Red Dead Redemption

[Solid Snake]

Hah hah hah...

So the day after I purchase Red Dead Redemption I go to put it in my PS3 for the very first time and it slips out of my hand and drops about two feet.
Now there's a small nick (not really a scratch, moreso a discoloration) on a small portion of the disc. Hopefully PS3 games are as durable as PS2 games in that regard -- I own a few scratched PS3 games that still play quite well. So far, I'm a few missions into RDR single player and I haven't run into any problems.

[DFM]

I've found that I am very bad at cheating but I've gotten very good at dueling.

These things may be related.

[Arcanum]

To be fair cheating is hard. I killed off my entire poker table while trying to learn, then decided to go do something else.

Also, I just found out yesterday that the $200 game of liar's dice was only available once while I was doing a quest for a stranger. Now it's only measly $20 games. I miss those $600 pots.

Also I fought off a pack of 30 or so wolves, then skinned them all. Made like $500 when I sold their fur, meat, and about 13 hearts. I love Mexico.

[DFM]

Yeah, everyone at my table must be retarded because if a dude gets caught cheating, is challenged to a duel, then there's what sounds like three seconds of machinegun fire coming from the streets, and cheater walks back in and gets caught cheating again, I can't think of anyone who's reaction would be to challenge him to a duel.

Especially the fifth time.

Spoilers for the "American Appetites" quest: I always fail what I assume is the last one because I always shoot the dude with the torn up leg I'm like "You fucker I know it's you" I can't not shoot him.

[Arcanum]

For "American Appetites" : Just go do what he says. Once you do that then you get the choice to walk away or shoot him (or hogtie him if you feel like being a nice guy [or hogtie him and then shoot him if you feel like being a bad dude {or hogtie him, put him on a horse, then find a cliff and ride straight at it, then jump off the horse at the last second, if you feel like giving him what he deserves. Also try to find a cliff that has coyotes at the base}])

Oh and I saw a bear attack a ram. The bear won. Shortly after I killed that bear and skinned both the animals I saw a cougar attack another ram. The cougar won.

I also learned that high powered rifles make beavers (and other small mammals) explode. Literally.

edit -- oh and I guess they fixed the multiplayer issues.

[Carade]

My preference is to Hogtie him, put him on the nearest train tracks and wait for it to come you need the patience of a saint, but it is god damned worth it.

[DFM]

Once you get the hand of the mini-games they're actually all pretty fun. I wasted an hour or so just playing poker.

(Five Finger Fillet is still stupid though)

I also learned that high powered rifles make beavers (and other small mammals) explode.

I shot a bird with the bolt action and just sort of stared at the puff of feathers drifting slowly across the setting Mexican sun.

[Meister]

Originally Posted by Arcanum Darkfire

The cougar won.

Cougars are completely bullshit animals, I hope they all die and will be actively working towards that goal.

my beautiful horse

I also have an irresistible urge to shoot as many people as I can in the nuts. Just to give the "stories spreading about you" aspect a bit of an individual spin, I suppose. The idea of justice is nice and all but I mainly want the cattle rustlers and horse stealers to live in fear because they know somewhere out there there's a man called John Marston and if he doesn't like what you're doing he's going to shoot you in the bollocks.

[Arcanum]

I recommend investing in a horse deed, a good one (I personally bought the Kentucky Saddler for $750). That way whenever your horse dies you just pop open your kit, select the horse deed and press A, and you have a good horse again. And you can use the deed as many times as you want.

Also if you want to gain some levels fast online, just run the Pike's Basin hideout solo a few times. You get easily 2k per run, which is the highest among all the hideouts, and it only takes about 5 minutes.

And now for a rant:

So the ending is kind of a let down. Massive end-game spoilers: So after you kill Dutch you go back to your family, and then you have to do about 6 or 7 missions where you go get some cattle from the MacFarlane's, then teach your kid to hunt, then go find some wolves, then bring the cows out to pasture, then go back to the MacFarlane's to deliver some corn, then shoot some crows, then tame some horses, and it's just so goddamn boring. I mean, sure maybe that's what they wanted to do, to show you that a normal life after a crazy adventure is boring as hell, but still the pacing of the whole game just grinds to a halt.

And on top of that they throw a new character, this "Uncle" out of left field, and I don't even know why I'm supposed to care about this bitter old man. At first I thought he might be important, that they might reveal something, but nope, he dies in the last mission and I still don't care about him.

And to top it all off, at the very end John gets killed. Now I thought that that was an interesting way to end the game, and I liked how it played out. What bothers me is the post-final-mission sandbox. You play as Jack, John's son, about 4 years later. Now this is all fine and dandy except that I hate Jack's voice, and I hate the way he looks. After playing 30 or so hours as John, the switch just doesn't jive well with me.

Luckily I have a save right before the final mission so I can keep playing as John.
edit-- Goddammit! I can't change my clothes as John. This is very upsetting.

/rant

[Yumil]

Originally Posted by Arcanum Darkfire

Spoilerish Rant

To be fair, Uncle wasn't really a new character per say, since he was mentioned heavily in dialog talking about his farm back home. Heck, John mentions, on the ride to the fort at the start of the game, that he left Uncle running his farm and he was in a hurry since he was sure Uncle didn't know what he was doing.