Recent reviews by Dagrond

No technical issues as mentioned in other reviews / no Rockstar issues. Not playing online though. (win 10, i5 w/64mb cache, 16mb mem, nvidia 6xxx, 4TB 10k rpm drive.0

I really hate the crappy save system. You get NO CHOICE whatsoever.

Story is engaging, well voiced. Believable characters and characters they are!

I enjoy hobo hopping a train without paying and just flushing out the map.

Missions are fun enough, can be repeated with specific goal challenges if you like that.

Fashion is reasonable without buying anything. IRL.

Don't like the survival aspects that it has (weapon wear, hair gel wears out, hair growth so you actually have to go and get trimmed again) but I'll get over it. Just didn't expect to have to manage that. Don't care to manage that. Personal issue only. Plays accurate.

Some things don't work well. Like when I got a bounty on me of $15, I went to the Sherrif to get arrested and clear it up (later found there are better ways). But he didn't care. Then as I was leaving he got mad, yelled shot me. Cuz I had a bounty.
It just didn't gel.

Or when I had my horse at a hitching post and approached him in such a way that he got turned around but was still teathered and he got wild. Kicked me in the head and I flew across the street. Funny as F.

Never hit the windows key - lag gets HUGE and you'll have to restart.

But over all, seems things hold together with no real issues.

10 hrs - offline/story mode

THAT was fun.

I kept saying to myself "I remember that" as the story unfolded through the cinematics and cut scenes. Yet is was a fresh play of a new RPG. I enjoyed traversing through the story given and had no issue with figuring out UI elements. Questing was clear and easy to knock them out.

Things that I would address:
Combat pointing with the mouse was frustrating. I would rather have key bindings and just use the mouse to move.
Character customization (face/body) would be nice
Character view is static, I would like to be able to change the viewport to some distance back (scroll wheel maybe)
Climbing is clunky because you have to have the climb icon before you can use the ability. Need it more Lara Croft.
After I stole that one guys stuff from his cave and he wanted to fight me, I beat him down only to have him drink a potion and go to full health again. This happened five times in a row. I finally just walked away. He didn't care. I think if you have an NPC that you can't kill, some indication would be nice. Maybe he curses you and walks off, I Dunno. With no feedback it was a long 40 minute battle that ended in nothing gained.

Things that didn't work"
Could not get mouse sensitivity to change (less) no matter what the setting
TAB controlled UI wheel would just hang there on the screen for me. Stopped using it.
Severe lag at the gate to the new colony
Achievement for collection bottles and relieving oneself did not show on Steam even though I did them

Kinda funny. And it actually has game mechanics to build up your farm. But it is seriously grindy, and I am beating my mouse so much it needs a break.

The bloom is so bad from in-cab that I can't play. Especially at Indianapolis. Other views are reasonable but I don't care for that arcade style of view.

Its a little disappointing because the series IRL is fun to watch and its nice to play in that space. The tracks and trucks in game seam in good shape. I'm not going to uninstall it and ask for a refund because I am hopeful for a fix. But if you like racing from the cab, then I would not recommend at this time.

Anyone else, sure go for it on sale.

Tough game. lot's of fun meeting the challenges. In the end I stopped following the story and just went to kill all dogs. ALL DOGS. LOL, lots of fun.

Good survival stuff. A little just survive, two parts Stalker and some good plot pulling you in. Pleasently surprised and the way the are continuing to work on it, I am looking forward to many more nights getting scared out of my chair.

Rip Carbine.

Ugh,
Nothing new. As a DLC with a new mission - pretty good. Nevermind the laggy behavior in some scenes. Or the fact that when I bought the "max" ammo because I just got a bigger ammo pouch, it took ALL my money. So $7000 gold for forty rounds of 22 ammo. Nice.

Love the story, except for the angsty motivation. Couple of odd disconnected scense there.

Hate the crafting mechanisms and the leveling menus. Clunky and uninvolved. Lots of UI areas that could have given you good feedback that just are not there.

Puzzles are good and controls are fine but the game design is a bit off. Have to look things up on the internet to figure out what they are supposed to do (arrow types for example). Then you find that is only for consoles. Just poorly finished overall.

If you like the series, you'll have fun. But wait for a serious discount. I bought at 30% off and it frankly is not enough to pull the trigger. Enjoying it generally, but regret the purchase.

It barely works, but when it does it is a great game. If it isn't me breaking some trigger point in the game that stops progression (save often) then its that I can't figure out what it thinks it wants - clues aren't as clear as some modern games.

Still, enjoying it for what it is, a rare trend-setter back in the day. Good story to work through.

Didn't feel much like a game. Good story though.