XANDER CAGE
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Yeah, Rockstar knocks it out of the park pretty consistently with soundtracks. I love that Manhunt's OST sounds like a long-lost John Carpenter album.
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Yeah, Rockstar knocks it out of the park pretty consistently with soundtracks. I love that Manhunt's OST sounds like a long-lost John Carpenter album.
Bully's ost is another great one indeed, and Shawn Lee proved his might in Sleeping Dogs, too.
Not quite.
Dan Houser was writer of both, but his co-writers changed between the two titles.
Humphries co-written GTAV, Cantamessa and Unsworth, co-written RDR.
Hmm, I never understood all the adoration of this game, especially here on GAF.
I played it for a few hours on the 360 when it came out, but like almost all open-world games, after a few missions and roaming around on the gigantic map which was mostly desert, I put it away and never touched it again. All I remember is that getting from one place to another on horseback took forever. Does it get better the more you played?
I played it for a few hours on the 360 when it came out, but like almost all open-world games, after a few missions and roaming around on the gigantic map which was mostly desert, I put it away and never touched it again. All I remember is that getting from one place to another on horseback took forever. Does it get better the more you played?
It is an amazing game with a lot of really stupid little flaws. It does get better, and there is fast travel (even if it is a bit tedious to use). But if you don't like open world games, it probably isn't for you.
Yeah, the way wildlife spawned and the agression of some of the animals was pretty broken.
The world combined with the well-fitted theme and background music are intentionally made to be seared into the memory of the player. If you're interested, the complete soundtrack of the game has been extracted and uploaded to Youtube. See the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/user/roncoallstar/playlists
https://www.youtube.com/user/roncoallstar/playlists
Word to this, also Monkey Island 2.
Cave Johnson
Member
I tried to like RDR but its GTA-style gameplay put me out of any notable features. I guess I was too concerned finishing the game because I was nearly that bored playing it. It's a real shame because everything else was on point, from the main character to the setting.
Best moment of the entire generation for me.
KaiserBecks
Member
The game came out 4 years ago. Let go. I still keep my 360 in case I want to play Dead Rising or Red Dead Redemption.
RDR is the only reason I miss my 360.
bengraven
Member
My GAME OF ALL TIME.
I was already a fan of westerns, but this game made me a mega-fan. They captured the atmosphere so well and everything was perfect, from the music to the characters. Tied with Infinite for best atmosphere and soundtrack in my opinion. Two of my three Xboxs RRoDed on me during the playing of this and I went over a year without playing - I finally bought a PS3 just to play this game.
I ended up buying over 45 books on the old west after playing the game and several dozen dvds. I'm actually looking into becoming an anthropologist of native america and have been writing fiction set in the old west.
So yeah, it's a game that impacted me, definitely.
I was already a fan of westerns, but this game made me a mega-fan. They captured the atmosphere so well and everything was perfect, from the music to the characters. Tied with Infinite for best atmosphere and soundtrack in my opinion. Two of my three Xboxs RRoDed on me during the playing of this and I went over a year without playing - I finally bought a PS3 just to play this game.
I ended up buying over 45 books on the old west after playing the game and several dozen dvds. I'm actually looking into becoming an anthropologist of native america and have been writing fiction set in the old west.
So yeah, it's a game that impacted me, definitely.
ChosenPredator
Banned
when I think of RDR there is alot of best things and i can't wait to see another in the series comeback if it does.
larrybird33
Banned
I said in another thread recently about TLoU I wouldn't buy a PS4 HD remake of that or any other game in general.
I take back what I said for Red Dead. It was so so good. I would buy a PS4 1080p 60fps version of that game.
I take back what I said for Red Dead. It was so so good. I would buy a PS4 1080p 60fps version of that game.
bengraven
Member
I loved GTAV, but I must say that despite being a bigger world with more things to do, it actually felt less interesting to roam around in.
Maybe I'm biased for the setting, but I think RDR had more dynamic things happening between missions, the options to be able to hunt, I'm not 100% sure. I just like riding around more in RDR than GTAV.
Maybe I'm biased for the setting, but I think RDR had more dynamic things happening between missions, the options to be able to hunt, I'm not 100% sure. I just like riding around more in RDR than GTAV.
I've read some posts here and there about how RDR impacted/influenced the post writer, like a poster who wrote that wandering in the world of RDR makes him want to pack a backpack and go hiking in the wilderness, but you're a special case. I never thought that I will see RDR makes such an impact on an individual! Rockstar must read this!
ChosenPredator
Banned
Yeah, I think that was one of the biggest draws that you could just be riding and witnessing a shootout, I remember the first time witnessing the dynamic things going on and i felt so blown away i thought it was the coolest game ever..for some reason in games that reside in cities i get bored horrendously fast.
FloweryMarston
Member
Woah man, pretty cool to see a game changing your life! I must say that Red Dead Redemption is a pretty special experience for me too, one that made me a gigantic fanboy for rockstar and whenever i feel down, i roam about their world just like some kind of therapy. RDR really is a game that if it catches your heart, you won't ever let it go
Complete opposite for me. I found it quite tedious and boring.
bengraven
Member
Ha, thanks! Sadly there isn't a day I try and convince my wife to move to Colorado or Wyoming or maybe even the SW, but she declines.
I've gone back to play it after 5 and I find myself shocked by all the dynamic things to do. I was worried that V would ruin my appreciation of the gameplay in RDR, but it's the opposite - I've appreciated it more. I actually thought my game was glitching the first time I got three dynamic scenes on the way from one area to the next, but they seem to be much more frequent.
Once I had a nun come up to me as I was leaving El Sepulcro, I gave her 45 bucks. Then I'm riding along and saved a stagecoach from robbers. I keep going a ways and right as I'm heading into Chuparosa I see a man being chased by two bobcats.
This is what made the game for me, I think, outside of the setting. Give me a lot to do, QUICK THINGS, between points on the map so I can break up the monotony of a long ride.
SJRB
Gold Member
RDR has the [semi] random events that GTAV for some reason doesn't have. Well GTAV has them, but they're scripted and most of them are one-time events aside from the stolen wallet stuff.
justsomeguy
Member
Awesome thanks for sharing this. Longing for a sequel now, and wishing I still had the original (and time to play it)
bengraven
Member
Exactly - if anything I wish there were more things to do atmospherically. I love the little bits like Thieve's Landing or Blackwater and just being there. I'll ride around Thieves Landing sometimes just because they have THE BEST rain storms in gaming, killing boars and you know that 9 times out of 10 some guy is going to try and steal a lady away from the saloon. It's only a matter of time.
Yeah, I think maybe because it's a larger world. They have more random events, supposedly, but as you said - many of them are scripted and I believe are meant to only happen once. Like the hitchhiker with stock tips or the guy in Sandy Shores who's being robbed by the Lost and goes to give you money but you're attacked again. But some of them do happen a lot - walking into a store to find a robbery for example. But not nearly with that amount of frequency.
If anything, after the game is over they should increase rapidly. After there are no missions to do there's only so much real estate to buy. I'm sure they'd rather you play GTAO, but I like to chill and drive around, listening to punk music while driving dune buggies through the "Salton Sea" area. Unlike RDR, though, you can only do that so much without getting bored.
I share you the same feeling. I admit that the world of RDR has made a wilderness addicted person. Although I'm originally from a mountainous village, I haven't been a person who likes to go out walking in isolated areas and driving to secluded areas appreciating the heights, woods and dry lands until I played RDR. It caused a significant shift in my mood, interests and gaming habits. I would barely keep my eye on games that don't have some environmental elements that RDR provides.
You could just lower the PC version to PS4 settings and it would be fine. R* have been better with optimization anyway since GTA4.
On subject, loved RDR's music and audio. Still have my copy of the Limited Edition LP sealed.
You misunderstand. I don't particularly care if the game comes to the PC or not; I just expect it to happen eventually.
Spring-Loaded
Member
FloweryMarston
Member
since the thread was bumped, rockstar announced today that they will be adding new music to the already magnificent GTA V's OST
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...dtrack-News-Behind-the-Scenes-with-Electronic
more glorious woody jackson
more glorious alchemist + oh no
more glorious tangerine dream
hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng (the preview track is also sooooogoooood)
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...dtrack-News-Behind-the-Scenes-with-Electronic
more glorious woody jackson
more glorious alchemist + oh no
more glorious tangerine dream
hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng (the preview track is also sooooogoooood)
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
STEP IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN
JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN
JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN
Almost the first post, but so much this.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Horse, fences, people, and your own position on the animal can bypass the skinning animation. But there's a really small margin for each. They have to be right up against a fence, the horse, or an NPC, but if they're not you get the animation. And with your model itself the margin is even smaller. I had to be standing on the animal in a very specific position (generally facing the same direction as their stomach) to bypass the animation that way. The last only really works on really small game.
On topic I agree. This game has some of the best audio design I've ever heard. Not just in the music, but in every minute sound effect.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Also forgot some bushes and trees. Really any place there's collision interference. Probably to stop Marston from jumping inside a tree or fence for the animation.
Indeed.
What the hell is this?!
Outtrigger888
Member
Just realized this game has been out for almost 4 years.
Spring-Loaded
Member
What is this thread about?
I didn't know there was anything released for it.
Snowdrop engine(The Division) I believe.
Handy Fake
Member
Eighty-nine posts, and no-one's mentioned the right of passage that is lassoing a nun and tying her to the train tracks.
For shame.
For shame.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
I imagine RDR 2 will be the next Rockstar game, hopefully we'll finally get a new Bully too before another GTA.
Most likely not, RDR had an extremely troubled development and from what I remember reading the game was quite a mess up until the last few months before release and read that there was somehow there's a lack of documentation. Plus it was made by Rockstar SD which in its entire existence has only had one game in the studio's entire life starting as Angel Studios that was ever released on PC. It probably would've been a bigger, unoptimized mess than GTA IV.
Yeah, I was a bit disappointed that there was a lack of interesting random events happening after Rockstar went on about a "living breathing world" stuff. The one time random events were fine and all but they needed a lot more repeatable events. I also can't fucking believe they got rid of vehicle based side missions that have been a staple of the series since at least GTA III. I would've loved to have done Vigilante missions in GTA V with an expanded scope. So much to do but it felt like there was less. But hey we had Yoga... Fuck yoga!
Most likely not, RDR had an extremely troubled development and from what I remember reading the game was quite a mess up until the last few months before release and read that there was somehow there's a lack of documentation. Plus it was made by Rockstar SD which in its entire existence has only had one game in the studio's entire life starting as Angel Studios that was ever released on PC. It probably would've been a bigger, unoptimized mess than GTA IV.
Yeah, I was a bit disappointed that there was a lack of interesting random events happening after Rockstar went on about a "living breathing world" stuff. The one time random events were fine and all but they needed a lot more repeatable events. I also can't fucking believe they got rid of vehicle based side missions that have been a staple of the series since at least GTA III. I would've loved to have done Vigilante missions in GTA V with an expanded scope. So much to do but it felt like there was less. But hey we had Yoga... Fuck yoga!
Net_Wrecker
Member
There was a casino + racetrack in GTAV that went unused. That tells you all you need to know about the side content and focus of that game.
But y'know, go Yoga on top of a mountain.
keisuke999
Member
I really need to start this game. I've never played it, but everything I've ever heard about it makes it sound awesome.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
It really really is.
Well... the protag has a generally bad voice actor. Occasionally good, but never great. Completely overshadowed by the supporting cast. And they are where the games story is at its best. Mechanically I really can't see the game working any better. Great gunplay, fun traversal (among any form of transport), a wide array of side activities like hunting, range of card and die games, horseshoes, bounties to be had, carriages to plunder or save from bandit attach, gold in them thar hills, horses to break, with distinct ecosystems in place, and some of the most impressive storms I've ever seen in a videogame.
It's an interactive spaghetti western.
Net_Wrecker
Member
The mechanics could absolutely be better. Character controls are much too stiff and inaccurate, and combined with the animation prioritization, it hurts control in the same way GTAIV and GTAV feel, and to a much lesser extent, the way Max Payne 3 does. it doesn't impact combat as much in this game because of the less dense spaces and close quarter kill ability. It's also not as much as a burden overall because of full health regeneration so you tend to forgive it more. Free aim is also not to the level of precision they got it to in Max Payne 3 or GTAV IMO.
But still, it's a must play for fans of the genre and especially for fans of westerns. It's the best we have of this type of game for the time being.
Rastafarian42
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PHOENIXZERO
Member
So glad I own the soundtrack, even if it's just a MP3 version. Was a nice additional pre-order bonus.
I'm still pretty sure they'll get used as DLC, there were new audio files added in an update last year. I think the whole GTA Online mess and all the stupid exploits screwed up their release schedule for major on and offline content, especially heists for GTAO seeing as it's now been six months and barely a word has been said about them.
I'm still pretty sure they'll get used as DLC, there were new audio files added in an update last year. I think the whole GTA Online mess and all the stupid exploits screwed up their release schedule for major on and offline content, especially heists for GTAO seeing as it's now been six months and barely a word has been said about them.