i recently started playing red dead redemption, a game i was super excited about. i loved GTA4, and i love the old western flicks, and to some degree i love the story and atmosphere in red dead.
however, i just feel that after playing for a couple of days and getting about half-way through the story that the game still hasn't got a hold on me.
i hate the characters - they are all annoying and have about as much personality as the zillions of randomly generated bandits.
the game is far too easy. 'expert' aiming mode is basically standard manual aim, which doesn't make much sense. you also still have full use of deadeye which makes aiming a complete joke. at times it feels like the game is playing itself (almost every missions' structure seems to be 80% "hold A to follow the NPC on horseback and listen to the boring dialogue"). oh, and you can survive about 30 shots and it takes 1-2 shots to kill the enemies, and you only fight like 4-5 enemies at a time? i think the only way you can die in red dead redemption is accidentally running off a cliff in the dark.
the combat just feels too long range, playing on a 50 inch HDTV and i can barely see the enemies because they're too far away (of course you can sprint into their face like a lunatic and perform an instant execution). the enemies might as well be 2d models with 8bit textures... where are the missions where you can get up close and personal with the enemies?
the game is too dark. daytime is beautiful, but seems to last for about 10 minutes followed by an hour of darkness where you can't actually see anything. i think it must be the darkest game ever...?
i don't even care about the bugs - except the fistfighting bug which basically removes all of the fun from bare fist fighting due to being completely inable to KO an opponent.
GTA4 was a 9/10 for me, one of the most enjoyable games i've played. red dead is probably more a 6.5/10.
however, i just feel that after playing for a couple of days and getting about half-way through the story that the game still hasn't got a hold on me.
i hate the characters - they are all annoying and have about as much personality as the zillions of randomly generated bandits.
the game is far too easy. 'expert' aiming mode is basically standard manual aim, which doesn't make much sense. you also still have full use of deadeye which makes aiming a complete joke. at times it feels like the game is playing itself (almost every missions' structure seems to be 80% "hold A to follow the NPC on horseback and listen to the boring dialogue"). oh, and you can survive about 30 shots and it takes 1-2 shots to kill the enemies, and you only fight like 4-5 enemies at a time? i think the only way you can die in red dead redemption is accidentally running off a cliff in the dark.
the combat just feels too long range, playing on a 50 inch HDTV and i can barely see the enemies because they're too far away (of course you can sprint into their face like a lunatic and perform an instant execution). the enemies might as well be 2d models with 8bit textures... where are the missions where you can get up close and personal with the enemies?
the game is too dark. daytime is beautiful, but seems to last for about 10 minutes followed by an hour of darkness where you can't actually see anything. i think it must be the darkest game ever...?
i don't even care about the bugs - except the fistfighting bug which basically removes all of the fun from bare fist fighting due to being completely inable to KO an opponent.
GTA4 was a 9/10 for me, one of the most enjoyable games i've played. red dead is probably more a 6.5/10.
