10 Big Reasons To Revisit Red Dead Redemption

5. The World Is Unlike Any Other

We all know the feeling. That moment when you step into a game world so fully-realized you can almost taste the air on the tip of your tongue, crush the dirt between your fingertips. If a game's success in immersing players in a digital world is measured by the tangibility of it's atmosphere, then Red Dead Redemption is a masterclass in environmental design.

And it's not enough for the game to look pretty - you've got to absolutely believe in it. And boy do you believe it here.

Rockstar's vision of the Old West is a panorama of lush imagery - steep canyons peppered with cactus and shrubbery, thick oaks and rolling plains surrounded by towering mountain ranges. Loading up Red Dead Redemption feels like stepping through time into the barbarism of the Wild West, and every inch of the game's environments ooze with atmosphere - from the tranquility of the MacFarlane ranch to the drifting fog of Thieves' Landing.

Redemption's world is beautifully-rendered and vast, and there's something to be said for a game that makes it possible to hop between two countries.