IbizaPocholo
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Red Dead Redemption (2010) was incredible. From story to gameplay, we want to talk about its influence.
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What Made Red Dead Redemption A BIG DEAL?
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Red Dead Redemption (2010) was incredible. From story to gameplay, we want to talk about its influence.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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and their bugs
Mojoraisin
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Personal opinion - Video assumes the audience is retarded. I feel lobotomised by these slow talking, text and meme riddled clips.
The game was just fantastic. Story, graphics and just the vastness of it all. And the audio. Who will forget the guitar when crossing that border? Goosebumps .
The game was just fantastic. Story, graphics and just the vastness of it all. And the audio. Who will forget the guitar when crossing that border? Goosebumps .
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It's my favorite Rockstar game. It's also the only Rockstar game where I didn't hate the controls or feel like I needed to adjust my play style to them. They actually felt OK, shooting included.
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It’s crazy immersive, from the voice-acting to the graphics to the minimalist UI. It sucks you in like a good interactive movie. The “game” without the immersion is probably a 7 in my book. The rest...I think Rockstar beat Hollywood at their own game.
Edit: Reading fail. Thought we were talking RDR2.
Edit: Reading fail. Thought we were talking RDR2.
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wolfboy203
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This for the most part the controls were great despite some clunkyness and bs like tapping a to sprint(Who the fuck likes this crap? I'll tell ya who, NOBODY! At least Give us an option to toggle it! It's not going to hurt anybody.)
The shooting was also A+ since the enemies weren't 100% aimbots and they actually reacted to gun shots i.e. limping and crawling when shot in certain areas. They don't simply get up and continue on like nothing happened to them ala RDR 2
Spaceman292
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The story is what stuck with people the most.
Anyway the sequel was better.
Anyway the sequel was better.
ArtemisClydeFrog
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Because they're fantastic games?
Sejan
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The Wild West is a great setting, but I didn’t care for either RDR or RDR2. I really don’t understand the love for RDR2 at all. It’s a game that actively doesn’t respect your time and goes out of its way to over complicate things that should have been simple. It’s easily my vote for most overrated game of the generation.
CuteFaceJay
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Prolly the high standard and effort put into it.
BaneIsPain
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I like the Mexico missions in RDR. Before Arthur, John is the best protagonist Rockstar produced other than Tommy and Nico bellic
HotPocket69
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Do you have 80HD?
OnThePathToWisdom
Member
And the video just happens to be 10 minutes and 9 seconds. Just enough for monetization. Now you know why it's made that way.
sunnysideup
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best game of last gen
MiguelItUp
Member
Setting, characters, writing, music, and mechanics. Incredible and memorable game.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
MadchesterManc
Member
Always preferred Red Dead Revolver myself 
If it's BC then you just put the 360 disk in and the Xbox One will download the files needed. That's what it did with my copy of Bully
If it's BC then you just put the 360 disk in and the Xbox One will download the files needed. That's what it did with my copy of Bully
GymWolf
Member
So a simple used copy for x360 is gonna do the trick?!Always preferred Red Dead Revolver myself
If it's BC then you just put the 360 disk in and the Xbox One will download the files needed. That's what it did with my copy of Bully
Shit, why did i sold my old copy, lol...
MadchesterManc
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Pretty much. I think it just downloads the digital version and the disk acts a a key to access it whenever you want to play, so even a used one is good to go if you wanna save some pennies
GymWolf
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Do you know where i can find a cheap digital code for the x360 version?!
Berserking Guts
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RDR2 was everything I ever wanted out of a truly immersive world. I'm not particularly interested in the wild west or Rockstar games, so RDR2 completely took me by surprise and ended up being one of my favorite games of all time.
I was so invested in the realism and the slow methodical pace that I platinumed the game, something I never normally do.
It's definitely an outlier for me since I typically place raw gameplay over cinematic/realistic games.
I was so invested in the realism and the slow methodical pace that I platinumed the game, something I never normally do.
It's definitely an outlier for me since I typically place raw gameplay over cinematic/realistic games.
GymWolf
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Uh? if there is something unequivocally better in rdr2 are realistic hit reactions, gore and variety of animations.
They diversified the damage you do with a pistol or a shotgun, no enemy without a leg is gonna stand up in rdr2 and they slow down when being hit by small calibers.
Onestly? since the controls and mechanics are dog shit, the only reason to enjoy the shooting in rdr2 are the hit reactions\animations\unpredictability of what can happen (like in this clip)
but i'm with you with aimbot thing.
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Supermjmt12
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John Marston......enough said
jigglet
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I see what you mean, but I think rapid editing is even worse. This guy for example is one of the most insufferable Youtubers...there's an edit sometimes as often as every 1-2 seconds:
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rodrigolfp
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The auto-aim for the casual and baddies...
Excess
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Both RDR's are my favorite games of all time. 100%'d them both. Always enjoy Falcon's gamer takes.
If you have a One X or above, you can play it in 4K. It's literally the only platform you can play it in 4K, and definitely worth it. Holds up very well.
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ClanOfNone
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As a kid raised on a diet of spaghetti westerns it was my dream game and it was amazing.
I did enjoy the sequel as well, but like many I was kinda bummed by the soupy controls and overly cinematic approach.
I did enjoy the sequel as well, but like many I was kinda bummed by the soupy controls and overly cinematic approach.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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I watched and agreed with most of the video until he started bitching about the slower gunplay in RDR2 being worse because it was less "fun".
I disagree. It's less responsive, sure. It's different? Sure. Is it less fun? Maybe for you, but not for me. The more realistic feel made it more grounded for me and less like a game. It made the encounters feel more weighty and visceral and that elevated the experience for me.
I wasn't just shooting faceless NPCs in a videogame, I was a gun-toting dueller in the wild west, fighting for my life in every engagement. That to me is more fun. I don't play games like RDR2 for the COD-like responsive gunplay. The game mechanics serving the overall experience may not be for some, but to me, I applaud games for looking to branch out, take risks and take on challenges like this, and I think Rockstar wholly succeeded in creating the visceral western feel they were looking to achieve.
I loved the weighty feel of KZ2's original gunplay mechanics, for example (intentional or not). The more weighty feel made the experience feel way more grounded in reality. KZ3 moving to a more gamey level of responsiveness in its control, losing the weighty feel, made the game lose its identity, to me. And KZ: SF felt even worse.
We need to get away from "more responsive =/= more fun" as a universal axiom of games design. All games aren't trying to do or be the same thing, nor should they.
I disagree. It's less responsive, sure. It's different? Sure. Is it less fun? Maybe for you, but not for me. The more realistic feel made it more grounded for me and less like a game. It made the encounters feel more weighty and visceral and that elevated the experience for me.
I wasn't just shooting faceless NPCs in a videogame, I was a gun-toting dueller in the wild west, fighting for my life in every engagement. That to me is more fun. I don't play games like RDR2 for the COD-like responsive gunplay. The game mechanics serving the overall experience may not be for some, but to me, I applaud games for looking to branch out, take risks and take on challenges like this, and I think Rockstar wholly succeeded in creating the visceral western feel they were looking to achieve.
I loved the weighty feel of KZ2's original gunplay mechanics, for example (intentional or not). The more weighty feel made the experience feel way more grounded in reality. KZ3 moving to a more gamey level of responsiveness in its control, losing the weighty feel, made the game lose its identity, to me. And KZ: SF felt even worse.
We need to get away from "more responsive =/= more fun" as a universal axiom of games design. All games aren't trying to do or be the same thing, nor should they.
synchronicity
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Just slowly traversing the environment was worth the price of admission. (Still need to play 2.)
GymWolf
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No i don't have a xone x, just a simple one, but if i remeber well, you still kinda of an upgrade on xone since you play in 1080p and not 720p like the original x360 versionBoth RDR's are my favorite games of all time. 100%'d them both. Always enjoy Falcon's gamer takes.
If you have a One X or above, you can play it in 4K. It's literally the only platform you can play it in 4K, and definitely worth it. Holds up very well.
Better than nothing i guess.