Quote (Doom0277 @ Apr 21 2010 07:32pm)
all activities in RDR
# Ambushes - Ambushes can arise while traveling throughout the wilderness and investigating ambient events and approaching stranger missions.
# Arm Wrestling - The player can test Marston's strength and skill in a game of arm wrestling, and wager cash on the outcome.
# Blackjack - Gambling on blackjack games are confirmed. Achievements suggest that the gambling stakes can be very considerable.
# Bounty Hunting - The player can take up bounties, capturing outlaws. The player has the choice of taking the outlaw either dead or alive, the choice will effect the honor of the player. To take an outlaw alive players will need to use the lasso, then hogtie the criminal and place him on Marston's horse. Alive prisoners gives a greater reward then dead.
# Bull Riding - Get on a bull and hold tight
# Burglary - Break into houses and get as much loot as possible.
# Camp - Players can establish their own camp in the wilderness, or join another camp. Stories will be exchanged if joining a camp.
# Cattle Herding - Make money herding cattle on horseback
# Dueling - NPCs will call you out if you have little honor.
# Escort Mission - Randomly generated in the wilderness. Strangers will explain they require an armed escort to evade criminals and reach a destination.
# Executions - Randomly generated in the wilderness. A player will sometimes encounter a group of NPCs executing a captive individual and can chose to intervene.
# Five Finger Fillet - players will need to rhythmically tap the controller to guide an on-screen knife between each finger splayed upon a wooden table. As the "Five Finger Fillet" wagers increase, so does the difficulty, making it trickier to stay on beat and keep Marston from slicing open a finger.
# Hideouts - areas where outlaw gangs reside away from populated settlements. The player can fight these gangs.
# Horseshoes - A game of skill involving the throwing of horse shoes at a stationary target
# Horse Taming - Lasso a wild horse and take it with you. Find a pen if you want and make the effort of breaking the animal.
# Hunting - There are approximately 40 types of animals that the player can hunt. After an animal is killed, it can be skinned, and the resulting pelt sold or traded to merchants.
# Liar's Dice - A gambling game involving dice.
# Poker - Gambling on poker games are confirmed. Achievements suggest that the gambling stakes can be very considerable.
# Plant gathering - Gather plants to generate income.
# Robbery - The player can present a weapon to an NPC and demand money. Doing this will cost the player honor.
# Treasure Hunting - Discover and attain maps from NPCs to search for buried treasure.
# Sharpshooting Challenge - After kills, vultures appear to scavenge. The player can fire on these targets to open up new outfits. All info from reddead.wikia.com/wiki/activities
They are trying to pick up some of MW2's fanbase.