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Red Dead Redemption is a Western-themed action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. The player controls John Marston and completes missions - linear scenarios with set objectives - to progress through the story; in the game's epilogue, the player controls John's son Jack. Outside of missions, players can freely travel around the open-world environment, consisting of the American states of New Austin and West Elizabeth—fictional versions of the United States West—and the fictional Mexican state of Nuevo Paraíso. Different breeds of horses are the main forms of transportation, each with different attributes. Horses must be tamed in the wild, stolen or bought to use. The player can use trains and wagons for fast travel. The game's undeveloped terrain makes up the majority of the game world, featuring various rugged and vast landscapes with occasional travelers, bandits, and wild animals. Urban settlements range from isolated farms to bustling cities.

The player can witness and participate in random events while exploring the game world, including public hangings, ambushes, requests for assistance, encounters with strangers, shootings, and dangerous animal attacks. Optional side activities are also available such as dueling, bounty hunting, plant collecting, gambling and hunting. Red Dead Redemption uses an honor system, which measures how the player's actions are perceived in terms of morality. Morally positive deeds, such as capturing an outlaw alive or rescuing a stranger, will add to the player's honor. Conversely, negative choices, such as murder, will decrease the player's honor. This works in conjunction with the Fame system, which affects how non-player characters (NPCs) react to the player based on Honor.[7] If the player has high Honor, NPCs will greet them and give them discounts in some shops; if low, NPCs will act unsafely and units may close their doors. The player can disguise himself by wearing a bandana when performing criminal acts.