[Lose all money if arrested?]

2 minutes ago, Kean_1 said:

......manual saves are our friends folks. 

I do one before every quest I start.  Too many early screwups that were painful.

[Horses kicking and killing you - Stupid as hell...]

Just now, Lucixir said:

How exactly are you turning over the dead horse?

Dynamite works.  

[Horses kicking and killing you - Stupid as hell...]

4 minutes ago, Lucixir said:

I wasn't sure if you could still loot saddle bags if you killed the horse, guess I'll give it a try.

You can.  Although getting the horse turned over to get to the second saddlebag is a CHORE, but it can be done.

Yes, it lowers your honor.  No, I don't care about that now that I've unlocked the trophy for maximum "honor".  Kill a horse, do some chores in camp, and it all works out.

[Lose all money if arrested?]

I seem to recall reading that when "The Law" kills you or arrests you, you only lose a portion of your money (it's usually about 10%, iirc), but if a Bounty Hunter takes you down, they rifle through your pockets and take all your money.

[Is day/night cycle too quick?]

1 minute ago, Kean_1 said:

I played a few hands and got my butt handed to me.  .....I think they were cheating.  

Some arrogant Frenchie was sitting next to me, and he ALWAYS beat me.  

So I turned his head into a canoe.

[Give your RDR2 rating, and reasons]

10 minutes ago, 0ldKen said:

RDR2 in its current state on the PS4Pro LOOKS LIKE GARBAGE.

I've seen the videos.  It's almost like trying to watch certain channels on cable back in the 90's that you didn't pay for.

[Horses kicking and killing you - Stupid as hell...]

1 minute ago, Lucixir said:

I'm getting pretty sick of trying to loot the bodies and then saddle bags on enemy horses and being kicked 1 time and dying.

Shoot the horse.  A dead horse won't kick you.

 

3 minutes ago, Lucixir said:

No idea why horses are made to kick and kill you so often, this is just retarded and annoys the hell out of me.

Christopher Reeves would disagree with you.  Oh, wait, he can't....

[Give your RDR2 rating, and reasons]

4 minutes ago, Skinnsofa said:

Well, I have a gamerscore over 85000 on Xbox

And I have the liver of a septic 95-year old man.

Quantity does not equal quality.

3 minutes ago, Skinnsofa said:

I dislike the linearity,

You're joking, right?  This game has ONE linear main quest, and about eleventy billion side quests, most of which are optional.  I have almost 30 hours in, and I'm not even out of Chapter 2 yet.  If you dislike what you refer to as "linearity" so much, you may want to wait for RDR2 Online.

[Is day/night cycle too quick?]

33 minutes ago, Californialicenseplate said:

I Watched it go from 9:00 o'clock at night to 8:00 o'clock in the morning over the course of 7 black jack hands. Definitely changing way to quickly

It's nice to see I"m not the only one who gets sucked in by the gambling.  I spent two in-game days playing poker in Valentine after unlocking it.

[Give your RDR2 rating, and reasons]

19 minutes ago, Skysaw said:

Based on this, I have to give it a 10. I

When I start playing at 9pm after my kids are in bed, and glance at my phone at 3AM, the game has officially sucked me in.

 

[Has anyone accidentally punched their horse yet? Because I have....]

Just now, RMC564 said:

Now if you could of go all Mongo

Candygram for Mongo!

[Has anyone accidentally punched their horse yet? Because I have....]

13 minutes ago, Benjo said:

I've punched a cow which was one off the bucket list.

I do have a stick of dynamite just laying around.... maybe I'll try punching THEN the dynamite on a cow....

[Give your RDR2 rating, and reasons]

1 hour ago, Kean_1 said:

I'd honestly give this game a 9 or a 10.  This rating isn't based on expectations or marketing but more about my own experience, a comparison with other games I have played/enjoyed and the value I get (and/or believe I will get out of it in the weeks/months to come).  

Part of me wonders how playthrough speed relates to folks' rating of the game.

I'm still on Chapter 2, but I've literally done EVERYTHING I could quest-wise, apart from talking to Dutch (because I know he's going to trigger a chapter shift) and I'm still finding strangers here and there (I refuse to look for help online).

If you had asked me last week, my score would have been lower while I was still fumbling about with the controls and clunky interface, but now that I've given it time to breathe, and applied myself a bit, the game is starting to shine.  It's languid storytelling pace is a motif for the entire game design as far as I can tell, one which is a breath of fresh air in an era dominated by fast paced multiplayer FPS games that give you cybernetic enhancements and jetpacks.  With RDR2, it's just me and my horse doing our thing.  For me that means exploring the world at my own pace and enjoying the thrill of discovering things--like

Spoiler

The campsite on top of the mountain near Caliban's Seat.  There's a campsite but nobody around.  One of the times I missed the jump, I saw why: the occupant of the camp had fallen over the ledge in their sleeping bag.  There was literally a skeleton in a sleeping bag laying up against some rocks downhill of the encampment.  

It's little touches like that which make the game fascinating and immersive on a level that few games are able to recreate or replicate successfully.

For my horse, it means taking MASSIVE dumps every time I stop somewhere to investigate things.

Oh, and he's fond of this too.

[Random Encounters]

16 minutes ago, debbo89 said:

The random encounters we have with some of the NPC's - do we only have one opportunity to do those?

I was riding along when I heard this woman shouting that she wanted to race me. I couldn't be bothered at the time as I had other things I wanted to do so I ignored her. 

If i go back to that area at some point later will I have that opportunity again, or do you only get one chance to do those sort of things? 

I hope so, because I blew the head off of a certain individual in the Saloon in Valentine, and I really wanted his hat.

[Is day/night cycle too quick?]

The cycle should be eased back a bit, imo.  There's nothing worse than being on a mission or side quest and losing daylight when you actually want it to spot threats.

By the same token, it sucks when you're using the cover of darkness and you lose it as the sun comes up as quickly as it does.

[Stop hating me]

1 minute ago, YodaMan 3D said:

Reputation?  The 1st run through I wore the white hat and got more grief then assistance from locals.

So glad I knocked that Trophy out already (I did a LOT of camp chores and said "Howdy" more than an extra on the "Howdy Doodie Show".

Now, I can let my innate a-holeness shine through.  

[Has anyone accidentally punched their horse yet? Because I have....]

I was looting some O'Driscolls after an ambush, and I accidentally punched my horse right in the ribs.  I don't have the video to upload to show what happens when you do this, but:

Spoiler

He kicked me in the head and ran off!  Knocked me back a good 20 feet, too!

Which I found both surprising and hilarious after I recalled earlier in the game:

Spoiler

A random Stranger Encounter outside of Valentine when someone was standing next to his horse.  He turned to waive at me, and his horse kicked him in the head and killed him.  I laughed, walked over to the horse and pat him repeatedly calling him a "good boy".

We should turn this into a "I punched my horse" GIF thread.  Punch your horse, record what happens, and post it here!

[Stop hating me]

50 minutes ago, Kean_1 said:

If you can find someone in distress, help them. 

I help them by ending their suffering.

Usually by shooting them.  

In the face.

With a shotgun.

Then I unburden them of additional weight by helping myself to the contents of their pockets.

[What's up with my hat?]

Just now, Skysaw said:

Some hats can't be found in stores.

True.  Then again, I'm going for the "Nicholas Cage at the end of The WIcker Man" look, so my hat isn't going to be in stores anyways.

[Wagons for Hunting?]

1 minute ago, Benjo said:

I recently built a wall of lawmen corpses inside the bank in St Denis quite accidentally. 

I'm jealous.  I tried that in Valentine at the physician's office, and all I got was a corpse carpet.

[What's up with my hat?]

Sadly, only hats that "glow" while on the ground are "saveable".  While you can pick up and don almost any hat, only certain ones are able to be retained once you save your game.

@Skysaw, I was in the same boat when collecting Strauss' money.  I beat someone up and liked their hat, but I wasn't allowed to keep it.

Thankfully, I'm flush with cash now from doing every single mission I can find, and now if I want a hat, I just buy it.

[Hanging corpse]

36 minutes ago, Cokeyskunk said:

The tool is a Godsend. With it, you can basically post anything in-game you like, and only those whom choose to view it will do so.

Use it liberally, use it early, use it often.

Thank you for championing this cause, @BropolloCreed79

Spoiler

No problem.  

 

[Wagons for Hunting?]

2 hours ago, Benjo said:

Just pile em up till they fall off. I found a wagon that had oranges in so they took up some room but I bet you could get a load on there. 

@BropolloCreed79 might be a way of making your corpse wall. 

Lol, I'm still in Chapter 2 because I keep getting sidetracked with little "experiments" like this.

Looks like Chapter 3 is going to have to wait one more night.  I already feel the beginnings of a plan taking shape that involves a wagon, some O'Driscolls, maybe a few of those jerks from the oil fields, and a train track.

[Ambushed, now horse is gone.]

1 hour ago, Poggy said:

It's almost as if you're thinking like a real outlaw, there MrCreed.

I wouldn't say "outlaw", but I'm a big believer in the axiom, "work smarter, not harder".

If people want to play the game blundering around like a bull in a china shop, be my guest--just don't come in here whining about how "unfair" the wanted system is when you get attention for standing over a dead body, rifling through the pockets like some Neanderthal.  

To be fair, I'm "White Hatting" this until I unlock the PS Trophy for "Maximum Goodness".  After that, I'm going to turn into the biggest jackass this side of the Rio Grande.

[Why HDR implementation is such a big thing?]

2 minutes ago, SirParcival said:

Like I've said elsewhere, if they promised 4k, and only delivered 1080p with no explanation, and no option to change, you'd be pretty upset.

Do you smell that?  Smells like a class-action lawsuit to me....