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I recently bought the volcanic pistol and saw mausers and such later in the game, so I was wondering if you ever got an upgraded revolver similar to your starting weapon? It doesn't feel right to have anything but a colt or knockoff revolver of similar type/design at my side.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 09:08 |
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ You get a better revolver from Landon Ricketts the first time you talk to him. You also get another one later on in Mexico. So I'm just about done with Mexico and I can't help but wish I was back in Armadillo where things were nice an simple with clear-cut missions where I was helping out good folk, rather than working for a corrupt, lecherous caricature of a Coronel and his homosexual lap-dog or Abraham Reyes: national gigolo. Heck the second I was done with Bonnie and the Marshall's missions I regretted it. Having the protagonist constantly work with and for completely deplorable characters (when the protagonist is not completely deplorable themselves, which John Marston isn't) only works if there's a few sympathetic characters scattered here and there for contrast. Having everyone in Mexico be either naive, functionally retarded, mired in self-pity, a lecherous rear end in a top hat with too much power or another lecherous rear end in a top hat who will gently caress up the second he gets into power (at least I assume that's what Reyes will do) just made me want to shoot everyone in Mexico in the face. Oh and of course Luise, being the only character with any redeeming qualities whatsoever, gets loving killed offscreen and the only reason I found out was because there was a quick mention in a cutscene. gently caress Mexico. e: Sorry for untagged spoilers, should probably have slept on it before posting. Makrond fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jun 10, 2010 |
# ? Jun 10, 2010 09:09 |
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aliencowboy posted:I got through the entire game and the "California" mission never showed up. I guess I don't get 100% now. You will, I did it as Jack. It doesn't 'show up' because it's drat hard to find unlike the other stranger quests. http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/California Catsplosion fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Jun 10, 2010 |
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Makrond posted:^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Yeah, the entirety of Mexico is pretty much the weakest part of the game. It's too long, John has very little incentive to do any of the work he does (as he repeatedly shows in his dialogue), and all the characters are genuinely unlikeable except for Ricketts, even the revolution people. Sure it's great to have a huge, different-looking part of the world open for shenanigans, but the story part itself in there is just agonizing. The missions are generally fun and varied, though. We could very well crib the name of the next thread from the Left 4 Dead one; "Oh my god, I hate Mexico so much" e: Also so as not to seem so negative, man I love free roam when it clicks together. Couple of days ago I was just dicking around, doing Solomon's Folly when suddenly a random guy enters the session and comes to help me. After the hideout is cleared, we chat a little bit and it appears he's also Finnish! We posse up, he invites a friend of his, we go clear more hideouts and have a shitload of fun. At some point we come across a German guy trotting along the road with the lovely level two horse, invite him to our posse and I give him my own horse so he can keep up Then we ended it all in an awesome free-for-all match in Armadillo. a cyborg mug fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Jun 10, 2010 |
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enigmahfc posted:I just had a completely skinned cougar attack me. I killed the bastard, and skinned it. I turned to call my horse, and the SKINLESS COUGAR GOT UP AND RAN AT ME. It knocked me down but did no damage. This creature from Hellraiser kept running, turned to attack again, then suddenly fell to the ground and slid for a few feet. It was all kind of startling. Holy poo poo, these are the best glitches I've heard of yet. I've not had any interesting ones so far. I find it weird how people are complaining about how bleak the story is. If you don't like it, that's fine, but it's not really fair to say it "doesn't work", just because you want more uplifting moments. R* are clearly out to debunk the romance of the Old West. There's that quote by the anthropologist, who says "I dreamt of documenting the last days of the old west. The romance, the honour, the nobility! But it turns out it’s just people killing each other", which is basically the theme in a nutshell.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 09:35 |
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arca posted:You will, I did it as Jack. It doesn't 'show up' because it's drat hard to find unlike the other stranger quests. Come on now. Don't ruin it for people. To add content, this Win 4 Team Matches In A Row trophy will be the death of me...I did the FFA 3 in a Row fine, but can't get more than 2 team games in a row. I have led my team in every category just about every game, but it's never enough
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 10:16 |
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When doing the hunting challenges I randomly stumbled upon a woman who was kneeling over a man who was dead and she appeared to be crying/drinking? It was weird because I had never seen random NPC's who didn't interact with me/my story doing anything like that before.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 10:32 |
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Makrond posted:Oh and of course Luise... I liked Mexico the most actually, the only thing I disliked about the game is that you get the outfits too late to actually use them in the appropriate setting. It's also kind of weird that you get to dress up as factions your character has reasons to hate the most, like the U.S. Army outfit and the bureau outfit. Gazmachine posted:I find it weird how people are complaining about how bleak the story is. If you don't like it, that's fine, but it's not really fair to say it "doesn't work", just because you want more uplifting moments. R* are clearly out to debunk the romance of the Old West. There's that quote by the anthropologist, who says "I dreamt of documenting the last days of the old west. The romance, the honour, the nobility! But it turns out it’s just people killing each other", which is basically the theme in a nutshell. soggybagel posted:When doing the hunting challenges I randomly stumbled upon a woman who was kneeling over a man who was dead and she appeared to be crying/drinking? It was weird because I had never seen random NPC's who didn't interact with me/my story doing anything like that before.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 10:56 |
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Gazmachine posted:I find it weird how people are complaining about how bleak the story is. If you don't like it, that's fine, but it's not really fair to say it "doesn't work", just because you want more uplifting moments. R* are clearly out to debunk the romance of the Old West. There's that quote by the anthropologist, who says "I dreamt of documenting the last days of the old west. The romance, the honour, the nobility! But it turns out it’s just people killing each other", which is basically the theme in a nutshell. Oh don't get me wrong, I don't have too many complaints about the story or the theme. It's mostly just that once you get out of Armadillo there aren't really any people who are straight-up good and not crazy. It brings the story down a little because it just makes you wonder why the hell John even cares (and in the end I guess he doesn't, he just wants to get Bill and Escuella and get the hell out of there). I just think you can have good people without ruining the whole 'end of the age of cowboys' thing going on. In fact it would probably improve the story because at this point it looks like with the cowboys and gunslingers gone all you've got left is backstabbers, liars and politicians. Oh and Bonnie I guess. a 16 year old girl posted:She's actually the woman with the knife who runs up to the army guys and gets shot when they have Reyes captured in the last mission where you storm the palace. So she definitely doesn't die off-screen. Huh. I don't remember seeing a cutscene there, I must have accidentally skipped it while running up the hill. Also if you see someone crying next to a dead body, if you hang around a while sometimes they'll pull out a gun and shoot themselves and you can loot their corpse It's really weird the first time you see that especially if you don't know it's coming. I was just sort of crouching next to a guy who was sobbing uncontrollably when suddenly I saw a glint of metal and thought he was about to shoot me, then he pressed it to his temple and I was like Makrond fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Jun 10, 2010 |
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She eventually shoots herself with a gun while crying at her dead man's body. Also, when you free Zhou by capturing a White Stallion for his slave owner, you leave the horse there. The new owner then takes it for a ride, gets off a little further between two buildings and starts brushing it. I was watching all this and I also noticed a rattlesnake right next to the horse. The owner then walked too close, got bit and died. It could have been random chance in my game, but I guess it was scripted in. Pretty cool though. Pro-tip to make a lot of money fast. Early in the game you get a mission to win a land deed from a Liar's Dice game in Thieves Landing. It's possible to just keep playing that game with the one guy at the table. Each time you will win 200 dollars and it takes like 2 minutes to beat that one guy.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 11:57 |
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Ignorant PC holdout here so bear with me, the random encounters with the suicidal men/women is it possible to disarm them with a deadeye shot? If so, what happens next?
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 12:17 |
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Makrond posted:Huh. I don't remember seeing a cutscene there, I must have accidentally skipped it while running up the hill. Sioux posted:Also, when you free Zhou by capturing a White Stallion for his slave owner, you leave the horse there. The new owner then takes it for a ride, gets off a little further between two buildings and starts brushing it. I was watching all this and I also noticed a rattlesnake right next to the horse. The owner then walked too close, got bit and died.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 12:46 |
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Dogtanian posted:Ignorant PC holdout here so bear with me, the random encounters with the suicidal men/women is it possible to disarm them with a deadeye shot? If so, what happens next?
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 13:07 |
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Dogtanian posted:Ignorant PC holdout here so bear with me, the random encounters with the suicidal men/women is it possible to disarm them with a deadeye shot? If so, what happens next? Would probably be considered a crime, considering trying to rope them in front of a witness counts as a crime.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 13:07 |
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Dogtanian posted:Ignorant PC holdout here so bear with me, the random encounters with the suicidal men/women is it possible to disarm them with a deadeye shot? If so, what happens next? I tried and I believe it wouldn't let me target the pistol.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 13:14 |
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Makrond posted:Oh and of course Luise, being the only character with any redeeming qualities whatsoever, lives a happy and fulfilling life forever and ever and the only reason I found out was because there was a quick mention in a cutscene. Oh does she? Well I hate to hear that... before I get to that part in the game. Thanks. King Vidiot fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Jun 10, 2010 |
# ? Jun 10, 2010 13:33 |
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What were everyones thoughts on the music? I really liked the song that plays the first time you go to Mexico, really unexpected. The one for the end credits was kinda so so.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 13:41 |
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I played this for thirteen hours yesterday, so here are some overtired questions and thoughts: It actually took me until level 8 survivalist that the plants you need despawn when you're required to gather them. I finished rank 7 with the map active and the area was filled with plants that weren't there earlier. It too me 29 hours of gameplay to realise you can just hop on the train and ride around. I've had bears kill me three times while trying to tame the black horse. One of them killed the horse as it was lasso'd. What gun can one-shot bears? The last thing I did was buy a buffalo gun, so I'm hoping it's that. I killed all the buffalo for the achievement, but didn't get it. Does this mean one of them ran off a cliff or got killed by an NPC? Furthermore: The cannibal random event is hilarious. The Viper posted:What were everyones thoughts on the music? I really liked the song that plays the first time you go to Mexico, really unexpected. The one for the end credits was kinda so so. My favourite theme is the noir-style one with the saxaphone that plays in Mexico at night.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 13:44 |
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Houdini posted:What gun can one-shot bears? The last thing I did was buy a buffalo gun, so I'm hoping it's that. Yep, buffalo gun to the head. The buffalo will keep spawning so you can kill them until you get the achievement. I'm not sure if they keep spawning after you get the achievement, but they definitely do up until you get it.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 14:03 |
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Yep, buffalo gun to the head. Thanks. My attitude from starting was to ignore nature, because I didn't really want to go around the map killing animals, but with the hunter game and all the stuff that's out to get you, I get into full on if anything comes near my horse. If there isn't a reward for killing a bear with the knife, I won't be pleased. E: That reminds me of something. I saved "that guy" who gets chased by a pack of wolves, only to meet up with him about five minutes later being chased by a pair of cougars. I ended up headshotting him after the cougar moved too quickly, so I ended up assisting them instead. Don't wander around at night without fifteen guns and some dynamite.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 14:11 |
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Makrond posted:Oh and of course Luise, being the only character with any redeeming qualities whatsoever, gets loving killed offscreen and the only reason I found out was because there was a quick mention in a cutscene. gently caress Mexico.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 14:55 |
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Debawv posted:My wife actually pointed out the same thing. That was the only time he kept it out that I actually noticed. Hitting L1 will bring it out but he usually holsters it after a while. John keeps his gun out constantly in gang hideouts, there's no auto-holstering until you leave the area.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 14:58 |
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Makrond posted:Oh and of course Luise, being the only character with any redeeming qualities whatsoever, omg it's a spoiler! and the only reason I found out was because there was a quick mention in a cutscene. gently caress Mexico. Tewratomeh posted:Oh does she? Well I hate to hear that... before I get to that part in the game. Thanks. Perhaps then you should edit it out of your own post as well, instead of you know... Quoting the spoiler again even though you're complaining about it yourself.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 14:59 |
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Crows Turn Off posted:Did you skip the scene or something? You see her get shot. There's no "quick mention" of it. You see her die. That cutscene gets skipped for a ton of people, that mission is super glitchy. I had to replay the mission 5 times before it played.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:12 |
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Can someone explain Rockstar* Social Challenges to me.code:
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:24 |
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So has anyone else run into invisible npc's ("ghosts") in Tumbleweed's mansion? I was down there for the treasure hunter quest and literally bumped into one.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:30 |
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Finally beat the game, 1 day 23h 40m 30s. Definitely got my money's worth, rarely ever quick-travelled because I just love riding around. I don't even do most of the random events, just the ones that have me kill someone - when I see people running from cougars out in the middle of nowhere I just let them get eaten. Stupid fucks going for a walk without a gun deserve to die End-game: I like how killing Ross gives 100 honour, which cancelled out firebombing his wife and gut-shotting his brother. I have one more stranger to find, I think the Aztec Gold one, and loads of bounties since I never bothered doing them during the game proper. I don't even mind Jack too much, though he shouldn't be so mean to the horse. How moddable to y'all reckon the PC version will be? I expect one of the first mods will be some kind of Super Ranch Playhouse where you can fetch/breed horses, chickens, cattle, etc. and protect them from bandits and foxes and whatnot. Also, having a companion dog and being able to play fetch.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:39 |
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I just had a great bug. I accepted a duel in theives landing, and on the way out to the location a barfight broke out. Well the guy that was doing the shooting ended up on the balcony as one of the npc's that crowd around and watch the duel. He kept shooting at me however, and by the time the thing said "DRAW" I was dead. I was both pissed off and laughing at the same time.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:40 |
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I had the greatest random NPC encounter while I was playing earlier this evening. I was near Fort Mercer Laughed my arse off.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:49 |
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Crows Turn Off posted:How to knife a cougar. This worked perfectly. Thanks.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 15:51 |
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Makrond posted:Also if you see someone crying next to a dead body, if you hang around a while sometimes they'll pull out a gun and shoot themselves and you can loot their corpse
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:02 |
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2ndclasscitizen posted:I had the greatest random NPC encounter while I was playing earlier this evening. I was near Fort Mercer I recently ran across a couple of shifty looking dudes with a rickety wagon laden with dynamite that they wanted me to 'help deliver', by which they meant driving into town no doubt while being attacked by waves of bandits. I politely declined.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:17 |
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Hal Gill username posted:I recently ran across a couple of shifty looking dudes with a rickety wagon laden with dynamite that they wanted me to 'help deliver', by which they meant driving into town no doubt while being attacked by waves of bandits. There actually aren't any bandits. It uses the same life-bar mechanic as when you haul West Dickens around the first time you meet him.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:23 |
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Bobnoxious posted:This worked perfectly. Thanks.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:24 |
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Looking for more people to play online with. Xbox GT: OhSoHologramic
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:25 |
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Has anyone had trouble with the Gentlemen's Attire not unlocking?
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:39 |
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Houdini posted:Has anyone had trouble with the Gentlemen's Attire not unlocking? You need to go to the Social Club in the menu and press (Y) while you have NEWS selected so that it links your Gamertag / Xbox account to the Social Club. Then it should inform you that the accounts are linked and that the Gentleman's Attire is unlocked after saving your game. Edit: V V V Sorry, no idea then. :-( itsnice2bnice fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Jun 10, 2010 |
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a 16 year old girl posted:You need to go to the Social Club in the menu and press (Y) so that it links your Gamertag / Xbox account to the Social Club. Sorry, but I should've mentioned I've done everything to get it. It just won't unlock. I activated the Social Club stuff on saturday when I got the game, as I've had the challenge available for me too. So it's been six days since I activated it.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:58 |
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I'm only on page 54 of this thread and I'm trying to refrain from reading it because I've nearly finished the storyline and don't wanna spoil it for myself, so my apologies if this has already been mentioned; You can jump on to your horse when you're on top of something high like a building or balcony. I feel like such a badass when I'm jumping down from the balcony of the Armadillo Saloon on to my horse to chase some dudes down.
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# ? Jun 10, 2010 16:59 |
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I'm nearing the end of the game (I think) and I still can't buy the last bit of the US Army Uniform from Blackwater. When can I do that?
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