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  • ShensShens Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Oops. I meant Donkey.

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Even though you can skip em, the "Ride Shotgun across the West" segments of some missions really baffle me.

    edit: once it gets past any conversation that there may be, mind you.

    "a good leader can make an okay group great..."
  • KadokenKadoken Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Hopefully GTA5 (Or Gta:Harbour City, a spin off thats supposed to take place in Australia I heard on IGN) will do this RPG style that RDR has.

  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'm still waiting for GTA4:London.

    Or GTA4: 2142 - With Fifth Element inspired sound and art direction.

    I wanna fly around a filthy futuristic city as a future-gangster with Ska playing over the radio.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    They already did London. :P

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Schattenjägers Gon' SchattenjägeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    It was called The Getaway.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I was thinking of Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, actually. But good try at being clever.

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I said GTA4: London, actually. But good try at being clever.

  • CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    They already did London. :P

    They already did Liberty City, too. What's your point?

  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Even though you can skip em, the "Ride Shotgun across the West" segments of some missions really baffle me.

    edit: once it gets past any conversation that there may be, mind you.

    I really lost it in Mexico when every mission started sending you across the entire zone. Mexico just failed in every way on the missions for me except for Luisa.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'd love a GTA to take place in an American city that's not New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or San Francisco... (They include parts of New Jersey ffs).


    How bout a GTA Chicago (Windy City), Philadelphia (Murdertown), or Detroit (Detroit)?
    ToyD wrote: »
    Even though you can skip em, the "Ride Shotgun across the West" segments of some missions really baffle me.

    edit: once it gets past any conversation that there may be, mind you.

    I really lost it in Mexico when every mission started sending you across the entire zone. Mexico just failed in every way on the missions for me except for Luisa.

    yea, Mexico was really annoying with that. I also like how every gatling gun mission drops my overall accuracy down by like 20% per. but I can't help it!

    "a good leader can make an okay group great..."
  • Mego ThorMego Thor "I say thee...NAY!" Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    NEO|Phyte wrote: »
    Don't forget to visit Mexico to pick up a deed for El Senor.

    You can get El Senor in the single player game? Did not know that. I usually gloss over all the horse deeds, because the game says "new items available" whenever you break a wild horse, but there's never any new items available.

    I might have to make another trip down south. Time to break out the poncho!

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  • Lunatic ClamLunatic Clam Registered User
    edited July 2010
    Boooooooooooooooooooooooo I did not realize there was an achievement for (non story spoiler)
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    . Must I be forced to play through this ridiculously awesome game again to strive toward an S rank? Hmmm.

  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'm still waiting for GTA4:London.

    Or GTA4: 2142 - With Fifth Element inspired sound and art direction.

    I wanna fly around a filthy futuristic city as a future-gangster with Ruby Rhod playing over the radio.
    Fixed that for you. And yes I would play the shit out of that.

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    You can almost always take a nap during those long wagon rides, but I always wait until the character says something about enjoying the silence.

    The writing is pretty good, the dialog is almost always entertaining. The wagon/on the way to the objective horse ride dialogs almost always add something to Marston's character.

    I really enjoyed his conversations with Ricketts. My fast horse got us to the wagon train too quick on that last mission though, so I think I missed out on several lines of awesome dialog.

    When you do the last mission in Mexico, is there a song or anything for the ride to Blackwater? It is really, really far away, I'm thinking of just fast-traveling to Thieves' Landing and riding from there.

    I play games on ps3. My PSN is DouglasDanger.
  • Xenogear_0001Xenogear_0001 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Moorening wrote: »
    So, up until I finished Mexico I'd never bought a horse deed. As luck would have it I didn't need one because my horse was a tank. Surived through the 20 missions with one horse achievement. Then I decided to work on some challenges. As I was looking for boars a cougar comes out of nowhere and one shots my horse. Then I had to make a long trek on foot back to town and decided I needed a horse deed. Bought it and sure enough 10 minutes later I lost another horse in a random cougar attack.

    The thing about horse deeds is that they're re-usable. Once you have it, it doesn't matter how many times that particular type of horse dies--there are always more.

    Which is why I'm on Buttercup XVII. :P

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Moorening wrote: »
    So, up until I finished Mexico I'd never bought a horse deed. As luck would have it I didn't need one because my horse was a tank. Surived through the 20 missions with one horse achievement. Then I decided to work on some challenges. As I was looking for boars a cougar comes out of nowhere and one shots my horse. Then I had to make a long trek on foot back to town and decided I needed a horse deed. Bought it and sure enough 10 minutes later I lost another horse in a random cougar attack.

    The thing about horse deeds is that they're re-usable. Once you have it, it doesn't matter how many times that particular type of horse dies--there are always more.

    Which is why I'm on Buttercup XVII. :P


    but their souls are different.

    it's not the same!

    "a good leader can make an okay group great..."
  • NocrenNocren Still AwesomeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I dunno, until I got to Blackwater, my horse didn't die (I however was not so lucky). We formed a bond, me and my warhorse, Horse.

    Also, I noticed that some of the horseback dialog has some slight variations. When you're in Blackwater doing missions
    Spoiler:

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    yea, I've noticed a few missions have different dialog variations. There's no "Fuck the Mohole"-style variant, but it still keeps it fresh.

    "a good leader can make an okay group great..."
  • ShensShens Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Nocren wrote: »
    I dunno, until I got to Blackwater, my horse didn't die (I however was not so lucky). We formed a bond, me and my warhorse, Horse.

    Also, I noticed that some of the horseback dialog has some slight variations. When you're in Blackwater doing missions
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    While I was riding with two NPCs during a mission (holding the run button) bears came out of the woods and tried to murder me. That was not fair at all. D:

  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Registered User
    edited July 2010
    I was always unkind to my horses and treated them as disposable since I could get a new one by using my horse deed. They're great shock absorbers for jumping off cliffs!

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Schattenjägers Gon' SchattenjägeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Kevin Butler was right about the long boring conversations during unskippable horse rides though.

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  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Apparently I suck at horseshoes and still haven't gotten a ringer after 3 games.

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Ganluan wrote: »
    Apparently I suck at horseshoes and still haven't gotten a ringer after 3 games.

    It's pretty random. It took a few games for me to get one too.

    One really important thing to bear in mind is that you can zoom/aim.

    "a good leader can make an okay group great..."
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Registered User
    edited July 2010
    Ganluan wrote: »
    Apparently I suck at horseshoes and still haven't gotten a ringer after 3 games.

    hardest minigame imo. by some stroke of luck I got 2 ringers in my second game, and have sucked ever since.

  • ShensShens Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Ganluan wrote: »
    Apparently I suck at horseshoes and still haven't gotten a ringer after 3 games.

    Only 3? I am pretty sure I have played at least 12 and still have yet to get a ringer. I win the games though. The computer got one once.

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Schattenjägers Gon' SchattenjägeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    It's not that hard once you get the hang of it. Of course, once I got the ringer they started to come easier. And then I stopped playing Horseshoes forever.

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  • r4dr3zr4dr3z In between the moon and you.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Some ideas for how they could improve the game:

    1) Have the other characters match my speed on the horse, instead of having me match their speed. If there is dialog left after the travel scene, add a cutscene before the mission.

    2) Disable the campsite icon when I'm not in a valid place to camp.

    3) Allow skipping skinning scenes.

  • ShensShens Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    It's not that hard once you get the hang of it. Of course, once I got the ringer they started to come easier. And then I stopped playing Horseshoes forever.

    What is the hang of it? I have tried all sorts of throwing and fail at the ringer, but can get really close all the time.

  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So what's the deal with the "Spurred to Victory" achievement?
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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Ganluan wrote: »
    So what's the deal with the "Spurred to Victory" achievement?
    Spoiler:

    re that achievement:
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    That's all I could think of.

    Did the house along the southern road of Blackwater remind anyone else of Jesse James' home in the movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford?

    "a good leader can make an okay group great..."
  • milk ducksmilk ducks Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Having way, way more fun with this game than I ever imagined myself having. I'm doing my very best to get my sandbox on, by exploring and doing as many quests and mini-games as possible without advancing the storyline too quickly. This is honestly one of those games that I don't want to ever end: I want to hang out in New Austin, playing poker and savin' whores in between getting jacked by ninja cougars ... forever.

    Speaking of poker: I've never known much about how to play. I used to have a weekly game with my father-in-law and his friends, but I never won anything. RDR has not only taught me how to play properly, but fastened my attention directly to the game. I literally spend, oh, I dunno, 50% of my time in this game playing poker in saloons. I just finished the High Roller achievement for picking up 2,000 credits in a single game down in Mexico. I haven't used the cheat-suit, and I don't intend to - I just dig playing poker.

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Just beat the game
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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    DJ Cam Cam wrote: »
    Just beat the game
    Spoiler:

    yeah it's pretty bad.
    Spoiler:

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  • KadokenKadoken Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Now that they've done the general areas of the west (Mexico, Great Plains, Northern US, Dusty Desert) I think for the next game they should pick one and emphasise on it. My favorite would be great plains. I like the stories of the Sioux and the struggles of the native land being taken over by the government. I'd like to see that.

  • JamesKeenanJamesKeenan Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    First of all, I love the image in the OP.

    Most animals, even bears, are easy to take care of, or aren't even aggressive at all. So it's no big deal.



    Secondly, the ending?

    Wow.

  • JamesKeenanJamesKeenan Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Kevin Butler was right about the long boring conversations during unskippable horse rides though.

    I rarely found the conversations boring, myself. I was mostly frustrated because I cut so many off early.

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, I enjoyed the conversations. Take in the scenery and get some characterization. If you get bored, have John take a nap and skip to the destination.

    End game
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    I didn't come close to 100% on my first play through, I just kind of stumbled and wandered to the ending. I'm taking more time with the story missions. I'm trying to rationalize things, doing missions for the different people in the different areas in some kind of order that makes sense this time around. Also, since I know how the story flows, I am trying to have a logical progression of things.

    John stuck around the ranch for a pretty long time, recovering from his wounds and working his confidence back up. With John's past in my mind, I figured it made sense for him to be ready for a fight when he went to see the Marshal, for example.

    In Mexico, John met Ricketts, chatted with him, spent some time waiting for news about Bill and Javier. Met Luisa, did a mission for her... And then John got impatient and went to Allende and Desanta. I did all of their missions, and then went back to Ricketts, Luisa and Reyes. I justified that by John being disgusted by the massacring and pillaging.

    I play games on ps3. My PSN is DouglasDanger.
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    My favorite line in the post-game:
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    Also, regarding the co-op mission pack, has anyone tried the advanced missions yet? Those suckers are hard.

    It might not be as bad with more people but with only 2, it gets pretty rough. My buddy and I are stuck on the part on the Escape where we're driving the stagecoach to Armadillo. The mandatory expert aiming makes it really hard to kill the mounted guys, since there's no lock-on.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Schattenjägers Gon' SchattenjägeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    There are a few gaps that have been filled via fanwank.
    Spoiler:

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