[PS3/360] Red Dead Redemption

[Harrison]

I heard people had trouble getting GTAIV running on the PC, but I never had a problem. Ran perfectly from first installing it and no slowdown. Although I was running it on a high spec, so maybe it was only on lower spec PCs that had problems, but that is always the case.

[Sharingan]

Finished the game, enjoyed it a lot, but it did get a bit repetitive in the end. There's only so much mission variety you can build in, considering the era didn't have vehicles other than trains, stage coaches and steam-driven automobiles! The early missions involved shooting people, the later missions didn't change all that much - it was still shooting people.

Having doubts as to whether I should dabble with the online portion of the game. I joined one public free roam session so far, but didn't have the motivation to explore the same game world over again, doing essentially the same stuff. Maybe when they release the (free) Co-op DLC, I might try that. I'm not too fussed with competitive multiplayer stuff.

Anyways, got 71% if the trophies, which were mostly fun to obtain. Will be putting the game aside for now and perhaps start God of War III.

[Harrison]

How long did it take you to complete it?

And what percentage of what you played was the main story? Is there a lot of side quest style gaming in it?

[Sharingan]

Hmm ... I'd say about 30 hours of total game time, spread over several weeks. Of that, I'd say about 20 hours of that is time spent on the storyline. If you were to do absolutely everything there was to do in the game, you could probably push 50 hours.

And yes, there's quite a bit of stuff to do on the side, such as bountyhunting, hunting animals, harvesting rare plants, gun duelling, robbing stage coaches, horse racing, playing blackjack/poker, armwrestling, dice games and so on. There's also a fame/honour system in place, which changes how people react to you depending on the choices you make during the game. Rob and shoot innocent people, and you will become infamous. Protect the innocent and you become honoured. It's fun to hear how people say different stuff to you as you progress through the game.

[Shoonay]

This game hill-larry-ass!

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