This game is great. Hands down a game you'll enjoy. The characters, game play, landscape, especially the story, are what make this game so enjoyable. What made it 4 stars for me were the quirks, like someone dying naturally and you get charged for murder, or your horse vanishing, or you trying to say hello and then get shot at and you shoot back and lose karma. These quirks don't take at all from the story, but dissuades you from exploring the mostly empty world of red dead.