Red Dead Redemption Bundle with John Hillcoat DVD

Product Review

The 30 minute short film, created and directed by John Hillcoat (the director of The Proposition and The Road), chronicles a slice-in-time of protagonist John Marston as he tracks down his former fellow outlaw and friend, Bill Williamson. Along the way, Marston encounters many of Red Dead Redemption's eclectic cast of dreamers, misfits and liars. Using the world of Red Dead Redemption as a virtual film studio and created entirely with in-game assets and technology, Hillcoat re-imagines Marston's pursuit of justice and salvation.

Product Features

The Dead Eye targeting mechanic, allowing the player to slow down time for shot accuracy.
Expansive open-world gameplay set in the final years of the American Wild West.
Massive play area filled with NPCs, made up 3 unique regions composed of towns and outposts filled with characters with varying looks, accents, etc.
Morality system based on honor and fame generated by the players actions throughout the game.
Western themed mini-games including showdowns, gambling, hunting bounties, cattle herding and five finger fillet.

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful

"Blackwater. S#^+. I'm still only in Blackwater...", October 19, 2010

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A man is forced by the government to accept a difficult task . A powerful man, who was formerly a popular leader but is now considered a criminal, must be eliminated. Getting close to the target will require a long, arduous expedition to a highly fortified compound. The government must not be connected in any way to the mission. Sound familiar?

No, the target's name is not Kurtz in Red Dead Redemption. But it might as well be. Rockstar has once again taken inspiration from a masterpiece of cinema. In the same way that the Grand Theft Auto series is strongly linked to works by Singleton, Scorsese, De Palma, and Kurosawa, Red Dead Redemption pays homage to Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.

On the surface, RDR appears to be based on classic Westerns. The game is set in the American frontier at the beginning of the 20th century. There are plenty of references to films directed by John Ford, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, and Sam Peckinpah. The driving forces...Read more

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Awesome, January 14, 2011

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I'm not one to play A lot of video games but this one has to be one of my favorites!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Awesome game!, November 13, 2010

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This game is amazing!!! You should not hesitate at all before buying it, it really is one of the best games I have ever played (and I have played games since the original NES).

And the Undead Nightmare expansion is just the best game add-on content ever!!! Really, google it, this game rocks!!!