Red Dead Redemption Catch-all

The RDR wiki mentions something about getting blood pacts with them after completion, but it's very vague.

Just completed the main story after just around 9 hours. Super satisfied and will be going back to finish up challenges and get other collectibles.

I can tell you that you are given the Death Horse directly at the end of the story and you'll have a "blood pact" aka the deed for it. You may be able to get them for the other 3 horses but I can't say for sure yet.

But wow! $10 for 9 hours of entertainment? Value returned. Thank you Rockstar.

Giant Bomb Quick Look

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-...

It's about 15 minutes but I stopped watching after 5 or so.

I've got my copy downloaded and ready to go. Now I just need to hold out 'till nightfall Sat. so I can really soak in the holiday atmosphere.

I just queued this up. It looks so fun. I'm going to wait for the nighttime for some zombie hunting as well.

I guess I'm splurging on this too. So much money given to Xbox Live lately.

Dammit, I'm in. Filthy enablers, the lot of you.

@Sommermatt

I managed to capture War last night. After 3 hours of play, 8 hours of sleep, and a couple of hours reflection... I have come to the conclusion that riding round on a flaming horse - seting fire to zombies - will never, EVER get old!

To those in any doubt, this addition to RDR is simply a must buy! If only all DLC could be like this...

EDIT:

And here's hoping that this puts the rest of the industry on notice when it comes to value-for-money DLC. Rockstar charges £7.99 for an entire new game... not a couple of maps, not a few new weapons. AN ENTIRE NEW GAME! This is new the benchmark!

Does Undead Nightmare require RDR? I see it is also being sold as disk but I'm not sure if it still requires the original game.

Yes, the digital download requires the RDR disc to play.

The standalone disc version doesn't.

detroit20 wrote:

And here's hoping that this puts the rest of the industry on notice when it comes to value-for-money DLC. Rockstar charges £7.99 for an entire new game... not a couple of maps, not a few new weapons. AN ENTIRE NEW GAME! This is new the benchmark!

It's a benchmark for developers sitting on brands that are guaranteed to print money with whatever they put out: Valve, Rock*, maybe a few others. Everyone else is still wetting the bed at night.

I started Undead Nightmare today and logged 7 hours in one sitting (with a couple short breaks), and my progress stat is only 39%. So it's looking like this DLC will be a full 15 hours of new content.

To reiterate what someone already said, at only $10, UN is a must buy for any RDR fan.

This is a phenomenal bit of DLC. I'm actually finding the atmosphere quite unsettling at times - the population of the original game was sparse, but absolutely nothing compared to the bleakness of windswept, burning homesteads with a few zombies staggering around that I keep coming across. It feels like the end of the world for sure. And frankly, riding into the sunset in a duster on one of the horses of the Apocalypse is a peak gaming experience.

Now, I'd pay good money for GTA IV: Undead in Algonquin. All of this creepiness plus helicopters and mafiosos? Yes please.

Wowzers!

They just did a commercial for Undead Nightmare at the coveted 2 minute to half-time break (Vikings vs Patriots).

Good freakin' deal.

Aaron D. wrote:

Wowzers!

They just did a commercial for Undead Nightmare at the coveted 2 minute to half-time break (Vikings vs Patriots).

Good freakin' deal.

They had one during the Walking Dead. Good ad buy there.

So basically RDR has a zombie-horde mode now? Man, we need to schedule something for this

I haven't managed to get back to the single player yet, but I did play some multi this weekend. Undead overrun is really fun, provided you actually get a group that will work together. Some players will climb up onto a building and just sit there the entire match, taking pot shots at whatever zombie happens to be close enough. I don't think they understand you're supposed to be going after the coffins for ammo and added time on the clock. I did get into one group that went very well. We made it all the way to wave 11, and let me tell you it got pretty crazy. I was hoping to get another game in last night, but couldn't find any other players.

Picked this up Friday, blinked, and it was time for Walking Dead on Sunday night. Played the hell out of Multiplayer - something I had yet to do with RDR - and had a blast. Leveled all the way up to 12 or 13. Wandered around in single player quite a bit, freeing towns and doing side quests. Sasquatch quest is the saddest thing ever! Zombies are a good balance - if you get too overconfident they will mob you and tear you apart. Several times I was sitting still picking off a small group and suddenly another horde I didn't even know was there shambles over the hill behind me and gets a few whacks in or mobs me.

I would totally be down for some GWJ Zombie horde action.

So I completed Undead Nightmare in around 9 and a half hours, with about 70% completion. I freed every town I had on my map, completed all of the mission icons I saw, unlocked 3 of the 5 'mythical beasts' and did a few of the 'Missing' side missions and the like. All in all, a complete bargain for my £8.50.

Now, to the ending:

Spoiler:

What did you think? I initially found it absolutely hilarious to be a 'conscious zombie' and, I think as a reward for completing the game, getting the Death horse was pretty sweet. However, I found the final Aztec/Inca tomb crawl a trifle dull (did it in one go without breaking a sweat just by patrolling slowly forward and shotgunning every attacking zombie). It seemed odd to end the game on what was essentially a corridor shooter section, especially when the real surprises in the rest of the game happened when a zombie I hadn't seen sneaked up on me from an unanticipated direction.

I'm not sure I will go back to take advantage of the post-game Zombie free-roam, except maybe to unlock the last couple of horses. I googled around a little, but couldn't see anywhere if it was possible to actually find and deal with Seth and return the mask (again) to the temple. Is the message that the zombie plague is now permanent? Is there a second 'ending' like the main game?

Still, overall a great bit of DLC, and I did get a kick out of the zombie roars substituted for speech. The character model is great too, with the lean to the left and the outstretched hands. It's also really handy that the zombie's detection range for a charge response is massively lowered by your appearance - I can wander into the middle of a crowd of zombies and blow most of them away before they start to charge me.

Dear God, I hope they release this soundtrack. If you haven't done a Missing Person Bounty in El Presidio, do it now. A bit of wailing brass/theremin, a hard beat, and a bit of the metal chain clanks that are super manipulative but super effective. And the psycho-billy tune leading up to what may be the end--great stuff.

SpacePPoliceman wrote:

Dear God, I hope they release this soundtrack. If you haven't done a Missing Person Bounty in El Presidio, do it now. A bit of wailing brass/theremin, a hard beat, and a bit of the metal chain clanks that are super manipulative but super effective. And the psycho-billy tune leading up to what may be the end--great stuff.

QFT.

After I completed the Mother Superior mission(s) and was told to head out to Escalera, I was just going to fast travel from Chuparosa. But then this music started playing....and I just had to call my war horse and bolt across the mexican desert to the awesome beats. Worth it.

trueheart78 wrote:

So basically RDR has a zombie-horde mode now? Man, we need to schedule something for this :D

I think you just nominated yourself to set up a Zombie Overrun GWJ game night. Put me down as the first person to sign up when you do.

Glycerine wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:

So basically RDR has a zombie-horde mode now? Man, we need to schedule something for this :D

I think you just nominated yourself to set up a Zombie Overrun GWJ game night. Put me down as the first person to sign up when you do. :)

If a game night crops up that will get me to buy this DLC sooner rather than later.

Be forewarned, if you aren't a huge fan of zombies tearing people apart or a decent amount of blood & gore, then this DLC is probably not for you. I'm not a big horror fan and and while this is RDR, it's not exactly my fancy. If I didn't buy the "All The DLC" pack, I might be a little... blech. I'm not done with it, put about 2.5 hours in last night, and will keep playing it - just not a horror or gore fan.

Regardless, I'm all for getting together and shooting things up, though!

I'll be buying this soon, and I'd be up for a MP session. Been a long time.

I was going to reply to Trueheart saying I didn't think there was that much gore, but then I re-thought that. There are quite a few cinematics where there is gore, but the more disturbing thing is how often John sits there and watches a zombie walk up behind someone and does nothing.

Well, ammo is pretty scarce and all.

CptGlanton wrote:

I'll be buying this soon, and I'd be up for a MP session. Been a long time.

HEY!

YOU!

THIS!

WE SHOULD DO IT!

Prederick wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

I'll be buying this soon, and I'd be up for a MP session. Been a long time.

HEY!

YOU!

THIS!

WE SHOULD DO IT!

Count me in too. Saturdays are good for me.

Prederick wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

I'll be buying this soon, and I'd be up for a MP session. Been a long time.

HEY!

YOU!

THIS!

WE SHOULD DO IT!

HEY!
LISTEN!

Yonder wrote:
Prederick wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

I'll be buying this soon, and I'd be up for a MP session. Been a long time.

HEY!

YOU!

THIS!

WE SHOULD DO IT!

HEY!
LISTEN!

I would download this to play. Let me know!