Red Dead Redemption 2

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YxxanYxxan

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I guess Xbox X is the winner this time. How on Earth am I supposed to be able to wait for the PC version :/

TL;DR
Xbox One X native 4k, best performance > PS4 Pro, not native 4k > Xbox One/PS4 not so great
 
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Qhue

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Xboner (origninal or S) is 864p... what an idiotic resolution. I know they are trying to get it as high as possible, but that's a 2.5x downsample from native 4k requiring all sorts of interpolation on even the best display around.

Will be playing it on PS4 vanilla which I suppose makes me one of the commoners at this point.
 

Soygen

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I guess Xbox X is the winner this time. How on Earth am I supposed to be able to wait for the PC version :/

TL;DR
Xbox One X native 4k, best performance > PS4 Pro, not native 4k > Xbox One/PS4 not so great
Fuck it. I'm picking up the 1X version digital. Will maybe keep the PS4 one for multiplayer.
 
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Junun

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Going away with the girlfriend this weekend, will barely get to play! :( Least I took monday off to play all day!
 

Valderen

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This looks amazing, at this point my only real concern is about the need to drink, eat, bathe, shave, clean weapons, groom the horse etc. and how much of a chores will these activities be, or not be.
 
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spronk

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97 metascore with 72 reviews at Opencritic. 2018 GOTY.

absolutely insane. I was just curious and here are the top 10 PS4 games of all time with their current ratings

97 - GTA5
95 - TLOU
94 - God of War
94 - XCom 2 (????)
93 - Persona 5
93 - MGS 5
93 - Uncharted 4
92 - Journey
92 - Bloodborne
92 - Undertale
92 - Witcher 3
92 - Divinity II DE
91 - Shadow Colossus

I'm not sure Undertale, MGS 5, or Shadow of the Colossus belong on that 90+ list and I'm kinda shocked Spider-Man is only at a 87 but pretty amazing if RDR 2 floats to the top.

I'll be playing all day friday but gotta do family shit saturday :( I wonder when they are gonna release info about RDR Online, still nothing other than "sometime in November".
 

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I guess Xbox X is the winner this time. How on Earth am I supposed to be able to wait for the PC version :/

TL;DR
Xbox One X native 4k, best performance > PS4 Pro, not native 4k > Xbox One/PS4 not so great

Well fuck now I kinda wish I had just got the X....
 

Punko

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Can't really see the difference between the pro and one.

Around 13:04 the fog on xbox seems really excessive. Guess I'll turn dynamic weather off.
 

spronk

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people are streaming this on twitch/youtube now, i assume from physical copies so just be aware if you wanna avoid spoilers
 
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Intrinsic

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Is there a tweet or post somewhere about pickup at 9pm for Best Buy? Can just imagine the pimple faced goth telling me to get fucked tonight when I go in.
 
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spronk

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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/franch.../pcmcat1533312559846.c?id=pcmcat1533312559846
Walk out with Red Dead Redemption 2
at closing time the night before release date.
Be one of the first to take home this game for PS4 or Xbox One.

Go to any Best Buy store at 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 25 and grab your copy of this sequel.
Store events are subject to change without notice.


get there by 830-845pm (they close at 9pm) and they should make you get in a line at the web order pickup area
 
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Punko

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I'm going to visit my LGS tomorrow so they can tell me its sold out, after which I'll buy it online.

Anytime something new releases its sold out.
 

Bandwagon

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I'm working out of town until late Fri night, and again early next week. I planned this shit poorly!
 
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Intrinsic

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So in preparation for tonight did some tinkering on HDR and my existing PS4 and why I never thought it was working.

Turns out on the Yamaha receiver i had to go in to advanced setup (straight button + power) and change from 4k Mode 2 to 4k Mode 1. Then in the TV (Samsung 65KS8000) had to enable HDR color output on HDMI-4. Went back in the PS4 and now says HDR enabled.

Why this is not automatic is beyond me, but it appears to be happy now. The TV does a piss poor job of notifying you though. I don't think any of the built in apps pop up an HDR banner and you can only check by verifying your settings (light, contrast, etc) have been automatically kicked up.

*Edit: I take that back, the Amazon Video app does notify you. But PS4 and Netflix or YouTube do not.

This turned in to a TV / Receiver blog post and not RDR, heh.
 
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Diemess

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Digital copy playable in 9 more hrs! I haven't been this excited for a game in a longgggg time.

I'm also glad they didn't release RDR:Online at day 1 of release. I can enjoy the story without having the thought of "i'm missing out not playing online" feeling.
 
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Soygen

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So in preparation for tonight did some tinkering on HDR and my existing PS4 and why I never thought it was working.

Turns out on the Yamaha receiver i had to go in to advanced setup (straight button + power) and change from 4k Mode 2 to 4k Mode 1. Then in the TV (Samsung 65KS8000) had to enable HDR color output on HDMI-4. Went back in the PS4 and now says HDR enabled.

Why this is not automatic is beyond me, but it appears to be happy now. The TV does a piss poor job of notifying you though. I don't think any of the built in apps pop up an HDR banner and you can only check by verifying your settings (light, contrast, etc) have been automatically kicked up.

*Edit: I take that back, the Amazon Video app does notify you. But PS4 and Netflix or YouTube do not.

This turned in to a TV / Receiver blog post and not RDR, heh.
Yeah, I have to fuck around with my receiver/tv constantly to get them to both jive with HDR. It's annoying as fuck.