RPG Tourist

  I just learned that River, Dogmeat's real life character actor has passed on. I took this screenshot recently because I thought it was so cute. She added so much to the game. My current character has made Red Rocket his home base because that's where he found Dogmeat and along with two robots, she's guarding his prized possessions. My sympathies to Joel Burgess, River's owner and companion.

  This is what happens when you have no science skills. I have been investing more in combat skills but it's impossible to avoid settlement building altogether. After taking over the Nuka World Raiders, I teamed up with the Railroad to build the teleporter to the Institute. I needed 27 power but the biggest generator I could build was only worth 5 power. There are a number of ways you could cobble this together but I went with 4 large generators and 3 windmills because there is so much water at this settlement. It was fun trying to hook it all together but it worked.

Moose are a bit of a joke in RDR2 because they are a rare spawn for some players. They haven't been for me but something usually goes wrong. The pelt will be poor quality, the moose escapes or I crash into it with an elite Arabian. Recently one became obscured from view by a sudden very dense fog rolling in. So this darn perfect pelt has become an obsession through two playthroughs. Yesterday a moose appeared just as Arthur was leaving Wallace Station. This time he was riding a Mustang and not an Arabian so no crashes and thanks to the buck trinket a good pelt converted to perfect. I wasn't monkeying around with this. I didn't think about taking photos or saving video. I saved the game, went directly back to Wallace Station and took a train to the nearest trapper camp. I couldn't even remember what I wanted it for so badly. The trapper catalogue reminded me that I needed the pelt to craft the Legendary Pronghorn coat which is not even legitimately obtainable until the g...

 I rage quit. It took a long time to get to this point but I am frequently distracted by games on the PS4 and sports on the television. The sad part is I am right at end game. I knew that the finale would be especially difficult but I guess it was just one infuriating battle/puzzle combo too many and I still had a number of big bads to go. Hopefully, I will calm down and get back to it but for now I have returned to my Fallout 4 raider replay until that enterprise ticks me off.

While posting photos from my current RDR2 replay, I realized I was about to obliterate all other content here. So I have moved most RDR2 related content to RPG Tourist's Red Dead Redemption Horseback Tour  . For now it's just story mode RDR2 content but I have left the door open for RDO or the original RDR. Yee Haw.

Occasionally you can find some amusing NPCS.

Nothing makes me laugh more in a video game than failing catastrophically especially if in game characters remark on it. Watch Dogs Legion was unusually forgiving in this showcase of game play terribleness. I progressed from one mission to the next even though I failed to follow any mission directives. Next comes a display of the poor driving skills I mentioned in the previous post. After using a taxi to obstruct the target vehicle failed three times, I thought commandeering a bus would solve my problems. The game however had given up on me entirely and decided to move me on once again. How else did law enforcement lose sight of a double decker? Note to self. Raise barriers after passing them not before. Bagley's dry commentary and operative Sharon's typically cheerful and profane optimism is just icing on the cake.

  Many NPCs have unusual abilities. Some are useful and some seem to be for entertainment. I tried panhandling with this fellow. He made a little money but it wasn’t that much fun. He did have one of the busiest schedules I have seen. He also had some insights into illicit drugs which I suppose will happen if you hang around docks begging for work all day. My experiments were as haphazard as usual. They amounted to me just playing the game, trying things out and learning the rules as I went. I tried to convince several NPCs to stop hating DedSec but never succeeded. I also set out to make as many social connections as possible by helping citizens. I disabled harassing drones, got them priority medical treatment and rescued them from Albion security. My operatives got very good at escaping. I tried to find interesting operatives by recruiting NPCs’ every associate and rival. That didn’t necessarily lead to any great operatives but caused some interesting conflicts. I tried to annoy...

  Entered this lovely garden which immediately tried to destroy me. We got through Chapter 3 just fine and crashed into Chapter 4. I was feeling quite empowered but have now returned to the Reaper's Coast style of inching along and seeking out survivable objectives. At least we have lots of money to spend on more interface clutter because we do need it. I was trying to find a source fountain but according to a wiki it's in the place that I was having problems getting into. I gave up and looked up the solution but I probably don't want to go there yet anyway so we'll just have to vampire it for now. Something seems to be happening that has rarely happened in a game if ever. Even if my player character begins to doubt their mission, I never do. Yet that's what is happening. The elf is keeping up appearances but we're not really sure where all this going. It's been uncomfortable enough wandering through the landscape without wondering if we really should be. I...

Curiosity got the better of me today and I did their survey. They claim I am one of 350,000. Not a huge number considering actual video game sales but a sizeable enough sample I guess. I describe myself as enthusiastically casual but according to my profile that is wrong. I am an Architect/Bounty Hunter. Architect: "My Empire Begins With This Village". Bounty Hunter: "High Octane, Solo World Exploration". That isn't exactly right either but to be fair, I spend a heck of lot more time picking out companion gear than I spent doing this survey. Maybe I 'm just enthusiastically casual about surveys.  My gamer motivation profile is closer. "Analytical, Relaxed, Independent and Immersed" also sounds suspiciously like compulsive blogging motivations. Their site does have some interesting articles to read but when I looked at their client list and testimonials none of them seemed to make games an Architect/Bounty Hunter would be inclined to play. So maybe ...