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Red Dead Redemption |OT| Whistling Morricone in the desert

eznark

Banned
I think I am already getting the hang of riding, at least a little better. Not very intuitive though.

(I'm only just talking to the Marshall now)
 

Seraph-

Member
Why in the world are my friends and I experiencing invisible characters/mounts? It's freaking annoying seems every time we leave a city in free roam we disappear/ just can't see the character models...sometimes it's the mount, sometimes my character...sometimes both. How could I have not heard complaints about this online? Are we the only ones experiencing this?
 

Brannon

Member
Walked with the dog at night and saw a horse thief. Even before the message popped up I knew what to do. Cuz there is no surer law in the Wild West and no crime more heinous than torture porn child rape than horse theft :mad:

As grimy and difficult as the Wild West was, I really...

REALLY love that absolute moral imperative, even if the game doesn't really recognize it (yet?). Horse rustlers.

Not in my backyard!
 
Seraph- said:
Why in the world are my friends and I experiencing invisible characters/mounts? It's freaking annoying seems every time we leave a city in free roam we disappear/ just can't see the character models...sometimes it's the mount, sometimes my character...sometimes both. How could I have not heard complaints about this online? Are we the only ones experiencing this?
Glitches, bugs in a Rockstar game? Really?
 

eznark

Banned
I hated GTAIV.

First impressions after the first combat mission (so like 30 min in)......absolutely blown away. I have never heard a game with sound this perfect.
 
It's weird

The horse doesn't just spawn nearby when you whistle

He seems to actively come from wherever he was.

This leads to weird things where I sometimes call him in Armadillo and I can't find him because he is desperately trying to run through a wall.
 

Zeliard

Member
notjackbauer said:
The gunplay feels so much better than GTA4. Not only is the cover system not borked, but the combat feels more weighty. Every bullet counts and it usually takes just one or two to kill someone. Coupled with Euphoria and fantastic sound effects it just feels great.

Anybody else find shooting from a moving carriage damn near impossible?

The gunplay does feel a lot better, as well as a lot more immediate and violent. Makes every NPC feel more like an actual, tangible character, rather than some cool physics object that you can make flip in all kinds of ways with your car. That combined with the bounty system gives you more of a pause when picking when and where to shoot.

Plus, the sound. Did I mention the sound? Damn.
 

todahawk

Member
TheAzRim said:
Ok I am taking a break from SP. Anyone want to ride around a bit in a posse just add me. I am getting my ass handed against others.

Btw I am on PS3

Oh you bastard, I was wondering if any of my BC2 friends were getting this. You know I'll have to pick this up on the way home from work tomorrow right???
 

NameGenerated

Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Brannon said:
Walked with the dog at night and saw a horse thief. Even before the message popped up I knew what to do. Cuz there is no surer law in the Wild West and no crime more heinous than torture porn child rape than horse theft :mad:

As grimy and difficult as the Wild West was, I really...

REALLY love that absolute moral imperative, even if the game doesn't really recognize it (yet?). Horse rustlers.

Not in my backyard!
I did that, there were 2 guys so I killed both but for some reason I got -100 honor. Maybe one was a good guy, or maybe I wasn't supposed to kill them or something.
 

Greg

Member
Hated GTA4 except for that bank robbery mission, but RDR is absolutely amazing.

I was a bit harsh on the game technically when I first started it up (aliasing and framerate issues drive me crazy), but the game is so damn fun and engaging that I actually found myself overlooking the issues fairly quick.

Only about 2-3 hours in, but so many things are well done within the universe.
 
I gotta say I was pretty disappointed with the melee. The silver lining is that you can punch a horse.

Awesome moment for me was watching my inept brother getting owned by a pack of coyotes cause he cant aim for spit, then he just jumped off his horse and sliced up the whole pack with his knife.
 

soldat7

Member
notjackbauer said:
I gotta say I was pretty disappointed with the melee. The silver lining is that you can punch a horse.

I tried cow tipping and it didn't quite work. I still had fun punching them though.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
It's weird

The horse doesn't just spawn nearby when you whistle

He seems to actively come from wherever he was.

This leads to weird things where I sometimes call him in Armadillo and I can't find him because he is desperately trying to run through a wall.
I can't seem to keep my rides alive for very long. I'm on horsey replacement #14 right now. It's a pretty interesting situation to lose your upgraded stamina horse and then whistle for a replacement only for it to show up just as you've just finished skinning his predecessor. I cry a little about my lost rides, but then it's just more horse meat for the pile. I need better quality horses or something. The last one I accidentally shot dead as he rode into the gunfight when I also accidentally whistled for him while I was in cover.
 

Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
Can't access anything online currently. Can't access my war horse pre-order code, can't jump online, can't sign into Rockstar Social(hardly missing that one though).

Game is incredible though, I see the OCD gamer in me making damn certain I do every goddamn one of these challenges, and that might mean picking flowers 'round the world!

Any word on missable achievements though?
 

TxdoHawk

Member
Seraph- said:
Why in the world are my friends and I experiencing invisible characters/mounts? It's freaking annoying seems every time we leave a city in free roam we disappear/ just can't see the character models...sometimes it's the mount, sometimes my character...sometimes both. How could I have not heard complaints about this online? Are we the only ones experiencing this?

I've seen this too. I was hoping the released update would fix this, but no dice.
 
anyone know if its possible to lasso wild animals and take them somewhere? reeaaally want to unleash a bear in a saloon. i bet it cant be done, that would be too good to be true.
 

Teknoman

Member
friskykillface said:
auto aim in online multiplayer is kinda :/
but so far, an awesome game, :lol forgot the horse, i've got a donkey :p

Someone posted something about having to unlock higher difficulty aiming online?
 

MMaRsu

Member
Teknoman said:
Wtf...random event with a
guy's friend about to be hung under false accusations
I shoot the rope and he dies? How's that possible.

Now he's crying under the tree, this sucks.

Put him out of his misery!
 

pahamrick

Member
Guess the server for the pre-order codes is still borked? I keep getting a failure to connect error when trying to get my deadly assassin outfit.

Oh well, back to playing.
 
Teknoman said:
Wtf...random event with a
guy's friend about to be hung under false accusations
I shoot the rope and he dies? How's that possible.

Now he's crying under the tree, this sucks.

I've encounter this one about 3 times and can't really...complete it successfully. The last time, I managed to shoot the rope but he was killed by a captor.

Holy crap.

Very engrossing world. I've completed about 5 story/main missions and just blew through over 10 or so side missions without realizing it (not counting random encounters). The challenges are a nice diversion too...

Lol @ the
"Annabelle/Flower collecting side-mission for the old guy"
. "She doesn't look a day over 30"
 

soldat7

Member
Haunted said:
edit: lots of glitch videos already posted so soon after release. Look out, Bethesda! :p

I've seen a few things like floating bags of flour and people stuck in floors, but nothing too terrible.
 

Wag

Member
Damnit!!! Why can't I get my Golden Gun code to work?!?! I linked my PSN code on the Rockstar Social Club site but it still comes back that it "Failed to connect to R* server". You'd think they would have accounted for this, no?
 

JRW

Member
How do you sober up after getting drunk in this game? lol ive been stumbling around town for awhile now.
 

MMaRsu

Member
GoodMorning said:
awww shit, rockin a duster now :D

A badass duster like this one?

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Rikyfree

Member
Teknoman said:
Wtf...random event with a
guy's friend about to be hung under false accusations
I shoot the rope and he dies? How's that possible.

Now he's crying under the tree, this sucks.
You can't save everyone. Just make sure you fuckin try your best to do so. And if you feel bad for failing to do so it means you are a good person with a conscience.
 

Gor@n

Neo Member
Quick question, are random incounters like sub missions? And do these ever run out? FOr instance if i complete the story and sidemissions can still have random encounrters with folk that will at least keep the SP game fresh? Thats what i disliked about GTA4, once done all the side missions and story nothing left to keep you in the game so i got bored quickly.

Cheers and i envy you lucky bastards who get it early, i hafta wait till friday
 
Gor@n said:
Quick question, are random incounters like sub missions? And do these ever run out? FOr instance if i complete the story and sidemissions can still have random encounrters with folk that will at least keep the SP game fresh? Thats what i disliked about GTA4, once done all the side missions and story nothing left to keep you in the game so i got bored quickly.

Cheers and i envy you lucky bastards who get it early, i hafta wait till friday

From my experience, random encounters are infinite(?) and most of the time, for me at least, unexpected. But there is an abundance of side-mission options, challenges, etc.


I'm only 5-6 hrs and haven't done more than 5 story missions, mostly side-missions, random encounter, and lots of exploring in if that helps.
 

VALIS

Member
"You won't find anything Jewish made in this establishment, sir."

Did the General Store shopkeeper in Armadillo just say that or did I mishear? :lol
 

Mik2121

Member
-COOLIO- said:
can you turn off auto aim for everyone online?
When you go online, there are different difficulty levels. If you choose the hardest, everyone around has the auto aim off.


Also, I'd like to know if if all those random events about helping someone or whatever are really random and don't eventually stop showing up..
I ask this because I loved the assassination missions in GTAIV but I HATED that there were only something like 20 of them, and then it would be just over.. Those missions were so much fun.. :(
 
Whats the best way to bring in a Wanted Man without killing them? I tried hand to hand combat but they just shoot me to death.:lol

Edit: I got it, lasso does the trick.:D
 
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