![]() ![]() Just because you’re all a “family” doesn’t mean things are always peachy. Whether you are helping a fellow gang member rob a house or are just playing dominoes, your relationships with these characters slowly grow. You learn more about each member of the gang as you play through the story, but the real intimate connections occur on your own time both for the better and for the worse. Whereas the first Red Dead Redemption game was focused mostly on John Marston, its sequel brings much more of a community feel. But the country is evolving, and the rough ‘n’ tumble way of life this crew bleeds for is starting to come to an end. The gang is a family, a diverse cast of outcasts dreaming of a grandiose life free from the law: a mix of young and old, men, women, and children, from all sorts of racial and ethnic backgrounds with wildly different personalities and motives. At least, that’s what Dutch keeps preaching. Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 tells the story of a group of hooligans and criminals that commit unpleasant acts for supposedly valid reasons. As our gang leader, Dutch van der Linde, would say, “We will survive! We will flourish!” We have to collect enough money so we can get the hell out of here, once and for all. A quick whistle and I was back on my horse, $2.50 and a pocketwatch richer than I was five minutes prior. So I did what outlaws do best – I robbed the poor man blind, then beat him up until he promised not to rat on me. But little does he know Arthur also has a $75 bounty on his head, and he was a tad short on cash to pay it off. The man graciously thanks Arthur for saving his life. Arriving just in the nick time, I made short work of the vicious wolves attacking the poor fellow. I quickly went to investigate, drawing my revolver as I tapped furiously on my controller to make our protagonist Arthur Morgan stumble up the hill towards the yelling. Making the long trek from hunting in the mountainous northern regions of New Hanover back to base camp, I heard the frightened screams of a man off the beaten path. Platform: PS4 (version reviewed), Xbox One Red Dead Redemption 2 might not have the smoothest mechanics, but the game’s realism, immersion, and storytelling set a new bar for open world games. ![]()
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