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    The first time you load up and play RDR2, how long will you play?

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

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    7 minutes ago, dIV4r said:

    I am guessing I will last about 5 or 6 hours before I need to take a break and get some food and get some things done. I will have time off work for the few first days the game is out so I am happy about that. 

    I'm planning on having my gf deliver me food and hand feed it to me, maybe even chewing it first so the act of eating in real life doesn't distract me too much from eating in RDR2.

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    Map Size

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

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    For every R$ release there are 4 basic things I look for in the map. I want to be able to:

    1. get lost in because it's so big
    2. spend a week in one area because its so interesting and densely populated
    3. be able to go to another area a week later and have a fairly fresh experience there because it's been a while since I've been there
    4. still be discovering new things 6 months from now

    From what I've heard and read so far I believe R$ have delivered on all 4 points for RDR2.

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    War horse

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

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    On 9/25/2018 at 3:10 PM, Freddie Mercury said:

    I like the idea of having to re-bond with your new horse. But now I'm never going to buy the expensive horses, which is a shame. Was looking forward to buying a cool ass horse.

    Pretty sure if you buy a horse you will always own that horse, but if it dies then you have to build the bond with it again. So, with the war horse, you will always have access to it but your bond will come and go depending on whether or not it is killed.

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    Physical copy of Special and Ultimate editions of RDR2?

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

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    5 hours ago, Jackthestripper said:

    I called my local GameStop this afternoon, and they told me that all three editions are available on hard copy. Oddly enough I was surprised to hear her say that there would be no reopening at midnight to get the game... She said from 8:45 to 9 p.m. when they close on Thursday the 25th, I can pick up my pre-ordered copy.

    Add to that the fact it will take 11 hours to install the 105gb plus d/l and install the inevitable updates and we're looking at a november first play.

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    Fishing/Boating?

    in Red Dead Online

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    2 minutes ago, BropolloCreed79 said:

    Understandable.  There's a different culture and history involved--if I'm reading it right, hunting was more a landed gentry thing over there, correct?

    It's actually not that popular here either on a localized level, but the enthusiasts will travel thousands of miles for good hunting.  I live about two hours from some of the best deer hunting east of the Mississipi, and people come from outside the country to hunt here.  

    There's also all sorts of subcultures within the community.  There's folks (whom I don't agree with) that only hunt for trophies--usually in this case, bucks with big racks. 

    Some do it to assist with population control and donate the meat to shelters/food banks.  Deer overpopulation is a big issue here, and they waste away from lack of food or illness if there's too many of them.

    I've become pretty good at judging the relative size of a deer, and as long as it's more than a few years old, I shoot to fill my tags as quickly as possible.  It's all about the meat for me--I can fill a deep freeze with two decent sized deer and not have to buy meat for the better part of a year if I take three or four (depending on bag limits).  That's huge, and when you do the math, including processing the meat at a butcher and licenses/tags to hunt, you still come out at $2-$3/lb for the meat.  My dad taught me, but never forced me into it, and I plan on doing the same with my kids.  Either they like it or they don't.  For me, it's two to three days out of the year to just unplug from everything.  Total radio silence and a lot of solitude.  It's invigorating.

    And then there's the rush when I've been waiting in the woods for hours and hear a twig snap from behind.  Nothing else like it when I see that deer and draw a bead.  My heart starts pounding hard enough that I swear it's going to jump out of my chest.  My hands start to shake.  Then there's the steps involved with lining up the shot: drawing a bead, breathing, proper form and stance, steadying hands, disabling the safety and firing within moments of each other (the deer will hear the 'click' of the safety being disabled, and I'm not sitting with a gun in my hands for potentially an entire day without the safety being engaged--that's how stupid accidents happen).

     

    Some hunting goes on, like pheasants and game, but as gun culture is virtually nil there it's not really a thing. I don't mind shooting a 3D modelled deer but to do it in real life isn't really my thing. I don't kill anything with a face.

    Fishing/Boating?

    in Red Dead Online

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    1 minute ago, BropolloCreed79 said:

    Never had that problem IRL.  When I hit them, they go down and stay down.  Draw a bead right behind the shoulder, on the midpoint of the body, and you'll get the heart and lungs in one shot.  If I can do it with a shotgun slug at 50+ yards, anyone can do it with enough practice.

    If they're facing you or you don't have a broadside shot, aim for the middle of the chest.  NEVER shoot from behind unless you can pull off a headshot: you'll just wound them and end up chasing them.  If you rupture the colon or internals with a body shot from behind (which is highly likely) you get stomach acid, fecal matter, and more all over the meat inside the cavity, ruining a lot of it.

    Hell, even field-dressing them requires careful work.  And the smell is nothing to write home about either.  A good kill shot is so crucial to ensuring good meat integrity--a wounded or running deer will have a lot of lactic acid in the muscles, which is where that "gamey" taste comes from.  I never even bother to shoot at running deer--give me some doe or buck that's casually sauntering through the woods nibbling at foilage.  A nice, easy shot that I can take my time with and make sure they don't suffer unnecessarily.  Shoot, watch them drop, and wait fifteen minutes before approaching.  Easy.

    It's another world. In England nobody hunts.

    Fishing/Boating?

    in Red Dead Online

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    26 minutes ago, YodaMan 3D said:

    Can any of you tell where or give a link.  A friend said he saw video, supposedly released by Rockstar.  It supposedly showed all of the activities and according to my friend it almost sounds like you spend most of your time gathering supplies for the gang and that this will be way different then RDR.  Almost sounded like it was going to be a survival version of the Sims.  I like the amount of loot gathering in the 1st game, but not sure I want to spend all my time gathering supplies and do the occasional mission here or there.

    Hunting for the camp is optional.

    Replayability

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

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    5 minutes ago, YodaMan 3D said:

    In the original, I played both online and campaign a lot.  I can't tell you how many times I played through the campaign, but I was to the point I knew where I needed to go before it was on the map.

    Although I spent hundreds of hours in offline mode (rarely went on online, if ever after the first few times), I only played the story mode once. I found a lot of the missions repetitive and boring and the thought of replaying them even now after all this time makes me balk at the idea. 

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