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on March 10, 2026
Sometimes you’ll stroll onto someone’s property; it’s an honest mistake in the vast plains of Red Dead Redemption 2 which happens quite frequently. Sometimes you’ll be threatened, which is a fair enough response for a stranger wandering onto someone's land. However, some people will invite you into their home out of the kindness of their hearts… or so we th
I'm used to video games allowing me, or rather my character, a greater level of physical prowess than I actually possess. Red Dead Redemption 2 , however, does a good job of making me feel like an uncoordinated loser ag
If you are looking for close quarters power, then this weapon is for you. A powerful shotgun, this weapon is unique as it takes a bit of exploration to find. It is owned by a hermit who lives in a cave in the North-West. Travel to the North-West of Big Valley, and you will find the hermit living inside of a cave. Defeat the hermit and you’ll gain this powerful shotgun that is perfect for close quarters firearm com
A Rockstar game isn’t complete without ridiculous characters and side missions peppered throughout the map. In Red Dead Redemption 2 we get plenty of opportunities to meet the game world’s oddba
Red Dead Redemption 2 takes place in 1899; roughly twelve years before the original Red Dead Redemption. Players take on the role of outlaw gang member, Arthur Morgan, who is the right-hand man for the gang’s leader, Dutch van der Linde. The gang is on the run through the snowy mountains following a ferry heist in the town of Blackwater that went terribly wrong. Once the group finds a place to wait out the storm, they have to work together to gather resources - such as food - and survive the elements. Arthur, being one of the more experienced members, is tasked with rescuing John Marston who is near death on a nearby mountain p
More ground to cover leaves room for more mistakes. While the untrained eye will reach the credits without much to complain about, savvier gamers will see the flaws right away. Red Dead Redemption II often does not make sense. For a game that tells such a detailed character study in regards to Arthur Morgan, a lot of the key beats genuinely do not make sense. Whether they be narrative or simply character related, thinking too hard helps the cracks show far more than Rockstar perhaps ever intended. This is not to say the story is bad, far from it, but that it is undeniably fla
Hand manufactured from the antler of a stag, a part of the blade seems to have snapped off near the crossguard. The weapon can be found near Hanging Dog Ranch in Big Valley, where a scene plays out of a massive fight between a large bear and a hunter. It would appear neither one of the fighters survived the encoun
It almost seems obvious that Micah would end up being the gang’s rat in hindsight. He spends all his time with Dutch, constantly attracts lawmen, and accuses Arthur of being the real traitor. It’s quite obvious that the audience should be skeptical of Micah which Rockstar knew and remedied with Mo
One of the first towns you come across in Red Dead Redemption 2 camp upgrades Dead Redemption 2 is Valentine, a small town in close proximity to the base camp. In this town, you’ll find a typical Saloon where you can drink away your woes. However, there is also a small bar where you can pick up a fun little side missi
Not far from base camp in Chapter 2, you’ll run into a woman named Deborah MacGuiness - a shunned paleontologist whose theories have been rejected by the leading universities. MacGuiness explains to Arthur her ideas and career gathering dinosaur bo
I felt pressured numerous times throughout Red Dead Redemption 2 to care for the Van der Linde Gang. My campsites keep reminding me to socialize and donate my money to the comfort of the group. I must have sunken thousands of dollars to make the gang ha
Morgan kills Milton and rescues Abigail, while learning that Micah Bell is a mole for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Around the same time, the gang continues to dissolve as uneasiness with Dutch’s leadership causes members to leave the gang. Morgan convinces Marston to leave as well, and restart a new life with his family, but not before confronting Dutch about Bell being a mole. Not believing him, Dutch and the remaining members of the Van Der Linde gang turn on Arthur, but the fight is interrupted when Agent Ross shows up with a group of Pinkertons to take out what’s left of the gang. Dutch finally realizes that Bell is a traitor, and leaves him and Morgan to battle it out. Morgan accepts that his time is near and convinces Marston to finally escape as Morgan confronts Bell. Unfortunately, Morgan, weak from his tuberculosis, loses the fi
This is the big category and the line-up is strong this year. God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 seem like the most obvious choices, but Marvel’s Spider-Man might also swoop in for a surprise vict
The smallest of pits and falls (by video game standards) have left my character either badly wounded or biting the dust. I'm telling you, it's ridiculous. I'm not completely irate over this happening though. I've laughed more than a few times after a short trip managed to cut down Arthur Morgan in his pr