That doesn't mean it's near flawless, though. As with even the greatest Rockstar Games' product (and this is likely the best), there are weird tonal shifts, obnoxious side characters, and contradictions galore with the main protagonist. This leads to plenty of holes and dangling threads left in their overall result— Redemption 1 is just as guilty of this as their past ga

Every time the black bars letterboxed the screen during Red Dead Redemption 2 , I knew that the "video game" portion of this experience was on hold. I couldn't help but feel frustrated that Rockstar (and the game's writers) were plopping a movie in front of me instead. It is relatively obvious that Rockstar's recent games are meant to invoke the feelings of familiar films, but reading and hearing the thoughts from my peers had me realize that many of us—the Housers included—simply have it wrong when analyzing this game's relationship with the Western film genre.

But it turns out that the choices you make for Arthur affect his eventual fate – in other words, giving him a high or low honor score matters. This is different from the first RDR in which this feature didn’t seem to matter too much. Whether you played honorably or not, it didn’t affect the outcome of the g

To call red dead redemption 2 secrets Dead Redemption 2 big would be the understatement of the century. As well as containing a large chunk of the original game's map, players also get to experience an at times disorientating big landmass made up of several wildly different states. While the waypoint system ensures that you never get lost in the traditional sense of the word, I've certainly found myself getting lost in a much more metaphysical way. When you're presented with a world that is quite so huge, you can often wonder just where you should be going. What is worth seeing in this map? What am I potentially missing by not going here? Maybe it's open world fatigue, but to me, it's more that I've suddenly grown a massive sense of F

Are you a sucker for Viking history? Do you want to make Arthur look more like Ragnar Lothbrok? Then you're in luck because there's a Viking tomb on the map! If pirates are more your speed – there's a wrecked pirate ship too. Want to tingle your spine with some Blair Witch -esque Pagan horror? You can. How about chatting to the game's version of Nikola Tesla? You're in for a treat. It's a ridiculously varied game, and we're here to help you get the most that you possibly can from

If you're reading through each and every staff member's Game of the Year lists, it's pretty likely that most, if not almost all of them will include both God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 at the forefront (assuming they played them). I'm falling straight into that trend - but you have to admit that there is an astonishing reason behind it. Both of these games are absolute masterworks, built detail-by-detail in order to transcend the normal experience of an open world game.

Another secret from the urban jungle of Saint-Denis, this one is a huge homage to the horror classic Nosferatu . You'll need to follow a trail of graffiti that's been scrawled by the vampire. We won't ruin the quest for you, but if you want to start it, the first graffiti can be found across the road from the big saloon in the northeast of the city. The trail will lead you all over the city, and you'll have to end this monster's existence, but the payoff is well worth

Exactly what the potion does is STILL unclear; it may be the case that it does absolutely nothing at all, but with so many Easter Eggs scattered throughout the game, we can't imagine developers would let this one slide without ANY effec

But that wouldn't go with Dutch Van der Linde's positions against industrialization, modernization, and technology. Dutch, who I couldn't help but see and hear as a more handsome Matt Foley from SNL , finds a rival in Leviticus Cornwall, a captain of industry and one of the many banes of Dutch's existence. He may as well have ended every encounter him by shaking his fist at the sky and screaming "Cornwall!" in anguish. Using Cornwall as a target, Dutch fashions himself as a man of the people, wanting to go back to a time before "law and order" and attempting to score cred by helping some local angry indigenous folks. As Arthur Morgan discovers later, this is all part of Dutch's plan to exploit this tribe's conflict with the U.S. Army for his own gain.

This place and its rewards teach you the importance of listening to what people at camp have to say. Tilly will tell you that she heard about a secret at the Doctor's Office in Valentine, and she's been well-informed. There's a secret O'Driscoll poker game being held in the back. Point your gun at the doctor after investigating the rear of the building, and he'll let you in. There's a fair bit of money to be found here, as well as an awesome

Lancer's design is hilarious; I love the thought of a chubby spade who rides a bicycle. I won't reveal any of the plot details, because if you've played Undertale but not Deltarune you have to go jump into it right now. It's a blast, and you should be playing it. If not, go play Undertale then this game. I'll be waiting. I'd put this game as number 1 if so many amazing AAA games didn't exist. Let's get into those now.