Alright boyz, here we go!!! Red Dead Redemption impressions thread!

[k0ruptr]

can someone please explain the duels to me? I died on my first one, I guess I didn't read the tutorial properly lol.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

can someone please explain the duels to me? I died on my first one, I guess I didn't read the tutorial properly lol.

I didn't really understand what I was doing on it either, but somehow I shot the hell out of the other guy.

[Scoobz0202]

Playing my first ever horseshoes game. Down 6-0, and not looking good. Then magically I threw a ringer... I had not been close on any prior.

This shit is hard.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Had a lot of fun playing last night. I died three times. Once was when I was hunting a bounty. I got the guy killed but then I kept getting attacked by other groups (4 different times) the last group did me in because they came so quickly after the 3rd. This game is going to be a lot of fun.

Through my careful calculations, I believe they are considered the fellow gang members hunting you down to get revenge. Basically need to keep riding to the nearest town and shooting them down as they come

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Playing my first ever horseshoes game. Down 6-0, and not looking good. Then magically I threw a ringer... I had not been close on any prior.

This shit is hard.

Make sure you're lining up your throw in aiming mode. I wasn't doing that at first and things got a lot easier once I started using it.

[Groundhog]

Welp, it was released here today and, despite my moaning and bitching in the video games thread, I bought it for $100 so I could have it in my hands straight away, rather than buying online for $70 and getting it in 3-4 days.

[korme]

I am incredibly bad with dead eye. Don't think I'm doing it right.

[DeToxRox]

Anyone find any bears or lions yet? If so, where?

[MizzouRah]

Played some horseshoes, killed me some bad men, hearded some cattle, bought a new gun.. time for a nap.

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Anyone find any bears or lions yet? If so, where?

Bears are up in the Northeast. West, northwest of Blackwater. Tall Something??

Lions, I dunno.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by korme

I am incredibly bad with dead eye. Don't think I'm doing it right.

If you have 360 (don't know ps3 controls), press RB to "paint" your target and then RT to shoot. You can paint multiple targets or multiple spots on one target.

[thesloppy]

The 'stats' menu is a great beginner's source of slight spoilers/hints of what you can do, and what is to come.

Spoiler

By perusing the list of stats I came across a list item for "people disarmed" both during duels and in general. From that hint, I started trying to shoot people in the arm during duels, and got a big bonus to my honor....eventually I also learned the technique during the dead eye tutorial. There was also a listing for "hats shot off", so I think I'll give that a try next.

Other stuff mentioned in the stats page that I haven't seen nor seen mentioned here, yet: arm wrestling, liar's dice, blackjack, binoculars (sure would like some of these), cars.

[Scoobz0202]

Oh jeez.

Spoiler

On the second horserace, the one a few missions after the race where you ride in the cart. I was winning but wasn't paying attention to the stamina meter and literally ten feet before the finish I was bucked and lost.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Anyone find any bears or lions yet? If so, where?

Mountain lions tend to be around the outskirts of the map, where the "mountains" are located

[illinifan999]

Fuck, this game is creeping into my real life now.

Just had to go into the backyard to grab something. It's dark, and I start thinking, "Wow, if this was RDR, I'd be checking my back every 5 seconds to make sure something isn't stalking me." As soon as I finish this thought, the dog next door starts barking like crazy. 25 seconds later, I pick myself up off the ground, wipe off the mud, look around to make sure no one saw me, and walk back into the house full of shame.

[Eaglesfan27]

CRAP! Stupid mistake. I got a beautiful stallion from a mission. Well, the next mission involved herding cows and I didn't do so well on my first attempt. So, I decided to go to the screen where you can retry missions. It even warned me that unsaved progress will be lost.. well, I just lost my great stallion I guess I could re-do that mission as well to get him back.

[Scoobz0202]

Spoiler

Just finished the Fort Mercer shit.


MEXICO HERE I COMES!


(only 28% done? Dayum!)

[SirFozzie]

Alright, I finally woke up after work..

who wants to play (and doesn't mind that I haven't even tried it before) +

[Doug5984]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

CRAP! Stupid mistake. I got a beautiful stallion from a mission. Well, the next mission involved herding cows and I didn't do so well on my first attempt. So, I decided to go to the screen where you can retry missions. It even warned me that unsaved progress will be lost.. well, I just lost my great stallion I guess I could re-do that mission as well to get him back.

Yeah I had that Stallion, a great horse he was- I even named him. Then I shot him in the head (on accident). It was sad.

[Scoobz0202]

Has anybody bought the expensive horses? Like 1500 bucks expensive.. Is there really a reason to fork out that much dough for a horse. The stallion seems like it's more then enough.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Has anybody bought the expensive horses? Like 1500 bucks expensive.. Is there really a reason to fork out that much dough for a horse. The stallion seems like it's more then enough.

I haven't, wish there was some sort of "horse stat guide" or something. Just broke a beautiful horse that I'd love to keep, but I can't tell if he's faster or has more stamina or anything.

[Atocep]

I have roughly 11 hours of playtime so far and I've completed all of 12 missions. They've done a great job of giving you things to do outside the main story and sidequests. I was bored with roaming around GTA 4 after a couple hours.

[thesloppy]

Made the mistake of wandering into a particularly bad spot in the mountains, where I was attacked by 5 boar, 6 mountain lions, and about 20 wolves in rapid succession. I died.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Atocep

I have roughly 11 hours of playtime so far and I've completed all of 12 missions. They've done a great job of giving you things to do outside the main story and sidequests. I was bored with roaming around GTA 4 after a couple hours.

Seems to be a big difference for me between GTA and RDR. I got the same bored feeling from GTA that you mention.

I haven't hit that point yet with RDR. The world just seems so much nicer to explore than GTA.


On a game note, screwed up on one of those random encounter quests. A guy was carrying a woman off as she was screaming and I was running after him and then was going to shoot him in the leg to drop him. Unfortunately we were on uneven ground and just as I went to shoot I slipped as did he and my shot killed the woman he was carrying.

Of course I had to shoot him and then loot them both afterwards (no sense in letting money go to waste).


Did succeed (finally) in a couple of those random quests as I saved a guy who was being robbed and also a woman who was about to be hung.


I still haven't seen a rattlesnake... I must not be paying enough attention.

[stevew]

This cow herding mission sucks balls. Oh noes, they're running for the cliffs!

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by illinifan999

Fuck, this game is creeping into my real life now.

Just had to go into the backyard to grab something. It's dark, and I start thinking, "Wow, if this was RDR, I'd be checking my back every 5 seconds to make sure something isn't stalking me." As soon as I finish this thought, the dog next door starts barking like crazy. 25 seconds later, I pick myself up off the ground, wipe off the mud, look around to make sure no one saw me, and walk back into the house full of shame.

Yesterday on my way to work I saw some wild flowers along the side of the road, I thought about stopping to pick some.

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by Atocep

I have roughly 11 hours of playtime so far and I've completed all of 12 missions. They've done a great job of giving you things to do outside the main story and sidequests. I was bored with roaming around GTA 4 after a couple hours.

I've wondered if that will hit me. In GTA IV I got bored pretty shortly after I unlocked the main island and never went back. So far with RDR I just unlocked Mexico and feel more excited about the game then ever. We'll see how long that lasts.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

I've wondered if that will hit me. In GTA IV I got bored pretty shortly after I unlocked the main island and never went back. So far with RDR I just unlocked Mexico and feel more excited about the game then ever. We'll see how long that lasts.

I've finished the first mission guy off in Mexico and started the next guy, and am still having fun. I think it's the varieties of the missions. In GTA, it seems like every mission is "drive to point A, kill people, escape police, drive to point A". In RDR, I'm still doing mission types that I've never done before.

[Senator]

Has anyone spent substantial time just kicking around and not doing missions? Just free roaming to see how far they can ride a horse in one direction, or looking for towns, nothing related to moving the game along per se, just exploring?

[Doug5984]

Originally Posted by Senator

Has anyone spent substantial time just kicking around and not doing missions? Just free roaming to see how far they can ride a horse in one direction, or looking for towns, nothing related to moving the game along per se, just exploring?

Every time I try to do that a blue dot pops up and someone needs help with something... Then I find myself back in or right around Armadillo.

[illinifan999]

The only thing that is frustrating me is the horses. You'd think a game where your primary means of transportation would give you some sort of info about the horses, other than a brief description in the general store. A little note in the stats screen about what horse you're currently riding would be amazing as well.

[SportsDino]

Consider horses similar to guns, sure there are stats underneath, but after playing the game a while you will get a 'feel' for the various guns and horses and instinctively know that a certain horse/gun is just better for your needs.

I would think for the majority of gameplay a middle of the range horse is just fine. Also I know there are loyalty bonuses for sticking with the same horse (more stamina the longer the horse knows you, so you can use the spurs more frequently to keep up speed). Basically I'd suggest getting a horse that looks cool more than worrying about stats... granted I haven't had any issues with racing or need for horse speed so far.

I'm actually playing more free roam than missions, a sort of woman-saving, evil-doing, poker-sharking, hunter-loner type. This game is bliss for stress relief (not to mention a time sink, gah!)... nothing funner then riding round the countryside and occaisonally stopping to shoot deer or other animals (and running like hell from anything dangerous).

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by illinifan999

The only thing that is frustrating me is the horses. You'd think a game where your primary means of transportation would give you some sort of info about the horses, other than a brief description in the general store. A little note in the stats screen about what horse you're currently riding would be amazing as well.

I agree - I have the War Horse code (for online) from Best Buy but who knows what is so special about it...

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

I've wondered if that will hit me. In GTA IV I got bored pretty shortly after I unlocked the main island and never went back. So far with RDR I just unlocked Mexico and feel more excited about the game then ever. We'll see how long that lasts.

The biggest difference for me between Red Dead Redemption and GTA IV is that exploring and doing side quests is actually fun to me in RDR. When playing GTA IV my attitude was basically do whatever gets me to the next mission, exploring the city really wasn't that much fun to me. Playing RDR so far I'be had a great time riding around doing the challenges, world events, meeting strangers, doing bounties and other exploring. It's also fun to play the mini games every once in a while and not having some asshole calling me every 5 minutes.

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by Senator

Has anyone spent substantial time just kicking around and not doing missions? Just free roaming to see how far they can ride a horse in one direction, or looking for towns, nothing related to moving the game along per se, just exploring?

I took some time recently to just ride around to the edges of the map. I'm still only in the first area but it has kept me plenty busy. I went looking for a place to hunt up in the mountains that I saw in preview videos but I'm guessing that's in the area up to the north that I haven't unlocked yet.

[spleen1015]

The GTA formula was pretty awesome the first time around. GTA3 is a landmark game. By the time GTA4 came out, it was really the 6th game in the series. I know I was bored of it by then.

RDR is a completely new experience.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by samifan24

I took some time recently to just ride around to the edges of the map. I'm still only in the first area but it has kept me plenty busy. I went looking for a place to hunt up in the mountains that I saw in preview videos but I'm guessing that's in the area up to the north that I haven't unlocked yet.

AFAIK, there's no areas that are locked. I went pretty far to the east, making it to Thieves Landing before I wanted to get into the story mode so I turned around.

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by illinifan999

AFAIK, there's no areas that are locked. I went pretty far to the east, making it to Thieves Landing before I wanted to get into the story mode so I turned around.

Hmm. I thought the area was locked because when I tried to set a waypoint to get there the game wouldn't let me do it.

[korme]

Originally Posted by illinifan999

If you have 360 (don't know ps3 controls), press RB to "paint" your target and then RT to shoot. You can paint multiple targets or multiple spots on one target.

click or hold? press was a terrible way to describe what i should do!?

also, if you just click is it supposed only last around 2 seconds? if so, i cannot be quick enough to hit more than one target

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by samifan24

Hmm. I thought the area was locked because when I tried to set a waypoint to get there the game wouldn't let me do it.

I dont know if you can set a waypoint in an area you havent been to before. But isn't thieves landing still in the mission area? Or is it in West Elizabeth?

[korme]

Originally Posted by Senator

Has anyone spent substantial time just kicking around and not doing missions? Just free roaming to see how far they can ride a horse in one direction, or looking for towns, nothing related to moving the game along per se, just exploring?

Around when I had only done a few of the missions, I took my horse and went all through the land as much as I could, just to see if I could find new things myself. It seems the towns pop up as you progress through the game, though, so it's just a lot of abandoned land. Found a lot of flowers though!

[korme]

My funny guy stranger has been a blast to deal with. After randomly meeting him, I then found him in the bottom of a mine, alone. Then, he was stuck in Pike's Basin with one of the gangs. Lots of gang members, and I rode my horse down into the basin and sneakily un-hogtied the funny man.

As he was running away and it was clear I was going to be unnoticed as I made my trip back up the cliff and out of Pike's Basin, I made the gut decision to turn back around and fight all of the Gang. It was epic.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by korme

click or hold? press was a terrible way to describe what i should do!?

also, if you just click is it supposed only last around 2 seconds? if so, i cannot be quick enough to hit more than one target

You hold LT, click the right stick, then click with the RB where you want to shoot. An X will show you where you "painted" the target. When you're done "painting", hit the RT and he'll fire at all the spots. The "dead eye" meter to the right of your map will let you know when you're running out of time.

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by mckerney

It's also fun to play the mini games every once in a while and not having some asshole calling me every 5 minutes.

This is one thing I have loved about it. I haven't played much of the Five Finger whatever but the card games, the dice game, and horseshoes are all legit fun games to play. I have spent a few hours playing blackjack and texas hold em.

[DeToxRox]

Does anyone know how to get on the 2nd floor of the saloon in Thieves Landing? I am looking for a purple question mark there, but unless I am totally stupid the person I am looking for is not on the first floor and again unless I am missing the obvious I do not see how to get up top.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

This is one thing I have loved about it. I haven't played much of the Five Finger whatever but the card games, the dice game, and horseshoes are all legit fun games to play. I have spent a few hours playing blackjack and texas hold em.

I thought the Five Finger game was fun, but easy. Good way to make money. This is the first Rockstar game where the side games don't feel like a waste of time. The poker game is a ton of fun.

[DanGarion]

Some minor annoyances with the game. I wish you could cut out the skinning scene, it's annoying and repetitive. Also wish you could cut out the dealing and etc for poker. I get it you are dealing cards, but I don't need to see it every single time. Maybe I'm just impatient, but these games that force to watch the same squence over and over slightly annoy me.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

You can hit something (RB I think) to skip to your next action in the poker game.

Agree with your larger point, though, especially with respect to skinning.

[spleen1015]

Speaking of the skinning scene....

The first time I skinned an animal, my 7 year old daughter was in the room talking to her brother who was watching me goof off. She watches it and says "Daddy? What kind of game is this? I'm telling mommy! MOMMY!!" And up stairs she goes.

I thought I was going to be fine since I wasn't really doing anything too nuts while she was in the room.

[illinifan999]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Some minor annoyances with the game. I wish you could cut out the skinning scene, it's annoying and repetitive.

It also sucks when you see a cougar running behind you, or hear the wolves making noise. Just get that feeling of dread.