It is up to you whether you engage or not – often, intervening in crime increases your honour.
Arthur is able to speak with these randomly encountered NPCs, sometimes making small-talk, sometimes simply walking away. Random Encounters are common while riding across the map, you might encounter a lost dog, or a rival gang. These interactions are not limited to only members of the gang, however. The game’s AI endeavours to make each interaction feel real. Players are able to engage with them around the camp, whether or not the player interacts, the characters still react as if they are, indeed, real. Its greatest strength is the very real world it presents to the player, each character is dynamic in their own way, holding a story that influences their actions – and the story. Red Dead Redemption 2 is, at its heart, a game about characters. The wild west does not belong in that image, and must be removed – at all costs.
The Pinkertons are set on removing crime and ‘savagery’ from the United States, all as part of the government’s aim to create the ‘perfect’ America. Set in 1899, Red Dead Redemption 2 follows a floundering gang struggling to survive as they are chased across the United States by the Pinkerton detective agency. Playing as Arthur Morgan, the player is cast into the very end of the wild west. It is an open-world experience – and a deeply rewarding one. It still remains among the best-selling video games of all time, with over 43 million copies. Well, boasting the second-biggest launch in the history of entertainment, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a video game that certainly lives up to the hype.
So, does it still hold up? Is it still worth playing in 2022? But, ironically, I didn’t have a system able to play it until this year, so I’ve been playing through the story for myself for the first time, some three odd years after its initial release. One of my favourite games in recent memory is Red Dead Redemption 2 – I consumed ‘Let’s Plays’ when they first came out, entranced by the story of Arthur Morgan and his gang of cowboys.
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