Oh, as I recall you can definitely get murdered by a cougar while riding your horse on a road. That one north-south stretch toward the western side of the world is one place they like to attack. Another is in the woods kinda near the last camp your group ends up at.
Today, they at least finally acknowledged that they are working on GTA VI.
robc04
3376
After bailing over a year ago on the PS4, I finally restarted and finished the entire story on PC. I’m glad I got back to it because I really enjoyed the journey of the story. I’m surprised I enjoyed it so much because if I just based my opinion on the game play I wouldn’t have ever finished it.
The gunplay was probably the mechanic I most enjoyed and it wasn’t great. I did feel like a badass quickly aiming and blasting enemies in quick succession - especially when I was using the dead eye skill. I guess it wasn’t always in quick succession then but it felt good to wipe out a ton of enemies without them getting much offense off.
I know this is blasphemous because a lot of people like the hunting and fishing but I found those pretty dull. Where RDR 2 excels is taking something I find boring in isolation and at least making it palatable because of the incredible atmosphere. And not just the graphics, which are great, but the game just makes me feel like I’m an outlaw living out in the wilderness. It made me do things that should have just made me turn off the computer and say nope - like following prompts to build a fence and pound in nails. It felt like work, but maybe that was the point. There were so many things in this game that are pretty dull, but dammit I wanted to continue and for them to succeed.
I also wish they wish they gave the player some more control over how the story played out. I understand that probably wasn’t possible to tell the story they wanted to tell, but it was frustrating. Is it weird that with the relative lack of positives I have to say about the game I’m also kinda sad it’s over? It’s like getting to the end of a well-liked TV series. I miss many of these characters and having a real reason to stay in that world. Sure, there are things I can do - I didn’t kill any of the legendary animals, look for many treasures, find dinosaur bones, collect stuff - but the thought of doing those things just doesn’t seem fun to me. Well, I did like the treasure maps I did and I think I have another I can do, so maybe I’ll go back for that. I could pursue those outlaws for that guys book too - the one I did was pretty entertaining.
There is always Read Dead Redemption 3 when / if it comes out. For as much negative I have to say about this I’ll gladly return and inhabit that world again.
That sums up my feelings fairly well. I like living in the world and a like the story aspect but the mechanics are driving me nuts. The save system, the hunt for perfect pelts especially all the small game and birds, the awkward clothing system that wants you to go with pre-made sets. Yet even when things frustrate em the most I wait a day or two and fire it up again to do another mission or simply to explore a little as a roaming hunter.
Murph
3378
They took SO LONG between RDR1 and even ANNOUNCING RDR2, but it was such a huge game…no way they don’t keep going, right? Not sure where the story goes from here, but man…I like those games SOOO much better than GTA. (I mean, I like GTA pretty well, too…I’ve played then all since 2, I believe. But there’s no contest which I prefer.)
Logically, a theoretical RDR3 would go even further into the past, and the game would end with the group being on the run, like they are the beginning of RDR2.
Murph
3380
That’s pretty reasonable. Or it could pick up and carry forward with where 1 ended, although timeline-wise that’s getting pretty close to the end of “The Wild West.”
I wouldn’t be mad if we got a whole new group of people in a somewhat different region, honestly, so long as they keep giving me a great world to play in and keep telling great stories.
RDR2 sits alongside Skyrim as the longest games I’ve ever completed* twice.
*inasmuch as you ever really “complete” either of those games. I’ve certainly not seen everything there is to see, but I leisurely got through the storyline twice. Plus a bunch of not-finished games of Skyrim, as well.
Kolbex
3381
RDR3 could start with young Arthur getting found by Dutch and Hosea and follow his whole life and gathering all the rest of the gang and end as they’re riding up on Blackwater going, “this is gonna be a good one; we’ll be on easy street after this!” And fade to black.
Kolbex
3383
No, still Arthur.
It’ll have a nice inverse scene to the fishing with the kid scene in RDR2 where it’s Hosea taking you fishing.
They should hire me to write this game.
I still think it’s better if you play Dutch, and you take Arthur fishing.
Kolbex
3386
Everybody’s Wrong Sometimes, and That’s OK
(gonna be a musical number in RDR3 where the camp, uh, ladies teach Arthur a Little Lesson About Life)
Let’s be honest, we all thought the decision to play Arthur in RDR2 was terrible before we actually played it. “RAAR, why can’t I be John Marson?!” and we were all wrong.
Kolbex
3388
Not me, because I didn’t play RDR1 more than a couple of hours and didn’t really like it or John! I was all, “RAAR, why do I have to play John Marston” at the end of 2.
JeffL
3389
The problem with the idea of RDR3 being young Arthur is that RDR1 and RDR2 are very noirish in their story lines, with fates that fit such a “mood.” You can’t have an RDR3 with a bright happy ending.
Murph
3390
Given that RDR2 starts with them having just gotten their asses kicked and half their posse wiped out in Blackwater, I don’t really see that happening, anyway.
JeffL
3391
True, but 1 and 2 both involve the deaths of the main character who is trying to make amends for his past sins. You might have to introduce another main character in RDR3.
I want to play RDR3 as the Legendary Bharati grizzly bear as a young cub learning to fish with mama bear.
Murph
3393
Could easily introduce someone who winds up getting killed off in Blackwater.
Honestly, I think I would WANT another main character, regardless of how they go. Arthur’s story was great, but we already know how it ends.
