![]() You enter this western universe as Red, the only son of a prospector and his wife. Rescuing runaway trains and kidnapped dancers, entering Battle Royales for cash, dueling on Main Street at High Noon and just plain blowing s**t up, has never seemed so… historical. You would think it would be a natural what with all the FPS’s out there! And what could be more American than a good old-fashioned western movie shoot-out? Here’s a game I think even John Wayne would have played. Red Dead Revolver is bringing to life a much-ignored genre of gaming The Western. (Was that a movie pun? Oops.) OK, let’s get down to the heart of the matter. Kermit the Frog once lamented “It’s not easy being green”, but being Red is more dangerous than being married to Liza Minnelli. (Holy Sheep-Dip! I can’t believe I made so many lame puns this early in a review!) Count on Rockstar to Do The Right Thing (capitalization notwithstanding, there are thankfully no Spike Lee games in development. If you have ever wanted to star in a Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood spaghetti western, then run, don’t walk to your nearest game store and plunk your Fistful Of Dollars down on the table to pick up Red Dead Revolver, a Good, Bad and Ugly game, that will make you an outlaw, like Josey Wales. There it is… You slap leather, draw your six-shooters and blast away. You watch his hands, waiting for that tiny, almost unnoticeable twitch. ![]() You reach down and pull the flaps of your suede duster behind your holsters. You walk slowly forward, your spurs changing musically in cadence with your stride, and then, he steps into view. The sun beats upon your back, and your hips are weighed down by the pearl-handled. ![]() Buy 'RED DEAD REVOLVER': Xbox | PlayStation 2Ī tumbleweed rolls lazily over your feet.
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