Red Dead Redemption

the noose is a real big clue.

The "I." and "II." on the map also confuse me. I would suck as a real life treasure hunter.

lol. the I. refers to the first landmark and the II. is the second thing to look for, in that vicinty.

I was just trying to find the treasure! I know what the landmark is but couldn't find a place near it that looked like the drawing.

the I. and II. are not necessarily two distinct rocks

you guys are making this game sound awesome, is there anybody here that doesn't like it?

I can't imagine ever not wanting to play this game.

It's pretty great, but suffers from sandbox syndrome; I get lost and distracted constantly and lose the thread of the game proper. Like I don't think I've talked to the chick who saved me since I went to the new town and I gather that's the crux of the game.

I'd recommend playing bonnie's missions forks; that way you'll get the lasso

the noose map is kind of messed up. you have to poke around the area for a bit to find the treasure.

is there another spot to find boar other than the one just to the north of bonnie's ranch? my bait is just pulling cougars and wolves now. need to level up my hunting skillz.

love shooting people's guns out of their hands in duels

                
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   / __ \___  ____/ /  / __ \___  ____ _____/ /
  / /_/ / _ \/ __  /  / / / / _ \/ __ `/ __  / 
 / _, _/  __/ /_/ /  / /_/ /  __/ /_/ / /_/ /  
/_/ |_|\___/\__,_/  /_____/\___/\__,_/\__,_/   
    ____  _______    ______  __ _    ____________ 
   / __ \/ ____/ |  / / __ \/ /| |  / / ____/ __ \
  / /_/ / __/  | | / / / / / / | | / / __/ / /_/ /
 / _, _/ /___  | |/ / /_/ / /__| |/ / /___/ _, _/ 
/_/ |_/_____/  |___/\____/_____/___/_____/_/ |_|  
  
 

I'm enjoying this a lot right now, but I'll admit that my enthusiasm for all the GTA games I've played dropped off significantly after a few weeks, so we'll see if the same thing happens here. However, I think RDR might last longer; the controls seem more intuitive and the missions don't seem as frustrating (so far) and it's more fun riding around in the wilderness alone than in a city full of people.

we just need a bully in this engine now please R*

oh and some RDR DLC episodes too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVVXyKP1FVk

lol
"Kill it! It's an abomination!"
"I don't want that thing hanging in my room!"

kind of a theme to these bugs

each one of these missions is a really fun set piece. kudos R!

mission design has been a huuuuge weak spot in every sandbox game i've ever played, up to and incl GTAIV. so, tears of thankfulness over here.

has anyone moved on to the new territories? i really hope those areas open up the world. i like what i'm playing so far, but this sandbox is mostly sand and i only find it so interesting to ride that horse around.

Has the MP posse happened yet? I need to be eased in or I'll let the prospect of being autoshot by feral children put me off the idea altogether.

I shot the cannibal and hog-tied the victim so I could help him back to civilisation, but the ungrateful twat just ran off screaming when I cut him loose. In retrospect I shoulda just hogtied the cannibal and popped him on the train tracks or near some wolves.

What would happen if you dropped the cannibal near some other cannibals

Try dropping the cannibal near Toto Coelo.

still waiting to play with an ilx posse?

i'd love to get into that, but i won't have time for another couple days

i'm gonna talk more about this game, so *SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS*

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i think i'm around the 40% mark, in the game's second act in Mexico, and i haven't interacted with one indian yet. i don't think there are any in the game at all. i think this is significant, somehow. i like that the game is in 1911, a "late western" about the closing of the frontier rather than an early one about opening it. maybe this is just to allow them to put more interesting guns in the game, or riff off the meta-westerns like the wild bunch or there will be blood (a town called plainview? really?). plus it doesn't shy away from politics at all; every other dude wants to talk to you about federal power. anyway, the setting's early-20th-century-ness is really present and apparent to me and i'm really liking it.

speaking of politics, there's the politics of Rockstar's media reputation, and i'm getting ongoing chuckles from the (what i take to be) anti "hot coffee" vibe of the whole thing. no matter which path you take, the John Marston character is (so far) faithful to his wife as a given. the prostitutes say stuff like "i hate to see a man with the condition of a dry pecker" (no shit i think i heard this) and our killer just says "my wife wouldn't like that" or something.

I think the prostitute line was "I hate to see a man with such a dry pecker... can I help?"

ha i kind of deadwood-ified it

I hate to see a man with dead wood

there HAS to be indians in this

wtf

ha i kind of deadwood-ified it

more like achewood imo

Anyone notice that the gang fights in multiplayer are wayyyy harder than in single player? I guess youre supposed to take them on with more people than my posse of two, but I like the change of pace of an actual challenge. SP is fun and all but pretty fucking easy.

Gonna get a chance to play this while housesitting over the next week and a half, so excited u guys.

oh man this game is sweet

re the injuns thing, i was thinking before i played the game whether they would include any. in the start intro, when your man is on the train, there is something said by the man and daughter in front about it I'm sure, something to do with losing their land. i might be mistaken tho

anyway this game. woah.

and haha have you tried getting on your horse when your stood directly behind

nice that you can still move about freely when on the trains too

the "shoot 5 flying birds from a moving train" challenge was like the chillest assignment I have ever received.

If only real life challenges were so relaxing

loving the treasure map idea, seems challenging.

i'm so early on in this game that something new keeps happening really frequently. it's friggin exciting, but with enough quiet moments to take a breather and decide what to get up to next.

first bug i've found tho, my horses main has changed colour (or is that supposed to happen?). it's definitely the same horse, as i've maxed the stamina on it.

erm, "mane"?

hair

really love the horse control in fact, altho sometimes tricky shooting whilst mounted. without the slow-mo thing i'd be fooked.

How to win at shooting: lock target, quickly shoot, lock target, quickly shoot

I'm trying not to read much of this thread because of tiny spoilers but I agree with whoever said you should be able to drop off hog-tied criminals at jail. Like when someone steals a horse you should be able to get the horse *and* the criminal. What really happens when I return the horse with the hog-tied criminal on top is the guy I helped takes the horse with criminal still on and rides away.

Many criminals that I hogtie end bring back to town end up being called kidnapped victims or something under the stats screen. There's never a bounty or anything but these criminals on the back of my horse shouldn't be called victims and If there is no reward I guess I might as well kill them for a couple bucks :/

But loving this game.
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**SPOILER**
There's a real easy way to make money in Armadillo.. it's so easy that it shouldn't be allowed.
Yall know what I'm talking about?
**SPOILER**

no, dish

yeah dish it lorax

1. lorax posts
2. ???
3. profit!

I dont think its a spoiler but it might be..

UH SPOILER?

I think you can steal from the bank in Armadillo over and over and over..

Five Finger Fillet is the easiest game to quickly win $100 over and over again

I've been watching lots of encore westerns because of this game. Yesterday was McLintock!