to do with the old west. It plays really well. At times you can ride horses, or even bulls. You carry you side arms and a rifle (weapons get better through out the game).

Its just a good game. Again i like to be able to run and duck behind a rock and pop up shooting and duck again. I thought the gameplay was great.

The showdowns are hard, and i think unnessesary that they put them in there. They don't happen too often but they're more of just a nuicance.

The only thing i wished it was longer. I don't finish a lot of games i start, but this one i couldn't stop playing.

Hope that helps.

Amazing and athuntic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game was great! i loved. i rented the game and i loved the game so much that i bought the game when i still could have played the rented game for 4 more days. this game is great. it feels to me like max payne but in a nice western stye. You could ride horses and bulls and get on trains. So far i have played as 4 different players and i loved them all. There is also a great multi-player mode and you can be on the same teams. I give this great game five star!

best western game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

the pro reviews gave this game an 8 and 9 saying its a great new franchise for rockstar im giving this a 10 its got great graphics great 60s western music and it controls perfect anybody looking for a fun western with alot of shootouts and clint eastwood movie athomsphere should buy this masterpiece by rockstar its got the same great quality as grand theft auto

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