Red Dead Redemption

[jim5cents]

Yeah, so everyone should just do themselves the favor and go ahead and get this game. Especially if you like sandbox games. Made by Rockstar, it plays similar to GTA, but without a lot of the absolute ridiculousness of GTA. Probably the best game I've played so far this year.

[Dudebro]

I'm gonna borrow it, I'm cheap like that unless the game is really worth it.

[Winnebagel]

I absolutely love Westerns, and Western games, so I generally have to pick-up every one. I got RDR last week and started it last night. I haven't played a whole lot yet, but it's already awesome.

@ Jim, did you play Red Dead Revolver? It wasn't really sandbox, but it was awesome.

[Kong]

YouTube - Red Dead Redemption Review

Cool concept. I would play if it was 2D.

What happens if you just ride north for ever? Hit an impassable mountain?

[Winnebagel]

YouTube - Red Dead Redemption Review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19N75TL1dHU)

Cool concept. I would play if it was 2D.

What happens if you just ride north for ever? Hit an impassable mountain?

Do you not like any 3D games?

I haven't been able to ride that far yet. The map is immense. I bet it's like Elder Scrolls, though, where you hit mountains and invisible walls. Still a huge terrain though.

[Tails]

Do you not like any 3D games?

I haven't been able to ride that far yet. The map is immense. I bet it's like Elder Scrolls, though, where you hit mountains and invisible walls. Still a huge terrain though.
Kong has motion sickness on 3D games.

[jim5cents]

What happens if you just ride north for ever? Hit an impassable mountain?yes or some other kind of natural barrier. i prefer that more than hitting an invisible wall.

@bagel, no, i had never heard of it until you mentioned it.

@kong, definately not for you, i get a little loopy when spinning in a circle in that game.

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I'm gonna borrow it, I'm cheap like that unless the game is really worth it.it will probably take 30 - 40 hours for so to 100% this bad boy. the multiplayer is really good though. i got really bored with gta IV multiplayer at a few games, but the level up/xp system adds a lot to gameplay to the multiplayer.

[Dudebro]

i got really bored with gta IV multiplayer
I wonder why? Run around mindlessly shooting some morons while they spout the most racist, homophobic stuff I've heard on xbox live. No goals and no accomplishment. Maybe it got better but I played it for like an hour and got tired of it.
I did have fun playing chicken with a car full of people though. I was on a motorcycle and I tried to jump off right as they passed me so I could shoot the car. My timing was off and I ended up faceplanting on the grill. We all laughed but it did hurt my pride a little :(

So what is the multiplayer like in RDR?

[jim5cents]

it is similar to gta, it has free roam mode which you can run around the entire map (which is huge...probably 2x the size of the gta san andreas map) and kill people if you want. doing so will get you a wanted level. you can also go after gang hideout alone or with friends or strangers. it isn't like a mmo, there is a limit to 16 in a free roam at a time.

there are several multiplayer games, tdm, capture the flag, free for all, a game mode called gold rush (collect points by grabbing gold bags and returning them) and another mode similar to sabotage on cod.

the leveling system is kind of like cod. you get experience for everything, plus there are unique challenges, weapons, hunting, and so on.

the coolest part of is the start of any game, it always begins with a mexican standoff.


i'll check with my brother and see if he still has it, but on gta IV, he had a capture card and we made two clips. one was me jumping off of the brooklyn bridge onto the hood of the cop car, from his pov...in the cop car. the other we called the last boy scout. he jumped off one of the amusement park rides into a helicopter propeller to hilarious results.

[Dudebro]

Yeah I might end up buying this soon. I see most of my friends list playing so I'll have plenty of people to play it with, for at least a week or two until they get bored and move onto the next big game.

[Kugyince]

Looks cool. The western theme kills it for me though.

[Kong]

Really? I think it wins points for some originality, comparatively.

[Winnebagel]

Yeah, the Western theme is the only reason I bought it at all. I am so sick of the whole GTA thing I will probably never play another one, but the West rocks.

[Dudebro]

But isn't this like GTA in the old west?

[Winnebagel]

But isn't this like GTA in the old west?

In terms of it being Sandbox yes, but because it's a western the whole dynamic is different.

I am sick of the stories in GTA. It seems like each one gets progressively worse b/c everything is contemporary, and also each one gets more and more PC.

It's just preference really, but would rather play a Western or Medieval game over a contemporary gang/crime game any day.

[Dudebro]

In terms of it being Sandbox yes, but because it's a western the whole dynamic is different.
How so? Is the core gameplay still the same? Either way I'll play it and probably love it, I just wanna hear if it's worth me buying it.

would rather play a Western or Medieval game over a contemporary gang/crime game any day.
Well duh. ;)

[Kugyince]

Really? I think it wins points for some originality, comparatively.

Yeah, just never was into the whole "Old West" theme. Books, movies, any of it. The same reason I'll skip Red Steel 2.

[Delegate Zero]

Glad I didn't purchase this game, it's poor. Played it on a friend's console and for this generation, it's pretty poor. Like GTA, it has clunky controls, the graphics are poor, and lip synchronization is poor too.

It's like a western version of GTA III. Rockstar could have improved with this, and what's with the glitches? Had long enough to develop the game, and they even postponed it for improvements.

[Tails]

Really, just put Red dead dedemption glitches on google and you can kill kids. o.o

[Delegate Zero]

Really, just put Red dead dedemption glitches on google and you can kill kids. o.o

Sounds like a nice addition, but I meant along the lines of the less entertaining glitch where I was transported above the map and dropped like a ragdoll. Maybe God was angry.

[Dudebro]

Well glitches can be patched. Besides the graphics thing are the controls any worse than GTA4? I don't mind how GTA4 played and if RDR is similar it won't be a deal breaker for me.

[TrakMastaTom]

I've got this game, but I have yet to play it. I was too busy playing Heavy Rain, but I just finished it so this is probably next on my list.

[Winnebagel]

Well glitches can be patched. Besides the graphics thing are the controls any worse than GTA4? I don't mind how GTA4 played and if RDR is similar it won't be a deal breaker for me.

I think the controls are better than GTA4. One of the reasons is the aim is easier, as the Dead Eye aim (from RDR 1) which helps enormously in aiming.

[Dudebro]

I read that they have a full auto aim enabled in multiplayer. People on the Xbox forums were complaining about noobs spamming respawns by just pulling the trigger, no aiming needed. How true is that?

[jim5cents]

it has happened to me twice, but it isn't a big deal.

[tanc24]

I have enjoyed every GTA "sandbox" game I've ever played. I have never been a stickler for spot-on graphics or perfect lip-synching. For me, it's about fun factor. The GTA games have always been immensely fun and diverse, keeping my attention for hours upon hours.

After viewing this awesome trailer, I am confident that I'd enjoy this game as well.

[jim5cents]

I don't know who said the lip synching was bad, but it isn't. I think it is spot on.
As far as graphic glitches go, I occasionally get an animation glitch.
The only two big glitches I have had was in the scene right before one particular mission and one time when firing the gatling gun. Both caused the game to crash one time. After reload it was fine.

[TrakMastaTom]

I played this game for probably 20 minutes. My experience was very glitchy and I don't like the way horses handle.

I'm sure I'll pick it up again, but not a great first impression.

[Demon-Mask]

Glad I didn't purchase this game, it's poor. Played it on a friend's console and for this generation, it's pretty poor. Like GTA, it has clunky controls, the graphics are poor, and lip synchronization is poor too.

For me, a game is about the fun in the actual game, I can take playing an ugly game with bad lip synch as long as the gameplay is enjoyable.
If the controls are like GTA, I would enjoy it: The controls in GTA were better than I expected for a game with so much to do.

[Dudebro]

I got this game and it's great. I don't think there's any graphic/glitch issues at all so far.

[Demon-Mask]

That's good, I hate it when there are tons of glitches.

A decent game that got ruined by glitches was the crap version of Assassin's Creed on the Nintendo DS, I fell through the floor, into *the void, within ten minutes of playing the game.
*the void is the infinite un-programmed whitespace. I was stuck in the falling animation.

[Winnebagel]

Another game that I personally liked, but was destroyed by glitches was Pirates of the Caribbean on Xbox. I enjoyed the game, but there was this glitch that corrupted all your save files, so very few people were lucky enough to get to the end.

[Demon-Mask]

I hated that.
There was a racing game that was fun, but there was a glitch only allowing around 96.7% completion, a lot of people got very mad and gave up on the game entirely when they found out that they couldn't get 100% completion.

[Kugyince]

Wife's take on it:

1. She encountered way too many glitches. Her horse not going over a bridge was the one I remember her telling me about.

2. The honor system is out of whack. You lose honor for things you shouldn't like defending yourself.

3. It got really boring by the time she go to Mexico. By the third "island" it was too repetitive.

All of this means I just get more time to 100% A Boy and His Blob so it works out for me.

[Dudebro]

1- She must be looking for them or doing odd things. I've been playing for many hours(my gf as well) and the only glitches I've seen are normal ones like getting stuck in the environment when you hit it at a bad angle.

2- You only lose for defending yourself if you cause the innocent person to attack you. I know it's not perfect but a civilian is not ok to kill regardless. I had this happen to me, I was riding my horse and I knocked a guy over. He got up and started shooting so I blasted him. Lost a little honor.
Either way it's not a big deal since it's easy to gain honor back by doing random side quests.

3. Not much to say about this. I doubt I'll get bored with it. I've been having a blast the entire time. Maybe she was expecting too much? This is pretty much a GTA game with a different setting.

[Kugyince]

YouTube - Red Dead Redemption - Bird People Glitch

[Dudebro]

Yeah but how does this happen? I've literally been playing for days straight and nothing even close to that has happened to me. Looks like a mod.

Btw did your wife try the mulitplayer? I heard that's a good part of the game as well.

[Kugyince]

I doubt it, she's not much of an online player.

The glitches are hillarious. I think she said something about shooting an animal in the head and it still just stood there as well.

YouTube - Red Dead Redemption Best Glitches Compilation

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YouTube - Red Dead Redemption Zombie Glitch/Easter Egg

YouTube - Red Dead Redemption - Barrel Rolling Horse Likes to Crater Bug/Glitch

YouTube - Red dead redemption - Strange glitch

YouTube - Red Dead Redemption - John's Rollerblade Spur Glitch

YouTube - Funny Red Dead Redemption Online Glitch!

[Dudebro]

She must be unlucky. I've been shooting animals in the head(other places too obviously) since day one and nothing weird happened.

I'm not trying to defend this game like an ultra fan boy but from my experiences so far it's an awesome game with very minor issues(none of which happened to me directly).

[Kugyince]

It's all good. You know I don't care either way if people like a PS360 game.

I do think the glitches are funny. It also shows me that the game was rushed with the mentality of "we can always patch it later."

[Dudebro]

Either rushed or they didn't think they needed more beta testing. At least the only glitches aren't game breaking or frustrating.

[Kugyince]

True, nothing that erases your save file or prevents you from progressing that I know of.

[Slime Slayer]

LOL is that bird thing actually a glitch?

[Dudebro]

It could be a glitch but it could also be a cheat. There's a section for them in the game menu but I don't know how to use them. It seems to polished to be a random glitch. At one point an npc was waving his arms like he's actually flying. I'm calling shenanigans until someone confirms it.

[Winnebagel]

I do think the glitches are funny. It also shows me that the game was rushed with the mentality of "we can always patch it later."

It could very well be, but isn't is nice that we live in a world that DL patches can fix glitches? Back in the day when we played the classic consoles, companies would always try to rush games to get them out by Summer/Christmas, and if they had bugs they could not be fixed.

[jim5cents]

@ ten, I wonder if the bridge(s) she tried to go over where the Mexico/Last Island bridge(s) before the story had progressed that far.

The bird man video was great, especially the dead eye towards the end.

[Kugyince]

@Jim: No, she was able to get over it easily enough by getting off her horse.

[Slime Slayer]

I just watched a few of these videos, and I have a hard time believing these are real glitches. I think what might have happened is similar to the gta hot coffee mod. The programmers were goofing around and did all this stuff, then left the stuff in the game with no intention of people ever being able to trigger them.

[Winnebagel]

I have played the game quite a bit, and I have yet to encounter any glitches other than seeing a Five Finger Fillet player hovering 10 feet in the air above the table, and it wouldn't let me start the game because of it. I saved the game in the saloon and then it was fine. I haven't seen any others.

[jim5cents]

Did you 100% yet? I would have last week, but the gf dragged me off to see her cousin in North Carolina.

[Winnebagel]

Did you 100% yet? I would have last week, but the gf dragged me off to see her cousin in North Carolina.

Not yet. I haven't played it enough. I am at around 30% right now, so I still have a lot left.

[TrakMastaTom]

Man, I hate this game. The glitches have made it unplayable for me. The third and final time I tried to play it I was riding around on my horse when all of a sudden I fell underground. So I was just riding around underground, and couldn't get back up or do anything.

Way to go Rockstar. Dummies.

[Dudebro]

How come I keep hearing about these glitches and nothing has happened to me and I've literally played for about 24 hours?
Are you connected to Xboxlive to get updates? I think I heard this game had a serious issue and they patched it already but if you're offline you won't get the fix.

[Winnebagel]

How come I keep hearing about these glitches and nothing has happened to me and I've literally played for about 24 hours?
Are you connected to Xboxlive to get updates? I think I heard this game had a serious issue and they patched it already but if you're offline you won't get the fix.

I'm in the same boat DB. Other than the one Five Finger Fillet temporary glitch, I have not seen a single other glitch and that's after playing for about 40 hours. Maybe I'm just lucky.

[TrakMastaTom]

How come I keep hearing about these glitches and nothing has happened to me and I've literally played for about 24 hours?

Uh, because you are in the extreme minority? It's not like I'm making these things up to slander this game or anything. But if you do a quick google search you will find hundreds of forum topics discussing how bad the glitches are in the game.

You haven't seen a single glitch or bug? Not even a small one?

And yes, I am connected to Live and have any updates.

I couldn't even make it 30 minutes into this game. I've had 3 game ending glitches.

[Winnebagel]

Uh, because you are in the extreme minority? It's not like I'm making these things up to slander this game or anything. But if you do a quick google search you will find hundreds of forum topics discussing how bad the glitches are in the game.

You haven't seen a single glitch or bug? Not even a small one?

And yes, I am connected to Live and have any updates.

I couldn't even make it 30 minutes into this game. I've had 3 game ending glitches.

I have had very few problems myself TMT. I believe you. I know there must be a lot of issues since so many people have had them, but I have only seen the one oddity.

However, I seem to fall in the minority in other things too. For example, I don't have RROD problems with the 360, but I have lost 2 PS3's due to them suddenly breaking down for no reason.

[Tails]

Bagel you're weird in general. I mean no human can beat 1945k. :P

[Dudebro]

Uh, because you are in the extreme minority? It's not like I'm making these things up to slander this game or anything. But if you do a quick google search you will find hundreds of forum topics discussing how bad the glitches are in the game.

And yes, I am connected to Live and have any updates.

I couldn't even make it 30 minutes into this game. I've had 3 game ending glitches.
Like I said I've heard of this but haven't experienced it first hand. I have read about it but nothing leads me to believe I'm in the minority, in fact it's the opposite. I've been reading the forums for this game since I got it and there doesn't seem to be a large number of people with this problem. Saying I'm in the extreme minority makes it seem like this game is well known to be broken and that just isn't true. I'm sorry it's not working for you and it's annoying but it seems you're in the minority on this one. I wish there was some way for me to help you but I got nothing. Maybe there's a patch coming soon to fix this.


You haven't seen a single glitch or bug? Not even a small one? My gf and I have our own save games. She had one minor glitch where she fell through some stairs after trying to skin a bird on a railing. The only problem I've had is the game froze twice but that's probably from playing for several hours.

[jim5cents]

I have had a total of three game crashing glitches. One was when fired the gatling gun and I suspect it had something to do with frame rate. Another had to do with an animation when starting one of the hideout missions, basically the Marston character dissappeared. The last caused the game to crash prior to one of the Mexico missions. After reload, there were no further problems.

Sorry RDR isn't working for you TMT. IMO it is a great game, definately worth the 60.

[Winnebagel]

I have had a total of three game crashing glitches. One was when fired the gatling gun and I suspect it had something to do with frame rate. Another had to do with an animation when starting one of the hideout missions, basically the Marston character dissappeared. The last caused the game to crash prior to one of the Mexico missions. After reload, there were no further problems.

Sorry RDR isn't working for you TMT. IMO it is a great game, definately worth the 60.

Since my last post, I did have a gatling gun mission crash the system once. I re-loaded the game and have had no problems since.

Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time, but it had glitches too at times. I think most games of this size will have some bugs. I still enjoy it.

[Timber Wolf]

I just got it, and I was a little wary, although most of my friends have it, but I must say I'm impressed, it's fun, I haven't tried Multiplayer yet, but it looks to be loads of fun

and I haven't had any gliches in the ~6hours of play! horah for luck

[Winnebagel]

I just got it, and I was a little wary, although most of my friends have it, but I must say I'm impressed, it's fun, I haven't tried Multiplayer yet, but it looks to be loads of fun

and I haven't had any gliches in the ~6hours of play! horah for luck

Enjoy that Timber. I am still having fun with it too. I am about 65% through now.

I have had very few glitches in that time. I mentioned most in this thread already, but I had one new one yesterday. I was hunting in the Tall Trees area and I shot an animal. Instead of it staying on the ground, the animal fell through the ground and disappeared. Overall, for me these glitches are few and far between.

Enjoy the game!

[AVGNJr1985]

I've been playing Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox 360 almost every day. I've gotten everything in the game such as the weapons, the horses, etc. I'm really good at shooting a gun in the game. I really love to do fun mission as John Marston. And I enjoyed Red Dead Redemption for my life. :)

[Dudebro]

And I enjoyed Red Dead Redemption for my life. :)
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Great game though. I got right to the end and stopping playing it, I should really finish it sometime. Also I heard a sequel is in the works but it'll be next gen console and probably never on PC.

[AVGNJr1985]

Anyone ever notice that Charlie Mash in Red Dead Redemption is a reference to Charlie Nash from Street Fighter Alpha? I always thought if Charlie Mash was Nash's grandfather in the Old West. Charlie Nash uses Sonic Booms and Charlie Mash uses guns. Charlie Mash - Red Dead Redemption Wiki (http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/Charlie_Mash)

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