Red Dead Redemption

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

How does voice chat work in the game? I just recently picked up a headset, so once I get over the embarassment of having done that, i'm hoping to use it in game

Good luck, party chat has essentially ruined communicating via xbox live.

It is nice to have have (party chat), but it makes all team based games just unusable and broken. That is one of the reasons why I loved Infinity Ward's idea to make their team deathmatch games non-party chat ONLY.

But, just plug it in and people should hear you, you hear them.

Unless you have PS3, the last time I tried connecting my bluetooth headset it was a pain.

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

I win! And yah it's a compilation of the cut scenes from the game, with some censoring to make it TV appropriate lol

Ya, the language is beyond anything I've ever heard in a video game and (imo) waaaaaay over the top. Imagine my surprise when a deputy referred to those "####ing funts".....while the 8 year old was walking through the living room. I don't mind (and can even kind of understand) the occasional f-bomb, but the language in RDR is pretty outrageous.

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

Ya, the language is beyond anything I've ever heard in a video game and (imo) waaaaaay over the top. Imagine my surprise when a deputy referred to those "####ing funts".....while the 8 year old was walking through the living room. I don't mind (and can even kind of understand) the occasional f-bomb, but the language in RDR is pretty outrageous.

Play Splintercell, everytime an enemy is startled in the slightest "MOTHERF*****!!, GET OUT HERE P**** YOU DON'T SCARE ME".

Although it is quite hilarious I find. During one session of Hunter (about an hour long) you'll hear the f-bomb like 40 times.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

Ya, the language is beyond anything I've ever heard in a video game and (imo) waaaaaay over the top. Imagine my surprise when a deputy referred to those "####ing funts".....while the 8 year old was walking through the living room. I don't mind (and can even kind of understand) the occasional f-bomb, but the language in RDR is pretty outrageous.

try watching Deadwood. i think it may be an attempt to make the setting more "historically accurate"

but wait a sec. you're playing a game where you can murder anyone you please, drag innocent people around behind you on a horse, then tie them up and let them get run over by a train, but the language is what you have an issue with?

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

try watching Deadwood. i think it may be an attempt to make the setting more "historically accurate"

but wait a sec. you're playing a game where you can murder anyone you please, drag innocent people around behind you on a horse, then tie them up and let them get run over by a train, but the language is what you have an issue with?

Ya ya, I hear what you're saying. I agree that the the language is, perhaps, an attempt to be historically accurate (love Deadwood btw, even paid money for it, lol), but I suspect its more about the shock value.

I'm not particularly naive, and I had a pretty good idea what the game would be like.....which is why the little one isn't allowed to play RDR. But the language was something I wasn't really expecting, especially the quantity and ferociousness of the cursing. Dunno.....I understand that language (like graphics, story and a good AI) add depth to a gaming experience, but frankly, I don't think that level of cursing really adds anything of value to the game. If anything, I find it more of a detriment than a benefit.

[sclitheroe]

Can voice be restricted to your posse only?

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

If anything, I find it more of a detriment than a benefit.

This is a common argument among the older crowd, and I mean older.

[Lithium]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Can voice be restricted to your posse only?

Voice is to your posse and any non-posse player within range.

[Yeah_Baby]

Games have ratings for a reason. I really don't see your issue.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by Lithium

Voice is to your posse and any non-posse player within range.

Cool, thanks.

[Thor]

Damn you guys, this thread and this game.

Broke down today and paid about $470 USD for a ps3 150gig, and the game.

I'm sure it will be worth it

[llama64]

I hate Rockstar games and I'm seriously considering picking it up. Gotta justify the purchase of my PS3 I suppose (so far only used it to play a couple downloaded movies and Mega Man 10).

Decent review of it: http://www.thereviewcrew.com/reviews...ad-redemption/

[Yeah_Baby]

Why do you hate Rockstar games?

[Komskies]

My order from Amazon.ca just arrived this morning. It'll be waiting for me when I get home from work!

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

Ya ya, I hear what you're saying. I agree that the the language is, perhaps, an attempt to be historically accurate (love Deadwood btw, even paid money for it, lol), but I suspect its more about the shock value.

I'm not particularly naive, and I had a pretty good idea what the game would be like.....which is why the little one isn't allowed to play RDR. But the language was something I wasn't really expecting, especially the quantity and ferociousness of the cursing. Dunno.....I understand that language (like graphics, story and a good AI) add depth to a gaming experience, but frankly, I don't think that level of cursing really adds anything of value to the game. If anything, I find it more of a detriment than a benefit.

I must be getting desensitized because I don't find the cursing all that bad. Yeah they drop the f-bomb and c-bomb from time to time, but I don't find it all that frequent. Or maybe I'm just not listening to the background chatter carefully enough.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

I must be getting desensitized because I don't find the cursing all that bad. Yeah they drop the f-bomb and c-bomb from time to time, but I don't find it all that frequent. Or maybe I'm just not listening to the background chatter carefully enough.

i always end up playing poker with some racist guy that keeps going on about the Jews and the railroad

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

i always end up playing poker with some racist guy that keeps going on about the Jews and the railroad

Haven't run into him. Sounds like a fun game of poker though Personally I enjoy playing with the loud obnoxious China man lol.

[RT14]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

Haven't run into him. Sounds like a fun game of poker though Personally I enjoy playing with the loud obnoxious China man lol.

That guy annoys me so much that I waited until I was heads up with him before getting caught cheating on purpose just so I could take him out in a duel and not have to listen to him at the table anymore.

Unfortunately he was back the very next time.

[JohnnyNipshank]

This thread is killing me, i picked up RDR the day it came out threw it in the xbox and bam within 2 minutes of the opening scene 3 red lights. Apparently i got pretty lucky tho as the manufacturers date was June 10, 2007 so i just barely made the 3 years. I don't even think they bother trying to fix them as the same day my xbox made it there i received an email saying they shipped me one. hopefully it comes soon ive been dying to do some bear punchin

[dobbles]

so i haven't really been focusing on it, but i am to the point where i need to knife kill a couple cougars. however, the couple times i randomly find some (while doing other things) they will attack me, i use medicine to heal, then i manage to knife them when they charge me again, but the 1 knife strike isn't enough to kill them, and instead of staying and fighting, they run off pretty darn fast into the distance. i am unable to catch them. has anyone had this problem? it might just be coincidence as i have only had a couple encounters, but wasn't sure if i was going to have to get lucky enough for a 1 strike kill or not.

thoughts?