

Side missions can also involve tracking down famous gunslingers, seeking out treasure, and collecting debts. A number of these inevitably end up in a shootout or a fistfight. The story missions can include train robberies, sheep rustling, and rescuing other gang members from jail. If you've never played Red Dead Redemption or it has a long time and you've forgotten the details, you may feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of things you can do in the world - and that's just what was carried over from the first game. There are still moments that elicit hope, like the rescue of a gang member or the gang's funny stories, so the whole experience isn't melancholy. The gang's ideals and faith start to wane. Key people will die, and relationships between members will corrode. Along the way, you'll be chased out of each camp by people who have betrayed the gang or because the lawmen have caught up to your location. The first few shots are of your gang trudging through a snowstorm. Those who played the previous title will certainly know what will happen to the gang before the latter half of the tale, but for those coming into the series fresh, this is a tale of slow suffering. Of all of the tales Rockstar has told through its open-world games, RDR2 has to be the darkest yet. You play the role of Arthur Morgan, one of the gang's senior members, and your goal is to help the gang reach its goals by any means necessary. The Van der Linde gang is nomadic as it tries to raise money to buy some land where it can live independently from the government. They retreat into the mountains during a harsh winter as they try to hide from bounty hunters, the federal government, and their rival gang, the O'Driscolls. After a boat robbery gone wrong, the Van der Linde gang is forced to flee from the town of Blackwater. It is 1899, and the days of the Wild West are numbered. For the campaign, you're playing a prequel to the first game instead of a sequel, as the number in the title would suggest. To talk about RDR2 in its current state is to talk about two games tied together by setting and mechanics. The end result, however, is much more complicated.

When Red Dead Redemption II was finally announced for PC over a month ago, it finally put a rest to the rumors of its arrival, and it gave hope that this would follow in the footsteps of Grand Theft Auto V and be the best version of the game. Usually, the reward for waiting is the definitive version of a title due to the big leap in graphics and the presence of mods. Some titles take close to a year before being released on the PC, while others never make it out at all. Of the company's relatively small output over several years, only a few games have been released on the same date as the console iterations. It's tough to be a PC gamer and a fan of Rockstar Games, especially over the last two console generations.
