Should i replay red dead redemption

A stage coach robbery to prevent. Some men sitting around the campfire eager for company? A new questline? Well, for me and my Arthur anyway. Running head-long into a tree and both my horse and Arthur ragdolling never gets old.

Shooting an animal while hunting and missing a vital spot is the worst. Instead, I only hunt to support the camp and Arthur with food. Whereas Far Cry and other similar titles merely treat hunting as a path to loot, RDR 2 does something a little more horrifying with it. One of the things that work really well about modern Rockstar open-world games is how they make the player inhabit their protagonist. I want to reward him for roughing it out on the frontier or comfort him after a lousy outing with an ex-girlfriend.

I react to him as a character instead of an avatar. How does he deal with grief? Does he go and drink for hours in a bar? Does he get in fights in the streets of Saint Denis? Kidnap people and throw them off the cliffs of mountains in a murderous rage?

She gives him crap in a way that nobody else can and he takes it. It drives home that the relationship is an old one and a painful one cast in the gloom of love lost. And his personality definitely seems like the kind that would respond positively to her mix of affection and light disparagement. When you take a taxi in Grand Theft Auto, you have the option of enjoying the ride. Just nestling back and watching the people walk by on the streets as music blares and your cabbie scratches his chin.

In the original Red Dead Redemption, John never slept with anyone because he was married. Is it about being in love with Mary? His journal offers no answer and I like the ambiguity. Instead, Red Dead Redemption 2 treats sex as complicated and moored in emotion and consequence.

Karen and Sean have a fling to escape the loneliness of the frontier life, Molly tries and fails to use her sex appeal to make Dutch see her as the only woman in his life.

For Arthur, well, who knows what it means but the consequences of it have clearly left its mark on him. The fog effects in this game is amazing. However, seeing Arthur ride through Saint Denis in the morning fog, his body literally cutting through the blanket of it as his horse trots along is such an eerie effect.

The transitions in Red Dead Redemption 2, like other recent Rockstar games, are marvelous. For instance, a few minutes ago a man drunkenly insulted me. I pushed him. He pushed back. I ended up beating his face in only to have a cop pursue me through the streets as I whistle for my horse, calling his buddies on me. I run down streets, ripping through alleyways in a desperate attempt to escape. One cop tackles me and I push him off, running into a road to finally meet my horse.

As I pull myself onto the saddle and take off, an errant shot from one of the nearby policemen strikes a civilian that was ambling nearby, killing them instantly as I make my escape out of town and into the swamps.

A little bit more re: the last note. Why would I send Arthur to go collect a debt from the man who will ultimately infect him with Tuberculosis and lead to his death? Why would I set in motion a chain of events that sees this band of merry outlaws I've come to love slowly picked off one by one?

Why would I do any of this, when I could simply ride around America with a happy, healthy Arthur Morgan who can rob trains, hunt, explore a beautiful world, get drunk in Valentine and occasionally check back in with the camp at Horseshoe Overlook? I have an Arthur - and a Van der Linde gang - that are safe, happy, and optimistic about the future.

I can keep them that way for as long as I want, and still find dozens of hours of side missions and other adventures. There are so many incredible moments later on in the game.

The assault on Braithwaite Manor. Soaring through the skies in a hot air balloon with Sadie. Escaping Guarma. There's so much to love about every inch of the story. It's just that I have such an appreciation for this scrappy band of outlaws and runaways that I honestly can't bring myself to be the one to push the plot forward and ruin it for them.

Not when I can keep them frozen in this one perfect moment in time, filled with laughter and hope. That, I think, is a testament to the wonderful writing and sublime performances in Red Dead Redemption 2. Chosen for You Chosen for You. Most Read Stories Most Read. Plus, there's a litany of hints and foreshadowing at certain moments that make the narrative even better. Most epilogues are short sequences without much to them. Thus, it's understandable that some players in Red Dead 2 didn't spend significant time roaming around during that part of the game.

On the second playthrough, though, they know that there is still a lot of the game left once Arthur perishes. So, they're more inclined to search around the world a bit. And they should, as there are multiple hidden interactions to find as John. Players can locate and talk to the likes of Tilly in Saint Denis near the tailor shop , Mary-Beth train station in Valentine , and more, to see how they're doing. One of the things players do notice during their first run-through is the game's incredible weather effects.

Not only do they look beautiful, but they can affect Arthur , John, and their horses in certain ways. However, what players very likely don't encounter is that same weather turning against them, as it is possible to get struck by lightning in the game. And much like in real life, it's a very rare occurrence. Naturally, though, the more time players spend in the game, the more likely it is to happen.

This hidden bit of dialogue is easily missable in both the first and second playthroughs. While playing as Arthur, interacting with a mirror makes the Outlaw start to criticize himself, particularly the way he looks. It's a funny yet sad couple of lines that are more noticeable during a replay. This is because players are more willing to search for everything the second time around instead of focusing on the story.

Thomas Downes is known as the guy who infected Arthur with TB. This occurs when the Outlaw confronts Downes about the debt he owes. But while on the second run-through, players might notice that the debt collection scene isn't the first time Downes appears in the game. He can be found earlier trying to receive charity donations.