Red Dead Redemption

haha well when my kids play in sandboxes, they each build castles and then kick each others' over; it's not what I'd do but it seems to be lots of fun for them.

in Saints Row 2 you can blow up the subway train on the elevated tracks and if you hit it hard enough (I did it using cheats) it falls off the tracks and disrupts traffic. It's cool b/c it's a huge train, not just a bunch of cars like you can set up in GTA4. But leveling a building would be orders of magnitude more fun.

Red Dead Redemption would be a good place to try this b/c I expect the urban environments will be pretty sparse compared to e.g. Liberty City.

hopefully they'll turn their hand to another bully after this

antexit / Euler - a few points 1. Battlefield isn't a sandbox game. 2. in the last Red Faction game you could destroy pretty much everything (that was kind of the point of the game) and it stayed destroyed - but destroying stuff endlessly gets boring fast - it's hardly the "holy grail." 3. Permanent environmental destruction certainly will not be in Red Dead Redemption as they're using basically the exact same engine as GTA 4

well yeah destroying things endless does get boring fast, but so do sandbox games generally when all you do is mass destruction. The good sandbox games, like Bully, give you things to do that are fun besides just going nuts. But in an environment like Liberty City it'd be great if you could destroy buildings and then they'd be replaced with new ones, à la Sim City.

a little more new footage (in this ad for Gamestops lame pre-order bonus deal)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9WUStl4vE

lol at 'realistic physics' that involve people flying backwards when they get shot

I thought people did fly backwards when they were shot with shotguns. Have movies, video games, and Luis Guzman in Carlito's Way led me astray?

I've shot a big stuffed animal with a shotgun from 50 yards away and man did that thing fly.

i think milo's point was that the silliness of people putting a lot of work into developing a realistic engine, and making it a selling point of the game, all for the ultimate goal of making people fly backwards when they get shot.

I just realised this game is probably going to have similar online modes to GTA4

0_o awesome

considering a PS3 just for this

^^^

the MP lobby... is the game world

"Seriously, who'd have thought that something as dry as a game lobby could be exciting? Leave it to Rockstar to prove us all wrong. The Grand Theft Auto developer recently unveiled the oft rumoured but never confirmed, multiplayer portion of its next open-world saga, Red Dead Redemption -- and the lobby might be the game's most exciting element. Why? Because it's practically a Wild West MMORPG.

The lobby is a fully playable version of the entire game world that's populated with both random CPU characters and live gamers -- though the numbers will never approach World of Warcraft levels. In our visit, we created a "posse" with friends and roamed freely about the map, engaging in activities from hunting wild animals to hunting other gamers. There are even ad hoc missions (like besieging a desert ranch filled with bandits) that feel a lot like raids. Whether running from the sheriff or shooting wildlife in the desert, everything we do can net us experience points which are used to customize our appearance and upgrade our horse, weapons, and "title". There are also new multiplayer modes to unlock like the standard 16-player deathmatch and a team-based "capture the bag" (both of which start with a spectacular face-to-face quick-draw duel). But. to be honest, we didn't spend a lot of time with those other modes, because we couldn't pry ourselves away from the lobby!"

Picture 1: Two players on a horse-drawn carriage. "The lobby is like a limit-free version of GTA IV's free roam mode set against a brilliantly atmospheric Wild West backdrop."

Picture 2: Player as Sheriff, points gun at camera; another player waits to shot him in the back. "Once we joined a party-- er, "posse" -- we were in constant communication with teammates."

Picture 3: 3 on 5 Gunfight near the wreckage of an abandoned church in the desert. "Anyone can travel to any point on the map (including building interiors), regardless of the location of lobby visitors."

This game is going to pwn my life

This game is going to give meaning to my life.

This game probably won't affect my life much but I'm looking forward to it.

chances of me not going outlaw immediately upon starting this approx 0%, with rounding. the old west is not the kinda place to be a good guy imo.

I always play moral choice games as a good guy with a cruel streak.

I am officially mega-psyched about this game

this looks a lot better than call of juarez 2. wish i had a ps3.

Why do people keep saying ps3? Is this an exclusive? Do third-party exclusives still exist?

Def not an exclusive. I'm already preordered for the 360.

uh i just picked that up in this thread somehow, you're right obviously and i need coffee. good news!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKt3AbXiiPA

oh man

Multiplayer Free Roam trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFHATzQ7BeI

ye gods that looks incredible. ilg posse in effect

http://grab.by/3COo

If I get this when it comes out, it's just going to totally take over every free second of my existence, right?

Pretty sure I'm going to spend hours just wandering around doing side missions.

"go on a gentle hunt together"

am *really* looking forward to this.

i am so so pumped for this. if this game doesn't absolutely rule i will never allow myself to dream again.

The good thing about this coming out in late May is I don't know of a single other game that is coming out till September or maybe October that I have any interest in, so if it lives up to the videos, I should have plenty of time to get the most out of it.

also near my birthday; boosts the chance that I might actually get this game

have thought exactly the same jeff

if i do get this i think i'll have to resign myself to not finishing it or seeing 'everything', and just look at it like i'm going wander around deadwood for an hour or two. otherwise it might drive me insane.

"go on a gentle hunt together"

If your group is anything like the guys I used to game with, that'll last about 30 seconds into the first dispute re:loot. Then it'll turn into Reservoir Dogs, Wild West style.

oh and if multiplayer games can be customised to only allow knives and dynamite as in Lucasarts Outlaws, then this should be fun fun fun

this looks great, but i think i'll have to wait until i finish off lost planet 2 and smg 2

shameful - I forgot about Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Sin & Punishment 2

http://boards.ign.com/red_dead_redemption/b6186/187697867/p1

** Each NPC follows their own routine and way of a life. For example,
one spend all day working in a blacksmith, then at closing time head
off to the saloon for a couple drinks before going home.
*** NPCs will converse with each other
**** You can converse with NPCs yourself
** NPCs can hold grudges. A man you beat up in the saloon may come back later with a gun.
** NPC houses can be broken into and robbed
*** NPCs store possessions in boxes and trunks in their houses.
** NPC towns can be wiped out and made into ghost towns
*** Ghost towns will revive in 2-3 in-game days
** In the wilderness rarely a minute passes without seeing some indication of an NPC
*** NPCs play an important part of free roaming, through random encounters
**** NPCs can be found doing a large assortment of things, from
ambushes to gunfights to hostage scenarios to simple things like
sitting around a campfire telling stories of Marston's earlier exploits
* Bank Robbing
** Initiated by having a gun drawn in a bank
* Dueling
** Can't duel everybody (like old women), but you can duel other gunslingers

** The World is, in total, roughly twice the size of San Andreas
*** The World is split into three large regions, each larger than GTA IV's Liberty City

maybe i shouldn't get this game, just the thought is overwhelming

** The World is, in total, roughly twice the size of San Andreas
*** The World is split into three large regions, each larger than GTA IV's Liberty City

holy what

this is one game i'm really looking forward to, god i hope it lives up to those vid clips. not really bothered about multi play but if there's an ilg posse i'm in. what should i get it for 360 or ps3?

uh want it now

whoa this is coming out the same day as alan wake. decisions.

More like Alan Wait

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/red-dead-redemption-hands-on_5

UK RRP £55 :/

can't get into that link from work, but is that not the limited edition?

ok yeah, it's £50 for the bogstandard one and £37 on shopto

don't get paying extra money for some stickers and a branded pen special edition

Guess most people would have played that first though and at the time it was a fantastic game.

But yeah RDR2 totally eclipses it

So - I can skip the first one, then? I was happy watching Andor without seeing Rogue One.

aw but it has a pretty nifty ending

ya rouge one is good

I had more fun with RDR1 than 2 overall, not sure if I could go back though

Saw a tweet from a Telegraph football journalist describing 2 as "Be Here Now the Video Game" and could never quite look at it the same

OK, just finished the RDR1 base game, and while it is totally competent, doubly so for being so old, yeah, there is not a single aspect that is not improved by the sequel/prequel, imo. That means graphics, music, writing, voice acting, plot, side quests, mechanics, everything. More surprising to me was how RDR2 echoed this game's epilogue, except handled it better than the first game, too. Here, when I got to the epilogue I found it almost perverse how it forced me to do all the boring stuff I'd avoided for most of the game: herding, breaking horses, hunting, following the dog around. And all for a payoff nowhere near as affecting as (iirc) even the death of my horse in RDR2. But hey, it's all good, generally what I expected, which is to say, fine. Looking forward to the zombie DLC.

You are doing the good work. Nice job

I never did finish rdr 2. Though I got close. Then my kid started playing it and over wrote my save. Shrug emoji

Red Dead 1's zombie DLC is already more fun and memorable than the base game, and, in the case of the Sasquatch quest, more affecting. The main game ... it's so weird, just a bunch of threads never quite woven into a proper tapestry. But the DLC, you can tell everyone was letting their hair down a bit.

I just caught a flaming magical horse and it was badass, and then it died and I learned I can't replace it until I catch all the other magical horses, which I don't think I can do until much further along in the game. At which point, what use for a magical horse?

Red Dead Redemption 2 is so good that Dunkey just did another video on it, maybe his third? Not bad for a 2018 game. Paraphrasing what he says, I wish graphics went back in time six years to look this good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jskq4jLQ7go

The "Undead Nightmare" DLC was more fun and even a tiny bit more challenging than the base "Red Dead" game (which I honestly found kind of unmemorable). Not sure what I'm supposed to do at the end, though, which seems to open the door to more free range adventure, except afaict there's nothing to do.

Dunkeys 20 minute tribute inspired me to start a new game

I love it when Dunkey hangs up his cynical hat and gets all gushy about a game

“Can we go back to dese graphics?”

I played RDR1 a long time ago, liked it enough but with resevations, and have finally started playing RDR2 recently. It really looks amazing but somehow I’m not sure I’ll enjoy it much… it seems very slow (travelling for instance but maybe you can have fast travel too, I don’t know yet). Also I don’t think I want to bother feeding the dude… and his horse ! So it hasn’t clicked yet and I haven’t « binged » it like other games. Actually I haven’t felt like playing it for over a week after the initial first few hours… not a good sign !

I’m sorry you feel that way

I bounced off it the first time for similar reasons - I found Arthur a bit slow and hard to control. But once I got into it, it was well worth my time

lol I saw someone joking about doing speed runs of RDR2 that take two months.

The game is huuuuuge, and there are so many stories and details to get lost in. I believe you do get fast travel at some point, but you end up missing so much in between locations. So, I dunno if the first few hours are meant to grab you, per se, but if the gameplay and acting and writing and characters and look of the thing doesn't do it for you from the start, I'm not sure if the story beats or intermittent set pieces are going to make up that deficit. Have you made it your first camp, where you can start interacting with your companions, or watch them interact with each other? I'm not sure when that stuff starts, but it's fun.

Yeah I am at the camp (the one after the cabins in the mountains) and had a few missions already but the dude does feel very slow to control and the travel by horse is soooo slow: I understand from your post fast travel is only possible later on ? I totally get that there are a lot of things to do and how fun it could be just ttavelling around but I think at this point I don’t want to invest that much time in a game and just get on with the « main » story…. But again it does look fantastic !

Fucking long af deer hunting mission turns into “levitus Cornwall” mission with no chance to save

I think that mission is what sets the game story in motion, iirc.

Game wants me to play for an hour without saving

The RDR2 rumors have revved up again. Switch version, some sort of remaster/re-release for other consoles ...