Red Dead Redemption 2

I just picked up the Epic version yeah I know just wanted it tied to a launcher. Even if CD Keys has it for 42.00 I figure they charge Tax like everyone else.

Update: This install will take me about 12 hours to complete 115GB
 
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Mchart said:
Rockstar has never had good ports outside of GTAV.

Most of people's issues have been fixed at this point, however.

And both GTAV and this game at least run better than GTAIV. GTAIV while a great game has always ran like dogshit, generally. We never got the first Red Dead Redemption either because Rockstar's code was apparently so horrible that they couldn't be fucked to ever release it on PC. They'd literally have to re-code the thing from the ground up.
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GTA 4 ran like utter shit on the consoles too. PS3 was abysmal.
 
I mean, when you think about how long ago GTAIV came out and even today the level of detail in that game, it's no wonder it runs bad given the technology of the time.
 
Looks like I can't see fucking shit

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I just started the game and already have two serious issues:

1: How do you save the game? Because hoping the last checkpoint was close by when you quit just ain't gonna cut it.

2. Caused right by the first issue, when I pick up the game, it makes me watch the same conversations and cutscenes again, how the hell do you skip them?
 
M76 said:
I just started the game and already have two serious issues:

1: How do you save the game? Because hoping the last checkpoint was close by when you quit just ain't gonna cut it.

2. Caused right by the first issue, when I pick up the game, it makes me watch the same conversations and cutscenes again, how the hell do you skip them?
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Just remember that you can't really save mid-mission, and most of the intro of the game is in 'mission'.
 
M76 said:
I just started the game and already have two serious issues:

1: How do you save the game? Because hoping the last checkpoint was close by when you quit just ain't gonna cut it.

2. Caused right by the first issue, when I pick up the game, it makes me watch the same conversations and cutscenes again, how the hell do you skip them?
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pause, go down to story and thats where you save/load from. there is a button to skip but i cant remember what it was. if your using a controller press em all and you'll see it pop up. then you have to hold it for a second to skip.
 
Also the prologue is at least a couple hours if you take your sweet time and I don't think you can manually save during it
 
I kinda wish I bought the Steam version for achievements but at least I have this monster downloaded.
 
socK said:
Also the prologue is at least a couple hours if you take your sweet time and I don't think you can manually save during it
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The prolouge was quite long and annoying so I didn't even finish it in one sitting. But I haven't found the save option even after that. The game seems a bit better now, but now the lack of fast travel is annoying.
I go to do a mission far, then have to backtrack all the way, it is like a horseriding simulator at this point. 5 minutes fun, 15 minutes just riding a horse.
 
M76 said:
The prolouge was quite long and annoying so I didn't even finish it in one sitting. But I haven't found the save option even after that. The game seems a bit better now, but now the lack of fast travel is annoying.
I go to do a mission far, then have to backtrack all the way, it is like a horseriding simulator at this point. 5 minutes fun, 15 minutes just riding a horse.
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Doesn't sound like this is the game for you. This game is more about the game world itself and the narrative in it. It's not the type of game that you pickup if you just want immediate satisfaction.

The save option has been described by two other users, just read what they said.
 
Mchart said:
Doesn't sound like this is the game for you. This game is more about the game world itself and the narrative in it. It's not the type of game that you pickup if you just want immediate satisfaction.

The save option has been described by two other users, just read what they said.
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this is true, a lot of the game’s charm is taking in the environment
 
Mchart said:
Doesn't sound like this is the game for you. This game is more about the game world itself and the narrative in it. It's not the type of game that you pickup if you just want immediate satisfaction.

The save option has been described by two other users, just read what they said.
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You might wanna take off your blinders. And don't say you don't have them on, otherwise you'd have seen my previous post which is just above the one you're replying to.

Now that we put that aside:

What does immediate satisfaction have to do with a lack of fast travel? What do you even mean by "satisfaction"?
 
M76 said:
You might wanna take off your blinders. And don't say you don't have them on, otherwise you'd have seen my previous post which is just above the one you're replying to.

Now that we put that aside:

What does immediate satisfaction have to do with a lack of fast travel? What do you even mean by "satisfaction"?
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You really are angry, and i'm not sure why. You don't seem to like the game, which is fine. ' Fast Travel ' in this game is via Train or Stagecoach. An approach I prefer, but to other folks they may hate it because it means a slower gameplay experience.

Waving your arms around at me about the core game design won't change it, and I fully recognize a lot of people don't like this game because of how slow it is.

'Satisfaction' is just that, if you want a game that allows you to immediately fast travel, and doesn't let you carry more than a couple pelts on your horse, this game isn't going to give you that immediate satisfaction a game like Shadow of War will where you can jump in and just start slaying orks which is also incredibly fun if you want that type of game.
 
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Nobody can convince me they enjoy spending hours riding their horse back and forth over the course of the game. There's just not enough going on in the world to keep that interesting for the 20+ hour campaign.
And I refuse to believe "the scenery is pretty" is enough to hold your attention the whole time.
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
Nobody can convince me they enjoy spending hours riding their horse back and forth over the course of the game. There's just not enough going on in the world to keep that interesting for the 20+ hour campaign.
And I refuse to believe "the scenery is pretty" is enough to hold your attention the whole time.
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Ok
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
Nobody can convince me they enjoy spending hours riding their horse back and forth over the course of the game. There's just not enough going on in the world to keep that interesting for the 20+ hour campaign.
And I refuse to believe "the scenery is pretty" is enough to hold your attention the whole time.
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Believe whatever makes you happy, but you're wrong.

Riding around the world was perhaps one of my most favorite things about RDR2. There is plenty going on in the world between hunting, strangers, stagecoaches and homesteads to rob, dialog with companions, and just other weird encounters and side missions to find. I don't need something bonkers happening every 30 seconds for the game to hold my attention, the authenticity of riding around in a world that feels authentic to the period is enough to keep me interested. Also, yeah, the game is fucking beautiful, and just riding around and appreciating the scenery doesn't hurt. I played the game on XB1X, took me 84 hours to complete. I didn't fast once, and I never felt like it was a drag. I enjoyed every single minute of it. It's awful closed minded to think that just because it doesn't interest you, it can't possibly interest anyone else.
 
Viper87227 said:
Believe whatever makes you happy, but you're wrong.

Riding around the world was perhaps one of my most favorite things about RDR2. There is plenty going on in the world between hunting, strangers, stagecoaches and homesteads to rob, dialog with companions, and just other weird encounters and side missions to find. I don't need something bonkers happening every 30 seconds for the game to hold my attention, the authenticity of riding around in a world that feels authentic to the period is enough to keep me interested. Also, yeah, the game is fucking beautiful, and just riding around and appreciating the scenery doesn't hurt. I played the game on XB1X, took me 84 hours to complete. I didn't fast once, and I never felt like it was a drag. I enjoyed every single minute of it. It's awful closed minded to think that just because it doesn't interest you, it can't possibly interest anyone else.
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I'm at 25 hours. I've already covered most of the main roads at least a dozen times (the roads you use the most). Pass the same animals... Deer, rodents, bison, etc. The same random guys driving a carriage or riding on a horse. The same events are now recycling, just saw the 'girl with a dead horse needs a ride to the ranch' for the 3rd time... Obviously I'm not doing it again.

The game is beautiful. There's a lot of fun stuff to do. The issue is that rockstar gimped their fast travel system and force-feeds you the same stuff over, and over, and over, and over. It doesn't change. There's nothing new. How many carriages can you rob, and deers hunt by the road, before you just want to get from A to B?

I want to do unique, meaningful content: missions. But rockstar is like, nope, you have to earn those by mindlessly riding your horse 15 minutes back and forth. I don't need to hunt my 1000th deer, or get ambushed by bandits again. I've seen all of that content, multiple times over. It doesn't benefit my character, or me.

Rockstar has no respect for the player's time.
 
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I have 50 hours and i'm at the start of chapter 3.

Some people enjoy different things in games. Just because you don't enjoy it doesn't mean others don't. I'm glad Rockstar made the game this way.
 
Well I for one finished this on the PS4. I'm sorta embarrassed how many hours I logged into RDR2. It's been about 6 months since completion, and did not really hesitate to pick this up again on PC. This time around I'm just riding my horse around taking my time. So yea, guess I do enjoy just riding around, doing some huntin, fishin, and occassionally rob somebody :)
 
FUCK how your weapons keep going back to your horse

Start mission, select weapons while we're riding, there's a 15 second long cut-scene... and SOMEHOW MY SHIT IS OFF MY PERSON AGAIN AND BACK ONTO THE FUCKING HORSE.

WHY
 
Yeah, that would be a chief complaint I have with the game. That's something that doesn't make sense at all and I wish they would have fixed.
 
socK said:
FUCK how your weapons keep going back to your horse

Start mission, select weapons while we're riding, there's a 15 second long cut-scene... and SOMEHOW MY SHIT IS OFF MY PERSON AGAIN AND BACK ONTO THE FUCKING HORSE.

WHY
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I've had guns vanish off my back while getting off the horse. it can't be intentional.
 
M76 said:
The game seems a bit better now, but now the lack of fast travel is annoying.
I go to do a mission far, then have to backtrack all the way, it is like a horseriding simulator at this point. 5 minutes fun, 15 minutes just riding a horse.
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That is pretty much the entire game. And the fast travel that you do get later on isn't much better.
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
I've had guns vanish off my back while getting off the horse. it can't be intentional.
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It happens all the time. I think it's intentional. You're meant to pick up the weapon after you get off the horse otherwise you just have the pea shooter.
 
Viper87227 said:
Believe whatever makes you happy, but you're wrong.

Riding around the world was perhaps one of my most favorite things about RDR2.
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Once it's good, but when you just trekked 10 miles and have to go back the exact same route to your camp it becomes a pointless timewaster. I hoped there would be something to do all over the game world, but there is nothing. No, hunting random animals that you then also have to carry back to the camp isn't an upgrade to just riding back empty, it's actually worse. Yeah, hunting was fun, up to about the 4th deer and 2nd rabbit. Then I'm no longer interested on wasting my time on it.

I wager if you could fast travel back to your main camp from anywhere in the world (outside of mission and combat) the game length would be halved.
 
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Yeah I'm pretty convinced some decisions are strictly there to pad length because they add nothing meaningful beyond that.

Bonus points when the start-of-the-mission-horse-ride-conversation fizzles and you start fucking around and eviscerate your horse 3 milliseconds before the next checkpoint and you have to sit through 15 minutes of bullshit again.
 
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