Gigan

Went to see McFly for the 9th time last night. They played at Wigan Haigh Hall, which was awesome as it’s only 30 minutes from me. They played their Radio:Active set for the final time but with a twist in the middle – Tom and Danny did a short acoustic set.

Since it was a Monday the earliest we could get there was 7pm (I normally try to get to standing gigs at midday/mid afternoon.) I thought we weren’t going to be able to get near the stage, but we managed to get a pretty decent spot at the back of the crowd on Tom’s side. While we were waiting for the support to come on and leave, we laid on the grass and pretended to watch the clouds, but they weren’t much to look at since there was just one big slightly grey, threatening-to-rain cloud.. But it was still fun. And we had ice creams!

They promised us new songs from now on so I’m really looking forward to that! The only new thing they showed us was their new logo, although they did play a fraction of a second of a new song – although apparently that was too much. Pfft! Hopefully we’ve not got long to wait.

Something else I’m really looking forward to is Toy Story 3 later this month. How come we have to wait longer for this in the UK? I want to see it now! I love Ken already – can’t wait to see all the Barbie/Ken moments!

I’ve now got the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack as my new driving music, so I can pretend I’m riding my horse chasing after a bounty as I drive down the M62! >D

Pfft

I’ve completed Red Dead Redemption. Well, not 100%, actually only 73%, but I’ve completed the main storyline.

Not impressed with the fact I now have no John Marston to play with. If I want to continue the game as intended after the credits roll, I have to play as his son, Jack Marston. I quite like him, and I might keep playing as him for a while, but he’s missing the attitude that John had. I have a back up save as John to go back to thankfully.

Howdy

So in my last post I said I’d be buying Red Dead Redemption for the Xbox if I could find it. It was sold out in all my local game stores a few days after its release – but I finally found it in Tesco! I didn’t want to order it online because that would mean waiting at least another 2 more days to play the game.

I wasn't sure about getting it at first, mainly because I'm not a big gunplay fan and I don't really like anything to do with hunting animals (a big part of the game.. if you want it to be). But I got it anyway because I trust Rockstar that much: I've really enjoyed all the recent GTA games. I'm so glad I decided to get it - it's amazing.

The graphics and visuals are breathtaking. There’s a variety of different terrains, roads, plains to travel across and they all look stunning. This is enhanced by the fact that you travel almost everywhere on horseback. It’s so much fun, sometimes I play the game just to gallop around on my horse for a while and see what I can find.

Basically, anything that makes a great game is in Red Dead Redemption – but what makes it for me is the main character, John Marston. I’m not sure if this is because I never really have high expectations for Rockstar’s main characters so I was easily impressed by this one – I’ve never been that fond of any GTA character with the exception of CJ from San Andreas. I think liking the main character, the character you play/control, is one of the main things that keeps you coming back to the game and gives you the motivation to progress the storyline.

Marston is great to play. I love his whole attitude, his storyline, the way he reacts to the rubbish situations he’s put into – and he has manners! He’s one of the most likable video game characters I’ve ever played. He’s equally badass, intelligent and at times even romantic. I like him so much I’ve added him as a header in this website’s theme…

I haven’t finished the main game yet, but I really don’t want it to end. It’s a fantastic game and I can see myself putting lots of hours into it.