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• In mp it appears to be a donkey with a golden mane. : uncle slappy
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  take out your cattlemans revolver or your carbine repeater, notice all the gold bits? GOLDEN GUNS BABY. : massdev
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    So it's just for those 2? I bought a shotgun because I loooove shotguns in video games, and it wasn't gol... : hoov1185
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      The effect +fame to all your deeds is still present regardless of the golden bits. Based on all the weapo... : massdev
      • Good to know, thanks. : hoov1185
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  the honor system in this game is so stupid some times. i see this hooker getting beat up by some dude out... : maulla
  • No I think it considers the event over once you hogtie the person, so shooting him after is like shooting... : clain
  • Nope; you can kill as long as he is trying to harm someone. Once you take him away from the act you a bad... : massdev
  • I don't know how shooting would have turned out, but: -Gain honor for saving lady -Lose honor for sli... : ramshot
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    I had the same incident, and blew the guy away with no penalty. Here's the deal: When an NPC is committin... : silent prophet
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      Not quite true. I've shot him while he's threatening the whore, and I lost honor (but didn't get a bount... : Arcanum
      • Actually, a number of the random events are semi-broken. : Arcanum
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    hahaha, slitting some dudes throat after you hogtie him is fucked up dude. : MagicWishMonkey
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      yeah it's hilarious that he's confused at the moral implications of doing that. :) : kek
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        warcow = D-FENS : silent prophet
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          warcrow : warcrow
          • moo : silent prophet
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            u r not r : ChibiJosh
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              You mean E? : warcrow
              • Your shackname is like an optical illusion. Swear to god. : KxRook
    • bro this isn't berkeley! we're in the wild west! feed 'em to the pigs! : xxiv
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    no i shot some dude that was about to stab a bitch and i got thanked and +honor. : xxiv
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      You should have tied him up and shot him in the back of the head gangsta style for maximum honor points : MagicWishMonkey
      • can you do that?? i want to brand THUG LIFE on my horses ass. : xxiv
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    Yeah at one point I hogtied a bad guy and when I brought him to the Armadillo sheriff's office nobody wou... : boring gegtik
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      Like others said, it seems that the "evil act" is over once you interrupt it. so wtf am i supposed to do ... : maulla
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        Ride him out into the desert and leave him there. : silent prophet
        • the real answer is to just let the hooker die next time : maulla
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        I believe the most points you could possible get would be to enter dead eye, disarm, and hat shot. : massdev
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          how do you enter dead eye? (I guess I should read the manual sometime, lol) : MagicWishMonkey
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            RB3 or whatever it's called. press the right stick down. : xxiv
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              Cool, does it slow shit down or something? I wonder why the tutorial didn't mention it. Reminds me of ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                yeah it goes all max payne / matrix style. the red gauge on the other side of your horses stamina is your... : xxiv
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                  Sweet, I'll have to check it out. Yea my 360 RROD'd the other day, but I slammed it down on my bed a f... : MagicWishMonkey
                  • LOL. : xxiv
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                I think it's mentioned in one of those black boxes that pop up, but right in the middle of a fucking gun ... : Clasifyd
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                  I HATE THAT. i had a random encounter where some guy rides up, asks me to save his buddy. so i ride wi : xxiv
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                    that one came up for me a total of 4 times so far and I failed every one.. if it comes up for you again s... : sludge vohaul
                    • I am so tired of that mission. "Sir sir, my wife is in trouble can you help us..." <rides away at : trove
                • The tutorials in this game are so mixed in implementation. I was 2-3 hours in and haven't used the dead e... : Sailor of Fortune
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                  It's explained in a tutorial during a mission for that elixer salesman. : riptyde
                  • Level 2 was. Level 1 was explained way way before. : sigpro
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                it was mentioned in the very first mission when you are killing the animals on the ranch patrol the pl... : maulla
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                  I can't even read the shit most of the time, the text is too small and it always pops up while I'm in the... : MagicWishMonkey
                  • They put all your messages in your Journal. I sometimes have to pause and read the Journal to see the dam... : Eric2025
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            you have to fill your dead eye guage with head shots, disarms and kills. Then on the PS3 hold L2 to AIM t... : massdev
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              That sounds awesome, I could have used that during the bandit camp mission with the sheriff : MagicWishMonkey
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                that's about as far as i am. i keep trying to loot the dead guys instead of staying up with the npc's : xxiv
                • haha, me too. I swear one time I looted someone and it gave me -100 honor or something, I don't know ... : MagicWishMonkey
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              Even at lvl 3 I still just hit R2 to fire off a shot without painting the target. : darcspeed
              • You can do that but you will get situations where you need to hit many targets at once without letting an... : massdev
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              how do you know what level its at? in SP all Ive ever been able to do is slow down time and take individu... : maulla
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                It will unlock and give you a flash title on screen and these are scripted events so you can't really mis... : massdev
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                  ah ok, I thought I should be looking at something on the meter itself : maulla
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                    Prepare to be disappointed when you get level 2. It's actually less useful than level 1. : Arcanum
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                      it sounds exactly like how dead eye is implemented in multiplayer. you can choose how many targets it pai... : maulla
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                        The issue with level 2 is that is automatically paints markers on any valid target your crosshairs touch.... : Arcanum
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                          I haven't run into that problem. Also you can cancel the dead eye by pressing the stick again so if you p... : sigpro
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                            or letting go of the left trigger : maulla
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                              doing that at level 2 will fire shots I think if you have anything marked. : sigpro
                              • It seems to like sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. : Arcanum
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        Set up a tent and get a fire going, sit there for a few days and watch him die of dehydration all while b... : _jon
        • ermm.... "butt chugging"? : ezkilla2
    • I carried one of my victims like that to the approaching train. The resulting collision was a blast. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Think of it this way, if a cop shot a guy assaulting a woman, it would be ok. If a cop cuffed the guy and... : uncle slappy
  • i shot the guy didnt get any penality : Frush81
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    I will see people running along being shot after while I'm riding down the trail and I always seem to end... : boarder2
    • I'm too righteous to simply let that sort of shit fly I figure half the time I'm doing good and the ot... : boring gegtik
    • this happened to me last night. I was riding along and heard gunfire, then a message popped up saying "sa... : zerog83
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      Haha yeah I think I ended up shooting a Sheriff who was chasing 2 bad guys. I shot all 3 because I couldn... : hoov1185
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        In those events the guy running away from the other two is always the bad guy. As far as I can tell, any... : Arcanum
        • yeah i learned to stay out of other people business unless i'm sure. : xxiv
    • I always just look to see who is wearing a badge. : unjustend
    • The lawmen have shiny badges that glimmer on their chests. I noticed in one encounter where they weren't ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Pretty sure you're supposed to knock the guy out, hogtie the girl and take her upstairs for maximum honor : twifosp
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    Haha, and what everyone said above is the case, once you save her the deed is done. Also, it reminds m... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Western Justice! : sogelegos
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  I just started yesterday, where the hell are the rabbits!! : Frush81
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    They are small and black. They tend to run out from brush when you are riding through it. : silent prophet
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      im colorblind.. cant see the little bastards : Frush81
      • Aww, that sucks. They are really hard to see under normal conditions too. You basically have to go lookin... : silent prophet
      • uhh they're black lmao : boring gegtik
  • just ride along the trails for a bit and they'll pop up. : Sailor of Fortune
  • They tend to hang out in the outskirts of towns. : chrisschutz
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  Does anyone really understand how dueling works? : Arcanum
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    Pull LT, dead aim should automatically start, use the right stick to dot your opponant and click the RT S... : warcrow
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      I could've sworn I tried that and it didn't work. : Arcanum
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        Wait till it says "Draw" then hold l2 which will charge your guage, move the right stick to aim the targe... : massdev
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          What does the gauge actually freaking mean? : Arcanum
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            Basically the gauge is a measure of who is winning. By assigning multiple targets you fill the gauge but ... : massdev
            • Huh, ok, thanks. : Arcanum
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  I haven't been able to play much but I did for a little bit yesterday. I got into the poker game and I lo... : NukemFornever
  • ...he shot himself? awesome. : dedgecko
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  btw am I suppose to do something if I see a bunch of guy running in town with a guy (bare with me im fre... : Frush81
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    who knows. I got shot at by some outlaws storming through armadillo, and when i shot one of them back I g... : maulla
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      It's depressingly easy to get the law after you accidentally. If you so much as point your weapon (even ... : Arcanum
      • If you are running to fast in town and bump into someone you get someone shooting at you, you shoot back ... : trove
  • I wouldn't. You got your own problems without worrying about others. :) : silent prophet
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    kill them all (dead eye helps immensely) : darcspeed
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      how do you use dead eye? it's the red bar on the left of the map I assume? : NukemFornever
      • yep : xxiv
      • oh ps3 you press R3 (the right analog button) : Frush81
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        too bad we cant use it when ridding horses : Frush81
        • You can...? : Arcanum
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          ? you can use dead eye while on a horse : maulla
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            ya? when I press R3 while ridding it looks behind me : Frush81
            • nm i have to press r1 + r3 : Frush81
            • you have to be aiming your weapon to be able to use the ability : maulla
        • One of my patent pending ultra cowboy moves is from horseback with hostage situations is ride hard at the... : massdev
    • Yea I killed all 4 of the bandits with dead aim. : warcrow
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      Ah, so the riders are BAD guys and not a sherrif's posse lynching a bad guy. I'll keep this in mind. ... : Lucien Irenicus
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        Yea it can be tough to determine sometimes. What I find myself doing in these kinds of situations (like ... : warcrow
        • excellent idea, thanks! : Lucien Irenicus
        • very nice... : at0micgarden
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          I just wish your little white dot when targetting changed color based on who you're aiming at. Blue would... : Entity
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            It does for me. I've noticed when on a mission and you accidentally target one of the NPC's it will turn... : atom519
            • Yea it's only on missions and it will block you from firing at friendlies. I'm glad it doesn't block you ... : chowderman2000
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        I fired 4 shots into the air wildly and then shot a horse for this event. :/ : quartic0
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          Jumpy aint'cha. *tap tap* OSHI *BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM!* : Lucien Irenicus
          • Haha, yeah. I'm even worse in games with 'scary' moments. : quartic0
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  What the hell is up with Marston in the intro sequence? Oh hey, there are three guys with rifles trained : silent prophet
  • I'm pretty sure this was intentional on his part. : deadhorse
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  You can go to Mexico? I shouldn't have read that spoiler.. : Flinz
  • yes : smax
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    It's essentially in the trailers and it's on both maps. :) I tagged it just to be safe. BTW did you also : warcrow
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      Yeah, that is only slightly more of a spoiler than "Tony Stark is Iron Man". : Arcanum
      • WHOA WHOA WHOA : Ebu
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      so does that mean that the actual map expands and the game world gets much larger? or is it just a small : maulla
      • I'm pretty sure the in-game map shows the tex-mex border that you cross into Mexico and the territory sou... : at0micgarden
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    It's not a spoiler if you have watched any media for this game at all. I don't know why everyone is treat... : gooblerampling
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      Maybe people were expecting Canada : Sailor of Fortune
      • I wanted RDR in Antarctica. : Scotty22
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  Great games last night fellas. OMGPOSTALCOW and I kill 2 other dudes off a 2-man wagon then went riding a... : zuff
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    zuff, I'm sorry I didn't accept your invite last night, I was just about to head to bed =( : Clasifyd
    • I'll never forgive you! >:( : zuff
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  Is there any way to see what breed of horse you're currently riding? When you break a new horse, do you k... : rudds
  • This I would like to know as well! : zuff
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    Where do you get saddle for a new horse that you break? : Skoal^Fyfan
    • Hitch it outside one of your home locations, then sleep/save. : Arcanum
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      Just hich it up, go play some poker & come back in a few and she'll be ready to roll. :) : warcrow
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        do saddles matter? : at0micgarden
        • Ever riden a horse bareback? :O : warcrow
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    Good question. I'm currently trying to figure this out too. I purchased a new horse & I have no idea wher... : warcrow
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      press select or start, scroll to consumables, highlight the dead and use it, then up on the d pad to whis... : massdev
      • Ooooooh! : warcrow
      • FYI this ALSO works if some lying, thieving cunt of a whore bitch steals your horse and rides over a hill... : Lucien Irenicus
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    Here's some horse info. You should learn the descriptions of the various horses from the general store. T... : massdev
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      If you see a random horse out grazing how can you tell if it's good or not? : MagicWishMonkey
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        There is 3 ratings; 1 star slow low stamina fugly looking (skinny, bony, diseased), 2 star normal speed a : massdev
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          I did the herd the horses to the canyon, then chase down the gold looking horse and break it... is that t : MagicWishMonkey
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            The stars are visible on the horse deeds in the general stores. : ZTac
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              How can I look at a physical horse and tell what it is? : MagicWishMonkey
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                There is currently no visual reference of what the horse is other than the general store deed description... : massdev
                • All the horses look the same to me :( Shit. : MagicWishMonkey
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                  Some of the horses look skinny. You can see their ribs. Especially when you get to MEXICO you see a lot... : twifosp
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                    Well, I would like to be able to see if a horse is worthwhile or not before going through the effort of b... : MagicWishMonkey
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                      Aside from the ones where you can see their ribs, and the Kentucky Saddler, I'm pretty sure they're all i... : Arcanum
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                        So, assuming I already have the Kentucky Saddler, it wouldn't be worth my time to check out a different h... : MagicWishMonkey
                        • That is my understanding. I think 3 star is the max and there are no attributes outside of stanima, spee... : twifosp
                        • That's my thought, unless there are other 3-star horses out there that I'm unaware of. Even then, they... : Arcanum
                    • As far as I know, the 3 star horses all have the same color shade and features. So you kind of have to m... : twifosp
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                      Basically the three 3 star horses are gold and pearl, Kentucky Saddler. Hungarian which is white with a b... : massdev
                      • Are all the 3 star horses pretty much the same? : MagicWishMonkey
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                        ^^^^^ read this people. : ArtilleryMarker
                        • But sadly, having glanced at the game guide, I know those three are the best (aside from the warhorse). : ArtilleryMarker
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                      There are only three fast horses, the golden horse from bonnie, the white one found in mexico and the bla... : klearlyunseen
                      • Also, the war horse is equal to those three : chrisschutz
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                    Here comes the ban hammer! : massdev
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                      I don't understand why that is considered a spoiler... has there ever been a western that *didn't* involv : MagicWishMonkey
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                        It is pretty much the dumbest spoiler ever. It's like telling someone that the core blows up in Half-lif... : twifosp
                        • no its like saying how you go to Xen and fight other worldly beings in HL : dantastic
                      • I am not a mod, my insight ends here. : massdev
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                      Not a spoiler at all, it's in every trailer and it shows it on the map that comes with the game and the i... : at0micgarden
                      • not everyone watches trailers!! omg my game is ruined :( : unjustend
        • I rode that fucker off a cliff, I was so bummed :( : timaste
        • Is it the horse you get from her dad? (Mine is blonde). : eonix
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      Do they gather in the corral over at MacFarlanes when you get the deed? I mean that's the only thing that... : warcrow
      • Not that I know of. Most of the time the horse when not in use will be hitched in the nearest location. I... : massdev
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      Knowing that the horse deed has unlimited uses is nice to know! I haven't had occasion to use one yet (I... : ZTac
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        I didn't know until I killed my horse jumping off rio bravo by mistake. it was a 1500 dollar fuck up whic... : massdev
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          So you can own more than one horse and spawn them at will from your inventory? : Sailor of Fortune
          • Yep. : chrisschutz
        • Not true. If you click the deed an whistle the new one comes right away : chrisschutz
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    I'd love to know this, I'd invest some time in wrangling horses if it meant I could rope and tame my own ... : Lucien Irenicus
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      I really need to get this lasso. : unjustend
      • Bonny missions, do them. : ArtilleryMarker
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  Stayed up way too late playing this last night. Really, really enjoying it still. So glad Rockstar ... : atom519
  • The snipers rifle has unsurpassed range, but everything is manual, and down the scope it has very limited... : massdev
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    Great for bounty hunting! Sit up on a ridge, take out posse, shoot bounty in the leg and work your way up... : zuff
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      Cool! I won some good money playing blackjack, and was thinking about spending it on a new rifle with sc... : atom519
      • I have 'headshot syndrome' also. I played fallout 3 for 3-4 months before I realized there were death ani... : quartic0
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    Here's an example of what the sniper rifle can accomplish in capable hands. http://i85.photobucket.com... : sogelegos
    • Ah-hahaha. That's awesome. : ZTac
• I can't get the hang of dueling to save my life :( also why does everyone hate the jews in this game? You... : Silent Wolf
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  There are Mexicans in this game? Fuck that. Back to Forza. : Lunatic Angelic
  • ^^ this : Ulfie
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    Yes, but no JEWS. : Lucien Irenicus
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      I've heard a few jew jokes playing hold em : sludge vohaul
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        One of the shopkeeps will assure you that he carries no Jewish goods in his store. : sogelegos
        • cock suckers : dedgecko
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  In your face dedgecko: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63918 : zuff
  • It's all in good fun :P : zuff
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    glad to see that they are addressing this stuff quickly : maulla
    • Last night everything seemed to be getting better server-side. I hope it's flawless now with no more drop... : zuff
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    DIAF fanboi : dedgecko
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      :( : zuff
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        In a much more constructive tone. I find it interesting that an update was pushed through the consoles... : dedgecko
        • That's a good point. : Nitrium
• mother fu puma!! : Frush81
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  Last night during a thunderstorm I lost big at Poker in Armadillo in the dim, dusty old room in the back ... : at0micgarden
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    Haha nice. I did something pretty similar involving hogtieing a lawman and throwing him on the tracks. ... : atom519
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      I wish you could drive the trains! : at0micgarden
      • that's a goddamn tragedy. : dedgecko
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        Yeah, I was surprised that I wasn't able to drive the train or get any money out of it. Although, I gues... : atom519
        • It's pretty surprising that they wouldn't have made it a bigger focal to the game. It would be nice if y... : dedgecko
  • EXCELLENT story! One of the best I've read so far. :) : zuff
  • great story sir hope ill meet you in a camp somewhere : Frush81
  • I wish there was more than one train! It takes forever to get to it! : hussdelrio
• The ultimate irony is I still haven't had a chance to really play at home by myself yet. So fucking busy ... : bozer
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  warcrow its not a spoiler : oHnOES
  • i assume its the spoiler you laid out yesterday... tsk tsk : dantastic
  • I'm being safe. ;( : warcrow
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  Do the poker players cheat? I know you can cheat if you unlock a certain outfit or whatever, but does an... : twifosp
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    I don't think so. You can beat up the AI pretty bad if you just bet aggressive. Keep quadrupling the bet ... : silent prophet
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      Yea I would regularly clean out the table in like 5 minutes in Armadillo. Then you get to mexico and all... : twifosp
      • hahaha thanks for the heads up. I will keep my gun ready for any miraculous winning streaks. :) : silent prophet
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        I got pwned in Liars Dice last night when it was just me and one other NPC. He had all five dice left an... : riptyde
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          I really don't get that game. : trove
          • It took me a while to figure it out. Same with horseshoes, although I feel like I pwn at them now. What... : atom519
          • It took me a couple games to get the hand of it but it works like this: - Everyone gets 5 dice to star... : snot3353
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            It's pretty simple. You are basically calling how many of a certain die are on the table (including your... : riptyde
            • I didn't realize that about the AI. Maybe I'll try it some more. : trove
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          I've noticed the AI will call some BS out their ass on their first bet in liars dice even without looking... : sigpro
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            If you go with simple probability you'll generally win most of the time. For example if I have two 6s an... : riptyde
            • yeah it wasn't too hard to win the one game of it I've played since I have played in before at a friend's... : sigpro
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        Well the question is, did he have all the money he won on his body after you shot him dead? : snot3353
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          You just loot it right? I don't remember if I got it all back or not. Why would that matter though? : twifosp
          • Because why bother shooting a guy for cheating if you can't loot all the money he won off his corpse? Tha... : snot3353
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    In Armadillo, I found a room next door that allowed me to cheat at poker? How the fuck is that possible?... : jingletard
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      i just wear the outfit that lets me cheat at poker. Cheating is quite handy :) : -=kodiak=-
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        Yeah, but why did a room trigger the cheating thing? Is there some way to cheat by peeking through a hol... : jingletard
        • i dont know anything about that room :| : -=kodiak=-
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    I had like $800 from bankrupting two players, but when I stood up, I only had like $150. Not sure what wa... : zohar79
    • Keep in mind that the pot size is not how much profit you made. Example: If the NPC bets $7 and you rai... : riptyde
    • Perhaps you confused cash with chips? That mechanic confuses me. : at0micgarden
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      The amount of chips is not the same as the amount of money you're playing for. At Armadillo poker it a... : silent prophet
      • Ahh, okay that's it. : zohar79
• note to selft: dont go afk when your horse is standing on the railroad,.. might have a surprise when you ... : Frush81
• Last night my posse and I were have a shootout with the law in the Armadilo saloon. I escaped by jumping ... : saunders45
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  which player model are you in multiplayer? I'm the fat mexican with a sombrero riding a donkey : wtf242
  • the second or third lawman, not sure. He's got a blue coat and blonde hair. : zuff
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    same, that donkey fucking sucks : vov1n
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      yeah really.. he can't even jump over fences : wtf242
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        you know you can steal real horses... : at0micgarden
        • i played for 5 minutes and got killed about 100 times by a bunch of dudes who sounded like they were 8 ye... : wtf242
  • I'm the fat mexican too. Except i'm riding what looks like a Zombie Horse. : DrZettl
  • I use the last mexican dude. The fat guy doesnt hide very well, and I like the last guys black sombrero. : Tommy Toolbag
  • The second cattle wrangler. He's got chaps!!! : saunders45
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  Still regretting having purchased it, though I have played it now. : Ebu
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    did you get GTA IV? Why did you purchase RDR? : dedgecko
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      Hype machine :( : Ebu
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        Well sell it ASAP to recover your losses. I'll take it from you for $7.50 : dedgecko
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          Yeah, I'd buy it off you if the price is right. My brother needs a copy. : atom519
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            the question is though... 360 / PS3? And did he use his codes yet? --because you're sitting on a gold : dedgecko
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              PS3, only code I got was the golden guns thing from Amazon; they finally decided to email it to me yester... : Ebu
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                ah, shucks - nevermind then. : atom519
                • that's what I thought... no PS3, yet. : dedgecko
      • i felt the same way and i've never had any interest in GTA games outside of getting in a car and causing ... : valael
  • Sucks to be you. : twifosp
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    why did you open it if it already regretted buying it : oHnOES
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      Because I figured there was a chance I'd be wrong. I don't dislike the game, but it's just flawed eno... : Ebu
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        How many hours have you put into it? It starts slow, and doesn't start distancing itself from GTAIV unti... : atom519
        • I've got close to 10 hours in? Something like that. It's not the story that I have an issue with, the sto... : Ebu
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    woe is me. at least explain why. : atom519
    • Why? I'll get the same exact "You are wrong" response either way. Once the hype train gets momentum, you ... : Ebu
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    update: first lick of ice cream - it was too cold, regretting purchase. : azenmaster
    • I consider two evenings worth of playtime sufficient to develop an opinion, thank you very much Asian Mas... : Ebu
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    what dont you like about (still sitting on fence) : cptstern
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      Other people like it. : twifosp
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        Shut up : Ebu
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          What games do you like, out of curiosity? : twifosp
          • Ghostbusters on the NES Superman on the NES Superman 64 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing : guido anchovy
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            You got me. I don't like any games at all. I'm a character account for Lieberman trying to destroy the ga... : Ebu
            • I knew it! Bringing it down from the inside. : guido anchovy
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      Firstly, I'm not a fan of the western setting; I don't dislike them, but I don't watch westerns or really... : Ebu
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        You're not a fan of the western setting? You don't enjoy the setting and don't watch much westerns? You... : tarsius
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23006304 : Ebu
          • That didn't answer my question. The western setting did not appeal to you at all.. yet you bought the gam... : tarsius
      • You can change the way the horse controls in settings. I changes it to camera oriented and the horse hand... : Sailor of Fortune
      • I bought Need for Speed once but returned it because it was a racing game. : eonix
  • You continue to be the anti-me in videogames. :( I could almost go by whatever game you hate I would love... : kelerian
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    Why did you regret it prior to playing it? : riptyde
    • Western GTA. The setting doesn't appeal to me at all. I didn't even know it was a Rockstar game when I or... : Ebu
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    I'm not regretting the purchase, but I dont think it deserves a lot of the praise its received. its a relatively fun game, but there are a lot of flaws

    May 21, 2010 9:32am PDT
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    I'm not regretting the purchase, but I dont think it deserves a lot of the praise its received. its a rel... : maulla
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      This is what I'm saying. I mainly regret it because I paid $60 for it, and it's not a setting that I ... : Ebu
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        You are one of the most illogical consumers I have ever seen. If the $60 is such a sticking point, I wou... : MaxPete82
        • Who was that shacker who bought a 360, sold it and bought a PS3, then sold that and bought another 360? : riptyde
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        well, if that is your reasoning then its your own fault and not the games. why would you even consider bu... : maulla
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          No kidding, the flaws of GTA IV (console) are the reasons why I didn't get RDR (console), and also why I' : dedgecko
          • He's gonna have to start stealing baby food from the supermarket or have his mom die because he has no mo... : Sailor of Fortune
        • I didn't say it was the games fault... : Ebu
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        You should have watched the video review of it on Gametrailers. It would have showed you what to expect s... : Sailor of Fortune
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          Yea, I avoided it because I'm used to game reviews being HUGE spoilers, much like movie trailers. Oh well... : Ebu
          • GT does a great job of never spoiling anything in their reviews. You might see some stuff showing off gam... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Has anyone tried to lasso a mountain lion and bring it into town? : twifosp
  • I've tried with bucks. Once I get off the horse, the buck yanks and pulls me to the ground and breaks fre... : Tommy Toolbag
  • I lasso'd a deer and it put me on my face. : kelerian
  • yeah that's what I want to do, tether the extremely deadly fanged killing machine to the back of my horse... : darcspeed
  • lol that can't possibly end well : riptyde
  • it would be badass if you could tame it : feek
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  Has anyone found a way to sell the horses you tame in the wild? : at0micgarden
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    I haven't, and I'm starting to wonder if you can at all. Given that the fine for horse thievery is only ... : riptyde
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      It's one thing I do wish the game had: The ability to purchase a stable so you can collect and buy/sell h... : riptyde
      • I wanted to have the ability it buy up towns ad become the industrialist or something. Put the law in my ... : Sailor of Fortune
• FREE ROAM UNLOCK LIST: http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/Multiplayer : saunders45
• Hey someone add xbox live: Tomb of Soldier for when Amazon finally fucking gets it to me next week! : locater16
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  i get distracted so easily in this game. i'll set a waypoint, head out, and on the way to my mission i'll... : [fry]
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    Yeah I try to avoid fast-travel entirely because there are just so many things to see and shoot at. I'm ... : riptyde
    • Same. Except I actually have a blast doing these things as opposed to having them feel like a chore. : atom519
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  Protip: switching from Horse-centric to Camera-centric controls in the options makes riding 10x more enjo... : silent prophet
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    I need to remember to try this. : atom519
    • At first I was like "wait, the horse is just going to always move in the direction the camera is facing? ... : silent prophet
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    I tried it out for a while and didn't notice much difference. It basically makes it so the horse turns t... : MaxPete82
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      Yes. I noticed it made turning and complicated maneuvers a lot easier though. Part of that may be because... : silent prophet
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        I need to give it a little more time, it sounds like it could be more natural. : MaxPete82
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          Definitely try it out. For the first minute or so, I was like "ehhh", but after 10 minutes, I realized I ... : silent prophet
          • The problem I had with the default was the horse would tend to turn the opposite direction to get to wher... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Can you explain exactly what this does? I see this thread posted everyday but I've yet to find the defaul... : zuff
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      Basically instead of trying to turn the horse with your left stick to get it to point in the direction yo... : silent prophet
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        So it turns it into standard 3rd person shooter controls. That's a very good thing. : kingdepork
        • yes, exactly. Feels like the driving controls for tons of other games now. : silent prophet
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        wouldn't that cause problems if you are being pursued by bandits and you want your horse to keep charging... : riptyde
        • All you have to do is rotate the left stick in the opposite way the camera is moving to keep riding in th... : silent prophet
    • And I'm not sure if I'll like this since a lot of the time when I'm riding around I like to rotate the ca... : at0micgarden
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    aka halo warthog mode? : jake
    • Kinda... except the warthog ties acceleration to the directional analog stick too, doesn't it? That makes... : silent prophet
  • YES. I recommeded this last night and it makes the horse behave more like the Warthog. Great for shooting... : Sailor of Fortune
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    how the hell do you STOP the horse? i end up running people over and going about 600 more feet from where... : Ulfie
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      hold down the right shoulder button. : stump
      • ^^^^^ : silent prophet
      • *sigh* i was doing everything BUT that! thanks. : Ulfie
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  RDR would be damn near perfect if it had a loot system and your decisions could impact the game. The pro... : jake
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    I would love the same things, but you know what's interesting? For all the discussion and marketing of th... : silent prophet
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      RPG really is a misnomer at this point. You guys are asking for more carrots on more sticks. Loot systems... : Toth21
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        I wouldn't mind seeing a more robust character progression system with the ability to specialize in skill : silent prophet
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          Hmm thats the sort of RPG I can get behind. Yeah that would be awesome, but I'm really not expecting that... : Toth21
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            Didn't San Andreas have a ton of stats to worry about? : Vincent Grayson
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              It did, although it was handled pretty well I think. Ride a bike enough and your bike skill improves so ... : riptyde
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                I loved crackdown's method for leveling up, I think it's nearly perfect for sandbox games. Prototype had... : dedgecko
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                  The agility orbs was very well implemented in Crackdown. Want to get an agility orb? Gotta use the newf... : riptyde
                  • Yeah. The only change I would've made is to make it more incremental. Like, let each orb increase your ju... : Vincent Grayson
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  How do I give someone a ride when they ask? : Bamtan
  • not much action is required on your part for that event. : darcspeed
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  So one of the bonuses to pre-ordering RDR was getting a $20 gift card from Amazon, right? Where do I fin... : Zollington
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    it gets automatically applied to your order the next time you buy a video game there : wtf242
    • It didn't, though... : Zollington
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      No it doesn't. It's a gift card. : pancake humper
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        So, are they going to be mailing that to me, or will I get an email eventually? : Zollington
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          You will be getting an email notifying you that it has been credited to your account. It takes a week or... : MaxPete82
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            Ah okay cool. : Zollington
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              Don't worry, you're not the only one who hasn't gotten their $20 GC from Amazon yet. : hussdelrio
              • I was just kind of worried because on other stuff I've gotten the credit as soon as I made the pre-order.... : Zollington
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  I just beat the game and it was awesome all the way through. My biggest gripe is that there are quite a ... : swimteampie
  • I'm still early in the game and I just keep wishing for more gunfights in unique locations. Shooting peop... : Vincent Grayson
• Fucking shackhype. For once it's correct. TBH I'm having more fun with RDR than I did with GTA4. : Fyunch Click
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  What aiming system is everyone using? I defaulted to expert. : brickmatt
  • It was set to normal by default for me, and I think it works fine for me. : MaxPete82
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    i set mine to casual because i am a pussy : oHnOES
    • I had problems with casual aming, it seems to stick like glue to center mass of your target. So once they... : swimteampie