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Post by scorp77 on Nov 3, 2018 19:27:56 GMT
I miss not having cool red dead stories to tell._.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2018 19:38:58 GMT
Just reading the last few pages of this thread has convinced me to buy RDR 2 when I get my work Christmas bonus.
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Post by desertpunk34 on Nov 3, 2018 20:48:23 GMT
I tried to get a grasp on Red Dead's geography, since some real world states and cities do exist in the RDR world (Ohio and ect are mentioned.) , as well as the made up ones. This is made difficult however as the Rockey's are no where near where they are in real life so it takes some creative rearranging lol Still new Austin is easily South Texas. Lemoyne is Louisanna. On the other hand some say GTA is in the same universe, some day it's not. Some say Red Dead Revolver is in it's own universe, some say it's not. This isn't even fans mind you but actual game devs. But assuming that A- Revolver and GTA is in some way in the same universe B - The Rockey's somehow are closer to Texas C - the Mexican and Canadian borders might be drastically different in these universes. D - Something went very different in the Post ice Age continental drift. I came up with this. (Map has been Edited after receiving some suggestions / 3rd Version) ![]()  |
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Post by TheDenizen on Nov 3, 2018 22:46:27 GMT
Spent a day ramblin in and around Valentine, got into a couple of scraps, collected a couple of debts for Herr Strauss. I was planning to go back to camp and pay for a few upgrades...but dangit the General store was there in Valentine lookin right at me. I know my fellow gang members are starvin an all, but a fella's gotta look his best. I had a bath, then picked out a fine red duster coat, some fringed chaps and a black bowler hat, plus some pomade to slick back my hair. After buying up some ammo and a few too many drinks, I lost what was left of my money playin blackjack. Rode back into camp around dawn, feelin ashamed but lookin mighty dapper.
About noon the next day, the sound of the hangover pounding in my ears wasn't quite loud enough to drown out the sounds of Pearson bellyachin about the food situation, so I resolved to do a bit of huntin. I aint got a feel for that dang bow yet, and I aint got the patience to track an animal for days. Rode outta camp a ways, and fired my shotgun into the foliage of a tree. That scared up a whole mess of birds, which I proceeded to drop with my trusty carbine. I spent an hour or so trudgin through the brush, looking for bird carcasses and plucking feathers. Brought back enough meat to keep Pearson off my back for another day or two. Choked down some of his stew and drank the night away with Bill and John.
I gotta go make some real money soon and set about fixin up this camp. Dutch is startin to give me funny looks.
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Post by OrochiGeese on Nov 4, 2018 2:14:17 GMT
LOL - Deni, every time Dutch looks at me, I feel like he's judging me. Sometimes he'll say hi but I'll take it in a passive-aggressive way like "Havin fun just screwing around while we starve, Arthur?" I gotta get him his pipe. They say you can't go home again but the feelings I'm getting playing this game PLUS enjoying this thread with all of our stories is taking me right back to May 2010 and I love it 🤗DP, that's an awesome map! 🗺🗾 I love that this is turning into a "Cool Red Dead story thread" Heres mine (its not a storyline spoiler but I'll put it there anyways just in case) So I spent the previous day tracking a pack of wild boar (because who doesn't want fresh bacon for breakfast) when it starts to get late. Figuring I was in the middle of nowhere I just set up camp and fell asleep. In the morning I brewed some coffee and was getting ready to pack up when a random guy approaches and asked if he could rest by my fire. Figuring this may lead to a side mission, I greeted him warmly and expected a conversation to start. Nope. Instead he drew his weapon and told me I was being robbed. I returned his hospitality with violence, quickly drawing and firing at him, nailing him in the shoulder. He immediately took off- my second shot missed- got on his horse and headed for the hills. Not prepared for this, I quickly found my horse and pursued the chase (the lesson here boys and girls, learn to shoot off your horse- I apparently suck at it). The chase took us to a cavernous region up on a hill where... this dude had friends. He basically lead me into a trap- his camp with at least 5 other guys- ready to rumble. The first guy shot my horse right between the eyes and I went flying. I scrambled to cover and got ready for a shootout. Figuring I would use my rifle and just pick them off one by one, I aimed and fired the first shot at my enemy's head. Click. Fuck. Out of ammo. No worries, I still have my trusty repeater. Oh fuck. My repeater is in my dead horse. Side arm it is. And that was my (in game) day. Shooting from behind a rock as I was slowly flanked by these assholes. Eventually, finally, I finished off the last of them (turns out what I thought was 5 was closer to 10- not sure if reinforcements came at some point or what. I looted everyone, got my saddle of my dead horse, and walked down the hill to my surprisingly still present campfire. With the sun starting to set, I went to sleep again that night dreaming of bacon. I really really love this game. Damn! They set you up!? That's amazing!! Ambushes in RDR 1 were limited to side-of-the-road shenanigans with someone pretending to need help and then turning on you. But this was like a full trap! Wonder what would have happened had you shot or captured him before he led you to his camp. Maybe the rest of them would have come for you or attacked you at a later point in the game. That's awesome how this played out. I can't believe they've done this. Story of a fight (possible non-story spoiler) Some old timer disrespected me somewhere near the saloon in Valentine, thought I'd give him a little scare by just following him (to somewhere quiet then gut him). He was getting uncomfortable as he walked out behind the saloon and started up the stairs. Perfect, I thought. A night time quiet murder in a room.
Soon as he gets to top of stairs, muttering about me being a prick right behind, he turns around and starts wailing on me. A fist fight ensues, down the stairs and into the courtyard area. Suddenly, I'm blindsided by a hulking maniac in a coonskin cap.
I don't exactly remember what happened to the initial guy in the ensuing chaos, I reckon I knocked him out quick to focus on the big fella.
His fists are meat hammers of epic proportions, and they block as effectively as they wallop. It goes back and forth a while, but frankly it was mostly back. I mean I'm getting my shit handed to me and getting my face rubbed in it by this guy. Practically literally, as he throws me down into the horseshit mud and beats mercilessly. By now, people have gathered around, watching, yelling.
This goes on for far too long. I'm gonna die. Can't... let him... win...
Before I know what's happening, I pull out my revolver. Before I know I have a revolver out and can use it, this beast and burden knocks the damn thing out of my hands and knocks some more sense out of me. A knife comes out. He's surprisingly agile, dodging some slashes, but eventually catches a couple and I'm able to get in close.
Stab in the gut. Stab. Stab stab stab. He's dead. The people have scattered. The law have been summoned. I'm wanted for murder. This man's life? Worth $30. I grab my revolver, grab his raccoon hat, and run through a horse pen and up the mountains, chased out of Valentine. This game has been knocking me on my ass from the moment I turn it on to when I pass out from exhaustion many hours later. This moment was one of my many favorites so far. The fights in this game are so epic and I think it boils down to three reasons: 1) Melee fighting can actually kill you unlike in RDR 1. 2) The moves have so much more heft and impact to them. (And that choke is brutal) 3) The rock/paper/scissors element makes the fights feel more strategic than they used to. I was playing the first real story mission in Valentine where you meet up with someone in the saloon: The one where you meet Javier. And then it turns into a melee with the guys around you. Then that big guy comes down the stairs and starts beating the shit out of you. And then he f'n throws me through the window onto the muddy ground outside! I marked out huge at that. I wonder if we can learn how to do that.
I narrowly beat him once I realized that my throws had no effect and I couldn't out strike him. What I had to do was counter each punch and only hit him with 2 punches maximum before he'd counter the next one. It took patience but I made a big comeback and defeated him. Then I started to beat him to death until an NPC broke it up. By the end of it though, Arthur was absolutely covered in muddy shit. I walked right to the hotel and got a hot bath.
I love the city of Valentine. It reminds me of a cross between Armadillo and Blackwater but with so many more NPC's that I can get distracted by. Try running into someone who is carrying something, it's pretty funny. In general, collision detection in this game is so much better. You actually have real collisions now if you have enough steam built up, rather than just kind of pushing the other guy/horse out of the way. I could spend hours in Valentine alone and not get remotely bored. |
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Post by desertpunk34 on Nov 4, 2018 2:57:01 GMT
No real spoilers here, but I finally made it out to New Orleans...I mean Saint Denz and it's kind of awesome lol. It's worth the trip to the Tailor alone.
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Post by Wonderland on Nov 4, 2018 4:06:24 GMT
One of the things I was most scared of being disappointed by in comparison to the first game was the soundtrack. It was just so perfection. Not only has everything else about this game exceeded all expectations and blasted my brain into the cowboysphere permanently, but yes the soundtrack is done it again. Turns out the guy who did 1 did this too, so we are blessed. I also performed a running tackle at some point but wasn't really sure how I did it. Any of you do it yet? Also, the game attempted to explain how to throw/toss someone when I am grappling them but I didn't quite understand the controls. Has anyone learned this move yet and can explain it? Geeseman, in case you didn't find out already: running tackle is run toward someone with x then hit triangle as you get to them. The grapple throw is direction + square. Have fun you wiley ol' coot |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Nov 4, 2018 6:03:29 GMT
One of the things I was most scared of being disappointed by in comparison to the first game was the soundtrack. It was just so perfection. Not only has everything else about this game exceeded all expectations and blasted my brain into the cowboysphere permanently, but yes the soundtrack is done it again. Turns out the guy who did 1 did this too, so we are blessed. #Blessed🙏 The soundtrack is incredible and got me in at least 3 spots so far. And, thankfully, I didn't accidentally break off a song like I did going way down to Mexico 
I love the dirty songs that the girls and uncle sang on the way to Valentine!
Geeseman, in case you didn't find out already: running tackle is run toward someone with x then hit triangle as you get to them. The grapple throw is direction + square. Have fun you wiley ol' coot Thanks, I kind of picked up both of them late last night but I wasn't 100% sure. Thanks for the clarification! I think I got confused because it seems like the running tackle also may work with one of the other buttons (specifically circle or square) so I wasn't sure if it was like contextual or not. But it seems like triangle always works so I'll just get used to using that one. That makes sense as it is the grapple button. The grapple throw is really cool cause you can cause the enemy to smack into walls, etc. Probably the funniest thing I did last night was use the grapple throw to whip the opponent into the path of a horse drawn carriage like RIGHT as the carriage was in back of him, causing him to get caught up in it. I'm looking forward to using the grapple throw over bridges and other high places as well as near trains. It doesn't quite have the range of the Sleeping Dogs toss but it's really fun to use. It also creates some distance so that you could follow up immediately with a running tackle against most enemies. |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Nov 4, 2018 9:14:02 GMT
Um....Arthur can jump from one horse onto another horse and steal that horse if someone else is riding it.
WOW. Wei Shen would be proud.
And if there's a witness, you can chase him down and tackle him then force him to drop his claim.
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Post by Wonderland on Nov 5, 2018 0:05:42 GMT
So... you can totally throw people out of windows with proper animation and everything. Just have them standing with their back to window, grapple them and punch. Bar brawls just got 100x more awesome.
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Post by OrochiGeese on Nov 5, 2018 0:33:44 GMT
YES!!!! Awesome news! I can't wait to try this tonight!
I wonder if it's possible to throw someone through a window to the inside if you are standing on the outside.
If it is, it probably only works with unlocked buildings that you can enter normally through the door.
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Post by Wonderland on Nov 5, 2018 0:35:33 GMT
I just found out why he wasn't putting hands on belt anymore, which was driving me crazy thinking it's a bug. Apparently it's not, that animation doesn't happen anymore after you get second holster :(
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Nov 5, 2018 3:02:35 GMT
Also if you get drunk and try and ride your horse and ride it into a store you can throw yourself through the window and into said store.
Not that I’ve done that... twice... and another time where the character was stone cold sober...(maybe I need to work on horse riding in towns)
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Post by Wonderland on Nov 5, 2018 3:41:00 GMT
There's something awesome about chasing down a bounty (or witness) with lasso in hand and tackling him/her to the ground and tying up seemlessly. It's so cool that you don't have to stand and throw, makes for more dynamic hogties. You can just stand in front of someone and hit R2 to automatically throw them down and tie up. Also if you get drunk and try and ride your horse and ride it into a store you can throw yourself through the window and into said store. Not that I’ve done that... twice... and another time where the character was stone cold sober...(maybe I need to work on horse riding in towns) Lol! You gotta get your town trot on, brother! I mean... boah. |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Nov 5, 2018 3:55:35 GMT
There's something awesome about chasing down a bounty (or witness) with lasso in hand and tackling him/her to the ground and tying up seemlessly. It's so cool that you don't have to stand and throw, makes for more dynamic hogties. You can just stand in front of someone and hit R2 to automatically throw them down and tie up. WHAT WHAT WHAT!?!?!?!!?  You can lasso/hogtie someone now without having to throw the lasso? No f'n way. GAME CHANGER!!!!! So if I understand this right, you can: 1) Hogtie someone by running & tackling them (usual run & tackle command) while you have the lasso drawn? 2) Stand in front of them with lasso drawn and hogtie them by pressing R2? You can do both? Also if you get drunk and try and ride your horse and ride it into a store you can throw yourself through the window and into said store. Not that I’ve done that... twice... and another time where the character was stone cold sober...(maybe I need to work on horse riding in towns) LOL awesome! I can't wait to try throwing myself through the window. What a way to make an entrance! It's like Black Friday every day... 100 years early! 🤣 |
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