Red Dead Redemption Guideby Colin Moriarty (with help from M.R. Sallee and Kristine Steimer)In the late 18th century, the reach of the infant United States wentabout as far westward as the Mississippi River, with the vast expansesitting beyond it an unknown quantity. After foreign empiresessentially abandoned their claims to North America, one afteranother, during the course of the 19th century, the United Statesventured ever westward, until it touched the Pacific Ocean in thewest, the Rio Grande in the south, and the 49th parallel in the north.During the course of such expansion, one notion of the westwardtraveler replaced another, from the hardened explorers like Lewis andClark to the 49ers that ventured to the Sierra Nevada Mountains insearch of gold.But then, there was the southwest. The land of deserts, cacti,cowboys and lawlessness. And just like the lives of explorers andminers in those years past, the lives of those brave souls that pressedinto the southwest in the last half of the 19th century and into theearly 20th century were fraught with danger. And it's that environmentthat Red Dead Redemption places you into, as the mysteriouscharacter named John Marston. The year? 1910. The location? TheWestern Border States.Red Dead Redemption is, in many ways, a Grand Theft Auto game. And that means missions, side quests andcollectibles galore. Our expansive guide covers everything for you, from the game's main storyline to the most obscure,out of the way collectibles and encounters. Our goal? To net you a 100% completion rating.