Malf on 31/10/2018 at 08:12
Okay, I'm still working this out myself, but as far as I can tell, you only have to kill the legendary animal once. Indeed, I don't think you can kill it again.
Once you've sold its skin to the trapper, that unlocks the ability for him to craft stuff that requires that pelt.
I think the number of skins he requires in the ingredients list is the total number you've handed in throughout your dealings with him. So if an item says it requires 1 legendary bear skin, and you've already bought another item that required a legendary bear skin, you don't need another legendary bear skin.
LEGENDARY BEAR SKIN.
Of course, this supposition may be complete hogwash and poppycock.
I lost the legendary ghost bison skin last night. The game flashed up some message that stayed on screen for far too short a time to read saying something about going to the trapper, so I'm hoping that's a way to respawn the animal.
I lost it, because after I killed it I noticed a beautiful white horse prancing about in the snow behind the corpse. It turned out to be an Arabian and the best, most well-rounded horse I've seen so far. But it was incredibly skittish, and in my attempts to sooth and break it, I ran afoul of a wolf pack :(
Thirith on 31/10/2018 at 08:38
Thanks, Malf. It'd definitely make sense for it to work that way.
scumble on 1/11/2018 at 09:29
It's consistent with you donating stuff to Pearson to unlock satchel upgrades etc.
Thirith on 1/11/2018 at 09:47
Cheers, that's definitely good to know. I should soon come into a nice sum of money thanks to that gold bar that's burning a hole into my satchel, so I foresee a couple of upgrades in the not-too-distant future.
Those of you playing on PS4 have probably already heard about this, but apparently the HDR implementation in the game is borked. I didn't notice anything myself, but once I'd switched off HDR it was clear that the colours had been a bit muted beforehand. If you've got an HDR display, it may still make sense to deactivate HDR to see how it looks and decide which you prefer.
Also, I've checked out the smartphone/tablet companion app and really like it. IMO it's easier to read the journal at leisure on the app than on a TV screen, and it's also easier to check out the map, set waypoints and the like. The app isn't essential, but it is well worth installing and checking out. (There's some more info here: (
https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/30/18042216/red-dead-redemption-2-companion-app-features))
scumble on 3/11/2018 at 10:04
Thanks for the app tip Thirith. I don't have any HDR options apparently, but that might be because the TV doesn't support it.
Has anyone encountered the crazy men north of Annesburg? They took me by surprise and I didn't realise they could stab you to death instantly.
I've noticed the app may be a bit power hungry as my phone has become very warm very fast...
Malf on 3/11/2018 at 13:21
Don't think I've encountered those particular ones scumble, but I have encountered plenty of crazies. Mostly in the swamp. Instakill stabs are really bloody annoying, especially in a game with no quicksave.
I've just realised I'm probably playing this at a ridiculously slow pace as far as the story's concerned. I've only just got around to unlocking the fishing rod. Just having too much fun exploring and playing with the systems.
A couple of side-quests have really hit me hard too, especially one of the home robberies, Crawfish Jackson. Just... damn.
Wish I could go back and try to use non-lethal methods :(
henke on 3/11/2018 at 13:36
I think we're playing at the same exact pace Malf, I also just got the fishing rod, and by an amazing coincidence a while later killed Crawfish Jackson and felt terrible about it. I am a bad man. Btw the mission with John just after the fishing one has a really nice The Assassination of Jesse James homage. The main cutscene is almost a shot-for-shot recreation of a scene from the movie. I figure Thirith will appreciate that. :)
After a week of playing I'm at around 31% total completion, and 21% story completion. This sure is a big game.
Here's a hot tip for y'all: if you spot some bloodstains next to the road, follow the trail of blood if you wanna see some fucked up shit. :eww:
RE: HDR option, I don't have it either. I guess it's just in the PS4 Pro version.
henke on 3/11/2018 at 15:24
Let me whine about the story missions and how I wish this was more of an immersive sim
I'm not crazy about the story missions. I'm kinda split on them. Early on in the game when I noticed how deep a lot of the systems were and how viable it was to play in first person I started thinking "oh my god is this a proper COWBOY IMM SIM now?", but that illusion vanishes when you start a story mission. If it were an immersive sim I feel like the game would just give you an objective and then leave it up to you to use the systems of the game to complete it any way you wish, but nope, rather missions play out in a rigidly scripted fashion. It's all "go here, do this thing. go to this second place, do another thing. go to a third place, do a third thing. ok, mission done." I'm not saying these set-piece heavy affairs are bad. They're not, in fact they're varied and often very entertaining, but I still mourn for the cowboy imm sim this could've been.
Even worse, the game often strips out systems during story missions. I've found myself unable to whistle for my horse, lead my horse, or even holster my gun at certain points because that's not what the game wanted me to do at that specific moment. In the video on the last page Jim Sterling laments that it's a good game that occasionally gets interrupted by an overly cumbersome cowboy sim, but I'd say it's the other way around. It's a great cowboy sim that frequently gets interrupted by a game.
Sulphur on 3/11/2018 at 16:21
That seems par for the course, really. All the GTAs work like that too, and Rockstar's not been one to really mess around with its gameplay design, stiff and unyielding as it's always been. Frankly, GTA 5 was the first time in a GTA game I felt like the on-foot moving and shooting was about adequate in that it wasn't a fucking hot mess (though that UI and all of GTA online still is), so change on any fundamental gameplay front is slower than glacial. Maybe RDR 5 (eta: 2039) will have that fully emergent open-ended mission system, eh?
SirLord Best on 3/11/2018 at 18:25
Major RDR2 DOH!! Moment part #41
As I was galloping around the wilderness (minus my hat) I came across a woman in distress, so I got in closer and she was under a dead horse, so being the gentleman I am, I lifted the horse so she could get up, we chatted and she asked for a lift to Emerald Ranch where tragedy struck, I accidentally pulled the right trigger and blew her brains out with my shotgun ��
Of course I looted her body and escaped before the law cought up with me.
True Story!