Red Dead Redemption

[Michael321]

Re: Red Dead Redemption

I'm still confused on what to get this for. I think I'm gonna wait and make sure its identical on both systems before I order it. All the video's have been 360 right? How was GTA4 on PS3?

[NEOPARADIGM]

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I'm still confused on what to get this for. I think I'm gonna wait and make sure its identical on both systems before I order it. All the video's have been 360 right? How was GTA4 on PS3?

Rockstar San Diego is making this game, which is not the same studio that made GTA IV. The proper comparison, if it's even worth anything anyway, would be with Midnight Club: LA.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/xbox-360-vs-ps3-face-off-round-15-article?page=3

First of all, the 360 game is standard 720p, while the PS3 blows up a base 960x720 image sideways to fill the screen - a 33 per cent increase in detail for Xbox owners. Different anti-aliasing methods are invoked on both versions too. The Xbox 360 uses the tried and tested 2x multisampling AA, while the PS3 game uses a method called quincunx. Seen before - alas - in games like Assassin's Creed and Need for Speed: ProStreet, quincunx provides better-looking edges than MSAA, the disadvantage being that the entire texture is blurred. This, combined with the resolution deficiency (itself creating a blur due to the scaling) gives an obvious advantage to the Xbox 360 code.

For its part, the 360 game isn't beyond reproach either. Frame-rate drops not seen in the PS3 game crop up - but in the oddest of places. Some of the really impressive GPS zoom-ins jerk and judder once the car models appear, and even less stressful stuff such as in-game cut-scenes can also lose frames. Close-up zooms on the cars can also give the 360 code pause too - these are not resolved by using an NXE hard disk installation by the way, we checked. Crucially though, the actual gameplay itself seems to be lacking these problems, and that's far more important than the weirdness exhibited in the presentation elements.

Personally, I doubt it'll be anything substantial anyway. The days of a PS3 version being considerably worse than its 360 counterpart are long gone, and there's almost no chance the 360 version will see anything drastically different even if the PS3 version is slightly better. You can pretty much chalk it up to "whichever controller you like better" or "whichever system your friends are buying it for."

[Money99]

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Can't you just change the delivery address to your home if you are going to be home "sick" that day?

I wish. Because I live in Canada, Amazon.com won't guarantee release-day delivery.
It would be 7-11 days. And of course the shipping would be more money too, negating the discounted price.

[Money99]

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Personally, I doubt it'll be anything substantial anyway. The days of a PS3 version being considerably worse than its 360 counterpart are long gone, and there's almost no chance the 360 version will see anything drastically different even if the PS3 version is slightly better. You can pretty much chalk it up to "whichever controller you like better" or "whichever system your friends are buying it for."

I don't know about that. I played Assassins Creed II on both systems and my PS3 copy looked considerably worse than the 360's.
I remember one tomb in particular it looked like I was playing through a Vaseline lens.
In game action also seemed washed-out and certain landscapes lacked detail and polish.

Also, the cut-scenes were particularly rough. In several of them I noticed lots of clipping.
It drove me nuts playing that game knowing the 360 version looked a lot better.

[LingeringRegime]

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I don't know about that. I played Assassins Creed II on both systems and my PS3 copy looked considerably worse than the 360's.
I remember one tomb in particular it looked like I was playing through a Vaseline lens.
In game action also seemed washed-out and certain landscapes lacked detail and polish.

Also, the cut-scenes were particularly rough. In several of them I noticed lots of clipping.
It drove me nuts playing that game knowing the 360 version looked a lot better.

Ubisoft has never done well on the PS3. Rockstar has a good track record though.

[El_Jefe]

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Just changed my pre-order from Amazon to Rockstar. Free T-Shirt man. Sold.

I'd rather have that 10 gift card. It'll come in handy when it's time to lay some money down for NCAA 11

[portlandplaya]

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Online play sounds awesome.I wonder if all the mini-games like poker and such will be playable with others online.

Oh, and if somebody even touches me while i'm having a nice cold drink in the saloon, it's going down.

[Money99]

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Ubisoft has never done well on the PS3. Rockstar has a good track record though.

That's good to hear. I hope that's the case for RDR. Thanks!

[NovaStar]

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That's not nice, you laughing like that. See I can take being laughed at but my horse he is kind of sensitive, he gets this crazy idea that when you laugh you are laughing at him. Now when you apologize, like I know you will, maybe when can forget this little incident and you can go on livin. If not, ehh, God bless...draw!

This game ought to be fun.

[El_Jefe]

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That's not nice, you laughing like that. See I can take being laughed at but my horse he is kind of sensitive, he gets this crazy idea that when you laugh you are laughing at him. Now when you apologize, like I know you will, maybe when can forget this little incident and you can go on livin. If not, ehh, God bless...draw!

This game ought to be fun.

Sounds like it's time to get three coffins ready

[NovaStar]

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Sounds like it's time to get three coffins ready

Lol! My mistake, four coffins.

[LionsFanNJ]

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don't know if this was ever posted but somebody spoke of fighting a bear a while back?

We must organize "REAL MAN OS BEARHUNT, HANDS ONLY" as soon as this releases. We. Must.

[Money99]

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Look out Bears!

[Brandwin]

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We must organize "REAL MAN OS BEARHUNT, HANDS ONLY" as soon as this releases. We. Must.

I'm in!

[WTF]

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I'm in for the PS3 Bear Hunt