Rockstar are nonetheless ominously silent in regards to the prospect of a PC launch for Red Dead Redemption 2, although rumours do swirl, however they’re glad to proceed taunting us by flicking fragments of it this manner. GTA Online at the moment launched a brand new Red Dead promo occasion, including a quest unlocking a stone hatchet we are able to swing fiercely in GTAO then get in RDR2 too as soon as that’s out (on console). We’re being made fools of. But at the least the hatchet, just like the golden cowboy revolver Rockstar added final 12 months, comes with a easy murderchallenge rewarding a bonus $250,000okay in GTAO virtuacash.
The stone tomahawk is unlocked by means of a quest chain beginning with a message out the blue from Maude, the bounty hunter Trevor works with within the singleplayer marketing campaign. She has us discover 5 targets by going to particular areas and searching them by their mugshots, then bringing them in useless or mildly bruised (simply shoot ’em – the bonus $5k for ferrying a goal to her is paltry and the targets don’t escalate fairly sufficient to turn into thrilling). Then she factors us to a spot on the map the place we’ll discover the tomahawk. No, you possibly can’t look its location up and go straight there.
As melee weapons go, the tomahawk is fairly neat. Its first kill prompts a murdermode like Trevor’s particular capacity, making us regenerate well being and take much less injury, and additional hits prolong its timer. Yes, you possibly can wildly swing a harmful object then stroll away more healthy. And you’ll need to, as getting 25 kills with the tomahawk (NPCs rely) will web you a tidy $250okay in GTA dosh and unlock the weapon in RDR2. Which, to remind you, shouldn’t be confirmed for PC.
Tbh I simply nipped down the pier and went after vacationers. Sorry. Something within the air.
Oh, and for many who missed the golden revolver occasion and its cash-for-kills problem: Rockstar say that “will soon reappear.”
I do really feel silly unlocking objects in a recreation on one other platform, however I’ll take that bonus money to place in direction of a dry ice machine in my nightclub. At least Rockstar are paying me playdollars to look a idiot. It’s high-quality; that’s my day job too.
Disclosure: Like half the inhabitants of Edinburgh, I’ve bought friends at Rockstar. Well, not the present inhabitants of Edinburgh. Between the Fringe, the Art Festival, the International Festival, and the Book Festival, the town is rising at a terrifying tempo. This afternoon I noticed somebody within the park lay out a blanket then faucet intently on their cellphone; fifteen minutes later, the 2 sq. metres of wool had been occupied by trolley-dragging Airbnbers declaring it “quaint” and “airy”. Help.
