Revisiting the Timeless Perfection of Red Dead Redemption 2 

I truly enjoyed this game every second of it.I wish I could erase my memory and just play it all over again. Such a remarkable journey I spent 150 hours playing it to hit 100% achievement

A channel with 8000 subs releasing a video this long and detailed makes me happy in a way I can’t describe. It really shows your passion.

The horse dying absolutely kills me every time.

It’s sad as hell when you give Abigail that kiss and she says to tend to the farm, you’ve already done every bounty and side mission, got your fill of hunting and fishing… and you just know the ride is over, and you saw all you came to see. I got that same sad feeling when you wake up in Kaer Morhen and everybody is gone, no more friends to do quests with, no more storyline, it’s over. It’s the biggest compliment I can give to any game if I get that feeling at the end of it.

I used to have 3 save files on rdr2 1. For me to try to get completion 2. When my stepdad and I hung out 3. When I would hang out with my dad. Had to do high honor with my stepdad around, because I didn’t want him to see what I was capable of 😂 With my dad we would be sore from laughter when we would throw people on train tracks or try and get away with as much as possible, *but* I didn’t spoil Arthur’s ending for him at all playing it. When Arthur got his diagnosis he was all in on redeeming him and it made playing through that part of the game easier and more memorable since he honestly even cared about Arthur in the game. I think that kind of speaks volumes to how wide of an audience it is accessible to, and the success of its writing being a really emotionally complex and engaging piece of fiction. For both my stepdad and my dad to want to just be there with me playing it and connecting between both was a positive thing for me.

How did bro know that I had just finished a replay of this masterpiece

594 hours on this game and I will never get bored of it

no disrespect to GoW but this shoulda been the 2018 GOTY .

RDR2 is a great game. The good ending actually made me cry. Not many games do that to me. Plus I still love to explore in RDR2. Beautiful map.

I totally get the hype for GTA 6, but honestly, I'm craving a Red Dead Redemption 3 sequel even more. There's this magic to exploring the wild west of the 1800s - the calmness, the way nature takes its time, and soaking in every inch of the landscape that makes you appreciate the game even more. Sometimes, I wish I could actually live in the 1800s, and playing RDR2 feels like the closest I'll get to that experience.

This is my personal favorite piece of art of all time. Arthur Morgan might just be my Favorite character in all of fiction. And I will never be embarrassed to say that. Rockstar delivered a video game so immersive and so powerful and so incredible that I don't think they could ever artistically top it.

1658 Hours and I still love this game. For me nothing even compares to it and I still play it almost daily. Great video, thanks for doing this.

Arthurs last ride has to be my favorite scene from any game EVER

Picked it up cheap recently, and I've got about 50 hours in the game now. But I'm not really playing RDR2 - I'm playing a RPG with a guy named Arthur as the hero. I actively avoid the story missions - anything to do with Micah ends in slaughter of innocent people, and that's not what my Arthur is all about. Got my honour up to touching distance of the right edge of the bar! I'm the Robin Hood of the Wild West! Next story mission is stealing some oil carriages with John Marston. I didn't play the first game, but apparently he was the hero, so I'm hoping he is a bit more sensible than Micah. Got a hell of a lot of exploring to do first - at the moment I'm riding the whole perimeter of the map, seeing what is to be seen. It is beautiful - coming down from the mountains in the early morning, into an autumnal forest, with the god rays all around. Wonderful.

Replaying this currently for the second time since release, and it's even better than my first playthrough. The more I play, the more I think RDR2 got absolutely robbed that year by God of War... this game is as close to a masterpiece as possible. There is no game more visually beautiful than RDR2, I cannot believe this released on last-gen. It takes my breath away every single time I play it. Almost every aspect of this game is an absolute triumph.

Easily the greatest story in gaming and I don't think even RDR 3 will top it. Saying goodbye to Arthur puts tears in my eyes every time. Idk why because he isn't real. But we do go through so much with him. I'm just about to finally 100% the game and it has taken over 2 months of consistent playing to do so. The orchids and bird feathers will drive you insane just a forewarning... But even despite that it's still the greatest story I've ever known. Great video man liked and subbed 👍🏻

On my fifth or sixth playthrough now. It has aged so well it’s crazy.

Saying this game aged well is an understatement, this timeless masterpiece will forever stand as Rockstar's magnum opus and one of the greatest games of all time.

The game is so insanely well made. Never seen this level of detail in any game ever before: I was in a shack in the middle of nowhere where I found an axe. And I took the axe and threw it against the wall: it made a wood sound. I took the axe again and threw it against a picture: it made a paper rip sound. I took it again and threw it against a horse saddle nearby: it made a sound leather rip sound. I took it again and threw it against a rope: it made a rope rip sound.

Great video for an absolute masterpiece of a game. This is what you get when the time is taken to bring all elements of a game together. Too many games today focus on only a couple of things and then release a buggy mess. This game is was and always will be a masterpiece. Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. Going to go and start yet another play though.

Candidly, playing through this recently for the first time I caught myself multiple times just being in the moment and actually feeling grateful and fortunate to play this game. It’s such a rare feeling that I almost never felt playing a game.

I started a new game recently and am currently playing through it now. This is my first time playing it sober, and I have to say, wow. It's probably as close as one can get to playing a game over "for the first time" because I was so blitzed out of my mind years ago, my memory of the game is fragmented at best. Playing it sober, my appreciation for this game, and the work put into it, has skyrocketed. I've played a whole lot of games over the decades, and I daresay this is my absolute favorite.

Playing the PS4 version of the original, moments from there hit a lot differently now that the sequel exists. Which would be a prequel really.

The last ride after saving Abi was so fuckin deep. That song and the verbal flashbacks were amazing and just ripped my heart out. 👏 👏 👏

You didn't even touch on the soundtrack. I was already enjoying it, but when I got on a horse after returning from Guarma - not knowing what I was going to find left of the gang - and Unshaken started playing it hit HARD. I knew in that moment this was no ordinary video game and I would be forever changed by it. I D'Angelo's performance was just haunting, and I recognized Daniel Lanois' production immediately. (He did Bob Dylan's album Time Out of Mind, among many others) It all fit in so nicely with Woody Jackson's score. Then the part that broke me is losing my horse at the end. Why, Rockstar, WHY?! 😭😂

on my 8th playthrough and 1000 hours in and seeing this convinced me i gotta replay it again. i always tend to find 1 new things on each playthrough

In my opinion, this is a world class Novel that was then adapted into a video game if you know what I mean. I m in my 40s and both me and my wife could not stop playing it until we got 100 completion. And at the core of it was the emotional and historical depth it carries but as well the actors' performances. I bet that 90 percent of those who played this game had tears in their eyes when that end hits. If there are any Tool fans here, I would say Red dead redemption 2 is "Tool of video games."

This game legit made me laugh, cry, think, and all together enjoy the hell out of it…Rockstar truly outdid themselves with this video game masterpiece….the theme/setting/plot line is executed beautifully……a 10/10 for me🔥

This was an amazing video. Perfect narration and information for the newer crowd getting into this game. I have played this game since the day of its release and right here in 2024 I am replaying it again. It is that good and I'm still finding things that I haven't found before. Eight different save files of the game 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠 Thanks for the video 💯💯🍻🍻🍻

Rdr2, in my opinion, has some of the best technical aspects in a game. I can’t think of any other game with such a high amount of detail in EVERYTHING. Story, world, physics and all the other aspects of a game. That being said I kind of wish that there were more fun missions that would have been fully open ended because it is a open world game. That would have been the cherry on top for me.

thanks for the efforts you put into this video mate , loved it

Dont forget the music. The music makes it 10x more immersive. or should i say the sound ambience in general. When you just ride along to some peaceful guitar music and animal noises, enjoying the view, then suddenly it changes to some dark uncanny sound while you hear multiple horse riders from afar getting louder and louder, realizing that bounty hunters are coming for your head. This is so good man

I’m doing a second playthrough six years later and I’m only on chapter 2. Keep getting sidetracked by exploring, hunting, random events and just watching that world go by. At this rate it’s going to take me months to finish it again. Love it, so much fun!

Great video! Only thing missing was a chapter on the music! One the best uses of sound and music

I been playin again recently on PC.. added a bunch of mods too like a survival mod where Arthur has to sleep eat, drink, even pee. It makes the game even better IMO. There's tons of other mods too that literally enhance the story mode like crazy. Like a law and crime rebalance, new bounties, you can even bring some of the things from online mode to offline like the hunting wagon. It's great.

Excellent video with great analysis 👍

So happy you released another Revisit! And RD2 nonetheless, the game I just started. Can't wait for more of your videos

Great retrospective on such a great game. I started playing it again too. A classic forever.

I got the low honor ending on my first play through. I was so pissed that I stopped playing and didn't touch the game for 3 days because I needed to cool down. When I did play it again I started over from the beginning to get the high honor ending. I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried. I used to be ashamed I was like "Why the hell am I crying about a video game character?". Then I saw a few compilation videos of other people crying at the end so I didn't feel bad anymore. The epilogue was all new to me since I never played it on my first play through. I like video games, but I'm far from being considered a gamer. This is still THE best game I've ever played in my life.

I've never seen a video explaining the magic of rdr2 so incredibly well. You did a fantastic job at summarizing 50h of this masterpiece in 40min and with such a passion!

Currently replaying it and interacting with every activity I come across. A masterpiece is an understatement.

I actually feel so much of this. I actually have struggled to play open world games since RDR2 and I didn't start playing it until 2020. Still going 4 years later

You know this game is a damn masterpiece when 6 years later people still debate whether or not Dutch had a slow decline throughout the story or whether he was the same from the start. Truly one of the most complex and greatest antagonists oat.

When arthur said thank you to his dying horse. Tears came pouring out ngl.

To this day I haven’t found it in me to replay the story. It was just so good I want to keep that first and only experience. Roaming all of the west in this game is a love letter to us who are actually from the west. So beautiful the way man was ment to live

I've played through RDR2 prob a dozen times, but I now finding myself getting on just to enjoy the scenery with the ambient noises and relaxing music

Yep i never believed a video game could find room in my heart but this one did.

Still one of my favorite games. Don't forget the music, the score of that game is also timeless. When I don't play for too long, I get a bit homesick xx

Wow I honestly can’t beleaive how good your videos are! I’m honestly blown away 😅

Been waiting for another video from you.

Redownloaded this game to give it a second playthrough, in shady belle and this is perfect timing to listen to as I ride to missions

This game is still a top three. Going back to it is like going on vacation, it’s so beautiful. The slow, steadiness of it is like meditation. Truly one of the greatest experiences in gaming I’ve ever had. Maybe I’ll go back for a fifth playthrough.

Every single word you said in this video is factual. Every.single.word. Well done. I’ve played the full story mode of RDR2 I would guess more than 30 times. Love it everytime. I am playing through it right now, which is what brought me to your video.

I have a little over 1000hrs in this game and I love it. I’ll stop playing for a while sometimes, but somehow alway come back to it. It will forever be my favorite 🤠 🐎

The opening is my favorite part!!! I have restarted it many time just to replay the opening

I'm gonna stop right here. At 8:10. I'm at my third playtrough and it has been a few years since now, so I don't want to "spoil" it to much. But I have to say, you are a very good story teller Mr Game. I will revisit this after I am finished. You got yourself a new subscriber. Love from Norway.

19:04 worlds best character description

This is my go-to game. Everytime I start it with the I mention of just playing through the story and avoid all side distractions, but I just can't do it. Although my best playthrough is still only 97% completion, I thoroughly enjoy just exploring and living in the world. The story amazes me EVERY time, and I now have to play the entire game with my first horse just to make that scene even more powerful.

Games don't often make me feel so overwhelmed with emotion that I cry, but somehow both Redemptions had tears streaming down my face.

Amazing video, mate

50% of this video is the guy saying, I could talk for hours about a subject and then not diving deeper, we would be willing to watch a hour+ video in this style trust yourself you are making great content

this is the perfect video to watch after playing your 2nd playthough.. you cant leave RDR2 in just 1playthrough, you have to play it twice even that you wont get the full experience of RDR2 this vid helps you soo much to understand the value of the game.. still to this day this game is my fav video game ever..

I sometimes still play this game just to faff about in the open world and take Arthur (I modded him into the epilogue because I missed him lol) fishing, hunting, whatevering... it's just such a peaceful, enjoyable experience.

I was always sad because I was too young and missed all the amazing gaming staples. Well I was there for this masterpiece and I will never forget how this game made me feel.

This game is basically peak humanity performance right up there with ninth symphony, penicillin, airplanes and sliced bread.

too me the opening scene never felt long. Maybe on the first play through alittle bit but its written so well and so much exposition is told in such a short time without feeling 4thwall breaking that each mission has your attention regardless of the slow gameplay. Honestly replaying the game many missions especially towards the middle of the game are surprisingly short despite like huge and long sequences. Just an amazing game

So glad i stumbled upon this video. I just started a replay of this game by mistake. I was playing God of War: Ragnerök and was so stressed by it and the intense combat where I found myself just wanting to fish in nature. I got back on the saddle with Arthur and then my gf took interest in the characters and story and it turned into an entire play through. So grateful

I would also argue that Dutch’s decline really began after the train accident in Saint Denis. He hit his head very hard. I believe it was the initial catalyst that would cement his spiral into madness

It's far from perfect but thankfully has a vibrant modding community. Mods are what turns the game into a true technical masterpiece, imo.

39:50 I'm from the arcade generation.. "Fun" was the *only* thing that mattered when we started playing video games! And that has stuck w/ me

holy, moly...... that Video hit hard

Strongly agree regarding Dutches switch up after Hoseas death, now thinking about it’s like the good shepherd had died and the snake took its space whispering into the ear of already unstable man.

I think I have played this game three times now. I want to go in for a fourth, but I keep holding out for a new release on PS5.

I'm playing my third playthrough since September of 2021, most of it in the Epologue which has become almost like a therapeutic Holodeck where I just chill out and go fishing 🎣 😊, hunting, exploring, collecting, and trying to complete the Compendium. I'm definitely going to play this game again. 🐎...💨....💨....👀

After all the BS that released over the last, let's say 5 years, this is truly something remarkable. I'm enjoying it for the first time right now and I have a blast. No PS5 upgrade required, the graphics NPC ai and overall experience is truly something else. That's why Rockstar is Rockstar

I picked this game up in December 2023 and I was amazed at how great it is. I don't know why I hadn't checked it out until that point. It is probably my #2 game behind vanilla World of Warcraft. I hope that Rockstar is able to make a Red Dead Redemption 3 but I'm also fearful that they won't be able to live up to the special and unique creation they had in Red Dead Redemption 2.

The graphics of your video are great, was it recorded on PlayStation 5 or a high end PC?

just finished playing it again for a second time it is a masterpiece as you said no other open-world game comes close for me

I could play this and The Last Of Us franchise over and over again and they never get old ❤

Underrated channel! Can you do a vid like this on assassin’s creed ezio’s trilogy?

6 years??? Nah this released 2 years ago I swear 😭 hopefully that means we are closer to RDR3 than we think. Hopefully by 2030 ☹️

Personally the game is a solid 8/10. The story is amazing and the graphics are still breathtaking, but it's definitely got its problems. The gunplay is a bit meh, especially the manual cocking of each gun, and the online is fucking abhorrent.

When you said the last of us as number 1 and rdr2 as number 2 games of all time I thought yep exactly right 👏🏼👌🏼

The pain in Arthurs voice when dutch decides to not get abagail is so good 10:27

When Dutch says that they have to leave Abigail, and Arthur gives that second “Dutch!” Gets me every time. The pain in Arthur’s eyes, the sadness just gets me. Bravo rockstar

A+ content, only 8k subs. Hopefully this pops off!

I just restarted my early replay thru of RDR2. Its truly a masterpiece in every way

16:20 , ''To retrieve the stash left at Beaver's Hollow'' That is not true, the stash in Beaver's Hollow(which is the money the gang stockpiled throughout RDR2) is taken by Micah at the end of Chapter 6, this can be seen in the ''go for the money'' ending. The stash on Mount Hagen, as Sadie at least mentions, is the Blackwater money, which is why Micah most likely decided to meet up with Dutch.

5:55 When you find out that Molly DID NOT in fact, tip off the Pinkertons, and it was actually Micah, you realize just how sad Molly's death was. She was just drunk and in love, and trying to say anything to get under Dutch's skin to get a reaction out of him, and then she paid with her life. It's no wonder Karen empathized with her, as she was feeling the same kind of grief after the death of Sean. She also found refuge in the bottom of a bottle.

I’ve beat this game 100% 5 times. It is simply the best looking best acted best written best paced best directed piece of immersive art ever created.

Fun fact, Murphy brood will stalk you at night. If your eyes are sharp enough sometimes you will see them following you, as if roanoke cant get creepier

I just started my third play through, with the last play through a few years ago. This is easily one of the greatest games of all time. That’s hard for me to say as I started on the Atari 2600. Wow… what a fuckin masterpiece in every aspect. Thanks for covering it again

I played this first as it wasn’t until I was nearing the end of the story, did I find out that it was a prequel, and not a completely separate story than the first. So I ended up playing it in chronological order and I’m actually glad that I did

I’m still very upset that Rockstar abandoned Red Dead Online for GTA Online (another reason for me to hate GTA 5). RDR2’s singleplayer mode is fantastic, but getting exclusive new content for the game in the form of its multiplayer mode brings even more play time to this already fantastic game. I only just recently started playing Red Dead Online and I was shocked to see gun tricks, new purchasable items, horses and weapons that aren’t in the singleplayer mode. I love that we can buy chariots and improve our own little camp with a permanent posse. There was still a lot of potential left for the mode. They could have added additional free roam missions, more roles like Rancher where you can buy a piece of land in a region and raise your own cattle to then sell it using the Trader role. We also never even got train or bank robbery missions which is unforgivable in a western game in my opinion. So much missed potential in that mode, it’s unreal.

There are 4 endings. Honour and How you assist John in the final act will give you 3 different endings, then the finale after the epilogue.

Good video, mate. I totally agree with almost everything, except your take on horse mechanics. They are perfect. It not working as you intend is the realism they put on it. Furthermore, how can you not like fishing in this game???!!! ;-))

Good video dude

Amazing game. Only big complaint is that the gameplay is a bit clunky. I get they were trying to go for a realistic angle, but at points it’s a bit too realistic. Besides that, the story, characters, world, and sound are top tier. Train heists and clothes shopping are the best part.

Whenever the “main game” I’m playing at any period inevitably gets me pissed i know I can go to rd2 for a generally chill and super fun time

I never in my 800 hours of playing this game realized that the ring John proposes with to Abigail is Arthur's ring which was given back to him by Mary in Chapter 6. That hits me right in the feels.