Red Dead Redemption

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

While I understand myself to be well in the minority, I just can't understand what's so great about this game. It may as well be called GTA: Wild West. There's not a single thing new here other than setting. Same clumsy dated combat, same boring errand running, same yammering NPC's. While the graphics are nice, everything else in the game could have been done on PS2 (and was in fact!) Rockstar seems oblivious here to the tremendous advances in games since GTA 3: whether it be the evolved combat of games like Call of Duty and Gears of War, the freedom and player agency of Fallout, or the interactive narrative of Mass Effect. Maybe I'm being a debbie downer here, but when IGN starts giving out 9.7's and people start saying things like one of the best games of all time, I feel the product has to be better than OK. As it stands right now, firing up the box and taking Marston out on the plains feels like as much of a chore as chauffeuring people around Liberty City was.

I agree, it's pretty much GTA in the Wild West. But for a GTA junkie like me, that's exactly what I want.

I played some of the other games you mentioned and I couldn't really get into them. MW and Gears were good but they're still just 1st person shooters. Gets boring real quick for me. And I couldn't last more than 2 sessions in Fallout. Hated that game, all you do is walk around and talk, talk, talk, talk..... Spend the whole game pusing "A" to answer questions... Did nothing for me.

I feel this has always been the case with GTA - you either love them or hate them.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

I agree, it's pretty much GTA in the Wild West. But for a GTA junkie like me, that's exactly what I want.

I played some of the other games you mentioned and I couldn't really get into them. MW and Gears were good but they're still just 1st person shooters. Gets boring real quick for me. And I couldn't last more than 2 sessions in Fallout. Hated that game, all you do is walk around and talk, talk, talk, talk..... Spend the whole game pusing "A" to answer questions... Did nothing for me.

I feel this has always been the case with GTA - you either love them or hate them.

Agreed... I was bored to tears with that game.

Usually I'm a big MW guy but even the latest map pack release hasn't lured me back. I'm lost in Red Dead.

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'm lost in Red Dead.

Just be careful in Tall Trees. I spent 3 hours getting mauled by bears last night lol.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

I agree, it's pretty much GTA in the Wild West. But for a GTA junkie like me, that's exactly what I want.

I played some of the other games you mentioned and I couldn't really get into them. MW and Gears were good but they're still just 1st person shooters. Gets boring real quick for me. And I couldn't last more than 2 sessions in Fallout. Hated that game, all you do is walk around and talk, talk, talk, talk..... Spend the whole game pusing "A" to answer questions... Did nothing for me.

I feel this has always been the case with GTA - you either love them or hate them.

I hear ya Crazy, I guess I'm realizing I'm just not a GTA fan. Moreover, I didn't realize how similar RDR is to GTA4, I thought it was kind of a new game and direction. Glad you are enjoying it.

I will say this though. Fallout 3 is the best game ever! EVER! Right up there with Chrono Trigger, Tecmo Bowl, Soul Caliber, Final Fantasy 7, and SF2 as one of my iconic games of all time.

[johno]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

I hear ya Crazy, I guess I'm realizing I'm just not a GTA fan. Moreover, I didn't realize how similar RDR is to GTA4, I thought it was kind of a new game and direction. Glad you are enjoying it.

I will say this though. Fallout 3 is the best game ever! EVER! Right up there with Chrono Trigger, Tecmo Bowl, Soul Caliber, Final Fantasy 7, and SF2 as one of my iconic games of all time.

i agree man. there hasnt been a whole lot of fans of fallout on the warpath, but man did that game dominate my life for a while. best game ever.