Red Dead Redemption

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!

I think we're all dumbfounded into silence that that's your really easy way to make money

It's early in the game, I haven't raided the Fort yet, but money seems pointless as there isn't anything expensive worth getting. I have $3000 or so. Hopefully I won't be sitting on a wad of cash throughout the whole game.

i find it harder to be a homicidal maniac then in gta I think b/c of the engine.

one criticism: the open order of missions can sometimes backfire. Like when you keep getting the hogtie option but may have not done that mission. Same with Thieves Landing, which gets mentioned before it appears on your map.

ah yes to the hogtie thing, i have no idea how to do that and it keeps coming up

its pretty fun, although sometimes it goes unappreciated. like i hogtied a criminal running from the law and the lawman just walked up and capped him.

yes!! i got the random encounter when two criminals run off from the lawman, i roped them both, brought them back, the guy says thanks, i get my $17 or whatever and he blows both their brains out and strolls off

^same thing happened to me

that's the last time i do that guy a favor, jeez!

there's a definite edge toward disregard of life, even moreso than in GTA i think. You're encouraged to shoot any goddamn thing that moves and bonus points if you gut it or loot it.

If you hogtie the guy that robs the general store from time to time, the weirdo anti-semite shopkeeper stands there theatrically kicking him in the head.

Also, there's a mission where a woman wants to leave town and you can either let her go or tie her up at the train station and bring her back to her husband. I tied her up, got the info from her husband then ran off with her and set her free at the train station, but she just ran away screaming and it didn't trigger any plot stuff.

Multiplayer free roam seems really good if you don't just get surrounded by mongs who repeatedly shoot you even though it's supposed to be co-op focused.

What the hell is this matchmaking system that thinks an ideal first match for me would be a shootout where I'm alone in a one man team against a 3 man team of experienced twats?

i keep failing at this dumb horse race for west dickens. and like, it's not because i'm doing badly at the race, my horse just isn't fast enough and doesn't have enough stamina compared to the other horses. Guess i'll have to ride about like a fud until i max out his loyalty or whatever, bah. Lame and boring.

buy a better horse! or buy apples.

ah. where do you buy such things? (feeling nooby)

the general store

i just bought a horse, then used the deed and i have no idea where it is.

I think you can whistle for it

real men wrangle horses

see i would wrangle horses but how do you tell if they're better than the one you have? i did whistle and a horse that looked a lot like the horse i already had came back and i can't tell if it's any faster. ha.

suppose i can try the race again and see if i win.

if it has a bigger willy it's better

A stats screen for the horse would be a nice addition, so you could see the loyalty, stamina, top speed, give it a name, etc

http://www.planetozkids.com/images/ozzoom/games/ponyluv/ponyluv_200.jpg

give it a name

it's a fuckin horse son, cowboy up!

SILVER

ha i was sort of hoping there'd be two currencies in the game, but, no pesos.

YES, I want to name my horse, YES I would like to name it Michael Lindington, and NO I don't care who knows it

http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/69/barbie-horse-adventures-wild-horse-rescue.444741.jpg

sorry, can't compete with "Pony Luv"

nobody can

Pony Lurve

the love that dare not speak its mane

I shot a few wild horses in the face last night, just to see what would happen. What happened is that they just died. It was kind of underwhelming.

lol am psychopath.

I wrangled one of the $750 horses, then wanted to exchange it for my old one once I realized what I did after stopping at the store. Now I cant figure out what the hell the damn thing looked like. Apparently its white-ish. pfft.

ok fuck the lassooing horses mission. how the fuck?

so i shot the fucking things instead.

i don't understand the balancing at all. urgh ruining my game.