Red Dead Redemption

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.

I think the maps will be fine since you can zoom in on them pretty far.

aren't all games these days designed to be played on 40" tvs though, i always have trouble with reading text and stuff

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.

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.

***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.

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.

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

ahm too lazy fer lootin

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.

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 reloaded
which kind of exemplifies one of my biggest problems with this game: it cannot deal with you stepping off the rails for even a second.

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.

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.

Saying "iplayer" too helped, in my case.

i find that an adult tantrum can have a surprisingly disarming effect

Played the multiplayer co-op missions all day today.

Killing a grizzly bear with a melee knife was stressful.

99.8%

Bounty missions starting to get on my nerves trying to find the last 2 locations.. Getting a lot of repeats too. =\

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.

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...

100%! My life has meaning.

w00t!

so how did you go about the sharpshooter level ten, that's been doing my nut a bit.

ha i never got that last balloon either, sometimes i load it up just to have a look. one day..

so the dead-eye auto reload doesn't count as a reload for sharpshooter 10? that'll make it easier.

I also 100%'d last night.

tried one of the advanced co-ops last night. kind of fun, really really really hard. i dunno how anybody plays with expert targeting on...

so how did you go about the sharpshooter level ten, that's been doing my nut a bit.

The mine is great for it because everyone is always right in front of you, and pretty close. Also, lots of moonshine.

I cheated a bit for the sharpshooter lvl 10. Theres a youtube video about it where it basically suggests going into a crowded saloon and opening fire on everyone.

For those co-op missions do you have to have a team of 4 all ready to go, or can you just jump in randomly with 3 other players? Seems I'm never online at the same time as anyone else I know & would be keen to give them a try.

You can do 'em with randoms.

Sweet, ta!

what does moonshine do?

go BOOM?

lol @ doing a couple bonnie missions in a row last night. "oh, what a nice day in ye olde west, hey bonnie...oh, i guess it's dark and stormy now...oh shit, it's nice out again but the barn is on fire!"

i thought me and bonnie had something special going on ;_;

so did she ;_;

I wanted to shoot the revolutionary that you had to rescue for louisa

i wanted to shoot basically everyone you worked for. except maybe for the wild bill character, he could have been a sweet sidekick

yeah i really hated the necrophiliac treasure hunter dude. he seemed like a guy john marston would put out of his misery on principle.

after doing a bunch of missions last night i thought i'd treat myself to a stagecoach back to town. except, i tried to get in on the wrong side, which meant i accidentally coach-jacked the dude. cue mid-speed chase, giving myself up, jail time, etc. there should be an apology button.

I hated the professor guy most of all.

i tried to get in on the wrong side, which meant i accidentally coach-jacked the dude.

haha I have done this soooo many times

it seems like the writers forget what john's motivation is half the time. he has to put up with these useless assholes because they are instrumental to getting the job done and getting your wife back. but half the time your attitude is like, "hey, zany character of the frontier, i will run around w/ u." and it's not really clear why these guys are necessary since you're tromping all over and killing dozens of people a minute anyway.

the stranger missions are worse, they're all like some really sick horribly formed joeks. hey get these flowers for my wife. oh she's dead lol! today's my wedding day - to a guy who died years ago lol! i've gotta get to california - oh i'm dead lol!

btw got my sharpshooter 10 in macfarlane's ranch, picking on poor innocent cowpokes. advantage being that they don't get another gun once you've disarmed them, and it's pretty quiet there so you also don't get half a dozen other guys trying to put lead in you just for drawing your weapon.

it seems like the writers forget what gta iii guy tommy nikojohn's motivation is half the time. he has to put up with these useless assholes because they are instrumental to getting the job done and killing your ex-girlfriend getting all the drugs settling in America getting your wife back. but half the time your attitude is like, "hey, zany character of liberty city vice city liberty city the frontier, i will run around w/ u." and it's not really clear why these guys are necessary since you're tromping all over and killing dozens of people a minute anyway.

uh yeah it's always been a problem

I'm up to 85.1% now after playing for roughly 22 hours. All storyline missions complete, all areas discovered, all treasures found and all gang hideouts cleared. To get my 100% I still need to complete the stangers tasks and collect all the bounties which are straightforward enough but I'm afraid I'll never get 100% because I just can't win any of the minigames for the life of me. I haven't got a clue what's going on with Liar's Dice and Horseshoes seems more luck than anything else. I'll probably spend another week or so trying to get to 100% then knock it on the head.

However I spent an hour last night in multiplayer for the first time, had a great time clearing gang hideouts with some guy who invited me to join his posse. So I think that even if I give up on the singleplayer, there's still plenty of life left in this game with the multiplayer.

Got 100% last night, 38 hours. Horseshoes: aiming with left trigger is u+k. liar's dice: stick to low gambles and let them make the first stupid move. Poker is a bit harder but the NPCs are pretty wimpy so you can generally bully them into folding.