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Was playing last night with my 12 yo daughter watching. Whistled for my horse, horse rocks up, daughter "Dad, your horse is having a shit", and sure as hell it was, such detail is amazing 🙂
Did it shit anyone?
I rewarded myself by firing up Assassins Creed Syndicate (which has been sitting around for 10 months and never opened). Absolutely brilliant.
Syndicate is ace, it's probably my favourite out of the series. It's absolutely beautiful, they've ironed out the kinks in the controls from earlier games, and he interplay between Evie and Jacob is great.
I'm halfway through AC Odyssey at the moment, hoping RDR2 will be cheaper by the time I'm done.
As fun as the AC series could be at times it never really clicked with me until now. Making it more of an RPG really suits it, and they've finally paid attention to complaints people have had since the first game - e.g. reducing the cut scenes and modern day sections to a bare minimum.
Turns out it may be a bit of expensive game for me.
LOL
I feel the need for some better sound on mine, also got AC Odyssey as a change of scenary with the deal I got, and doom for dark evenings... Was a costly entry to console gaming
Interested to hear how much difference HDR makes. I'm not going to be replacing my Xbox with a One X and a new TV for one game, it's a shame Rockstar drag their heels on PC releases so much.
I'm sure you know it's not just for RDR2 but it has made to just order one in the end. I watch quite a bit of Netflix too so it'll be a bonus for that too.
I think we'll need a new TV soon, our 'old' (actually 4 years old, but I'm told that's old these days) LG keeps turning itself in to standby mode with increasing regularity.
I read on the monitor thread that the Xbox S supports higher resolution, I assume that doesn't mean 4K?
I read on the monitor thread that the Xbox S supports higher resolution, I assume that doesn’t mean 4K?
The One S supports 4K for streamed / Blu-Ray movies, it doesn't do anything for gaming resolution. Essentially it's just got a HDMI 2 port now rather than the original's HDMI 1.something. The S can upscale to 4K, but so can every 4K TV in existence (it might do a better job of it than the TV though, depending how good the TV's image processing is).
If you've got an Xbox One, I'd either jump to a One X or just stick with what you've got. There's little compelling reason to consider the S as an upgrade path.
Ah thanks, I thought that was the case.
Ive already got an S, it’s the TV that’s going 4K but I guessed if the S could game at 4K you wouldn’t need the X.
My eyes aren't 4k ultra HD compatible
The game's just as tedious on my normal HD telly. Took me ages to get into the first one too. Should have known better really.
geex i think you can manual and pop your horse, make it a bit more playful 😬
Currently I wander into a camp and the inhabitants are very rude to me so I meander off then sneak back and shoot them from the bushes. Manners cost nothing.
The horse does pop but it sure as shit can't take rampage style drops
Bad night for horses tonight, I’ve managed to kill no less than 4 of my own and half a dozen others, crime doesn’t seem to pay!
Didnt have much to do on the map so robbed a stage coach, got jumped by Driscolls and killed along with the 2 horses. Left in the wilderness, bagged a guy for a lift, he was rude so I shot him, his horse bolted and left me alone again only now I’m wanted, 3 weeks of cross country walking later a find a moonshine camp, decline to help them find anything but they didn’t seem to mind me taking their horse, which promptly threw me at the sight of an alligator 🐊 . They’re easy to kill.
Got to the fence and sold a tonne of stuff for $300 and now I’m off to pay my bounties and hopefully find a new mission!
If you have no money on you, you can get rid of your bounty by going to jail. Just go to a town in the area you have a bounty, smack or shoot a local and wait for the law to come. Make sure you have holstered your weapon and surrender to the law. You get thrown in jail for a minute and then free to go.
If you have money on you, then they take a chunk of it off you as well as throwing you in jail.
Getting jailed doesn't seem to have any other impact I can see.
how much is a chunk? can you stash your money somewhere? im felling flush after robbing an armoured security van (coach) and looting a few homesteads. id like to hide it away before turning myself in...
bounty hunters are a PITA. also witnesses seem to have super spidey senses and can spot my ill deeds from miles away!!
Wear a mask when doing crimes and find a sheltered place as possible. If your crime is witnessed and you can't kill the witness then leave the area asap.
I understand jail time can be quite lengthy depending on the crime that's if they don't just kill you.
If you have no money on you, you can get rid of your bounty by going to jail.
In fact, you only have to work into the jail and stand in front of the sheriff for a few moments and he'll arrest you.
That worked for me in Valentine, so I moseyed over to Strawberry to repeat the trick. walked into jail, spoke with a deputy nothing, opened a draw in his office in front of him, nothing, took something and all that came was a hail of bullets, I tried to surrender, no dice, so I gunned him down and the town turned on me - went down blazing and all that happened when I came back was my bounty was higher.
Also, I rode into Blackwater, it looks just like it did in RDR only nicer, didn't end well.
yeah my bouny got a bit silly in that new orleans esque town. any tips on gunfights, i keep getting capped, if that is the correct term. Tried shitting them and it hasnt worked so may try shooting
I considered it, but I'm really enjoying the game. I'm sure R* will release official cheats soon enough, but if I suddenly had $100k or whatever and got to upgrade everything immediately I'm robbing myself of gameplay really.
I found that gold bar early on in Chapter 2, so no glitch for me. Can't say not having thousands of $ has been a problem for though, I don't seem to be spending much.
Last night I was doing some of the legendary animal hunts
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Any of you varmints want some easy gold?</span>
No thanks I'd rather not ruin the game especially a week after release.
Picked up a copy today at Tesco. Only issue is that I am on holiday in Norfolk and about 200 miles from the PS4! Oh well something to look forward to on Sunday evening before going back to work on Monday!
I asked for it for Xmas. Today a package from game arrived, addressed to MrsTH, didn’t have to sign for it. Contemplated not telling her it arrived... caved.
im not gonna be cut out for this game am I?
Well my TV arrived today. It's pretty spectacular in 4K amazing backdrops and details.
Getting to grips with upping my stats so just mucking about as keep on getting shot to bits as I sneak up on a tiny camp and find it's got seven guys in it.
Some of the missions are so atmospheric with the use of music and cinematics.
Killed a guy who hassled me then turned around d and his dog killed me.
Went to jail. Came out $300 lighter!! Same as my bounty would have cost FFS! Went back in the sheriffs office and unleashed hell. Gonna be dealing with bounty bandits for the rest of
Now finally getting into it. Question; I tried to give a freshly killed turkey to Patterson in the camp last night and he wasn't interested. Where should I take my kills?
Just figured out you can use dynamite on the safes when robbing a train, feel a bit stupid it took me so long considering all the westerns I've watched! Going to try hitting the bank in Saint Denis, it's marked on the map like the other shops but no symbol, just a black circle. I've walked in to see it but not sure how dynamite will go down with the authorities in the city.
Just got it and 70% loaded. I've got the attention span of a butterfly with games nowadays so hopefully this will drag me in.
Where should I take my kills?
If you leave them stowed on your horse, you can give to patterson or other butchers by selecting it from the horse satchel in the sell screen. Alternativly skin them and give them the meat. Don't know what difference it makes to the price/amount harvested leaving them whole or skinning them first.
I’ve got the attention span of a butterfly with games nowadays so hopefully this will drag me in.
I think once it warms up a bit you can just sit and watch butterflies for a bit!
Started and got out of the mountains but just nipped into have a look at doom too so the pace change is a little stark
really enjoying the emerald ranch thing and the gold panning encounter thing. 'thing'is my way of not spoiling 'things'
I've caved, grabbed a copy this morning but just got home got to wait about 90mins for it all to d/load
I’ve caved, grabbed a copy this morning but just got home got to wait about 90mins for it all to d/load
And, probably another 60 to go through chapter 1, it looks great, but it's a bit of an extended tutorial.
It comes alive in chapter 2.
60? I must of played for 2.5 hours this afternoon and am only just past the mass gunfight with the O Driscolls.
Just picking my copy up from Argos now. Hopefully it’ll be installed by the time babybgoode goes to bed!
If I cancel a mission can I go back to it later? Think I've gone into one a bit over my head and under gunned!! And on that note somebody gave me some throwing knives and I can't find the damm things
On your horse if you cycles through the weapons toylly find the knives.
Throwing knives are on the same place as your lasso, just cycle through until you see them, I've got a tomahawk in there as well from somewhere.