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washed up on a caribbean island last night!! The local lawmen are very unpleasant but fortunately the oppressed native savages seem to be on my side...
why doesn't the person who you have hog tied react when the dead members of their family are piled up in front of them and torched using a molotov? asking for a friend
I guess they are just tougher than you!
Also for a friend, anyone had the bottle shooting competition? I keep losing even when using shotguns, but I could shoot him faster than he can react though.
But last chapter is on me now, a little dusty in here now, some side quests are happening but kind of want to get the story arc moving along, does feel like a good film or TV drama at the moment
So, as someone that loves the GTA franchise, but prefers cars and speed to horses and olde nostalgia, is RDR2 worth buying a console for?
Yes, I'm a huge R* fan and rarely buy any other games (I like a bit of Far Cry too).
But... it's not GTA on Horses, Like Cougar says, it's, and I hate to say this an 'experience' you need to enjoy the journey because you rarely get somewhere without at least one little incident on the way, usually a few. A single mission can take an hour and turn into adventure. If that's not for you it'll be a frustrating case of whipping your horse half to death as you tear about the massive map trying to get to the next thing and get pissed off because the Lemony Ravers have ambushed you again.
Anyone else incapable of resisting when you see a plume of black smoke in the distance?
I am really not getting far in the story, i head off with the plan of doing something and then end up on killing rampage or playing poker for way too long.
Some of the random deaths are funny 2 guys on horses coming at me first one jumps off starts shooting at my 2nd guy runs him down and kills him 🙂
what do i get for being honorable?
is it better than the satisfaction of shitting someone in the face and then dynamiting their horse? again , for a friend.
Keeps the shop prices down, and if you are playing the story not having to pile up 50 bodies to cross a map before waking up after the bounty hunters find you again.
Spoiler potential question here
After the end of chapter 6 can I finish the side quests?
satisfaction of shitting someone in the face
Is that why it's an 18?
what do i get for being honorable?
is it better than the satisfaction of shitting someone in the face and then dynamiting their horse? again , for a friend.
Alters the ending a bit in some cases, and supposedly the weather , dunno about that one.
Save being honorable for real life man, go have some fun!
Keeps the shop prices down,
Yeah I've around $24k so killing sprees and bad guy choices for me.
I liked RDR1 and liked GTA5 the first time through
Once I completed them I never really enjoyed them anymore
Waiting for the price to come down on RDR2
Apparently you can fashion outfits with items from the store & trapper to make Arthur look like Hans Solo or Woody from Toy Story! That’s tonight's mission…
Decided to cool off the missions for a bit and do some hunting to upgrade my satchel and blow up a few Klansmen.
bloody hell its harder than you think! how the hell do you get a perfect pelt!?? was hunting badgers for aaaages, spotted 3. bagged 1 good pelt and two poor, i used the bow on one and the varmint rifle ont others.
Took me a while to figure this out. Each animal you look at will have a star rating from 1 to 3. Only 3 star animals will give you a perfect pelt, but only if you kill them in a certain way. Study the animal and it will give you the ideal weapon for killing them. E.g. bow, varmint rifle, etc. Now make sure if you want a perfect pelt you use that weapon and get a clean kill through the head or heart. If you use dead eye it will show in red areas to target for this. What happens to the animal after you kill it can also reduce the quality of the pelt. For example if you shoot a ram and it falls down a rocky hillside then that could mess up it's pelt. Takes a bit of practice but you will get there. Main thing is just get used to only looking for 3 star animals.
love finding treasure maps in random places..mining town discovered last night and a new gang. just amazing !
Rene has it.
I have not been on for over a week due to family issues so looking forward to tomorrow for some carnage.
Assaulted the Cave last night - they are NOT nice people, took a lot of pleasure from gunning them down.
there's a trinket you can get the trapper to craft (from the legendary Buck i think) whcih increases the likelyhood of getting better pelts. You still can't get pristine/perfect from anything that's showing as only good/poor but you have less chance of it having holes in it from your weapon of choice
I might have to get out hunting again, got the Buck and I think a wascally wabbit is next on my list, pausing the main mission for a while, might need to go robbing though, which is a shame as I got quite a lot of redemption. Should also go fishing with that one legged guy
I've not done much of the main story since starting chapter 4, been caught up clearing out gang hideouts, doing hunting and fishing challenges and generally dicking about. Favorite thing just now is getting on the roof of a building and shooting everything that moves and seeing how long I can survive. Bank roof in Rhodes has been good for me so far.
I tried to keep going on the side stuff but ended up riding off to Tahiti with the boys 😉
Fed up of reading all the fun you lot are having, PS4 Pro and RDR2 impulse-bought and on the way... 🙂
impulse-bought and on the way…
I nearly bought one last night when I saw a deal at £199.95 for the bundle (for the slim with RDR2). Can't find it again today though - it's £219.95 everywhere.
Shopto Johndoh but it expired.
@Drac - yeah that's the one. I mentioned it to my wife and she said go for it too! DOH!
Should also go fishing with that one legged guy
You'd be better off using a rod.
Whats your Arthur been up to over the weekend?
i am the business end now it seems. Arthurs is losing faith in Dutch... he's also got TB!?
I am into Saint Denis so Chapter 4. mrs is out at some Xmas dos this week so should give me extra time!
Currently he is going for a hipster look with a big beard!
Just treated myself to an Xbox One X. Not usually one for these types of games (normally sim racing on the PC), but this is tempting. I'm crap at following stories and RP games in general. Will I get bored, or will it pull me in?
Whats your Arthur been up to over the weekend?
Writing Spoilers!!
Whats your Arthur been up to over the weekend?
i am the business end now it seems. Arthurs is losing faith in Dutch… he’s also got TB!?
I'm about the same, tbh he's looking pretty rough so I'm pushing through the story,. looking forward to completing it and doing a lot of free roaming, doing the side missions, crafting, etc.
yes watch the spoilers all!
singletrack group anyone?
Bought this on day one. Got on a train early on in chapter 2 and visited all the places the story probably takes you to and messed about for a good few days freeroaming before ever following the story. then headed back to the camp and very quickly realised I can't stand monotonous crafting/hunting/collecting games and haven't gone back to the game again since.
A friend did pretty much the opposite and only followed the story without being sidetracked and finished it in (I think) 2 days
Can't really see me enjoying Online multiplayer much more unless they let me (just me) have my garage from GTAV
A stw group wouldnt get anywhere, there would just be arguing about which horse was best. Didn't play it until a few days after it came out so I have to wait until Thursday to play online.
How do you tell if an animal is perfect before you hunt it? I'm taking my time on this game and only in chapter 2 so I'm on a hunting mission later for some kit upgrades.
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<div class="bbp-reply-content">Took me a while to figure this out. Each animal you look at will have a star rating from 1 to 3. Only 3 star animals will give you a perfect pelt, but only if you kill them in a certain way. Study the animal and it will give you the ideal weapon for killing them. E.g. bow, varmint rifle, etc. Now make sure if you want a perfect pelt you use that weapon and get a clean kill through the head or heart. If you use dead eye it will show in red areas to target for this. What happens to the animal after you kill it can also reduce the quality of the pelt. For example if you shoot a ram and it falls down a rocky hillside then that could mess up it’s pelt. Takes a bit of practice but you will get there. Main thing is just get used to only looking for 3 star animals.
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then headed back to the camp and very quickly realised I can’t stand monotonous crafting/hunting/collecting games and haven’t gone back to the game again since.
yep, agree about the RPG stuff, but the main story missions are pretty good so far, and it doesnt seem to force you to do all the boring RPG type stuff, which is good thing.
I'm still in chapter 2, but I dont really have much drive to carry on with it. I'll continue to dip into it every now and again I guess.
Its definitely game of the year material, possible even game of the decade, a technical masterpiece, but I still dont feel much desire to play it. Probably says more about me than RDR2
yeah, its ok shooting an animal as it legs it past, but slowly tracking the bastard is boring. as is searching for a particular creature for hours on end, as is the fishing... but as mentioned the game doesnt force you to do this stuff...
cba collecting all the fag packets either - but crafting is a p.o.p if you already have the gear in your handbag. the explosive bullets and fire arrows are great fun!!
then headed back to the camp and very quickly realised I can’t stand monotonous crafting/hunting/collecting games
It's not really a necessity to do any of that.
Yep, I basically skipped loads of the hunter gather stuff, plants were easy to find to make more magic reviver and you can get loads by looting the unfortunates anyway. Food is just a quick way to revive, and sleep is just when you want a break from the game.
I've discovered dual Mausers with express ammo can create a wonderful mess of O'Driscol's, Murfees and other ne'er-do-wells.
Really want that double action revolver, turns out you need to do stuff in GTA online to unlock it in Red Dead :/
I’m astounded
Nope I have it already (though I've finished the story, can't remember what unlocked it though) just head down any gun store, prefer the automatic pistol and sawn off these days though when I'm not roaming with the reloading shotgun
It’s locked in the shop.
Did you play GTA online ?
Nope, just kept playing through the game and it became available
Really ? I hope so
Anyone on the online stuff yet, don't think i can get on till tomorrow. Reports seem to indicate its a bit chaotic and if you try and do anything there are players camped out just shooting everybody they see making it less than fun.
It was ever thus. I'm amazed the servers aren't on their arse. I'd give it a couple of weeks till the novelty wears off.
Can you play private games online or is it MMO territory? I'm considerably less interested in playing with a bunch of random cretins and 14-year old boys high on Monster.
Not sure as its just beta currently so things may change for full release, dont mind some horseplay but if you cant roam around without constantly worrying about getting shot by scrotes then it'll be a bit sucky. I don't remember the first one being too bad for randoms being dicks. Although obviously shooting your mates horse was always funny.
but if you cant roam around without constantly worrying about getting shot by scrotes then it’ll be a bit sucky.
Having read some of the posts in here I know who I'm most worried about!!
Anyone on the online stuff yet, don’t think i can get on till tomorrow. Reports seem to indicate its a bit chaotic and if you try and do anything there are players camped out just shooting everybody they see making it less than fun.
Not yet, I hated GTA online, open world is a nightmare of 'greifing' and the general hell of other people and missions were boring and repetitive grindfests to earn a tiny amount of virtual currency to buy the latest reskinned car or gun.
R* have said it's all different with RDR, there's not much point killing other players (but of course that the only thing people want to do) and its supposed to be like the main game only with other players, but I've read that it's like Fortnite without winners.
I’ve read that it’s like Fortnite without winners.
So, it's like Fortnite then? (-:
Oooooh I can play online now.
Had a quick play. Has potential plays almost the same as the main game, there's a few griefers but not bad and shooting them puts an end to it. Join a posse for more protection.
We can organise stw posse I guess. I'm ChokoMoroko.
I assume we need declare Team Blue / Team Green also?
Finished the story, really enjoyed it. Don't know yet if I will do the online stuff, I made a character and had a look around. Maybe revisit it in a week or so after a break.
Really enjoying wandering round the map going to all the small buildings and high points and forested areas I haven’t been etc. find loads of cool stuff. Meteors!
How is everyone getting on with online now?
I'm still enjoying it but making cash is low, killing other players in comedy ways is funny though.
Finally tried online the other night. One hour in and still not actually playing, unless you can call being babied through the controls and watching dull cut scenes "playing". so gave up on it entirely.
I just don't have the attention span or care enough to wait an hour to play any game... especially a dull one where you control a ****ing horse
#2600Generation
How is everyone getting on with online now?
Stole my first horse which ended up with my killing most of the bad guys as one of the group gave up and the other ran off to the stable. Going to give it a bit more of a go later
The online is good if you have a posse, on your own you just battered, tired Battle Royale mode that was good fun, King of the Castle was just carnage. Doing the missions co-op is good fun other than my mate seemingly starting a war with everything
Quick question for the parents who play this game. Is this suitable for a 13 year old? My son is banging on about wanting it for Christmas. He's a sensible lad and game time is strictly limited.
Cheers.
@Sqwubbsy - I played worse (moral) games at 13 I would have thought. there is obviously violence and shooting of people etc but I haven't come across anything that I would consider too bad yet (in a gaming context obviously not in a normal real life situation).
Is there a way to get your stats on the game? Normally on Rockstar games you get a summary screen with time played, miles walked, miles ridden etc but I haven't been able to find it yet.
Thanks Robbo. Kinda what I was thinking.
I havent played online yet as we are waiting for Fibre installation at our house. looking forward to it!
I'd agree with Robbo there. It is violent, you can basically kill anything that moves. But in general, the characters treat each other pretty well!
There is some fruity language and you can graphically blow someone's head off with a shotgun. If anyone wants I'm ChokoMoroko, keep on getting shot while picking flowers in the online....
Thanks folks. He'll be a happy lad come Christmas.
It's violent, and bloody, there's is a fair amount of swearing, and one sex scene so far ( in the drinking with Lenny mission, if you wander into one of the rooms in the brothel you come across a bloke being ridden by one of the ladies, full nakedness etc) I'd say not at all suitable for a 13 year old......but YMMV.
If anyone wants I’m ChokoMoroko, keep on getting shot while picking flowers in the online….
Happy to oblige, I haven't got the shotgun yet so you might have sto stand still a bit longer while I reload.....
@julians I know what you mean but I guess it depends on the 13 year old. At that age I had seen films like predator, die hard the fly and played games like duke nukem, soldier of fortune etc. Tough to make a call I guess but it is an individual parents decision - we can only advise what the content is.
keep on getting shot while picking flowers in the online….
Can't be me as I'll just run you over with my horse.
I’ve only been shot at twice online I think, my preferred counter attack is to lasso them and drag them along the road until I get bored
played a Bows only battle royal which was alright, problem was when it ended there were 20ish players in the same spot which is when the real carnage started
the main online story has stopped at 75% so am doing side missions until it hopefully continues, annoying this is that I’m only at level 10 so limited to what weapons I can buy
Might stop picking flowers.
Find spots away from the main towns and you can flower arrange in peace.
The online part of the game seems to be designed to extract as much real cash from you as it can. Compared to the main story everything is more expensive and you only get a few cents online where you would expect to get a few dollars in the main story, e.g. like if you rob someone.
Will give it one more go but if it is going to take a couple of weeks play just to buy one decent weapon then I'll chuck it.
I think if you're on PS4 then you can get free pistol from fence at thief's landing.