Benjo

You just have to progress in the game.

You level up your dead eye the more you use it. Higher levels let you do that.

They limit you in various ways, to varying level of degrees

No but it wasn't a problem

Have you accidentally rode into someone at full speed yet

As with all Rockstar games most of the first hours are taken up with missions so it's difficult to get a full grasp, especially as it feels like I've literally touched on 0.001% of what the game has to offer. I've not even had chance to check out the awesome views and amazing atmosphere, but yes, I can tell you that just strolling through the muddy streets of some tiny little village is epic. I'm looking forward to trekking off and experiencing the world, but for now, all about missions.

Feel for you bro, truly.

Yeah I accidentally stepped onto someones porch with my horse and we both fell off backwards, the horse landing on its side. Felt bad, man.

I think we know who I would choose.

Third party shooters always feel like this, a bit cumbersome and separated, it's just a quirk of third person mode. Until I've spent some serious time in first person I'm going to reserve judgement.

This sounds like a question one's wife would ask

How long until release for you?

Are you sure that's not when the stream embargo lifts? Everyone plays it on the 26th, so it will be 00:01 UK time for you. The lift on the stream embargos starts when the first timezone hits 00:01 on the 26th, which is Aus. You'll still have to wait until midnight UK time to play.

You'd think so but even R$ have said that they're aware that some people get the game early so they can't stop leaks. Seems like an online check as the game loads would be such as simple way of stopping people laying early. Not sure why they don't do it.

Are all physical copies playable immediately? I mean, there's no check on the net for dates as they try and load it up?

Is this like a Netflix series or something

I'm sure like every Rockstar game there will be one impossible mission * cough * Supply Lines * cough * that we all need to discuss.

I suppose there is the added value of being able to do this:

What happens if your disk breaks or you lose it? Or you have a house fire? With digital you can just get another console and redownload it. Physical you have to buy it again.