I'm still at the beginning of the game, but last night I was riding back into the ranch that the blonde dame runs (forget the name of it) and there is all kinds of commotion with people on horses running around and it is very obvious that there is trouble but I really couldn't figure out WTF was happening and who were bad guys versus who were the innocents so I just picked someone and shot them. I got an instant bounty so I assume I shot an innocent person?
It was just frustrating because when shit is happening that fast you can't tell one character from another when they all look so similar especially when you are trying to control a friggin' horse.

Yeah, saw that now too. Thinking of doing the same if I don't get any hits soon or just giving it to a friend.

Speaking of the golden guns, are the subsequent guns you get as you progress converted to "gold" or are only the starting 2 guns "golden"?

Thanks

Anyone receive their $20 from amazon yet?

I'm a West Coaster...and will only play with you if you're actually Issac Brock and you stay drunk.

Nope

I have the war horse but I haven't really had a chance to compare it to other horses yet. So far I've only ridden the war horse and the stallion I tamed after the lasso mission, but haven't really spent too much time with the stallion to compare the two.

As for the horses being available, I know I have a deed for the war horse and I believe all you need to do is select the deed and whistle for the horse and it will show up. I would assume the same would work for any horse deed you purchase, but I haven't tried this yet since I haven't purchased any horses.

xmiyux and pinata and I messed around in private Free Roam for a while last night. It's pretty fun. We had to do one where you go into a mine and escort a mine cart full of money out of the mine while waves of bandits keep attacking. Pretty cool. Then miyu shot my donkey.

We did that and it was quite fun. I pushed the cart for a long ways while my partners show. I also realized that you could aim and shoot while pushing near the end.

That damned hippy. Probably wanted to liberate it from a life of slave labour.

I killed my horse by rolling it off a big rock. I carved it up for supper then shot the next guy that happened to cross my path and took his horse.

You should have stuck with your gut reaction

From what I read, it is a $20 credit on your account and will be taken off your next video game purchase.

And if past experience is any example, it's usually within a week of the game release.

Actually the RDD credit is a general amazon store credit. It's not restricted to video games.

PS3


Xbox 360



ps3 missing alot of Grass

from http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/...on-ps3-vs-360/

Resolution

Firstly, as we said yesterday, the PS3 version of Red Dead Redemption runs at a significantly lower resolution than the Xbox 360 version. 640 by 1152 pixels, in fact, compared to the Xbox 360’s 720 by 1280, which is 184,000 pixels missing, or about 20%. What does this mean? Well, you’ll actually see less on the PS3 version, with a lower resolution display blown up to fill the same physical space on your TV screen, as can be seen in these comparison shots.

Anti-aliasing

The Xbox 360 version of RDR looks super sharp, but with nicely smoothed edges where the edges should be, due to the 360’s 2x multi-sampling anti-aliasing which specifically targets the edges of polygons. The PS3 version, however, uses an ‘all over’ quincunx effect which simply blurs the overall image just before you see it. Coupled with the lower resolution, this quincunx effect actually serves to make the image even more blurry, which is a shame.

Missing Objects

The PS3 version, in spite of simpler visual post-processing effects as mentioned above, still manages to actually have missing objects throughout the game. Indeed, areas of grass are more patchy, shadows are simpler (and sometimes missing) and the overall effect is a less densely populated landscape, which is particularly noticable when compared with the Xbox 360 version in the same areas. The trees in particular look blocky and simplified on the PlayStation 3 version. Does this affect the game? No, but it’s frustrating to see.

Simpler Objects

Textures appear more basic and low resolution, there’s some missing self-shadowing, the level of detail pop-ins are more obvious, and there are missing characters on signs in the PS3 version. Naturally, the polygonal models are the same where really important (the main protagonists) but again, in terms of what’s out there in the backgrounds and the scenery, it’s a little more basic than we’d have liked.

Framerate

And yet, despite all this, the PS3 version doesn’t manage to hold up the same framerate as the silky smooth Xbox 360 version. It’s hardly bad (and there’s some argument as to whether it’s even better than the one in Grand Theft Auto IV) but, according to reports, not nearly a constant frame rate which is actually suprising given the graphical chops and changes presumably made to actually assist the frame rate. This is the only key area which affects gameplay – how much is probably down to the individual gamer.

So, there you have it. A 10/10 game with some glaring visual differences. We still have no reservation in recommending the game, because it’s utterly brilliant, but if you’ve got a choice between the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions (and have equal number of mates playing either) then we’d probably have to suggest you plump for the Xbox version. Here’s hoping Rockstar manage to patch out some of the above issues for Sony-only owners, though.

This is another whiny post about not getting the game in the mail yet again.

starman9000: "Lady, where's my Red Dead Redemption. Where's my Red Dead Redemption?"
MailLady: "Where's my Red Dead Redemption."
starman9000: "Where's my Red Dead Redemption, lady?"
MailLady: "Every day for the last six months, where is my Red Dead Redemption? Here's your stupid Red Dead Redemption!!"
[thrusts a parcel at starman9000]
starman9000: "Whoa, thanks, man!"

Yes I did fuck you very much. And I'm sorry I had some set backs. But I will be on most of the night.

Can someone who knows make a list of things you can do in single player that you cannot do in free roam?

• Not have idiots like Pinata360 chirping in my ear
• Not have a chance that Scott1598 is in the game with me
• be able to pause it to go drop a deuce without someone getting pissy at me for standing still for 25 minutes

Good thing that moron don't come 'round these here parts to read what you done wrote.

Hey, if you're having fun picking flowers then more power to ya! I just wish I was as easily amused...

My current Sharpshooter challenge (rank 4 or 5) is to kill 5 flying birds from a moving train. Sounds fun!

Hunter rank 3 looks to be to kill and skin 5 coyotes with just my melee knife

That would actually make some of the critter hunting a lot easier since rabbits and the like tend to get lost in the foliage.

I have one suggestion for you:

No issues with regularity here.