Coyboy GTA - post 1

[al_fruitbat]

So, I've been playing Red Dead Redemption for over 12 hours now (45 minutes of which are apparently Texas Hold'em Poker). As usual, my character in the game is ultra-lawful good; doing every task asked, retrieving every bandit (alive, not dead), helpin' any who ask

Comments

[bateleur]

As someone who hasn't played the current-gen GTA game yet, would you recommend this over that?

[al_fruitbat]

I think so, yes. GTAIV is very pretty, but a bit 'soulless' if you know what I mean. Aside from a big graphical upgrade, the gameplay is the same - possibly worse - than the previous GTA games.

Coyboy GTA, on the other hand, stretches the formula in a different way. It feels like a genuinely new product - albeit one where you can see familiar components.

[bateleur]

if you know what I mean

Yes. A suspicion that this might be the case is why I hadn't played it already,

[ar_gemlad]

Heh - a similar attitude in real life meant that I could get away with a lot in year 11 at school. It's only with hind-sight that maybe I should have taken more advantage of it other than wearing Doc Marten's...

[secondhand_rick]

You don't agree with fidgit's review then?

[al_fruitbat]

No, not really. His criticisms are fair, I suppose, but they're not something that's bothered me so far.

Oh, and reading back on his article about poker, he makes a point about winning $233 at the poker table, but only recieving $13 at the end as if it was a bug. This is because it cost him $10 to join the game, which gave him 100 chips. He then won 233 chips, and recieved $13 as his winnings.

If you're going to publish stuff, you might as well check over your workings ;-)

[condign]

Is the in-game justification that bystanders assume that the first murder victim had it comin'?

[undyingking]

Interesting circular notion of practical morality. Perhaps if you're evil enough, law and bystanders only dare to intervene after the first murder witnessed.