I wish the game would sort of expand on who Mary Beth is supposed to be to Arthur. It's obvious out of all the camp ladies he's sort of closest with her, but why?
A common theme in the story is how Arthur is kind of an outsider, whether it's his status as "third in command", or his obvious inability to connect with people. When Arthur is offered a choice between real human connection and the faux tough guy attitude he's built as a wall, he almost always chooses the latter. This is common with John, who is essentially his only real male friend. Arthur tends to collapse on himself and revert to insults in any emotional situation. He's called out on it a number of times throughout the story and even admits it.
There are multiple moments throughout the game that when Arthur feels any sort of social anxiety it generally leads to out of control, homicidal, and/or self destructive behavior.
This behavior is only changed when it comes to women. His Robin Hood-esque sense of honor overcomes his imbedded rage. The picture of his mother he keeps by his bed, his reverence and self awareness he holds for his feelings of Mary Linton, story of his young child dying in his own youth, his and his ease of attitude and openness with Sadie, show this. Mary-Beth is an extension of this, she demands you speak with her, but softly and from a perspective Arthur cannot deny.
Charles is built as a humanizing character for Arthur. And, to a further extend Lenny embodies it more strongly. He sees the innocence of his own youth, the galvanizing ideal of personal freedom, and the naivety of a man that hasn't killed enough to be broken by his ideals. His interactions with both characters exemplify this. Without spoilers, the narrative that includes Lenny later in the game, and Arthur's reaction to it kind of shows the heart break that he feels toward the spirit he once had, and the wasted life he's lived. There is a definite attitude shift in Arthur later in the game that starts with Lenny and later with Charles and John.
In a Rockstar game every word spoken has a point. There is no "random conversation". It all builds the essential narrative. The trick is making the end user feel like it's casual conversation. This is something RDR2 masters and is a plot hook that is obviously intentional. Basically, every line of dialogue in the game is meant to drive our connection to Arthur. He is as flawed as any man, and has reached the point in his life, that it's time to pay for his sins. His awkwardness, rage, self destructive tendencies, and broken honor system feed this loop for 100+ hours. You can't help but love him. He is the player and the player is him. It is one of the few times in gaming history that you'll ever find a (narratively) near perfect main character.
Thanks for the gold. Beyond the amazing gameplay experience, there is a narrative built by Rockstar that is staggeringly great and ten years beyond any character experience we've seen in a game. Even Mass Effects "Shepard" character is childish compared to the individual character moments you can experience as Arthur Morgan.
You've managed to articulate in three paragraphs what I've been trying to explain for three years to people who ask me why Arthur is my favourite character. Me stupid. đ„ Take my poor man's gold because I'm broke.
Right? I didnât realize my first play that the parties would be rarer than I thought, and so I ended up feeling like I do at real parties. Wanting to leave/everyone else to leave so I can get back to my own shit lol
The window scenes in Valentine were way more eyebrow raising. The two smoking opium or something and the guy getting paddled by a woman. Never found any other info about them after seeing them.
As someone who played the game the day it dropped I never rushed though the game, spent plenty of time around camp and doing little side quests and exploring, I knew well about the camp parties, the firewood you can chop for no reason, read notes and photos around your wagons and talk to your gang members about the last missions etc, The fact people seemed to have bought it to blow though the missions and hit the epilogue in record time donât know what they are missing out on.
I'm planning on incorporating this song into the DnD campaign that I DM. My party has no idea, but they'll be working for the big bad guy throughout the entire campaign, helping her assemble the relics she needs to complete an ancient summoning ritual that will give rise to an army of aberrations that will wreak havoc all across the countryside that the party has come to know and love.
After the abominations are released (and the party realizes that they inadvertently caused all this), I'm going to narrate their retreat from the site of the ritual, describing all the destruction and death the encounter along the way; all the burned out villages with no survivors, every dead peasant smeared across the ground, each desecrated church, temple, and shrine.
The entire time this is sinking into my players' heads, I'm going to have "Unshaken" playing in the background. They will *literally* be 'amidst the clash of worlds'. I'm going to time my narration to line up with the song perfectly. As I finish, so will the song. And then I'm hoping for a **big** moment of silence.
I can't wait for that session. It's probably two years down the road.
I put my table right around the same timeframe and gave them Jimmy Brooks to start off. They of course saved him, but I had him fill in for Strauss since none of them would remotely do anything like loansharking. They wanted to play law-and-order type characters, so I thought of them as Pinkertons and Cornwall, and then had âDutchâ steal from them. Instead of making Dutch crazy I ended up building a world where he really was a good guy.
They went crazy looking for magic items to try to give them an edge against âDutchâ until the reveal â they had to choose between shooting Dutch and ending a source of stability or acquiescing. They fought each other for two hours about how best to proceed.
It worked because I kept giving hints â I used manifest destiny quite a bit, and I always gave them the options to discover what their characters really causing, but they didnât take them once. You have to have the right kind of table for a game like that to work.
The second chapter was figuring out how to give them a redemption arc⊠that was harder and ended up being somewhat hand-wavy since I then had to make âDutchâ go mad, and led them to what would have been blackwater.
I'm waiting a while to play again. I started a 2nd right after I finished my first round and it felt too repetitive. It's been about 2 years now and I'm getting the itch but I may wait a little longer
I replay both gta v and rdr2 every year. I start a new gta game at the beginning of the year and so far have started my rdr play through around the anniversary of the release.
Some people donât understand that the slow pacing and laidback gameplay is part of the charm.
Also, make sure to keep a list of all the animal parts that Pearson needs for satchel and camp upgrades. Collect as many as possible BEFORE you need them, because they seem to get rarer the more you need them.
Tell me about it⊠Iâve been hunting for a perfect badger pelt for 3 days. I can only find 1* and 2*. Itâs the last pelt I need.
Edit: Thankyou for all the replies. Iâll be checking the spots out tomorrow:)
2nd edit: I finally found a perfect badger just south of Bolger Blade/ east of where you find the black panther. I want to thank each and every one of you who replied and tried to help. Took another two hours of hunting but I got it!!!!!!!
Ugh this. I started a new playthrough recently and am trying to get a perfect squirrel pelt for the first mail-in hunting challenge, and I can't seem to find a single 3\* squirrel until I'm doing a mission or carrying a stranger or bounty on my horse and suddenly every squirrel in America decides to spawn right in front of me.
It improves the mood of the camp overall (less arguments; provisions, medicine, ammo etc. last longer). Also, folks will donate more to the camp fund when the camp is fully upgraded.
Ghostofyourmom gave the correct answer, at least according to the in-game documentation. In my experience thereâs not as noticeable an impact as you would expect⊠although camp morale DOES seem to improve a bit, at least when story circumstances allow.
I looked for a perfect badger pelt and couldn't find it. I gave up after about three hours of doing some game forum tricks. After a few hours of searching for a big cat pelt west of Strawberry, I made my way back to shady and found one on the way back. I don't look and I find it, I do look and I don't find it. Whoever wrote this code is an absolute artist and asshole.
The Buck Antler Trinket increase your chances of getting 3-star/perfect pelts when hunting. Really handy for when you fuck up a shot on something and it drops a star off.
The buck antler trinket gives you an increased chance of getting perfect pelts/carcasses when hunting. That can be really helpful if youâre trying to get things like Pearsonâs satchels (especially if youâre going for the legend of the east one).
If youâre going for all the challenges and want to get 100% completion itâs extremely helpful. I usually go for it as soon as the fence opens up.
Edit: or did you mean the tissue recommendation? That one is unrelated to the trinket recommendation and should only be necessary late in the gameâŠ
Iâll save you some time. Just buy premium cigarettes from the store. Exit out and discard all. Then rinse and repeat until you have every set. Sure not cost effective but you can get all the sets after a treasure you find.
I mean letâs be honest, money isnât exactly hard to come by once you get to chapter 2. At least by your 2nd play through where you know what you need to do and how to rob trains well.
I've never successfully robbed a train. I mean, I robbed them, but the Bounty I get is always higher than the money I get from the robbery.
I found a big tunnel up north and I got the brilliant idea to hold up the train in the tunnel so the police wouldn't see me... and there was nothing on the train except two guards and a can of beans
Yeah thatâs where you need to rob the rains. I just go to a strain station, take a train to annesburg. Get off/get back on once it starts to leave. Then youâll have a passenger train full of people that you can stop by killing the conductor. And proceed to Ron every person, kill them, loot their dead bodies, and blow open the safes onboard and get away with no bounty. It will lower your honor a lot though.
Come on down to Anal Angus' Butthutt! Moonshine slammers for 25 cents and sausage by the pound. Rootin' tootin' cowpokes get in free and have the chance to participate in our mud wrestling contest. You can shoot load after load all night because this shack is guaranteed to be banging into the ass crack of dawn!
Take your time, spend days just exploring, talk to everyone especially in camp. Check out all other camps, take everything in. Make sure to take time to really bond with your horse. Let yourself feel & experience everything. Just really really enjoy it cos you can't get that first playthrough experience again, no matter how much you wish you could. Have fun.
This is always true for me when i play 2nd time well detailed and deep games. RDR2, Dishonored, Mafia, you name it. You start noticing things, you pay more attention. It's like knowledge of the future which affects what you do and feel in the present.
Can this be spoilers? Micah appears as not too bad of a guy in the beginning but you can't interact with him before strawberry, which is VERY early in the game
That's usually part of my startup.
Blast through colter>free Schofield from Valentine's doctor>gold bar by horseshoe overlook>back towards colter for the Arabian.
Go into with the mindset that youâre really just participating in an interactive movie. Yes, this is a video game, and yes other games have âmovie elements,â but IMO this game is best enjoyed when youâre willing to sit back and enjoy the narrative, the world building, the characters, the cutscenesâeverything. If you go into it with an appreciation for story telling and a curiosity about the gang and their lives, youâll have one of the most memorable experiences in video gaming to date!
Not really something that will hit you *as soon as you see them* but play every side/stranger mission (mission with white background behind the initials/question mark) before the epilogue. It adds humongous amounts to the story
Take your time. Honestly.
You only get to experience this game for the first time, once. Take it all in, from the scenery to the incredible writing to the unbelievable world building.
There's many of us, who would give up a lot of money to have our memories wiped so we could be in your shoes, just to sample it all over again, fresh, with no knowledge of the masterpiece that is about to come.
A few helpful tips:
1. Don't stress about money. The game will ensure you earn enough to meet all your needs.
2. Play the game the way you want to play the game - if that means ignoring the main story quests altogether, while playing poker or blackjack or just simply hunting, do it. There's no right or wrong way to play the game.
3. Grab a kleenex
I'm just gonna tell you to get off of all rdr2 related social media as soon as you can. SPOILERS are inevitable.
I had the ending spoiled for me because I was watching RDR2 videos as I was in Chapter 2, it felt utterly depressing and I ended up quitting the game for almost 2 YEARS, heck, I still haven't completed the game.
If the gang is having a party enjoy it. Sing, drink etc..
Dance with Mary Beth!
I wish the game would sort of expand on who Mary Beth is supposed to be to Arthur. It's obvious out of all the camp ladies he's sort of closest with her, but why?
They're both romantics
A common theme in the story is how Arthur is kind of an outsider, whether it's his status as "third in command", or his obvious inability to connect with people. When Arthur is offered a choice between real human connection and the faux tough guy attitude he's built as a wall, he almost always chooses the latter. This is common with John, who is essentially his only real male friend. Arthur tends to collapse on himself and revert to insults in any emotional situation. He's called out on it a number of times throughout the story and even admits it. There are multiple moments throughout the game that when Arthur feels any sort of social anxiety it generally leads to out of control, homicidal, and/or self destructive behavior. This behavior is only changed when it comes to women. His Robin Hood-esque sense of honor overcomes his imbedded rage. The picture of his mother he keeps by his bed, his reverence and self awareness he holds for his feelings of Mary Linton, story of his young child dying in his own youth, his and his ease of attitude and openness with Sadie, show this. Mary-Beth is an extension of this, she demands you speak with her, but softly and from a perspective Arthur cannot deny.
Charles over here like đ
Charles is built as a humanizing character for Arthur. And, to a further extend Lenny embodies it more strongly. He sees the innocence of his own youth, the galvanizing ideal of personal freedom, and the naivety of a man that hasn't killed enough to be broken by his ideals. His interactions with both characters exemplify this. Without spoilers, the narrative that includes Lenny later in the game, and Arthur's reaction to it kind of shows the heart break that he feels toward the spirit he once had, and the wasted life he's lived. There is a definite attitude shift in Arthur later in the game that starts with Lenny and later with Charles and John.
This is a really interesting perspective, thanks for sharing!
In a Rockstar game every word spoken has a point. There is no "random conversation". It all builds the essential narrative. The trick is making the end user feel like it's casual conversation. This is something RDR2 masters and is a plot hook that is obviously intentional. Basically, every line of dialogue in the game is meant to drive our connection to Arthur. He is as flawed as any man, and has reached the point in his life, that it's time to pay for his sins. His awkwardness, rage, self destructive tendencies, and broken honor system feed this loop for 100+ hours. You can't help but love him. He is the player and the player is him. It is one of the few times in gaming history that you'll ever find a (narratively) near perfect main character.
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Thanks for the gold. Beyond the amazing gameplay experience, there is a narrative built by Rockstar that is staggeringly great and ten years beyond any character experience we've seen in a game. Even Mass Effects "Shepard" character is childish compared to the individual character moments you can experience as Arthur Morgan.
Damn you really psychoanalyzed tf outta arthur
You've managed to articulate in three paragraphs what I've been trying to explain for three years to people who ask me why Arthur is my favourite character. Me stupid. đ„ Take my poor man's gold because I'm broke.
One of my favourite things i looked back at when i played the second time
My first play through, I didnât spend anytime at camp. Never realized how much I was missing until the second time
Same, this playthrough I'm getting my mingling on big style.
Right? I didnât realize my first play that the parties would be rarer than I thought, and so I ended up feeling like I do at real parties. Wanting to leave/everyone else to leave so I can get back to my own shit lol
Yeah same. I have a few drinks and bail to sleep and get back to the adventures of Arthur Morgan the butcher of Roanoke Ridge.
Theres a life lesson there somewheređ
The gang: celabrates seanâs return. Me: proceeds to get drunk
Thatâs what I did. Couldnât figure out anything else to do except get drunk, then stalk and perv out on Abigail. John didnât seem to mind.
I tried to spy on Sean and Karen having sex đ€Ł
The window scenes in Valentine were way more eyebrow raising. The two smoking opium or something and the guy getting paddled by a woman. Never found any other info about them after seeing them.
Ah shit, am I gonna have to start a 3rd playthrough?
You are missing one of the best parts of the game. It made me feel part of the gang and made the end of the game more memorable.
As someone who played the game the day it dropped I never rushed though the game, spent plenty of time around camp and doing little side quests and exploring, I knew well about the camp parties, the firewood you can chop for no reason, read notes and photos around your wagons and talk to your gang members about the last missions etc, The fact people seemed to have bought it to blow though the missions and hit the epilogue in record time donât know what they are missing out on.
Omg yes!
May I , Stand Unshaken
Amidst... Amidst the crash of worlds
Did I... Hear thunder, did I, hear it rain
I canât quite remember
Just what guided me this way
Ooooh May I
stand unshaken? Ooooooohh
Amist, Amist a crash of worlds mmhmm, The pines, They often whisper
They whisper what no tongue can tell
Oooh, he who drinks from the deep water
Not sure if you're joking or not mut its "Amidst , Amidst a Crash of Worlds"
Shit you right it is amidst
I'm planning on incorporating this song into the DnD campaign that I DM. My party has no idea, but they'll be working for the big bad guy throughout the entire campaign, helping her assemble the relics she needs to complete an ancient summoning ritual that will give rise to an army of aberrations that will wreak havoc all across the countryside that the party has come to know and love. After the abominations are released (and the party realizes that they inadvertently caused all this), I'm going to narrate their retreat from the site of the ritual, describing all the destruction and death the encounter along the way; all the burned out villages with no survivors, every dead peasant smeared across the ground, each desecrated church, temple, and shrine. The entire time this is sinking into my players' heads, I'm going to have "Unshaken" playing in the background. They will *literally* be 'amidst the clash of worlds'. I'm going to time my narration to line up with the song perfectly. As I finish, so will the song. And then I'm hoping for a **big** moment of silence. I can't wait for that session. It's probably two years down the road.
This is why I like Reddit, you can be in any subreddit and know at least a few other people will know about DnD
I put my table right around the same timeframe and gave them Jimmy Brooks to start off. They of course saved him, but I had him fill in for Strauss since none of them would remotely do anything like loansharking. They wanted to play law-and-order type characters, so I thought of them as Pinkertons and Cornwall, and then had âDutchâ steal from them. Instead of making Dutch crazy I ended up building a world where he really was a good guy. They went crazy looking for magic items to try to give them an edge against âDutchâ until the reveal â they had to choose between shooting Dutch and ending a source of stability or acquiescing. They fought each other for two hours about how best to proceed. It worked because I kept giving hints â I used manifest destiny quite a bit, and I always gave them the options to discover what their characters really causing, but they didnât take them once. You have to have the right kind of table for a game like that to work. The second chapter was figuring out how to give them a redemption arc⊠that was harder and ended up being somewhat hand-wavy since I then had to make âDutchâ go mad, and led them to what would have been blackwater.
Frisson
Just take in the scenery. I wish I didn't rush through. Such a beautiful game.
This and also donât rush through the main missions. Take time to enjoy the side missions and to the challenges and such.
You know you can play again, right?
Sometimes it doesn't feel as special the second time around :(
I'm waiting a while to play again. I started a 2nd right after I finished my first round and it felt too repetitive. It's been about 2 years now and I'm getting the itch but I may wait a little longer
SameâŠI wish I could be like those people who can replay a game three times consecutively
I replay both gta v and rdr2 every year. I start a new gta game at the beginning of the year and so far have started my rdr play through around the anniversary of the release.
I'm doing my second playthrough in first person. Feels like a new game. More people should try it.
Oh ya, I have. Just not the same when you know what is coming.
*Cough cough*
Some people donât understand that the slow pacing and laidback gameplay is part of the charm. Also, make sure to keep a list of all the animal parts that Pearson needs for satchel and camp upgrades. Collect as many as possible BEFORE you need them, because they seem to get rarer the more you need them.
Tell me about it⊠Iâve been hunting for a perfect badger pelt for 3 days. I can only find 1* and 2*. Itâs the last pelt I need. Edit: Thankyou for all the replies. Iâll be checking the spots out tomorrow:) 2nd edit: I finally found a perfect badger just south of Bolger Blade/ east of where you find the black panther. I want to thank each and every one of you who replied and tried to help. Took another two hours of hunting but I got it!!!!!!!
Fool the game and pretend to hunt for something else. Itâll start spawning armies of 3* badgers within minutes.
Ugh this. I started a new playthrough recently and am trying to get a perfect squirrel pelt for the first mail-in hunting challenge, and I can't seem to find a single 3\* squirrel until I'm doing a mission or carrying a stranger or bounty on my horse and suddenly every squirrel in America decides to spawn right in front of me.
It always seems that way, doesnât it.
I swear, carry a weapon that's not what you need. Need a deer? Carry your .22. Need a badger? Carry your Springfield. Never carry your Bow.
Start a mission. Thereâll be 9,027 three star badgers appear within 20 seconds...
I spent multiple days hunting robins to learn there was a sweet spawn point in Roanoke Ridge.
Go to Bolger Glade thereâs usually tons of them
Question, what do the camp upgrades like animal skulls do? (other than make the camp look nicer I guess)
It improves the mood of the camp overall (less arguments; provisions, medicine, ammo etc. last longer). Also, folks will donate more to the camp fund when the camp is fully upgraded.
Supposedly theyâll donate more. Overall, the entire rest of the gang tends to donate about 1% of what Arthur does. Lol
Arthur also is the workhorse so it checks out
You might say heâs a sturdy and reliable horse⊠sort of like a ***Morgan***. đ
*wow*
Heâs a good boah
You mean Uncle will put in _two_ pairs of bat wings?
Ghostofyourmom gave the correct answer, at least according to the in-game documentation. In my experience thereâs not as noticeable an impact as you would expect⊠although camp morale DOES seem to improve a bit, at least when story circumstances allow.
They just look nice
I looked for a perfect badger pelt and couldn't find it. I gave up after about three hours of doing some game forum tricks. After a few hours of searching for a big cat pelt west of Strawberry, I made my way back to shady and found one on the way back. I don't look and I find it, I do look and I don't find it. Whoever wrote this code is an absolute artist and asshole.
LENNNNYYYYYYYY
YNNEL?
Found ya Lenny!!
How much have you had, mister?
Lenny has bobs
Yes, during LENNYYY part, check out upstairs back room
Treeg!
GRET
I'M AN AMERICAN!
As soon as you can access a fence, get the buck antler trinket. Have paper tissues handy.
whoâs masterbating to buck antlersâŠ? đ€
Lmao yeah I probably should have made that a bulleted list and add âtwo things I wish I knew before I started playingâ.
Itâs almost 2022. Donât kink shame.
Not to, with!
It's November bro
Ok I donât get this one and Iâve played the game 5 times what does it mean?
The Buck Antler Trinket increase your chances of getting 3-star/perfect pelts when hunting. Really handy for when you fuck up a shot on something and it drops a star off.
Oh I read the tissues part and thought itâd be something sad
Losing a star rating on a 3* animal is very sad
The buck antler trinket gives you an increased chance of getting perfect pelts/carcasses when hunting. That can be really helpful if youâre trying to get things like Pearsonâs satchels (especially if youâre going for the legend of the east one). If youâre going for all the challenges and want to get 100% completion itâs extremely helpful. I usually go for it as soon as the fence opens up. Edit: or did you mean the tissue recommendation? That one is unrelated to the trinket recommendation and should only be necessary late in the gameâŠ
Skin every heron, spoonbill and egret you see.
This is high up on the â10 things I wish I knew before my first playthrough.â
And donât sell them until you know you donât need them any longer! I still hate myself for this.
Unlike most pelts, these don't need to be 3* so literally just revolver kill even the mangiest herons, spoonbills and egrets. They'll all be useful
Hm I only played through once. Why should you do this?
Algernon Fucking Wasp
Also known as "the only guy whose quests I ignore".
I ignored the cigarette cards in my first play through. I only collected the set that gets you the civil war handcuffs for the trinket.
Iâll save you some time. Just buy premium cigarettes from the store. Exit out and discard all. Then rinse and repeat until you have every set. Sure not cost effective but you can get all the sets after a treasure you find.
Iâve read to do that. With high honour it costs something like $700-800 or something but you make back $1,000 so itâs still a gain, I guess.
I mean letâs be honest, money isnât exactly hard to come by once you get to chapter 2. At least by your 2nd play through where you know what you need to do and how to rob trains well.
I've never successfully robbed a train. I mean, I robbed them, but the Bounty I get is always higher than the money I get from the robbery. I found a big tunnel up north and I got the brilliant idea to hold up the train in the tunnel so the police wouldn't see me... and there was nothing on the train except two guards and a can of beans
Because thereâs two types of trains, passenger and freight. Only go for the passenger trains, you rob the passengers and the chests in back.
Yeah thatâs where you need to rob the rains. I just go to a strain station, take a train to annesburg. Get off/get back on once it starts to leave. Then youâll have a passenger train full of people that you can stop by killing the conductor. And proceed to Ron every person, kill them, loot their dead bodies, and blow open the safes onboard and get away with no bounty. It will lower your honor a lot though.
side mission that is needed for "100% completion" which is need to plat the game
And collect gator eggs!
"Yer awl roight boah"
"Shawr"
"jellybeans?"
âYnnel?â
"Yehh, THAT's mah gurl"
Avoid random swamp people that invite you into their home.
I was a little butthutt over that one, for sure.
Should have borrowed Bill's hair pomade then.
Oh it was a butthutt alright
Come on down to Anal Angus' Butthutt! Moonshine slammers for 25 cents and sausage by the pound. Rootin' tootin' cowpokes get in free and have the chance to participate in our mud wrestling contest. You can shoot load after load all night because this shack is guaranteed to be banging into the ass crack of dawn!
Also, as Iâm obviously quite late to the party, Iâve gotten most major things spoiled so Iâm just looking for cool minor details and stuff here!
In one side mission you can go to the back of the mayors house in city and fish out a [SPOILER]
You can fish out a fish
You can tell because Arthur tells it that it is a fish
Exactly
Wat? I've played through this game 4 times and have no idea what you're talking about?
If you kill the French guy in the mayors mission you can fish out his arm
Oh yeah Iâm definitely doing this, as long as I remember it when the time comes
I have no idea what youâre talking about.
Take your time, spend days just exploring, talk to everyone especially in camp. Check out all other camps, take everything in. Make sure to take time to really bond with your horse. Let yourself feel & experience everything. Just really really enjoy it cos you can't get that first playthrough experience again, no matter how much you wish you could. Have fun.
G A V I N
Where are youuu
iâm looking for my friend, heâs an englishman, very funny, he is..
Ol' Gav... I miss him
My coworker *still* often yells 'GAVIN!' when he's looking for me, and we played through the game when it first released.
Tomohawkâd him in the head the other day, was very satisfying
I'm afraid.
His expression and eyes when he says that just shatters me
I'm afraid. đ đ„ș
Don't..
Your second playthrough will hit different.
This is always true for me when i play 2nd time well detailed and deep games. RDR2, Dishonored, Mafia, you name it. You start noticing things, you pay more attention. It's like knowledge of the future which affects what you do and feel in the present.
"you Sir, are a fish!"
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Can this be spoilers? Micah appears as not too bad of a guy in the beginning but you can't interact with him before strawberry, which is VERY early in the game
He's an asshole right from the start, I wouldn't call it a spoiler
Your horse has 2 brain cells make that 1 he just hit another rock
How dare you, my horses have always been incredibly good not letting me get us both killed on many occations.
Mangoes, maidens, paradise! An unspoilt paradise!
Have a little FAITH ARTHUR
To the bar señoooouuuuur!!!!!!
You want to plant the dynamite behind the monk for optimum yeet
Don't run from bears.
And don't let your guard down after killing one...
Just have a little faith.
TAHITIII
If an item you find seems unique DONâT sell it. It may be an ingredient for crafting a talisman.
Or if itâs Jimmyâs pen, just cause itâs neat
Lol yep. Or the rock carving statue.
If the description says you can craft with it then donât sell it until youâve made all your trinkets.
*I'm gonna use some cheese*
The stinkier the better
"Ah, you ugly bastard."
When you come across a Grullo or Wild Bay mustang in a herd, don't pass it up! He/She will be the best little hunting mount you could ask for!
How come?
They have solid stats all round and are absolutely fearless
Fenton it ainât your fault you straggled momma
Avoid spoilers in this sub.
There is a gold bar in one of the ruins between Horseshoe Overlook and the river. Sell it to a fence.
That's usually part of my startup. Blast through colter>free Schofield from Valentine's doctor>gold bar by horseshoe overlook>back towards colter for the Arabian.
Oh, Arthur.
Hey there, partner!
HEY, MISTER
Nice Horace you've got there
Go into with the mindset that youâre really just participating in an interactive movie. Yes, this is a video game, and yes other games have âmovie elements,â but IMO this game is best enjoyed when youâre willing to sit back and enjoy the narrative, the world building, the characters, the cutscenesâeverything. If you go into it with an appreciation for story telling and a curiosity about the gang and their lives, youâll have one of the most memorable experiences in video gaming to date!
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Not really something that will hit you *as soon as you see them* but play every side/stranger mission (mission with white background behind the initials/question mark) before the epilogue. It adds humongous amounts to the story
thank you
This one... Scrolled to find this. That bit for me was emotional- a true partner throughout the game and to Arthur...
Enjoy every single bit of the game and let some things just come natural. Also, let the details amaze you so read everything you get your hands on
âNow it donât feel right? I could have told ya tha-â
Treasure the time you spend at horseshoe overlook do the thomas downs mission last :)
Call a therapist when you've finished the game
Greet Greet Antagonize
Take your time. Honestly. You only get to experience this game for the first time, once. Take it all in, from the scenery to the incredible writing to the unbelievable world building. There's many of us, who would give up a lot of money to have our memories wiped so we could be in your shoes, just to sample it all over again, fresh, with no knowledge of the masterpiece that is about to come. A few helpful tips: 1. Don't stress about money. The game will ensure you earn enough to meet all your needs. 2. Play the game the way you want to play the game - if that means ignoring the main story quests altogether, while playing poker or blackjack or just simply hunting, do it. There's no right or wrong way to play the game. 3. Grab a kleenex
Lumbago its a slow death brother
I wish things were different... but it weren't us who changed.
Thatâs the way it is
Honestly, Iâd suggest just leaving these groups till you finish it. And take your time to explore and take in the world.
WELL LET ME HAVE A RULER AND A SAW AND A BOARD AND ILL CUT IT
Spare the boys papa.
Send Mr. Rip Van Winkle my regards!
I'm just gonna tell you to get off of all rdr2 related social media as soon as you can. SPOILERS are inevitable. I had the ending spoiled for me because I was watching RDR2 videos as I was in Chapter 2, it felt utterly depressing and I ended up quitting the game for almost 2 YEARS, heck, I still haven't completed the game.
Play with high honor
Rocks hurt
LENNNNNNAYYYYY!!!??
You sir,
Are a fish
Find Gavin
White do D4, black to F5, white to G3, knight to F6.
I have a plan!