I was playing when a friend just came at my house with pizza and beers.
He doesn't have a ps4 and was very excited for RDR2, so he watched a lot of videos about this game this week before coming my place.
I was at the mountain regions, and he remembers theres a video about a pretty nice horse around the mountains. So after he google it we found the location but no horse, only wolfs. I killed the fuckers and make a camp until the next day with the hope to see that horse. That was our 1st beer.
At the next day the wolf's corpses still there. No sight of that legendary horse, i left my current horse, Liquid Snake, near Lake Isabella's border and starting to walk in the snow towards some trees and for our surprise the horse spawned just when a sunlight from sky appears like a freaking divine intervention. This dude looks like a freaking glowing unicorn.
My friend said to me: "comments in internet says is not easy to get that horse" so make a save.
I need to capture the horse by my own so i ask to not spoil me about a method to do so. Never captured a horse before and i don't remember too much about the mission with Hosea so my only help was the tutorial at the upper corner.
I started to walk slowly. Thank god i know how to track animals with the R1 feature. The horse notices me and start to running away from me. I still walk slowly but the trees don't let me see where exactly he is but the tracker was on so i'm sure the horse was there even i didn't see him.
I continue walking toward him again, following the on screen instruction using the calm prompt and mount him. He's very rebel and starting to runnng all over the place. I push with all my strengh down in my left stick and that seems to work he's starting to calm and then the notification on screen says i dominate the horse. The joy! We celebrate with the 2d beer. (The pizza was gone at this point)
The bad weather was gone. I go back to the lake to Liquid Snake for changing my mount to my new horse: Solid Snake.
The ansiety. I didn't want to lose this new horse. So i save and my plan was to go back to Valentine to the stable to save and change the name. The wolf corpses still there my horse was nervous so i calm him almost all the way down.
At that point i didn't knew how to make horses follow you. So i my hope was Liquid spawned at the stable. So i leave Liquid behind. See you later pal.
The way down with Solid was at first peaceful. I go down trough Ewin Basin and i instant recognize that place as the first fight at chapter 1, then i discover Wallace Station i was very surprised to see a train station there and continue my way to Valentine. There's a lot of grey-sideways-quest some of them seems to be dangerous. After Downes Ranch, some enemies have the road closed, i talk to tranquilize them and still can't pass. Even with a save state i prefer to go all the way down in Caliban's Seat because i don´t want to lose this horse. This was my 3rd beer, a very stressfull beer.
Finally arrived to the stable in Valentine, the weather was cloudy and i can proudly say my new arabian horse was named Solid Snake. Sadly, Liquid wasn't at the stable and now every time i press pause i see an icon over Lake Isabella labed as temporal horse and colored black.
- Is he black because he is freezing to death?
- Maybe after sleeping he will respawn?
-Are you going to rescue Liquid?- my friend ask me.
-No, fuck Liquid.
I'm going to the camp Horsehoe Overlook. Maybe he will return to the city tomorrow. lol
I run towards the camp and i can check Solid is really fast, but just when i arrived, when a little music came after salute Charles, starts to rain very hard. Dutch comes to me saying he hans't see me in a long time. I walk to the bed and then at the background someone said: -Why are you so sad?.
- Dude we need to rescue Liquid- That was the 4th and sad beer.
I could easily reload a save state to save time. But i want to do this the right way. Liquid deserves it, he was my horse in this last days at chapter 2. Yes, i'm still at chapter 2 doing random stuff instead to progress in the story. I'll explain later. I send Arthur to sleep, i need it full capable for the rescue mission.
The next day i started very early, there's sun. According to the map Liquid was still in Lake Isabella, as a sad black icon "temporal horse" freezing to death. That confirms he didn't go back to the stable. The journey is long. Again at Downes Ranch there's some problems and shootings i tried to avoid them but there's no path so i go back to the road and the people shooting dissapear. lol
I follow the same route when i go back down because it feels safer. Solid earn some points and now is a more trusted horse, the wolf corpses still there and even the footprints. The lake was very bright and then i see Liquid, on two foots happy to see me. I have a 18 years cat very sick who is very happy to see me every day i came from work. And i was very emotional when i reunite with Liquid. He was waiting me. Freezing. Betrayed. Felt so real. That was the 5th beer. A different brand and emotional beer.
Then i just discover there's a comand to order Liquid to follow me. I feel stupid. I look the map and the black horse icon turns into a white horse who follow me really fast. I said goodbye to the wolf's corpses and i don't wan't to see them again. The way down was very silence until my friend told me: Hey! press L3 again!
-Arthur calms the horse: ooooohhh good girl-
- Solid Snake is a girl!- We scream at the same time. That was the final 6th beer. A rule 63 beer.
I don't wan't to cross the river again and pass trough Downes Ranch because every time some stuff happened there. And now i'm running with two horses and don't want to lose one of them. A crazy idea comes to my mind. I stopped at Wallace Station and make a save state. I order Liquid to follow me again, then i buy a train ticket to Valentine. The cutscene never felt so eternal. We are out of beers.
For our surprise that worked! I was at the train station, Solid appears besides the train as your main horse like usual but also Liquid was there following me!! I feel so relieve man and laughting for "cheating" the game. After mounting Solid i need to order Liquid to follow me for a third and last time until the stable. I clean both horses and feed them. I don't think i'm going to get ride Liquid again.
I guess you can get better horses. Maybe you already owned this horse without know of his existence or google help. But this felt very special to me and i must said this was at the right time. Being honest, i wasn't feeling the game in the first days. I rushed the first days only to realize last sunday i missed some missions, collectibles and other stuff. I was at mid chapter 3 and i wasn't having fun with the game. I like to complete very much all the stuff the game can offer so in a very personal way that day i restart it from scracth.
I can't say the game totally clic on me yet but this was a really special experience for me. I think i'm going to still in chapter 2 for a couple of days more in this "2nd playtrough". Maybe this slow pace suits me. I don't even mount a horse in real life but this dumb stuff was a rollercoaster of emotions. Apologies If my english is not perfect and for writing drunk. Cheers for Solidus my first horse; Liquid the second i get at the Hosea mission and my new girl..
Solid Snake.
