Historic low is $16.88 in December. But you can get it for $17 at the moment on Greenman or $19.79 on Steam or Humble. Either way, its worth that much easy. Great game.
Oh definitely, and thanks for the tip about GMG’s price. Just wonder how it would run on my somewhat creaky i7 6700. It is paired with a respectable 3060 Ti and G-sync 1440p monitor but still.
I have it and played it through on the PS4 Pro and loved it to death, but I’ve got lots of other games to play (like Dishonored 2 which I only recently started, CP 2077 which I have to finish, CONTROL, Prey etc. same thing) and don’t know if I’d actually ever devote any time to it again. It’s the eternal problem – buying games doesn’t also buy one the time to play them.
If I were to get this, which is the least obnoxious 3rd party DRM? The Rockstar Social Club or Epic Game Store (GMG gives me a choice)? Or is RSC a given in either case, like Ubisoft Connect with Ubi games bought on Steam?
I think you’re stuck with the rockstar launcher either way, at least that’s how it is on steam.
As for how it will run on your rig I think you’ll have no issues. I ran it on my old i7 3730k with a 1080 at 3440 x 1440, with a mixture of ultra, high and medium settings at a good 55 plus fps. I could have dropped a setting or 2 to bump the frame rate but was happy enough with it as it was.
Have a look on reddit for some decent guides for the settings, those worked great for me.
I finally broke down and got RDR2 on sale for PC (the one with RSC DRM). Now my question is where to install it on my machine. The RSC launcher suggests installing it on the C: drive under \Program Files\Rockstar Games but I have a lot more room on another drive (a fast HDD), and the installer tells me it’s over 100 GB in size after all. Will there be any problems installing it on a different drive?
Nah it’s fine to install it to another drive. Ideally you would want it on an SSD. I have a 2 gig SSD that is just for games. It’s a fantastic game, just make sure to take your time and soak it in. There’s really no rushing through in this game. :)
Thanks for the reply. I hear you about the greatness of the game --I actually already played it through on the PS4 Pro-- I was meaning to buy the console anyway and the bundle with the game came along so I bit then (because I certainly wasn’t going to wait a year for the Windows port, plus there were PS exclusives I wanted to play). It was my obsession for over two months after it came out.
I could install it to the m.2 drive (which is also my system drive) but I’m loath to use up 100+ GB on it, and the PS4’s storage is an HDD and the game played fine on that, is my thinking. The HDD in question is a big WD Black 7200 RPM drive. I’m sure load times would suffer, though, for sure. I do remember those less than fondly, hmm.
