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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Rhaena » 26 May 2010, 12:41

Jaera wrote:its a pick up and play toy
Exactly, and that's why it's good. You pick up a controller, press a button and you go. You haven't even got to get up from the couch.
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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 26 May 2010, 12:54

hook you pc up to your tv, with 360 controller then :P

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Rhaena » 26 May 2010, 13:34

But then I can't play all the in depth games - so I might as well be playing a console :)
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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Alikh » 26 May 2010, 13:37

Think dragon age e.g.
I would shudder at having to play that on a console only. Or for that matter, world of warcraft :P.

Consoles are nice for multiplayer in the sitting room though with friends/family. You don't do that on a pc mostly. With a pc, you mostly play either on lanparties where everyone brings their own pc or via the internet.

A console also nicely doubles as a dvd player.

So yep, consoles have their use and so do pcs. Now if only there were some universal development platform so that games would just work on any platform and be optimized not by the programmers but the platform engineers.

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Post by Rhaena » 26 May 2010, 14:13

Alikh wrote:Now if only there were some universal development platform so that games would just work on any platform and be optimized not by the programmers but the platform engineers
This.

At least develop for the most powerful platform (PC) and then cut it down for the other versions, don't develop for the weakest (360) and expect everyone else to lower their expectations to play it.
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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 26 May 2010, 14:15

you watched yet? :P


but lol at the americans bitching in the lobby at the start

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 26 May 2010, 19:48

watch it"!

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Pyx » 27 May 2010, 08:57

No!
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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 27 May 2010, 11:23

not you! rhaena

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Alikh » 27 May 2010, 12:10

It was nice. The nuke doesn't happen very often I guess at 25 kill streak.

Didn't know the grenade launcher was that good.

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 27 May 2010, 12:19

yeah its pretty rare.

grenade launcher is pretty op yes.

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 07 Jun 2010, 15:38

ok i am no longer merely a pc fanboy.

im now a full microsoft fanboy :(

xbox ahoy!

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Rhaena » 07 Jun 2010, 15:57

Enjoy your pick up and play toy. :)
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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Alikh » 07 Jun 2010, 16:55

Ah, I was wondering in that other thread.

Well, maybe you'll be glad to hear that I bought an xbox last week as well :P.
This however does mean that we can go play red dead redemption multiplayer! And other games ofcourse.

Do make sure you use a hdmi cable however, if you have a hdtv that is. Without it the resolution is terrible and hardly readable. With it, everything is very crisp.
I had to buy one separately as it wasn't included with mine.

I think the controller is terrible with first-person games still though. Even moving the reticle slightly is considered a challenge. Xbox/PS3 games really need some kind of auto-aiming when you get close, like RDR supports, or at least very slow and fine movement.

Is it possible to mingle PS3 and xbox RDR for multiplayer?

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 07 Jun 2010, 17:07

hehe cool.

im using an hdmi cable to my pc monitor actually

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 08 Jun 2010, 01:04

so.. is this game really good?

convince meh!

the toy is nice rhia, but it sure cant compete with a pc in terms of visual sharpness :(

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Alikh » 08 Jun 2010, 09:21

Mine's pretty sharp, but it can't beat the resolution of a pc.

Doesn't matter that much for RDR though, it still looks beautiful when sitting on the couch. And I would never buy as large a monitor as my TV is.

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Jaera » 22 Jun 2010, 20:34

theres new free dlc coming out which adds coop, should be nice.

i can shoot alikh! woo

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Re: red dead redemption

Post by Alikh » 22 Jun 2010, 22:23

Hey, coop is already in the game, what do you mean?

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