"Red Dead Redemption 2" was one of the games I grabbed during my
holiday frenzy (it's not /all/ about giving away games to others! ;-).
I grabbed it because the reviews are good, and I'm a fan of Rockstar's
other games. Yet, now that I stare at this behemoth, I can't help but
wonder: should I bother?
The game, I'm sure, is quality. The world will doubtlessly have an
incredible amount of detail and character. The storyline will be >entertaining. The gameplay will be mechanically sound. On a
minute-by-minute basis, I'm sure I'd love this game. And I did spend
real money on this thing; I shouldn't let that go to waste.
And yet...
The game looks so intimidatingly huge. Not only with its mammoth map,
but in the sheer number of things to do; main quests, side quests, fun >sandbox nonsense, skills, guns, NPCs... there's just so much.
Everything is detailed to the most intimate detail (infamously, even
the size of the horses' testicles varies with the temperature). It
doesn't help that this is game three of the franchise; the series even
has a history that's gigantic. There's just so much THERE... do I
really want to immerse myself for God knows how long with this one
game? I have a backlog running in the hundreds of games; can I really
afford to spend so much time on just RDR2? Will it really be worth the >investment of time?
Plus, it's a western. That's never been a genre I've particularly
warmed up to. I don't dislike it, but I've always preferred more
settings much older or much more modern.
So I'm torn. Do I or don't I? If only the game were smaller...
The game looks so intimidatingly huge. Not only with its mammoth map,
but in the sheer number of things to do; main quests, side quests, fun >sandbox nonsense, skills, guns, NPCs... there's just so much.
"Red Dead Redemption 2" was one of the games I grabbed during my
holiday frenzy (it's not /all/ about giving away games to others! ;-).
I grabbed it because the reviews are good, and I'm a fan of Rockstar's
other games. Yet, now that I stare at this behemoth, I can't help but
wonder: should I bother?
The game, I'm sure, is quality. The world will doubtlessly have an
incredible amount of detail and character. The storyline will be >entertaining. The gameplay will be mechanically sound. On a
minute-by-minute basis, I'm sure I'd love this game. And I did spend
real money on this thing; I shouldn't let that go to waste.
And yet...
The game looks so intimidatingly huge. Not only with its mammoth map,
but in the sheer number of things to do; main quests, side quests, fun >sandbox nonsense, skills, guns, NPCs... there's just so much.
Everything is detailed to the most intimate detail (infamously, even
the size of the horses' testicles varies with the temperature). It
doesn't help that this is game three of the franchise; the series even
has a history that's gigantic. There's just so much THERE... do I
really want to immerse myself for God knows how long with this one
game? I have a backlog running in the hundreds of games; can I really
afford to spend so much time on just RDR2? Will it really be worth the >investment of time?
Plus, it's a western. That's never been a genre I've particularly
warmed up to. I don't dislike it, but I've always preferred more
settings much older or much more modern.
So I'm torn. Do I or don't I? If only the game were smaller...
Considering a couple weeks ago it was 32 degrees BELOW zero for three
days here in Montana, I guess I have lost interest until once again it
warms up here.
On Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:54:06 -0700, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
Considering a couple weeks ago it was 32 degrees BELOW zero for three
days here in Montana, I guess I have lost interest until once again it
warms up here.
Seems a valuable resource you have there in Montana. All that COLD, I
mean. In a rapidly hottening* world, you ought to find a way to make
use of that. Perhaps you can box it up and sell it on EBay?
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