Red Dead Redemption

I found that I eventually had so much money that I upgraded everything just for the sake of spending it, so just prioritize what ever seems to make life easier for you in the start, because you’ll get everything else eventually.

The fight in the art gallery was probably the funniest moment in the game for me so far

Anyone got any advice on upgrades (camp or otherwise)?

Get that Legendary Buck first. The prize will be more findings of three-star animals.

There's also a good trinket to get that keeps animals from spoiling on your horse.

Chapters 2 and 3 are a good time to get a lot of that stuff out of the way.

Man, this game

Have only just completed Chapter 2 and reckon, similar to the first one, 90+% of my time is spent hunting animals, collecting herbs, doing challenges and generally just wandering around. So fucking good

I wish I had done a lot more of that stuff right around where you are now, Chapters 2 and 3.

It did leave me with plenty to do after the missions were over, but whenever I'd complete a challenge and get the reward, I'd think, "Boy, I sure could've used that a month ago."

Best moment so far was when I shot the Legendary Bison with a poison arrow and then the fucker decided to run into the lake and drown, leaving me unable to skin it and harvest the parts (thankfully they then auto appear in the fence's inventory so it doesn't stop you crafting any of the talismans)

i'm trying starting RDR2 over from the beginning. i could never get into it despite my love for the first one, and i stopped playing for so long that i feel like i need the refresh of a complete restart. i'm sure i've complained about this upthread but my main obstacle is how arthur moves. he lumbers around like frankenstein's monster, so slow and clumsy, which isn't very fun to play. it still looks gorgeous though, even as a ps4 game that came out four years ago.

ha, I like that about him. especially at the beginning, he's just this big lumbering goof, along for the ride, being told what to do. So Frankenstein's monster is kind of accurate.

I really wish I could play the first game. it's unfathomable to me that people could put so much time and effort into these prolonged narratives and they can just vanish in a generation.

tried to play GTAV after this and it just makes RDR2 seem even better. I keep being annoyed that I can't interact with objects or people the way you can in RDR2, they all just seem like fake props.

I didn't realize until after RDR2 how much the GTAV POV camera floats and bobs, reality show-wise, during cutscenes.

And so many more burglary options in RDR2!

i accidentally ended up in Saint Denis and man that is an overwhelming experience if you're not expecting it. it's so huge and so beautifully designed, with so much detail to look at. impressive

The whole game is kind of like that. Just so much to look at, so many details.

Finished this the other week. Just an incredible game.

Crazy that you can put in 100 hours plus to complete it and still won't have unlocked all that south western bit of the map

Finished this the other week. Just an incredible game.

Crazy that you can put in 100 hours plus to complete it and still won't have unlocked all that south western bit of the map

Got way too proud of myself for accomplishing this:

https://i.imgur.com/zCF7hPR.jpg

played a lot of RDR2 over the holidays. i need to do more exploration/hunting/etc, i've mostly been following the plot so far. just started the st. denis chapter

they should have a GTA-style thing where you can pick the music while you're riding around, but instead of radio stations, it's different folk singers riding on donkeys next to your horse

I finally started in on the online version.

The missions are pretty much the same, but the characters are fun. Been a few "Wait, I know this guy," moments. My biggest complaint is how much they want you to grind everything three different ways. This will cost money, but this can only be bought with gold. All these neat roles and, well, I guess I'll get a chance at one of them this summer when I can finally afford the right bag.

Live sessions are a different vibe from GTAO. Other players in the missions seem invested in winning the missions. No one really fucks around with you out in the open. Having a defensive mode and not being able to see other players on the map until they're in your vicinity must help.

got to guarma, thought "wow this huge game even has a totally separate tropical island environment, i can't wait to explore it" and then the whole section is basically on rails and is just a lot of running around shooting soldiers, disappointing

Yeah, I didn't mind it, but I also didn't quite get the point. It's basically pre-integrated DLC.

i didn't really care that much about the lack of freedom to explore but the missions on the island were tedious and could've used some variety. i guess following an old lady through a cave and shooting a cannon at a ship was fairly cool.

You want open world, they should have given you the option to swim back to America.

Lot of animals to discover there, and they're gone once you go back.

It’s also at an odd point in the narrative. After this terrible heist that should leave Arthur grief-stricken, here’s Gilligan’s Island. Felt like a lesser version of RDR’s Mexico chapter, as well.

It must have felt like practice for the designers who eventually built Cayo Perico in GTA Online.

And I suspect there'll be more Guarmas/Cayos in GTA6.

it did feel a little too uncharted/tomb raider/assassin's creed; i.e. i've already played a lot of big open-world games with jungle environments

tuberculosis simulator 2018

Even today, I tell myself, "Shoulda saved a version while you were still down by that lake."

i thought i was basically done with this game and then "EPILOGUE: PART I" popped up. i genuinely laughed out loud

not really enjoying "nagging wife simulator 2018" that much so far though

I think I'm about 75-80% done. seems like such a slog to get through the rest...maybe I should just start playing last of us?

have you finished the main story?

no

You should probably do that, unless the story hasn't gripped you at all. It has a pretty well executed conclusion.

Heh.

Ok

couple of different ways it could end, but "well executed" can apply to any of 'em, one way or the other.

Vaguely intrigued

i thought i was basically done with this game and then "EPILOGUE: PART I" popped up. i genuinely laughed out loud

not really enjoying "nagging wife simulator 2018" that much so far though

Haha, yeah that first bit when you're just doing farm chores is a bit of a drag but it does get better.

I guess the main purpose, given how the main story concludes, is that it lets you continue playing to complete any outstanding tasks, challenges, rock paintings etc if you so wish

I'll take the nagging wife simulator over the know-it-all uncle MCM though

Isn't the gist of it thematic, setting things up for the Godfather III-like "just when I thought I was out ..." shift?

i was going to spoiler tag this but but the game is five years old so just uh beware spoilers

does the "epilogue" part of the game really open up the full map from RDR1? or just part of it? it's been so long since i played it but i recognize some of the landmarks for sure

i guess it's just part, since there's no mexico

I tried again the other night to heroically trudge on to the main story conclusion. I think I’m on chapter 6 now. We’re looking for new land because Dutch is a dumb fuck so we take a canoe to a dimly lit wood and I have to choose between using dynamite to flush out the bad people from their cave hideout or use stealth. I choose dynamite. I’m trying to move the damn character to the area where the dynamite has appeared as an item to interact with. I guess I get close? Then I’m throwing the dynamite and suddenly I’m in the cave somehow, and there’s a lady screaming and people shooting at me. I start to mash all the controller buttons together while turning the character around and jumping because I still cannot remember the mappings.

Apparently parts of Mexico are there but you have to use a glitch to get those parts of the map xp

I'm the white dot!

Red Dead Redemption

Reportedly "Red Dead Redemption" was just given a rating in South Korea, implying a remaster or remake is on its way.

https://www.gematsu.com/2023/06/red-dead-redemption-rated-in-korea-in-2023

That would be decent, and long overdue. The undead nightmare dlc was brilliant.

I’m going to need a PS5 version of RDR2 running at a consistent 60fps first. (And thus marks my first ILG post, I think?)

People a talkin' about a new logo just introduced at Rockstar for "Red Dead Redemption" ...

That's pretty cool - never played it and dove into RDR2 first, which as a prequel, makes playing RDR1 remastered a "sequel" of sorts that will slot in perfectly once it's out.