I have two words to describe it 1)Cowboy 2)Awesome
I joined into a game with three of my mates, the traditional gaming lobby you would see in games such as COD:MW and Halo has been replaced by a free-roam area with 16 players in it within that lobby you can form a Posse with your friends and roam around the huge gameplay area on your horses, fighting other posses taking out gang hideouts/bandit settlements, blowing up gang weapons caches and plundering Gold Mines, trying to raise your wanted level and having a stand off with the lawmen.
All of this is available before you actually enter any of the specific gametypes like Free-For-All, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Gold Rush etc. etc.
I haven't even touched the Single Player story yet which I have heard very good things about but the Free Roam lobby was brilliant, up to 8 of you riding around in a group occassionally being ambushed by NPC bandits, cougars, black bears, coyotes, wolves as well as the other player controlled posses.
There is also something extremely satisfying about throwing a knife at an enemy on horseback and knocking him clean off his horse from the safety of your own 4 legged steed.
If you haven't picked up this game for your 360 or PS3 yet do it! Do it now!!
If you're on Xbox Live feel free to send me a FR my gamertag is seraphseven (just say in the request your Ratz username so I know how I know you) and we'll go and pillage some settlements before settling down for a nice cold whiskey in a saloon.
