Red Dead Redemption - anyone playing ?

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

RDR2 is easily my favourite game of all time. Such a beautiful game. So many breathtakingly cinematic and heartbreaking scenes.

Made me invest in a pair of 7.1 headphones.

Try hunting with them on. Brilliant!

[Gandalf]

RDR2 is easily my favourite game of all time. Such a beautiful game. So many breathtakingly cinematic and heartbreaking scenes.

Made me invest in a pair of 7.1 headphones.

Try hunting with them on. Brilliant!

Is it really? I think the story was fantastic and I think some missions were fun, but some of it just fell flat for me and I found myself a little bit bored. It is technically stunning, but in terms of just pure 'fun' and 'excitement' I just don't think it was as good as the games I enjoy more like Uncharted 2 and TLOU.

@Mark TKO I don't know about Day's Gone. The critics savaged it, but the user reviews are mostly saying 'Steady on, this game is actually a lot of fun and I do not get the reviews'. I don't know, I am in two minds about it. Kind of want to play, but am on a game hiatus and it is good for me to not be playing any games.

[Gandalf]

Bloody @ thing. Who the hell invented that?

[Mark TKO]

Maybe I'll revisit then. I did see a few reviewers saying how annoying the bike was - supposed to be one of main selling points.from what I read I think it would annoy me too.

Unlike some films I've realised game reviews are usually pretty spot on

[Gandalf]

I think the user score is higher than RDR2 now. Critics are a bit random IMO. I remember playing Metal Gear Solid whatever based on its reviews and the game was utter bollocks. I got through it but that was a waste. I am inclined to suspect corruption or else they simply play a few hours and then decide.

I think the same with music and film too. You cannot tell me that every new Dylan album is the best thing ever. It is patently gibberish. He is recycling the same song for half of each album and it's not exactly 'Life on Mars' that he is reworking. Just that same damn bluesy thing with new words that he has been doing since 1960 fucking 5.

[Gandalf]

Spiderman scored lower than Bloodborne which I had to just douse with petrol and set alight which is probably the same way you have to kill some of those stupid and weird bosses. Spiderman is clearly a much more fun game with far less of that horrible grindey 'No idea what I am even doing it for' feeling. Good story, well designed, well executed and FUN! That's what I want in a game. If I have to feed another camp ever again I deserve the right to shoot everyone in the camp first so it is the last time! Rant over!

[Master]

Spiderman scored lower than Bloodborne which I had to just douse with petrol and set alight which is probably the same way you have to kill some of those stupid and weird bosses. Spiderman is clearly a much more fun game with far less of that horrible grindey 'No idea what I am even doing it for' feeling. Good story, well designed, well executed and FUN! That's what I want in a game. If I have to feed another camp ever again I deserve the right to shoot everyone in the camp first so it is the last time! Rant over!

Spiderman swinging through New York is the best.