How often do you lose yourself in the game?

[Flybye]

I've found myself multiple times just standing on a hill top looking at the sky movement, the locals passing by, and watching the sun go down.

If you have some attention deficit disorder, I can see why people think its boring. There isn't much to do in some of the large expanses. But ya know THAT is what makes the game relaxing. I play at night, turn the lights off, and I instantly feel like I'm transported back into the mid to late 1800s. Heck, I can't even stop looking at the architecture in the bigger towns.

No game is perfect, and there is always talk about how unrealistic the NPCs' actions are or other questionable activities like how your cooked meat doesn't go bad EVER in your non-refrigerated bag, but you know what? The devs make me feel like I'm in the wild west, and I'm sad I didn't play RDR2 earlier. I'm scared I'm liable to make it into hundreds of hours of game play here.

[Poliut]

And then there's heading to the heights up north and looking off in the distance at all the places you can visit.

"The devs make me feel like I'm in the wild west"
Depends on where you go. For much of the Arthur portion, you're not really in a Wild West type of place.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Rockstar: Hey let's make another RDR, people will go nuts and we'll sell millions of copies. Oh yea what we don't let them know is, there is no wild west, you can't even go out west for 95% of the game.

Take-Two: OMG please yes... I can hear the money rolling in already.



Typical Gamer: Oh man, another RDR, and the graphics looks SO good. Can't wait to load up "the wild west" once again, it's been a decade since RDR1, where do I pre-order.



Rockstar & Take-Two living it up without a care in the word before the game even comes to PC.

Take-Two: So what's next, we gotta keep that money train rolling you know.

[Flybye]

Yeah, I've already been up on a few mountains looking down and thinking: "Damn. I can't believe I can actually walk there." I never even played RDR. I only had a 360 for a few months to play Gears of War. I learned my lesson with preordering games back with UTIII.

No, it's no wild west since are not even what most can consider the west and most especially with no mountains being near "New Orleans." Come on stop being so technical about it. I know we are barely making it past the Mississippi River LOL. At least many of the small towns have a wild west feeling.

[TommyGuns]

I am on my 3rd playthrough and do nothing but wander around exploring now.
Very satisfying because I don't feel the pressure to "get done" any longer.
I love just taking everything in like you do man.

[WondrinOstrich]

..lost since ultimate edition day one, back then on XBone,
now on PC with mods and all. freeroam single player.

have to admit I played RDR1 on PS3 long way back and I LOVED it (couldn't endure with the zombie-part-add-on though, not much of a zombie-aficinado, but everything else was open mouth and back in kindergarden playing cowboy and whatnot), so you can imagine me waiting not one second after release to get everything I could with no regret since.

the ingame world, the environment, the weather, the sounds - for todays standards maybe not that of a graphical superexperience any more and yes, there are still annoying bugs around, shame on you R*

but the -> atmosphere, the immersion, the horses !! and it's huge, this must have been a lot of work for a lot of people, chapeau and bravo at this juncture.

- sorry for being exalted a bit, but in this thread I won't miss the chance ;-)

If R* only knew, what they did with this one; there would be a lot more single player dlc's for R* to bring more money in, but they rather count just online-numbers.. well, that's their business. mine is to saddle up again and have a look at the map, where to go now and then
just enjoy the ride ;-)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

RDR2 has so much potential it's jaw dropping, yet Rockatar decided to stick a linear story in it. They cut out Mexico and don't let Arthur explore the west. I mean hey of there are Bounty Hunters in New Austin, so be it, but the way Rockatar implemented that wanted zone with the sniper is just dumb. They abandoned RDO just like they did the Online Multi-player in RDR1. This also had tons of potential.

And who the F wants to play as John, I hate John. No self respecting MAN marries a harlot.

Plus Rockstar should have allowed the multiple protagionist method of gameplay, like they did in GTAV. It would have been nicer that way I think.

Imagine how RDR2 could be, in a sense (based on its current story) if you could switch between Arthur, John and Sadie throughout the ganeplay. Like how it works in GTAV Story

[gangster1979]

glad you enjoy it
(b)