It's intentional.

So finally got the damn thing downloaded, and now I can't see the Rockstar logo on the brightness settings on set up no matter how bright I set my TV ???

Just passed that part...did you adjust the slider settings both ways? I had to adjust mine pretty light for it to show.

There are a lot of complaints that HDR looks washed out in this game.

Haven't played it yet

Wandering outside of Valentine, come across this random homestead. The man is out near his corral, I come up engage and greet him......and he immediately draws on me without provocation. He starts yelling about the damage to his property and telling me to get away.

I slowly back my horse up thinking I'm just going to leave but as I'm backing up I notice he's alone, has a house and barn that have to have provisions, and 2 of the Florida Steers in his corral. I decide it's worth it and blast him, kill the cattle and get good meat and hides off of them. Found some really good stuff in the house and barn too....it was all def. worth it.

I know it doesn't seem like much but I'm just loving these random encounters and the risk/reward and consequences and rewards they yield.

I love this game.

When I finally got turned loose to do my own thing, I went to that nearby town and laid waste to some folks, thinking I’d be able to load from my previous mission’s completion in camp. Turns out I racked up a significant bounty and auto saved after every death.. I just spent two or three hours replaying those shitty intro missions. Makes me wish all the cutscenes were skippable so I don’t have to watch X talk to Y about Z again.

Hold down the X or A button.

Me either.

I did that for most of 'em, but there are some that just won't skip.

I'd also like a feature where I can stop in the middle of an action in case I accidentally click that I want to pick up a body or something.

Manually save and load under the "Story" tab.

I gotta spend time with the son. And time with the wife.

THEN IT'S RDR TIME OOOOOOHYAAAAAAAA

I thought the deliberate pace was going to bother me, but it just works, somehow. The game's like good liquor, fine to savor it. There's so much...stuff to do all over the place, I'll probably be playing this for months

Yeah (just like you have to do on GTAV) I slid the bar all the way the the right (brightest) and still couldn't see the logo.

Then I set the brightness on my TV...still couldn't see it.

Sometimes i regret life decisions like random murder someone and have law after me.

Who knew it's so ****ing easy to skin a deer?