No gaming world has ever felt as real as the world in Red Dead Redemption 2 does. There are literally hundreds of open world games out there, and almost no open world has ever been this fully realized or fun to play around in. Even the bigger games have nothing new to do after the first ten hours. But not Red De

There was a gratifying feeling to doing chores at camp and hearing everyone thank you, then being able to upgrade. It is all stuff that has been implemented in games before, but never as well as it is h

Just those opening couple hours in the snow made you grab a blanket off the back of the couch to wrap yourself in, feeling like the cold was biting while you played it. Add to that the frankly stunning weather effects and particle effects and you have what just might be the prettiest looking game ever m

When Arthur is diagnosed with tuberculosis, one of two things can happen – either he wanders the street in a glow and sees a deer, or he wanders in a gray haze and sees a wolf. It makes sense for this to happen at this point in the story, because Arthur is a bad person and has done bad things. But by the end of the game, Arthur is repentant and has numerous discussions about the possibility of a bad man finding redemption. The story desperately wants us to take the path of honor, and it’s totally jarring if you continue to be villainous. This is the Niko Bellic morality problem all over ag

And though that ending was a kick to the soul, it was meant to be, and needed to be. Arthur’s death is fully symbolic of the death of that time in the world, the death of the west. He was old-school, and as you know, his world was no country for old

Put a dead body into a pig pen, the pigs will eat it. Watch a guy mining gold, he will call you out and tell you to be nice (which you probably won’t be once he finds some). If you use Deadeye while in a field, you can track the wind direction by watching where the pollen is blow

Her missing poster says that she’s been gone for fifteen years and that she was last seen around the Van Horn Trading Post. I scoured that place for 45 real-time minutes looking for clues. I came up empty. So imagine my disappointment when I caved and looked online for answers and found out there were n

The game’s internal logic also has the tendency to not make a whole lot of sense. Granted, many of these logical inconsistencies and flaws are waved away at the behest of gameplay, and we can understand that. While the game certainly is immersive, you don’t want it to be TOO immersive. When that happens, you risk losing the audience. With that said, it’s still fun to ponder the total lack of sense that this game’s universe ma

By Chapter 6, everyone’s nerves are fried, drink is flowing, and Dutch has a particularly itchy trigger finger. Enter Molly O’Shea, who tells Dutch that she has been working with the Pinkertons. But…why? We later find out that Micah is the rat, not Molly, so this “plot twist” is rendered m

Without any surprise, I greatly want to warn those who have not played the game (what’s wrong with you???) that there will be SPOILERS aplenty, so read at your own caution. So let’s sift through this brilliant game and point out the things not so brilliant—and that just don’t plain make any sense whatsoever. Yeeee-

If you’re bored of the various cowboy hats on offer and want something a bit more different, then get thee to th1e Old Tomb, slightly northwest of Annesburg, just across the river from the mining town. Head down inside, and you’ll find the Viking Hatchet, which still makes a fearsome weapon, 1000 years after it was forged. In the side rooms, there’s the incredible Viking Helmet, and hidden behind some skulls, an ancient Viking comb, which can fulfill a camp request with pana

Did you get UFO fever back when GTA V was still fresh? You can find the extraterrestrial visitors in Red Dead Redemption 2 Outfits Dead Redemption 2 as well. Go to Emerald Station and head north, where you’ll find a small lake. Inside, a cult meeting has taken a dark turn, and you can find a note that gives you instructions to head to Mount Shann, then back to the shack at around 2 AM. The shack will be bathed in green light, and a flying saucer can be spotted. Want more? Another saucer can be seen from the highest peak of Mount Sh

Never fear, for you can always pay the bounty at the post office and erase your problems. It’s a simple way to ease the pressure whenever you’re in the area again. But…if that’s the case, why can’t we do that for the town of Blackwa

He needs help from several offbeat characters yet doesn’t hesitate to do several thankless errands in return. Why doesn’t Marston (the former outlaw) just threaten these guys and get what he needs instead? He doesn’t have the time to waste and isn’t above going back to his old ways to get what he needs—aside from in this asp

That doesn’t mean it’s near flawless, though. As with even the greatest Rockstar Games’ product (and this is likely the best), there are weird tonal shifts, obnoxious side characters, and contradictions galore with the main protagonist. This leads to plenty of holes and dangling threads left in their overall result— Redemption 1 is just as guilty of this as their past ga