when does the real game start?

[matt]

christ almighty I feel like I've been walking through the snow and listening to these inane conversations between and about characters I don't care about for HOURS.

Why does the game open with such a dull set piece? When do I get to go exploring? I have trouble believing that this is the game putting its best foot forward.

[Porkhammer]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Cain:

The intro sequence only last 30 to 45 minutes at most. Once you get to Horseshoe overlook do missions until you free Micah from Jail and then the game world really opens up and you can explore to your hearts content.

You can explore way, way before that. It's enough to just get to chapter two. I had many of my challenges complete, legends of the east satchel, and most of the trapper stuff crafted long before I rescued Micah.

[charming clown]

Diposting pertama kali oleh matt:

christ almighty I feel like I've been walking through the snow and listening to these inane conversations between and about characters I don't care about for HOURS.

Why does the game open with such a dull set piece? When do I get to go exploring? I have trouble believing that this is the game putting its best foot forward.

The prologue is about 2 hours in length, presented as a mostly linear interactive movie.
After that you enter Chapter 2 and are let loose, so to speak.
Where the Open World is there for you to engage with.

(Craft the satchels the moment you are able to!)

[S͢k̴e̸letơr]

Diposting pertama kali oleh matt:

Diposting pertama kali oleh S͢k̴e̸letơr:

You haven't even played 2 hours according to your profile.

well if you wanna get all technical about it, I didn't say I had played it for hours, I said it FELT like I had played it for hours. 😜

Regardless, compare and contrast DOOM Eternal - it gives you all the traversal abilities and all the weapons *so quickly*. There's no story to get bogged down in. There are no unskippable cutscene / in game sequences! It just gives you the tools to play the game, and lets you play.

I want to like RDR2, I'm trying, but boring intros are a legitimate complaint to make about videogames. Metro Exodus has this problem too. Plenty of games do. It's okay to call it out when you encounter it. 🙄

Nobody is saying it isn't ok to call it out, but in this case its just the type of game you are playing. Doom and Red Dead are very diff games to compare, like, yeah some games have intros people find boring, some games have intros that jump you right into the action - you were asking a question in the first place and I feel like I gave you a good answer - so, yeah idk what you're getting at.

edit- spelling

[Hammer Of Evil]

Diposting pertama kali oleh matt:

christ almighty I feel like I've been walking through the snow and listening to these inane conversations between and about characters I don't care about for HOURS.

Why does the game open with such a dull set piece? When do I get to go exploring? I have trouble believing that this is the game putting its best foot forward.

i don't want to tell you how similar this game is to RDR, and how many assets / buildings and layouts were copy pasted from the old game, if that's the case.

at least you got it on sale, right?

and its not a horrible experience, just... very hand holdy.

uncomfortably hand holdy.

rockstar, we are not that close. get your hand off me or i will make you from texas red into texas dead.

[ZombieHunter]

R* has taken a lot of time and effort to craft for you a masterpiece of story telling and game design. You would do well to take as much time and effort to enjoy it. There is no rush. Enjoy the world they have created for you.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Some rpg's have the longest intros..so if your not familiar with the long wait (what i call the games rpg that have super long intros), then this game might not be for you OP. I suggest you may want to refund it. Also, this game does not have the longest intro part ever, that goes to PS1's dragon quest VII. I heard they made that intro shorter in the psp version, but i never played it on that system..

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/688276-dragon-quest-vii-fragments-of-the-forgotten-past/74300492

Dragon Quests/Warrior Intro time without fighting and only talking (PS1 Original Version): 4 Hours total. Beat that.