Guybrush

Yes, I have completed it and the first extra episode that was released. It's not the brilliant gem I was hoping it would be (was waiting for that game a few years actually), but a very good game still. The story and the way it's executed is all very good and very well done. The only thing that I thought didn't work so well was the general gameplay. For those who don't know, it's in third person and for the most part, it's an action game where you fight a lot. These fights get repetitive and sometimes feel like fillers between the excellent story parts. I think the game would've been more fun, scarier and more immersive had it been an FPS actually, although the redesign that would require would of course be a bit much to ask for.

Still a very good game, though! It'd perhaps give it a 5 out of 6.

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midnight rain

I could see that being the case from my early impressions. I read reviews for it and they were complaining about a lack of "epic moments" so to speak that you described partly. I think they're making a sequel though which hopefully will rectify that issue.

Kirby

I also enjoyed CoD4. Never cared much for MW2, though.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is more fun in my opinion, but of course, that's my opinion.


I've been playing...

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Freebase Dali

I almost want to buy an Xbox for Red Dead.

Kirby

It's quite literally one of the best games I've ever played (counting Online AND Offline).

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FaSho

If I have the original, and love it. Should I get Undead Nightmare, or is basically the same game?

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Kirby

Undead Nightmare is an add-on for Red Dead Redemption, that add's a new Single Player story (it's around 6-10 hours long, depending on how you play) and can be bought on a network (Playstation Network or Xbox Live) for Ten dollars, or the equivalent (800 MSP).

It also add's some multiplayer content:
Undead OverRun - Basically a 1-4 player co-op Zombie Horde Mode
Land Grab - A game you play in free roam online in which posse's try to control a certain area of the map.
Zombie Characters for online play - You can play as Zombie Marston, Zombie Ricketts and a few others.

It's worth the ten dollars in my opinion.

You could also do what I did and buy the disc, if you don't have the other two add-ons (Legends & Killers and Liars & Cheats) and want to play online with the extra content. If you buy the disc, it's thirty dollars, but it contains the three add-ons that are ten dollars each anyway, and in the case you get an Undead Nightmare foldout map.


So, if you're asking if it's worth the ten dollars for just the add-on, yes.
If you're thinking about getting the disc and don't have ANY of the add-ons, that's also worth the thirty dollars it asks (since you basically get a free new fold-out map/poster and an actual disc).

The only downside about having the seperate disc is that you can't use the Tomahawk/any of the new weapons on the regular Red Dead Redemption if you purchase the Undead Nightmare disc, but I don't feel like that would have been a big selling point to me anyway, because after I beat the game, I'm just playing online.

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midnight rain

If I know Rockstar at all, I'm sure it's a hell of a deal. There's two things they're amazing at: consistently making high quality games, and giving you a lot of bang for your buck.

LoathsomePete

I've also heard that the gameplay has been tweaked a little bit to evoke a feeling of other survival horror games where you have to manage your resources a little more thoroughly, i.e. not kill every living (or unliving) thing you see. I will eventually get Red Dead Redemption and maybe even Undead Nightmare, but in the meantime I've been playing:

Resident Evil 5, Gears of War 2, and I just got Battlefield: Bad Company 2 from Gamefly in the mail today. So far first thoughts on the first two:

Resident Evil 5 feels weird playing it on an Xbox controller, for some reason I have been having some controller issues that has made the game a little bit more challenging, but I'm sure that will pass with enough time. It's pretty nice on a graphics level and not much has changed from Resident Evil 4's except for the god awful inventory system. I definitely miss the attache case from Resident Evil 4 but seeing as how every reviewer has brought up the inventory system in their critiques I won't beat a dead horse.

Gears of War 2 is pretty much what I expected, still heavily reliant on the cover based combat, even though at times it seems questionable, at least on a lower difficulty. I actually restarted the game and changed it to a harder difficulty so I could make the most out of the cover based combat gameplay. I do like the addition of being able to use downed locust members as shields, but I have yet to engage in a chainsaw duel, which was one of the gameplay mechanics highlighted in the previews. The general feel of GoW2 feels pretty unchanged but I suppose why fuck with something that proved to be very popular in the past, I mean just look at the God of War series for evidence of that. I have to say I really enjoyed the worm chapter and it's definitely a game I would go back to play for shits and giggles, definitely $15 well spent.

Now time to get some homework done so I can enjoy Battlefield Bad Company 2 this week while devoting equal amount of time for finals.

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RVCA

Whatever you do, don't try Gears 2;s multiplayer. You'd be better off sticking your **** in a blender