Reply To: Official Red Dead Redemption Thread

So a couple of impressions.
I’ve literally only clocked up 2 hours of gameplay so i’m right at the beginning really.

The missions you do around the ranch with Bonnie which are pretty much tutorial were boring as shit.

Graphics are decent i guess but obviously there is far better out there.

Biggest complaint so far are the controls. They are fucking horrible. Seriously.
First of all, going back to what i said earlier about the aim and fire buttons. Being mapped to the L2 and R2 triggers is just not cutting it for me. It feels stupid and unnatural for me and i keep fucking up coz am thinking i’m playing Battlefield and trying to aim and shoot with L1 and R1.

I don’t like the fact there is still a run button. For christ sake, let the analogue stick control all that. Push gently forward to walk, push all the way to run. All this hold A to run and tap A to sprint feels achaic.

I find it very annoying that you have to switch the over shoulder view to the left or right when you are aiming with the Dpad.
Again it feels stupid and unnatural, because it means if i am walking forward whilst aiming down the site i have to stop in my tracks because i have to take my thumb off the stick and mess with the Dpad. Usually you would click in the right stick to change, but can’t coz these dumb fucks have mapped the dead eye to that button.

They have mapped the cover button to R1. What the fuck dudes. These controls are all to cock.

Horses do not control welll.
The fact that you control their whole directional movement with just the left stick is wank. It’s just not good, especially when you are trying to shoot enemies and wildlife whilst riding. Movement is just not precise at all in these kind of situations.

All these issues i have could have been avoided if they had more than one controller setup. Whether it be different presets or just being able to map out my own buttons.

It’s a shame really because i know i would have been hooked on this game by now if it wasn’t for those things.

Anybody else having problems adjusting to the controls.

I have reached the town of armadillo and done a couple of missions there so the game is starting to pick up in that respect which is good.

I am not hating completely on this game, even though it probably sounds like i am. Like i say, the controls are my biggest issue and they could easily sort that shit out with a patch, which they won’t. Bastards!!!!!