Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Red Dead Redemption. So far, not very impressed with it. Maybe it's the controls or the way the game poorly responds to the controls that is making me not enjoy the game as much as I should be. If there was an option to play the game in first person view then I would probably be enjoying it a lot more. I hate being forced to always use 3rd person view in a game. I'm so damn clumsy in 3rd person combat.I am playing hardcore mode though so that may have something to do with why I'm so damn frustrated with game. It would also help greatly if I more fully understood how to use the "Dead Eye" ability to slow time down in combat situations. The tutorial only mentioned it briefly and I didn't have time to read the whole thing as I was in the middle of a battle. I haven't been able to find it anywhere else in the game since.
It is shown on the controller configuration screen as being the R3 button I believe but I've tried that button (it's actually clicking the right stick) and it didn't do anything... and yes, my dead eye meter was full. I hate it when games don't come with an instruction manual.
Update: after playing this game for over a month now my opnion of it has changed significantly. I now understand why it received such insanely high reviews on the PS3. The story is superb so far. I really enjoy all of the little side activities you can do (gambling, dueling in an old western-style showdown, hunting and skinning animals, doing favors for strangers, going bounty hunting for outlaws, killing people in creative ways like hog-tying them and placing them in front of an incoming train lol etc...). And as I've said in an earlier post, I've finally gotten the hang of the 'Dead Eye' ability. I also enjoy the wide selection of different kinds of weapons (there are sniper weapons, pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, dynamite, fire bottles, throwing knives and tomahawks for silent kills, in the game).
Doing all of the little challenges to unlock different kinds of outfits (some outfits give some kind of advantage others are just for looks) to wear is a fun feature of the game, as well. There are many saloons in the game and they are usually filled with drunkards, gamblers, and prostitutes. The hookers say some really funny stuff sometimes if you get close to them or rub up against them. I'm actually really surprised some of the stuff they say was allowed to be put in the game.
The scenery is beautiful. The game is set in the early 1900's in the old west. You start the game in a fictional state called "New Austin". The second part of the game takes place in Mexico during a violent revolution. Your character plays a vital role in said revolution. The third and final part of the game takes place in a fictional state to the northeast of New Austin called "West Elizabeth". That is where I'm at in the game now.
You can encounter different animals in the wild depending on which area of the game you're in. For example, it wasn't until I reached West Elizabeth that I ran into buffalo and grizzly bears. Mexico didn't have cougars that I noticed but New Austin and West Elizabeth does. However, I only saw bobcats in Mexico and WE, none in NA. Seagulls only inhabit WE as it is only area where there is an actual coastline in the game. There are many more examples. Of course snakes, wolves, deer, as well as many varieties of birds are all over the place. After you kill an animal you can skin it and sell the fur and meat for a price. These prices differ depending on which type of animal it is and where you sell them at. Selling skins and furs of specific animals in areas they don't inhabit gets you more money of course. You can also pick a wide variety of plants to sell or for other uses.
Still, as good as the game is, I think it is overrated a little. I still hate the fact that you are forced to always play in 3rd person view and the controls-- even after having a length amount of time to get used to them-- are pretty crappy. You have to keep tapping the "X" button to keep running and the same applies when you are on horseback.
Overall, I'd give the game about an 8.5 on a scale of 1-10. Definitely worth the price I paid for it. I know that they recently came out with Red Dead Redemption 2 and I'm sure it's even better but unfortunately it's not available on PS3. 🙁
It's the predecessor to rdr. Heavy emphesis on slow-mo duels.
I played it with a bunch of friends around memorial day, and we all took turns at this one sharply dressed bastard. Probably the toughest duel in the game, was at it for an hour. Ended up being me who took the draw, then passed the controller to the home owner to finish up.
You'd probably like it. This one part switch's to a Confederate looking character, by a big train in some army maneuver.
Originally posted by cdtm
It's the predecessor to rdr. Heavy emphesis on slow-mo duels.I played it with a bunch of friends around memorial day, and we all took turns at this one sharply dressed bastard. Probably the toughest duel in the game, was at it for an hour. Ended up being me who took the draw, then passed the controller to the home owner to finish up.
You'd probably like it. This one part switch's to a Confederate looking character, by a big train in some army maneuver.
So the game is mostly just about dueling? I think I'd get tired of that very quickly.
Originally posted by cdtm
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits. Maybe the best JRPG in the PS2 era (Everyone will say Persona is, but that series is a little too Weeaboo for my taste..)
And the reason I dusted off the PS2:
All my current games are on an HP laptop, which randomly suffers a malfunctioning fan for no reason at all.
Never, ever buy an HP, people.
Funny thing about retro gaming on an LCD tv:
I have a PS2 with components. I also have a GameCube with composite cables (And a TV that still has composite jacks). The Gamscube needs a brightness set to 75, to compare to a PS2 or cable TV of 50.
Not sure if that's a limitation of the inputs, or a quirk of the GameCube system (And I sure don't intend to pay the exorbitant price if a GameCube component cable to compare).
Originally posted by cdtm
Smackdown vs Raw '06 GM mode.
Loved those games 👆
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Star Wars Battlefront 2: The new co-op mode is fantastic. You and three players (plus bots) against an army of bots playing the command post type games from the original Battlefront games. And it allows people like me to actually do well when normal PVP usually ends with me getting destroyed.
And it's actually a way to level too.