Some thoughts on Red Dead Redemption(SPOILER FREE)

Since I am now almost 20 hours into the game, I thought I would give some thoughts as to what I think of the game.  If you want the short version and don't want to read my entire post, here it is: Get this game.  It is awesome.  Now, to some details about the game.
 
Story
I am now into Act 3 and almost done with the missions in the city you go to there.  Since I am trying to do this spoiler free, I won't talk to much about specifics, but I will say that the story is one of the best that I have come across in my time playing games.  I really think John Marston is one of the best characters to come out of a game in quite some time.  He is not like the normal Rockstar character in that he really wants to change his ways but to do that, he has to work for some truly horrible people.  One of the characters you meet in Act 3 was such a truly ignorant person that I wished I could kill him, he was such an idiot.  When you get that invested in the story, that lets you know you have a great game on your hands.
 
Gameplay
Games that have a good story may not have good gameplay.  Fortunately, this game does.  Many of the things you can do in this game are awesome.  Whether it is just hunting, being a sharpshooter or just looking for flowers(yes looking for flowers is fun), Rockstar has created a great world and many great things to do when you are moving from one mission to another.  Like I said, I'm 20 hours or so in to the game and I have put maybe 10 hours into the story and another 10 into just random stuff.  Not many games do that but this one has so many crazy things to do that you just forget about the story.
 
Anyway, when I am finished with the game, I will most likely have more to talk about when I finish since I hear the ending is amazing so I will see you around then.