Release Date: 5/18/2010 Category: Shooter Number of Players: 1-16 Manufacturer: Rockstar Games UPC: 710425395741
Red Dead Redemption : Xbox 360 Description
Expanded Description Red Dead Redemption is an open-world adventure game, set in the Wild West at the beginning of the 20th century. A well-defined main character and a strong narrative provide the structure for mission-based progression through the adventure, but the sandbox-style game world allows players to explore and interact as they wish, moving from town to town through the harsh wilderness on horseback, by stagecoach, or on a train. Throughout their travels, players can hunt and skin wild animals, gamble, capture bounties, engage in duels, search for treasure, and help those in need.
The game is built on the same Rockstar software engine that runs Grand Theft Auto IV, and the user-directed action-adventure playing style is similar to that of GTA4 as well, although the setting is very different. More of a successor than a direct sequel to 2004's Red Dead Revolver, Redemption puts players in control of a former outlaw looking to make good. John Marston is on a mission to bring an old ally to justice, and perhaps to bring a little law and order to the outposts and boomtowns he passes through along the way. Marston once rode with a gang of outlaws who robbed trains, held folks for ransom, and killed nearly anyone who got in their way, to take whatever they wanted. Now, as part of a bargain to protect his own family back home, he must use his violent skill set to apprehend or gun down a former partner called Bill Williamson -- a bandit at least as ruthless and deadly as Marston ever was.
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Special Features
Game Special Features
Open-world action-adventure in the Wild West
Play as a dangerous outlaw trying to make good
Bring an old partner back to justice, dead or alive
Missions of six-gun shootouts and stealthy sabotage
Travel the land on horseback, by stagecoach, or ride the railroads
Control Elements Gamepad/Joystick
ControlInstruction GAME CONTROLS: ON FOOT; Left Trigger = draw weapon, target; Left Bumper (Tap) = draw, holster; Left Bumper (Hold) = weapon wheel; Right Trigger = fire weapon, punch (while holding left trigger); Right Trigger = push (without gun); Right Bumper = enter cover; Right Bumper = melee block (while holding left trigger); Left Thumbstick = movement; Right Thumbstick = rotate camera; Right Thumbstick = change targets (casual mode); Left Thumbstick Button = crouch; Right Thumbstick Button = look behind; Right Thumbstick Button = trigger dead eye (while holding left trigger); Y Button = mount horse or vehicle, interact with vehicle; B Button = perform greeting, focus on important event; B Button = reload weapon (with weapon drawn); A Button (Hold) = run; A Button (Tap) = sprint; X Button = jump, climb; X Button = roll (with left trigger); X Button = dodge (with left trigger, in melee); D-Pad Up = whistle for horse; D-Pad Right = right shoulder aim; D-Pad Down = zoom out mini-map; D-Pad Left = left shoulder aim; Back Button = satchel; Start Button = pause menu; ON HORSE/VEHICLE; Left Trigger = draw weapon, target; Left Bumper (Tap) = draw, holster; Left Bumper (Hold) = weapon wheel; Right Trigger = fire weapon (while holding left trigger); Right Bumper (Tap) = slow; Right Bumper (Hold) = stop; Left Thumbstick = movement; Right Thumbstick = rotate camera; Right Thumbstick = change targets (casual mode); Right Thumbstick Button = look behind; Right Thumbstick Button = trigger dead eye (while holding left trigger); Y Button = dismount; B Button = perform greeting, focus on important event; B Button = reload weapon (with weapon drawn); A Button (Hold) = trot; A Button (Tap) = gallop; A Button (Hold) = match speed (near companion); X Button = jump, hitch horse, rear; D-Pad Up = whistle; D-Pad Right = right shoulder aim; D-Pad Down = zoom out mini map; D-Pad Left = left shoulder aim; Back Button = satchel; Start Button = pause menu
