You could probably power through it in 2-3 days depending how easily distraced you are but if you ignore the strangers, random encounters and don't get mauled by cougars too often you could probably polish it off in 20-30 hours. Way better to explore & soak in the ambience and be slaughtered by cougars & bears a few times

http://www.wog.ch/index.cfm/details/product/22711-Red-Dead-Redemption

it's coming to pc

Problem solved!

... OMG DON'T TEASE ME.

GOTY edition announced for consoles only today: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/13/red-dead-redemption-game-of-the-year-packs-a-wallop-at-a-disco/

I would guess that is the final nail in the coffin for a PC port.

I bought my 360 for two things: FFXIII and Banjo-Tooie. I'd say it's worth the money - RDR is a brilliant game, and I keep having to remind myself that I'm broke every time I walk past GameStop to keep myself from picking up Undead Nightmare.

The 360 has a very large library of good games. You can't really go wrong with one.

EDIT: Whoa, holy necro posting, Batman!

Do you have a dustpan and brush I could borrow? My brain seems to have exploded all over the floor with the sheer WTF of your statement.

Final Fantasy games are killer apps. The 360 is cheaper than the PS3 (or was at the time) and has a larger library of games I'm interested in. What's the problem?

Firstly, the idea of buying a Microsoft system for a Final Fantasy game. I grew up with FF, it was always on Nintendo and then Sony consoles, so the idea of actually going out and making purchase of a machine manufactured by Microsoft for the purpose of playing a FF game is madness.

Secondly, XIII is the worst (or, at the very least, most disappointing) FF game ever released, and I'd consider it several miles away from "killer app" status.

Those two reasons are why.

...OK, maybe XIV is worse, but that's an MMO, so it doesn't really count.

I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I do struggle to accept this as reality regardless.

I don't hold to the idea of company loyalty. I pay for what works best *now*, not what worked best *before*, at least when two products are nearly identical. In the case of consoles, they're all just specialized computers these days, anyway. The 360 and PS3 have more than enough solid cross-platform games for me to be satisfied.

At the time I bought my 360 FFXIII wasn't out yet. Fortunately I found FFXIII to be to my liking, and even made a point to get all the Achievements for it. Regardless, I do not regret my choice of console - although if I had more money I'd get PS3 as well, of course.

For about 3 weeks until you need to send it into microsoft for repairs :)