Rockstar announces Red Dead Redemption - PS3/360

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:25 pm

Definitely a fun ass game! I now refer to myself as Dalton

. Kinda sounds outlawish

EZSnappin · Post by **EZSnappin** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:31 pm

Diablo25 wrote:Definitely a fun ass game! I now refer to myself as Dalton . Kinda sounds outlawish

Sounds kinda Road House-ish. Rocking a sweet 80s mullet like Swayze?

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:39 pm

Much fun so far!

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:12 pm

EZSnappin wrote:
Diablo25 wrote:Definitely a fun ass game! I now refer to myself as Dalton . Kinda sounds outlawish
Sounds kinda Road House-ish. Rocking a sweet 80s mullet like Swayze?

I was talking about that movie with a friend today so it was on the tip of my brain

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:07 am

Games sounds great guys! Everything I've read sounds like it's top notch. Why then don't I have strong desire to play it? On an impulse, I picked it up for the PS3 yesterday, but am planning on returning it for a couple reasons. First, I just don't have that "drive" or time to devote to play these games anymore (wish I was in my mid 20s again.... that's for another time though).

Also, the game on the PS3 only outputs to 640p instead of the standard 720p. That's disappointing, and while the PS3 got some additional add on exclusives, I can't help but feel I'm paying full price for a less polished version. $64 and some change is a lot money to drop if I'm not fully committed to playing.

Definitely looking forward to renting and playing as much as possible within that week's time. Love reading the impressions thus far. Keep em coming!

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:43 am

sportdan30 wrote:Games sounds great guys! Everything I've read sounds like it's top notch. Why then don't I have strong desire to play it? On an impulse, I picked it up for the PS3 yesterday, but am planning on returning it for a couple reasons. First, I just don't have that "drive" or time to devote to play these games anymore (wish I was in my mid 20s again.... that's for another time though).

Also, the game on the PS3 only outputs to 640p instead of the standard 720p. That's disappointing, and while the PS3 got some additional add on exclusives, I can't help but feel I'm paying full price for a less polished version. $64 and some change is a lot money to drop if I'm not fully committed to playing.

Definitely looking forward to renting and playing as much as possible within that week's time. Love reading the impressions thus far. Keep em coming!

You basically explained the exact same feeling I had when I purchased God of War 3. I ended up returning it unopened for this game. I am glad I did at this point.

I felt like I was really done with sandbox games but this one was too intriguing. So far I am so unbelievably impressed with the art, style, graphics, environments, etc...that I wil probably put a ton of time into the game just for those reasons alone.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:33 am

I had no idea that the multi-player would be so fun. I always found the GTA MP to be silly fun for a few minutes, but with very little depth. This is clearly a completely different thing altogether!

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:35 am

Must...resist...still haven't played...Dragon Age: Origins...or finished...Mass Effect 2....and have...120...Cubs games left...in MLB franchise.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:46 am

By the way, as a serial hater of scripted cutscenes in Rockstar games, this is pretty damn good stuff, and surprisingly restrained. I particularly like the Sherriff in Armadillo, just an excellent perfomance by videogame standards. Eli is well done too.

The main character shares the same voice actor as the lead in Lost & The Damned, no? I'm having trouble getting around that.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:59 am

People last night we're saying they got a code fo a jacket in their game. I didn't get one in mine, is it a one use code?

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:03 am

I got a code from Amazon in an email this morning.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:55 am

Slumberland wrote:By the way, as a serial hater of scripted cutscenes in Rockstar games, this is pretty damn good stuff, and surprisingly restrained. I particularly like the Sherriff in Armadillo, just an excellent perfomance by videogame standards.

I agree with all of this, though I'm still kinda holding my breath waiting for some sort of 'funny' Indian sidekick character or something like that. The Marshall is great.

A lot of little great moments of Western ambiance in the main gameworld, too, that really add to the experience.

[very mild non-plot spoiler] I rented some barn-like space one night behind a farmhouse to save the game, and as my dude got ready to settle himself down on some hay bales for some shut-eye my 'roommate' sat near the edge of the structure playing the harmonica. Looking over at him there past the hay and beneath a big western night sky was pretty darn cool, and gave me one of the best 'marveling at the game world' moments I had since GTAIII's initial experiences. [End spoiler]

Oh! Also...melee combat sucks.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:39 pm

RobVarak wrote:I had no idea that the multi-player would be so fun. I always found the GTA MP to be silly fun for a few minutes, but with very little depth. This is clearly a completely different thing altogether!

The 'free roam' is a blast, but my friends & I saw some bizarre stuff last night like your character going invisible, guns, horses, etc. Also a couple times a friend joined the room & spawned him on the other side of the planet from where everyone else was.

We had a blast getting the "law" after us & seeing how long we could hold out in house. The highest bounty I had on my head was around $800.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:53 pm

greggsand wrote: The 'free roam' is a blast, but my friends & I saw some bizarre stuff last night like your character going invisible, guns, horses, etc.

I saw a good amount of this when I first got online yesterday too. I was riding an invisible mule for a pretty long time myself.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:02 pm

webdanzer wrote:I was riding an invisible mule for a pretty long time myself.

That's what I used to call the chicks I did in college...

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:18 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
webdanzer wrote:I was riding an invisible mule for a pretty long time myself.
That's what I used to call the chicks I did in college...

Yourself or invisible mule?

All kidding aside that was pretty funny db.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:37 pm

Gotta stop reading the impressions over at OS or I might just open this baby up! The game sounds phenomenal.

DookieMowf · Post by **DookieMowf** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:42 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Gotta stop reading the impressions over at OS or I might just open this baby up! The game sounds phenomenal.

It is!

I agree, melee sucks!!!

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:45 pm

I'm finding, more than most games in recent memory, that I'm generally coming to like or loathe some of the characters in the story. Some of the guys in particular I absolutely cannot wait to put a bullet in their head the moment that it lets me. And groups of bandits that do despicable things are even more fun to slaughter slowly...leg shots, watch them crawl and pop them in the back of the head. But I'm finding genuine emotional feelings attached to some of the characters, which is pretty uncommon for me in a game.

I did the "just one more mission" last night before heading to bed, and I got sidetracked hunting, saving random people in the wilderness, and riding, and suddenly it took me an hour just to GET to the next mission. I decided not to, and pitched camp out of town to save and go to bed, or I'd have been up until 2.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:56 pm

Slumberland wrote: The main character shares the same voice actor as the lead in Lost & The Damned, no? I'm having trouble getting around that.

According to IMDB it's someone different - I didn't think they sounded that similar but I played through L&D twice so maybe I'm more used to Johnny Klebitz's voice.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed May 19, 2010 2:00 pm

Last night in free roam, my friends & I found this road where a stage coach would buzz by every couple minutes. Needless to say, it didn't end well for most of them. After we each had our own stage coach

we made our own stage coach races. If you took a corner too fast, it'd roll & throw u out. So we made a rule that if you left your stage coach, you were free game to be shot at until you got back on it. You could do this crap all night long...

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Wed May 19, 2010 2:18 pm

webdanzer wrote:
Slumberland wrote:By the way, as a serial hater of scripted cutscenes in Rockstar games, this is pretty damn good stuff, and surprisingly restrained. I particularly like the Sherriff in Armadillo, just an excellent perfomance by videogame standards.
I agree with all of this, though I'm still kinda holding my breath waiting for some sort of 'funny' Indian sidekick character or something like that. The Marshall is great.

A lot of little great moments of Western ambiance in the main gameworld, too, that really add to the experience.

[very mild non-plot spoiler] I rented some barn-like space one night behind a farmhouse to save the game, and as my dude got ready to settle himself down on some hay bales for some shut-eye my 'roommate' sat near the edge of the structure playing the harmonica. Looking over at him there past the hay and beneath a big western night sky was pretty darn cool, and gave me one of the best 'marveling at the game world' moments I had since GTAIII's initial experiences. [End spoiler]

Oh! Also...melee combat sucks.

I thank god that melee combat sucks-too many games recently (CoD, BF:BC2) where melee combat is WAY overdone. Just shoot 'em, dammit!

In the realm of 'damn, that's just cool' moments, at the end of the day out on Macfarland Ranch, the ranch hands get together around the campfire, someone brings a fiddle, and the rest either sit around or dance. The stars overhead are stunning, and make me very much miss Utah at night, especially around Bryce Canyon.

It's common for me to be riding around in no particular direction, and just stop and stare. Beautiful, beautiful stuff...

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Wed May 19, 2010 2:29 pm

Teal wrote:
webdanzer wrote: Oh! Also...melee combat sucks.
I thank god that melee combat sucks-too many games recently (CoD, BF:BC2) where melee combat is WAY overdone. Just shoot 'em, dammit!

I didn't mean 'sucks' as in not effective (although that's part of it), but more 'sucks' as in awkward, clunky and limited in a way that doesn't fit the genre, not just in multiplayer but in single player as well. You can't really have a rousing wild west barfight here, just herky-jerky one-on-one boxing matches. Doesn't ruin the game, but it's a shame it isn't better.

Teal wrote:In the realm of 'damn, that's just cool' moments, at the end of the day out on Macfarland Ranch, the ranch hands get together around the campfire, someone brings a fiddle, and the rest either sit around or dance. The stars overhead are stunning, and make me very much miss Utah at night, especially around Bryce Canyon.

Yeah, I liked that one too, but in my case I wanted to get a better look at the fiddle player, and accidentally aimed my rifle at him...

...which ended the music rather abruptly, as he and half of those gathered there ended up fleeing over the fire in terror, screaming all the while.

Oops.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Wed May 19, 2010 2:36 pm

Funny how people will run when a Winchester is pointed at 'em...

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:20 pm

Macca00 wrote:
Slumberland wrote: The main character shares the same voice actor as the lead in Lost & The Damned, no? I'm having trouble getting around that.
According to IMDB it's someone different - I didn't think they sounded that similar but I played through L&D twice so maybe I'm more used to Johnny Klebitz's voice.

To me he sounds a lot like Big Love's Bill Paxton...especially during some of his early conversations with Bonnie.