Red Dead Redemption 2 - Reder and Deader

[NyQuil]

You should instead listen to your burnout and stop playing the game. I can only speak for myself but I forced myself to play games enough times to now know how good it feels not to.

Just sell the game or trade it in. You got your value out of it and likely will never have a good reason to replay it: the game is just way too long to warrant a replay.

I learned this as well.

You only live once - stop playing when you are bored or it's no longer fun. Accept the sunk cost and move on.

I watched all of Lost and it was not worth it.

 

[Walshy7]

**** you Youtube for spoiling the game, despite deleting all recommended game channels in order to avoid spoilers.

yeah I found out the big spoiler by complete accident and since then I just cant be bothered playing anymore. I was collecting animal skins, side quests everything possible. Now if I do play its straight storyline mission or nothing

 

[Pilky01]

yeah I found out the big spoiler by complete accident and since then I just cant be bothered playing anymore. I was collecting animal skins, side quests everything possible. Now if I do play its straight storyline mission or nothing

If its the spoiler I am thinking of having played the first one really diminished any sense of being 'spoiled' since I strongly suspected that was what was gonna happen for a good lone while.

And I absolutely fell in love with the game after that spoiler moment. The epilogue is just beautiful.

 

[Walshy7]

If its the spoiler I am thinking of having played the first one really diminished any sense of being 'spoiled' since I strongly suspected that was what was gonna happen for a good lone while.

And I absolutely fell in love with the game after that spoiler moment. The epilogue is just beautiful.

yeah I didn't play the 1st one so that likely has something to do with it. Of course its just my opinion but I was burnt out on it then found the spoiler out and it kind of felt like "well what the hell am I grinding for",

 

[Pilky01]

yeah I didn't play the 1st one so that likely has something to do with it. Of course its just my opinion but I was burnt out on it then found the spoiler out and it kind of felt like "well what the hell am I grinding for",

Everything carries over though. All of your trapper materials, custom made gear and everything stays the same. Effectively the only thing that changes is your character's voice.

The epilogue offers such a nice resolution for the exact thing I was getting sick of during the main game; the fact that you never create a real homestead.

 

[Harbinger]

I got hate mail from an angry gamer last night. He was on a stranger mission and I was near by so I decided to partake in the mission too. I rode up to him, blew his head off, downed his horse and stole the wagon to complete the mission. He ended up calling me a 'no-life', 'large bundle of sticks' and insulted my nonexistent sister. The the rage was strong with this one.

I'm level 39 and he was level 87 and he considered me a 'no life'.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I got hate mail from an angry gamer last night. He was on a stranger mission and I was near by so I decided to partake in the mission too. I rode up to him, blew his head off, downed his horse and stole the wagon to complete the mission. He ended up calling me a 'no-life', 'large bundle of sticks' and insulted my nonexistent sister. The the rage was strong with this one.

I'm level 39 and he was level 87 and he considered me a 'no life'.

This is why after I finished single player I moved on to a new game.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

yeah I found out the big spoiler by complete accident and since then I just cant be bothered playing anymore. I was collecting animal skins, side quests everything possible. Now if I do play its straight storyline mission or nothing

Do you enjoy playing the game?

That's the only thing that matters really. If you didn't see it coming then I got nothing, how it goes down I definitely did not see coming but the end result is the same. There was no way for it to end another way.

 

[Walshy7]

Do you enjoy playing the game?

That's the only thing that matters really. If you didn't see it coming then I got nothing, how it goes down I definitely did not see coming but the end result is the same. There was no way for it to end another way.

no it was sort of a 'straw that broke the camels back' type thing, I was getting sick of the game and the grinding then found that out and got less interested. I still play it very very sporadically, I will finish it. But its just story missions and that's it

 

[Do Make Say Think]

no it was sort of a 'straw that broke the camels back' type thing, I was getting sick of the game and the grinding then found that out and got less interested. I still play it very very sporadically, I will finish it. But its just story missions and that's it

The grinding in this game is unrewarding so you won't miss out on much.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

I got hate mail from an angry gamer last night. He was on a stranger mission and I was near by so I decided to partake in the mission too. I rode up to him, blew his head off, downed his horse and stole the wagon to complete the mission. He ended up calling me a 'no-life', 'large bundle of sticks' and insulted my nonexistent sister. The the rage was strong with this one.

I'm level 39 and he was level 87 and he considered me a 'no life'.

Yeah, this sounds exactly like the expectation I have about RDR Online, which is precisely why I haven't touched it after the tutorial. I feel as though the absolute WORST part of this game would be adding other people. The only way I can imagine this would be fun is playing with a core of friends in private/invite only sessions.

 

[Walshy7]

The grinding in this game is unrewarding so you won't miss out on much.

agreed. I smashed through the Guarma missions after chapter whatever it is that's boring. They were ok not too bad. Back in the game region now,

 

[Do Make Say Think]

agreed. I smashed through the Guarma missions after chapter whatever it is that's boring. They were ok not too bad. Back in the game region now,

Well you are getting to the exciting part.

There are some truly excellent moments as the main story winds down.

 

[Pilky01]

The story definitely drags in the middle. This is a game best played with a long break in the middle.

The ending has made up for a lot of my complaints though. That one musical interlude mission in the epilogue is just god damn beautiful.

 

[Harbinger]

This is why after I finished single player I moved on to a new game.

For what its worth I'm enjoying the online portion. It just needs more content.

Yeah, this sounds exactly like the expectation I have about RDR Online, which is precisely why I haven't touched it after the tutorial. I feel as though the absolute WORST part of this game would be adding other people. The only way I can imagine this would be fun is playing with a core of friends in private/invite only sessions.

Honestly speaking, the other gamers I've encountered in the game are pretty much doing their own thing and want to be left alone. A great majority of time I'm not disturbed while I do my own thing.

 

[Pilky01]

I have rolled credits (well, am currently waiting watxhjng them, assume they’re gonna be long).

Loved it. Looking forward to hunting and all that now that the full map is open.

 

[Pilky01]

OMFG that IS Josh Homme!

I love this game even more now.

 

[Pilky01]

“But....I still don’t believe in nothing”

I didn’t know there were multiple versions of that scene but I got the best one first time through because I did lots of side missions and played super honourably.

I can’t remember the last time my oponion of a game pulled such a complete 180.

Also this seems like a rare instance where recency bias actually hurt a GOTY contender. This game needed time to marinate. If it had been released sooner and games press weren’t all rushing to finish it ASAP then they would have enjoyed it more. I didn’t come around on it until after I had put it down for a month and came back after Christmas.

It has flaws, absolutely, all games do, but it is still a masterpiece.

 

[Chubbinz]

I finally got the time to finish out all the story mode. What a really great game. Now I am trying to decide if I want to do another play through this time going the dishonorable route and trying to find things that I missed or just dink around in the post prologue mode.

 

[JJ68]

Anybody after finishing the story trying to get to 100 percent completion? Man this is gonna take a while.

 

[Timeless Winter]

Anybody after finishing the story trying to get to 100 percent completion? Man this is gonna take a while.

Is there a list somewhere that tells you what you have to do to get 100% ?
I'm into chapter 5 and only at 50% complete. I hope I dont have to find all the legendary animals. Too hard.

 

[JJ68]

Is there a list somewhere that tells you what you have to do to get 100% ?
I'm into chapter 5 and only at 50% complete. I hope I dont have to find all the legendary animals. Too hard.

You just have to find 5. I think there's like 18 but they ask for 5. Press the pause button, check the progress section and go into the total completion section. It tells you what you have so far and what you have left to do. There is quite a bit.

When you're done the story, this might help:
RDR2 Map | Interactive Map of Red Dead Redemption 2 Locations

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

finally finished the game....Epilogue drags on way too long but a fantastic game overall

 

[Pilky01]

A dude in Annesburg made fun of my Legendary White Bison Hat and my character replied with "I just like being weird".

Also saw a random encounter in front of the Annesburg gun store where a guy was showing off his new gun to his friend when he accidently shot himself in the leg.

I am now just kind of 'hanging out' in this game and just seeing what happens.

 

[Pilky01]

Just finished an end game bounty mission in Rhodes that really got me in an actual sorta gotcha moment. I got a genuine belly laugh at the delivery of the mission’s ending and how the entire thing played with my emotions.

If you haven’t finished the Rhodes bounty for Mark Johnson don’t read the spoiler. Or if you don’t care and just want a random anecdote of a late post game optional side quest, then just read it. But it is a spoiler for RDR1, again if you care.

Spoiler

During the whole exchange wth the target my first attempt all I wanted to do was let him go and get some easy karma. It’s a $25 bounty?! I got $16KLoL. I let Mark Johnson and his wife and kid escape. And walk away.

MISSION FAILED! WTF is this shit?! f*** off Rockstar let me do what I want!!

Restart the mission anyway. Right from the checkpoint so zero time wasted really. I hogtie him immediately, he cries out “you’re the man now son! You be brave!” (Cuz the kid was being a whiny baby earlier).

So I’m hauling him back to Rhodes and stop to read the bounty for really the first time and realize just how explicitly direct the reference to John himself is. Eventually when I drop him in the cell he yells at John about being a changed man and John actually said to him “The past catches up with you”

I got a good hearty chuckle at that one.