The fight in the art gallery was probably the funniest moment in the game for me so far
― calstars, Monday, 12 September 2022 15:10 (one year ago) link
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.
― pplains, Monday, 12 September 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
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
― groovypanda, Thursday, 22 September 2022 08:39 (one year ago) link
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."
― pplains, Thursday, 22 September 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
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)
― groovypanda, Thursday, 22 September 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
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.
― na (NA), Monday, 28 November 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
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.
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 28 November 2022 21:43 (one year ago) link
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!
― pplains, Monday, 28 November 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
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
― na (NA), Thursday, 15 December 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
The whole game is kind of like that. Just so much to look at, so many details.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 December 2022 23:56 (one year ago) link
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
― groovypanda, Monday, 19 December 2022 10:55 (one year ago) link
Got way too proud of myself for accomplishing this:
https://i.imgur.com/zCF7hPR.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 19 December 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
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
― na (NA), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
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.
― pplains, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
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
― na (NA), Friday, 27 January 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I didn't mind it, but I also didn't quite get the point. It's basically pre-integrated DLC.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 January 2023 17:15 (one year ago) link
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.
― na (NA), Friday, 27 January 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
You want open world, they should have given you the option to swim back to America.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 January 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
Lot of animals to discover there, and they're gone once you go back.
― pplains, Friday, 27 January 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
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.
― blatherskite, Friday, 27 January 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
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.
― pplains, Friday, 27 January 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
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
― na (NA), Friday, 27 January 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
tuberculosis simulator 2018
― na (NA), Friday, 3 February 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link
Even today, I tell myself, "Shoulda saved a version while you were still down by that lake."
― pplains, Friday, 3 February 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
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
― na (NA), Monday, 13 February 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
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?
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
have you finished the main story?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
no
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 20:55 (one year ago) link
You should probably do that, unless the story hasn't gripped you at all. It has a pretty well executed conclusion.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
Heh.
― pplains, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
Ok
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
couple of different ways it could end, but "well executed" can apply to any of 'em, one way or the other.
― pplains, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link
Vaguely intrigued
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
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
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link
I'll take the nagging wife simulator over the know-it-all uncle MCM though
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
Isn't the gist of it thematic, setting things up for the Godfather III-like "just when I thought I was out ..." shift?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
i was going to spoiler tag this but but the game is five years old so just uh beware spoilers
does the "epilogue" part of the game really open up the full map from RDR1? or just part of it? it's been so long since i played it but i recognize some of the landmarks for sure
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
i guess it's just part, since there's no mexico
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:05 (one year ago) link
I tried again the other night to heroically trudge on to the main story conclusion. I think I’m on chapter 6 now. We’re looking for new land because Dutch is a dumb fuck so we take a canoe to a dimly lit wood and I have to choose between using dynamite to flush out the bad people from their cave hideout or use stealth. I choose dynamite. I’m trying to move the damn character to the area where the dynamite has appeared as an item to interact with. I guess I get close? Then I’m throwing the dynamite and suddenly I’m in the cave somehow, and there’s a lady screaming and people shooting at me. I start to mash all the controller buttons together while turning the character around and jumping because I still cannot remember the mappings.
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
Apparently parts of Mexico are there but you have to use a glitch to get those parts of the map xp
― groovypanda, Thursday, 23 February 2023 10:34 (one year ago) link
I'm the white dot!
Red Dead Redemption
― pplains, Thursday, 23 February 2023 13:45 (one year ago) link
Reportedly "Red Dead Redemption" was just given a rating in South Korea, implying a remaster or remake is on its way.
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/06/red-dead-redemption-rated-in-korea-in-2023
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 14:25 (nine months ago) link
That would be decent, and long overdue. The undead nightmare dlc was brilliant.
― Ste, Thursday, 29 June 2023 09:28 (nine months ago) link
I’m going to need a PS5 version of RDR2 running at a consistent 60fps first. (And thus marks my first ILG post, I think?)
― spastic heritage, Friday, 30 June 2023 17:05 (nine months ago) link
People a talkin' about a new logo just introduced at Rockstar for "Red Dead Redemption" ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:23 (eight months ago) link
That's pretty cool - never played it and dove into RDR2 first, which as a prequel, makes playing RDR1 remastered a "sequel" of sorts that will slot in perfectly once it's out.
― octobeard, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:38 (eight months ago) link
I've got a huge backlog of games great and small, but even though I can't imagine a remaster/remake is particularly imminent, if it dropped tomorrow it would be at the top of my queue.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 July 2023 12:35 (eight months ago) link