It might just seem like GTA in the Wild West at a quick glance but Red Dead Redemption is so much more than that. In terms of story and characters it might be Rockstar's greatest accomplishment to date and as usual they manage to portray a time period and location with such love and care that it will always stick with you. It also helps that the multiplayer is brilliant with tons of content. Sitting in some shady dive bar while playing dice with your friends is a surprisingly tense gameplay experience and so is going into the woods and gunning down hordes of grizzly bears. I actually think most of my appreciation for this game comes from the glorious multiplayer experience. Extra points for the amazing zombie expansion pack that added tons of content to the single player AND the multiplayer.