Red Dead Redemption

perfect

Ha

lots of new info here: https://kotaku.com/two-hours-with-the-amazingly-detailed-red-dead-redempti-1829187487

- Horse testicles shrink depending on the in-game weather.

Pretty interesting... people in town remember stuff you did

https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/20/red-dead-redemption-2-hands-on-what-happened-when-i-accidentally-shot-a-dog-in-the-wild-west/

from lolkotaku's preview

The landscape of this version of 1899 America seems enormous and full of life. There are lumbering locomotives, squawking birds, and civilians buzzing about recent events. There’s horse poop, and there are flies. There’s a first-person mode that can be used for the entire game. There are new gameplay wrinkles, including a button dedicated to firing nonlethal warning shots. There’s a shopkeeper in the general store whose item list is a multi-page, illustrated catalogue. At a base camp, the game gave me a tip to remind me that if my character ate too much, he would get fat. Too little, and he’d get skinnier, and lose stamina.

hell yeah i'm gonna be a husky cowboy folks

do i have to find a place to take a shit, too? jfc

lol

I’m sure this game will look great but if it feels like I’m moving in slow motion like every rock star game since gta 3 then uhh

i really want to have the self control to wait until this is discounted before i buy it but i don't think i have that much

im glad they don't launch their games on pc so i can't be tricked into the fomo buy

I am the master of restraint.

calstars, thankyou. It's been bugging me for years why I don't get on with any of these games. and you've nailed it.

I should finish RDR one of these years

me too, but that horse is so fucking slow

it gets more bearable once you upgrade to the steam-powered mechanical horse

pls tell me you are not joshing

whatever happened to jeff levine, miss that dude

I just don’t know who’s that interested in the old west as a trope for a game. Personally I’m much more excited in something like cyberpunk 2077

Is there a thread for that that yet btw?

I’m v excited for that but rdr2 is here now

there's no cyberpunk thread yet i was waiting until it has a release window announced but feel free

meanwhile i am stuck on pc and will not get to experience horses realistically pissing and shitt ing in 4k HDRwith you guys in real time

Same

Same because I'm still on a PS3.

https://kotaku.com/inside-rockstar-games-culture-of-crunch-1829936466

the soundtrack has arca and colin stetson playing on it... huh

xp that is an incredible read. the bosses are all monsters obviously, but the delusion/masochism of some of the staff:

“Out of all those projects, Red Dead Redemption 2 has been the easiest I’ve experienced personally,” said one Rockstar San Diego employee. “Core hours, including lunch, would be nine hours. I’d say I probably get in an extra two hours on top of that most times. During crunch I probably put in another hour or two on top of that.”

So working 11, 12, or even 13 hours days is 'the easiest'.

Those who had worked fewer than 60 hours were marked with the word “Under” in red letters.

This is so unacceptable! The thing about not crediting ex-staff (and being proud of it as a company policy) is also very much The Worst.

“I’m sorry you had a nervous breakdown and left as a result of our enforced 13-hour workday policy, but rules are rules”

just reading the kotaku review and this stood out amongst the oohing and aahing at the detail :"...sludgy kinesthetics, jumbled control scheme, and unclear user interface". That's exactly why I didn't get on with RDR1 !

I read that your horse's scrotum expands and contracts with the weather.

Mehh clunky controls are no big deal when you have interactive horse balls

imagine being the poor kid working 100hr weeks on ball-shrinking code.

do what you love and you'll never work a day in yr life iirc

Makes u think

Your horse is dirty

Your horse will collapse

your horse's testicles are worryingly slack

Hickory dickory dock

I’ve got some sympathy for the rockstar employees who are saying "please don't boycott the game or we'll get no bonus and we'll have thrown our lives away for nothing" but really, "we'd prefer you to validate the system that's screwing us" feels like a lot to ask.

Not I dilemma I'll need to deal with any time soon tbf, given my current backlog. Very likely I'll just be buying it used 9 months from now.

i'm getting it tomorrow and playing this in 4k w00t

spoilers: the rockstar employees will get their bonus on this one, it's too popular for any boycott to make a dent

I only rarely found Red Dead 2 to be “fun” in the way I find many other video games to be fun. The physical act of playing is rarely pleasurable on its own. It is often tiring and cumbersome, though no less thrilling for it. No in-game activity approaches the tactilely pleasing acts of firing a space-rifle in Destiny, axing a demon in God of War, or jumping on goombas in Super Mario Bros. Red Dead 2 continues Rockstar’s longstanding rejection of the notions that input response should be snappy, that control schemes should be empowering and intuitive, and that animation systems should favor player input over believable on-screen action.

Pressing a button in Red Dead 2 rarely results in an immediate or satisfying response. Navigating Arthur through the world is less like controlling a video game character and more like giving directions to an actor. Get in cover, I’ll tell him, only to see him climb on top of the cover. Did I press the button too late? Did my button-press register at all? Dude, get down, I’ll cry, as his enemies begin to open fire. He’ll slowly wheel around, then slide down to the ground with an elaborate stumbling animation. GET IN COVER, I’ll command, pressing the “take cover” button for what feels like the sixth time. He’ll haul his body weight forward, then finally crouch behind the wall.

i always enjoy these rock star games but no one can deny that they're not as tactilely enjoyable as other video games

are there ppl seriously planning on boycotting this game bc... i kinda didn't follow this but working conditions at rock star i guess? hard to believe rock star's primary audience has suddenly become politically engaged and left-wing.

i dont think theres any boycotting going on really, just the kotaku piece from earlier this week that interviewed current & former rockstar employees about crunch which mostly just made it sound like they have rotten management there, not really any huge surprises

the kotaku review of the game is good & a pretty measured take on the whole thing

Excellent quote and exactly right.
But gta3 and vice and Santos WERE visceral and after that horse ball graphics became more important I guess

https://www.gameinformer.com/review/red-dead-redemption-ii/an-open-world-western-for-the-ages

10/10

i'm sure they've already got the game of the year edition content ready to go

gamespot and eurogamer with 9's. seems a little more reasonable.