Today is the big day, Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally available in stores, we are facing one of the most incredible entertainment experiences of this generation, if not the most incredible. At this time many of you will already be immersed in the world of the Rockstar Games masterpiece, while others will still be installing the many GB that the game requires.
Whether you have already started this journey or not, it does not matter, what is essential is to know thirteen things that could be useful to you during your adventure, obviously without any spoilers!
Do not rush!
Red Dead Redemption 2 it is not a mere action game, you will not spend the game running wild shooting certain you will not suffer damage, on the contrary it will be very important to decide when to reload and when to know how to move. The game must be enjoyed, savored, explored. Do not focus solely on the main plot, spend a few hours walking slowly around the cities talking to the NPCs, discovering new things and why not, spending a few hours at the saloon.
Help your camp, perhaps by hunting. Thwart robberies or better yet, do them. The game is not a marathon, don't run, be comfortable and deepen it, don't rush to finish it, think it's an old West life simulator, think like an old cowboy would.
Grab everything you can!
Any body left on the ground can be searched for weapons, ammunition or items for resale. Even in the houses it is possible to find something to steal and pocket and the game helps a lot in this case, since with an X it signals everything that has been searched previously.
Know that the game is very punishing; if you eliminate a member of a group of ruthless criminals and decide to search him, it will not affect you, but on the contrary, killing an innocent and then looking for something from his lifeless body, could inevitably lower your honor.
Use the camera to your advantage!
Red Dead Redemption 2 allows the use of different cameras, including the first person one. It is important to know how to use them, as they can be useful in many circumstances. The default and the standard one remains the third person one, where we will carry out most of our actions, but even the first person one could help to observe the internal environments or the NPCs closely.
In addition to this, there is also a cinematic camera that allows you to enjoy the wonderful game environment that we have around, with the possibility of inserting a sort of "autopilot" of your character or your horse. Very useful for taking lots of screenshots to share with friends!
Hide your identity!
Since our protagonist is basically a criminal, it is very important to try to move in such a way as not to attract attention, especially if we just committed a crime. For this reason it is possible to wear a bandana - present in the objects - which clearly does not make us invisible, but at least anonymous and not very recognizable.
Don't be in a hurry to upgrade the camp
Enhancing anything is fun and we are always curious to see how it evolves. However, the prices of the upgrades in the field are quite expensive, try to avoid concentrating on upgrading everything immediately, also because the money could be used for many other things.
It would be better, perhaps, to aim for what could serve you most, from fast travel to better leather processing. The choice is entirely up to you!
The Fast Journey
We know, traveling in Red Dead Redemption 2 it is an incredible experience and must be lived, without ifs and buts. However, being an immense game, it is clear that many players prefer to be able to reach certain areas in a few moments, a request more than justified by the time available to each of us.
For this reason Rockstar Games has thought about the introduction of fast travel also in the third chapter of the Red Dead series, but in a profoundly different way than you might think. In fact, it is possible to move between cities, camps and more, through three methods that we will illustrate in this article and that could be very useful for the purpose of facing the new Rockstar Western game in the best way.
The train
The most important means of those years, for the economic development of the country, was certainly the train. Between the transport of goods and money, the locomotives connected most of the United States, for this reason it would have been little credible not to be able to take advantage of this incredible means of transport in Red Dead Redemption 2, provided you buy a ticket.
It is clear that trains cannot go where we want, they must rightly refer to railway stations and can at most lead us to a place relatively close to where we want to go.
The diligence
In the new Rockstar masterpiece, stagecoaches are not only to be attacked, in fact they can also be a very precious means of transport. To use them it is necessary to discover signs, present in different areas of the map, including cities. These are called "Cartels of Diligence" and allow, once activated, to be able to travel between a previously discovered cartel.
Also in this case, we cannot decide to reach a specific place, since the stagecoaches have a well-defined path; however it is always possible to steal one and reach a certain destination on our own, easy isn't it?
The camp
By upgrading the camp and getting Arthur's tent, it will be possible to obtain a map with which to interact and be able to automatically travel to any discovered point of interest, both cities and other places that do not fall within the canonical ones.
Chewing Tobacco Helps Your Dead Eye
Your circle of Dead Eye - an ability that allows you to slow down the time to shoot - will not automatically recharge and it is very difficult to keep it always full, ready to help you in the clashes. For this reason, it is always necessary to always have some tobacco in your pocket, which can help you in recharging the Dead Eye's energy. In short, chewing tobacco, at least in Red Dead Redemption 2, certainly does not hurt!
Make good use of your weapons
The horse is able to carry additional weapons in its pouch, that we can every time we go down, take them and put them in our weapon wheel. However, know that not all of them can be worn at the same time and a careful choice must be made every time.
The types of weapons are many and range from:
- One-handed weapons - mainly pistols -
- Launchable -dynamite-
- Brass knuckles
- Knives
- Two-handed weapons - such as bows or rifles -
- Shoulder-mounted long-range weapons - a second type of two-handed weapon -
Use, to learn
The Rockstar Games video game moves a complicated progression system called “Nuclei". These are commonly life, stamina and dead eye. To keep them 100% always it is necessary to feed the protagonist in a healthy way, make him do physical activity, let him rest and so on. With the constant use of all cores, experience will be gained, necessary to improve individual parameters.
It is therefore important to use all the characteristics of our character, in order to improve him and make him become increasingly resistant and trained to the inaccessible of the game world.
Don't worry about the horse
The horse is and will be your partner throughout the Red Dead Redemption 2 adventure, perhaps even more than your "family". There are many horses for sale that you can find in the various cities, as well as all those that you can catch in the wild. When you start the game, you will probably believe that your starting horse is not very good, but you are wrong and quite a lot!
Spend your time looking after him, cleaning him: improve the feeling with him, your horse will improve in a similar way to your cores, through a series of improvements that you will make. Depending on your relationship, it will respond better to commands and requests, such as an additional jump or sprint.
Much later in the game you will also find the Elite horses, but evaluate well, because the price is also quite "Elite".
There is so much to do and it's not easy to keep track of everything
The game world built by Rockstar Games is immense, difficult to keep track of everything. As in the previous chapter, you can hunt prey, collect certain plants or carry out a series of secondary activities and missions. Select in your log what to prioritize and your mini map will guide you, within the limits of course.
With the D-PAD you can access the "Arthur's newspaper”Which lists everything you can do, at least up to that point. A useful way to keep track of your "goals" and guarantee you a slightly more guided path.
Don't always listen to what the game tells you
Red Dead Redemption 2 will give you some advice, will suggest you to act in a certain way, or will tell you to go to a certain place. But it is fair to point out that often these are simple advice, which you do not always or necessarily need to listen to. Sometimes you will meet people looking for help, but their intention is not always kind, on the contrary it could be a trap to rob or kill you.
Of course, at the beginning of the game, you will have a fairly sizeable bounty on your head. So avoid going out to sea too far, never.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is available for purchase on Amazon!
