Discussion What's one part of Read Dead Redemption 2 made you a fan?

[Ferdinand]

Red Dead Redemption 2 still remains an open world game that I can rank in the top 3 of games that I've played in that niche. The attention to detail is a factor that made me like most parts of the game. I've played a couple of times and never regretted getting it six years ago. Which part of the game made you praise the game?

 

[Oliver]

For me it was the moment Arthur starts writing in his journal — sketching things he's seen, jotting down observations about the people around him. It reframed him entirely. You realise the game is actually about a man trying to make sense of his own life, not just an outlaw doing outlaw things. I've played through it twice and I'm still finding dialogue I missed the first time. That kind of density is genuinely rare.

 

[Jake]

Third playthrough now and I still stop to look around. There's a stretch near the Flat Iron Lake late in the game where the light comes through the trees and honestly I just stood there for a minute. The hunting and fishing too — spent three hours one night just messing around near Clemens Point. Forgot I had quests to do.

 

[Corey]

For me it was the gang camp early on. You'd come back between missions and everyone just had stuff going on — Lenny arguing with someone, Pearson chopping away, Dutch sitting there looking troubled. I wasn't expecting that from a game about robbing trains. Damo thought I was mad for spending twenty minutes just walking around camp not doing anything.

 

[Ferdinand]

Third playthrough now and I still stop to look around. There's a stretch near the Flat Iron Lake late in the game where the light comes through the trees and honestly I just stood there for a minute. The hunting and fishing too — spent three hours one night just messing around near Clemens Point. Forgot I had quests to do.

That Sun experience near the flat iron lake is iconic. Sometimes, I stand for a couple of minutes there with my horse staring directly at such a beauty.

 

[Ryan]

Probably when I realised the world just kept going whether I engaged with it or not. NPCs with actual daily routines, animals that ignored me unless I bothered them. Spent a solid 20 minutes my first session just watching a campfire burn. Shouldn't work, but it does.