I can appreciate the quality and achievement RD2 is/was, however, I found it to be incredibly boring. I would constantly find myself dosing off while playing it. I pushed through and beat the main story, but I've never gone back to it.

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I really need to give RD2 another go. I feel like such a beetch but when I first tried to play it years ago, I just could NOT get the controls down in a manner that was fun for me. I'm a mouse and KB player and it was beyond clunky for me. I ****ed with it for about a half hour, playing and messing with settings and then just gave up and never looked back.

I know, I know.

I'm an idiot.

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Yeah, I don't understand how people play a game like this with K&M. That would be a miserable experience.

Use a controller and I bet you like it.

I think that's fair... you have to be in the mood to really take in the world to fully appreciate RD2. Some people just don't have the time or the energy for a game like that.

It will be interesting to see how different gamers receive GTA VI. There are millions of GTA fans out there that never played RD2 and will probably be surprised how different VI is compared to V. It's why I said what I did in my last post... Jason & Lucia need to have a lot more pep in their step compared to RD2. If they are as slow and cumbersome as Arthur it's going to turn off a lot of people.


EDIT: I'll add that the worst part of RD2 is how the game only lets you walk once you get into your base camp. It is so freaking slow and frustrating because you visit the camp often.

And on the controls front, I do remember someone saying (I think it was one of the journalists that got a hands on preview at Rockstar) that they are going with a more traditional control scheme for VI.

Gone are the traditional GTA & RD controls (where using the X button to control different speeds) and instead they are using the 'click left stick to sprint' controls. I really hope this also means that walking/intermediate speeds will feel a lot more natural based on how far you move the analoge stick.

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And on the controls front, I do remember someone saying (I think it was one of the journalists that got a hands on preview at Rockstar) that they are going with a more traditional control scheme for VI.

Gone are the traditional GTA & RD controls (where using the X button to control different speeds) and instead they are using the 'click left stick to sprint' controls. I really hope this also means that walking/intermediate speeds will feel a lot more natural based on how far you move the analoge stick.

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I hope it's click left to sprint once and you don't have to hold it down to keep sprinting. That is murder on my joints if I have to hold it down.

Does anyone know if online multiplayer will be releasing at the same time as story mode for GTA VI?

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Does anyone know if online multiplayer will be releasing at the same time as story mode for GTA VI?

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It will not. They have said absolutely nothing about online.

There is speculation that the PC port will come out early 2027 and that could coincide with the online release, but they have not officially said anything other than Nov 19 is the console story mode release.

Latest noise I saw was the PC port is more likely not Q1, but Q4 27

Looks like they've moved up preload to November 10th. Also if you are on Xbox, the New Zealand trick should work where you can play it Wednesday evening

The main reason for pre-ordering the game... the ability to pre-load! I can only imagine the time to download on launch day (assuming the Xbox/PS stores don't full on crater).

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The main reason for pre-ordering the game... the ability to pre-load! I can only imagine the time to download on launch day (assuming the Xbox/PS stores don't full on crater).

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If Sony and Microsoft are smart. They would have back up severs to handle the people buying the game the day of and downloading it.

Do I trust those two companies are smart? No.

My money will be on severs crashing, at the same time socal sites crashing, with people talking about the Sony and Microsoft severs crashing.

15 days, 13 hours and 47 minutes till chaos rules the cyber networks.

Yeah, it turning into a major S* show would not surprise me one bit. If the Xbox/PS servers go down completely (or get hacked by people that just want to watch the world burn), there is a chance that even the pre-load people can't play because the servers can't 'verify' the purchase.

I hope not. We've seen enough AAA studios making crap games lately... I'm really hoping that this one hits and everyone can enjoy it day 1.

I'm waiting for Patch 1. Y'all have fun on day 1.

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I'm waiting for Patch 1. Y'all have fun on day 1.

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I'll be knee deep in stolen gas station money and dead hookers by then!

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Oh hookers are the first to go.

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I'm waiting for Patch 1. Y'all have fun on day 1.

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I'll be knee deep in stolen gas station money and dead hookers by then!

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Doing the lord's work!

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Eliminatus said:

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I really need to give RD2 another go. I feel like such a beetch but when I first tried to play it years ago, I just could NOT get the controls down in a manner that was fun for me. I'm a mouse and KB player and it was beyond clunky for me. I ****ed with it for about a half hour, playing and messing with settings and then just gave up and never looked back.

I know, I know.

I'm an idiot.

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Yeah, I don't understand how people play a game like this with K&M. That would be a miserable experience.

Use a controller and I bet you like it.

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I just started RDR2 for the first time, and i'm having a tough time with the gameplay/controls. I need to play around with alternative control layouts.

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I hope it's click left to sprint once and you don't have to hold it down to keep sprinting. That is murder on my joints if I have to hold it down.

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Bringing this up again because it was somewhat speculative the other day. Since then a couple videos/podcasts I've listened to confirmed that the COD style 'click stick to toggle run' will be used in GTA VI. Gone are the days of 'keep mashing X to sprint'.

Generally speaking, they are saying that 3rd person movement, control, aiming, etc. will be more Max Payne 3 than RD2.


This is great news if they deliver on it. As I'm playing through RD2 I'm constantly fighting the controls and methodical character movements. GTA VI needs to be faster and more responsive, even at the cost of realism if needed. If a big segment of the game is going to be based around in & out hits on local shops, I need my characters to move like it. Gone in 60 seconds.

Two weeks from today, I hope you all are starting to feel a bit better after suddenly becoming ill. Probably best to stay home from work 1 more day and take the weekend to recover!

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Two weeks from today, I hope you all are starting to feel a bit better after suddenly becoming ill. Probably best to stay home from work 1 more day and take the weekend to recover!

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I took Thursday, Sunday and Monday off. I'm off Fri/Sat

Just preordered the Ultimate Edition. Waiting for preload now.



Hey, you guys remember when we said that this game might save us from a terrible Aggie football season.... yeah..... yeah....

10 days. Just bought Premium Edition.