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Men's Domain note: This guest article is from Natasa Shepherd, who writes for the site Helium. Be sure to check out her Bio at Helium

Imagine Grand Theft Auto but in the wild west, that all you'll need to know about the spiritual successor to the PS2 and Xbox 2004 hit, Red Dead Revolver.

Set in the early 1900s, the game revolves around the life of former bandit turned good, John Martson. It is seemingly Martson's goal to find the bandits he once called allies and deliver them to the hands of justice. The motive behind this sudden change of heart has yet to be explained but is certainly something the users will pick up in game. Aside from the story line, Red Dead Redemption has everything you'd expect of a Grand Theft Auto masterpiece. A huge open world environment is teeming with all sorts of entities. Be it small villages thrown together in the middle in the middle of the desert or wild life roaming through the forests (which can you kill and skin for money!)

On top of that, Red Dead has thrown in all sorts of other situations that the player will run into  while just exploring the expanse area's of the game. The player could be looking for wild life to hunt and accidental stumble into a group of bandits getting ready to murder an innocent victim, at which point you can decide whether to let the man die and let nature run its course, or kill the bandits and spare his life. This isn't the only time Martson will be given a choice of being the saint or sinner. The other most notable scenario is when the player notices a stage coach being attacked by bandits, the player can either choose to help the stage coach by wiping out it's attackers or help the bandits in taking down their prey and getting a cut of the loot!

It is all of these little things that help to make the world of Red Dead Redemption seem so much more realistic and make the in game world seem so much more alive. On top of that there is also your typical Grand Theft Auto features of hookers, cars (horses) and the not so familiar scenario's of being forced into a shoot out. All in all, Red Dead Redemption is looking like it's going to be one of the biggest games of 2010. With it's release date quickly approaching, you can expect fans of the developer (Rockstar) to be giddying up in anticipation of the release of Red Dead Redemption.