Red Dead Redemption 2

Tek81 · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:43

The temptation to buy this is increasing on a daily basis. Gotta stick to my sub £40 rule though. Hopefully it will drop in price a little after its been out a few days...

robfosters · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:43

tek81 said:
The temptation to buy this is increasing on a daily basis. Gotta stick to my sub £40 rule though. Hopefully it will drop in price a little after its been out a few days...

Just make sure the next game you buy is £25.

Tombstone · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:46

tek81 said:
The temptation to buy this is increasing on a daily basis. Gotta stick to my sub £40 rule though. Hopefully it will drop in price a little after its been out a few days...

I get the feeling that if this is in anyway a success on PC at all (which my bones tell me it will be), it could be a while before the price drops substantially.

However, just to tempt you more...it can be had for like £42, which is only £3 more than your sub £40. Which is literally not even the price of 1 decent burger. Are you truly going to let 1 decent burger stop you from having dozens and dozens of hours of terrific gaming entertainment

willhub · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:47

Is no one else concerned by reports you need a 2080Ti and even then might need to look at MEDIUM settings at 4k!!!!!!!!!!!

Yaayuh! · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:47

Can't see a standard edition of the game, am I blind?

Tombstone · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:50

willhub said:
Is no one else concerned by reports you need a 2080Ti and even then might need to look at MEDIUM settings at 4k!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope because I play in 1080 so doesnt bother me at all

robfosters · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:50

willhub said:
Is no one else concerned by reports you need a 2080Ti and even then might need to look at MEDIUM settings at 4k!!!!!!!!!!!

No. There’s a reason the 2080Ti is marketed as a 4K card.

I just play at 2K with max settings. You can barely notice the difference anyway.

Tombstone · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:50

Rossi~ said:
Can't see a standard edition of the game, am I blind?

Is that on Rockstar? If you buy from Rockstar they upgrade you to the Special edition for free

Amnesia · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:52

Rossi~ said:
Can't see a standard edition of the game, am I blind?

Rockstar automatically upgrade you to the special edition so the standard edition isnt selectable.

Yaayuh! · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:52

Tombstone said:
Is that on Rockstar? If you buy from Rockstar they upgrade you to the Special edition for free

I see. I suppose that's one way of looking at it.

I'll wait for a bit.

Amnesia · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:53

Tombstone said:
BTW, did they change that? When I got it from Rockstar I got 2 free rockstar games but I see a lot of people saying that its only one now?

Yup only one now.
I think once its launched you dont get any free games.

Paul_cz · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:56

olliej82 said:
Really gutted to see the 2080ti can't run the game maxed at 4k and hit 60fps. This must be poorly optimised if it can run at 4k 30 on the xbox one x.

Xbone X has 6TFLOPS GPU, 2080Ti has 13TFLOPS. Game runs at medium/high mix on Xbone X. So it makes sense that 2080Ti does the same level of detail at twice the framerate.

Rock_n_Roll said:
So a 2080 Ti can't even run the game 60fps at maxed settings. For the price of that GPU i would be expecting 120/144fps.

Spending over 300 GBP on a GPU is a mugs game. 2080 Ti owners must feel like a bunch of buffoons.

Not at all. I do not need 4K, I am perfectly happy with 2880x1620 at 60fps. You are expecting impossible things, no wonder you are disappointed.

willhub said:
Is no one else concerned by reports you need a 2080Ti and even then might need to look at MEDIUM settings at 4k!!!!!!!!!!!

Mix of medium and high, and for 60fps. Based on ingame benchmark which might or might not be representative of the game itself.

robfosters · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:57

The free games are very meh anyway.

Tombstone · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:58

Rossi~ said:
I see. I suppose that's one way of looking at it.

I'll wait for a bit.

Well the retail price for the standard edition is 54.99, which is what rockstar has the special edition priced at, so the one way is the right way

Could be that after release they will list the standard edition again (but will still be at 54.99 so all thats happened is losing out on the free upgrade), for anything cheaper than the retail price of 54.99 you'd have to use a 3rd party site.

willhub · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:59

robfosters said:
No. There’s a reason the 2080Ti is marketed as a 4K card.

I just play at 2K with max settings. You can barely notice the difference anyway.

A 2070S or 2080 should be capable based one X perf, sloppy port.

Witcher1980 · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:59

One hour left, it has been a long morning. Should have popped to work to pass time.

andicole0 · 5 Nov 2019 at 11:59

Games always drive ahead of technology I would expect every game to stress every available system.
Andi.

breathe3asy · 5 Nov 2019 at 12:00

I just had a Rockstar Launcher Update come through and my RDR2 Icon my desktop has disappeared

opethdisciple · 5 Nov 2019 at 12:02

ceaton88 said:
I just had a Rockstar Launcher Update come through and my RDR2 Icon my desktop has disappeared

They've decided to cancel the game for PC.

Yaayuh! · 5 Nov 2019 at 12:02

Tombstone said:
Well the retail price for the standard edition is 54.99, which is what rockstar has the special edition priced at, so the one way is the right way

Or they just playing the consumers by removing base option creating a "sale" of to make the hilarious price more appealing. "Ooo it's on sale", "bargain" etc etc.

You've also got to love the "Here, have some old games you're likely to already have or not want to play, some of them mediocre, for free!"

Tombstone · 5 Nov 2019 at 12:02

ceaton88 said:
I just had a Rockstar Launcher Update come through and my RDR2 Icon my desktop has disappeared

I had the launcher update too but my icon is still there, though it should be noted that I moved the icon from my desktop and into my games shortcuts folder.