BropolloCreed79

Not exactly the worst thing. Familiarity, even if illusory, has the opportunity to blend nostalgia with the unknown to create a fantastic experience. It's going to be a long two months.

ED just does not translate to a decent game. I can be happy with where the Starz series left off, and am thankful that we got what we did with it. Would I have liked more? Sure, but at some point it stops being "good" and becomes rote. I'm glad it didn't hang on for too long--something like Dexter comes to mind: great first few seasons, then utter crap.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say you aren't talking about Duke Nukem Forever.

There's plenty of elements from Native American culture that can be used as a template, like the Baykok, which can be layered with Cannibalism. Granted, Baykok is more Great Lakes than Southwest, but there's a lot of NA creatures of myth to draw from, including Bigfoot.

Two Words: Bone Tomahawk. That's the expansion--missions against cannibalistic troglodytes. Edit: with a horde mode.

You didn't check in the tank. That's a rookie mistake! True Story: my department did a "team building" exercise at one of those "escape rooms" a few years ago. A room full of attorneys tripping over each other to take charge while I enjoyed the show. When they finally got frustrated and couldn't find the last part to proceed to the next room, I called them all a bunch of amateurs, sauntered over to the toilet and pulled the last piece from inside the tank (It was a key inside the flap on the valve). When our cultured and refined General Counsel regained her composure, she asked me how I knew where to look. And I told her, "that's where I hide my beer when we have company and I don't want to share".

What he ends up doing "after" is going to be the twist in the epilogue. If the series is intended to be a permanent fixture in Rockstar's catalog, I'd expect nothing less than an open-ended ending.

I see it panning out a bit differently. Arthur walks away from a life of crime on land and takes to sea as the Captain of his own pirate vessel (with a penchant for rum, no less).

Right now? Paid extra for the import disc version of this 20 years ago. Worth every penny. Edit: and then, there's the greatest song ever:

There's a difference though between what is actually sold to consumers and what the placement orders are. Most sales reporting figures are round numbers because they reflect what the Purchase Order was from vendors to Rockstar. This includes everything from big box retailers to mom-and-pop outfits. In terms of what we should expect, I think it's important to remember that RDR is a genre game, which is going to restrict it's market to a degree to niche enthusiasts and R* fans. I don't expect the number of units to match pace with GTA V at the end of the first year, but it's going to depend on what the holiday release competition is. Having a launch date at the end of October is genius really, because you have the hardcore fans snapping up copies immediately, and within a month, you have another boon during Black Friday events as people look to pick up the "hottest" games for their significant others or kids as the Holidays approach. The online modes are going to have a big say in how large the user base for this game ends up being. Take away GTA V's online modes, and I believe you could easily slash the final sales figures in half. As important as the story and single player modes are, a robust online component enhances replay value in a way that is impossible to ignore. When folks are being asked to spend more than $60 on a game, there HAS to be the perception of value or else the base won't be sustainable. When you look at a company like Ubisoft, who had a string of launch failures (The Division, For Honor) affect later titles (Ghost Recon Wildlands), strictly based off the state of the game at launch, R*'s launch of RDR2 needs to be fully formed and robust for both single and multiplayer modes, or else they'll be suffering a setback in advance of the biggest shopping day of the year.

Well, for me, the online mode is going to make or break this game in terms of replay value. RDR was very, very good for what it was, but when you look at GTA V, and how much online play has progressed since then... What would be fantastic is a customizable online character. Join a gang, pull jobs/missions, have a camp or base of operations (like a saloon or old hotel) that can be upgraded by sharing and pooling resources...

If anything, it's underrated. In the US, it's still growing, but having live broadcasts of the Premiere League does a lot to grow the audience here, especially when it's during the "slow" season for one of the US' Big Three (Football, Basketball, or Baseball). I'm a casual fan, but I can drop into any game when it's on and enjoy it. Now, if you want to talk "overrated" sports, let's turn our collective eye to the blight that is NASCAR... Edit: TV is not a good medium for NASCAR. Live, motorsports are amazing in general, but the sense of speed and energy don't translate to tv very well for some reason.

I think you're being overly generous calling that sock full of wet turds "terrible".

John 11:35 I haven't been this pumped for a game since Halo 3.

It wasn't risky for George Lucas:

That's one of those things that we all know is going to be included, but they'll probably hold off on it for as long as possible to build the suspense.

One of the things I've noticed about Rockstar overall: they tend to build upon their successes as a company when it comes to game design. Every iteration of GTA has improved and tweaked little things (as well as some big things), and the polish on the physics engine has shown consistent improvement across their titles.

The good news is, they're breaking the cycle. Andrew Lincoln is leaving the show after this season. I guess it'll be someone else's turn to be needlessly irritating.

I'd care about that show if it wasn't the same show for the past five seasons. I'd go into specifics, but I wouldn't want to spoil anything for people who are into it still. Every Sunday when it's new, my wife watches with more zeal and fervor than when Gray's is on (which is saying something), and I just can't bring myself to watch TWD anymore. It's so predictable it makes pro wrestling seem unpredictable.

That was the original plan for the XB1, prior to it's release. Microsoft strolled into E3 that year, and said, "Digital download for almost all games, no discs. And the price point is going to be $499." Then Sony completely took them out at the knees responded in their subsequent press conference by confirming optical media (discs) and a $399 price point. Guess who "won" E3 that year? If people want digital downloads, I understand the allure. There's positives and negatives to both sides, just like drinking your beer out of a can or a bottle. At the end of the day, beer is still beer, and the games are the same. Me? I like the fact that if I buy a game on a disc and it sucks (coughConanExilescough), I can take it back to Gamestop within 14 days and they'll credit me the full purchase price, no questions asked. That money isn't wasted then, and I can put it towards a game like RDR2 (which is exactly what I ended up doing, btw). If that had been a digital purchase at release, I'd have been out $50, and while I'm sure $50, $60, or $70 isn't a big deal to most people, that's multiple cases of beer or a bottle of scotch that I'm missing out on from a cost perspective. No thanks. Unless companies move away from the current model of "release an unfinished game and fix it over the course of a year or two"--I'm looking at YOU, Ubisoft--I'm going to be wary of any sort of digital purchase for a new game. Now, if it's a game that's been out awhile and I've played it and I know I'll like it (ESO), that's a little different. While I have all the faith in the world in Rockstar and the RDR franchise, I've been snakebit too many times with purchases to place blind faith in a particular title or property, right, @Truth & @Cokeyskunk?

I refuse to acknowledge "Jack" and refer to him as "Water Retention John".

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there were playable side missions for each member of the gang.

I'd be willing to bet that they never get around too it. They'll release that cash grab in September, and then the game will sunset by December. Literally all I use it for is either to "warm up" when I'm just starting a gaming session late at night (the offline bots are good for "loosening up"), or as a quick stress release when it's the end of the night and I just need some mindless activity to decompress.

I was having a nice morning enjoying my coffee reading the forums until you had to bring this up. Thanks.

Edit: Coral was indeed, the worst.