Red Dead Redemption screens, and trailer!

[Jansen]

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the glitches in RDR continue to impress me.

[Stoney Mason]

That's pretty awesome and amazing.

[chronovore]

That is one badass slaughterhouse revenge flick happening right there.

[Eel O'Brian]

I opened up the north territory a week or so ago, and then got hung up on grabbing a bounty that appears on the top of the snowcapped mountain. I tried and failed several times to get him. I was mauled by a bear right after camp-transporting into the area. It became a moral imperative to take this bounty in alive, but I kept screwing up. I forgot about deadeye, ended up marking targets on his escape horse which overlapped with his falling figure... and, yeah, bears.

Then I had a run which seemed to be working really well: I killed his henchmen, who came out nearly in a neat little chorus line for me, then the bounty target showed up without an escape horse, thinking to off me his'self. Finally, there I am on this steep approach to his hideout, just him and me, and I lasso him to the ground.

I hogtie him, and the UI reads "Pick up the hogtied criminal..." but in the very next instant, where I should pick him up to put him on my horse, the physics simulation kicks in and it treats the bounty-guy as any other inanimate object on a steep, snowy slope: The guy shoots away from me like a winter olympics luge sled and shoots down the path to the curve, and he zooms over the edge and off the cliff face. A moment later, the message changes to "Loot the body to get proof of the bounty." I started laughing so hard, I nearly killed myself trying to get down the same cliff to the body.

Good enough.

i love it when shit like that happens

they need some of that in the multiplayer

[chronovore]

Yeah, the multi is strangely bereft of soul.

[The Sceneman]

Just got my copy back off my roommate, tried getting into free roam and I kept on getting booted due to "connection issues" then I finally got into a free roam, and couldnt get into a free-for-all match after that Is anyone else having trouble? Im guessing my internet connection was at fault here, hopefully things will be all good tonight.

Im dying to play some co-op missions, so if I see Eel, Ichi or Chronovore on I'll hit u up

[Eel O'Brian]

i'm about to go on right now

[The Sceneman]

Im at work and wont be on for another 8 hours 

[Ichirou]

Im at work and wont be on for another 8 hours 

Ditto.

[The Sceneman]

okay lets play tonight Ichi.

[chronovore]

I was on later in the evening, prolly past scenester's beddy-bye time. I'll be on again tonight, 22:00 UMT+9

[Ichirou]

okay lets play tonight Ichi.

[Eel O'Brian]

co-op missions on advanced are no joke, you will get incapacitated endlessly

i passed into legend, wish i hadn't done it so soon, i forgot in advanced co-op there's a "no holds barred" class which lets you use all the weapons you unlocked in free roam, and all my weapons suck now

i miss you, buffalo rifle

[The Sceneman]

eeek, so do we have a hope in hell to gold medal all the advanced co-op missions?!

p.s that new avatar of yours is pretty sweet

[Eel O'Brian]

jinflash made it for me from a pic in the outside link thread

it's possible to gold it since the medals are just based on total score

[The Sceneman]

Sweet, how are the advanced missions unlocked? Completion of all of the regular missions? I imagine you'd need a full team for maximum score also?

[Eel O'Brian]

yes and yes

[chronovore]

Continuing the single-player tonight, I got through level 8 Survivalist (12 prairie poppy) and halfway through 9 (15 golden currant), as well as finally finding three hard-to-find beaver () for the Dædalus stranger mission, when I got greedy and tried to take on a cougar with a knife.

DEAD

Bye-bye 90 minutes' progress.  :'(

[The Sceneman]

Use the Horse Deed save trick when youre hunting and doing survivalist stuff. Just make sure you have two deeds in your inventory, use the crap cheap horse one, the use your good one again. You get an Autosave without needing to camp.

I unlocked the "Sack Toucher" title last night after dominating in a couple of Gold Rush matches. I then jumped into some co-op missions with some randoms. I was playing with a good french guy and I managed to gold medal 4 of the 6 missions with him. Just need to gold medal the river and ammunition (actually, still need to complete ammunition, its tough!)

[The Sceneman]

Got gold medals on all regular co-op missions I was surprised I got one for Ammunition, me and my team barely scraped through with a piss-poor performance, still got gold. Tried a couple of advanced missions last night, theyre tough! Very fun though. The trick is to just take your time and snipe headshots for max points. Golds arent too hard to get apparently. A shame you passed into legend Eel, a level 50 arsenal would be very helpful  My guy is Lvl 39 and Its all good, High Power Pistol, Carcano Rifle, Henry Repeater... booya

[The Sceneman]

red dead thread is dead

[Ichirou]

tbh after I finished single-player mode, I have realized I feel no urge to keep playing the game.

[Eel O'Brian]

red dead thread is dead

i'm just busy at work right now so i haven't had any time to play, but i do want to get back to it soon

[chronovore]

red dead thread is dead

Then it's time YOU REDEEM IT.

I was out of it last week, but I've still not finished the singleplayer, and I'm determined to get all the new "freebie" Achievements. Or as many as I can.

[drew]

just finished fort mercer and got my treasure hunter outfit

about how far along am i in the game

[Stoney Mason]

just finished fort mercer and got my treasure hunter outfit

about how far along am i in the game

Probably half way or something.

[The Sceneman]

red dead thread is dead

Then it's time YOU REDEEM IT.

I was out of it last week, but I've still not finished the singleplayer, and I'm determined to get all the new "freebie" Achievements. Or as many as I can.

Ive got most of them now, they werent as hard as I was expecting. I just need a gold on the advanced version of The River for all golds on advanced, and the 10 kill-streak one (easy to do at the start of the herd, need to boost it though). Im more or less free this saturday Chronovore if you'd like to play some co-op.

[The Sceneman]

The guy that announces stuff in multiplayer/narrates the co-op missions never gets old!

"A mans word is as good as gold, of course, a wagon-load of gold aint bad either!" -classic!

[chronovore]

That's the guy that does the Crackdown voice. "Agent, skills for kills. Skills for kills."

I played more single player, was off trying to survivalist boost. Cougar showed up, shot it a couple times, and went for my knife to boost Hunter with a knife-kill. Cougar ran away. Followed the cougar until I couldn't see it. Saw one of those bitch-ass cannibal guys that says "come visit my camp" so I rode up, drew my weapon and popped Dead Eye...

Only a knife doesn't have Dead Eye, and it's not what I expected to pull, so I brought a knife to a gunfight and was shot the hell off from my horse. DEAD.

Colorful language was used.

Anyway, it was a learning experience, since I tried your Horse Deed trick to save after that. That's a sweet deal.

I hope to be on this weekend.

[chronovore]

just finished fort mercer and got my treasure hunter outfit

about how far along am i in the game

You mean you finished the main story mission, or the follow-up one? If you haven't been to Mexico or the North yet, you've got a ways to go, even if you're not doing a mess of side missions..

[drew]

just got to mehico, immediately before you get off the raft you know how you have to shoot those last two guys? and you know how right after you get off the raft you automatically get on the horse?

well i hopped right off and looted them, got back on my horse and was like "isnt there suppossed to be some cool song here or something? then hard shut down my box, close call

edit: it looks like i missed the whole entrance thing, youtube it is

[chronovore]

Man, I did the same thing.

OK, um... where am I now? What city should I go to?

[demi]

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100708005980&newsLang=en

[chronovore]

Will probably end up buying all of them. 

OMGWTFBBQZOMBIES?! 
I am so down for some "weird west" action. DEADLANDS, baby.

[Stoney Mason]

for those too lazy to click

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce plans for an ongoing series of downloadable content for the highly acclaimed open world game, Red Dead Redemption. Four packs of add-on downloadable content will be released for the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network* over the next few months, starting with the Legends and Killers Pack at the beginning of August 2010, and culminating with the Red Dead Redemption ‘Undead Nightmare’ Pack this fall. The packs follow the recent release of the free Outlaws To The End Co-Op Mission Pack, which is currently available on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE.

“We want to continue to provide Red Dead Redemption’s fans with a steady supply of innovative new content”
.“We want to continue to provide Red Dead Redemption’s fans with a steady supply of innovative new content,” said Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games. “Our goal is to continue to pack as much entertaining gameplay and as many surprises as we can into the massive world of Red Dead Redemption over the coming months.”

The upcoming downloadable content for Red Dead Redemption includes:

Legends and Killers Pack

New active map locations, characters and more:

•Release date: beginning of August 2010;
•9 new multiplayer map locations — more than doubling the amount of territories in the multiplayer competitive modes;
•8 new multiplayer characters — play as characters from Red Dead Revolver;
•Introducing a new projectile weapon: the Tomahawk, with corresponding challenges for single-player and multiplayer gameplay;
•New achievements and trophies;
•Pricing: $9.99 (PlayStation Network), 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE).

Liars and Cheats Pack

New competitive modes, multiplayer mini-games in Free Roam, and more:

•Release date: TBC;
•Attack and Defend multiplayer competitive mode and challenges;
•New multiplayer horse races, complete with mounted combat;
•Play as the heroes and villains of Red Dead Redemption, as well as 8 additional multiplayer characters;
•Multiplayer versions of Liars Dice and Poker from the single-player game;
•Introducing a new weapon: the Explosive Rifle, with associated challenges available in single-player and multiplayer gameplay;
•New achievements and trophies;
•Pricing: $9.99 (PlayStation Network), 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE).

Free Roam Pack

Delve deeper into the world of Red Dead Redemption with new modes, challenges and gang hideouts to discover:

•Release date: TBC;
•Additional Free Roam challenges;
•New action areas and defensive placements;
•Posse scoring and leaderboards;
•New anti-griefing measures in Free Roam;
•Pricing: TBC.

Undead Nightmare Pack

Ghost towns and cemeteries come alive in a West gone horribly wrong:

•Release date: TBC;
•Brand new single-player adventure, challenges and quests;
•8 new multiplayer zombie characters;
•Additional animals unleashed in the world;
•New dynamic events and more;
•Pricing: $9.99 (PlayStation Network), 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE).
More details on these upcoming packs and other updates will be revealed closer to each release.

[Eel O'Brian]

HELL FUCK YEAH

[Eel O'Brian]

i think we all know when the undead nightmare pack is coming, hope there'll be some weird west action in multi besides just character skins

[Cravis]

Here's hoping we see a Phantom Locomotive in the Undead Nightmare Pack .\m/

[The Sceneman]

awesome! I'll be buying it all if it includes achievements!

more free roam challenges, horse races, poker...

It looks like getting to level 50 wont be a chore, with all this new content coming.

Im pretty sure RDR has taken my current GOTY spot. Love this damn game so much

[chronovore]

Here's hoping we see a Phantom Locomotive in the Undead Nightmare Pack .\m/

That WOULD be cool.
I haven't quite figured out why they pulled the normal locomotive from Free Roam. It doesn't seem like it could be easily abused.

[Ichirou]

i think we all know when the undead nightmare pack is coming, hope there'll be some weird west action in multi besides just character skins

Do you remember that weird horse that one legendary character was using when we were doing that posse?  I kept wondering if it was a glitch and realized no skinned horses look like that (no lower jaw, tongue hanging out, missing one front leg, looked like it had been clawed by cougars or something).  Was it a glitched version of one of the horses that's going to show up in the undead nightmare pack, or something?

[drew]

The second and last sound cool, those are the ones I'll be buying

[Eel O'Brian]

Here's hoping we see a Phantom Locomotive in the Undead Nightmare Pack .\m/

That WOULD be cool.
I haven't quite figured out why they pulled the normal locomotive from Free Roam. It doesn't seem like it could be easily abused.

It would probably just be too laggy.  If you play "The River" co-op mission, sometimes people with a laggy connection start flopping around and ghosting on the raft, and one time in particular this guy slid all the way off the raft and took me down with him.  I'd imagine it would be much worse if everyone on the Free Roam decided to converge on a moving train at the same time.

i think we all know when the undead nightmare pack is coming, hope there'll be some weird west action in multi besides just character skins

Do you remember that weird horse that one legendary character was using when we were doing that posse?  I kept wondering if it was a glitch and realized no skinned horses look like that (no lower jaw, tongue hanging out, missing one front leg, looked like it had been clawed by cougars or something).  Was it a glitched version of one of the horses that's going to show up in the undead nightmare pack, or something?

Could have been that, or it could have been a glitched version of the "Dark Horse" from single player that you get if your honor drops low enough.

[Eel O'Brian]

The Free Roam pack will likely be free.  It contains an anti-griefing patch, and I doubt they'd split the public Free Roam user base by charging for extra hideouts, etc.

[Ichirou]

Here's hoping we see a Phantom Locomotive in the Undead Nightmare Pack .\m/

That WOULD be cool.
I haven't quite figured out why they pulled the normal locomotive from Free Roam. It doesn't seem like it could be easily abused.

It would probably just be too laggy.  If you play "The River" co-op mission, sometimes people with a laggy connection start flopping around and ghosting on the raft, and one time in particular this guy slid all the way off the raft and took me down with him.  I'd imagine it would be much worse if everyone on the Free Roam decided to converge on a moving train at the same time.

i think we all know when the undead nightmare pack is coming, hope there'll be some weird west action in multi besides just character skins

Do you remember that weird horse that one legendary character was using when we were doing that posse?  I kept wondering if it was a glitch and realized no skinned horses look like that (no lower jaw, tongue hanging out, missing one front leg, looked like it had been clawed by cougars or something).  Was it a glitched version of one of the horses that's going to show up in the undead nightmare pack, or something?

Could have been that, or it could have been a glitched version of the "Dark Horse" from single player that you get if your honor drops low enough.

Just looked at the picture of the Dark Horse, that's definitely not what it looked like.  I would bet good money that horse shows up in the undead nightmare pack as some sorta zombie horse.

[Eel O'Brian]

Yeah, they've had this stuff planned from the get-go so I wonder how much of it is already on disc.

[Ichirou]

It's really kind of a rip-off when you look at it that way. :/

I'm kinda tempted to get the dlc pack with the Red Dead Revolver characters.  These DLCs are just way too expensive, though.

[Eel O'Brian]

For the multiplayer packs I agree, but if the Undead SP missions are lengthy (say, they're as long as the side missions from the base game) $10 is a decent price.  I'll buy everything, but I've put a lot of hours into MP and feel like I've already gotten my $60 worth out of that part of the game alone.

[cool breeze]

For the next ~40 minutes (and I guess how long the stock lasts) this game is on sale for $24 at gamestop.com

360 = http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=74710
ps3 = http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=74711

[Saint Cornelius]

I am trying to get it but goddamn the server is hammered!   

[Mupepe]

i keep constantly trying to access both pages just to be a dick even though i already own the game.

j/k

i'm really not.  you can do it, sc!

[Stoney Mason]

Honestly I wish I was more into the MP side as I think the DLC packs are kinda cool. But since I'm not I'll probably pass. Although playing poker and Liar's dice with other people would kinda be fun.


I'm surprised there isn't a good XBLA version of something like Clubhouse games.

[Saint Cornelius]

Sold out. 

[The Sceneman]

got 1080/1100 now, just need the level 50 cheev 

[chronovore]

got 1080/1100 now, just need the level 50 cheev 

Holy smackerel. I'm impressed!


I was playing some more singleplayer tonight after our successful run on the co-op mission (discounting the later aborted attempt). I had been hammered twice during Blackstone's night patrol mission. "Break up this fistfight. Use your lasso." OK. Get one guy down. Oh, hey, that looks like a shotgun. DEAD.  Twice. So, tonight I broke up a fistfight and while I hogtied one dude, I noticed the other now had a shotgun, so after I lasso'd him as well, I shoved his head up the first guy's ass:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

I've found all the treasures without a guide; actually one treasure was with an actual "guide" since Scenester pointed it out after I mentioned recognizing the rock formation. I also finished Survivalist, so now I can make Tonic whenever I find a plant. That's cool.

Man, seriously, GTA IV forgot how to add value to any of the side stuff. RDR has brought it all back from the GTA III era, and improved on it. The game is so much fun and there's so much to do that it makes me want to go back and try to play more of TBoGT or TLaD to see if I missed something, but I know it's just going to feel empty and lame.

[The Sceneman]

Sitting at level 41 now. I think Im done with playing this game until some more DLC starts landing. I'm probably still down with posse-ing up and doing some challenges though.

Eel did you get the wild bunch title yet? Im keen to go for that if you still need it.

[Eel O'Brian]

no, i haven't

[Eel O'Brian]

got hooked up with a xbl friend's posse on a vendetta ride against this single guy they claimed was griefing them earlier (this is the same guy who will use the recent players list to hunt people down)

to be honest, that kinda stuff is losing its charm, all the other three guys were doing was spawn killing him over and over, and when you keep doing that at a certain point you're really just a griefer yourself

i actually started to feel sorry for the guy after a while (i only shot at the guy twice, and that was only when he fired on me first, mostly i just hung around in the background)

after all, it is only a game, no reason to hold a grudge that long

i think i'm gonna move on to the gang matches and try to get better at those, then get back into the advanced co-op when i level up enough to get some decent  weaponry

[drew]

I just stole a wagon for this guy in Mexico and right when I lost the law I slide down a hill into a valley and ended up abandoning my contact

FML

[Eel O'Brian]

i reeeaaallly wish i hadn't passed into legend and started over, grinding to level back up just isn't fun