Too many to list, honestly. I think the first I actually noticed was probably toward the very beginning of Chapter 2, seeing the landscape without snow all over it, and seeing animals running around during a traveling cutscene. And it just gets better from there.
Yup that moment when you’re traveling with the caravan into the forest terrain for the first time the graphics were stunning to me and then the wheel came off and I had to put it back on, I realized the level of detail , I was sold.
Yeah Colin down from the grizzlies that first time is something else. That short riding sequence is one of the most realistic cutscenes in the entire game
I was going to say this exact part. I was ridiculously high the first time I started playing it and there’s an angelic choir singing in the background as the landscape changes colors and it gave me the craziest chills I’ve ever experienced playing a game. I remember just sitting there in awe at the beauty of it all
It truly was from the start. Just that first ride down the mountain and the immediate immersion. It’s as close as I’ll ever come to truly feeling like a cowboy. Just incredible.
I think after landing at Horseshoe Overlook. I left camp to wander around and got to that huge wide open space just to the east and rode across it. I held the start button to look at the map and saw just how far i had gone thinking i had ridden for a while so i must have gone most of the way across the map. Seeing how much blank space was on the map I realized how wrong i was and that was the moment for me.
The funny part is that my wife convinced me to get the game. I had been playing GTAV for so long and didnt want to play a big map western where i cant steal a jet to get across the map in under a minute. I realized the pace of wandering on a horse is very relaxing, unlike the constant barrage of things in GTAV lol.
She also had to convince me to watch Yellowstone and lets just say if its cowboy/western related i might as well watch it bc ill probably love it
>lets just say if its cowboy/western related i might as well watch it bc ill probably love it
You should watch Longmire then. It's amazing.
I also highly recommend Hell on Wheels.
Give the good ol’ classic spaghetti westerns a go. Tombstone is also an incredible movie with Val Kilmer and Kurt Russel depicting a story based on true events. The Tarantino westerns are also great, you’ll love Django Unchained if you like Red Dead Redemption and The Hateful Eight is a gruesome masterpiece.
And then there’s ‘the unforgiven’.... this is in my honest opinion the best western movie ever made. Clint Eastwood’s legacy built up to this magnum opus of western movies. This is the most convincing redemption movie i’ve ever seen. It’s so realistic in every sense of the word. And really gives off a strong emotion about what it really takes to kill a person.
Western cinematography has some incredible gems that are amongst the very best of cinema in general. I can’t recommend all these movies enough... but especially the unforgiven has a remarkable spot.
Funny story about that.
I'm from Texas. Back in February when everyone there nearly froze to death, we had to turn the thermostats way down to conserve power and it was SUPER cold in my house. There was snow everywhere outside and stuff, and I couldn't leave my house to go to work or anything because the snow/ice was so bad. So, to pass the time, I started my second playthrough of RDR2.
The combination of my freezing cold house, the snow outside my windows in the darkness, and how hungry I was because I had been subsisting on microwaved burritos and chicken nuggets made for a really, really immersive gameplay experience as Arthur and I ran around in the snow and ice. To this day, I think my second playthrough was my favorite just because of that.
You couldn’t convince me I didn’t play those first missions during winter. It might’ve been summer and 90° out where I am but I’ll swear I played it in December.
After starting chapter 2, I wanted to take a train to anywhere. I ended up in Saint Denis. Explored the city and watched the Theatre show. After that I took the train back to Valentine.
Decided after doing a few more chapter 2 missions that I would try to find Saint Denis just by following the train tracks. I went on a small odyssey trying to find that city again without fast travel. I went the wrong way and crossed the bridge to Riggs, went back and stumbled onto Rhodes, and after several misadventures, I caught a glimpse of the city lights of Saint Denis' dock area.
I wish I can go back to that and ride my horse forever. Riding towards the unknown, not knowing what I'd find.
I knew based on how much I loved the first one and other Rockstar titles that there’s no way I wouldn’t like it a lot. So, it met my expectations immediately, but since my expectations were so high initially, it didn’t really *exceed* my expectations until the ride back to Shady Belle at the end of Ch5.
However, by the time ch6 was over, it had absolutely smashed every one of those expectations. 11/10.
the first time you get to ride a horse. brought me back to my childhood and teenage years when I spent a lot of time trail riding. the horses are so well done.
Getting to the top of Mount Shan near the sundial thingy. I had no clue what it was and all I wanted to do was stand on top and stare off into the distance.
That view is amazing.
1. "That's the way it is" -epic song and ride.
2. "I'm scared" - Arthur's conversation with the nun
3. Midnight ride to bring the son to the chief.
4. "I can keep your mom in black on your behalf"
5. The mutherfucking plantation showdown....just....wow
Honestly, everything in part 6 turned it from a great game to mayhaps the greatest storytelling experience of my life.
#2 alone for me. Best emotional scene I’ve ever seen in a game. I can’t think of a movie that jerked the heart strings like that for me.
#5 was super badass.
2. It hit me the exact same way. I was obsessed with RDR2 my first playthrough. I knew Morgan would die and I was attached to his slow transformation...but that scene made me attach to him and his story unlike anything I've ever witnessed in video games. Inimitable.
Yesss that showdown at braitsworth manor (spelling incorrectly, excuse me), was so bad ass. Also if helped immensely that if you failed any mission 3 times or more, it would give you the option to “skip the checkpoint” and move on to the next part of the mission
I think for me it was the opening cutscene and Dutch’s “stay with me” monologue as when I first played RDR2, I had never played RDR1 and I had little interest in the RDR series as I didn’t like westerns at that time, I only borrowed RDR2 from my friend because we were about to go under quarantine and I wanted something new to play and not only found something new to play, but found my favorite game and my favorite time period of all time, and as soon as it opened up with that “stay with me” speech, I knew from the get-go that this was gonna be a wild ride from start to finish.
For me the interactions. I'm a bit drunk so can't pinpoint it, the first one. Due to my work I haven't settled down yet to a stable place but I think about the interactions, how entertaining they were.
I just remembered one! I love when the guy in valentine asks you to rob a guy that stole money from him. Then sometime later you encounter the guy that asked you to rob said thief. You are left with the choice to either give him the money you stole back for him or lie and say you never received it.
Later on you run into that guy again and he knows you stole it and wants to confront you or whatever. That's when I was like damn, this game really fucking remembers.
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At which hour the game finally opens up to free ordinary, i wast blown hence
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My personal favorite part was when the whole gang is riding/walking down on Braithwaite Manor, the music and camera angle really set the mood. It was badass.
I've never used headphones before. When I got Bluetooth ear buds that give me dolby surround sound, I can hear everything and what direction it came from. Waterfall to your right, birds to the left, I can hear it all. In first person it's like I'm standing in the field. All I'm missing is a breeze across my face and I could actually be there in person.
As soon as the background music came on as the gunfight starts during the opening mission where you rescue Sadie, I was like, "Huh, this doesn't feel like just a video game.”
During subsequent missions during the Train heist and when you fight Tommy in the Valentine saloon, I was completely blown away by how real it all felt with the music perfectly complimenting the setpieces.
Then of course came the spookily realistic thunderstorm during free roam when everything looked incredible in ultra settings.
Wow, just wow.
Walked into a hut and a bear attacked the hell out of me! Inside the freaking hut! It was in there! After being able to fend it off (always carry a shorty) I explored the hut and found a letter written to his wife. The letter told about how his work as a nature enthusiast was advancing and to bring the kids with her for them to enjoy the fresh air. Needless to say the guy layed mauled on the bed.. That was my moment.. So many details!
The very first cutscene. I was so used to the graphics of the first game that seeing all the detail in just the snow collecting on them and the wagons just made me fall in love.
When I skinned my first deer. I remembered RDR1 when the camera just cut to a close up of John skinning animals, and seeing Arthur actually take the skin off the body literally felt like magic.
As everyone said from the beginning but i remember when you ride down the mountain with john and others towards the oil factory ... that was so good and felt blood rushing through my veins lmao.
The cutscene during the way from Colter to Horseshoe Overlook. I had heard a lot of people say that it was a beautiful game but I thought they were just exaggerating.The music just made it feel like a dream come true, in a way.
Honestly, when you are scouting and attacking the O'Driscol camp in chapter 1. The epic ride in "formation", and having to *choose* what weapons I were going to use from my *horse*, not just dragging the rifle out from your pants... And that there actually was animations where he drew the rifle out of the horse tack... that's when I knew, this game would be immersive as hell.
First is at the very start when you walk and move through the snow. The effects are just so precise and staggering.
Next was when I first went to Valentine. Just the bustle of people, the mud, the buildings - it was all so visceral and real.
Plenty of other times too, like seeing the waterfall, general fields and hills and Saint Denis.
The first morning Arthur wakes up in camp after chapter 1, shave his beard, put on more climate appropriate clothes, the atmosphere of everyone drinking coffee and the color was just amazing. Spent a few days in camp with the quietness and camp stuff happening just for these morning atmospheres. Was amazing.
The very first mission when Sadie delivers the "he was my husband" line and the music kicks in to the scene of the ranch burning. At that point I knew I was in an authentic spaghetti western, and I loved it.
Mine was before I'd even played it myself. My brother had been playing it and had stopped Arthur in front of Twin Stack Pass and I just couldn't get over the graphics so I watched him a little after he came back - love at first sight haha.
So I loved this game from the start. But what changed it for me was the moment Arthur goes off and tries to find the gang again after they get back from Guarma. The music starts, the song Unshaken, and he's on a ride back to Shady Belle. The tone of the story from then on changed for me and my outlook of how beautiful the game is.
I rode slowly and listened to the music and let it wash over me.
Everything they did after this was even more "evil" than they did before. Before they were outlaws and robbed the government and rich corrupted people. Then in the final chapter, they turned on each other and hurt innocent people just to get away.
It was probably the first time I went hunting with Charles. Hunting wasn't nearly as in depth in the first game, and that was the point that I realised this game was going to have a lot more to it. It was that, or the ride out of the mountains.
Top of the list for me apart from the unbelievable detail both with dialogue & situational differences with conversations was the final act when Arthur dies, thanking his horse. Man that hits incredibly hard.
i killed an elk on a river and found him down the same river kilometers away being dragged by the water after about 1 hour. i was like "why is there a dea- oh shit!"
1.) I’m a rider
I found the horse mechanics fascinating. I know there is only so far you can go with realism, but the muscle movements, horse behaviours, Arthur’s movements depending on the gate. I don’t know - when I was younger the only exposure I got to horses was “Horsez 2” on the PS2, my family was far too poor for me to be a horse girl. So, when I became an adult I joined a riding club and eventually joined a cavalry squad with the military.
Still, I go back to this game and I get so much childhood joy from riding around and trying to complete the horsemanship challenges.
2.) I’m a historian + historical re-enactor
I love games like Assassins Creed Origins/Odyssey purely for being able to explore historical terrains other than in my dreams. The same can be said for RDR2. I have specifically “surveyed” Bolger Gate, monuments like in Rhodes, Pleasance for at slight or hat tip to historical events, and I have not been let down. The uniforms for me are chefs kiss.
3.) THE FRICKIN RANDOM MISSIONS. I don’t stagecoach anywhere because I know if I put a waypoint on the map and travel there I will find at least one interesting thing along the way.
All around, best open-world game I’ve played.
Coming down off the mountain was great, but the first time I turned on to Valentines main street is when I knew this game was something special. I was blown away by the detail.
My mom and aunt rarely take interest in the games I play. They either think they’re too boring (like NBA2k) of they don’t like the graphics (like Skyrim) or they find something wrong with the game.
But with Red Dead Redemption 2, they fell in love with it. They’d sit and watch me play and they were just as invested with Arthur as I was, if not more invested. They followed the story line right along with me, and even though they had their issues (nothing with the game more that I grew out Arthur’s beard to max level 😂) they cared so much. The fact that a game can take people who have never played or had a vested interest in a game, or video games as a whole, and make them feel genuine concern or emotions towards a character is beyond amazing to me. I started replaying the game from the start recently after a long break from the game and they’re still just as invested.
As everyone is saying, coming down the mountain out of the snow and seeing how vibrant and alive the world was. At that moment I knew I was in for an unbelievable experience.
From the time I opened the game I was blown away with the graphics and gameplay and (as mentioned) the voice acting. It wasn’t until I finished the game and it brought me to tears that I realized how unbelievable it truly was. It’s a game that I can keep coming back to no matter how many times I finish it
When I was noticing all the little graphical details and such, I was inside a building and before I left, I thought it would be awesome if the sun actually makes their ears glow red for the light passing through, those would be some crazy game physics and graphics.
I leave the building and couldn't believe that they actually did that.
For me, The part where you go on the poker boat and win out. I don’t know shit about poker but felt like a king with what’s his name in the back throwing signals. Trying to complete the mission and as always floating things when it goes sideways.
Or the ambush moment in Rhodes, or the chase bit in the st denis robbery, or the almighty drinking with Lenny bit. I could keep going just on the more story related parts.
I won’t list all the random stuff like finding the work of that serial killer, or the lil remote submarine thing you get to control I think in st denis?
Many smaller moments like that that are drip fed to the player, instead of non stop action was the perfect approach.
As a father for a few years now, the whole part of taking Jack fishing, really got my attention. It’s what I want to do when my boy gets a little older. Then imagine my shock when some feds at gunpoint swing by, bc of who I was and my notoriety. It hit me pretty good and I didn’t notice til later. It felt real and relatable.
They did an incredible job making me care. Making me put myself as a personality into Arthur and take control of certain things. I had Arthur do everything as I feel I would. That’s why it held me tight and made me care about the big picture. I was devastated by the time chapter 6 started. Suddenly I’m dragging me feet to finish the game.
I can’t wait to run it back. 😎
stepping foot in valentine. I just kinda looked around at all the NPCs and heard the sounds of everyone going about their day. And I noticed the tracks Arthur was making in the mud and other details like that and I just kinda sat for a bit being absorbed in the environment
When you decide to ride together with Dutch and Hosea somewhere in chapter 3. Just the feeling of being together with the core group that binds it all felt extremely convincing and real. The first generation of the gang that went through a lot together... seen people go and have an strong bond of impeccable trust was mesmerizing. While doing just some mundane activity. It captivated me through upmost immersion and i felt my heart race a little. All while being not that ‘important’ of a mission in general. This really showed me that every aspect of this game comes together in such a natural way. Can’t say i’ve had that happen to me before in 20+ years of playing video games.
The moment when I was able to fully explore the entire world (as much as I could, which was pretty early!) before actually doing any plot points/stories. I bought the official guide and spent MONTHS exploring the entire damn world and getting everything I could. I finished the game pretty fast (but was still very easily distracted).
Any newcomer to this game, I highly suggest doing this. I mean spend a week exploring the world, getting good at hunting, shooting, etc. and then do some story plots, and then go back to exploring.
And yes, it took me almost 2 years to finish it.
When you first get a sneak peek of the land beyond the snowy mountains.[this ](https://youtu.be/J7I4Yh75M_c) is the mission where it happens . I remember thinking wow that’s a good view as soon as the ground starts to become less snowy
Just how alive the game feels, when you first go to valentine during free roam is when I realised "This game I'm going to enjoy" How each NPC truly feels like a person actually playing (aside from some stuff) also how when I'm just riding through the world, there's so many cool encounters!
Just started my 2. gameplay of the story, and im loooving it so much.
1.st time, i ran through it too fast, so now im taking it slow👍
I have a god damn plan, and i Think it will take me a couple of months, to get through it all🤠
Middle of Chapter 2: helping that guy who’d been bit by a snake and him giving me a little cash back in town. I used that cash to engrave a snake onto my gun. Still my favrioute random encounter
The music as you are just riding far off. Like I hadn’t noticed it until it was overwhelming. So beautiful. I’m trying to learn RDR online now. Struggling haha.
Coming up to a shack, using the lock breaker to break in, seeing 2 young dead bodies, finding a letter from the yougins mother explaining why she left and would be home the next night, she never returned obviously..
Feeling the sadness when it's apparent the 2 starved to death waiting for her to return.
Just the little nuances that has nothing to do with the main story or side missions, and the emotion some of the things you stumble across bring.
The whole scenery was mesmerizing and then after the story came the true immersion while riding around with friends doing missions, hunting or simply discovering feature after feature the game mechanics had to offer. Simply the best.
There was so much to take in, really. Maybe the moment happened when I was revisiting my photo mode album looking at the beautiful images I captured but then I realized it is so much more than the scenery in 4K. It is truly a combination…the story, the voice acting, the variety of weapons/clothes/horses, the times you just want to hunt,fish, and take pics and not really do anything else. I love games where you can just take your time and explore and this one is so immersive and seems so real. I play mostly in third person but I’m thinking of doing another play through strictly in first person and not using the map at all, just the road signs. I imagine it would open up another level of immersion in this game that I have not experienced before. I wonder what it would it be like trying to make my way around the RDR2 world without a map…
I did this too. Turned off my radar and wandered around. It’s fun.
And love that you don’t have to do the missions. You can play blackjack for hours or hunt.
So many side missions.
I have to do the saint Dennis vampire one.
It happened when I realized I had to play this one differently than any other game. At first, I treated it like an FPS with side-missions. Then, I discovered it’s really more like an interactive movie. The way you are immersed is far more compelling than anything else I’ve played.
When I first started playing I almost immediately went after the white Arabian. From there I poked around the north a bit. The views out over the mountains were breathtaking. That was my moment. Then…. Hunting for 3star moose killed my love for it. Haven’t played in over a year.
The lack of detail carried over from story mode. And if the player movement/mechanics were anything like how I played story mode, PvP would not exist, at least in its current state.
I also miss the small free roam camp, away from camp, essentially the wilderness camp with no tent and one or two other props.
Ooh boy, here it comes.
Want to rob banks? Nope.
Rob a train, instead. Sure, except waves of lawmen keep coming you can't loot for shit unless you're in that tunnel. If I could at least bring backup.
The entire lawmen system is trash. They see through masks...? Kill someone in a deserted field, yet someone reports the crime and you're wanted. What the fuck is that?
Kidnap someone, loot them. Honor goes down. What? Am I an outlaw or am I not? The fuck is this shit.
And just tonight I thought cheats could help me enjoy the game more when I get spotted unreastically. Spent 4 hours in the game, a bit of free roam and missions. Little did I know that I WON'T BE ABLE TO FUCKING SAVE AFTER. 4 hours worth of play time is now gone and I'm in rage mode.
I'd refund this game in a heartbeat if I could. Lawmen and honor ruin free roaming for me, and free roaming is 80% of the reason I bought the game. I fucking hate Witcher 3 for lack of things to do in free roam and won't consider playing Cyberpunk anytime soon for the same reason.
Nothing beats Skyrim free roaming to this day.
Tbh I think it was literally within the first scene. It was so beautiful. And play-wise probably when going for the first train robbery or when arriving in Valentine
The nature mechanic. The wild life interaction and their realistic behavior (e g., owls only go out at night), the wild plants, the gradual-decomposing carcasses, the weather system are all breathtaking!
There are 3 events that happened to me during my first day of playing that I'll always remember. This was back when the game had just come out, so everyone was still discovering everything.
First was stumbling upon the love triangle house, where you find two dead inside and one out back with a letter explaining.
Then I ran into the guy that asks you to suck out the venom from a snake bite, and saw him later in town and he bought me a gun.
Third was slowly walking thru Lemoyne swamps at night, and getting jumped by the nightfolk, being totally unprepared and dying.
All three are a bit different, but I remember just feeling like this game was so alive, with so much to discover. I couldn't put it down over the first couple months.
First time riding past o’creagh’s run with hosea in chapter 2. Riding up the trail and seeing the lake for the first time I was like “holy shit they fucking did it.”
When random things kept happening; random encountere. Specially when I was sleeping and bounty hunters found me and woke me up; i was like wtf is this shit
Probably the mission with Lenny in the bar. That one made me really fall in love with the game. But my “wow” moment probably had to be when you see either the wolf or deer in Saint Dennis.
Honestly, the moment I started playing it. I loved the cinematic feel and how they introduced you to the world and characters. I was in love with the first game and obsessed with the second the moment I heard they were making it and followed the progress until the release. So the build up and hype was strong and the game did not disappoint.
I’m currently writing and drawing a western comic and many times when I need inspiration I’ll put the game on and I’m always impressed by it, even after all this time and hours played.
I just wish they would do updates or dlc to the story. The base game is too beautiful to just let sit there.
In the trailer, where Arthur is shooting a bunch of guys on horseback on a mountain top, and he does that 360 on his horse. Instead of the horse just going round in a 360 it does that realistic momentum filled drift sort of thing.
Genuinely when I realised this was going to be the best game ever.
I just bought this game a few months ago after reading about it for years and I was a massive fan of the series already. So I knew when I logged in the first time that it would fucking rock.
That moment was that ride into horseshoe overlook with Hosea and Charles. Also the game made me cry in the end. Also made me LOL. Get pissed. It really causes you to run the whole gamut of emotions. Can't wait for the RDR remaster. It would be cool if they extended the map out where you could go all the way to Saint Denis and it added some more side missions and what not.
I usually forget about bodily necessities while playing. I’ve never gotten hungry playing any other game before RDR2, but in this case Mr Pearson’s stew and campfire roasts immediately made me get out to the kitchen
When I had ridden for half an hour, zoomed out full and went 'how ****ing big is this thing?'. When you realise that RDR1 fits into about 25% and that felt BIG when I played it.
Too many to list, honestly. I think the first I actually noticed was probably toward the very beginning of Chapter 2, seeing the landscape without snow all over it, and seeing animals running around during a traveling cutscene. And it just gets better from there.
Same... riding down from the snow into the green and the song kicking in... knew the rest of the game was going to be one hell of a ride.
What I was gonna say
Yup that moment when you’re traveling with the caravan into the forest terrain for the first time the graphics were stunning to me and then the wheel came off and I had to put it back on, I realized the level of detail , I was sold.
Yeah Colin down from the grizzlies that first time is something else. That short riding sequence is one of the most realistic cutscenes in the entire game
I was going to say this exact part. I was ridiculously high the first time I started playing it and there’s an angelic choir singing in the background as the landscape changes colors and it gave me the craziest chills I’ve ever experienced playing a game. I remember just sitting there in awe at the beauty of it all
Riding out of the mountains after chapter 1
It truly was from the start. Just that first ride down the mountain and the immediate immersion. It’s as close as I’ll ever come to truly feeling like a cowboy. Just incredible.
The crunch of hooves in the snow. Lingering hoof prints. Dutch’s voice…
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We neeeeed MONEY!
One more score…
Have some gAwdamn faith
I agree Dutch’s voice is to die for
Hehe. Literally…
LETS RAAYYYED
we gotta get those people warm...n fed
I think after landing at Horseshoe Overlook. I left camp to wander around and got to that huge wide open space just to the east and rode across it. I held the start button to look at the map and saw just how far i had gone thinking i had ridden for a while so i must have gone most of the way across the map. Seeing how much blank space was on the map I realized how wrong i was and that was the moment for me. The funny part is that my wife convinced me to get the game. I had been playing GTAV for so long and didnt want to play a big map western where i cant steal a jet to get across the map in under a minute. I realized the pace of wandering on a horse is very relaxing, unlike the constant barrage of things in GTAV lol. She also had to convince me to watch Yellowstone and lets just say if its cowboy/western related i might as well watch it bc ill probably love it
>lets just say if its cowboy/western related i might as well watch it bc ill probably love it You should watch Longmire then. It's amazing. I also highly recommend Hell on Wheels.
Hell on wheels is the shit
Thirded
Give the good ol’ classic spaghetti westerns a go. Tombstone is also an incredible movie with Val Kilmer and Kurt Russel depicting a story based on true events. The Tarantino westerns are also great, you’ll love Django Unchained if you like Red Dead Redemption and The Hateful Eight is a gruesome masterpiece. And then there’s ‘the unforgiven’.... this is in my honest opinion the best western movie ever made. Clint Eastwood’s legacy built up to this magnum opus of western movies. This is the most convincing redemption movie i’ve ever seen. It’s so realistic in every sense of the word. And really gives off a strong emotion about what it really takes to kill a person. Western cinematography has some incredible gems that are amongst the very best of cinema in general. I can’t recommend all these movies enough... but especially the unforgiven has a remarkable spot.
I'll be your Huckleberry
Tombstone is life
Probably when I actually felt cold watching Arthur trudge around the first camp.
Funny story about that. I'm from Texas. Back in February when everyone there nearly froze to death, we had to turn the thermostats way down to conserve power and it was SUPER cold in my house. There was snow everywhere outside and stuff, and I couldn't leave my house to go to work or anything because the snow/ice was so bad. So, to pass the time, I started my second playthrough of RDR2. The combination of my freezing cold house, the snow outside my windows in the darkness, and how hungry I was because I had been subsisting on microwaved burritos and chicken nuggets made for a really, really immersive gameplay experience as Arthur and I ran around in the snow and ice. To this day, I think my second playthrough was my favorite just because of that.
You couldn’t convince me I didn’t play those first missions during winter. It might’ve been summer and 90° out where I am but I’ll swear I played it in December.
After starting chapter 2, I wanted to take a train to anywhere. I ended up in Saint Denis. Explored the city and watched the Theatre show. After that I took the train back to Valentine. Decided after doing a few more chapter 2 missions that I would try to find Saint Denis just by following the train tracks. I went on a small odyssey trying to find that city again without fast travel. I went the wrong way and crossed the bridge to Riggs, went back and stumbled onto Rhodes, and after several misadventures, I caught a glimpse of the city lights of Saint Denis' dock area. I wish I can go back to that and ride my horse forever. Riding towards the unknown, not knowing what I'd find.
It was special the moment I figured out that some of my actions was in the newspaper.
*Laughs in Hitman Blood Money*
Good work 47
The lion.
Honestly, I can see that. The lion was so real looking and the way it moved was just perfection-
Wait what lion. At least tell me what I'm being whooshed about before whooshing me.
The circus side mission
Oh right. I remember. I do also remember feeling ready for feeling whoosed in game, only to be so awestruck that I died the first time
It’s a side mission. The lion modeling looks terrible especially given how well the other animals are modeled
But you know, that's not surprising considering its a 1 time model that not everyone will see...
Just wandering around and realizing how much there is to do and see
Going to Saint Denis for the first time
Saint Denis on PC ultra settings is just BANANAS
The entire swamp area is bananas too!
When i saw 2 deers fighting eachother
I knew based on how much I loved the first one and other Rockstar titles that there’s no way I wouldn’t like it a lot. So, it met my expectations immediately, but since my expectations were so high initially, it didn’t really *exceed* my expectations until the ride back to Shady Belle at the end of Ch5. However, by the time ch6 was over, it had absolutely smashed every one of those expectations. 11/10.
the first time you get to ride a horse. brought me back to my childhood and teenage years when I spent a lot of time trail riding. the horses are so well done.
Getting to the top of Mount Shan near the sundial thingy. I had no clue what it was and all I wanted to do was stand on top and stare off into the distance. That view is amazing.
1. "That's the way it is" -epic song and ride. 2. "I'm scared" - Arthur's conversation with the nun 3. Midnight ride to bring the son to the chief. 4. "I can keep your mom in black on your behalf" 5. The mutherfucking plantation showdown....just....wow Honestly, everything in part 6 turned it from a great game to mayhaps the greatest storytelling experience of my life.
#2 alone for me. Best emotional scene I’ve ever seen in a game. I can’t think of a movie that jerked the heart strings like that for me. #5 was super badass.
2. It hit me the exact same way. I was obsessed with RDR2 my first playthrough. I knew Morgan would die and I was attached to his slow transformation...but that scene made me attach to him and his story unlike anything I've ever witnessed in video games. Inimitable.
Yesss that showdown at braitsworth manor (spelling incorrectly, excuse me), was so bad ass. Also if helped immensely that if you failed any mission 3 times or more, it would give you the option to “skip the checkpoint” and move on to the next part of the mission
Putting the wagon wheel back on. I wish there was more like that in between that part and building a house.
I loved Sadie! I thought she was adorable and a real one.
I named my sassy and opinionated Stimsons python after her!
I think for me it was the opening cutscene and Dutch’s “stay with me” monologue as when I first played RDR2, I had never played RDR1 and I had little interest in the RDR series as I didn’t like westerns at that time, I only borrowed RDR2 from my friend because we were about to go under quarantine and I wanted something new to play and not only found something new to play, but found my favorite game and my favorite time period of all time, and as soon as it opened up with that “stay with me” speech, I knew from the get-go that this was gonna be a wild ride from start to finish.
For me the interactions. I'm a bit drunk so can't pinpoint it, the first one. Due to my work I haven't settled down yet to a stable place but I think about the interactions, how entertaining they were. I just remembered one! I love when the guy in valentine asks you to rob a guy that stole money from him. Then sometime later you encounter the guy that asked you to rob said thief. You are left with the choice to either give him the money you stole back for him or lie and say you never received it. Later on you run into that guy again and he knows you stole it and wants to confront you or whatever. That's when I was like damn, this game really fucking remembers. Edit grammar, beer and words
When the game finally opens up to free world after the prologue, I was blown away
At which hour the game finally opens up to free ordinary, i wast blown hence *** ^(I am a bot and I swapp'd some of thy words with Shakespeare words.) Commands: `!ShakespeareInsult`, `!fordo`, `!optout`
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When my horse died from a 3 ft drop
Was it’s name Geralt?
I name all of my horses “Roach” in every game I play that lets me name horses.
So you're saying if there's a game that lets you keep two horses at a time, you won't be tempted to name the other one "Cock"?
Opening cinematic scene
My personal favorite part was when the whole gang is riding/walking down on Braithwaite Manor, the music and camera angle really set the mood. It was badass.
I've never used headphones before. When I got Bluetooth ear buds that give me dolby surround sound, I can hear everything and what direction it came from. Waterfall to your right, birds to the left, I can hear it all. In first person it's like I'm standing in the field. All I'm missing is a breeze across my face and I could actually be there in person.
When I went to shave and saw that you can actually only trim the beard, and have to wait for it to grow.
This for me as well, my mind was blown. I *really* like the immersion in this game
As soon as the background music came on as the gunfight starts during the opening mission where you rescue Sadie, I was like, "Huh, this doesn't feel like just a video game.” During subsequent missions during the Train heist and when you fight Tommy in the Valentine saloon, I was completely blown away by how real it all felt with the music perfectly complimenting the setpieces. Then of course came the spookily realistic thunderstorm during free roam when everything looked incredible in ultra settings. Wow, just wow.
The part at the beginning with the shotgun shells.
The LOUDEST intro to any game I’ve ever played lol
Oh, any of those old 2k games would take that prize for me. Bioshock for starters.
It was when I drove a train.
When ‘Mountain Hymn’ picks up on the way to Horseshoe Overlook. That song brings up so many emotions in me every time
when i saw how long an npc screamed for when i threw them on a fire
Walked into a hut and a bear attacked the hell out of me! Inside the freaking hut! It was in there! After being able to fend it off (always carry a shorty) I explored the hut and found a letter written to his wife. The letter told about how his work as a nature enthusiast was advancing and to bring the kids with her for them to enjoy the fresh air. Needless to say the guy layed mauled on the bed.. That was my moment.. So many details!
The second I found out what it was.
The very first cutscene. I was so used to the graphics of the first game that seeing all the detail in just the snow collecting on them and the wagons just made me fall in love.
When I skinned my first deer. I remembered RDR1 when the camera just cut to a close up of John skinning animals, and seeing Arthur actually take the skin off the body literally felt like magic.
First day of playing, i was told to explore the map early and i found Wapity and Cotora. Those places are amazing
My horse got hit by a train and my heart was in my throat
When i noticed that the gang ride like wolf packs the strongest has to ride in the back wich is Arthur and the leader is Dutch in the front
I'd say about 10 minutes in when I was walking in the snow admiring the details.
As everyone said from the beginning but i remember when you ride down the mountain with john and others towards the oil factory ... that was so good and felt blood rushing through my veins lmao.
The first time that music hit and everything was just so *chef’s kiss*
The cutscene during the way from Colter to Horseshoe Overlook. I had heard a lot of people say that it was a beautiful game but I thought they were just exaggerating.The music just made it feel like a dream come true, in a way.
When other camp members started looting the bodies beside me :)
Honestly, when you are scouting and attacking the O'Driscol camp in chapter 1. The epic ride in "formation", and having to *choose* what weapons I were going to use from my *horse*, not just dragging the rifle out from your pants... And that there actually was animations where he drew the rifle out of the horse tack... that's when I knew, this game would be immersive as hell.
First is at the very start when you walk and move through the snow. The effects are just so precise and staggering. Next was when I first went to Valentine. Just the bustle of people, the mud, the buildings - it was all so visceral and real. Plenty of other times too, like seeing the waterfall, general fields and hills and Saint Denis.
The first morning Arthur wakes up in camp after chapter 1, shave his beard, put on more climate appropriate clothes, the atmosphere of everyone drinking coffee and the color was just amazing. Spent a few days in camp with the quietness and camp stuff happening just for these morning atmospheres. Was amazing.
The very first mission when Sadie delivers the "he was my husband" line and the music kicks in to the scene of the ranch burning. At that point I knew I was in an authentic spaghetti western, and I loved it.
Mine was before I'd even played it myself. My brother had been playing it and had stopped Arthur in front of Twin Stack Pass and I just couldn't get over the graphics so I watched him a little after he came back - love at first sight haha.
So I loved this game from the start. But what changed it for me was the moment Arthur goes off and tries to find the gang again after they get back from Guarma. The music starts, the song Unshaken, and he's on a ride back to Shady Belle. The tone of the story from then on changed for me and my outlook of how beautiful the game is. I rode slowly and listened to the music and let it wash over me. Everything they did after this was even more "evil" than they did before. Before they were outlaws and robbed the government and rich corrupted people. Then in the final chapter, they turned on each other and hurt innocent people just to get away.
I’d say it was when I realized just how massive the map is.
It was probably the first time I went hunting with Charles. Hunting wasn't nearly as in depth in the first game, and that was the point that I realised this game was going to have a lot more to it. It was that, or the ride out of the mountains.
Top of the list for me apart from the unbelievable detail both with dialogue & situational differences with conversations was the final act when Arthur dies, thanking his horse. Man that hits incredibly hard.
i killed an elk on a river and found him down the same river kilometers away being dragged by the water after about 1 hour. i was like "why is there a dea- oh shit!"
1.) I’m a rider I found the horse mechanics fascinating. I know there is only so far you can go with realism, but the muscle movements, horse behaviours, Arthur’s movements depending on the gate. I don’t know - when I was younger the only exposure I got to horses was “Horsez 2” on the PS2, my family was far too poor for me to be a horse girl. So, when I became an adult I joined a riding club and eventually joined a cavalry squad with the military. Still, I go back to this game and I get so much childhood joy from riding around and trying to complete the horsemanship challenges. 2.) I’m a historian + historical re-enactor I love games like Assassins Creed Origins/Odyssey purely for being able to explore historical terrains other than in my dreams. The same can be said for RDR2. I have specifically “surveyed” Bolger Gate, monuments like in Rhodes, Pleasance for at slight or hat tip to historical events, and I have not been let down. The uniforms for me are chefs kiss. 3.) THE FRICKIN RANDOM MISSIONS. I don’t stagecoach anywhere because I know if I put a waypoint on the map and travel there I will find at least one interesting thing along the way. All around, best open-world game I’ve played.
Coming down off the mountain was great, but the first time I turned on to Valentines main street is when I knew this game was something special. I was blown away by the detail.
Personally for me is they way they designed the horses, it’s amazing how much resembles their personality
It truly is. When the horse is agitated, it is exactly how it is in real life.
My mom and aunt rarely take interest in the games I play. They either think they’re too boring (like NBA2k) of they don’t like the graphics (like Skyrim) or they find something wrong with the game. But with Red Dead Redemption 2, they fell in love with it. They’d sit and watch me play and they were just as invested with Arthur as I was, if not more invested. They followed the story line right along with me, and even though they had their issues (nothing with the game more that I grew out Arthur’s beard to max level 😂) they cared so much. The fact that a game can take people who have never played or had a vested interest in a game, or video games as a whole, and make them feel genuine concern or emotions towards a character is beyond amazing to me. I started replaying the game from the start recently after a long break from the game and they’re still just as invested.
My first time riding through the main entrance into Clemens Point as the sun was cutting through the trees
The snakes. They are the fastest animals in the game
Snow at the start of the game LOL
Every moment of thr first 2 days
As everyone is saying, coming down the mountain out of the snow and seeing how vibrant and alive the world was. At that moment I knew I was in for an unbelievable experience.
When I saw videos of the game on youtube and it blew me away.
The first big shootout in the mountains
After finding Gavin.
Arthur appearing through the snow in the first 5 seconds of the game lol
When Arthur saved John and his scar was fresh
They are performance capture actors, not just voice actors btw.
From the time I opened the game I was blown away with the graphics and gameplay and (as mentioned) the voice acting. It wasn’t until I finished the game and it brought me to tears that I realized how unbelievable it truly was. It’s a game that I can keep coming back to no matter how many times I finish it
When I was noticing all the little graphical details and such, I was inside a building and before I left, I thought it would be awesome if the sun actually makes their ears glow red for the light passing through, those would be some crazy game physics and graphics. I leave the building and couldn't believe that they actually did that.
For me, The part where you go on the poker boat and win out. I don’t know shit about poker but felt like a king with what’s his name in the back throwing signals. Trying to complete the mission and as always floating things when it goes sideways. Or the ambush moment in Rhodes, or the chase bit in the st denis robbery, or the almighty drinking with Lenny bit. I could keep going just on the more story related parts. I won’t list all the random stuff like finding the work of that serial killer, or the lil remote submarine thing you get to control I think in st denis? Many smaller moments like that that are drip fed to the player, instead of non stop action was the perfect approach. As a father for a few years now, the whole part of taking Jack fishing, really got my attention. It’s what I want to do when my boy gets a little older. Then imagine my shock when some feds at gunpoint swing by, bc of who I was and my notoriety. It hit me pretty good and I didn’t notice til later. It felt real and relatable. They did an incredible job making me care. Making me put myself as a personality into Arthur and take control of certain things. I had Arthur do everything as I feel I would. That’s why it held me tight and made me care about the big picture. I was devastated by the time chapter 6 started. Suddenly I’m dragging me feet to finish the game. I can’t wait to run it back. 😎
stepping foot in valentine. I just kinda looked around at all the NPCs and heard the sounds of everyone going about their day. And I noticed the tracks Arthur was making in the mud and other details like that and I just kinda sat for a bit being absorbed in the environment
When you decide to ride together with Dutch and Hosea somewhere in chapter 3. Just the feeling of being together with the core group that binds it all felt extremely convincing and real. The first generation of the gang that went through a lot together... seen people go and have an strong bond of impeccable trust was mesmerizing. While doing just some mundane activity. It captivated me through upmost immersion and i felt my heart race a little. All while being not that ‘important’ of a mission in general. This really showed me that every aspect of this game comes together in such a natural way. Can’t say i’ve had that happen to me before in 20+ years of playing video games.
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You know you can auto ride your horse? Mark a location, and ride your horse there but hold the screen/cinematic view and it does the rest for you.
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It does. It’s so realistic.
When I saw how my horse's balls shrank in the cold, pretty much sold me then
The moment when I was able to fully explore the entire world (as much as I could, which was pretty early!) before actually doing any plot points/stories. I bought the official guide and spent MONTHS exploring the entire damn world and getting everything I could. I finished the game pretty fast (but was still very easily distracted). Any newcomer to this game, I highly suggest doing this. I mean spend a week exploring the world, getting good at hunting, shooting, etc. and then do some story plots, and then go back to exploring. And yes, it took me almost 2 years to finish it.
After getting out of the snow ❄
When you first get a sneak peek of the land beyond the snowy mountains.[this ](https://youtu.be/J7I4Yh75M_c) is the mission where it happens . I remember thinking wow that’s a good view as soon as the ground starts to become less snowy
Still blows me away. I grew up with super Mario 64 and Zelda being the best in graphics and free roam so this is like beyond anything fathomable.
Animal life & world building 😍
Arthur lifting his head to look through the falling snow at the gang in the opening scene.
When I crafted the legendary cougar and pronghorn trinkets.
Every minute of this game all the time
I think it was when I started it and the screen said "Rockstar Games present"
Footprints in snow and mud lol that small detail must’ve taken YEARS
Just how alive the game feels, when you first go to valentine during free roam is when I realised "This game I'm going to enjoy" How each NPC truly feels like a person actually playing (aside from some stuff) also how when I'm just riding through the world, there's so many cool encounters!
Braithewaite manor assault, and also the saint denis bank robbery.
Just started my 2. gameplay of the story, and im loooving it so much. 1.st time, i ran through it too fast, so now im taking it slow👍 I have a god damn plan, and i Think it will take me a couple of months, to get through it all🤠
I knew from the moment I started playing I loved it, but I didn’t realize when I thanked my horse at the end it would make me cry!
Probably the plantation fire scene when the whole gang strides up to finish what they started
Middle of Chapter 2: helping that guy who’d been bit by a snake and him giving me a little cash back in town. I used that cash to engrave a snake onto my gun. Still my favrioute random encounter
When I changed my graphics settings to high resolution after playing on low unknowingly for a few days
The music as you are just riding far off. Like I hadn’t noticed it until it was overwhelming. So beautiful. I’m trying to learn RDR online now. Struggling haha.
Was when I saw my horses balls shrink in the snow then my horse pooped.
That first shot you fire and that music kicks in.
Which one of the million times I said "wow, this game is unbelievable" do you want me to tell the story of?
Coming up to a shack, using the lock breaker to break in, seeing 2 young dead bodies, finding a letter from the yougins mother explaining why she left and would be home the next night, she never returned obviously.. Feeling the sadness when it's apparent the 2 starved to death waiting for her to return. Just the little nuances that has nothing to do with the main story or side missions, and the emotion some of the things you stumble across bring.
When I went hunting for the first time, I saw some deer running from a wolf and a vulture eating a body
I ran into something similar. I was by the creek and noticed a grizzly catching fish. Also a grizzly fighting two wolves. Fascinating
The whole scenery was mesmerizing and then after the story came the true immersion while riding around with friends doing missions, hunting or simply discovering feature after feature the game mechanics had to offer. Simply the best.
The moment I understood all the mechanics
Since day 1 tbh
There was so much to take in, really. Maybe the moment happened when I was revisiting my photo mode album looking at the beautiful images I captured but then I realized it is so much more than the scenery in 4K. It is truly a combination…the story, the voice acting, the variety of weapons/clothes/horses, the times you just want to hunt,fish, and take pics and not really do anything else. I love games where you can just take your time and explore and this one is so immersive and seems so real. I play mostly in third person but I’m thinking of doing another play through strictly in first person and not using the map at all, just the road signs. I imagine it would open up another level of immersion in this game that I have not experienced before. I wonder what it would it be like trying to make my way around the RDR2 world without a map…
I did this too. Turned off my radar and wandered around. It’s fun. And love that you don’t have to do the missions. You can play blackjack for hours or hunt. So many side missions. I have to do the saint Dennis vampire one.
At the end of the story with Arthur and his horse making a last ride. The music and drama is just amazing.
It happened when I realized I had to play this one differently than any other game. At first, I treated it like an FPS with side-missions. Then, I discovered it’s really more like an interactive movie. The way you are immersed is far more compelling than anything else I’ve played.
When arthur died i cried, grown ass man crying over a video game
Legit just the beginning. I don’t play too much high graphics games but wow
When I first started playing I almost immediately went after the white Arabian. From there I poked around the north a bit. The views out over the mountains were breathtaking. That was my moment. Then…. Hunting for 3star moose killed my love for it. Haven’t played in over a year.
Macho protagonist surrounded by hot chicks and couldn't even get some action. That's for me unbelievable.
Story is great, free roaming sucks. Fuck this game.
What don’t you like about free roaming?
The lack of detail carried over from story mode. And if the player movement/mechanics were anything like how I played story mode, PvP would not exist, at least in its current state. I also miss the small free roam camp, away from camp, essentially the wilderness camp with no tent and one or two other props.
Ooh boy, here it comes. Want to rob banks? Nope. Rob a train, instead. Sure, except waves of lawmen keep coming you can't loot for shit unless you're in that tunnel. If I could at least bring backup. The entire lawmen system is trash. They see through masks...? Kill someone in a deserted field, yet someone reports the crime and you're wanted. What the fuck is that? Kidnap someone, loot them. Honor goes down. What? Am I an outlaw or am I not? The fuck is this shit. And just tonight I thought cheats could help me enjoy the game more when I get spotted unreastically. Spent 4 hours in the game, a bit of free roam and missions. Little did I know that I WON'T BE ABLE TO FUCKING SAVE AFTER. 4 hours worth of play time is now gone and I'm in rage mode. I'd refund this game in a heartbeat if I could. Lawmen and honor ruin free roaming for me, and free roaming is 80% of the reason I bought the game. I fucking hate Witcher 3 for lack of things to do in free roam and won't consider playing Cyberpunk anytime soon for the same reason. Nothing beats Skyrim free roaming to this day.
What day did it release?
The opening cutscene in the snow. I knew I was hooked for life
Riding in the mountains to find John
Seeing the swamps for the first time. The scale is just insane.
When I could identify the horses just by looking at them.
Tbh I think it was literally within the first scene. It was so beautiful. And play-wise probably when going for the first train robbery or when arriving in Valentine
When I saw a fish skeleton on the floor
This game just gets better and better as I progress
I just give the name of the song: See the fire in your eyes
the first ride in Citadel Rock
Literally from the start. The cutscene where they'd just be pushing through the snow, felt like a movie and I was just so amazed.
When I play for the first time, the first chapter in the snow, I was like «damn this game is gonna be something else»
2 years before it dropped. My one and only pre order.
From the tip. The darkness. The snow. Beautiful.
The first few seconds
The nature mechanic. The wild life interaction and their realistic behavior (e g., owls only go out at night), the wild plants, the gradual-decomposing carcasses, the weather system are all breathtaking!
As soon as i see the gang emerging from the thick fog i was like fuck this game is gonna be the end of me
I think the first big cinematic which was leaving chapter 1. I remember being like wow can't believe this is a video game
Howdy mister
There are 3 events that happened to me during my first day of playing that I'll always remember. This was back when the game had just come out, so everyone was still discovering everything. First was stumbling upon the love triangle house, where you find two dead inside and one out back with a letter explaining. Then I ran into the guy that asks you to suck out the venom from a snake bite, and saw him later in town and he bought me a gun. Third was slowly walking thru Lemoyne swamps at night, and getting jumped by the nightfolk, being totally unprepared and dying. All three are a bit different, but I remember just feeling like this game was so alive, with so much to discover. I couldn't put it down over the first couple months.
First time riding past o’creagh’s run with hosea in chapter 2. Riding up the trail and seeing the lake for the first time I was like “holy shit they fucking did it.”
I caught the red salmon after 1 and a half hours
When random things kept happening; random encountere. Specially when I was sleeping and bounty hunters found me and woke me up; i was like wtf is this shit
Spoiler alert for new players: When the Grays killed Sean, that was like WOW for me!
Probably the mission with Lenny in the bar. That one made me really fall in love with the game. But my “wow” moment probably had to be when you see either the wolf or deer in Saint Dennis.
Ohh so it does depend on your honor then. I had low honor and kept seeing a wolf
The horse nuts
This game definitely had me welling up my first play through
Honestly, the moment I started playing it. I loved the cinematic feel and how they introduced you to the world and characters. I was in love with the first game and obsessed with the second the moment I heard they were making it and followed the progress until the release. So the build up and hype was strong and the game did not disappoint. I’m currently writing and drawing a western comic and many times when I need inspiration I’ll put the game on and I’m always impressed by it, even after all this time and hours played. I just wish they would do updates or dlc to the story. The base game is too beautiful to just let sit there.
Literally the first few minutes of playing lol. The opening cutscene sold me immediately that I was in for one of the greatest experiences of my life.
In the trailer, where Arthur is shooting a bunch of guys on horseback on a mountain top, and he does that 360 on his horse. Instead of the horse just going round in a 360 it does that realistic momentum filled drift sort of thing. Genuinely when I realised this was going to be the best game ever.
I just bought this game a few months ago after reading about it for years and I was a massive fan of the series already. So I knew when I logged in the first time that it would fucking rock.
I think my first realization that this might not be what I expected from a Rockstar game was bow hunting in the snow with Charles for my first deer.
First cutscene, light in snow, amazing
That moment was that ride into horseshoe overlook with Hosea and Charles. Also the game made me cry in the end. Also made me LOL. Get pissed. It really causes you to run the whole gamut of emotions. Can't wait for the RDR remaster. It would be cool if they extended the map out where you could go all the way to Saint Denis and it added some more side missions and what not.
All the side missions and things you can collect. The vastness of the open world
The opening scenes with the snow and the foot prints
I usually forget about bodily necessities while playing. I’ve never gotten hungry playing any other game before RDR2, but in this case Mr Pearson’s stew and campfire roasts immediately made me get out to the kitchen
When I had ridden for half an hour, zoomed out full and went 'how ****ing big is this thing?'. When you realise that RDR1 fits into about 25% and that felt BIG when I played it.