Red Dead goes Undead in this new adventure that unleashes zombies on the Wild West. Red Dead Redemption followed former outlaw John Marston across the frontier, where he chose to travel an honorable - or reckless - path. This time, there's no morality to worry about, and no weighty choices to be made - it's all about survival. When an undead plague ravages the West, it's up to Marston to find a cure for the disease and deal with the pesky zombie problem it creates. Battle zombies Wild West style, using frontier weapons and tactics in a genre mash-up that will have you wondering why someone didn't think of this sooner.

Red Dead Redemption is, arguably, one of the greatest games I've ever played and I thank Rockstar for releasing such an awesome game; if you played this expansion, you probably played the game so I can spare the drool fest.Undead Nightmare opens with a wonderfully macabre spin on the original game's events and the story sets off. You'll run into familiar characters from the original game showing their same old charm; essentially, it's another couple of missions added on and that's just fine with me. As the game continues, the dialog gets a little hackneyed but you stick with it and what luck, the end of the storyline seems to be have reached with a little bit of mystery about Marston, a little bit of creepiness and then the payoff is null. No arguments about it making sense or adding up, the only issue is the build-up to what could have been really cool was nothing; it wasn't even lame, it was absolutely nothing. Maybe that's life.
I enjoyed the spooked out score but was a little turn off when I was forced to listen to a Halloweeny-Surf-Rock track. It was tolerable during the town cleansings as it
threw back to bad zombie movies and just felt nostalgically good. This Surf Rock abomination was probably meant to feel like an epic 'ride off to battle for the third act' but I simply wasn't feeling it; I worry the Rockstars of San Diego may have muddled with the music to include their skateboard lifestyle.
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare delivers a game as solid and as well-done as the original; as an expansion, it excels. What it also has is originality; there are westerns and there are zombie games but who thought throwing them together would be such a rich and fulfilling experience? It's shortcomings, though bothersome, are few and do not spoil the experience overall; fans of the awesome game will likely enjoy this expansion.