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Silver51 14th July 2009, 10:17

Forward velocity is not increased in relation to the animation, nor is it significantly faster than walking. It's not so much sprint (as you'd see in, say, Day of Defeat) but saunter slightly faster imo.

WildThing 14th July 2009, 12:38

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Originally Posted by Silver51
Forward velocity is not increased in relation to the animation, nor is it significantly faster than walking. It's not so much sprint (as you'd see in, say, Day of Defeat) but saunter slightly faster imo.

Yes! That´s exactly what thought when I first pressed the run button.

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Originally Posted by Silver51
The graphics on the PC version are arse compared to other games of the day. Even the aging Source engine kicks this in the wedding vegetables (we're talking 2004 vintage.) The over-done bloom and aggressive LOD make me wonder is this is what it's like to have cataracts.

Voice acting is good, but the aggressive audio compression make it sound like you're listening to voices on your grandma's gramophone.

There is no mouse smoothing and the sensitivity is out. It like dragging your mouse through gravel.

Glad it´s not just me that noticed all of these things. There are apparantly some tweaks you can do by editing "video.scr" IIRC. Unfortunately they don´t seem to work for me. Also one major irritation for me is the FOV. It´s like the camera view is too far forward, gives me a headache.

Silver51 14th July 2009, 14:09

I tried tweaking the config file but it just made things worse. Sound was slightly less tinny, but still bad. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

Config adjustments at the bottom of this page as well as some Brucy Bonuses:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=299358&page=3

Also, crosshair mod:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9901090327/m/7911091967

thehippoz 15th July 2009, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Kiytan
you mean you didn't use the word gringo at all? shame on you!

played it a bit at a friends, they managed to do the nigh on impossible. They made reverend Ray even damned cooler (he was clearly channeling Mal at some points :))

yeah william was annoying, and clearly inspired by paul dano in There will be blood

just got back from chicago, read this thread again.. but yeh ray has some good one liners.. I liked that one part with the mexican girl, he says something like 'a little girl like you shouldn't be down by the water all by yourself.. a big snake might crawl up yur skirt' :D

silver, think the run speed depended on if you were carrying pistols or rifle.. with the rifle you were better off with brunos cox

Silver51 18th July 2009, 17:31

Still, not as fast. I'm giving up on it.

TBH, I was just expecting more.

A less linear, more sandbox Western would rock, but a quick Google only turns up one upcoming title. Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption, for the Xbox and PS consoles with sadly no mention of the PC.

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