If I HATED GTA, will I also hate RDR?

I LOVE westerns, but I friggin HATED GTA4 - the control mechanics, I thought the camera was horriffic, I just really was dissapointed in the game. Its the only game I have bought for the PS3that Ijust totally abandoned because I could not force myself to enjoy (being the cheap sob I am, I repeatedly tried to force myself to like it since I paid 60 bucks for it, but it just would not happen)

Can you tell that this is a Rockstar game? Given my thoughts on GTA4, will I hate RDR too?

Great game. Controls is like GTA4 Kind of But i just made a review of the game. Will you like this game Yes you will. I didnt see any dating management junk.

Bottom line this game is amazing ill copy and paste my review. Just click the Spoiler tag to see my review.

[spoiler] Lets just forget about the scoring ill just talk about the game. I wont talk about the story. For me i dont play games for story i always hit X. Games dont hook me with story unlike animes. I just play the game if its good.
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Q. Whats new on this game from GTA4?
A. 1. Better cover system.
2. Bigger world (not alot of buildings) but the world is really big to explore.
3. Weird control set-up (read below for more info)
4. Horses (Feels real good amazing)
5. Better side quest (Havent seen any dating quest thank god)
6. So much Mini-Games (Not as muck as yakuza but its amazing)
You could easly get stuck playing poker for hours on end.
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First off im not that in to wild west dont watch movies of it, i dont like country music maybe very small ammont if it has good beat. But anyways.

Just bought the game after watching a bunch of reviews. First i thought hmm its wild west it cant be to bad they have bolt action rifles whice i love alot. Only played the single story so far.

World/Map: This game is big i dont think its uber big like some reviews say. I mean it is big way bigger then GTA4 anyways. What you see you can go to it anyways. You can use a horse it moves fast. A review said it takes 1 hour to ride the horse well. IMO it only takes 1min basicly its like any other ride but you use R1 to break or slow that and Square to jump, X to move faster. You can set up a camp fire with select. You can save or instantly tele to a town that you visited or bought a map from the store (Really handy). If you die in a mission its ok you can reload from a check point amazing.

Gameplay/Controls: Plays just like GTA4 but with some changes. Ill list them.
1. Improve cover system. Unlike GTA4 i never used it. But in this game you will use it alot (R1) works the same to cover behind things.
2. D-Pad is stupid now. Left and right just moves the sholder cam left to right.
Pushing up calls your horse (Very usefull no need to wait for something to jack) Down zooms out mini map.
3. Weapon Switching is very stupid now. If you played saints row 2 then its the same. (L1) Pulls out weapon hides weapon. If you hold L1 it shows a weapon wheel then you use your right stick to pick the weapon DPAD left or right switches the same ****of weapon with another weapon. So you can hold alot of rifles.
4. (R3) Dead Eye is amazing. Think of it as slow-mo and screan going red and controller shaking. at lvl 3 you can use R1 to que in attacks on multi targets.
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What i love: Lots of things to do and i mean alot of things to do. If your bored and just siting there out in the open. Get ready to see random events happen. Dogs atking you out of no where see gun fights. Pretty neat. If you get busted for killing cilvilans its ok you can run away. If you get hit your health regens.

What i hate: Even if you run away you still have to pay for your bounty. But you can get a pordon paper thinggy so you can use that as a free pass to get rid of it. Cannot fly, cant become a girl (Online you can).

Online: Havent played it the lobby is a open world you can jump to different type of games with select. You can pick alot of chars and titles for online.
Lobby: it is weird once you log in people sometimes will just kill you. So if you are new yes people will just shoot you. [/spoiler]

If you hated GTA IV, then don't bother with Red Dead Redemption

Funny thing is i hated GTA but im liking RDR Mainly i stoped playing GTA because of the dating thing. That and Saints row 2 was better IMO i had way more fun on it and i beat the whole game. I somehow wasnt able to beat GTA.

RDR just has more something something. As he said he likes wild west soit shoudl already be a no brainer that this game is gonna be amazing.

I LOVE westerns, but I friggin HATED GTA4 - the control mechanics, I thought the camera was horriffic, I just really was dissapointed in the game. Its the only game I have bought for the PS3that Ijust totally abandoned because I could not force myself to enjoy (being the cheap sob I am, I repeatedly tried to force myself to like it since I paid 60 bucks for it, but it just would not happen)

Can you tell that this is a Rockstar game? Given my thoughts on GTA4, will I hate RDR too?

I hated GTA4's story so will I like RDR?conistant

It breaks my robot heart to hear that you dont like GTA 4!!! Im so sorry for you!!! D: majbros

I hated gta 4 and saint rows 2 was a much better games but i'm loving rdr so far, very great game

If you hated GTA IV, then don't bother with Red Dead Redemption

Venom_Raptor

I LOVE westerns, but I friggin HATED GTA4 - the control mechanics, I thought the camera was horriffic, I just really was dissapointed in the game. Its the only game I have bought for the PS3that Ijust totally abandoned because I could not force myself to enjoy (being the cheap sob I am, I repeatedly tried to force myself to like it since I paid 60 bucks for it, but it just would not happen)

Can you tell that this is a Rockstar game? Given my thoughts on GTA4, will I hate RDR too?

you'll probably hate it even more. Because everything you do reflects on you in this game. which is lame but its the new video game gimick appearing in games.duane27

Ya, don't you hate it when, like, the game world reacts to your actions and acknowledges them? Man, that immersiveness thing sucks. I would rather feel like my actions have no meaning and the chars in the world go about their stupid AI lives business as usual whether I'm there or not, whether I kill their friend in front of them or not."Oh, johnny's dead. Well then, off to the fruit market to stand by the melons and look like we're talking again?"

[QUOTE="--Rob--"]

I LOVE westerns, but I friggin HATED GTA4 - the control mechanics, I thought the camera was horriffic, I just really was dissapointed in the game. Its the only game I have bought for the PS3that Ijust totally abandoned because I could not force myself to enjoy (being the cheap sob I am, I repeatedly tried to force myself to like it since I paid 60 bucks for it, but it just would not happen)

Can you tell that this is a Rockstar game? Given my thoughts on GTA4, will I hate RDR too?

duane27

Gotta love Carl quotes

Me too, i hated GTA4. I felt like a stooge, do this, do that, without knowing howanything relates to a .... coughs .... plot, that within the 3-4 hours i have played, is non existent. It seems that in this game you are more in control.

[QUOTE="duane27"]you'll probably hate it even more. Because everything you do reflects on you in this game. which is lame but its the new video game gimick appearing in games.clicketyclick

Ya, don't you hate it when, like, the game world reacts to your actions and acknowledges them? Man, that immersiveness thing sucks. I would rather feel like my actions have no meaning and the chars in the world go about their stupid AI lives business as usual whether I'm there or not, whether I kill their friend in front of them or not."Oh, johnny's dead. Well then, off to the fruit market to stand by the melons and look like we're talking again?"

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]

[QUOTE="duane27"]you'll probably hate it even more. Because everything you do reflects on you in this game. which is lame but its the new video game gimick appearing in games.--Rob--

Ya, don't you hate it when, like, the game world reacts to your actions and acknowledges them? Man, that immersiveness thing sucks. I would rather feel like my actions have no meaning and the chars in the world go about their stupid AI lives business as usual whether I'm there or not, whether I kill their friend in front of them or not."Oh, johnny's dead. Well then, off to the fruit market to stand by the melons and look like we're talking again?"

Me too, i hated GTA4. I felt like a stooge, do this, do that, without knowing howanything relates to a .... coughs .... plot, that within the 3-4 hours i have played, is non existent. It seems that in this game you are more in control.

dimis_

if you do cool stuff like shoot the guns out of people's hands during a shootout and complete other side missiony things that gain you fame, you'll be more easily recognised by people. If you do mean, bad things, they'll be scared of you and run away, or they'll challenge you to a duel. Or bounty hunters will come after you. If you do good things, all the ladies will wanna have your beybehs. If you just wanna mess around and be evil while keeping a clean cut persona, wear a bandana.clicketyclick

its a different type of game so you will love rdr.

[QUOTE="dimis_"]

Me too, i hated GTA4. I felt like a stooge, do this, do that, without knowing howanything relates to a .... coughs .... plot, that within the 3-4 hours i have played, is non existent. It seems that in this game you are more in control.

--Rob--

I never played GTAIV, but I've played a TON of Uncharted 2 (I have the Platinum). RDR feels a lot like Uncharted 2. I just wish the game had button mapping so I could make the control scheme LIKE Uncharted. L2 / R2 for aiming and shooting? R1 for cover?! Circle for reload?! Square is jump? What jackass picked these controls and said, "Nah, they don't need more options"?

I've grown used to the controls and I have Dual Triggers, so it's not as bad as I originally thought. Still, having Circle for taking cover, L1 / R1 for aiming / shooting, L2 for the weapon wheel, and R2 for reload would've made a LOT more sense IMO.

I doubt they will, but here's to hoping Rockstar at least patches in a "Flip L1 / R1 and L2 / R2" option.

I hated GTA4 too, but i took a chance and got RDR. And i gotta say that i love it.:D

I asked myself that same question. I do love a good western so I think I'll give a try. What's the harm, don't like it I can always trade it in.

Then I feel sorry for you , odds are you are gonna miss on 2 great games : Red Dead Redemption AND Mafia II.

From what I read I will probably enjoy it. It shares some similarities with GTAIV but is not really that similar.

Right now my biggest let downs on GTA IVis the poor humor and the radio. At least there will not be a radio on my horse. (crosses fingers)

I didnt really like gta but i LOVE this game

If you HATED GTA then you probably will not like RDR. Personally I loved GTA and I'm enjoying RDR just as much.

You will only know for your self its up too you...

i hated gta4. i couldnt drive too good and kept running into other cars and buildings. the aiming felt a little weird too. i didnt think i would enjoy RDR, but about 7 hours into it, im really liking it.bizzy420