Red Dead Redemption

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Playing the game without the mini-map/HUD on is...incredibly difficult, but incredibly fun.

Trying to complete the Survivalist challenges without the mini-map to show you the plant icon pop up when you're close is a challenge. I actually have to look around for the actual plants.

I might have to try that. I'm getting familiar with landscape now where I don't really use the waypoint system much anymore unless its a new location.

Plants would be crazy to find that way too, haha.


So, the shooting/marksman challenges are those random? I'm not talking about the ones in your journal, but the ones where you come up on a guy and he challenges you. I did one a couple hours into the game, but my rifle ran out of bullets and I haven't seen anymore since.

[Beantown]

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I might have to try that. I'm getting familiar with landscape now where I don't really use the waypoint system much anymore unless its a new location.

Plants would be crazy to find that way too, haha.

I'm currently running around on foot in Gaptooth Ridge looking for two more things of Desert Sage. And by that I mean...I am running in zig-zag patterns over every bush to see if it'll let me pick it.

And I thought I was pretty good with the landscape too....then I turned the map off and ended up going in circles for twenty minutes because I kept getting turned around by the challenges.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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It'd be funny if one of the outfits was a "flower picker" dress, haha.

Anyway, I had a couple cougars come at me while I was riding out to a bounty yesterday. One ****ing basically one hit killed my horse, so I got out my knife and slashed em both to hell. Now I have to break another horse.

[Beantown]

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It'd be funny if one of the outfits was a "flower picker" dress, haha.

Anyway, I had a couple cougars come at me while I was riding out to a bounty yesterday. One ****ing basically one hit killed my horse, so I got out my knife and slashed em both to hell. Now I have to break another horse.

I swear, I've had more cougars come up to me this time, on my second playthrough, when I'm walking around trying to collect flowers than my entire 27 hours I played through the first time.

It's like they see me in the distance and go: "Look at this fruity-Outlaw picking flowers by himself. Let's go ****ing eat him."

[Fresh Tendrils]

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You've already beat it? lol Damn. I just met Seth last night, haha.

But then again, I like to spend an hour or two hunting when I play. It reminds me of playing Oregon Trail in a weird way.

Anyway, I will say this about the game thus far. The story is definitely more inviting, immersible, and develops its characters and relationships a lot better than GTAIV.

[Chef Matt]

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I swear, I've had more cougars come up to me this time, on my second playthrough, when I'm walking around trying to collect flowers than my entire 27 hours I played through the first time.

It's like they see me in the distance and go: "Look at this fruity-Outlaw picking flowers by himself. Let's go ****ing eat him."

I'm litterally LMAO at that.

[BlueNGold]

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I swear, I've had more cougars come up to me this time, on my second playthrough, when I'm walking around trying to collect flowers than my entire 27 hours I played through the first time.

It's like they see me in the distance and go: "Look at this fruity-Outlaw picking flowers by himself. Let's go ****ing eat him."

Tempted to put that in my sig.

[bukktown]

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I'm so stupid. 24 hours of playtime into this game and I just realized That I have the war horse code on the backside of the insert that came with the game.

[23]

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Even if you don't love Westerns is a must-buy. I really don't care for anything Western at all and couldn't sit through a Western movie if it meant my life. But this game is just absolutely amazing.

Agreed... never watched em myself but from jumpstreet the game is fun

[Aces15]

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Does that song ever play again because I swear it did not play my first time in Mehico.

Yeah I don't remember that song being played when I got to Mexico... and I definitely would have remembered it.

Come to think of it, I've yet to hear any songs with words in them, it's all just been ambient music, for either chases and whatnot or just riding through the country.

[Jistic]

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So in the sharpshooter challenge it says I gotta shoot two hats of people. Is this only in a "duel" or just any gun fight? Do I have to use dead eye?

Finally found the spot where all the wolves are! It was hysterical, killing one and then they keep charging at me and my knife. Almost bit it a few times. Once I got my 5 with the knife it was shooting time.

Very cool how the wolves behaved. They would run at you and if you got a piece of them they'd run away. They did not fight til death. And the pack would circle me and keep making charges at me. Once they got a hold of you they tried to tear you apart and again if you shook 'em off they ran. The more I killed the more aggressive they became.

Just another awesome little drop in the bucket of win that is RDR.

[Pacman83]

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Wow...Can't think of words to describe the Ending....Wow

This game is Great, even before the ending...wasn't big on Westerns, but now they've got my attention, Thanks RDR

Enough to do in this game that I could spend the 1st month of summer occupied. UFC gets in 2morrow, and still might not get opened until next week.

[ScoobySnax]

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"Marston, you sure are one tight-lipped sumbitch" *with a country-assed accent* LMAO!

[The C]

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So in the sharpshooter challenge it says I gotta shoot two hats of people. Is this only in a "duel" or just any gun fight? Do I have to use dead eye?

Finally found the spot where all the wolves are! It was hysterical, killing one and then they keep charging at me and my knife. Almost bit it a few times. Once I got my 5 with the knife it was shooting time.

Very cool how the wolves behaved. They would run at you and if you got a piece of them they'd run away. They did not fight til death. And the pack would circle me and keep making charges at me. Once they got a hold of you they tried to tear you apart and again if you shook 'em off they ran. The more I killed the more aggressive they became.

Just another awesome little drop in the bucket of win that is RDR.

Any hat at any time.

[goh]

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Finished. Make sure you get the real ending by doing the stranger mission in Blackwater.

Spoiler

What did you guys do with his wife and brother? Let them go or not? I gave the wife the slit throat,run over by a train treatment,her legs were facing towards the train just to make it that much more gruesome and his brother got a throwing knife in the head,I wanted to do the knife execution but it only hit him,he ran then dead eye'd him with the throwing knife.

On a scale of There Will be Blood (one of only 3 movies I didn't watch all the way through) to Young Guns II this scores...City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold.