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 🤢