Red Dead Redemption
Have found a lot more incoming information about this game, and as I think it's going to be a pretty massive hit, decided to give it it's own thread....
First of all, some downloadable content has already been announced..Yes,yes..I know...but it's free, so stop complaining about the fact it should be included from the start! Here's the info...
"The Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack will feature six all-new cooperative multiplayer missions to play with 2-4 players. This will be a completely free download that we will have ready for you to download and play at some time in June.
These six explosive and epic missions will play out across the game world, including:
?Walton?s Gold?
Walton?s Gang have taken control of a mining camp rich with gold. Fight through the camp and load your mine cart with as much gold as you can carry and get out as fast as you can ? Walton?s boys have rigged the place to blow!
?The River?
Ride a raft down river, taking out rebel encampments along the way until you reach the rebel stronghold of Nosalida and a final epic battle for the town?s massive weapons caches. Watch out for Gatling gun-equipped enemy rafts.
?Ammunition?
The Mexican Army has the town of Tesoro Azul under siege. Storm the gates under heavy cannon, Gatling gun and sniper fire to destroy the Mexican artillery placements.
Plus three more missions to be revealed in detail soon.
The Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack will also yield additional multiplayer XP rewards, and brand new Achievements/Trophies to unlock."
First of all, some downloadable content has already been announced..Yes,yes..I know...but it's free, so stop complaining about the fact it should be included from the start! Here's the info...
"The Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack will feature six all-new cooperative multiplayer missions to play with 2-4 players. This will be a completely free download that we will have ready for you to download and play at some time in June.
These six explosive and epic missions will play out across the game world, including:
?Walton?s Gold?
Walton?s Gang have taken control of a mining camp rich with gold. Fight through the camp and load your mine cart with as much gold as you can carry and get out as fast as you can ? Walton?s boys have rigged the place to blow!
?The River?
Ride a raft down river, taking out rebel encampments along the way until you reach the rebel stronghold of Nosalida and a final epic battle for the town?s massive weapons caches. Watch out for Gatling gun-equipped enemy rafts.
?Ammunition?
The Mexican Army has the town of Tesoro Azul under siege. Storm the gates under heavy cannon, Gatling gun and sniper fire to destroy the Mexican artillery placements.
Plus three more missions to be revealed in detail soon.
The Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack will also yield additional multiplayer XP rewards, and brand new Achievements/Trophies to unlock."
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"Today, we are very happy to unveil some of the Red Dead Redemption features that will await you at the Rockstar Games Social Club come May 18th.
For two years now, the Social Club (www.rockstargames.com/socialclub) has been our private club for players to track their game progress and stats, compete on leaderboards, unlock exclusive game content, and take part in official multiplayer events with live stream and chat.
Red Dead Redemption continues in that tradition and takes things to an entirely new level with a revamped website and seamless integration into the game itself. From within the in-game menus, you will be able to easily register for Social Club and automatically link it to your Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network account. Then when accessing the Social Club website, you can complete your account and unlock 7 exclusive cheats right to your game.
At the forthcoming Red Dead Redemption area of the actual Social Club website ? members will be able to access:
Social Club Challenges ? We?ve stockpiled a collection of exclusive cheats that will only be accessible by Social Club members who complete a series of special challenges. The first of which, available at game launch on May 18th, will be the Pike?s Basin Challenge. To unlock this challenge, Social Club members must beat the "Justice in Pike's Basin" mission early in the game and complete the "Pike's Basin" gang hideout by helping rancher Errol Hewitt defeat a gang of ruthless cattle rustlers. Social Club members can then take on the Pike?s Basin Challenge ? face off against the rustlers and:
? Kill 3 enemies in one Dead Eye burst
? Drag a gang member through the basin (by lassoing him on horseback)
? Kill all enemies while on horseback
Completion will post your best time and medals attained to a special Social Club Challenges leaderboard ? and garner you the exclusive "Guns Blazing" cheat (ability to shoot bullets that could set your enemies on fire). Stay tuned for many more Social Club Challenges to be revealed at the Social Club after game release.
Rockstar Challenges ? Pitch in with everyone else playing online to cumulatively accomplish a grand challenge and unlock a special reward. Look for the very first one, The Strike It Rich! Rockstar Challenge, to kick off in late May after enough people have made their mark in the world of Red Dead Redemption. Whether you earn it, win it or steal it ? grab as much money as you can to reach the grand total bank cume and unlock the exclusive Posse T-Shirt for your Xbox LIVE or PSN avatar. At the Social Club, you?ll also be able to keep track of the current community progress towards this goal as well as get information on special inside tips and tricks to help get there. Stay tuned for more Rockstar Challenges to be announced.
The Blackwater Ledger ? A special and dynamic Red Dead Redemption community edition of the in-game newspaper keeping community members apprised of all the latest goings on across the game world ? from New Austin to Nuevo Paraiso to West Elizabeth. The newspaper will report daily news from the frontier including who?s earned the highest bounties, a business column on what products are most purchased from local merchants, and a blotter of which weapons are being used the most. Registered members will see a snapshot report of their own latest status of Honor and Fame, as well as Experience, Rank, Game Progress and more.
My Stats ? There, you will be able to track your in-game progress down to the very last detail ? from how you performed in each single-player mission to which weapons are working the best for you by yielding the most kills and accuracy, to extensive multiplayer stats tracking your performance in each session played online. You will also be able to compare each and every statistic against your Social Club Friends. If you?re a Social Club member and have not yet linked in your Friends from Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network ? click here for info on how to do so.
Multiplayer Leaderboards ? The most robust and easy-to-use leaderboards yet. Every mode ? both for Competitive and forthcoming downloadable Co-Op ? tracking leaders across a variety of statistical categories. Browse global leaderboards to see what it takes to be truly elite ? or see friends-only leaderboards for proper bragging rights amongst your Social Club Friends.
Achievements & Trophies ? Whether you?re playing on Xbox LIVE or PSN, you?ll be able to keep track of each and every Achievement or Trophy you?ve unlocked (and when) as well as see which ones you have yet to score ? and exclusive tips to help you get ?er done. You will also be able to compare in detail against your Social Club Friends.
The 100% Checklist ? Exclusively at Rockstar Social Club, completionists on a quest for 100% in Red Dead Redemption can use a detailed guide to see exactly what they?ve unlocked ? and what?s remaining, along with info, tips and a map legend to help you on your way.
Official Red Dead Redemption Social Club Multiplayer Events ? The highly-anticipated first official Red Dead Redemption Social Club Multiplayer Events will kick off starting the weekend after game release on Friday May 21st (for PS3 on PSN; at 4-7 PM Eastern) and Saturday May 22nd (for Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE; at 1-4 PM Eastern). Celebrate the release of Red Dead and play with and against a slew of us Rockstars worldwide ? including members of Rockstar San Diego. As with all official events, Social Club members will be able to additionally participate in the live chat at the events page and watch a live stream of all the action as it goes down. Click here for the full multiplayer calendar announced through the end of June and expect continuing official Red Dead multiplayer events through the summer and beyond?
All of this will be available starting with game release on May 18th ? only one week away.
If you don?t yet have a membership ? make sure you register post-haste at https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/profile/signup.html.
Also check out the newly launched Social Club feature page at the Red Dead Redemption official website at www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption/features/socialclub for a peek at what the Red Dead Social Club site will look like and Hi-Definition screens from the Challenges."
...Well, I can't see anybody getting rid of the Special Edition on the first day! Especially if the game is as good as it seems! So looks like it might be a wee while before I get to join in the fun..... :(
Maybe not the Special Edition, but they may have a few copies of the regular release... I remember when Ghostbusters came out, they bought a load of US imports of it and had them on sale sometime around (but obviously not bang on) the release day (the PS3 release day, that is... it wasn't released here on the 360 until much later). I think they thought it was going to sell out really quickly, but, erm, it didn't. So, you never know, they might have it in. :smile:
Apparently, Rockstar motion captured a horse on a freaking treadmill to get accurate muscle movement, etc.
These two trailers show what you can expect of the game, both in single player and online modes:
Single player gameplay:
Online gameplay:
The game world is huge too, the biggest Rockstar have made. To get an idea of scale, see this pic (The region at the top right of the pic is one of 3 regions in the game): http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4703/gamescale.jpg
Niiiiice!
[EDIT]Video removed from YouTube. It can also be found here: http://www.analoghype.com/2010/05/1st-and-ten-red-dead-redemption/
Saves the I'm currently playing thread I suppose, I was waiting for weeks upon weeks of who shot who, and who found what, and who blew up what bridge over which canyon?
I was getting ready to play tons of obscure Japanese platformers and shoot em' ups, and talk about them all in graphic detail for pages and pages (for research purposes of course :D).
I hear* it's SPUD compatible.
*allegedly
What, you mean like all the Resident Evil chat that goes on in that thread? :razz: ;-)
im glad microsoft have left it out so long, maybe the games are being pushed to the limit now, but its giving developers chance to look for all the tricks to maximise the hardware. on release it was a new thing that they had to deal with, but once they get used to it you really start seeing some good stuff.
its like a woman, it get better with age. as a speccy fan you must know that people can always do new and better things with exsisting hardware. :lol:
maybe the Xbox 1080
id laugh if they called it the xbox 3, that'd confuse the dads on christmas eve. :lol:
Don't worry Boozy, we'll still spam the "Currently playing" thread when Grand Theft Horse is released, just to cheese you off :-P
Here's some more gameplay footage. LOL @ shooting the rabbits in the vegetable patch.
Exactly that it got kind of boring after about 5 months :p
......People posting up ways of how to position Shiva or whatever that bint's called so you can look at her boobies best :D
I'm not though, I actually have no desire to buy any more consoles at the min, I think with the cash I have saved up now I could afford a 360 or PS3, and a couple of games.
But tbh I'd rather have my plane ticket home at the end of the summer.
Plus I have a lot of unfinished biz with the previous generation of consoles before I go wading into the next one, look what happened with my Wii. All I use it for now is playing my instant playlist from Netflix :D
Hehe....and for an achievement too!
And they've also put up some funky downloadable pics of the wildlife...Here's the first 1..
http://media.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption/2/img/global/wildlifeandhunting/grizzlybear.jpg
Lots of other downloadable wallpapers there too, if that type of thing floats yir boat...
Ooooh! They've taken that video down....that's not like them! Must be because it's before the game's been released.....
Aye, Take 2 (who own Rockstar) have been working overtime removing YouTube videos. Shame I didn't save that one locally, it was well funny.
Anyhoo, watch out for IGN's (and others) video reviews of RDR. They should be available at about 4pm UK time.
Really? Excellent!! I can imagine watching the reviews will just make me itch for it more though... :grin:
Review: http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1090145p1.html
Video Review: http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14320288/red-dead-redemption/videos/reddead_vdr_051710.html
This is my biggest fear with it. For all that GTA IV looked, sounded and for a couple of weeks played amazingly, halfway through I was bored and never went back.
Price is showing at ?35 but you can get 15% off at Tesco Entertainment, simply enter the promotional code FTSL15-1 at the checkout to receive your offer taking the price down to 29.75.
If you use Quidco (and if you buy online, you should) you'll get about ?2-odd cashback.
So ?27-ish for a brand new game!
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Bugger. I can't use the code as I used it a couple of weeks ago to get the Red Dwarf boxset! Oh well, will have to create an account in the missus' name!
AH! Vampyre, you are a genius!! After worrying about how I could afford this game and grudgingly getting ready to get rid of games I don't want to part with, you mention Tesco!! I'd totally forgotten about Clubcard points!!
I'm off to pre-order now! Cheers! :D
Hahaha yay!! See you in "The West" on Friday then? :grin:
Nooooo! It doesn't allow me to use Clubcard vouchers online!!!! :(
Might have to rush to Tesco 24hr on Friday morning now!!! If I can persuade someone to drive me... :lol:
anyway, i haven't pre ordered it. the last time i did that was for legend on zelda ocarina of time. there always plenty of copies available. i will go to tesco. they do discounts and such for new games.
You. Must. Find. A way. :smile:
I don't reckon it's gonna sell out like I originally thought it would; my mate went to pre-order it from HMV a couple of days ago, he asked them how many copies had already been pre-ordered, and the girl said only one. And that's my copy!! Yay!! :D
But who knows? Maybe the actual game shops are all pre-ordered up. I doubt if Deadpan666 will have any trouble finding a copy in Tesco anyways, the supermarkets are becoming quite good for games and music etc. these days. :smile: