Re: Red Dead Redemption 2
Been a bit since I peeked my head into here.
I'll say this, this game is easily my GOAT. I really don't know if I can go back to playing other games outside of the Witcher 3 when I am done with this. Both games have raised the bar on what a quality game with polish looks like that other developers need to take notice. This game is my dream open world game.
I've put in too many hours already, at least 20+, probably 30+. I made time this weekend to get it in. Only had a small wedding on Saturday, the rest of my weekend went to this game and boy I am having a blast. Still in chapter 2 because I am taking my time and enjoying the world and just living as Arthur Morgan.
I've had fun playing poker, hunting, running from the law, helping strangers, collection bounties, and so on. I helped Micah out in Strawberry and some things led to me racking up an $85 bounty, but I don't want to say more or I'd need to spoiler it. I hunted some to get that paid off and did a bounty that helped get that paid off quickly.
I made a $7 profit in my first go at poker, though going back it seems like the AI is dynamic and gets harder/picks up on your tendencies and now plays more realistically. Seemed like I was getting all of the luck and reading the AI pretty well my first go around. Now they aren't as predictable and I am not winning on the last card over and over. It feels organic now and fun like poker should be.
I spent one day hunting and donating some meat to the camp and selling skins to a trapper. I went and bought some new clothes, took a bath, headed over to the saloon and when walking in I had an altercation where I pulled my gun to intimidate the other fella and he pulled his out without hesitation and shot at me once and I put one right in his forehead in the middle of the saloon. That got me another bounty and had me high tail it out of Valentine and back across the river where I ended up spending some time hunting to get some money back to pay the bounty. I stumbled onto a small homestead that looked like the owners had left to maaybe go into town, but when I walked inside the home they camae bursting out of a bedroom and trying to fight me. Bad choice for them as they ended up in a pool of their own blood in their kitchen while I looted the place and them promptly sold it to a foreman I met looking for supplies.
After paying my bounty off I headed back into Valentine one night to play a little poker and then rest up for the night. When I walked into town I was heckled a bit about the trouble I caused. I had a woman in the saloon say to another that I was the "butthole", but in meaner terms she had been telling them about. The poker players didn't seem happy I was joining them, but their moods changed once I lost money.
Heck, I spent some time about a mile north of camp watching some whitetails before killing two of them. I put one on my horse and literally walked back to camp for nearly 15-20 minutes with the other deer over my shoulder. Donated it the camp, had a meal, went to Valentine to buy new pants, boots, and get a haircut. Got a bath, headed back to camp to spend the night. Helped the Herr out with a story mission, ended up putting a fellow that annoyed me on the train tracks and watched as the train cut one of his legs off.
I stumbled onto another smaller ranch/farm and couldn't find the owner at first. Was looking around before heading in, but caught a glimpse of him at his stable where he had finished up feeding some pigs and was putting his bucket up. He saw me, pulled his gun out and I pulled mine. Resulted in a firefight. I was going to kill him as I needed money and supplies, but his dog was freaking out, my dog beside me perked up to that dog freaking out, so I ran out of there and spared him because I didn't want his dog to watch me kill his owner.
I had to put a deer out of its misery after my arrow didn't hit its neck completely right and kill it quickly. I got jumped by some O'Driscolls multiple times. Once my horse freaked out and I couldn't keep control of it near a ledge and that was scary, but felt so organic, alive, and just real.
I've hardly played the story. I am in chapter 2 after so many hours of playing. I've made my own story with Arthur and it has all felt real. When games in the past have said you can make your own story in their open world. You have been able to to an extent, but games have always been lacking and never truly deep and polished in all regards. Red Dead Redemption 2 is. It's deep, it is polished, you can truly craft out your own story, your own life without doing the missions. It offers so much and I've still barely scrapped the surface. This game is the GOAT and I hope it sets a standard that more and more games try to meet so that we gamers can finally start getting immersed in fantasy worlds like never before.
Been a bit since I peeked my head into here.
I'll say this, this game is easily my GOAT. I really don't know if I can go back to playing other games outside of the Witcher 3 when I am done with this. Both games have raised the bar on what a quality game with polish looks like that other developers need to take notice. This game is my dream open world game.
I've put in too many hours already, at least 20+, probably 30+. I made time this weekend to get it in. Only had a small wedding on Saturday, the rest of my weekend went to this game and boy I am having a blast. Still in chapter 2 because I am taking my time and enjoying the world and just living as Arthur Morgan.
I've had fun playing poker, hunting, running from the law, helping strangers, collection bounties, and so on. I helped Micah out in Strawberry and some things led to me racking up an $85 bounty, but I don't want to say more or I'd need to spoiler it. I hunted some to get that paid off and did a bounty that helped get that paid off quickly.
I made a $7 profit in my first go at poker, though going back it seems like the AI is dynamic and gets harder/picks up on your tendencies and now plays more realistically. Seemed like I was getting all of the luck and reading the AI pretty well my first go around. Now they aren't as predictable and I am not winning on the last card over and over. It feels organic now and fun like poker should be.
I spent one day hunting and donating some meat to the camp and selling skins to a trapper. I went and bought some new clothes, took a bath, headed over to the saloon and when walking in I had an altercation where I pulled my gun to intimidate the other fella and he pulled his out without hesitation and shot at me once and I put one right in his forehead in the middle of the saloon. That got me another bounty and had me high tail it out of Valentine and back across the river where I ended up spending some time hunting to get some money back to pay the bounty. I stumbled onto a small homestead that looked like the owners had left to maaybe go into town, but when I walked inside the home they camae bursting out of a bedroom and trying to fight me. Bad choice for them as they ended up in a pool of their own blood in their kitchen while I looted the place and them promptly sold it to a foreman I met looking for supplies.
After paying my bounty off I headed back into Valentine one night to play a little poker and then rest up for the night. When I walked into town I was heckled a bit about the trouble I caused. I had a woman in the saloon say to another that I was the "butthole", but in meaner terms she had been telling them about. The poker players didn't seem happy I was joining them, but their moods changed once I lost money.
Heck, I spent some time about a mile north of camp watching some whitetails before killing two of them. I put one on my horse and literally walked back to camp for nearly 15-20 minutes with the other deer over my shoulder. Donated it the camp, had a meal, went to Valentine to buy new pants, boots, and get a haircut. Got a bath, headed back to camp to spend the night. Helped the Herr out with a story mission, ended up putting a fellow that annoyed me on the train tracks and watched as the train cut one of his legs off.
I stumbled onto another smaller ranch/farm and couldn't find the owner at first. Was looking around before heading in, but caught a glimpse of him at his stable where he had finished up feeding some pigs and was putting his bucket up. He saw me, pulled his gun out and I pulled mine. Resulted in a firefight. I was going to kill him as I needed money and supplies, but his dog was freaking out, my dog beside me perked up to that dog freaking out, so I ran out of there and spared him because I didn't want his dog to watch me kill his owner.
I had to put a deer out of its misery after my arrow didn't hit its neck completely right and kill it quickly. I got jumped by some O'Driscolls multiple times. Once my horse freaked out and I couldn't keep control of it near a ledge and that was scary, but felt so organic, alive, and just real.
I've hardly played the story. I am in chapter 2 after so many hours of playing. I've made my own story with Arthur and it has all felt real. When games in the past have said you can make your own story in their open world. You have been able to to an extent, but games have always been lacking and never truly deep and polished in all regards. Red Dead Redemption 2 is. It's deep, it is polished, you can truly craft out your own story, your own life without doing the missions. It offers so much and I've still barely scrapped the surface. This game is the GOAT and I hope it sets a standard that more and more games try to meet so that we gamers can finally start getting immersed in fantasy worlds like never before.
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