Red Dead Redemption - Never coming to PC

[Daley]

Very long.

[BossSaru]

I would say you can easily complete it in under 30 hours, but it is a game best experienced at leisure. Nothing quite like galloping through the desert on a side-mission.

[user removed]

So I started my second playthrough recently and I'm all about the hunting now. It's so much fun, but I'll be goddamned if I can figure out where to find rabbits, I went back to the cabbage patch you first shoot them at and there's none, so where the hell are they?

[Daley]

So I started my second playthrough recently and I'm all about the hunting now. It's so much fun, but I'll be goddamned if I can figure out where to find rabbits, I went back to the cabbage patch you first shoot them at and there's none, so where the hell are they?

To answer your question.

Rabbits are most common around The Hanging Rock just north of Armadillo.

And this was essential for collecting the hard to get bits.

http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Red_Dead_Redemption

[Superunknown]

I've just started a second playthrough as well - love the skyboxes and music and just... everything

Immediately after the first mission with the Marshall I spotted a

Jackalope

, so that's something I don't have to go looking for

[Sumire]

Yeah, I remember when I first played through this awesome game I too had a few Ennio mMrricone music tracks playing as I rode my horse around shooting people. The atmospshere was incredible in places, the scenery and music combined so well especially if you added some of the classic western soundtracks.

In fact...its a perfect time to replay this, thanks for reminding me!

[noob]

just started this yesterday, am just about to head off to armadillo.

if anyone has any pointers or tips, i would be very greatful.

what an incredible looking game too. just incredible.

[Klaark]

if anyone has any pointers or tips, i would be very greatful.

Take your sweet time and enjoy every minute. Don't feel beholden to the challenges and such, either. While they're a fun part of the game, for me RDR's all about seeing what comes your way, whether it be a beautiful view as you gallop across the landscape on your steed, or a few bandits who you can deal out your own kind of justice to as they hold up and carriage. Just try to mix it up and keep it fresh.

[Teeohbee]

I am insanely jealous of anyone playing through this for the first time.

My advice, just soak it all up.

[Davros sock drawer]

Definitely a game to just wallow in. I used to stand on the balcony of the saloon in Armadillo for ages, just watching a rain storm. And then the train would roll in.

[pauc]

Don't fast travel unless you really really can't be arsed. Some of the best moments in this game are just you and a horse, riding around the gorgeous scenery with the sky box giving you eyegasms.

[BossSaru]

The Winchester Repeater was my staple gun for pretty much the whole game after I received it. Not only does it sound the most authentic, but some of the later guns with massive clip sizes can make the shootouts too easy.

Bugger, now I want to play this all the way through again. And I have so many good games yet untouched.

[Not Thread Owner]

Any idea what I'm supposed to do in UN once I've cleared out the graveyard for the nun? She said cone back in a few days, but I've waited 30+ days and cleared loads of towns of zombies, and she's not giving me anything else to do.

[Fury4k]

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[noob]

cheers everyone!

[Klaark]

Definitely a game to just wallow in. I used to stand on the balcony of the saloon in Armadillo for ages, just watching a rain storm. And then the train would roll in.

It's people's personal account of events/things they did in their own play throughs that make you appreciate what a glorious game this is. There's lots of fun to be had in the story and quests certainly, but it's the random encounters and adventures that stay with you.

I remember catching the beginnings of a glorious sunset so trudged my way up the nearest hill to take it all in. Once I reached the top I sat there for quite some time on the back of my horse just drinking it all in and watching the reds, oranges and yellows all blend in the evening sky. I eventually decided to clamber back down the hillside and, on nearing the bottom, slowed to a gentle trot. After a few yards, a cougar threw itself out of a bush in my direction, knocking me clean off my steed and killing it instantly in the process. I'd had that horse the entire game (over 30 hours of play by that point) and was absolutely gutted. Having picked myself up off the floor I whipped out my gun and fired a volley of bullets into the cougar, leaving it dead on the floor. I stood next to my horse in the red light of the evening before walking back to Blackwater under the stars.

It sounds daft reading that back, but it's one of those games that can have some really poignant moments in it, and makes you want to play to those moments when they occur.

[Teeohbee]

I loved just wandering through Armadillo tipping my hat to people and saying hello. Heading over to the bar for a few shots, checking out the local women. Heading out back to play a few hands. Stepping out to see the local lawman hammering a wanted sign up on the railway building.

[Davros sock drawer]

Yeah, and don't think "Ah, time to stop for the day" and set up camp, or do anything to interrupt the game at all.

[Pistol]

Ahh, yeah, what Captain LeChuck said. Get on that horse, and don't get off it. Just ride on until... well, you'll see.

[exwhyzed]

I'm going to replay this soon I think. So many good times in this game.

[Not Thread Owner]

Aren't there some missions for someone else? I think something to do with dynamite then she'll be ready for you again.

Yeah, I've done all open and available missions too. I'm literally wandering the desert with nothing to do.

[Daley]

Noob, I have another tip. This is ever so slightly spoilerish, but I'm only naming a location you get to visit...

When you get to...

Mexico

Don't call for your own horse, get on the horse that is waiting there for you. That's all I'll say about that.

Other than that though, as someone else mentioned, don't fast travel, at least not until you've seen all the land.

What happens? I remember that came at the end of a long session and I saved as soon as I got there I think.

[Pistol]

A song plays. Might not seem like a big deal, but it's so incredibly moody and atmospheric as the new vistas expand before you Such a shame that so many people missed it

[Daley]

I don't remember. Well it gives me a(nother) reason to play again.

[Fury4k]

On 4/19/2011 at 13:58, deKay said:

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[Not Thread Owner]

The only other thing is to rescue all the towns then, BUT you've probably tried that.

I have :/

I'd read about this bug before it happened too. Bugger.

[Stavi]

Yeah, and don't think "Ah, time to stop for the day" and set up camp, or do anything to interrupt the game at all.

Including looting any bodies.

[Fury4k]

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[Vin]

Or pretending that you're safe from Cougars. The cunts.

[Kiwi Cake]

I also missed "that bit" on my first playthrough as I stupidly managed to fall off a cliff and die.