Why Red Dead Redemption 2 is Perfect to Me 

Can't wait to see what you make next

Loved this video it’s nice to see someone talk about their personal relationship with the game than just a review.

Real Pixels Mate this video is an absolute masterpiece keep it up.

me too my friend best game in my life the same feelings

Thank you for sharing this. You highlighted everything I love about this game. Its an absolute masterpiece. Cheers

even this game

Agreed, except for The Last of Us games in my opinion

God of war

@@bardanmalla193 no he told after playing rdr2 he thinks other games are just too much rushed and i agree with that too rdr2 is a masterpiece i hope rdr3 comes i am excited for that more than gta6

Play Ghost of Tsushima then

Word!!

goes from “yee haw pardneh” to “fuck that was sad”

Nope, never, cowboys suck.

@@gawaniwhitecrow2731 ok pinkerton

@@friedlemons5201 This isn't the orient express buddy.. ®️

Me too. I am not a gamer to be honest. I only played mafia and I thought that was the best game but I can say that RDR 2 is the best game that I’ve ever played. The game is so adventurous and fun and realistic. Amazing. And I am still playing it til this day. I discovered this game a month ago.

@@sidohofman6835 have you played the original Mafia game or the remake?

@@SomeoneThatIsHappy i played both. The remake is really good. It’s fun to play it once. The storyline is cool.

Couldn’t you have just got a console for $300 though?

@@thejummyjum6207 barely available in my country. Always out of stock

hey - I know this was 7 months ago - but do you have any tips for a slow second playthrough?

@@justingiacobbe4419 moving on to my second playthrough but probably am gonna spend more time hunting and fishing and interacting with the townsfolk and getting a bunch of little things

not better than witcher 3

@@alexnather7614 Okay and? Did you come to this video just to say that?

@@justingiacobbe4419 explore as much as possible, go hunting, read Arthur’s journal, inspect every prompt given to you, help out every person (the snake bite guy makes me laugh every time he’s bit), and just soak it in. Don’t worry if you take a few days off or play it nonstop. Try to do all the activities that sometimes seems like “filler” because those flesh out the world so very much. Enjoy my friend!

same, everything about it is amazing, the graphics, the gameplay, the character models, the story

Bit extreme don’t you think ?

I’m about to experience it for my first time :D

@@GBProzPeX good luck!

@@GBProzPeX You my friend are about to experience the best feeling while playing it

For sure! Do you know of any other great western fiction? I've been trying to find some books but I don't know where to start...

@@Johnlikeme I’m less of a book reader than I am a film watcher. Only real westerns I’ve read are True Grit and No Country for Old Men, which is a neo western, both are excellent. For movies, there’s quite a few I love. Obvious Classics like Stagecoach, The Dollars Trilogy (esp. Good Bad and Ugly), High Noon, The Wild Bunch, Treasure of the Sierra Madre. If you like that End of an Era feel RDR2 has, I recommend John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, and Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven. All masters of the genre creating a send off to it in different eras. If you love the character work of RDR2, the man trapped in a violent world he can’t escape, I highly recommend George Stevens’ Shane (which Logan was also heavily inspired by) and John Ford’s The Searchers, Unforgiven also fits here too lol. And if you’re looking for more recent Westerns, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) with Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. It’s a slow burn character study about both two men and America, and both give maybe their best performances in it. Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2012) is a great and fun dissection of the genre, and his Hateful Eight (2015) is a really brilliant one location character study brimming with Hitchcockian tension. Bone Tomahawk (2016) is a REALLY VIOLENT horror Western with Kurt Russell. Like, one of the most violent movies I’ve ever seen, so be wary of that. Slow West (2014) is a weird but pretty one, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a comedy/drama western Anthology movie from the Coen brothers. It’s weird and hilarious and dramatic. Westerns are great.

Facts

@@zackkrenn5985 Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman is great

if not one of the only western games I've seen that made a big deal, glad to see more expansion on the western and crime genres as those are very underrated genres. Think the only other good game I've played with the crime genre was payday and I had a good 4 years with that game.

Honestly, it made me realize that alcohol can become a really bad problem. I don't think my then 21-year-old mind understood just how dangerous it could be

Watching her spiral down with each chapter and seeing the reverend save himself at the same time is really special story telling IMO A tale of two alcoholics.

It just takes constant drinking without breaks. My mom did that with wine and was gone at 50, it’s very dangerous for sure. Alcohol is apocryphal, it’s outdated.

@@lindboknifeandtool I agree that it’s archaic. It’s a pity nothing else can do exactly what it does though, besides benzodiazepines

It's like that with all the characters, most people don't look enough to notice... the game is as deep and immersing as you decide to take it.

@@dimension-121 possibly Elden ring? And maybe God of war?

@@dimension-121 wow! Good question! I didn't expect a secure follow up.... ummm, let me get back to you on this... 😨

​@@habhdyst722 Elder Ring I can get behind in terms of Gameplay atleast but GOW is shit I'm sorry to say I am a sucker for a linear story games but even I don't like this game. I don't care about the repetitive games I still play Mafia 3 but even I felt GOW to be repetitive as hell.

@Jup4ter Red Dead Redemption seems good to me. But it's okay if you don't like it and I can understand why you wouldn't like it. Not every game is for everyone.

@Jup4ter Why would I hate Rdr 😕 ? I didn't even mentioned that game in my first comment lol! First read carefully what I meant originally

It was personally ruined a bit for me since I had just bought a new horse that I only had for about 2 hours.

I usually go through that part with. Buell. (The horse Hamish gave you.) That way, when he says “Thank you.”, he’s not only thanking the horse, he’s also thanking Hamish for giving him the horse.

I kept that massive black raven since the beginning. A perfect match for A big bear of a man like Arthur. When that horse died.. i was not happy

@@JasonL77 damn I have the horse but I did that mission with my favorite horse instead 😭

@@jackson230 lol

@@davidmk2902 theres a rumour that the protagonist of red dead revolvers is uncle , but idk ._. It just seems funny and stupid

Mine death Stranding

The Witcher 3 took the cake for me, but I think this is top 3 for me.

@@maximusmawle2904 Bruh I can’t fucking wait🙏🏽😜

@@jenot7164 No one likes a smartass

Goddamn, that's beautiful

Amazing story man, your dad is the best ❤️

Why did your family buy two copies of RDR2 though?

@@henry7486 my brother had one for his ps4

​@@themilkman2225so you had 2 ps4??

Well, if you subscribe to the idea that the 8th gen of consoles is really just the 7th gen but always online and with prettier graphics, RDR2 was really the only true "8th gen" game.

Yeah, playing some new games like Cyberpunk really made me realise how they’re still playing catch up with a 2 year old game.

Rockstar have always been ahead of their game.

@Shrug i didn't mind Nikos accent in my opinion. I loved Niko and all the characters really in GTA 4.

Its better than Cybergarbage around 1000 times.

i’m playing it again and my plan is to 100% the non-story with Arthur then finish it off with John to get the platinum trophy. Was on 90% Completion with John but it just didn’t feel right, felt like I no longer had that connection with the world running around doing chores.

Exactly 😢

Arthur*

Same dude....him and solid snake are my two all time favorite video game characters

@@scottperkins7826 aye I’m a mgs fan too

And me best villain of the year

Scott Perkins and Geralt Of Rivia

YES.

It is a game from "Rockstar Games" that more can be expected they have been making the best games since 2001

Rockstar are just a stellar company, been playing their games since 2001 and they all stand out in some way. R* will out do themselves they always outdo themselves every 5/6 years.

Agreed, still the best video game I've ever played. A true cultural and artistic milestone in gaming history. We'll still be talking about this one decades from now.

@@silversnail1413 they even delayed it for one year (or two idk) and it turned out amazing, it makes cyberpunk look so horrible and just unforgivable how they had all that time and it turned out so poorly.

The red dead story is one of my favorite overall stories in any medium. I think it rivals some of the best shows, movies, and books.

Another thing is John is shaped so different and the world you explore is nostalgic as well as new it literally feels like a whole new game, plus you get to explore some of the most beautiful parts of the map that the first time I played through i had never been too before, showing off the graphics even more and it really just really hit home like nothing ever will

I never played rdr1 or paid any attention to that story. After completing the epilogue, I read about John and his son and all that. It depressed the hell out of me (but in a good? way). John and Arthur have tragic ends, but not just them - the whole gang. And then I realized it wasn't just a gang, but a time and place and all its people, the "old west," era - gone. Who were those people? What were their lives like? Then the old run down buildings and sepia tones made so much more sense to me. This is not a game, but an artwork that is dedicated to the memory of the past. A past almost forgotten.

@@sommmeguywell said

When I need to feel sad I just put my headphones and play "That's the way it is"

The moments that gets me everytime is when he confessed his fear about death to the sister... damn... the horrified look he had

You must have never played mass effect

@@arcosiancosine1065 mid effect lol. Terrible gameplay and meta characters. A nostalgia junkies finest treasure.

This comment got me man damn

Thank you for sharing, and congratulations for being sober for so long!

Shows the power of this game and your strength lad good on you

this is one of the best comments i have read. Great that a game can have such an impact on somebody's life. Keep your head together and keep it moving. Life is to short. I can relate with a lot your saying. Except for the meth part, but i know whats its like to start from scratch, had to do it 3 times before i got my shit together. Once again this was a great read man hope you stay on this track your on. Bless✌🏼

@@daddyjuice8263 appreciate it brother!

That's heart warming to read man, congratulations brother.

The slow motion in the headshots just give it that je ne seis qua

The last one's just sad. If I am them, well, I imagine death being painful. Real painful.

You forgot the most important *L U M B A G O*

@@Oblores Not if you get the Lumbago of the West outfit from Uncle😆

at least red harlow survived

Rockstar protagonist in general

yup and Gta 6 is going to to break every record of gta V has whenever its come out

ROCKSTAR GAME FOR MAN, UBISOFT GAME FOR KID.

but, this isn't a masterpiece.

@@andylai-fz6uc you're opinion is wrong

@@mikedobson1678 they use to make masterpieces every year. 2008 GTA 4 2009 GTA EfLC 2010 Red Dead Redemption 2011 L.A. Noire 2012 Max Payne 3(this game is written by Dan Houser for the most part unlike the other 2 games in the franchise so clearly it's a masterpiece) 2013 GTA 5 R* always make masterpieces. They rarely fail. But since 2013 we've only got one game. T2 is milking GTA 5 for the most part.

This game should be played with high quality headphones, trust me you won’t regret it. The sound is amazing. You will enjoy the game even more.

if you cried like a baby you would cherish the moment even more. i don't understand people who think avoiding feelings is somehow a win.

@@sidohofman6835 galloping across the plains with headphones "go!" *dadadoosh dadadoosh dadadoosh dadadoosh* "hya!" i've got a freedom boner.

@@skyhawkslcb18 I completely agree. I don't get people who flex that they didn't cry at emotional scenes like this

@@knockoffspiderman6861 yeah like ok congratulations you're dead inside, so impressive

It also does not help that in online all the map is shown

Same

Wait, people play RDO?

I get so frustrated when I hear people only got the game for online.. and believe me, there’s quite a few of those

Yea my friends I found online and played with for so long I only recently found out they hadn't even played story mode lol one of them couldn't get out of the snow chapter so he just gave up apparently 😂 it's very sad

and then walk in 15 more world events

I can relate so hard. Friends would ask me to join them in another game but ofcourse I'd say "Alright just gimme a minute to find a stopping point". Low and behold I wouldnt find a stopping point and felt obliged to keep playing and doing more missions for hours into the night and up till the wee hours of the morning

perfection for 2020 in a first play through

@@user-tr6fw8yo2t as someone who played through in 2020 I agree finished the game in 3 days couldn’t stop playing it

Nameless Gamer you stink

For sure when ya horse got shot I knew Arthur was next

I already knew arthur was gonna die but cry anyway

@@jojonathanyesyes4781 I was like I shi,* my 🐴 dead fr rr 😢

@@jojonathanyesyes4781 sadly I saw a spoiler before I finishes but the death still hit me hard

@@Hero_Of_Old Yeah, man. Fuck people who spoil for the sake of it. I saw the spoiler mid way through the game, but it sill got me. I was down for days as if a real friend had died. I sill feel sad about it as weird as it sounds. I really lost a friend there, a close one too.

Arthur’s development is really good but the best character development in RDR2 is Dutch’s

@@Fanged01 Gross! 🙈 How so? He went from manipulative to angry and manipulative. It was always about some great plan. Doesn't that sound like American Politics? 🤔 "Just one more score, gang, and we'll go to Tahiti."

@@monkeyprince5480 yeah but the game shows you how he became a maniac

@@Fanged01 He was already a maniac... Just a more sensible one..

@@Fanged01 I disagree, Dutch was the same person the whole way through. It was the people and situations he was surrounded by that changed, not him.

Same here buddy. This game is such a masterpiece, it's more like an interactive movie.

Please telll me out of all the games you have played what has impacted you besides this masterpiece I only have 16 years of experience

Gears of war got pretty close for me with Doms death

Playing for the first time and I don't want to progress cus I know he dies. But I am taking the game slow to experience the most I can the first time.

pumpkin spice I feel bad for you, I almost finished the game almost 2 years ago with minor spoilers

I jus wanna comment , same !

When that songs hits, even though I know it's coming after Arthur leaves Abigail and Miss Adler, I turn into a babbling mess.

@@Madman007 Sadie Adler , she’s part of the gang

@@Madman007 even after the 50th time

@@zafranakram3098 yes we’re aware

That's probably one of the main reasons writers put the death of your horse in right before your own death. I'm sure they knew that most people logically knew that people would make peace with Arthurs inevitable encroaching death as by the time it actually happens you've spent hours of gameplay watching him slowly deteriorate into a shell of his former self and of course they knew that most people would conclude that Arthurs end is coming soon as there was no cure for tuberculosis in 1899. But losing your horse comes completely out of left field and is totally unexpected when it happens, they knew that over the course of your time in the game you would inevitably bond with your horse because your horse is the one companion you have in the game that see's you through all of the adventures you would have been on by the end of chapter 6. They knew what they were doing, god damn this game is so wonderful.

It’s Gta San Andreas 16th birthday as well :)

I can watch it 10000000000 Times over Endlessly,

I started playing the story mode the same day it came out and I just finished it last month. Imagine how many hours I put exploring the place and doing activities. Best game ever. PD: I still have many things to explore with John that I missed.

Yeah I've beaten it 14 times now and I have also put a lot of time into red dead online as well

i really wish we could get a story DLC to spice things up again. Would be so cool!

idk what movies you are watching

@@spencerhaughian9774 I saw movies like Kong 2015, 1917, Wonder Woman 84, tenet, avengers infinity war, endgame, el Camino, joker 2019, ad astra , Gemini man , spiderman far from home and many more. Not any of those movies comes close to the greatness, plot consistencies, character arcs, suspense, themes, and pacing of red dead 2. Red dead 2 is arguably one of the best video game stories ever made. I wish they’d make a movie or tv show based off it.

@@Vortexnicholas bro have you seen interstellar it’s truly mind blowing. 11/10

@@Sub4CarClips it’s very coincidental you say that because I just saw interstellar 2 days ago on my tv for the first time . I was bored outta my mind🥱🥱, choppy dialogue, plot holes, boring plot I didn’t like mccanaghy in it.I didn’t like it. I generally don’t like space movies. A side note: a good space show to Check out is the expanse. It destroys any modern space movie. it’s not a movie though it’s a tv show. I highly recommend it.

@@Vortexnicholas I do admit the first part is kind of boring but it gets way better. Also if you can understand the movie it’s even better

Hilarious! 😂 😂

🤣

They are the ppl who like copycat games

The murfree broods are the worst.

I hate them O'Driscolls

That's amazing

I enjoyed as much as I could with arthur morgan I did about the same as you and also did as much I could on side missions with as well..arthur is/was awesome Character

This comment genuinely made me sad, just remembering my first play through two/three years ago :(

Same actually, i went from cowboy enforcer to gentleman gunslinger.

@@protojager facts bro

I used to like micah because of his personality but when I learned he was the antagonist I wanna shot him in the head the first time you see him

I'm an idiot I treat him just like any other camp members. I greet him just like any other. Until I knew on RU-vid and other articles who he really was!

I mean Micah is far from being the best antagonist from rockstar. Being annoying and hated does not make a good antagonist and in my opinion the best antagonist is Dutch after all he was the one the lead the gang into its downfall.

@@jozaalshemmari4673 micah was one of the reasons why the gang went into downfall he encouraged Dutch to do these stupid choices

@@imabigdumbstupid2163 The gang started to go downhill at chapter 1 when Dutch robbed the train despite Hosea's warnings. Dutch's pride is what lead the gang to its downhill.

I'm 40 and it's the best game I have ever played.

Mafia: the city of lost heaven also best GAME.

Ok boomer

A boomer would be in their 60s. You need to get educated. Gen x the greatest generation.

I watched a live of someone playing that game and it seemed so boring But by these comments the game actually looks pretty good so I might buy it when my PC is able to run it at low no shadows 20 fps

There is nothing better then melodrama

Louis L'amour would be proud!

Yesterday I almost choked up just riding through the landscape with that soundtrack

That shot of the gang members marching towards the manor with weapons drawn is iconic. Sends chills down my spine everytime.

@@mrsnrub282 oh hell yea best moment in the game period. No Micah, all the gang members alive but Sean, good times

What’s the name of that mission so I can replay it!

@@JonCom3dy Blood Fueds, Ancient and Modern. Its a simple shoot em up mission, but its one of my top 5 favourites just because the cinematography is so beautiful

I liked the game from the start. That mission turned like into love. So perfect

Да товарищ

even stalin like rdr2

@@lancevancebaby4987 i mean it is a anarchist ideology Dutch is trying to achieve which is leftist

Иосиф Сталин I cried too. I actually grieved this character for a few days and when I visited Arthur’s grave as John i felt like I was actually visiting a grave. That’s crazy. I don’t know if it’s exactly healthy, but definitely evidence that this game is another level.

Коба, привет

Played 3 times through on ps4 now im in at the end of chapter 3 on my new xbox right now

TheHelo10 I played the story twice and I'm in my second playthrough and I'm at the butcher creek camp and I'm having a hard time advancing because I'm not trying to see someone I played with for hours and days just to see die in the end

Would you really want to live in a world of gangs running rampid,barely any electricity,or smallpox? It's a great game to play, but be glad you weren't born then.

@@gavinraichle6838 you switched? Aww :(

@@gavinraichle6838 I'm in chapter 3 on ps4😂😂😂

Fr out of the hundreds of games I’ve played rdr2 was the only one that made me cry

This game in this game generation is hands down the 🐐

@Joey B what?

@Joey B don’t you dare mention this game and fortnite together

@Joey B gta v is overhyped and this game isnt perfect but its fine and not lazy at all A to B design is fine to me but the level should not be restrictive which this game is very

Thank you for watching it, and taking the time to leave a comment!

Yoo hey lazerzz

I second this... I played through it once on ps4 and once on pc and the 2nd time everything just hit so much harder; I expected to be at least semi resistant emotionally reactionary, but no.

Thank you this game doesnt get enough appreciation

Hello lazerzz, have you watched odyssey broke me

That got me good, I was so focused I didnt expect it lol

He went from Brimstone to Lumbago

it's very serious

Everyone character was perfect, except for uncle. I hated him so much lol

@@VlerkeDamne only you. I love uncle

Exactly this game has very little replay ability

@@fightingtothepoint4u732 i tried replaying so many times i mean it just aint the same

Actually i don't want to play the main story again because i do not want to disturb that incredible feeling that it gave me the first time... I think rockstar really pulled a masterpiece there, worthy and standing proudly next to movies, tv series and many books... Even reading about certain parts of the story still gives me goosebumbs... Thank rockstar for this EXPERIENCE. A masterpiece in every possible way... An instant classic.

I disagree. Replaying this game is much better because instead of being on edge by the story and wanting to finish it as soon as possible, you actually get to take the game in and appreciate all the small details and encounters. It’s one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played in my life

@@deadeye7387 i agree! i missed so many missions and details when I played it for the first time. Even the onllne version is fun to play. You don’t get bored with this amazing game. There is enough to do. Rockstar keep up the good work! I know they are still makiing billions of this game.

It's very serious

🤣 uncle is one of my favorites

@@zachinthebox2472 Have a little faith Dutch has a plan.

@blate dake Haha for real it is though! Lower back spasms can mess with your whole life. Change how you live completely. With the kind of life they're living it kind of just isn't an option.

I was laughing so hard at this 🤣

What makes you think that your comments have more credibility after mentioning that you've been gaming for 40 years? Guess what', I've been gaming longer than you (I'm not kidding) and this is far from being a masterpiece, because a game should be judged by more than just its story, and in that context the current 86% approval rating on Steam is actually quite accurate.

Same here 43 yr old. Was at NES launch. This game after 160+ hours still has me riding around and exploring and still putting off starting a new new. Absolute masterpiece that takes a few hours to grab you but once it does your game life will never be the same.

@@lev2727 A modern review score is actually detrimental to your argument games have changed and have instant gratification this game dates back to when you had to invest time and effort

I agree that red dead is a masterpiece it's 1 game i consider a masterpiece people need to stop calling every game they play a masterpiece though every game isn't good

@@lev2727 Bro story makes the games great not just gameplay, they both go hand and hand story and character development is the most important thing to a game. You have been gaming for more than 40 years like you stated yet you seem so clueless about what makes a game a masterpiece, its the story telling that makes you feel for these characters and makes you invest into everything games are like movies now, best era of gaming by far plenty of people think this game is a masterpiece you aren't changing our minds about it, these aren't shitty arcade games you guys played in the 80s and 90s or 70s these games are like movies telling a story if its too complex for your little brain go back to playing arcade games

I felt the same when I went back to play AC Odyssey after this game. I cannot even remember one person’s name in AC after spent 160+ hours, while I know everyone in RDR2, even the people in side missions. Too realistic and immersive as a game

What we all can do is just accept the reality that nobody else except rockstar is capable of delivering this level of experience!! all we can do is wait for the next rockstar game to come out!!!

That could very well be the reason it's fleshed out so well. How do you justify a game where the main thing you do is ride horses and shoot people? There's a concept in music where a musician deliberately limits his ability through some sort of handicap (Whether it be driving a simple motif, purposefully limiting instruments utilized, etc.). But the point of this is that it forces you to be more creative by doing all you can with so little. With so little to work with in way of options, you develop what you're given. The concept is the same in this game as shown. With Red Dead Redemption's gameplay loop consisting of mainly riding horses and shooting people, Rockstar, by virtue of heart for this thing being made, added any and everything they could. They created random events that brought the world to life, implemented a great hunting mechanic that we typically only see in survival games, added a plentiful amount of side missions, customization, and more. And on top of all of this they created possibly the best story I've ever personally experienced through any artistic medium--ever. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the perfect example of working with what you're given and creating out of love and dedication.

Spot on bro. Recently i picked up the Final Fantasy 7 Remake and just comparing the NPC's and how believable they were as characters compared to RDR really ruined my experience. The world of RDR felt so real and immersive that its easy to forget that you're playing a video game when we get so lost in its world. They really set the standard for me for the level of detail and quality a game should possess and its extremely easy for a video game to fall short of that.

I really want to know how though? The game isn't perfect to me. It has its shortcomings but I think its strengths do mask them well enough for me. Here's my reasons: In RDR2, the ragdolls have been severely restricted and programmed to fall in pre-set positions 70% of the time to make the looting animation possible. This makes RDR2's ragdolls way more predictable and boring. You will constantly see similar death animations and the bodies lying in the same positions. After a while this gets very annoying and takes away from the fun of gunfights. The shooting mechanics are also a rather serious downgrade from RDR1. 1)Guns are far weaker. A Scofield revolver usually takes 2-3 body shots to kill someone with express rounds added. A cattleman can take up to \*4\* shots to do that and it happens frequently. These are weapons that reload slowly and hold very few bullets. It's too much to have to shoot someone with half your mag before they die even when your weapon is fully upgraded, in pristine condition and loaded with express bullets. 2)There's random gun sway that throws off your aim, making you miss a lot of your shots and forcing you to slow down each time before you fire. This seriously reduces the fluidity and speed of combat and the only way to reduce gun sway is to hide behind cover, forcing a defensive/boring cover-shoot play style on the player. Gun sway discourages aggressive and skillful play. 3) Rechambering of weapons. At first glance, this is a rather cool gimmick. It makes guns feel unique and realistic. Apart from that however, this mechanic slows down the speed of combat even more as you have to constantly re chamber your weapon before you shoot and it messes the timing of the shots because you're mashing the fire button to get maximum fire rate. 4) Tackling enemies happens whenever you press the fire, melee and grab buttons as you're moving towards an enemy at a speed that isn't walking. It puts you at a massive disadvantage when you tackle someone in the middle of a gunfight. Why doesn't Arthur just do the combat execution animations right away when he gets close to an enemy? Why is tackling enabled by three different buttons and not by just one? RDR1's shooting has none of these issues. Guns are all powerful. Even the starting revolver can kill someone with a single shot to the chest and enemies rarely survive more than two direct shots to the body at close-medium ranges. There's zero gun sway to mess up the aim. You can reliably play free aim and not have to worry about random factors to slow you down. Guns don't need to be rechambered, making the shooting feel much more consistent. John will quickly and swiftly execute any enemy he gets close to. There's also another aspect in which RDR1 is far better. The health system. Arthurs is an absolute tank. Up to three enemies pose zero threat to him and more enemies are just child’s play to deal with for most players. He has a massive health reservoir but no (almost) health regeneration. This means that he can unrealistically tank an insane number of bullets but afterwards he needs to hide or run away to refill his health. That promotes a very boring playstyle of cover shooting. The problem of health regen can be solved by tonics, which themselves are completely broken. Arthur has hundreds of them, he can drink one after the other with no negative side effects and they instantly refill his health. That removes any little challenge left in the combat system. Whenever Arthur gets jumped by a group of outlaws I have no reason to worry at all, since I know they will need half a minute of nonstop shooting to bring Arthur’s health to a critical level and even then I can just drink a tonic and it’s like nothing happened. On the other hand, RDR1’s health system is much better. John can die if he gets caught out in the open, ambushed or surrounded. He has a faster health regeneration which promotes a more aggressive playstyle which is balanced by his small health reservoir. RDR1 keeps the risk but also rewards a more aggressive playstyle making the combat more fun. RDR1 John also can’t carry more than a handful of tonics so you must use them wisely. Furthermore, RDR1 has a hardcore mode that makes combat even more lethal and dangerous but even on normal mode, a single shotgun blast from up close will kill John. RDR2 Arthur can take at least five shotgun blast from the same range.

My first playthrough took 150 hours and I didn't even come close to doing everything. And never a minute did the game feel like a slog

I only had a week with my main rig because of uni so my first playthrough was quite rushed, I'm looking forward to doing a second playthrough soonish to experience more of the game.

Doing the exact same thing, It’s so fun

dunno how people manage to complete the game in 40 hours. I played 16-18 hours a day for 2 weeks while in lockdown to finish it, and I still think I rushed it.

@@TBVnBIX people rushing it to complete the main campaign. I'm also guilty of doing the same for the first game. I regret it 100%, since the game didn't land a mark on me whatsoever. Playing the secondary missions on RDR2 really flashes out Arthur as character beyond the main mission. I imagine it was true for the first game as well.

my first play through of this game I didn’t really look too deeply into it. But my second play through I actually tried to role play a changing Arthur and it just completely broke me at every turn, especially near the end

ive played it over 6 times now, and i keep finding new things i never did the first time. it’s an amazing game.

@@IsabellaShortleaf after taking a couple months off to play other games, I was drawn back into rdr2 after seeing the PC trailer in my RU-vid recommend. I am now full out obsessed with the game again, and the second playthrough is turning out to be just as good, if not better. I had tried online for a bit but quickly got bored after obtaining all of the gear I wanted. The story will always be the best, it's just a shame that rockstar puts all of its resources into GTA online at the moment

Believe it or not,this game has taken me 3 years to compete.my best friend introduced me to the game and I fell in love.i didn't have the game so whenever I went there I would play it.this made the story and game in general 10 times more emotional and I've finally finished the whole game.

I felt the same way once I beat the epilogue for the first time. It took me a 2nd playthrough and literally an entire year to fully get over that overwhelming lonely feeling you get in the epilogue and now I have nearly 300 hours in singleplayer alone and still loving every second. The more I play the game, the more I love it

No, thats fanboying the game, game had a lot of problems and was very limited in story choices.

@@milosstojanovic4623 yup, questionable optimisation. Outdated mission design where you'll fail a mission if you are not standing in the yellow circle. Poor online mode that didn't recive any updates for 7 months.

@@limpis2823 yeah, i also forgot to add, really really broken stealth approach, luckily there is no that much of stealth in missions.

@@milosstojanovic4623 yeah the game is great, one of the best, but far from the best

@@limpis2823 I like the story mode

I drove my school bus into a river so everyone is hydrated

@@drippydooku6347 that's so kind of you

@@melm4339 was just doing my job mate

Stay hydrated

I decapitated 7.594 billion pelicans and gave each person in the world one head as to spread the good word of your channel.

agreed i’m glad i’m not the only one who feels like this.i doubt i’ll ever play a game that will come anywhere near RDR2

@@chapinENnyc what about Last of us

Velo Point to be honest i’ve not played that one yet. but i’ve been meaning to

@@chapinENnyc There are many games like Walking dead Mafia and last of us

Velo Point i’ll definitely check them out

i finally finished epilogue at 195 hrs

Honor farming in Saint Denis lol

One does not simply finish RDR2. It's a second life in the long past. I truly love riding around in the world.

@@4n0nym0u5 "I truly love riding around in the world." I spent a couple of hundred hours doing as much as I could... in chapter two! Still haven't completed it and I'm on chapter 3, 27% of the story done and 51.5% of overall game completed. I got the game on release but left it for about a year due to life moments and have just picked up where I left off this last month. This 58 year old just loves checking out every nook and cranny of this masterpiece, still blows me away to this day!

I was at 120 hours when I finished the epilogue and I still had so much to do and explore. I'm now on my second playthrough and this time, I decided to do a lot more of exploration and taking the story missions nice and slow.

There is a dude trying to complete the story without killing anyone

Yeah he is doing a good job.

Yup, except for the non lethal part, I love setting up camp in the woods and watching a storm.

Me too. This is why I love Simulation games so much.

@@pedroroque829 that guy is Jack Black

getting healthier as arthur gets less healthier

@@vodago 😢😢

Redemption and death of protagonist are well accurate to game title, I think original game also do the same

Same and agreeing with most of the points at that 😂💯

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Facts Man Timeless Masterpiece😭😭😭

Same here

same :) it’s nice to know others have fallen in love with it just as much as i have. the story is so compelling and beautiful.

Also Arthur's and John's dead eye make a different sound when you activitate them as well Arthur's a running clock and John's just the same one from rdr1 which is a nice touch

@@yens1609 No wonder it feels different. I always wondered why John's dead eye feels a bit more "faster" and "accurate" than Arthur's. I now realise it was more of a psychological thing that the ticking time of Arthur primed my brain to do oof.

Didnt notice this at all during my playthrough. This tells just how big this game is. Still experiencing new stuff after hundreds of hours playing

Same

Same, it was so good when I finally talked to a friend who played the story and I immediately knew he understood what I could not explain to others with my own words.