User blog comment:Legalize.it/Red Dead Love XD/@comment-1265875-20110929165120

I'd never had any love for R* due to never really liking the GTA games, and I'd intended never to play this game due to it's initially being dubbed as "GTA with horses".

But then I'd also made the mistake of purchasing the last Final Fantasy game. It's is/was an abysmal piece of shit and it took me about half a day to realize I despised it. GameStop have a great program where you can exchange a used game without penalty for 7 days after purchase.

But there really wasn't anything else out at the time that interested me, so I had to do a little research. I watched several vids on different games before begrudgingly admitting that Red Dead seemed most interesting despite the fact that I didn't care for R*, GTA or western-themed things in general.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

I also couldn't have anticipated that RDR would go on to captivate me for more than a year (and counting). As Legal pointed out, the entire package was unbridled quality (pun intended). You can feel the love poured into this game in every aspect to the point where it's almost tangible.

Every single person on my XBOX friends list is there because of this game. I've gained several new 'Net friends (including my fellow admins here) because of this game and the resulting time I've put in here at the wiki to show how much I love it.

I'm not sure if even R* really understands the level to which people are devoted to this game.