Thought I'd start a thread as a catch-all if there's interest.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:30 am
by testuser2
I've been looking for a different style game to play with my oldest(12). Something with more of a story. I settled on God of War over Witcher 3 and RDR2. They were all violent/bloody, but the in-game sex of the other two put me off.
We got it over the weekend and he has been hooked ever since. Weather has been terrible so it's been good timing. The entire concept of the game is great. A dad out bonding with his kid and teaching/learning from each other. We had to make a rule that we would only play the game together. It's single player so we just hand off the controller now and then.
This clip has some of the interactions. We are at the part around 1:10.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:20 pm
by wlu_lax6
RDR2 grossed $725 million in its first three days. What a strange business. Invest a ton over years and hope for a blockbuster.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:35 pm
by duff
My Steam account is ThePapaDuff.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:05 pm
by A_B
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:20 pm
RDR2 grossed $725 million in its first three days. What a strange business. Invest a ton over years and hope for a blockbuster.
I wonder what the break even point was/is.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:30 pm
by Johnnie
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:20 pm
RDR2 grossed $725 million in its first three days. What a strange business. Invest a ton over years and hope for a blockbuster.
The advertisement onslaught was impressive too. Like 4 different podcasts that aren't in the same 'genre' I listen to advertised. That amongst the numerous ads on websites and TV. Money well spent. I'm almost tempted to buy a console and play. Almost.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:35 pm
by wlu_lax6
I don't have have a console so will have to wait on RDR2...but we are a few days away from Football Manager 19..Kinda want it but afraid of the time required.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 5:42 pm
by blundercrush
don't buy a console for a single game. it's a trick. /me glares at my xbox one that I bought for destiny 2.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:33 pm
by EnochRoot
So I had to free one of the exiled gang members who managed to almost get one of the in-good-standing gang members killed after a night of drinking at one of the saloons in the vicinity. Broke him out of jail by blowing out a cell wall by tying a rope with a hook on the end of it - which is affixed in some fashion to some sorta steampunk steam machine. You activate the lever and BOOM. Micah comes out. But first he murders his cellmate attempting to escape (cuz he was an O'Driscoll).
I wound up killing half the men in the town as we escaped. I now have a $300 warrant in that town. That's fucking substantial cuz I think I have like $95 right now, and every time I earn $, there's a reminder to donate some of it to the gang's lock box.
So it looks like I'm going to have to get my hands dirty.
Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in!
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:12 pm
by Johnnie
How's it compare to GTA? That's the last substantial game game I played.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:36 pm
by EnochRoot
Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:12 pm
How's it compare to GTA? That's the last substantial game game I played.
GTA V?
I mean, it's more immersive than GTA V if only because it's in the natural setting where you truly become immersed. (me, anyway)...
It's more advanced than GTA V as well in that they're now borrowing from Ubisoft's Assassins Creed opus (letting the player pick up and examine, store, put back items - as well as interact and choose which direction the dialogue progresses)..I'm sensing that the player movement may have borrowed from Ubisoft as well..Though maybe it's Naughty Dog (Uncharted). But suffice to say your player in this game is more agile than any GTA iteration.
Edit: I like it more than GTA V. But then again, I felt that Red Dead Redemption was the most fun I'd ever had playing a video game. Skyrim runs a distant, (but you can still see it in the rearview mirror) second.
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EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:57 am
I picked up Red Dead Redemption 2 this past Friday.
Me fuckin gusta.
Mine arrives tomorrow
It's why you bought the latest generation gaming console. Holy crap.
Yeah. Friggin beautiful.
(And I love the "switch to cinematic" to let you not have to control your guy the entire time you're trudging. So far so good. Shooting dynamics a little different - and less accurate - than most games, which is probably more accurate in terms of real shooting.
Good stuff.
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:16 am
by rass
We've had a Switch since July and last night I took it to the shitter with me.
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:08 pm
by Johnnie
The PS4 Red Dead Redemption Bundle is $349 with no tax at the BX this week. That seems really good.
I'm redoing my kitchen, so I'll have to pass, but someone here might be able to use that info.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:58 pm
by BSF21
Still loving Hollow Knight on Switch and pulled the trigger on the Diablo3 port last night. Tie me over until the new Super Smash Bros and Metroid comes out.
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:08 am
by Ryan
Fucking psyched to play Hitman 2*. Loved the first one**.
*I'll never play Hitman 2
**Looked awesome on YouTube playthroughs
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:47 am
by Johnny Carwash
So, I got Red Dead Redepmtion 2 and...not sure I'm liking it too far? I'm about 2+ hours in and just a lot of tedious, clunky dialogue with a few on-rails fight scenes where other people are constantly shouting at you what to do. No real feeling of agency for the player so far. Plus the controls feel clunky compared to other games.
Maybe things will change, but I'm really waiting on it to open up at this point...
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:51 am
by A_B
It does, imo
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:57 am
by EnochRoot
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:47 am
So, I got Red Dead Redepmtion 2 and...not sure I'm liking it too far? I'm about 2+ hours in and just a lot of tedious, clunky dialogue with a few on-rails fight scenes where other people are constantly shouting at you what to do. No real feeling of agency for the player so far. Plus the controls feel clunky compared to other games.
Maybe things will change, but I'm really waiting on it to open up at this point...
It opens up entirely. A big part of the reason you’re slogging right now is that you’re essentially in an interactive training event.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:25 pm
by Johnny Carwash
You guys were right. Got a bit farther and much more open now. But damn, those first couple hours were a slog.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:34 pm
by Rush2112
I can't believe there's a Leisure Suit Larry reboot!
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:42 pm
by A_B
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:25 pm
You guys were right. Got a bit farther and much more open now. But damn, those first couple hours were a slog.
Use he cinematic camera when you are traveling between places with a waypoint set if you aren’t already.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:11 pm
by wlu_lax6
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:34 pm
I can't believe there's a Leisure Suit Larry reboot!
I was more of a Police Quest player but remember Larry well
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A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:09 pm
I sniped a campful of O'driscolls last night and it was sweet sweet victory.
What platform are you on, A_B? Handle?
PS4, but I don't pay for the online access. acemcgee007 is my PSN name though
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:00 pm
by Johnny Carwash
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:33 pm
So I had to free one of the exiled gang members who managed to almost get one of the in-good-standing gang members killed after a night of drinking at one of the saloons in the vicinity. Broke him out of jail by blowing out a cell wall by tying a rope with a hook on the end of it - which is affixed in some fashion to some sorta steampunk steam machine. You activate the lever and BOOM. Micah comes out. But first he murders his cellmate attempting to escape (cuz he was an O'Driscoll).
I wound up killing half the men in the town as we escaped. I now have a $300 warrant in that town. That's fucking substantial cuz I think I have like $95 right now, and every time I earn $, there's a reminder to donate some of it to the gang's lock box.
This mission pissed me off. I'd spent hours trying to play as a "good" outlaw who only killed those who had it coming, then this mission comes along and without any real warning makes you shoot up a bunch of lawmen and civilians, racking up a huge bounty I can't afford in a new area I just wanted to explore.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:08 pm
by A_B
I don’t think the story missions affect your integrity rating.
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EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:33 pm
So I had to free one of the exiled gang members who managed to almost get one of the in-good-standing gang members killed after a night of drinking at one of the saloons in the vicinity. Broke him out of jail by blowing out a cell wall by tying a rope with a hook on the end of it - which is affixed in some fashion to some sorta steampunk steam machine. You activate the lever and BOOM. Micah comes out. But first he murders his cellmate attempting to escape (cuz he was an O'Driscoll).
I wound up killing half the men in the town as we escaped. I now have a $300 warrant in that town. That's fucking substantial cuz I think I have like $95 right now, and every time I earn $, there's a reminder to donate some of it to the gang's lock box.
This mission pissed me off. I'd spent hours trying to play as a "good" outlaw who only killed those who had it coming, then this mission comes along and without any real warning makes you shoot up a bunch of lawmen and civilians, racking up a huge bounty I can't afford in a new area I just wanted to explore.
There's a gold bar or two in a lockbox of the sheriff's office in the burned out town just west of where you're staying in Horseshoe Overlook. Sell that shit at the fence that you probably just unlocked.
Over an hour of SF guys talking about it. I'll never play this game, but I still don't want to be spoiled.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:19 pm
by EnochRoot
So yeah, this is the best PS4 deal you've likely ever seen.
$199 for the console + an extra controller + Red Dead Redemption 2 (Standard Edition).
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:03 pm
by A_B
I’ve done a couple of big gigs and I’m rich as fuck.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:14 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Thing I wish I'd earned earlier on RDR2: Do all the available white-circle side quests before any yellow-circle main story quests. Advancing the story will permanently lock out some uncompleted side quests.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:25 pm
by A_B
I had definitely done my fair share of just riding around to find those.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:25 pm
by A_B
Although I think they will all unlock after you beat main story.