i'm still not very far at all but i'm having fun. gonna keep expectations low, i like thinking of this as a basically chill & easy game. also, fuck picking a flower.
i keep forgetting how to stop when riding horses, and last night i stole a horse to distract the deputies in the first seth mission, rode around the mountain, and then rode straight into seth, killing him. :/
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i like how they've given the horses a little bit of direction intelligence, like when you ride close to a stagecoach they veer slightly away. at first i thought my control pad was goosed.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
also i'm riding stagecoaches more lately, i'm under the impression it keeps me safe from fierce creatures but i haven't put it into full practice just yet.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
JimD i'd bang on about other ones if i could even remember them :/
Naw that's harsh, I loved the train missions, and the Presidio stuff was pretty cool
I'm sure I'll be blown away again once I give it a break, lookin forward to the big game in the snow, and Tall Trees
Anybody else notice differences in the horses? I've been riding my Kentucky Saddler the whole game and he is very easily spooked - whinnies at snakes and gunfire - and he ALWAYS wanders away..
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 June 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I accidentally firebombed the mexican army and got slaughtered
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 24 June 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
It is weird how if you go "off script" the game totally puts the clampdown on you
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 June 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been too chicken to try and kill story characters or complete the missions in non-specified ways. :/
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Thursday, 24 June 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
(i assume it will just end the mission, like when i accidentally killed seth with the horse)
I will be playing this game until I get to 100%, you wusses.
I mean, at least you guys should finish the treasure hunter missions. So fun!
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i haven't even tried one, i figured it would be "ride around some fucking gulch looking for a weird rock for like three hours"
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, that is basically what it is. But so far only one of the maps has given me any trouble.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:16 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
dude they're not that hard to figure out. they're made to be solved, it's a game! some of them are really clever.
― goole, Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i got the first one and i don't know where to start. all rocks look the same to me, i think i'm a rockist.
(i'm suggest b'ing myself for that btw)
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
the first one was tricky to find, it took me a bit of trial and error (and hints on this thread)
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
just finished all the treasure maps tonight. one of my favourite parts of the game.
attempting more random encounters too, and finding them to be pretty varied which is cool.
also, got a much better sniper rifle now.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
My favorite treasure map so far was #3, which I solved by heading to a nearby high point and using my binoculars, which felt fucking awesome for some reason.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
?!?! how did you get the binocs so early??
or wait did you just do the maps really late in the game
― goole, Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I just started them last night!
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Binocs! where?!
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
^also totally missed those, wtf
― bnw, Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I just got the binoculars, doing one of the first few missions after you get to Blackwater.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
you get them as a gift during on of the very late missions. i thought they might be available earlier somewhere.
xp
― goole, Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, only just got into blackwater and haven't done their missions. been tidying up all the other stuff.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
(and dicking about)
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i'm hella anal about doing all the side stuff before doing the story missions, so i got to the mission with the binocs at like 90%
― goole, Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i was the same in gta. particularly vice city where finishing the side missions and collecting hidden packages gave you valuable free stuff that you could then utilise and then make some missions easier.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2010 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I had been pretty anal about the other ones but I saved the treasure missions for post-game because I thought it would be a fun postgame activity.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
well i i'll give them a shot! CONVINC'D
one of the things i've noticed about this game (and the PS3 in general actually) is that it's clearly designed to be played on a much larger screen than the 26" one i've got. a lot of the text i really have to squint to read. and many times i've been hit by dudes that i'm pretty sure the game expected me to be able to see. i just hope it doesn't make the treasure stuff too hard.. (i have actually taken to playing this about a foot away from the TV, which makes me feel like some kind of cretin)
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
They are really nothing more than deciphering a map and then searching for a tiny pile of rocks, but if that appeals to you then do it.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the maps will be fine since you can zoom in on them pretty far.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
aren't all games these days designed to be played on 40" tvs though, i always have trouble with reading text and stuff
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 25 June 2010 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I killed van der Linde. I actually really like the idea of the game keeping going after that, it's like the idea of what happens after the "happy ending" of a movie, when the hero and love interest have to get back to everyday life. But I don't know why the first mission for this section is a fucking cattle herding mission, I hate cattle herding.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 June 2010 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
SPOILERS
Van der Linde to me seemed authentically charismatic. I could see why people would follow him.
Really was bummed that the drug addict professor didn't die, but the soulful Indian did. :(
John's kid is such a nerd, ugh. I hate that I have to play as him now.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 25 June 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
***SPOILERS*** btw yeah his 'giddyup' vocal snatches are annoying.
but still, fucking loved the ending. although i fucked up the showdown so a small foolish part of me wants to try again to see if it's at all possible to come out on top.
dunno what the story with uncle was tho, was expecting some shit to come out explaining why marston was so mean to him but nah.
― all the geir, no idea (ledge), Friday, 25 June 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i have trouble reading the top left hand messages, mostly because i sit so far away from the tv (its 32 inch). if i can be arsed to drag the bean bag out from it's den i'll plonk myself right in front.
anyway, quite enjoying this again. last night i walked into the middle of some chaos. At first i was hiding in a collapsed wooden hut in the snow trying to fend off a wild boar outside. Then I heard a lot of shooting and hollering down the road, so i went to investigate. Half a dozen blokes all being attacked by a pack of wild boar. Nobody survived, not even their horses.
so i looted the shit out of them.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Friday, 25 June 2010 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
haha yeah i feel like an addict in that respect. i have a giant battle with the mexican fucking army, single-handedly save the revolutionary cause, and then after the men walk away, singing into the night, i furtively sneak around and take all the dead guys' wallets even though i already have more money than i know what to do with
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 June 2010 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ahm too lazy fer lootin
― all the geir, no idea (ledge), Friday, 25 June 2010 09:05 (thirteen years ago) link
doubtless would be closer to the 10k achievement if i weren't
at least they let you pick up weapons and ammo whilst still on horseback, it can get frickin annoying having to dismount all the time to loot bodies.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Friday, 25 June 2010 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, the first time I found the daddy killer I just shot his ass to death from my horse and got a MISSION FAILED then reloadedwhich kind of exemplifies one of my biggest problems with this game: it cannot deal with you stepping off the rails for even a second.
― I have been forks-style since day one (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 June 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
well, the punters want total freedom, but they also want a compelling story with good writing and acting. you can't really do both!
if they wanted to stress replay value more, they really should have more mutually-exclusive decision trees written into the central story. i mean, what if you DID try to get with Bonnie Rancher Girl? What if you decided to crush the peasant revolution? you know, that kind of thing.
― goole, Friday, 25 June 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
persuaded mrs.ofthenest to let me buy a new hd telly. how can I convince her that we also need a PS3 and a copy of this game? have tried saying "blu-ray" lots, it doesn't appear to be working.
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Friday, 25 June 2010 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Saying "iplayer" too helped, in my case.
― JimD, Friday, 25 June 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i find that an adult tantrum can have a surprisingly disarming effect
― AESTHOLE (jjjusten), Friday, 25 June 2010 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Played the multiplayer co-op missions all day today.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 26 June 2010 10:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Killing a grizzly bear with a melee knife was stressful.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 28 June 2010 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
99.8%
Bounty missions starting to get on my nerves trying to find the last 2 locations.. Getting a lot of repeats too. =\
― mayor jingleberries, Monday, 28 June 2010 01:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I have tried the disarm six guys thing so many times but I am terrible at it. Always wind up shooting them in the arm or something.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 28 June 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't see myself ever getting 100%, I just don't have enough time. Maybe cos of those damn red balloons in Vice City, I was one short & spent hours retracing my steps trying to find the one I'd missed. Never again...
― Bill E, Monday, 28 June 2010 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
100%! My life has meaning.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 28 June 2010 07:10 (thirteen years ago) link