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I am on the fence about buying Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC) as my Christmas game
- Thread starter lunanto
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Download the cracked version,play a couple of hours, and if you like it, buy it. That's what I did and didn't like it, so I uninstalled it and didn't buy it
As someone who bought it at launch with a 1060 and just checked it now since people here mentioned performance updates. I'll say the game will look very rough at anything lower than 1080p. 1080/30 is very much doable with the right settings. I have the internal resolution bumped up 25% from 1080 and I get anywhere from 27-40+ FPS depending on what's going on, for example fire is very taxing. Some quick screengrabs I took while checking, to give you an idea on visuals and if you do decide to grab I can post settings:
I don't know. I voted no. RDR1 was very special to me but RDR2 felt like a huge slog. Maybe I'm just more impatient now but the game just took too long and I felt like I spent so much time riding my horse from one place to the other. Some of the mechanics I didn't want to spend time on (eating to maintain weight, clothing, horse upgrading). I really liked the gunfights but the stuff in between was quite boring.
One of my GOATs, I've done probably 350 hours in story mode, but I'm not sure that 1060 will do you any favors. I started on a GTX970 and ended up upgrading most parts by the end of the game.
Its definitely worth the price at $40. The controls aren't as bad as people make it seem. But still maybe hold off for now
Its definitely worth the price at $40. The controls aren't as bad as people make it seem. But still maybe hold off for now
I bought it on PC to play again at 60fps, hoping I could give third person a try. I would think that by now R* would have patched how the first person mode controls into the third person, or someone would have modded it in, but no. I am just completely amazed that anyone that worked on the controls of this game thought it was a good idea to not allow analog movement. It is completely and utterly baffling. I am forced once again to play in first person because pressing a button anytime you want to move at anything more than a slow ass walk is unplayable to me. I don't understand how anyone can do it.
I just recently finished it after buying it on sale. It's a difficult one to recommend cause you either going to love or hate it I think.
I think the control complaints are overblown. It's the same as the first game. It's slow and deliberate for immersion sake. I get what they are going for. The animations for looting ect take ages but there's no real need to do it at any point during the entire game if you don't want to.
I would say it's definitely worth it for the story and characters, though if you've spoiled it then you might not get as much out of it.
It has a great first act, the second act DRAAAAAAAGGS on to the point where you will want to drop the game , but it picks again towards the end and finishes really, really strongly. But my god the middle of the game sucks.
I think it's probably one of the best games I've played since BotW, the world Rockstar has built and the ways you can immerse yourself are unmatched. The characters all have really good arcs for the most part. Arthur is really, really great, especially in the final third.
I think the control complaints are overblown. It's the same as the first game. It's slow and deliberate for immersion sake. I get what they are going for. The animations for looting ect take ages but there's no real need to do it at any point during the entire game if you don't want to.
I would say it's definitely worth it for the story and characters, though if you've spoiled it then you might not get as much out of it.
It has a great first act, the second act DRAAAAAAAGGS on to the point where you will want to drop the game , but it picks again towards the end and finishes really, really strongly. But my god the middle of the game sucks.
I think it's probably one of the best games I've played since BotW, the world Rockstar has built and the ways you can immerse yourself are unmatched. The characters all have really good arcs for the most part. Arthur is really, really great, especially in the final third.
The complaints about controls are pure psyops my guy. It plays like an absolute dream on PC and the combat mechanics are the most satisfying I've ever experienced in an open-world game. You'd be doing yourself a disservice by passing on a game like this. It's the last of its kind.
I loved the first one and was very much anticipating the sequel. It was great!
In your position, it could be fun to play the prequel first and then the original (might be hard to lose gfx tho).
In your position, it could be fun to play the prequel first and then the original (might be hard to lose gfx tho).
It's a phenomenal game. Re: the controls I feel you should be able to determine if they're a deal breaker for you or not straight away. They've never been even a hint of a problem for me. How'd you fare with GTA4?
I'm running the game on a 1060 at 1440p and average over 30FPS with the right settings turned on and off. For as much flak as the game gets for technical reasons it actually runs very well considering how impressive it looks almost all of the time.
I'm running the game on a 1060 at 1440p and average over 30FPS with the right settings turned on and off. For as much flak as the game gets for technical reasons it actually runs very well considering how impressive it looks almost all of the time.
Dude, you don't need to make nearly ten bullet points about your decision to buy a game.
Just do it. It's not a life or death situation.
Just do it. It's not a life or death situation.
The game controls the way it's supposed to.
One of the best games of this gen IMO.
Pros
Fantastic story with amazing characters, writing and acting
Top 3 open worlds of all time
Very detailed, immersive and believable world
A lot of game for the money you spend on it
Cons
Online sucks
Shooting is mediocre
1st act is slow
One of the best games of this gen IMO.
Pros
Fantastic story with amazing characters, writing and acting
Top 3 open worlds of all time
Very detailed, immersive and believable world
A lot of game for the money you spend on it
Cons
Online sucks
Shooting is mediocre
1st act is slow
I bounced off RDR2 back when it released on PC but I'm really enjoying it now that I have a week off. I love how hard it leans into the simulation aspect. You really need to clear some time to play it though. Small bursts won't cut it.
Don't you DARE blame yourself for the absolutely god-awful controls in that game. It's not your fault. It's not anybody's fault but Rockstar's.
I'm probably 15 hours deep into the game (not playing anything else) and the controls are still often opaque to me. Like, I was just knocking out the gunslingers quests, and I'm still not 100% sure how I'm supposed to duel. Then there are the times when bandits roll up on me and I cannot figure out how I'm supposed to draw my gun and shoot them. Or there's the inevitable time when you'll punch your horse.
And that's before we get to the hidden/forgotten mechanics, like eagle eye. They teach you about that shit once VERY early in the game. Then you kinda forget about it, and just kinda blindly fumble about the world looking for items and especially herbs. Then many, many hours in you realize that this shit is a million times easier if you just use eagle eye. But, like, why hadn't you at least accidentally stumbled upon it in your prior 10+ hours playing the game? Oh, it's because you invoke it using the "completely natural" press-both-sticks input. :-| (I realize this is maybe less obscure on PC KMB.)
And EVEN THAT is before we talk about the absolutely atrocious early-game checkpointing. The missions where you have to talk to five people, then hop on horses, ride for a few minutes, get off and do some spying for a couple minutes, then ride down and fight. But, what if you fuck up BECAUSE THE CONTROLS ARE TERRIBLE? Well, you have to do all of the dialogue, riding, spying all over again! It made me want to smash my everything. And this happens in multiple missions, one of which midway through you're looking for a female companion which went into a building with two doors. If you choose the wrong door, and it's locked, and you assume maybe you need to peek around back because maybe she was abducted and they locked the door, you end up out-of-bounds and you fail the missing and have to do ~10 minutes of the mission leading up to that all over again.
[The weirdest thing about that though, is that later in the game it probably has the most friendly checkpointing system of all time. Not only is the checkpointing very generous, but if you fail a certain leg three times it gives you the option to simply skip that part. It's very good.]
But aside from all that, the game is amazing. Wonderful characters, moments, world-building, etc. Really fantastic, and completely worth working your way through the control/checkpointing issues.
The sluggish controls you'll get use to. The empty bland gunplay and the bland feel of killing enemies in the game, is what bothered me.
I had the ending spoiled too but it's really more about the journey than the destination.
I got spoiled too. I read the main character gets killed. How bad a spoiler is this? Pretty bad, isn't it?
Been thinking about buying this for a long time as well.
As far as all the control complaints go... are we talking controller, KBM, or both?
As far as all the control complaints go... are we talking controller, KBM, or both?
Yes! The controls are pretty bad (adjust your dead zone in the settings!) but nearly everything else this game does is fantastic. I think it would make a fantastic game to play over the holiday break too.
I think you're still good, RDR2 is quite the journey to get to that point...the fact that Arthur isn't mentioned at all in RDR1, afaik, means that was proably assumed by all that played RDR2.
A 1060 is the minimum recommended card for RDR2 so I'm not sure how it will run. I recently tried it on my 970 and it ran pretty poorly, but a 1060 is a slight step up from that.
Also I would imagine controls on PC with a mouse and keyboard would be totally fine. I like the controls on console but they did put in a generous aim assist with controllers due to the sluggish feel of it. Like most Rockstar games it prioritizes animation over snappy controls, so you're left with movement that looks more natural since you're not always cancelling out of animations like most other games.
Go for it on Steam...you can always return it if it doesn't grab you within 2 hours.
Definitely play RDR1 first if you already have it. It's not as "immersive" as 2 but it'll give you a good idea of if you're into that type of game or not without spending the money on 2. It's also expected (but not required) that you play 1 before 2 despite 2 being a prequel. Some of the story beats in 2 hit harder if you play 1 first as intended.
Not just that but RDR1 still holds up IMO. I played it for the first time a few years ago and I had a blast with it.
Not just that but RDR1 still holds up IMO. I played it for the first time a few years ago and I had a blast with it.
There's no need of playing RDR1 first. RDR2 is a completely different type of experience. I hate Western themed media, but RDR2 feels and plays so organically with gigatons of stuff to do, that ended up being my favourite game of this generation.
Controls are not as bad as people imply, even when switching from a fast action game, it felt fine. You take it as it is.
Controls are not as bad as people imply, even when switching from a fast action game, it felt fine. You take it as it is.
I had a similar situation. Have not played RDR, knew same spoiler as you (but a little more in that regard) and had a great time! Story still worthwhile and and great acting from a wide cast.
I'll play RDR soon and going in knowing what led up to that point
I'll play RDR soon and going in knowing what led up to that point
It does look great at 4k@60, but the hair still looks pretty bad.
They need to re release it and fix the hair system like what insomniac did with the spiderman re release on ps5.