Red Dead Redemption 2

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SirAndrewD

#15
October 23, 2019, 02:48:10 PM
Quote from: W8taminute on October 23, 2019, 02:30:58 PM

I had RDR2 for PS4 and returned it for store credit after a few months.  My reason for trading the game in for store credit are as follows:

1. The main character is lifeless.  I just couldn't find a reason to like him they way I liked John Marston in the first game.
2. Sensory overload and I mean sensory overload.  There is a ton of side quests, mini-games, meta-games, and odds and ends to do that my old brain couldn't handle it.  I barely got through the first chapter of the story because there are just too many shiny objects that whiz by you causing you to lose focus.  I just don't have the patience anymore I'm afraid.
3. The overall story is kind of lame.  Doesn't really connect with the events that happened in the first game and for me that dog don't hunt.

Yikes.  On points 1 and 2 I'm actually kind of shocked that you and I had such fundamentally different experiences. 

Did you get very far in the story?  I agree, Arthur starts as unlikable, but that's kind of the point.   There's a watershed moment after he completes the money lending quests and gets his...cough...that I found super compelling about him when playing it through as a good character. 

And I don't know how you couldn't feel the story didn't connect to the first game, especially with the epilogue chapter. 

For me the only thing I felt was out of place and a let down was Chapter 5 in the Caribbean.   It just felt too long, on rails, and unnecessary.

Maybe I'm too easy to please. 
"These men do not want a happy ship. They are deeply sick and try to compensate by making me feel miserable. Last week was my birthday. Nobody even said "happy birthday" to me. Someday this tape will be played and then they'll feel sorry."  - Sgt. Pinback

Gusington

#16
October 23, 2019, 02:53:43 PM
^Game harlot.
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SirAndrewD

#17
October 23, 2019, 03:01:32 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 23, 2019, 02:53:43 PM
^Game harlot.

I resemble that remark.
"These men do not want a happy ship. They are deeply sick and try to compensate by making me feel miserable. Last week was my birthday. Nobody even said "happy birthday" to me. Someday this tape will be played and then they'll feel sorry."  - Sgt. Pinback

JasonPratt

#18
October 23, 2019, 03:25:40 PM
"Chapter 5 in the Caribbean"

:o

Okay, I wasn't expecting that...
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SirAndrewD

#19
October 23, 2019, 04:07:12 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on October 23, 2019, 03:25:40 PM
"Chapter 5 in the Caribbean"

:o

Okay, I wasn't expecting that...

Sorry for the spoiler.  I wasn't expecting it either when it happened.   Sadly it's the weakest part of the game.
"These men do not want a happy ship. They are deeply sick and try to compensate by making me feel miserable. Last week was my birthday. Nobody even said "happy birthday" to me. Someday this tape will be played and then they'll feel sorry."  - Sgt. Pinback

Moreb

#20
October 23, 2019, 05:18:15 PM
Cowboys of the Caribbean

When dongles fly? - mirth

FlickJax

#21
October 24, 2019, 03:06:54 AM
Quote from: Moreb on October 23, 2019, 05:18:15 PM
Cowboys of the Caribbean



Not only a cowboy but a re-incarnated James Dean to boot :)

JasonPratt

#22
October 24, 2019, 11:54:11 AM
After that, the little figures talking to Jack Sparrow looked like Jack Sparrow...  ;D
ICEBREAKER THESIS CHRONOLOGY! -- Victor Suvorov's Stalin Grand Strategy theory, in lots and lots of chronological order...
Dawn of Armageddon -- narrative AAR for Dawn of War: Soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse
Survive Harder! -- Two season narrative AAR, an Amazon Blood Bowl career.
PanzOrc Corpz Generals -- Fantasy Wars narrative AAR, half a combined campaign.
Khazâd du-bekâr! -- narrative dwarf AAR for LotR BfME2 RotWK campaign.
RobO Q Campaign Generator -- archived classic CMBB/CMAK tool!

Tpek

#23
November 01, 2019, 05:17:10 PM
Holy Moly! The Pre-Load alone is over 100GB!

Grim.Reaper

#24
November 01, 2019, 05:21:09 PM
that's nothing, call of duty was around 130gb

Tpek

#25
November 01, 2019, 05:49:21 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on November 01, 2019, 05:21:09 PM
that's nothing, call of duty was around 130gb

That's a lot of Duty!

Gusington

#26
November 01, 2019, 07:42:54 PM
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al_infierno

#27
November 05, 2019, 12:39:07 PM
Released on PC today.  Anybody playing?  Lots of day 1 performance issues reported on the RDR subreddit, unsurprisingly.
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JudgeDredd

#28
November 05, 2019, 01:08:53 PM
I'm good with my PS4 version  ;D
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Pete Dero

#29
November 05, 2019, 01:30:01 PM
Quote from: al_infierno on November 05, 2019, 12:39:07 PM
Released on PC today.  Anybody playing?  Lots of day 1 performance issues reported on the RDR subreddit, unsurprisingly.

I'm waiting for the Steam release next month.
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