Well, I know we all take magazine ratings with a grain of salt, but Game Informer's latest issue has reviewed Red Dead Redemption at 9.75. I read it and it has me pretty excited.

Concept

Transpose the Grand Theft Auto gameplay template onto a Wild West setting

Graphics

Breathtaking scenery, unrivaled horse animations, and vastly improved cinematic cutscenes over GTA IV make this the best-looking Rockstar game to date

Sounds

From pitch-perfect gunshots to the daunting rumble of prairie thunderstorms, the remarkable attention to audio detail brings the world to life

Playability

The airtight aiming and cover system will be familiar to anyone who's played GTA IV, and the horses control better than those I've ridden in any other game

Entertainment

Rockstar ably recreates an expansive send-up to frontier life and gives players enough variety to keep cowboys engages for several fortnights.

Replay Value

High

Five long days. Seems like it's taking forever!

Five long days. Seems like it's taking forever!

Agreed! Release the damn game already!

AWESOME! Gamestop is having this deal where if you trade in two select games, you save $40 off RDR. And I have three games I'm willing to trade to get this, so I might trade them all in and get it! I'm pumped now.