I tried to play this at a friend's house and you had to pull off some street fighter II button combo bullshit just to eat a can of beans
― Dan I., Saturday, 29 December 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
LOL
― calstars, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
From all accounts this seems like an enormous time sink and there’s no way I could give the old timey west that much time. It would have to be blade runner 2814 or some shit for me to invest that much of my life
― calstars, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.audubon.org/news/birding-its-1899-inside-blockbuster-american-west-video-game
― na (NA), Friday, 4 January 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
Today I met a rancher randomly and he started shooting at me when I wouldn't leave the area, so I killed him. Then I set his pigs free. Who then all proceeded to munch on his corpse.
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:27 (five years ago) link
circle_of_life.wav
― Effectively Big Jim with a beard. (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:44 (five years ago) link
glad i found an example of this, which is one of the most clever and poignant details i've seen in this game:
**RDR2 SPOILER ALERT** unbelievable how much detail @RockstarGames has put into Red Dead Redemption 2. First pic is Arthur’s journal entry, Second is John’s entry for the same encounter. Arthur being the more experienced journal writer, his drawing was naturally better. pic.twitter.com/Pw8k2u03zx— Teo Kıral (@mayo_teo) November 17, 2018
― goole, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
wow! that's awesome.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
Do I lose much if I don't play the first game?
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
imo no
― Mordy, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
yeah not really. i'm sure the narrative elements don't line up 100% anyway.
― goole, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
"Pinkerton employees 'now have to explain to their young game players why Red Dead Redemption 2 encourages people to murder Pinkertons.'" Yes parents, video games can be educational https://t.co/qp9cQHXmQ1— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) January 16, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183843/red-dead-online-black-character-racism
― Bênoit Balls (stevie), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
uggggggggghhhhhh
good kicker, though
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 January 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
as an aside, there's some juicy stuff about the pinkertons in the last (and amazing) david grann book, "killers of the flower moon"
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 January 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
i think this focus on "achievements" runs counter to marston's character. for instance i don't do any of the bounty hunts. what the fuck do i care? i'm basically a criminal myself. i just want to find william williamson.
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 June 2010 11:37 (eight years ago) Permalink
you can read his discharge letter from the army. his name's not William!
― goole, Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
so many of the systems of this game are so strange. found hats are not stolen hats are not crafted hats:
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddeadredemption/comments/9w9mjc/havent_found_a_good_guide_for_stolen_hats_yet_so/
― goole, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
100% ~~
― goole, Monday, 11 February 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
How many hours?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 14 February 2019 06:48 (five years ago) link
I think this might be up there with Witcher 3 for me - just so cathartic and immersive.
On the other hand, I met my brother for a drink last week and he told me he got sexually assaulted in this game. I won't go into further detail but it was fairly graphic.
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 14 February 2019 07:57 (five years ago) link
That happened to a friend of mine and he went back to see if it would happen again but the NPC isn't interested in you any more after the first time.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Thursday, 14 February 2019 09:27 (five years ago) link
Yeah my brother said he went back and killed the guy in some elaborate manner.
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 14 February 2019 10:13 (five years ago) link
my wife got knocked out and picked up in a fireman's carry by some rando other player (presumably an 11 yo boy) but she pressed the Die button before they got wherever he was taking her. The Die button seems urgent and key.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
kf: i don't even want to know.
with the polar vortex and feb snowfalls i've been quote-unquote working from home quite a bit the past month
― goole, Thursday, 14 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
also a lot of racism online, no surprise: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183843/red-dead-online-black-character-racism
after dipping my toe in the water in both GTA online and RDR online, i have learned my lesson and will never participate in a rockstar game's online mode ever again.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
http://jazz.horse
― DJI, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
:)
https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/28/18244135/red-dead-rdr2-online-horse
― goole, Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
is this ever coming out on PC :(
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 26 April 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
probably
gta 5 had a 18 month lag from console to pc for what thats worth as precedent
― ciderpress, Friday, 26 April 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
RDR2 coming to PC, nov/dec <3
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 5 October 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
Yeah I might finally get to play this
― calstars, Saturday, 5 October 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
do not get this for PC
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 14 November 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
Why not
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 15 November 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
hey being a cowboy isn’t about asking questions like that, it’s about following orders
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 15 November 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
or maybe the opposite, i dunno i never finished the game
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 15 November 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
yeah heard the PC release was all hosed up.
i never finished it either. it's a stunningly gorgeous game, but man does it go on forever. i'd guess i probably have only ~5 hours left but it could be 25.
― circa1916, Friday, 15 November 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
half of people couldn't even get the game to launch, many others (including me) had stutters and crashes that were seemingly unrelated to hardware capacity- like even those with top of the line machines had them. unplayable. i guess this is the curse of easy patching, not super surprising but just a horribly done port
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 15 November 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
Ah well that answers that then
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
the game itself is gorgeous but the plot just repeats itself. 'we need one last heist to stop this life of crime for good' (something goes horribly wrong) 'we need one last heist to stop this life of crime for good' (something goes horribly wrong) 'we need one last heist to stop this life of crime for good' (something goes horribly wrong)
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 22 November 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
that sounds like The Point even if its not well executed
― ciderpress, Friday, 22 November 2019 23:31 (four years ago) link
Picked this up. It’s fun
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 24 November 2019 09:57 (four years ago) link
so i basically have no idea what you're supposed to do in online, what the point is. the different challenges and icons/etc are basically just like game lobbies distributed around the map? free roam was really quiet, i know there are missions and other players join for parts of them, but other than that it just seems completely empty and there is no point in doing anything. seems like wasted potential
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 15 May 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
I've been playing a lot of this lately. If you can manage to do just one daily challenge per day (which can be as simple as (go to x place)), you build up a multiplier that makes it a lot easier to get the gold you need to do stuff.
You want to focus on the daily challenges and the roles. Doing those tasks regularly sort of teaches you to play the game the way they want you play it.
If I feel like I'm in a spot where I'm wasting my time in a remote location, I load up the quick menu and launch into a multiplayer story mission or pvp, which both generally pay out well. They can be a little boring but it's a great way to get back on track really quick.
Generally, don't waste your money on anything except for the most important stuff early on.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 15 May 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
There isn't a point to it any more than there's a point to playing Animal Crossing. You have to enjoy being in the space and the expanse of it, I think.
It's the redheaded stepchild compared to gtao, no arguing with that.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 15 May 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
i agree about the wasted potential remark, though, for both RDR and GTA Online. there's a way to have fun with it, but it seems so limited and...strange. just a very strange vibe in both of those online places, it's hard to explain
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Friday, 15 May 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
they both have the otherworldly feeling of an airport. only in this airport, every once in a while someone will just drive by and murder you as soon as you respawn
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Friday, 15 May 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
Doing those tasks regularly sort of teaches you to play the game the way they want you play it.
this was something i needed to learn during the campaign. it really got more enjoyable once i got used to the relaxed pace, got very immersive. better the slower you play it. thanks for the tip! i don't doubt there is something there, just thought a cowboy MMO would be amazing but it just wasn't what i expected
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 15 May 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
Also, typing "rdr2 (name of thing)" into youtube is your friend.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 15 May 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Thanks to my shitty internet and the game's hilarious size it took me a full week to download it from Xbox Game Pass.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 15 May 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
so far i have to say i am appreciating that the economy makes sense now even if it's gamified to take advantage of 'whales'. like in the campaign money becomes irrelevant early on and the shootouts are so easy that tonics/food etc are basically meaningless which makes the RPG elements half baked
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 15 May 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link