Red Dead Redemption

[Nique]

Looks like the game overthinker got his new year wish... about a year late.

But it all looks sort of... I guess 'meh' is the right meme... like, "GTA but this time you're robbing trains!" etc. Sandbox style gaming = good, yes, but this looks about as compelling as what is almost certainly to become known as the film DC will always regret, 'Jonah Hex'. Which appears to be a really interesting concept but will most likely make poor (ab)use of western-film cliches rather than paying homage to them.

But it sounds like you guys are having fun with it. Why AREN'T there more western themed games?

[krogothwolf]

These Horse deaths make no sense, Has anyone else had a horse just walk for a minute the croak? For no reason what's so ever? He wasn't hit by a bullet as I killed Bandito's, and while looting the bodies he walked by me and I stared at him as he just keeled over and died.

Hehe, I also totally ran him head first into a train, Horse died and I survived.

Is there a way to jump on the train from off the horse? I've always had to get off the horse and jump on while it's moving.

[Meister]

Ride up to the engine or the tender car pretty close and you should get a prompt to "press X to jump on the train."

[Mr.Bookworm]

Originally Posted by krogothwolf

Is there a way to jump on the train from off the horse? I've always had to get off the horse and jump on while it's moving.

There are a few spots on the train where if you pull up beside it, you get a prompt to jump on.

Also, I found the path to easy money. Go get the Stranger mission from the filmmaker in Armadillo, then go to the bar in Thieves' Landing. For the mission, the Liar's Dice table becomes high-stakes, with a $200 ante and a 600$ reward for winning. The trick is, even after you win the deed you need to get for the quest off of one of the guys, you can still keep playing, so if you're good Liar's Dice, you can make a metric fuckton of money. When I got bored of playing dice last night, I had like $6,000, and I could have kept going.

[Nique]

These Horse deaths make no sense, Has anyone else had a horse just walk for a minute the croak? For no reason what's so ever? He wasn't hit by a bullet as I killed Bandito's, and while looting the bodies he walked by me and I stared at him as he just keeled over and died.

There is something hilarious about that and it improves my impression of this game by about, let's say a giga-jillion points. Because, man, if random Horse death is simply built into the game but NEVER mentioned in the manual or tutorial, that is a hella-good prank. If it's just a random glitch, well, that's pretty funny too.

[krogothwolf]

I already have more money then I know what to do with. Got the More then a Fistfull like right after getting to Mexico. So, yeah, money is way to easy to come by in this game.

I never got the X thing, so I just got off and jumped on since I got tired of trying to figure that out, do'h.

[Meister]

Rode up into Tall Trees the other day and apparently the common grizzly is well known for living in packs. It was incredible. I was literally standing on a pile of dead bears and every time I'd skinned one, another would have popped up in the distance. They got me eventually but I completed the Bearly Legal achievement right then and there.

Bonus: I did it after the last mission. Gave me a chuckle.

[krogothwolf]

So, we were goofing around on at my friends house and decided to kill some buffalo....apparently we killed the last buffalo. It was shocking when we got the Trophy about that. I thought it was a nice touch to only have so many buffalo in the game.

Also, anyone know where the hell Foxes are in this damn game?

[Marc v4.0]

Originally Posted by Meister

Rode up into Tall Trees the other day and apparently the common grizzly is well known for living in packs. It was incredible. I was literally standing on a pile of dead bears and every time I'd skinned one, another would have popped up in the distance. They got me eventually but I completed the Bearly Legal achievement right then and there.

Bonus: I did it after the last mission. Gave me a chuckle.

This always happens to me, but instead of one more Bear showing up, it is two bears, then after a wave of twos they switch to threes.

Last time I was there it started again and I decided to cut my losses and make a run for it. When I decided to stop and take a shot at the bastard, I turnewd and found 6 bears behind me.

On random Horse death: Maybe they're getting shot or bitten or something and then bleeding out? I've clipped Wolves and Cougars before and watched them kill over in the distance as they flee, and figured they bled to death.

[Toastburner B]

You what is worst than cougars?

Cougars who use a wolf pack as a distraction!

Seriously, I was shooting at a pack of wolves that was following me, and all I see is a blur and my horse dies. At first I thought it was a wolf, until it streaks past me again. "Oh crap," I think to myself, "it's a cougar. I have heard about cougars in this game. Where did it go?"

Then it runs up behind me and kills me.

Cougars. They are the ninjas of the old west.