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Red Dead Redemption |OT| Whistling Morricone in the desert
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lazytonberry
Member
So I picked up the game this morning from a mom&pop store and I have to say, so far the game is great. I haven't gotten very far but it captures the whole Western vibe perfectly. It feels much more atmospheric than GTAIV ever did but I have a feeling it's just the setting and all that, that makes it feel more "alive" or whatever the term is I'm thinking of. It just feels very authentic.
I played a bit of multiplayer but got kicked out of a couple sessions, seems to have network issues or something else is going on. Won't let me reconnect.
Not a very good picture from my iphone. I have 360 version.
Okay nevermind, just restarted my Xbox and now I can join multiplayer again.
The game seems to have a few bugs so far. I ran into a hard freeze when I was looking at the main menu and the Rockstar Social Club stuff, had to restart. Then, one mission I was on messed up with the Marshal getting stuck and just stopping somewhere without moving, and I ran away and failed the mission. Now this multiplayer thing which restarting fixed. Oh well, back to trying stuff out now!
I played a bit of multiplayer but got kicked out of a couple sessions, seems to have network issues or something else is going on. Won't let me reconnect.
Not a very good picture from my iphone. I have 360 version.
Okay nevermind, just restarted my Xbox and now I can join multiplayer again.
The game seems to have a few bugs so far. I ran into a hard freeze when I was looking at the main menu and the Rockstar Social Club stuff, had to restart. Then, one mission I was on messed up with the Marshal getting stuck and just stopping somewhere without moving, and I ran away and failed the mission. Now this multiplayer thing which restarting fixed. Oh well, back to trying stuff out now!
MichaelEM3
Banned
So how's the checkpoint system in this game?
One of my least favorite things about GTA is that when you die on a mission you get sent back to before you even accepted it and that you have to repeat the whole process over again.
It's not like that in Red Dead is it?
One of my least favorite things about GTA is that when you die on a mission you get sent back to before you even accepted it and that you have to repeat the whole process over again.
It's not like that in Red Dead is it?
Just plopped down some cash for midnight release. Will spend all night playing. 
Also, I always find it hard to be brutal in sandbox games. I'll probably be a goody-two-shoes kinda guy, just saving people and shit. Although I'll explode someone on the railroad tracks just for lulz.
Also, I always find it hard to be brutal in sandbox games. I'll probably be a goody-two-shoes kinda guy, just saving people and shit. Although I'll explode someone on the railroad tracks just for lulz.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Man, now that I look at that GameStop trade-in list, I'm re-evaluating what I'm gonna do. I have four of the games on that list (LBP GOTY, SSF4, Demon's Souls, and Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce), but out of those four, LBP is the only one I really want to get rid of...but it'd be so nice to get the game at midnight, and the GameStop Limited Edition at that.
Choices, choices...
Choices, choices...
JBuccCP said:
Well, GTAIV did that purposefully to allow you to restock on ammo and armor before retrying the checkpoint, or go off and mess around a bit. I actually liked that about it, but I can understand why some would just want to jump back in right away.
The expansions do checkpoints really well. Ballad of Gay Tony actually has multiple mid-mission checkpoints depending on the mission, not just one - not sure if it's the same with Lost & Damned, but probably.
JumpJeff84
Member
Seraphis Cain said:
Don't even joke about getting rid of Demon's Souls. You know you'll be buying it back one day.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Whoompthereitis said:
Oh, I wouldn't get rid of Demon's Souls for anything. No worries there.
JumpJeff84
Member
Dresden said:Just plopped down some cash for midnight release. Will spend all night playing.
Also, I always find it hard to be brutal in sandbox games. I'll probably be a goody-two-shoes kinda guy, just saving people and shit. Although I'll explode someone on the railroad tracks just for lulz.
Does this game let you make choices in the story, or is it just like GTA where you can kill randoms if you want? I'd love it if this game lets me play as a total outlaw.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Well I'm pretty much done with this thread until Friday when I finally get to own this slice of perfection. I won't be able to stand all you cocksuckers playing to your heart's content whilst I'm forced to toil away on lil' old Alan Wake. Happy hunting gentlemen, until then...
*trots off into the horizon*
*trots off into the horizon*
MacBosse said:
Yeah, it's nice, though they also had to put some emphasis on draw distance due to the enormous rural landscapes. You have to naturally be able to see off into the horizon with little pop-in or else you lose a lot of the sense of place.
They nailed the environments. The game is simply gorgeous.
Wired All Wrong
Member
I saw this over on the Something Awful Read Dead thread.Jtyettis said:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3305102&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=7#post376937234
I guess that would explain why the 360 version uses GameSpy
bodyofanamerican
Member
NYC Gaf
MichaelEM3
Banned
My bad. :lolsflufan said:
That's good to hear. Might actually pick this up tomorrow now.
astroturfing
Member
so other people want poker and other minigames in free roam too, not just me?
take note, Rockstar lurkers!
patch that shit in at some point, because we want our non-shooting multiplayer gameplay!
take note, Rockstar lurkers!
patch that shit in at some point, because we want our non-shooting multiplayer gameplay!
also MLAA for PS3 plz lol.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Ugh! How can you guys go on about this crap. The only dead horses we need to be beating are the ones in the game we're supposed to be talking about in this thread. I'm sure if your butt hurts bad enough about RROD or DRE's or whatever there's bound to be some other GAF thread you can resurrect.dread9 said:
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The game's enjoying a 95 at Metacritic right now. R* did it again ...
Solid warrior
Banned
I beat GTA IV in less than 18 hours. so it depends.miladesn said:
HorribleJames
Banned
let me preface my comment on IGN by saying that I think red dead looks REALLY good and I can't wait to play it.
but I have to point out that the glowing language IGN is using for RDR sounds very similar to their GTA4 review, which was one of the most intellectually dishonest reviews and scores in history.
but I have to point out that the glowing language IGN is using for RDR sounds very similar to their GTA4 review, which was one of the most intellectually dishonest reviews and scores in history.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Took the plastic off. It was on the wrapper.Slaylock said:
astroturfing
Member
Tr4nce said:
ohhhh shit, you think exactly like me! add me on PSN. we can go on a walk together to look at the stars. ;D
GTAIV's skies... such a disappointment, just a huge gray canvas with barely any visible stars at night
and the clouds during daytime aren't exactly majestic looking either..Solid warrior
Banned
me so jealous >.<TxdoHawk said:
Is work over yet?