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Letting you take a virtual trip into the lawless Wild West, Red Dead Redemption puts you in the Stetson of John Marston as you lead the life of a cowboy. From riding your horse into the sunset to the less salubrious parts of western life, Red Dead Redemption lets you experience everything, in a game that's aimed squarely at an adult audience.
With a huge open world to explore, Red Dead Redemption is certainly immersive, as you choose to complete missions for both sides of the law, but it may also be too much for younger children to handle. Putting a lot of freedom at your fingertips, while older children will have no problems accepting quests, following maps, and going from waypoint to waypoint, younger children may simply be overwhelmed by the amount of choices they have.
Taking place in the darker side of the Wild West, there's a lot that parents should be aware of in Red Dead Redemption. Bad language is fairly frequent and strong throughout, with f**k, s**t and c*nt all making an appearance. At one point, the game shows two characters having sex, while the man is fully clothed, and the woman has her shirt undone, revealing her breasts. Although it's so oddly animated, it's possible children may not actually understand what's happening, it does feature exposed breasts. Meanwhile, some sections of the game see you smuggling opium, while another scene sees a character inject himself with a syringe filled with a drug.
As you'd likely expect, violence is often fairly explicit too. Gun shots cause blood to spurt out of your enemies, and you can stab, or slit the throat of people in optional executions, while one scene sees a mutilated body hanging from the ceiling. In a game with so much freedom, there's also the potential to commit other violent acts, including the classic Western baddie act of tying someone to the train tracks (and letting the get hit by it), but needless to say, this isn't one for younger children.
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Format Reviewed: Xbox 360
