At what point did you decide this game was awesome?
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DC-Tiki — 15 years ago(March 27, 2011 07:00 PM)
Fairly early on in the game, when you're still just puddling around doing chores/learning stuff at the McFarlanes Ranch.
I'd been out hunting and was on a ridge looking over the valley coming home when the first storm rolled in. I just sat there on my horse watching the wind and the rain build up and darken the landscape, I was just admiring the little specks of rain that get on the camera lens and thinking 'that's a nice touch', when the thunderclaps started going off and I was like,
'Whoa! This is amazing!!'
Haha. Must've sat there doing nothing but soaking up the whole experience for like 5 minutes or something before I realised I was just sitting on my couch at home with a controller in my hand not really doing anything more than playing a video game. Honestly how many other games make you really stop and take in the natural environment like that?
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gangsta_inc — 14 years ago(April 13, 2011 10:41 AM)
Umm there were numerous points
-First time i realised that there were so many animals and i could kill them all
-First Cougar attack
-Getting lost in Pike's Basin and then a thunderstorm kicking in
-Riding back home for the first time and 'compass' is playing
Most awesome point had to be the first time i was just riding around one of the town's and a posse rode in shooting the place upthat was friggin awesome!
"Hold on, I didn't say anything about Solid Snake" (long pause followed by awkward smile) -
The_Guardian_013 — 14 years ago(October 13, 2011 02:59 AM)
It was quite early on when I was just riding through the beautiful landscape, doing side missions and just enjoying the game. Although riding through Mexico and hearing Far Away playing in the background was absolutely amazing, I think it made me realise all over again just how great this game is!
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Traianus — 14 years ago(February 19, 2012 11:17 PM)
I would say pretty much the first time I walked down main street of Armadillo and was stunned at how real everything looked. I felt like I was in a time machine, or at least looking through a time-transcendent lens, or something.
Otherwise, I would say the Fort Mercer mission. The game is tons of fun up until that point, but that mission - which I had been anticipating - took it to another level. -
formerlyScott93j — 11 years ago(April 12, 2014 05:03 PM)
I bought an X-Box 360 for this game because I had a feeling this game was the one I'd been waiting my whole life for, and I was right. This game exceeded my high expectations several times early on in the game.
Not necessarily in any order:- Walking around Armadillo and feeling like I'd traveled back in time.
- The first cougar attack. It was so unexpected and startling.
- First thunderstorm. Realistic and stunning.
- Exploring New Austin on horseback during a starry night.
- Perhaps the greatest moment of them all: Hunting wolves on a starry night at Riley's Charge early on in the game. I ran out of ammo, the wolves killed my horse, and I had to fend off packs of re-spawning wolves until a new horse came along. I loved how suddenly I went from collecting pelts to survival mode.
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wolverinex2002 — 11 years ago(September 26, 2014 06:42 AM)
When i rode with my beloved horse on top of a canyon and waited for the sun to set.
Then i realized how much i was enchanted by the characters and the setting. This game is very eerie and absorbing! -
eddsixpi — 9 years ago(April 11, 2016 04:54 PM)
Not sure. At first, I was thinking "eh, this game's alright." Then I was like "Yeah, this is pretty good, but it's too long." And finally, I was like "Okay this is a great game, but god damn it :("
The legend of the dog faced woman. -
atg_commish — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 04:17 PM)
- When my horse slipped down a canyon and died and I really felt bad.
- First wolf attack in the moonlight when I thought I could take a shortcut off the trail.
- Fort Mercer when the reinforcements arrived.
- Riding into a Mexican town and the random characters started speaking Spanish, with no subtitles.
- Drifting down the river shooting at the snipers and seeing one fall into the river.