Yay the storm cleared. It was a mission I had unlocked which required a storm, so it just never stopped until I went there, even though the mission start icon had disappeared again earlier.

Btw the arcadia side missions seem broken, I had one I went to last week and it disappeared as it was already getting dark when I got there. It hasn't re-appeared since. I kinda like those photography missions. It seems it was the last one in the line that buggered up, oh well.

I'm still finding new things anyway, so much to see!

You have to shoot the rabbits with the vermant rifle it is also a challenge, and I also have one legendary animal not popping up.

lol Im still on Chapter 2 I am pretty sure I will never beat this game and I'm ok with that Haven't beat Zelda either after near 400 hrs playing that. I can see similar time invested happening

Must say a lot of times it feels like 'Farming Simulator 1899' =p

Now that I've beaten the game and have 60+ hours into exploring I can honestly say this is the best game of the last 2 generations.

It's better than TLoU (my previous favorite) and it's miles ahead of anything else of than BotW and maybe TW3.

The game looks amazing on the X1X and once I made some adjustments to the controls, the gameplay is fantastic.

Definitely worth the $60 and should really be played by everyone.

There's a reason it's scored higher on metacritic than any exclusive ever from Sony or Microsoft (with the exception of Halo which also scored a 97) and it's 100% deserving of that score.

I hope CDPR can match or exceeded this masterpiece with Cyberpunk 2077 but until then I can see myself putting hundreds of more hours into RDR2!

It's a great game, doesn't beat BotW imo. It needs a whole lot smoother gameplay to keep me going after completing the story. I also doubt I'll come close to the 130 hours I spend in Skyrim in VR. With the current implementation of the first person camera RDR2 would be barf city in VR. I prefer the first person view yet often have to look away or concentrate on the radar not to get sick from the wild camera movements when interacting with things.

It comes close to God of War which has a more satisfying progression system and much smoother gameplay. RDR2's world is more fun to explore though. GoW beats it in the graphics department due to its excellent use of HDR and wide color, however the weather system keeps exploring and simply existing in RDR2's world interesting no matter how many times you re-visit areas. Then Spider man is so polished and controls so perfectly it's a worthy contender for goty as well. Amazing year!

Now what's this bullshit profanity check filter. I just bought my second horse, an Arabian, and wanted to call it Hoarse. What's wrong with Hoarse and why are you bothering me with a profanity check in my single player game.

I was otw to pick up a Varmint rifle to shoot rabbits, then I wondered why hunt rabbits just get get a bigger satchel for crap I don't use anyway. That's kind of the problem I have with the challenges, hunting and collectibles. It all just seems to be for cosmetic items or minor upgrades you don't need. You bet your ass you need to craft and upgrade in GoW to beat the Valkyries. And in Spiderman the upgrades were very useful as well. In RDR2, while hunting is fun, the rewards seem pretty pointless.

The special moves with the horse seem to have no function either. Where's the move to trample a snake or other animal. Rear kick an attacking wolf. Why is my horse so utterly defenseless when it comes to animal attacks. The only thing he's good at is tripping over a rock or tree stump or running into a tree and losing his cargo. And while hunting he's either breathing down my neck, making the horse menu pop up continuously, or he wanders off and I have to whistle for a minute to get him to come back.

Great world to explore, yet the longer I play, the more the little things start adding up. However then I simply stop somewhere, gawk at the scenery, take some time lapse footage and the frustrations fall away again.

I just finished the "main story" and I have to say, this game was fantastic. It did seem like the last part was a bit unnecessary (spoilers: Micah fighting with you was kind of ridiculous especially since it was already implied that Dutch and Micah didn't care about fighting you or going back for you and were just running away, I really wouldn't have minded if it was just an endless shoot out to buy time for John like in Halo Reach, although I have a feeling the writers kind of wrote themselves into a trap where it both doesn't make much since for Micah to be fighting you in the middle of Pinkertons being everywhere but it also it anti-climatic to not resolve Micah and Dutch)

I am a bit mixed on how much praise I'd give the actual design of the missions though ... they're almost all very repetitive. And yes, I know that shooting a bunch of guns and mowing down both innocents and police alike is Rockstar's "thing", but it devolved into that too much. A lot of missions would start off very unique, only to become tedious in the end. 

People mentioned Naughty Dog earlier. There are quite a few things about this game that remind me about Naughty Dog. Well written chit chat was already a part of RDR but particularly the way characters interact is a lot like a Naughty Dog game. There's also a couple of levels that seem straight out of Uncharted 4. The writing in this game is far and away better than the Uncharted games, which are extremely overrated story-wise. Maybe on par or slightly better than The Last of Us ... it's hard to tell because it's not as linear on that front. 

I know, lol! I actually "finished" the game like ... 4 hours ago, but I was writing that comment and didn't get to post it. The ending is so bitter sweet and I kind of predicted what happened in the epilogue.

Also, gotta say, I agree with you about the reloading chapters thing. Now that I think about it ... would be EXCELLENT use of the journal, where Arthur writes down stuff about the chapters. 

This makes me want to go back and finally finish RDR1, I was like ... 10/11 when I played it, and even though I must have dumped like 40 hours into the campaign, I always got bored halfway through.

Damn it indeed. I am using manual saves but have been recycling them. Not that I really want to go back though, yet if the weather is now screwed up that kinda sucks. Perhaps they'll patch it in later to go back to old camp sites. I have been doing everything else that pops up first before talking to Dutch each time, yet I probably still missed some things.

Also one mystery, there is always a grey companion dot next to my bed / shave mirror but I can never interact with it. What does it mean. On with the story tonight, did all the other stuff I could find in chapter 4 then finally talked to dutch. At least he has plenty patience.

For hunting it would be useful to bring a wagon to store the big pelts. You can use a temporary horse to carry one while your main horse follows along carrying another. I wonder if you can use a 3rd cargo horse, perhaps lead it along with the lasso :) Of course then all hell brakes loose when wolves attack or some random encounter.

I'm really enjoying this game. I have put about 20 hours in and I'm at the beginning of Ch.3. When I first began playing, doing the mundane task like; taking care of your horse, crafting, cleaning your gun, chores, and whatever else kind of annoyed me. After sometime, it's the mundane tasks have grown on me and has what really made this game so immersive.

The camera can suck sometimes. I had this perfect black bear pelt and I was bringing it to the trapper. A wolf started chasing me outta nowhere, and it was screwing with my camera, while my horse was freaking out. It cause me to run into a tree, and the wolf killed me and I lost my pelt. I was not a happy after that. 

I won't lie, I did the infinite money cheat. Mostly so I didn't have to worry about bounties and I could upgrade my camp fast. I don't regret it.