Red Dead Redemption - anyone playing ?

[Batman]

Didn’t know the l1 thing or the r2 x 3 thing.

That’s my fault for playing as a nice guy and avoiding shootouts

Cheers

Yea at the beginning I was using the wheel to select my fist, L1 to holster its much easier.

First duel I had the other guy fell down drunk, so I just looted him.

I managed to get a couple of perfect rabbit pelts, need to craft arrows that won't damage the pelt. Wish I knew that before I murdered 100s of rabbits.

Or use the varmint rifle

For the bigger animals lasso then and just walk over and slit their throat, perfect pelts every time

[Alpha]

Thanks for that Alpha. I've been using the cluster rt-lf wheel and somehow ended up eating crackers while getting shot up. One touch much better. On the plus side my guy learned how to 'drift a horse and get an entire town to shame him as he rides by for no reason what so ever. Why are so many people just asking for a gunfight. One bad thing is riding your horse named Tacos too far into the camp and he gets 'stuck' in a tent so you cannot lasso, lead or ride out.

I've gotten carriages stuck and can't go backwards.

[walrus]

I shot someone in the town in error. I then had to go on a shooting spree becoming a serial killer. My horse got killed, got a new one but I can’t find camp. I feel bad about all the townspeople I shot. Now everyone is after me

[Spicoli]

I shot someone in the town in error. I then had to go on a shooting spree becoming a serial killer. My horse got killed, got a new one but I can’t find camp. I feel bad about all the townspeople I shot. Now everyone is after me

You played drunk didn't you . The 'rob' option should be harder to accidently hit in town.

Few take away pros and cons just a couple days in. Haven't even scratched it yet.
1. You really do bond with your horse . Praise them, and the dags, constantly. Tons of moves to pick up
2. Like the wanted and evade and how it works. Better hide your bodies
3. It's beyond massive and so far unpredictable. Great sound too.
4. Gunfights are none hand held and simple as are the approach options. None of that auto reload or huge reticle stuff. They changed 'deadeye' but works well.

1. The wheel. You will literally find yourself looking at the buttons pulling 2,3 'hold-let go' at same time. Maybe I just haven't worked out the kinks.
2. It is dark! I like the real time night day and the fact there were no street lamps then but..unless there's a moon it seems very hard to navigate in the bush.
3. The early cut scenes and that first sleep inducing wagon ride
4. The whole core thing so far.

[walrus]

I shot someone in the town in error. I then had to go on a shooting spree becoming a serial killer. My horse got killed, got a new one but I can’t find camp. I feel bad about all the townspeople I shot. Now everyone is after me

You played drunk didn't you . The 'rob' option should be harder to accidently hit in town.

Few take away pros and cons just a couple days in. Haven't even scratched it yet.
1. You really do bond with your horse . Praise them, and the dags, constantly. Tons of moves to pick up
2. Like the wanted and evade and how it works. Better hide your bodies
3. It's beyond massive and so far unpredictable. Great sound too.
4. Gunfights are none hand held and simple as are the approach options. None of that auto reload or huge reticle stuff. They changed 'deadeye' but works well.

1. The wheel. You will literally find yourself looking at the buttons pulling 2,3 'hold-let go' at same time. Maybe I just haven't worked out the kinks.
2. It is dark! I like the real time night day and the fact there were no street lamps then but..unless there's a moon it seems very hard to navigate in the bush.
3. The early cut scenes and that first sleep inducing wagon ride
4. The whole core thing so far.

Oh snap I wanted to go to the wheel but drew on someone and fired. Completely sober but I did get the dude drunk on whiskey. It’s funny the screen gets wobbly. I gotta get used to all these buttons. Too many commands and things to push. Once a week playing makes me forget everything. I need to quit my job and housework so I can get good at this.

[Mark TKO]

So I spent all day on this fucker yesterday and seemed to get nowhere.

I use free aim which is hard sometimes in gunfights and dead eye runs out in seconds.

I finished one mission then stayed to loot the camp and before I knew it the law surrounded me and I was a goner. The horse I bonded with also died so I’m back to square one there with Tennessee walker who is shite.

I go to where legendary animals are and it says there’s too much activity in the area.

And I’ve activated all these side missions and got nowhere with any of them. Anyone else got treasure maps ? Can’t work out where anywhere fucking is from the shitty drawings.

And crafting can fuck right off.

I will keep going on the main story

[Alpha]

Haven't found any treasure yet, haven't really started to look tho.

With dead eye, I aim, then go into dead eye, this brings you into dead eye targeting your enemy. Headshot, this will bring you out of dead eye, then aim again quickly and then go back into dead eye. Hope that made sense. Seems to last a bit longer that way.

The wheel to use tonics and that is not very user friendly. Is there no way to quick equip these to the directional buttons?