Red Dead Redemption 2: Petting Dogs and Tipping Hats: The Arthur Morgan Story

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Terminal autist: May 17, 2018; by vyelkin

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

how do i preload on a PS4? I can't find it anywhere.

Go into your library

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:01

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 00:19

Nolgthorn: Jan 30, 2001; The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense

I accidentally killed the crew leader and it made me restart the mission, so what I said earlier about living with the consequences of your actions I was wrong.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:06

GOOD TIMES ON METH: Mar 17, 2006; Fun Shoe

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

how do i preload on a PS4? I can't find it anywhere.

Check Library on the PS4 or your download list on the PSN website if you aren't at home.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:06

Starks: Sep 24, 2006

How long will it take between popping the game into my inferior base PS4 and actually playing?

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:09

Bardeh: Dec 2, 2004; Fun Shoe

I've decided to go to my first ever midnight opening, just so I can set the install up and go to bed, ready to play in the morning.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:10

rap music: Mar 11, 2006

i have a metal cased ultimate edition reserved at gamestop and my fear that they will run out is probably gonna make me go miserably stand in stench tonight

does anyone have experience with going out in public that can assuage my crippling anxiety?

does a reservation actually mean a reservation and it will be there if I wait until Friday afternoon?

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:10

Bardeh: Dec 2, 2004; Fun Shoe

Starks posted:

How long will it take between popping the game into my inferior base PS4 and actually playing?

2 hours apparently

E: oh, under an hour isnt so bad...maybe I will sit up and play a little tonight...

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:11

Jimbot: Jul 22, 2008

Starks posted:

How long will it take between popping the game into my inferior base PS4 and actually playing?

Apparently about 45-minutes to a hour.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:11

Mordiceius: Nov 10, 2007; If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

homullus posted:

Something did happen: geek culture

Lumpy the Cook posted:

It feels like it's a mixture of those two things along with the rise of Family Guy style "everything must be a reference to something else" humor.

I always thought the GTA games were pretty good about the references to other games. Vice City is one of my favorite games of all time and it is, timeline-wise, a prequel. The GTA games, to my memory, would have maybe a minor character cross over but that would be about it.

My concern was more that we get the protagonist from the previous game as a character in this game. That creates some narrative problems in that John Marston kind of becomes a protected character. Dutch as well. We know that those two make it out of the game alive. So that limits storytelling potential when two characters are basically off limits for a lot of dramatic potential.

Furthermore, it limits the impact the protagonist in this game can have on Dutch/Marston because he is literally never mentioned in the first game. So it's not like he can be the right hand of Dutch or the savior of the gang, because that doesn't make sense with his omission in the prior game. I think I would have preferred if the first 1/3 of the game was you in Dutch's gang and then you strike off and make your own gang or something and never see Dutch/Marston again.

I'll be curious to see what people here think about the story.

I would love to be surprised, but I'm always incredibly skeptical when it comes to prequels that lean heavily on characters from the prior story.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:12

black.lion: Apr 1, 2004; For if he like a madman lived,
At least he like a wise one died.

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

how do i preload on a PS4? I can't find it anywhere.

PS4 Library > Purchased > find game, clicky, download

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:13

davebo: Nov 15, 2006; Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito; College Slice

Did anyone determine if the people picking up in-store at 9pm will be able to play the game after it installs, or it just unlocks at midnight for everyone?

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:13

titties: May 10, 2012; They're like two suicide notes stuffed into a glitter bra

rap music posted:

i have a metal cased ultimate edition reserved at gamestop and my fear that they will run out is probably gonna make me go miserably stand in stench tonight

does anyone have experience with going out in public that can assuage my crippling anxiety?

does a reservation actually mean a reservation and it will be there if I wait until Friday afternoon?

FWIW I have never had them not have a copy for me if I preordered at gamestop, including big releases like GTAV. I don't usually order the high-end version though.

You could show up an hour or so beforehand, check in, and then grab some taco bell or whatever while you wait. That's what I'm doing except it will be Culvers because they are still open at 8 pm

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:16

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

Haha I was gonna nap til 11 or so but there's some sort of domestic goin on outside. All my plans to grab extra sleep outside workin hours gave been FOILED today. Just switch my brain off til midnight please

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:18

ElwoodCuse: Jan 11, 2004; we're puttin' the band back together

Knowing what happens to Gus and Mike and that "something" happens to Kim doesn't hurt Better Call Saul in the slightest yall are overthinking the prequel bit

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:18

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

After 75 reviews, the Metacritic rating is all the way down to 97.

Couldn't even hold a 100% rating, schma

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:20

titties: May 10, 2012; They're like two suicide notes stuffed into a glitter bra

That's it, preorder cancelled

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:21

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

Powershift posted:

After 75 reviews, the Metacritic rating is all the way down to 97.

Couldn't even hold a 100% rating, schma

Garbage piece of poo poo game.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:21

Rhaegar: Jul 16, 2006

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

how do i preload on a PS4? I can't find it anywhere.

Find RDR2 under purchased games in your library.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:26

ada shatan: Oct 20, 2004; that'll do pig, that'll do

rap music posted:

i have a metal cased ultimate edition reserved at gamestop and my fear that they will run out is probably gonna make me go miserably stand in stench tonight

does anyone have experience with going out in public that can assuage my crippling anxiety?

does a reservation actually mean a reservation and it will be there if I wait until Friday afternoon?

Wait - you said metal cased, but you also said ultimate edition. The only metal case edition I heard of was the collectors box, which doesn't actually come with a copy of the game.

You did get a copy of the game, right?

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:26

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Mordiceius posted:

It feels like it's a mixture of those two things along with the rise of Family Guy style "everything must be a reference to something else" humor.

I always thought the GTA games were pretty good about the references to other games. Vice City is one of my favorite games of all time and it is, timeline-wise, a prequel. The GTA games, to my memory, would have maybe a minor character cross over but that would be about it.

My concern was more that we get the protagonist from the previous game as a character in this game. That creates some narrative problems in that John Marston kind of becomes a protected character. Dutch as well. We know that those two make it out of the game alive. So that limits storytelling potential when two characters are basically off limits for a lot of dramatic potential.

Furthermore, it limits the impact the protagonist in this game can have on Dutch/Marston because he is literally never mentioned in the first game. So it's not like he can be the right hand of Dutch or the savior of the gang, because that doesn't make sense with his omission in the prior game. I think I would have preferred if the first 1/3 of the game was you in Dutch's gang and then you strike off and make your own gang or something and never see Dutch/Marston again.

I'll be curious to see what people here think about the story.

I would love to be surprised, but I'm always incredibly skeptical when it comes to prequels that lean heavily on characters from the prior story.

I am more curious how Dutch went from charismatic gentlemen robber/anarchist Robin Hood type to broken jaded nutjob who shoots hostages and using angry Native American kids as canon fodder to keep his dead dream going.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:29

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

Mordiceius posted:

It feels like it's a mixture of those two things along with the rise of Family Guy style "everything must be a reference to something else" humor.

I always thought the GTA games were pretty good about the references to other games. Vice City is one of my favorite games of all time and it is, timeline-wise, a prequel. The GTA games, to my memory, would have maybe a minor character cross over but that would be about it.

My concern was more that we get the protagonist from the previous game as a character in this game. That creates some narrative problems in that John Marston kind of becomes a protected character. Dutch as well. We know that those two make it out of the game alive. So that limits storytelling potential when two characters are basically off limits for a lot of dramatic potential.

Furthermore, it limits the impact the protagonist in this game can have on Dutch/Marston because he is literally never mentioned in the first game. So it's not like he can be the right hand of Dutch or the savior of the gang, because that doesn't make sense with his omission in the prior game. I think I would have preferred if the first 1/3 of the game was you in Dutch's gang and then you strike off and make your own gang or something and never see Dutch/Marston again.

I'll be curious to see what people here think about the story.

I would love to be surprised, but I'm always incredibly skeptical when it comes to prequels that lean heavily on characters from the prior story.

All the reviews are saying that yes, you are in fact Dutch�s right-hand man and knowledge of the ending doesn�t mean knowledge of Arthur�s fate, along with providing narrative connections via dramatic irony.

In short, stop being skeptical.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:29

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

Dapper_Swindler posted:

I am more curious how Dutch went from charismatic gentlemen robber/anarchist Robin Hood type to broken jaded nutjob who shoots hostages and using angry Native American kids as canon fodder to keep his dead dream going.

The Kotaku review says Dutch is basically the same kind of character he was in the first game. He�s not a �gentleman robber�, though he likes to envision himself as one. He�s more like a cult leader who always cries about how much he cares about you and how it hurts him so bad to have to backstab you.

In 1911, he�s still trying to hold onto that personality despite losing everything and coming closer and closer to no longer being able to lie to himself and his new gang.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:34

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

I'll never-a be around-a oranges *mugs at camera *

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:36

Crappy Jack: Nov 21, 2005; We got some serious shit to discuss.

Yeah, Dutch was never a dashing Robin Hood type, he just billed himself that way. He fancies himself a paragon of freedom and sticking it to the man, which is exactly how a man who makes a living off of robbing banks and living out in the woods to avoid society would do it. He's still a gang leader who robs banks and kills people.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:37

CharlestonJew: Jul 7, 2011; Illegal Hen

I bet at the end you kill Dutch and steal his identity and also wear his face

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:42

Mandrel: Sep 24, 2006

a lot of very thorough critical opinions and analyses from people in this thread and others who haven't played the game

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:48

Lumpy the Cook: Feb 4, 2011; Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

Dutch was actually Clayface the whole time

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:48

rap music: Mar 11, 2006

ada shatan posted:

Wait - you said metal cased, but you also said ultimate edition. The only metal case edition I heard of was the collectors box, which doesn't actually come with a copy of the game.

You did get a copy of the game, right?

the ultimate edition comes in a fancy sleeved steel case and is pretty much why I chose physical over digital

i'm aware the collectors box only contains an assortment of worthless garbage

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:50

Kalsco: Jul 26, 2012

Turns out Dutch was a horse the whole time.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:50

littleorv: Jan 29, 2011

I'm excited to cowboy

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:50

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

chitoryu12 posted:

The Kotaku review says Dutch is basically the same kind of character he was in the first game. He�s not a �gentleman robber�, though he likes to envision himself as one. He�s more like a cult leader who always cries about how much he cares about you and how it hurts him so bad to have to backstab you.

In 1911, he�s still trying to hold onto that personality despite losing everything and coming closer and closer to no longer being able to lie to himself and his new gang.

Oh cool, so he is Jim Jones. Cool.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 20:51