Red Dead Redemption 2

[Darren S]

Yeah it's definitely one to just give in and play on controller sat on the sofa.

I genuinely have never known anything like it in 40+ years of gaming. It's like Rockstar says "here's our control method. You don't like it - you don't play"

 

[Darren S]

Yeah - f**k this game.

 

[Darren S]

Tried all of Rockwank's support suggestions. Two in particular relating to setting changes on the RDR2.exe - stop the game from even launching. Again - great testing there, guys. Some of them even make little sense from a software perspective. Like hearing knocking coming from the rear of your car and then being told to swap-out the bulb in one of the front fog lights to fix it. Sounds like grabbing at straws.

Never had any issues with their games before. All of the GTAs work fine - even the elderly LA Noire has zero problems.

Anyways, uninstalled and if it was a physical copy I had - straight into the bin it would go.

Am I sure? 100%!

 

[mace¬]

Would recommend?

 

[Rich-D]

Yeah it's an amazing game.

 

[Rich-D]

Tried all of Rockwank's support suggestions. Two in particular relating to setting changes on the RDR2.exe - stop the game from even launching. Again - great testing there, guys. Some of them even make little sense from a software perspective. Like hearing knocking coming from the rear of your car and then being told to swap-out the bulb in one of the front fog lights to fix it. Sounds like grabbing at straws.

Never had any issues with their games before. All of the GTAs work fine - even the elderly LA Noire has zero problems.

Anyways, uninstalled and if it was a physical copy I had - straight into the bin it would go.

Am I sure? 100%!

Must be your shoddy PC...

 

[Ray Gin]

I tried it on K&M and it felt really bad, went back to controller. But I find most games that aren’t FPS really strange on K&M.

 

[Darren S]

I tried it on K&M and it felt really bad, went back to controller. But I find most games that aren’t FPS really strange on K&M.

There’s a lot that a controller is better for. Anything like a platformer, basic racing game, etc. But with any FPS or 3rd person game - I find K&M to be way better. The precision alone is worth the effort over controller for me.

 

[Willo40]

i can understand the K&M for actual shooting would be a better shout but for everything else i think a controller would be better surely?

 

[Willo40]

Would recommend?

100%, one of the best games ever.

 

[Darren S]

i can understand the K&M for actual shooting would be a better shout but for everything else i think a controller would be better surely?

There's a lot of other genres that just slot into the K&M control method much more easily though. RPG, aRPGS, strategy games, adventure, RTSs - the list goes on. I remember some RTS games being released on the PlayStation and thought that was mental. How anyone would even have the patience for an RTS with a controller, is beyond me!

The article below is over two years old, but it seems that K&M are still the preference for PC games too.

Of course, the common practice these days is to mix & match - and a couple of games I do that for. Some vehicle parts in FPSs for example, are way more easier to handle with a controller.

What grinds my gears is the complete lack of established support by certain lazy b*****d dev teams. Take RDR2 like I mentioned previously - not including scroll-wheel support for a game with a crazy amount of inputs is unforgivable. Scroll-wheels aren't new. The gaming industry has used them for decades and for the sake of about a dozen lines of code or inserting a pre-built API, Rockstar couldn't have implemented it?

 

[Matt Cup]

Can’t you just play with a controller and enjoy it for what it is? (A console game 😉)

 

[Darren S]

Can’t you just play with a controller and enjoy it for what it is? (A console game 😉)

Oh, I would - apart from post #442.

 

[Matt Cup]

Oh, I would - apart from post #442.

Play it on a console 😏

 

[Darren S]

Play it on a console 😏

Err - nah!

Think I got it sorted. Looks like MSI Afterburner was set to an overly keen under-volt - leading to a false error message relating to a specific nVidia file. Strange though as Assetto Corsa Competizione is way more demanding hardware-wise and that hasn't bitched once.

Removed Afterburner as a test and all ran fine. I just have a PC that sounds on par with a Chinook taking off at the minute. I'll reinstall Afterburner, but ignore the under-voltage and just bring the fans a bit more inline. No doubt they are set to something daft like 75% fan speed at 35C.

Using mix & match of the controller so far - the majority with the pad and then any shooting stuff, I'm straight onto the mouse. Did the initial fight scene in the barn with the K&M though and then went to pickup my gun and my hat. Having just picked up various items in the house with default E key - I now had to pickup my gun with the F key and then hold down the B key to nab my hat. Yet on the controller, it's one function - as any sane human being would want it to be.

Rockstar. Honestly - what crack-pipe were you on with this?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Just buy a PS5 pro for certain games?
You'll be playing GTA6 in 2035 on PC when everyone else has forgotten about it.

 

[Wilkeh]

Play it on a console 😏

Locked 30fps 🤢

 

[Darren S]

Locked 30fps 🤢

A decent refresh rate is massively noticeable - and one that I struggle to do without.

For the vast majority of the time, I'm using my monitor @ 144hz - but output to the TV at 60hz for the driving games. Occasionally, that 60hz precedence stays on the monitor as well, but you notice it in 2 or 3 seconds into a game. It looks crap in comparison and all good again once switched back.

 

[Wilkeh]

A decent refresh rate is massively noticeable - and one that I struggle to do without.

For the vast majority of the time, I'm using my monitor @ 144hz - but output to the TV at 60hz for the driving games. Occasionally, that 60hz precedence stays on the monitor as well, but you notice it in 2 or 3 seconds into a game. It looks crap in comparison and all good again once switched back.

I'm a snob mate, I genuinely can't play games under 60fps, they just look too jerky for me. I always select performance mode on the PS5 over resolution.

 

[Greeny.]

I'm a snob mate, I genuinely can't play games under 60fps, they just look too jerky for me. I always select performance mode on the PS5 over resolution.

A minimum of 60fps is hardly being a snob mate, I would say anything less is unplayable for me as well, but it’s whatever you’re used to I guess. Being a PC gamer for the last 20 years means I expect it. Consoles are great for what they are, can’t beat them bang for your buck but they are never going to be great for fps and quality, it’s always going to be one of the other but for what you pay for one you can’t even get a mid range graphics card in a PC anymore.

 

[Wilkeh]

A minimum of 60fps is hardly being a snob mate, I would say anything less is unplayable for me as well, but it’s whatever you’re used to I guess. Being a PC gamer for the last 20 years means I expect it. Consoles are great for what they are, can’t beat them bang for your buck but they are never going to be great for fps and quality, it’s always going to be one of the other but for what you pay for one you can’t even get a mid range graphics card in a PC anymore.

Yeah same mate, I'm a PC gamer and always have been. I can justify 60fps on a console because it doesn't look too bad when sitting far away but on the PC I couldn't play CS or Dota at 60fps They have to be a minimum of 120+

It's weird I know, 60fps on a monitor looks like 30fps on a TV to me.

 

[Adamm.]

£20 for this at the minute tempted to give it a go for something different to play. From what I've heard the controls are probably going to be very similar in the next GTA. Worth it still?

 

[Ray Gin]

Yes

 

[Geddes]

£20 for this at the minute tempted to give it a go for something different to play. From what I've heard the controls are probably going to be very similar in the next GTA. Worth it still?

Yeah definitely, I’m playing a bit online here and there most days at the moment. If you fancy squading up, Story is also epic, controls doesn’t take long at all to get use to, for me on PS anyway

 

[Adamm.]

Yeah definitely, I’m playing a bit online here and there most days at the moment. If you fancy squading up, Story is also epic, controls doesn’t take long at all to get use to, for me on PS anyway

Not sure I'll even touch the online stuff tbh hopefully the story is decent though.

 

[Geddes]

Not sure I'll even touch the online stuff tbh hopefully the story is decent though.

Yeah no bother, I’ve done the story a few times with 100% completion. If you need any help just give me a shout, there’s a few videos on my YouTube channel on the game too on the game

 

[Maccy]

Bought it in the PS sale as it was down to like £18, need to start it as you’re all saying how great it is!

 

[Willo40]

One of the few games i have played that i wish i could forget and play again, epic game.

 

[dann2707]

Undoubtedly one of my favourite games ever.

The sound of horse galloping does get a bit tedious after a while though I will admit.

 

[Rojer]

Optical media bad. I forgot its actually on two discs. This is going to take a while.

 

[Geddes]

Starting to get back into Online, restarted from rank 0, originaly was about rank 122 as of now i'm about rank 52. playing with VikingOfKings as he is new to the game so started again with him. Noticed 1 player recently online rank 999.

just started to record past few times online, here's one from couple days ago

 

[Matt Cup]

Just started this again. Would be nice to have a remastered version of it.

 

[Jonnio]

Greedy for graphics you are.

 

[Geddes]

I restarted the game again for the 4th or 5 time now. Wanted to do a Bad / Low Honour one and you can tell by the script it is. I’m into episode 10 on my channel now

 

[Geddes]

Big news, Next-Gen update coming end of this year. exiting times, need to order a 4K monitor soon

 

[Darren S]

Big news, Next-Gen update coming end of this year. exiting times, need to order a 4K monitor soon

Still seems to be on target for somewhere around now, from what I've read. Seems purely console fixes I believe, too? Doesn't mention anything about potentially addressing the utter clusterfuck of PC inputs, which would have been nice to have been addressed.

I mean....?

....and in GTAV there are 33 inputs for everything.

In my 44 years of gaming - few things have been as bewildering as Rockstar's stance on this. To take the extra time, create more effort, more coding time and a poorer player experience overall - and for what? 100% odd and just weird.

 

[Geddes]

Still seems to be on target for somewhere around now, from what I've read. Seems purely console fixes I believe, too? Doesn't mention anything about potentially addressing the utter clusterfuck of PC inputs, which would have been nice to have been addressed.

I mean....?

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....and in GTAV there are 33 inputs for everything.

In my 44 years of gaming - few things have been as bewildering as Rockstar's stance on this. To take the extra time, create more effort, more coding time and a poorer player experience overall - and for what? 100% odd and just weird.

Seen some recent information, doesn’t look like there’s going to be a RDR2 next gen but there will be a next gen for RDR1. Very strange as they brought out an update for RDR1 not so long ago. I won’t be doing another walk though anytime soon

 

[Flat Eric]

Seen some recent information, doesn’t look like there’s going to be a RDR2 next gen but there will be a next gen for RDR1. Very strange as they brought out an update for RDR1 not so long ago. I won’t be doing another walk though anytime soon

I've never played the 1st Red Dead. Its often available on offer on Nintendo store. Might have a mooch