My obsessive need to be a completist means I'm taking another go at beating Revolver so I can finally start Redemption at some point. I remember being shocked as a middle schooler that any Rockstar game would get just OK reviews upon release, and for years wondered why RDR received ~7.5 from GameInformer. I'm around halfway through and the answer is obvious: it's about the most straightforward and unimaginative western game you could imagine. Nothing noteworthy about the gunplay or even the story. It's shockingly linear with only a passing attempt at a living hub area. The presentation, however, is top-notch, with everything heavily stylized and scenarios designed to recreate iconic shootouts and situations from the genre. All of that makes it a nice palate cleanser in today's age of muchness. I'm liking having a dumb action game where I don't need to think at all in between play sessions of whatever modern game I have going at the moment.