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The storyline here is a prequel to the last Red Dead game, which I had thoroughly enjoyed, but that's pretty much where any similarities end. Know that this game and story goes long and deep. And I just loved it. The characters have a real depth and backstory that evolves at a perfectly timed pace. I got emotionally invested in them quickly both loving and hating them. And in the end, the story, or let's say stories, because Red Dead is so long and there are so many entirely different kinds of storytelling in all the chapters, the story is about the gangs' relationships with each other, in particular the leader of the gang Dutch, your character Arthur, and the young outlaw that Arthur takes under his wing, John (your character in the previous Red Dead Redemption, which is quite interesting in an of itself), who by keeping John's family safe and trying to get them to seek a different life, Arthur seeks to find his redemption. Though we are never really sure if Arthur knows that or not. He, like all the characters are, well, complicated to say the least. And of course being Old West outlaws, they are all clearly flawed people living on the edge of their sanity knowing that the law is looking for them Dead or Alive, and that they could well be found at any moment. You just feel the intensity of their situations. And Arthur is constantly faced with moral dilemmas, wanting to be an outlaw, wanting to be loyal to his friends, but also very much wanting to become a good man and do the right thing. Of which his leader and mentor Dutch, very much does not like, wanting the ruthless killer that he basically raised from a child to be the super-outlaw loyal partner that he had raised him to be. And the supporting characters all have a story depth too, like no video game I've ever played before. You'll love and hate them all, and you don't want to trust anybody. But in order to succeed in the game, sometimes you must. Betrayal is a central theme in this story and it will have you questioning what exactly that word entails and means. The game constantly challenges your sense of what's right and wrong. Many kudos to the the writers, and there certainly were a gaggle of them. This is truly a masterpiece.
Now, it's a Western in every sense folks. And I mean a classic one, very much influenced by The Oxbow Incident. And like those classic western novels, it takes its time to develop the the story. If you like space games, if you like fantasy games or super heroes, this might not be your cup of tea. There are some tap, tap tap parts, but it's not constant like a fighting game or something. But there is a lot of fighting and shooting. And Red Dead tries to make that as realistic as they can. The fighting is more about strategy than how fast you can hit the circle button. But I believe you'll love the actual gameplay no matter what kind of games you have been playing. I don't see how anybody wouldn't. And there is a lot of open world stuff, I mean a lot, for those of you like myself who are fans of that. One important skill that Arthur has to develop and teach is herbalism, which is fun, but it does slows things down for those of you who get nervous whenever you aren't hitting a button. And there's hunting and fishing which are also important at times. Arthur has to stop and eat, or his health stats drop. And the food he cooks will provide the most health. He can purchase food at grocery stores too, but they aren't as a replenishing. Still, you want to keep some in his saddle bags just in case you run into a long mission out in the mountains.
So, you have to learn to cook and use good sense in hunting. If you do, you will find several hunting grounds that are chucked full of docile game. It's best not to over hunt any one at a time because that way you know where the food is, if you do over hunt it, the game will seriously slow down the time it takes to replenish the animals. Herbs are used for all sorts of things, including making what you cook more replenishing, and especially making medicine. You will definitely need that at several junctions of the game too. So there is a lot more strategy and thinking required here than games that just go action sequence, cut scene, action sequence, cut scene, repeat. The open world stuff is stuff you actually have to do. And of course, cash is quite important too, which you mostly get by completing side missions where Arthur rides into town and is enlisted to help kill a man-eating bear, take out an evil outlaw, find a lost child, or the like. And there's always more to these missions than meets the eye. It's great stuff, right out of Kurosawa and the sixties saddle operas folks. And your main missions are going to take you everywhere form the turn of the twentieth century Dakotas to New York, to Kentucky, to New Orleans, to Florida, and all around the country. So it's definitely not all just robbing trains and outlaw camps all the time.
Now let's talk graphics. And I can wrap that up in one word. Wow!!! The characters and backgrounds look so real, especially the landscape and pastoral scenes in the mountains. I mean I really feel like I am fishing when I fish in the game. I believe these are the best graphics in any video game ever, bar none.
Red Dead Redemption 2 utilizes the most complex gaming engines available to date in the gaming universe. Top to bottom, you will continually do things that were impossible before and they have utilized the technology to come up with some just plain thrilling action sequence gaming, and the great thing is the action all fits perfectly within the story. You will want to succeed. And difficulty wise, they did a good job at setting the levels. I played it at normal and found that challenging at times, but it did allow me to really enjoy the story the first time with a good sense of being challenged. You set it at difficult, and things get even more real, you can't get shot and live. But you can take one or two hits on normal if they aren't point blank. And you alway have to be on the lookout for snipers. They can take you down with one shot on normal. You just always have to mind your surroundings. There are copperheads and rattlesnakes everywhere too, be careful lifting rocks or searching for herbs in tall grass.
Horses are very important too. You'll have to upgrade your horse as the game goes on to complete missions, though you will develop a relationship with some of them, particularly your first, and not want to sell or let them go. And yes you can drive a horse too hard and kill it. You actually have to treat the virtual horse like a real one. You feed it, brush it, and talk to it in order to calm its stress level, just like a real horse.
Oh and the music in Red Dead Redemption Two is memorable and just perfect for the game. A lot of care was taken to make this game sound good. So if you have some kind of speaker system hooked up to your monitor, you will get an enhanced gaming experience, I can guarantee that.
So I loved this game, the best I've ever played, but then I am and have always been a fan of Westerns. It was actually kind of hard to leave this world. There's plenty to do after you've completed everything to just keep up your homestead a make it thrive. I highly recommend this one.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
America, 1899
The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
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This is one of the best open world games that I ever played!
Playing this game is the closet you may ever get to experiencing how the western civilization once was.Especially if you’re interested in actually reliving it and being a specific character or kind of person during those times.You’re a part of a gang.You tote revolvers.There’s plenty of gun fighting and qickdraw action!You can rob trains anytime you hear and see one coming in the open world.Plus more!There will have to be a VR option in order to be able to get any closer to the real thing!There’s a great storyline to this game so far as well. I never finished the game, though.This game came with a physical map 🗺️ and the case wasn’t shipped to me damaged. Everything was in tact.I’m playing it on my PS4 just to get to experience it on that particular console even though I own a PS5.I wanted to see all of the great games that I missed out on when the PS4 was the current console. That’s why I’m doing it that way.
