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| pokoko said: It might sound cruel but I'm enjoying your mission logs. Perhaps the game is frustrating on purpose so as to force people into a life of callous and rage-filled crime ... |
Oh I enjoy it in hindsight as well, don't worry. Cracks me up every time when my horse head butts a tree again or trips over a rock and sends me tumbling in first person mode. I'm saving more often now to prevent having to go back far, plus I have horse revival tonics in stock in case he needs a lesson.
And indeed the bounty system has taught me the values of chasing down and murdering innocent people before they can snitch.
| John2290 said: What you did to that horse was disgusting. Go spend the next three days in, in game jail and repent for you're cruelty. In fact, go straight to the Sherrif in Rhodes or Valentine and hand yourself in before you commit Grand theft trainery. You know you'll only end up there anyway. :D I'm just about 50% on both story and overall. Loving it so much I can't articulate it. I had the same issues as you in chapter 2, not much stealth issues as they went smoothly but much death and restarting but chapter 3 missions went smoothly and now that I'm leveled up and kitted out I just started chapter 4 and kinda wish there was a higher difficulty. I'm wiping out dozens of men before they even have a chance to get shots off. I have an insanely OP arsenal of go to weapons though and fiddled with setting and acceleration on aiming and all that jazz. |
Problem is, I'm not that into shooting, unless it involves a camera. I got majorly side tracked again. On the way somewhere I don't remember, I met a fellow that needed a doctor urgently. I took him on the back of my horse to Saint Denis to witness a not so pleasant 'cure'. To reflect on what I had just seen I boarded a tram and spend the rest of the night there enjoying the insane detail and awesome views in cinematic mode.
The next morning I tried to find a book store however that still alludes me. So after browsing the general store I set out exploring the limits of the harbor, again gawking at all the detail and variation. While exploring every ship and dock there I found an operable row boat tucked away in a corner. I boarded it and set out on the river. Warning, beware of the invisible border line, this time it insta kills your boat, your stamina and of course you drown. Luckily I had marked the spot where to boat was, so this time I went for a long row up river enjoying the amazing sights from the water during the night.
By morning I was about ready to cross the river to the mysterious island. That went fine, so I started to row around it. I found an inlet on the back side, went in it, crime reported, uh oh. Well a getaway in a row boat isn't very practical, thus dead. Respawn back on shore without boat yet Horse was back. (I named my horse Horse) I set out North to take a better look at the town there and to test the limits of the north end of the map. I didn't get that far yet as a new stranger mission popped up which I'm currently on.
This game is so freaking awesome if you ignore the story :) After testing the North-East limits, my plan is to get another boat and see how far I can row to the South, hopefully sneak past the Blackwater area by water and reach the promised land beyond. (No clue what's there, just noticed the appendix on the full map that came with the game)
So I probably won't be advancing the 'story' tonight. Exploration, exploration, exploration! Now I wonder if I can get Horse to board the row boat. Probably not.
