Red Dead Redemption 2

Hunting and looking for burried treasure

Yeah forget the story, it's all about becoming at one with the wilderness

Preezy wrote:Yeah forget the story, it's all about becoming at one with the wilderness

o/

Preezy wrote:Yeah forget the story, it's all about becoming at one with the wilderness

I am ok with that, as long as I don't actually have to go outside.

Rubix wrote:o/

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Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:Yeah forget the story, it's all about becoming at one with the wilderness

I am ok with that, as long as I don't actually have to go outside.

Well that goes without saying

Preezy wrote:Yeah forget the story, it's all about becoming at one with the wilderness

Red Dead Redemption 2: The Grizzly Adams Years.

One thing i read that surprised the hell out of me this morning was that this is Rockstars first game for this generation (PS4 and XBox). GTA V was a cross-gen title.

Forced to pre-order RDR2 even though I have zero hype for it, which I think is down to protag looking like a smarmier version of Dennis Quaid. I mean I'm so un-arsed about the game that I most likely won't even bother playing it on launch.

souljahsstory wrote:One thing i read that surprised the hell out of me this morning was that this is Rockstars first game for this generation (PS4 and XBox). GTA V was a cross-gen title.

I'm surprised they're even bothering with RDR2 considering the fact Rockstar/Take-Two are rolling in it thanks to GTA:O microtransactions and GTA V forever being in the top 10.

Saint of Killers wrote:Forced to pre-order RDR2 even though I have zero hype for it, which I think is down to protag looking like a smarmier version of Dennis Quaid. I mean I'm so un-arsed about the game that I most likely won't even bother playing it on launch.

souljahsstory wrote:One thing i read that surprised the hell out of me this morning was that this is Rockstars first game for this generation (PS4 and XBox). GTA V was a cross-gen title.

I'm surprised they're even bothering with RDR2 considering the fact Rockstar/Take-Two are rolling in it thanks to GTA:O microtransactions and GTA V forever being in the top 10.

Forced to pre-order RDR2 even though I have zero hype for it

I mean I'm so un-arsed about the game

I most likely won't even bother playing it on launch

Forced to pre-order

Forced to pre-order

Forced to pre-order

*don't pre-order games*

Tafdolphin wrote::fp:

*don't pre-order games*

But what if they run out of digital copies on release day?

But what about that sweet free money in GTA Online?

Surely I can't be the only one who's pre-ordered? I mean, what do the rest of you, who buy physical, do? Order on the day? Go to a bricks and mortar like a strawberry floating caveman? Also, pre-ordering isn't the same the world over; it only became a huge issue because in the US you have to put a deposit down when you pre-order. That's never been the case in the UK and so shouldn't be frowned upon. Quit being such sheep! (Or I'll shear you and make a sweet gun cosy out of your wool.)

Edit: 'Forced' because someone else wants to play it and twisted my arm to pre-order it.

I no longer get games at launch.

Saint of Killers wrote:Surely I can't be the only one who's pre-ordered? I mean, what do the rest of you, who buy physical, do? Order on the day? Go to a bricks and mortar like a strawberry floating caveman? Also, pre-ordering isn't the same the world over; it only became a huge issue because in the US you have to put a deposit down when you pre-order. That's never been the case in the UK and so shouldn't be frowned upon. Quit being such sheep! (Or I'll shear you and make a sweet gun cosy out of your wool.)

Edit: 'Forced' because someone else wants to play it and twisted my arm to pre-order it.

For me it's more about the marketing trend behind it and, make no mistake, pre-ordering is a marketing strategy. Full stop. It's a way for publishers to go back to their shareholders before a game is released and say "Look how good we've been! Look how much money we've made for you!" regardless of the quality of the game itself. This pushes the publishers' priority away from making good games and towards marketing.

It also leads to more pre-order incentives such as the RDR tat-package discussed previously, and encourages pubs to excise game content for pre-order exclusives.

It's certainly not a mortal sin or anything, and of course people are free to do as they please, but it's a practice that benefits only the publishers.

etc etc what do I know?

If any game is worth 50 quid these days, it’s probably this one. If GTA V is also any indication, this thing is going to retain its value for a long time...though maybe that has more to do with its online mode.

Not preordered

Rubix wrote:WHat is this I hear about turning off the map and npcs give you directions. Im seriously doing this

If I did this the game may as well advertise it has infinite content as there's now way I'm going to reach my destination on 99% of missions .

If I have to try and rescue someone they may as well just kill themselves as I'm going to be searching everywhere else first and then maybe when they've got Stockholm syndrome I may turn up but I wouldn't count on it even then.

Tafdolphin wrote:

Saint of Killers wrote:Surely I can't be the only one who's pre-ordered? I mean, what do the rest of you, who buy physical, do? Order on the day? Go to a bricks and mortar like a strawberry floating caveman? Also, pre-ordering isn't the same the world over; it only became a huge issue because in the US you have to put a deposit down when you pre-order. That's never been the case in the UK and so shouldn't be frowned upon. Quit being such sheep! (Or I'll shear you and make a sweet gun cosy out of your wool.)

Edit: 'Forced' because someone else wants to play it and twisted my arm to pre-order it.

For me it's more about the marketing trend behind it and, make no mistake, pre-ordering is a marketing strategy. Full stop. It's a way for publishers to go back to their shareholders before a game is released and say "Look how good we've been! Look how much money we've made for you!" regardless of the quality of the game itself. This pushes the publishers' priority away from making good games and towards marketing.

It also leads to more pre-order incentives such as the RDR tat-package discussed previously, and encourages pubs to excise game content for pre-order exclusives.

It's certainly not a mortal sin or anything, and of course people are free to do as they please, but it's a practice that benefits only the publishers.

etc etc what do I know?

Then maybe quit with the condescending facepalms?

I'm no fan of the way Ubi, et al release so ridiculous a number of different versions of their games that a strawberry floating pictogram is needed to figure out which version comes with what. Despite that I'm having a hard time recalling their marketing practices being at fault for stinking the joint out. (I've played WD2, Origins and Wildlands and only disliked Wildlands. Though I guess Odyssey's microtransactions could be blamed on marketing...) And if RDR2 sucks it's not going to be because horse armour was pre-order exclusive. Also, your take on the whys and wherefores of pre-orders, which I have no doubt is something you honestly believe, ignores the positive effects good pre-order numbers may have on the morale of the development team.

Ok! I will say I didn't really ignore the positives as, like I said, there aren't any. But also like I said you're obviously free to do as you wish. I