I've enjoyed the GTA games for a number of years on the PS2, they became much the much on the PS3 and Rockstar didn't really add much to them over the years, just different maps (which other companies release as add-ons)

When I saw RDR, I thought it looked kinda fun..

The offline game is not very good, you seem to have to sit and watch the screen alot, while the game explains what to do next (boring for most people, and I'm old).

So I went ONLINE, and found that this is fun (most of the time) but I seem to keep having to find the better weapons, only to lose them again next time i'm killed (which is a pain).
Collecting flowers, plants and shooting bird, rabits, dogs etc, is OK, but an explaination as to what and why is hard to find..

After riding around for what seems like days (the game says I've had over 8 hours online) I've managed to find 3 places where there's some action (gang members to kill)

The graphics are brill, the gameplay is slow and leveling takes it's time..

All in all it's a western version of GTA, which is not what they advertise it as, and can't be played by children unless you want them to see the amount of blood that comes out of a dog when they skin it after shooting it..!