For more info on how to avoid the Harvest of the Cheaters™, check out Rockstar Games' official blog.
Rockstar offering Red Dead cheaters a chance at Redemption
by Griffin McElroy 
on Aug 17th 2010 10:40PM
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For more info on how to avoid the Harvest of the Cheaters™, check out Rockstar Games' official blog.
Reader Comments (43)
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 10:44PM oJMan240o said
HAHA! NICE! A+ to Rockstar for this. Every game NEEDS to police itself like this. There is no excuse not to try and make the game enjoyable for everyone involved by keeping the people who deserve to be on top actually on top.
Here's looking at you Modern Warfare 2.
Here's looking at you Modern Warfare 2.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 12:15AM Themoreyouknow said
@oJMan240o
You should try PC gaming. There's a lot less hackers. And since you can create your own servers, you can hack with your friends if you want to.
moar console fail
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You should try PC gaming. There's a lot less hackers. And since you can create your own servers, you can hack with your friends if you want to.
moar console fail
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 12:31AM ShadowXIII said
@oJMan240o
I completely agree with this. What's the point of leaderboards, ranked matches etc. if one guy is gonna come in and screw it up for everyone else.
....all it takes is ONE GUY to screw up everything...happens everywhere, school, corporations, traffic...
At least they are sending a warning first, chances are this will weed out most of the grief players too.
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I completely agree with this. What's the point of leaderboards, ranked matches etc. if one guy is gonna come in and screw it up for everyone else.
....all it takes is ONE GUY to screw up everything...happens everywhere, school, corporations, traffic...
At least they are sending a warning first, chances are this will weed out most of the grief players too.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 2:03AM (Unverified) said
@Themoreyouknow God, you really haven't played pc games in a while, have you?
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Posted: Aug 18th 2010 9:48AM oJMan240o said
@ShadowXIII I was referring more to the several dozen people who constantly hack their way to the top of the leaderboards in games. There's always around 20 or something players who hack their way to the top.
MW2 is the biggest offender I've seen. Even before I traded MW2 towards ME2 back January people had already hacked their way to the top. The developers, who ever is in control over that game right now, don't even try to stop it. The top 100 people on the leaderboards for CoD4, WaW, and MW2 have all, most likely, hacked in some way. How else do you explain killstreaks of 600 something? If you didn't hack that you, at the very least, boosted for it. I, for the life of me, can't understand why it is so very difficult for people to just sit down and play the game like a normal human being. They have cheat. Don't make no sense.
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MW2 is the biggest offender I've seen. Even before I traded MW2 towards ME2 back January people had already hacked their way to the top. The developers, who ever is in control over that game right now, don't even try to stop it. The top 100 people on the leaderboards for CoD4, WaW, and MW2 have all, most likely, hacked in some way. How else do you explain killstreaks of 600 something? If you didn't hack that you, at the very least, boosted for it. I, for the life of me, can't understand why it is so very difficult for people to just sit down and play the game like a normal human being. They have cheat. Don't make no sense.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 10:21AM Themoreyouknow said
@Prboi
There's a difference between hacking and modding. Hacking is when you do stuff you shouldn't have access to, and it usually results in cheating. Modding is, well kinda doing stuff you shouldn't be able to, but you do it in a productive way (like new levels or game modes)
Valve does not let people hack their games, that's why they have VAC.
Modding does NOT = hacking. That is for consoles only.
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There's a difference between hacking and modding. Hacking is when you do stuff you shouldn't have access to, and it usually results in cheating. Modding is, well kinda doing stuff you shouldn't be able to, but you do it in a productive way (like new levels or game modes)
Valve does not let people hack their games, that's why they have VAC.
Modding does NOT = hacking. That is for consoles only.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 10:44PM BrianH said
eh, no mercy for the wicked.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 12:22AM StrangeObjective said
@Crimsic
Ain't nothin' in this world for free! (Awesome song! :D)
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Ain't nothin' in this world for free! (Awesome song! :D)
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 1:24AM Cheesus Crust said
@BrianH Love that song!
I got it from the Borderlands trailer, and now love the bands(Cage the Elephant) other songs too!
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I got it from the Borderlands trailer, and now love the bands(Cage the Elephant) other songs too!
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 11:03AM thisredengine said
@serge808 "Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break "
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Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break "
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 10:44PM DeeZeee said
I've never even touched the online portion of this game. I'm I missing anything amazing?
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 10:50PM Shadowbender said
@DeeZeee Sorry, but yes, you are. Free roam is something I've been waiting to see in multiplayer for a long time. Shootouts are incredible, and it's a wonderful idea. Weapons are superbly fun to handle and shoot, very satisfying. Customizing your character is a cluster of joy as well.
Only complaints are the controls, which can go for the whole game. Simple things like walking through a doorway can be challenging, and that hurts when people are shooting you and your trying to take cover.
Fantastic multiplayer. Highly advise you to start touching.
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Only complaints are the controls, which can go for the whole game. Simple things like walking through a doorway can be challenging, and that hurts when people are shooting you and your trying to take cover.
Fantastic multiplayer. Highly advise you to start touching.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:02PM Kid Icarus said
@den69
Actually it IS good. But judging by the all-over-the-place answers here its probably best to try it for yourself.
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Actually it IS good. But judging by the all-over-the-place answers here its probably best to try it for yourself.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:02PM PR0F3TA said
@Shadowbender
sorry Shadowbender but did you play this game for the first month and thats it?? Free roam is empty in every sense... there are gang hide outs and thats about it. almost no NPC roaming at all. The only thing to do is grief people online or to join a posse and hunt animals or do the hideouts... free roam was fun for a couple of weeks but then it became dead. ive been in and out of servers with only like 5 people in it half the time. the guns are fun to use and all but all you really need is the High Powered Pistol for close range and Springfield Rife for long range shots... the other guns are useless after unlocking both of those.
now if you are talking about playlist modes like deathmatch or free for all then yes, it is quite fun. the co-op missions are fun aswell altho they can get repetitive, but are fun to gold star in hardcore.
single player is another story... one of the best single player games i have played this year by far, and altho some hated the ending i thought it was amazing and would have not have it any other way... now if they would give me the option to switch the annoying voice of jack to john i'd be happy.
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sorry Shadowbender but did you play this game for the first month and thats it?? Free roam is empty in every sense... there are gang hide outs and thats about it. almost no NPC roaming at all. The only thing to do is grief people online or to join a posse and hunt animals or do the hideouts... free roam was fun for a couple of weeks but then it became dead. ive been in and out of servers with only like 5 people in it half the time. the guns are fun to use and all but all you really need is the High Powered Pistol for close range and Springfield Rife for long range shots... the other guns are useless after unlocking both of those.
now if you are talking about playlist modes like deathmatch or free for all then yes, it is quite fun. the co-op missions are fun aswell altho they can get repetitive, but are fun to gold star in hardcore.
single player is another story... one of the best single player games i have played this year by far, and altho some hated the ending i thought it was amazing and would have not have it any other way... now if they would give me the option to switch the annoying voice of jack to john i'd be happy.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:05PM SpacePenguinBot said
@DeeZeee Blast, my comment below is meant for you. The big one.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:54PM swooded said
@DeeZeee
Multiplayer is fun. Freeroam, even without a group of friends, can be a pretty great time waster to just mess around in. The competetive / Co-OP play is really fun and can suck in in for awhile too.
As has been pointed out, some people agree that it's fun & others don't - either way you should at least check it out for yourself.
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Multiplayer is fun. Freeroam, even without a group of friends, can be a pretty great time waster to just mess around in. The competetive / Co-OP play is really fun and can suck in in for awhile too.
As has been pointed out, some people agree that it's fun & others don't - either way you should at least check it out for yourself.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:01PM ch3burashka said
How come no rimshot played when I went to this article?
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:04PM SpacePenguinBot said
I really like it, but it took me a while to figure out how to access all the different game modes. Sure there's the free roam which is a ton of fun if you've got some friends to ride with, but there's also various other gametypes, like deathmatch, grab the bag, free for all, and the coop missions. I used to think you had to ride over to a point on the free roam map, and then get everyone else to join you there, which seems impossible on a server full of random people (and it is). But there's a much easier way! As soon as you drop into multiplayer free roam, press the back button. From there you can see a list of people playing on your server, but also a list of available gametypes to join (some may not be available until you level up a bit). If you choose one of the gameypes it will do some standard matchmaking and drop you into a game full of players.
Multiplayer is a little different than most games, so here are some pointers:
If you run, you show up on everyone's radar. Don't run. Crouch, even.
Don't just go towards the middle of the map looking for enemies when you spawn, instead try to find a decent weapon first by heading for the gun icons on your map.
Find the dead-eye boxes and learn to use them to your advantage.
Make sure your multiplayer auto aim is set to normal or casual, not expert.
Have fun!
Multiplayer is a little different than most games, so here are some pointers:
If you run, you show up on everyone's radar. Don't run. Crouch, even.
Don't just go towards the middle of the map looking for enemies when you spawn, instead try to find a decent weapon first by heading for the gun icons on your map.
Find the dead-eye boxes and learn to use them to your advantage.
Make sure your multiplayer auto aim is set to normal or casual, not expert.
Have fun!
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:09PM la38 said
Why would you put a game save hack on Red Dead Redemption? The story is one of the best i've ever seen in a game and so is the gameplay!
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:50PM swooded said
@la38
I'm guessing it's mainly for multiplayer (as there is a lot of leveling & unlocks in MP), but if you played single from the same save it would still be a hacked save & you'd therefore have a hacked single player save.
I can't really see any other reason you'd mess with single player, especially since rockstar always includes cheats that are hardly kept secret anyway.
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I'm guessing it's mainly for multiplayer (as there is a lot of leveling & unlocks in MP), but if you played single from the same save it would still be a hacked save & you'd therefore have a hacked single player save.
I can't really see any other reason you'd mess with single player, especially since rockstar always includes cheats that are hardly kept secret anyway.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:56PM Crackerbox24 said
red dead is great already! no need to cheat or mod!
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:57PM davebo said
@honkyjesuseternal I think "Grand Theft Equine" has a nicer ring to it.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 3:16AM emul8ter25 said
Its great to hear they are doing something about the cheaters.....
But I dont understand why they are giving cheaters a way out. I dont think deleting a game save is harsh enough. They will just wait until there is another exploit to take advantage of the system. Ban the cheaters for good.
But I dont understand why they are giving cheaters a way out. I dont think deleting a game save is harsh enough. They will just wait until there is another exploit to take advantage of the system. Ban the cheaters for good.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 10:36AM gevenstaines said
@emul8ter25
they will ban. they are just giving warning first.
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they will ban. they are just giving warning first.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 3:46AM Gel214th said
How about instead of doing this they allowed people to use cheats through the story in Single Player instead of disabling saving as it does now? It should disable all achievements when they use the cheats, but allow saving.
No company should have the right to delete the time a player has invested in the game which they purchased.
Block the gamertag from playing online or something, but don't delete the person's save games.
No company should have the right to delete the time a player has invested in the game which they purchased.
Block the gamertag from playing online or something, but don't delete the person's save games.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 8:54AM Tuppy said
I can't believe it's taken this long for somebody to take real affirmative action against cheaters.
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 10:52AM spikeylee said
why are they bothering to give so much advance warning? just ban them!
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 11:17AM YakuzaElite said
Cheaters never prosper!!!!
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 1:36PM ZooTV said
i love it! losers who sit around cheating to get a big score, give em the chair!
