this is dope imho but my one moan so far is that the game does a pretty good job of drawing me into the setting and the characters, and then someone wants me to race horses or do a timed challenge shooting birds, and suddenly i can see straight thru the old west lacquer to GTA underneath and it spoils the wahmbience. i kinda wish they had played it straighter.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I would think random dudes challenging you on rep to impromptu shooting or riding contests was probably more common in the old west than it was in 2004 new york city or whatever
― antexit, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Since I couldn't play this, I watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance instead. So good.
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 May 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
For those who've actually played this, how's the sound design?
― Don Homer, I have baked a special donut just-a for you (kingfish), Thursday, 20 May 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
okay, I'm gonna get this on 360and i'm gonna make y'all a custom country soundtrack now too.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 20 May 2010 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
this is rad. sound design is really good as far as i can tell. i just experienced my first rainstorm and the wind, rain, and thunder rolling through the hills was spot on. guns sound like the should. not too light, not too meaty. they've got a little echo to them that sounds (i imagine) realistic. horses look beautiful and sound like horses. horse footsteps on wooden floors are good and heavy sounding. nice touch. i was expecting a straight morricone pastiche of a soundtrack but it's a little more varied and subtle for the most part.
it's the same basic gameplay as any of the GTA games, but it still manages to feel significantly different tbh. thus far.
― circa1916, Thursday, 20 May 2010 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― Mordy, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:08 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
maybe i'll do that tonight...
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Thursday, 20 May 2010 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay gents, here's a first volume of a red dead country mix. It's all over the place recording wise but there's a clear throughline for intention I think.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KJCRC4BQ
Here's the tracks in no particular order; I'd recommend shuffle here.
Buck Owens - I Got A Tiger By the Tail(1965)Cherryholmes - Black and White (2007)Cherryholmes - Don't Believe (2008)Anonymous Young Girls - Hopali (1930's?)The Carter Family - See That My Grave Is Kept Green (1933)Cinderella G Stump - Temptation (1947)The Carter Family - Keep On the Firing Line (1941)Chet Atkins - Tennessee Stud (?)Bill Monroe and Doc Watson - Chicken Reel (1963)Alex Hood's Railroad Boys - L and N Rag (?)Alfred G Karnes - I Am Bound for the Promised Land (?)Alfred G Karnes - We Shall All Be Reunited (?)Basil May - The Lady of Carlisle (?)The Carver Boys - Sisco Harmonica Blues (?)Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Lulu Wall (1939)Buell Kazee - A Short Life of Trouble (1939)Charlie Bowman and His Brothers - Moonshiner and His Money (1929)Blue Highway - Where Did the Morning Go? (2007)Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers - If the River Was Whiskey (?)Cal Stewart - Monkey on a String (?)Ben Curry - I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop (?)Ben Curry - It's A Fight Like That (?)Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (?)Bill Carlisle - Feet Don't Fail Me (?)Asher Sizemore and Little Jimmie - Little Jimmie's Goodbye to Jimmie Rodgers (?)
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 20 May 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Impressions (and in-game usage stories) very much welcome.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 20 May 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Btw, sorta off-topic, but if any of you are interested in Westerns, and particular The Searchers and The Man Who Shot..., Robert Pippin had a piece in Critical Inquiry recently called "What is a Western? Politics and Self-Knowledge in John Ford's The Searchers" that is really amazing and an incredible read. I've got a copy if anyone wants (get in touch and I'll send it along). It's about how these films mythologize the civilizing of America by demonstrating how society is formed on top of violent encounters, and how that violence is never fully sublimated. Tho I haven't gotten to RDR yet, it's clearly a trope that's embraced by the game -- a man who has formed a family but is called forth by his violent history.
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 May 2010 05:57 (fourteen years ago) link
He's got this coming out this week: http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Westerns-American-Myth-Importance/dp/0300145772
Kinda serendipitous to have RDR + this book in the same month, at least for me.
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 May 2010 05:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Whoops, forgot to eat dinner tonight!
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 May 2010 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link
It is seriously thrilling to start a deathmatch with a big standoff.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 May 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
http://files.erichscholz.com/uploaded_images/Great_silence-732437.jpg
― andrew g. vajna (cozen), Thursday, 20 May 2010 09:13 (fourteen years ago) link
It seems that renowned early dispatchers shopto.net are basically the only games retailer in the UK that didn't send this out early.
― MPx4A, Thursday, 20 May 2010 09:44 (fourteen years ago) link
hands up if you want to join
posse, money, weed & beer
― andrew g. vajna (cozen), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I played this drunk last night and my horse got killed by some rampaging animal. So I got upset and starting killing anyone I came across to get their horse. I guess your not allowed to murder fools for their horses when you think its convenient. I guess youre supposed to find a riderless horse out there..?
― mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
tesco sent mine out today and say it will take 3-5 days so not so early over here :(
― Thaksin Albert Shinawatra (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
will probably not get mine until monday either :( x1000000
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah got email from amazon today, dispatched, arrive Saturday. but i put my works address on the order. DOH.
will look forward to monday anyway
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
was kind of considering going out to buy this today, but looks like it'll be tomorrow.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
was pissed ranting about this to non-game playing friend in pub tonight, i don't think he was quite on my level of excitement.
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Thursday, 20 May 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
This game is exactly what I wanted it to be.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 21 May 2010 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Is multiplayer broken or are dudes just whining on the internet?
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:44 (fourteen years ago) link
It worked fine for me.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 21 May 2010 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link
just got a little too into a poker game.
― circa1916, Friday, 21 May 2010 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i won but fuck that dude.
lololol. cannot wait to play this.
― Mordy, Friday, 21 May 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
is the map fucked up for anyone else? if i try to zoom in and then stop, it will just slowly zoom in and then slowly pan until it is fully zoomed in.
― jeff, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I got eaten by a cougar. :(
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 21 May 2010 06:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Went to target tonight, sold out.
― Fists all gnarly and dick-dented (jjjusten), Friday, 21 May 2010 06:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i've never heard of liar's dice before, but it's fun. the mini-games are pretty well done. i don't play texas hold 'em regularly or seriously, but i've been impressed by how realistically these dudes are playing cards.
― circa1916, Friday, 21 May 2010 08:10 (fourteen years ago) link
any truth to the rumour that asda were told they were not allowed to sell the game at a low price and so are not even selling the game at all now out of spite?
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 11:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Couldn't decide whether to buy this or ModNation Racers, Tesco made my mind up for me by being out of stock of Red Dead Redemption and having MNR for £34.
― nate woolls, Friday, 21 May 2010 11:49 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry dude but that is worse than the time jeff lepine didn't buy uncharted 2 for three years
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I've got a 9 month old baby, I haven't got enough time in my days for this game.
― nate woolls, Friday, 21 May 2010 12:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm just messing :)
marston has a flat butt
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 12:44 (fourteen years ago) link
You're right though, I really really want to buy this.
― nate woolls, Friday, 21 May 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Massive PS3 Red Dead shortage hits UK
― JimD, Friday, 21 May 2010 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"copies available almost everywhere" isn't really a "massive shortage"
― this skit is ba-na-nas (onimo), Friday, 21 May 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
gives websites a chance to say RED DEAD REDEMPTION again, more hits.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 21 May 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I've also yet to pick up RDR! I know I started this hype thread, but lately I'm unsure if I really want to play through a long single player game, especially right now. And multiplayer with auto-aim isn't something I can get into. Also too many games I already own at the moment that I'm enjoying (Bad Company 2, various CoD games, TF2, various racing games) or haven't had the time to even get into (like SSFIV).
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 21 May 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
did u even buy uncharted 2 in the end
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Friday, 21 May 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
yas, tesco delivered today.
no, doing stuff tonight and tomorrow night and working all weekend :(
― Thaksin Albert Shinawatra (jim in glasgow), Friday, 21 May 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― Fists all gnarly and dick-dented (jjjusten), Friday, May 21, 2010 1:41 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark
sheeeit
i went to the gamestop in my hood and the very nervous kid behind the counter said to come back maybe in a week
― taylory dayne (goole), Friday, 21 May 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
not yet
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 21 May 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i want to buy this and i don't even have a current gen system
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Friday, 21 May 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
multiplayer is p.fun; didn't think I'd touch it tbh but I've just whittled away the afternoon playing the co-op instances and levelling up my donkey
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
xp ^^^
― he speak the frenche as the Frenches himselves (snoball), Friday, 21 May 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
(neither can I justify the cost or the time outlay)