Open world western is something noone has ever seen and it was fresh. I get all the comparisons of it beign a GTA with horses and I gotta admit its partially true.
Story - Story was really good. It wasnt a masterpiece level of storytelling, but John Marston is really good character with him not beign the same and basically hunting down his old comrades for the safety of his family. When the idilic crumbles apart, with the Dutches words turning out to be true makes the game truly remarkable. Johns death was inevitable, but even tho you know fully well it will happen, you just swallow the pride and finish the game. I liked it for what it was, John was really despicable, but deserved what was coming for him.
Gameplay - Gameplay was a big change from GTA IV. Most notably this was the game to popularise weapon wheel, with really handy weapon and item placements. The gunplay was finally done right and the autoaim didnt suck. The camera is just at the right level, where you can see the whole character, but when fight ensues and you start aiming it turns into over an over the shoulder shooter. The horses were really well controlable for that time and also pretty damn fast. The missions were really nice and fun. I liked the tight aspect of them, but I kinda missed the open style potential it couldve had.
Wrapping things up I think its an amazing game worth playing, I played it before RDR2 and I reccomend you doing the same. Even tho its partially GTA with horses it has its own charm, that seperates itself from the GTA series.
7.5/10.
Story - Story was really good. It wasnt a masterpiece level of storytelling, but John Marston is really good character with him not beign the same and basically hunting down his old comrades for the safety of his family. When the idilic crumbles apart, with the Dutches words turning out to be true makes the game truly remarkable. Johns death was inevitable, but even tho you know fully well it will happen, you just swallow the pride and finish the game. I liked it for what it was, John was really despicable, but deserved what was coming for him.
Gameplay - Gameplay was a big change from GTA IV. Most notably this was the game to popularise weapon wheel, with really handy weapon and item placements. The gunplay was finally done right and the autoaim didnt suck. The camera is just at the right level, where you can see the whole character, but when fight ensues and you start aiming it turns into over an over the shoulder shooter. The horses were really well controlable for that time and also pretty damn fast. The missions were really nice and fun. I liked the tight aspect of them, but I kinda missed the open style potential it couldve had.
Wrapping things up I think its an amazing game worth playing, I played it before RDR2 and I reccomend you doing the same. Even tho its partially GTA with horses it has its own charm, that seperates itself from the GTA series.
7.5/10.