Red Dead Redemption

I don't think you can ever find Gavin, tbh. I think if you kill the mad preacher in the river he comes back (!), dunno if that's a glitch or intentional.

And yeah, I pretty much shot anybody that pulled a gun on me first. Like, oh, so that's how you want it to be?! I felt the worst when I rescued someone from a cage on the back of a wagon, killed their captors, but then accidentally pointed my gun at the rescued person and scared them away. I wish there was a "no, wait, please come back!" button.

The supernatural stuff, iirc there is something about a vampire, a bit about ghosts, and also a UFO sighting, but a couple of the quests are pretty obscure and convoluted.

Yeah, I've read about the ghosts and vampires, how you have to time it just right and be in the area within a certain window. Nah, let that vampire come and find ME.

I felt the worst when I rescued someone from a cage on the back of a wagon, killed their captors, but then accidentally pointed my gun at the rescued person and scared them away.

Happened to me last night. Came across the Skinner Bros giving a woman a hard time after they had put an arrow through her husband's chest. Killed the Skinners, but instead of bringing up the GREET or ADMONISH choices as she was was kneeling over her husband's body, I aimed my rifle right at her head. This understandably did not improve a bad situation, so I restarted from my last save.

(If I find a nickel, I'm re-saving the game.)

Revisiting online lately (as well as gta too) and having a bit of fun with a mate. We got the collectors bag and just enjoying roaming around looking for stuff.

gta I've been spinning that wheel and winning bundles of cars!

I'm going to break down and buy that PS+ card at some point.

"Ah! It's good to see you again! That's a fine pelt you have there with you. Are you looking to sell?"

"Listen. It's time for you to answer a few questions. First of all, how are you always here in the market when I just saw you in the goddamm woods?"

"I don't buy from stores. Everything I sell is handmade –"

"Shut the fuck up! I fast travel from Strawberry to St. Denis, and you've somehow disassembled your camp, packed all your game, gotten here first and set everything back up again before I'm even back in town! What the hell is going on?"

"If you ever see a man near Rhodes –"

"And speaking of those bumfuck areas you set up camp in! I once built a fire 300 yards away from you and was set on by the Skinner Brothers within seconds. How do you sit alone up there and not get fucked with? By the Skinners, the Murfrees, or hell, even A BEAR."

"The new president is trying to turn the West into a theme park."

I've basically wrapped it up, around 93.7%. Just riding around, tying up a few loose ends.

And I'm still finding new stuff just out of nowhere. Strange statues. The guy who challenges me to a duel and then keels over dead before anything happens.

Stopped to admire the view from atop a mountain, look down, and there's a monk meditating on the edge of the cliff!

He was not responsive. Especially to John Moronston, who just kept going, "What are you doing?"

I know the guy is the face of the franchise, but man. His dumbfuck little scribbles in Arthur's notebook. How he can't ever remember what his name is supposed to be. My favorite is when I see a bonfire in the woods and bring my horse to a slow, stealty trot, the way Marston yelps, "HELLO?"

Anyway, last night I saw the guy who's the subject of this wiki tip:

• He cannot be looted since he is not wearing any clothes.

I wasn't planning on getting that close to him anyway.

Wow 90 percent
Maybe I’ll get there by 2025

I look at what's left, and it just doesn't light a fire under me to get them done.

For example, my next step in the horseman challenge is to drag someone 3,330 feet with the lasso. Went to Armadillo, found some poor sick person vomiting into a horse's trough and roped him up. He screamed in agony until finally dying around the 2,400-ft mark.

Just wasn't that fun, for obvious reasons. Even on the next three times I tried it.

i'm also in chapter 4, and it's a little disappointing because i totally explored this city a couple chapters ago. i really goofed off a ton during chapter 2, avoiding the story entirely. but i imagine that the chapter 4 stuff will let me interact with things a little more

― Karl Malone, Friday, November 23, 2018 10:46 PM

Alongthoselines, I saved the treasure maps for last. Kept getting ones that looked like places I had already explored.

ME: I've already been behind this waterfall. There was nothing there!

THE INTERNET: *look again!*

Finally started this and loving it obviously (on Chapter 2)

Anyone got any advice on upgrades (camp or otherwise)? Like is there a satchel or saddle or whatever that you should really try and craft early on?

And do the ammunition ones make much difference? I've been doing just fine in shootouts so far without having bought any ammo, let alone crafted any special bullets

I don’t think it matters that much. The game makes shooting pretty easy. It doesn’t want to get you frustrated and rage quit …

I don't think ammo really matters. In terms of upgrades, I want to say focus on stuff that increases capacity. There are some good quality of life trinkets and talismans to aim for, too, though there's no hurry.

I found that I eventually had so much money that I upgraded everything just for the sake of spending it, so just prioritize what ever seems to make life easier for you in the start, because you’ll get everything else eventually.

The fight in the art gallery was probably the funniest moment in the game for me so far

Anyone got any advice on upgrades (camp or otherwise)?

Get that Legendary Buck first. The prize will be more findings of three-star animals.

There's also a good trinket to get that keeps animals from spoiling on your horse.

Chapters 2 and 3 are a good time to get a lot of that stuff out of the way.

Man, this game

Have only just completed Chapter 2 and reckon, similar to the first one, 90+% of my time is spent hunting animals, collecting herbs, doing challenges and generally just wandering around. So fucking good

I wish I had done a lot more of that stuff right around where you are now, Chapters 2 and 3.

It did leave me with plenty to do after the missions were over, but whenever I'd complete a challenge and get the reward, I'd think, "Boy, I sure could've used that a month ago."

Best moment so far was when I shot the Legendary Bison with a poison arrow and then the fucker decided to run into the lake and drown, leaving me unable to skin it and harvest the parts (thankfully they then auto appear in the fence's inventory so it doesn't stop you crafting any of the talismans)

i'm trying starting RDR2 over from the beginning. i could never get into it despite my love for the first one, and i stopped playing for so long that i feel like i need the refresh of a complete restart. i'm sure i've complained about this upthread but my main obstacle is how arthur moves. he lumbers around like frankenstein's monster, so slow and clumsy, which isn't very fun to play. it still looks gorgeous though, even as a ps4 game that came out four years ago.

ha, I like that about him. especially at the beginning, he's just this big lumbering goof, along for the ride, being told what to do. So Frankenstein's monster is kind of accurate.

I really wish I could play the first game. it's unfathomable to me that people could put so much time and effort into these prolonged narratives and they can just vanish in a generation.

tried to play GTAV after this and it just makes RDR2 seem even better. I keep being annoyed that I can't interact with objects or people the way you can in RDR2, they all just seem like fake props.

I didn't realize until after RDR2 how much the GTAV POV camera floats and bobs, reality show-wise, during cutscenes.

And so many more burglary options in RDR2!

i accidentally ended up in Saint Denis and man that is an overwhelming experience if you're not expecting it. it's so huge and so beautifully designed, with so much detail to look at. impressive

The whole game is kind of like that. Just so much to look at, so many details.

Finished this the other week. Just an incredible game.

Crazy that you can put in 100 hours plus to complete it and still won't have unlocked all that south western bit of the map

Finished this the other week. Just an incredible game.

Crazy that you can put in 100 hours plus to complete it and still won't have unlocked all that south western bit of the map

Got way too proud of myself for accomplishing this:

https://i.imgur.com/zCF7hPR.jpg

played a lot of RDR2 over the holidays. i need to do more exploration/hunting/etc, i've mostly been following the plot so far. just started the st. denis chapter

they should have a GTA-style thing where you can pick the music while you're riding around, but instead of radio stations, it's different folk singers riding on donkeys next to your horse

I finally started in on the online version.

The missions are pretty much the same, but the characters are fun. Been a few "Wait, I know this guy," moments. My biggest complaint is how much they want you to grind everything three different ways. This will cost money, but this can only be bought with gold. All these neat roles and, well, I guess I'll get a chance at one of them this summer when I can finally afford the right bag.

Live sessions are a different vibe from GTAO. Other players in the missions seem invested in winning the missions. No one really fucks around with you out in the open. Having a defensive mode and not being able to see other players on the map until they're in your vicinity must help.

got to guarma, thought "wow this huge game even has a totally separate tropical island environment, i can't wait to explore it" and then the whole section is basically on rails and is just a lot of running around shooting soldiers, disappointing

Yeah, I didn't mind it, but I also didn't quite get the point. It's basically pre-integrated DLC.

i didn't really care that much about the lack of freedom to explore but the missions on the island were tedious and could've used some variety. i guess following an old lady through a cave and shooting a cannon at a ship was fairly cool.

You want open world, they should have given you the option to swim back to America.

Lot of animals to discover there, and they're gone once you go back.

It’s also at an odd point in the narrative. After this terrible heist that should leave Arthur grief-stricken, here’s Gilligan’s Island. Felt like a lesser version of RDR’s Mexico chapter, as well.

It must have felt like practice for the designers who eventually built Cayo Perico in GTA Online.

And I suspect there'll be more Guarmas/Cayos in GTA6.

it did feel a little too uncharted/tomb raider/assassin's creed; i.e. i've already played a lot of big open-world games with jungle environments

tuberculosis simulator 2018

Even today, I tell myself, "Shoulda saved a version while you were still down by that lake."

i thought i was basically done with this game and then "EPILOGUE: PART I" popped up. i genuinely laughed out loud

not really enjoying "nagging wife simulator 2018" that much so far though

I think I'm about 75-80% done. seems like such a slog to get through the rest...maybe I should just start playing last of us?

have you finished the main story?

no

You should probably do that, unless the story hasn't gripped you at all. It has a pretty well executed conclusion.

Heh.

Ok

couple of different ways it could end, but "well executed" can apply to any of 'em, one way or the other.

Vaguely intrigued

i thought i was basically done with this game and then "EPILOGUE: PART I" popped up. i genuinely laughed out loud

not really enjoying "nagging wife simulator 2018" that much so far though

Haha, yeah that first bit when you're just doing farm chores is a bit of a drag but it does get better.

I guess the main purpose, given how the main story concludes, is that it lets you continue playing to complete any outstanding tasks, challenges, rock paintings etc if you so wish