[Official] Red Dead Redemption thread

[XMoshe]

I approve.

Can you drink maple syrup in this game? If I ever get this game ima go Canadian on them bitches

You can drink at the bar o.o But I dunno what you drink.

[Reise]

Just finished it.

You guys are gonna the ending. A lot.

I'm actually still surprised Rockstar did what they did.

[RuYi]

Perhaps everyone has figured it out already, but in case you didn't, there's a way to skip the annoying skinning animation each time you shot down some poor animal. It also works for looting bodies. While on your horse, stand still next to the body, so that if you dismount, you are standing on it. Dismount, and when you see [Loot] or [Skin animal], simply press Y or whatever PS3 owners have to press, and it should skip the whole animation while you still get your stuff.

The animals will not get the skinned make over, but if you look at the minimap you can see which ones are not skinned yet. I found it rather handy in areas with cougars, because you can park the horse, dismount, skin, and get back on the horse and continue.

[Miguez]

Yeah I found about that on the first hour~ of gameplay, but didn't quite understand how it worked.

[Reise]

For skinning/looting I found that it'll also skip the animation if you're moving over the body or in a confined spot.

Also, press X in the outfits menu to track parts for specific outfits. I was doing it the old school way until I saw that.

[RuYi]

Trailer here

Really curious about this one, but I'll have to wait for someone to upload it to YT or something since there's not FOX channel here.

[Miguez]

I have Fox but it's a portuguese version of it, so yeah..

[Reise]

I get Fox but I can't remember what channel it is, lol.

Maybe I'll catch it Saturday.

[XMoshe]

Just finished the game, frikkin' awesome!

I'll try the mp this weekend or something.

[RuYi]

I can really recommend the multiplayer, it's tons of fun.

[Reise]

It'd be better if the versus modes offered better experience gains.

As it is, you're better off doing free roam stuff if you want to unlock new characters and whatnot.

[VeniVidiVici]

I like it that you also get xp in private mode. Really handy if you're not in de mood of competeting with others.

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was bored so

[MrJoey]

Too bad using the throwing knife doesn't count to any challenges.

[Miguez]

You suck at bear-hunting :p

[Boiler]

You suck at bear-hunting :p

wanted to try something else then just shoting

[MrJoey]

So, anyone been to cougar cabin yet? lol

[Reise]

No but I've been to "Wandering in the Woods Then Suddenly COUGAR NINJA ATTACKS" and my horse died.

Pain in the ass animals. I shoot every pest I see now.

[RuYi]

So, anyone been to cougar cabin yet? lol

Where is this cougar cabin you speak of?
So that I may mark it on my map and avoid it like the plague. >>

[MrJoey]

Then I'm not telling. That takes away the fun.
Besides, you'll need them for the level 5 or 6 hunting challenge. Kill 2 cougars with knife and skin them. Have fun with that.

[Reise]

If you want to be constantly attacked by bears, go to the area just beneath the Tall Trees title on the map.

Every time I turned around up there I would have to shoot 2-3 more bears. Had to run my ass off once, too.

Kill 2 cougars with knife and skin them. Have fun with that.

I'm on that part right now. Found 3 of them, got tackled, then run over by a random wild boar.

Made me rage a bit.

[MrJoey]

I got lucky, came across some random cougar chasing some guy. Shot it with a piston in the rear. It came after me and I finished it off right before it tackled me. Second one was more of a pain though. Tried same thing, that one ran for miles and miles. Chased the damned thing all over the great plains before I caught up and killed it.
Not to mention the few I got killed by between the two. Nasty little ninjas.

[Reise]

I've got the sharpshooter and hunting challenges to go before I'm done with em.

Sharpshooter is pretty easy. The only trouble I've had so far is the hunting. Sometimes just finding the animals is enough of a challenge, then you have to kill them with a knife or something.

I've been thinking about putting a list together that shows what the generically named guns in-game might be modeled after in terms of their real life counterparts. Here's what I've got so far:

Bolt-Action Rifle: Springfield M1892/99 Krag-Jorgensen
High-Powered Pistol: Colt M1903
Mauser Pistol: Mauser C96 "Schnellfeuer"
Semi-Automatic Pistol: Borchardt C-93
Cattleman Revolver: Colt Single-Action Army
Pump-Action Shotgun: Winchester M1897
Semi-Automatic Shotgun: Browning Auto-5

There's some neat history behind these weapons that places them right in the middle of the time frame RDR takes place in. The only gun that behaves oddly compared to real life is the Mauser C96. Its "full auto" capability is very slow, it should be shooting somewhere around 1000 RPM, and there should be a longer detachable box magazine sticking out the bottom. Might be because of gameplay issues, but if it were represented more accurately it would have made the gun much more fun to use.

[RuYi]

Then I'm not telling. That takes away the fun.
Besides, you'll need them for the level 5 or 6 hunting challenge. Kill 2 cougars with knife and skin them. Have fun with that.

I was really reluctant to do so, but I didn't find them to be much of a problem. I'm stuck at the kill-three-bears-with-one-shot-each, but I'm not that far in the story mode to have access to bear land. Those challenges are nice to do though. Love treasure hunting with those maps. OvO

[andycooly]

its so fun! Whats the best way to make money?

[XMoshe]

Hunting wolves I guess, they are with alot and their stuff is worth alot too. Find a shop where they pay the most for it (or any other skin) and sell it.

[Reise]

Taking bounties is the fastest way to make mucho denero. That and finding treasure.

Some live bounties earn around $400.

[MrJoey]

Then I'm not telling. That takes away the fun.
Besides, you'll need them for the level 5 or 6 hunting challenge. Kill 2 cougars with knife and skin them. Have fun with that.

I was really reluctant to do so, but I didn't find them to be much of a problem. I'm stuck at the kill-three-bears-with-one-shot-each, but I'm not that far in the story mode to have access to bear land. Those challenges are nice to do though. Love treasure hunting with those maps. OvO

Ah, then you're not even far enough for cougar cabin. Though I think it only becomes cougar cabin in multiplayer. I went there during my gameplay to do the knife the cougars challenge, and none were there. Then I remembered that every video I've seen of it, has been during multiplayer.

[Reise]

I just saw one of those videos.

Will bring fire bottles and investigate next time in MP lol.

[RuYi]

Still haven't discovered Cougar Cabin, but I did find Bear Boulevard yesterday. At first I thought there was just one, which I took down with a single bullet from the Buffalo Rifle, but as I was dancing around its corpse and already declaring myself Conqueror of the Wilderness, two of his BFFs suddenly showed up, and that was the end of the Conqueror of the Wilderness and Cisco horse.