Red Dead Redemption

 

 

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I can't quite possibly put into words how excited I was when I found out there was a zombie expansion pack coming out for Red Dead Redemption. In fact, only days before I had pondered how awesome a cross between Red Dead Redemption and Dead Rising - Read Dead Rising? - would be and then, low and behold, my wishes were granted. Rockstar games released this expansion pack and suddenly a world of free roaming cowboy zombie mayhem (on horseback) was at our fingertips.

One thing I will say from the off - I don't think you should buy this disc if you haven't played the original Xbox 360 title. While this operates as a mighty fine game in itself, it is in effect a game mode rather than a fully-fledged game. And by that I mean, you really need to have played the main game to fully appreciate the world that this title throws you into. Only having spent hours riding through this landscape, interacting with the characters and completing the quests do you fully experience the feeling of a zombie uprising - coming into this game without that experience simply thrusts you into a zombie world that doesn't take the time to adjust you to the game play as the first title did, and as such you'd likely have an entirely different gaming experience. For example, the B-movie horror contrasts well with the realism of the main title, but may not work so well if it's your first viewing of the world.

The game play stays the same of course, and this mode plays out pretty much exactly as you'd expect it to, which is a good thing. The first time around you occasionally had to defend a few towns from outlaws - here you have to save towns from the zombie hoards in much the same way from the off, and these "safe" zones then provide a little respite from the action and a place to save. You again have the option of fast travelling to locations if exploring the games vast world is not for you but you're truly missing out with all that the zombified landscape has to offer. Pretty much every type of encounter from the original game is duplicated with an undead spin.

One thing about the zombies in this game is that they are a cross between the classic "slow" and "fast" brain munchers, usually in the sense that they stumble around until you get close and then charge at you. What this means is that you can quite easily find yourself suddenly surrounded and it's easy to misjudge a situation. In the original game I rarely used the dead eye function but it comes into play quite a lot here in order to stop yourself being overwhelmed.

My only slight (and it is a slight) complaint is that you're launched into an already zombified world whereas it would have been nice to have seen it gradually overtaken by the undead as the disease spread. This also might have thrown up some nice side-missions too such as getting as much ammo as you can. But overall this isn't anything that takes away from the game too much - perhaps the sudden transformation feels more abrupt because of this game discs physical detachment from the original - and if you enjoyed Red Dead Redemption and love zombie films, this is for you.

I bought this game without having played Red Dead Redeption, and I have to say, the first two-to-three hours of gameplay are utterly compelling.

The graphics are easily the best on any game I have played. But it's the atmosphere that really delivers in cinematic style.

The game is played out in real time, and there's a palpable sense of eeriness when you're out on the prairie with only the setting sun and ungodly groans and screams of the undead for company.

At any given time, all manner of nasty creatures, from wolves, bears, cayotes and wild boars etc will attack you.

The undead also appear in many guises, with some staggering towards you Romero-style, and others sprinting in a crazed '28 weeks later' fashion.

The game does get a bit repetitive after a while, with cowboy John Marsdon riding here, there and every-bloody-where, collecting plants, completing rescue missions etc.

But for anyone sick of the endless wave of war/combat-based first person shooters out there, I'd say give this a blast - at £17.99 you won't be disapointed.

Amazing DLC for an amazing game but you would be better off buying on xbox live for 800 points albeit minus a couple of expansions.

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4.0 out of 5 stars undead nigtmare
red dead undead nightmare is a good game but i kind of got boared of it fo a while when i played it. red dead redemption was muc better.

Published 18 days ago by D. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Great add on pack.
Great extension to Red Dead Redeption.
Zombie smashingly good!
Be warned, this game wouldn't make any sense if you hadn't already
played Red Dead to at least 60%... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Rob YB

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun but Short...
Like the title of this review says, it's a fun game but real short, easy to complete in about 5 - 6 hours of game play. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Rob B Devil

3.0 out of 5 stars Great game but one fault
I bought this game off amazonand got it 2 days later, so I'd like to thank amazon there. I haven't completed the game yet, I'm like halfway through it and so far it has been good... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Craig

5.0 out of 5 stars top notch expansion
if u liked red dead redemption then u shud definately get this it is quality u will still enjoy this even if u havent played the original but u will get more out of it if u have... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Freddie

3.0 out of 5 stars nice add on
The single player adventure its ok, even if after an hour you start to feel that its a bit repetitive...one of the best and funniest multiplayer game out now!

Published 7 months ago by nick

4.0 out of 5 stars Zombies in the Wild West...
I love zombies, I've played on many games such as Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead. However this is both cheesy and scary. Read more

Published 8 months ago by jake1996

3.0 out of 5 stars ITS OK
It is a reasonable game but , i completed it in about 4 hours and i was not on it that long you are just wasting your money and i promise that
Do not get

Published 8 months ago by jamie

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
The quality of Red Dead redemption was amazing, no scratches what so ever including the new game smell. Also arrived within 3 days!

Published 11 months ago by garforth

3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Its a shame because this review would have been at least 4 stars if it wasnt for one terrible flaw in this game. Read more

Published 12 months ago by John

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