RDR2

In reply to z31maniac :

I wanted to do everything in one shot, as it was made available*. The main story itself is close to 60 hours. May be a bit of an exaggeration at 20 hours of video, but there's a lot of 5 and 10 minute segments that you go through, with a few that took closer to 25. Typical mission is 5 minute setup, going to location, whatever you need to do, shootout, possible ride to other location, another video ending it. 

What killed me was "oh I'll just do one more mission before bed" and 45 minutes to an hour later without even dying and redoing anything I was finally finished with it. 

* I'm weird with games like this. I like a busy map and an empty map at the same time. No matter what it is, whenever I level up or unlock new content, I go out of my way to do it all before moving on. This usually leads to a buildup of stuff to do and my being extremely overpowered when I do move on, but in red dead it added a lot more emotional weight onto my character and the story. 

Red Dead 2 the 2/3 days of downloading.  Better be worth it!

R* has proven, with GTA V and RDR2, that people still want to play cops & robbers and cowboys & Indians. 

I didn't get far in GTA V, never played RDR, but I'm enjoying RDR2. 

I finally broke down and bought another PS4 Pro. Had RDR2 for free, about 15% through the story now, just busted Micah out of prison, done a few side things. Absolutely gorgeous game on the 4k TV, even the girlfriend was amazed.

I’m almost done, and after the initial shock of the giant world, the story and game have been killer.  Plus i berkeleying smoked the legendary bear on the first shot while i was on the ground and it was trying to eat me.  

Patrick said:

I’m almost done, and after the initial shock of the giant world, the story and game have been killer.  Plus i berkeleying smoked the legendary bear on the first shot while i was on the ground and it was trying to eat me.  

Had a similar experience against a normal bear.  I heard it and it tried to bum rush me from behind.  I was personally screaming like a girl and blasted it full panic mode in the face.  Good times!

Beat the storyline missions last night.  Don’t ignore the credits as they reveal lots of stuff.  

I hope they do DLC’s to do the blackwater heist and to fill in the time between the end and the beginning of RDR

Patrick said:

Plus i berkeleying smoked the legendary bear on the first shot while i was on the ground and it was trying to eat me.  

I killed him with my pistol. On my back. Underneath the bear. Almost dead. Too early in the game, to have a grasp on controls and how to arm yourself when getting off your horse.... 

Don’t worry, you’ll never fully get a grasp on the controls.  They suck.  Very disappointing, considering the story is incredibly good, and the graphics/scenery/motion capture are brilliantly done. 

 I'm far enough in the story that Dutch is really pissing me off. Anyone still playing, or finished, this game? 

In reply to RealMiniNoMore :

I finished it and haven't touched it since. Since I went for 100% from the beginning, I don't really have a reason to go back. 

I had been trying to kill Dutch since chapter 2. I feel like in real life someone would have gut shot him and left him in the desert years before he ever had that sort of "power". I would have, at least. 

I do wish more people were playing online, it could be fun, especially since they've started updating it some. 

I finished it. It sucks that once you finish it there really is nothing else to do in the game. All the things that I had not done are now off the map. 

its on sale this week on xbox live for $38. 

Don't forget that today (5 November), Red Dead Redemption 2 is available for PC. I downloaded the Rockstar Games launcher and got a free upgrade from the Standard to the Special edition. I'm not sure if I caught the tail end of the pre-order sale or what but it also comes with a free R* game (GTAIII, Max Payne 3, etc).

The only bummer is that you have to use the R* launcher. Its not available on Steam (yet?) so you are stuck using their launcher. Everybody has their own damn launcher these days

So it looks like you can buy RDR2 through the Epic Games launcher as well. I think you can get the pre-order bonuses until the game unlocks at 8AM EST but I'm not 100% certain.

https://www.pcgamer.com/when-does-red-dead-2-pc-unlock/

Also, check out the system requirements. I'm running an ASUS ROG laptop from 2016 with a GEFORCE GTX 960M so we will see how that goes.

https://www.pcgamer.com/red-dead-redemption-2-system-requirements/

Picked this back up again this week after a few years. According to my save data I tried another playthrough in 21, but I don't even remember that. 

I forgot just how beautiful and immersive this world is. I also forgot how much distance there is between places and all the little stuff that fleshes the game out but also feels kinda like a slog there is. So many animals to study, so much hunting to do for equipment, and good Lord the challenges.

I really wish they would have done some single player dlc instead of keeping the focus on online. I suspect GTA6 will be the same in that regard. 

Now that is been on PC for a while, how are you guys doing with it? Any good mods out there to change it up or make quality of life improvements? 

I'm thinking about making the switch from console, because there's only 3 games in looking forward to between now and Xmas 25, but there's a ton of formerly PlayStation exclusives making their way to PC these days. 

RevRico said:

....I'm thinking about making the switch from console, because there's only 3 games in looking forward to between now and Xmas 25, but there's a ton of formerly PlayStation exclusives making their way to PC these days. 

I am essentially doing the same thing.  I need to cancel my PS Plus account, I just don't use it anymore.  I have little interest in investing in a new PS (you don't really gain much of anything anyway).  The main reason I had a PS was for Gran Tourismo.  Now that I am on Assetto Corsa on the PC, there is really little need for it.  I never even got the most recent GT.

I like the "it just works" aspect of consoles, but the PC stuff seems to be pretty solid, and I don't mess with the higher demand (e.g. shooters) stuff anyway where you can get pretty different experiences depending on your equipment.

I am not sure I actually own anything buying through Steam, but all the PS stuff is digital now also, so not a bit difference.

Death of consols?

I keep my console because I use it for my YouTube interface with my TV.  I sometimes play games on it.  I just finished the Mafia II remastered version.  It was fun.  I have a couple of other games on there that I will sometimes go back to.  Skyrim is one.  

But all my "real" gaming is on PC  I started on PC and only really got into the console because of the Online racing stuff here with the GRM guys.  But we are now back on PC with that.  I am not planning on getting a PS5.

I started my third play-thru of the game a couple of months ago.  I use it to kill time as much as anything which is kind of not great because I really should be limiting screen time and getting outside to do things in the garage or yard etc.  

I wish all of the challenges could be done without hacks or other tricks in Chapter 2.  I know it's technically possible but doing things like carrying an animal corpse through areas you aren't supposed to be in so an invisible sniper can't kill you just seems like a big hassle.  Same with whatever it takes to get to that far away tropical island (trying to not spoil this for anyone who hasn't played this now six year old game) to go sight seeing and such.  

RDR3 can't get here soon enough.  No other game that is supposed to be similar really interests me that I know of.  RDR2 basically got me through living in a strange town in 2020/21 when I didn't have much to do at night.