Red Dead Redemption 2

Saint of Killers wrote:Nabbed for horse theft Every. strawberry floating. Time. I go to leave Strawberry I get on the wrong horse which is stood by the bastard reading the newspaper outside the hotel. EVERY TIME!!

Pimp your horse with a braided mane and gooseberry fool.
Or cut her face so no one will want her.

LewisD wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:Nabbed for horse theft Every. strawberry floating. Time. I go to leave Strawberry I get on the wrong horse which is stood by the bastard reading the newspaper outside the hotel. EVERY TIME!!

Pimp your horse with a braided mane and gooseberry fool.
Or cut her face so no one will want her.

Yeah I need to obviously differentiate it somehow from the other horses. Or you know, pay attention to which horse I'm about the clamber up upon. (I wouldn't even mind but I never even go anywhere on 'em! I realise my mistake and have already pressed the button to unseat myself, but noooo! Off he runs to grass me up, the strawberry floater.)

I still have not finished this, I just found it so boring.

Maybe so but I miss being outdoors and this helps. Granted outdoors for me isn't rolling hills, wide open plains nor mountainous regions, but it still helps.

The opening of the game (up until you reach Horseshoe) is a slog. One which I played THREE times :lol:

Xeno wrote:I still have not finished this, I just found it so boring.

Yeah I lost my way with it. The thought of going back feels a slog at the moment. One day.

I thinK I need to just focus on the story when I do go back to it

I think I went in believing the hype and found it lacking. I was hoping for GTA 1900.

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3rd and 4th :toot:

I bought this in the recent sale but I think I'm losing interest now.. My completion percentage is about 40 but all the little gameplay niggles have taken their toll on me now. A lot of the time, it feels horrible to control and a lot of its mechanics are so obtuse.

I loved GTA V but RDR2 is closer to GTA IV.

I think I'm done with Rockstar now. Their style of open world game has been surpassed in every way by better developers. It feels like Rockstar are still stuck in the 2000s and haven't progressed in any way other than making things look prettier and prettier.

I'm going to try and push through to see the story but my concern is I'll give to anyway and end up resenting the game. It's been my biggest disappointment in recent times.

Saint of Killers wrote:

3rd and 4th

Nice shooting, Tex :datass:

Much appreciated, pardner.

Zilnad wrote:I bought this in the recent sale but I think I'm losing interest now.. My completion percentage is about 40 but all the little gameplay niggles have taken their toll on me now. A lot of the time, it feels horrible to control and a lot of its mechanics are so obtuse.

I loved GTA V but RDR2 is closer to GTA IV.

I think I'm done with Rockstar now. Their style of open world game has been surpassed in every way by better developers. It feels like Rockstar are still stuck in the 2000s and haven't progressed in any way other than making things look prettier and prettier.

I'm going to try and push through to see the story but my concern is I'll give to anyway and end up resenting the game. It's been my biggest disappointment in recent times.

I agree with this, also this video essay is very on point and explains all my gripes with the game extremely well:

EDIT: jump in at 2.40 for some truth bombs

aayl1 wrote:
Zilnad wrote:I bought this in the recent sale but I think I'm losing interest now.. My completion percentage is about 40 but all the little gameplay niggles have taken their toll on me now. A lot of the time, it feels horrible to control and a lot of its mechanics are so obtuse.

I loved GTA V but RDR2 is closer to GTA IV.

I think I'm done with Rockstar now. Their style of open world game has been surpassed in every way by better developers. It feels like Rockstar are still stuck in the 2000s and haven't progressed in any way other than making things look prettier and prettier.

I'm going to try and push through to see the story but my concern is I'll give to anyway and end up resenting the game. It's been my biggest disappointment in recent times.

I agree with this, also this video essay is very on point and explains all my gripes with the game extremely well:

EDIT: jump in at 2.40 for some truth bombs

I've saved the rest of that video for later but 13 minutes in and he's absolutely bang on.

Example: I was on a mission with Bill to rob a wagon. We arrived at the ambush spot and held up the wagon. The NPCs all started pleading with us and Bill got angry and I thought "strawberry float this, let's just shoot them, take everything and get out".

I shot them both using dead eye and got an instant "mission failed".

Retried the checkpoint and the strawberry floating mission ends in a shoot out anyway, in the same spot, in which you kill absolutely everyone before robbing the wagon.

What the strawberry float?!

I'm a strawberry floating arsehole bandit and I failed a mission because I shot the guy I was robbing before he pulled his gun on me?! And it's not even a one off case. Every single mission is so linear; ride here, watch a cutscene, do exactly as we say, shoot people, run away.

strawberry float off Rockstar! Coming into this game immediately after finishing BotW only makes its flaws even more unbearable.

The video has really made me want to replay MGSV though. Now that's an amazing sandbox. :datass:

Perhaps Rockstar should learn from it and let go of the restrictive control they've put in their games.

But then this is Rockstar. They wouldn't.

Xeno wrote:I think I went in believing the hype and found it lacking. I was hoping for GTA 1900.

I agree. It felt like it could have been great but disappeared up its own backside. Gunplay Is ok, the presentation is sumptious and the voice acting is great, but it's so bloated and the story is bobbins.

The number of times I've faceplanted into the dirt or a strawberry floating tree (!) because I'm so excitedly focused on my target :lol:

Poor Horsie.

Yeah, it's annoying.

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I've wanted to play this for ages and I'm really tempted to pick it up on sale, the only thing putting me off is that I'm currently playing through The Witcher 3. Do you think it would be a bit much to try and play these two at the same time?

Yes, and I'd say you shouldn't even try playing this until at least a few months after you're done with The Witcher, otherwise everything about RDR2 will pale in comparison.

Well it will anyway but the flaws will be magnified playing it immediately after The Witcher.

Hime wrote:I've wanted to play this for ages and I'm really tempted to pick it up on sale, the only thing putting me off is that I'm currently playing through The Witcher 3. Do you think it would be a bit much to try and play these two at the same time?

How far are you into Witcher 3? Do you have the two expansions? If you're only just starting/haven't touched the expansions: hold off for another sale, where it'll no doubt be cheaper than it is now.

Zilnad wrote:Yes, and I'd say you shouldn't even try playing this until at least a few months after you're done with The Witcher, otherwise everything about RDR2 will pale in comparison.

Well it will anyway but the flaws will be magnified playing it immediately after The Witcher.

I don’t know. I’m playing Witcher after RD2 and finding it the other way. It’s a bit overwhelming in so much to do and it’s so free, I do kind of like the sort of linear approach Rockstar use. But everyone has different tastes :simper:

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