SimonTemplar

Agreed. I'm ex-law enforcement and would love to have had something along the lines of the game's radar. But the ability to hide might be fun, as would the ability to surprise others. But I think essentially we agree.

50 gold bars?!? That's got me almost hoping I have a glitch!

I'm largely with OP. I don't mind radar in some of the competitive mini-games (although it has stopped me playing them - it isn't a battle royale if you know where everyone is, so doesn't do it for me personally), but in terms of the wider open game the radar is an issue sometimes. I was chased by a posse of human players the other day. In the real world I would have had the option to find a gully and hide, but that's impossible with radar. So I led them to a choke point and introduced them to Captain & Tennille instead, as that was the only option. Took them out so that isn't my issue but it would be more fun for me to have more tactical options. I am not a griefer, I'm a very honourable player who largely acts as a trader with the odd bit of bounty hunting, but I have much more patience for a bit of griefing in the game as that is what it would have been like, on occasion - there was little law and little safety net away from population centres. I love the game, I really do, and I'm in for the long haul, but I'd far rather there were no radar. It really isn't necessary, I can't make a logical case for it.

The Last Of Us, yes, that as it. Thank you! I can barely keep up with RDR and Elite Dangerous and beating the kids at Fifa so am almost happy to have a reason not to be able to get into TLOU2. Hard enough not buying Gears 5.

Interesting, didn't know that about Rockstar. I do love my One X, and my kids play online FIFA on my old Xbox, and have a lot of work stuff running through my Microsoft account (work for myself, these days) so I'm a locked in Xboxer, but I do look longingly at the odd exclusive PS4 title. Was something about a guy and his daughter roaming a wasteland a few years back which took my fancy but wasn't to be, Thanks for the response.

Lol absolutely agree - and if the bath rumour turns out to be correct, we can recreate Tuco's moment from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Assuming they let us have a gun on a string around our neck..!

Thank you! I don't worry too much about not being first, as you say am sure it will turn up in the fullness of time.

Cheers - look forward to poking around in the new stuff tonight. Everything I have read about the update suggest that it will give the game the kick that some people thought it needed.

I'm very late to the party (got the game for Christmas from the kids), played the single player, but only two weeks into my online experience. One question about the update: does anyone know why there's extra free content for PS4 and nothing for us Xbox users? I didn't realise that the game developers distinguished, or did RDR release first on PS4 or something? Thanks in advance!

Yes, I feel quite stuck with solo as I am online at odd times (self-employed and four kids (!)), but actually like being independent. I do join posses for missions via the posse screen but am not really sure how that side of it works, or how the game is putting us together, and as soon as the mission is over you lose contact with the other players so haven't made any acquaintances from it.

I agree. I play entirely solo so far, pretty much because I couldn't figure out posses early on (!) and now I'm used to it. I love roaming the West on my own, not knowing what is around the corner. I was chased by a posse of four players last night for no real reason, but it was fun, I gave as good as I got, and it was felt pretty authentic. I have a sharp suit, fancy weapons, I look like just the sort of dandy passing deadbeats might try to rob. Griefers wind me up in Elite Dangerous, but in RDR I don't mind them at all (and there realy aren't too many, in my experience). I meet plenty more friendly strangers. I patted another player's horse by mistake a couple of night ago, while he was walking to a post office, and he turned and I thought 'here we go', there was a pregnant pause and... he waved. I waved back and rode out. Later that same session I was defending some travellers, not doing great, another player arrived and helped out. When it was done, he looted a lot of the corpses, including some I had taken down, then he just turned and gave me a look, as if to say 'is this a problem?'. I thought it was fair enough, gave him a nod, and two minutes later we were squatting by the fire cooking some meat together. This is the best game I have encountered for taking the rough with the smooth and thinking it all feels about right. Sorry to waffle on.

I didn't get time to log on last night, first time post-update will be tonight. I can't wait, though - did we get two gun holsters, one on each hip???

I hate to be the bearer of disappointing news but I tried this last night on each possible grave, other than a satisfying clanging sound as my bullets ricocheted off the bell I got nothing.

I was only briefly in Valentine last night and there was a posse of four players marauding and making mayhem. They trampled me as I was wandering up to the church so forgot all about graves and bells in the ensuing gun battle. Will have another go tonight, and hope for more peaceful times.

lol I'm a bit of a sucker but I know I'm going to have to try this this evening. Guess I might be joining a queue!