i remember once i shot a shopkeeper in valentine, it was diffrent this time though, he curled up on the ground and started pleading for his life while bleeding out.. it actually spooked me and made me feel really guilty.. ive never seen it be so realistic and slow..
Ngl I feel like it’s easy to do a evil play through UNTIL you pay attention to your surroundings and the npcs then you slowly realize the horrible crimes and atrocities you have just committed
Honestly some of the things NPCs say are so brilliantly unexpected and unhinged. I was doing “parkour” in Saint Denis as Arthur, jumped on a roof near the stables. Someone on the ground went “has he been possessed by the devil or somethin’?” To their friend and I just thought it was fantastic 😂 the game really anticipated me making Arthur do weird things 💀
I was doing the exact same thing a few minutes ago and some lady on the ground talked about "you're lucky I don't put a voodoo curse on you" or something similar, all I really heard was the word "voodoo". So many different lines of dialogue in this game! I'm close to 80 hours in and I still hear or see something new every time I open the game.
@@Ctrewix Hands down, it might be the best game I've ever played. Cyberpunk 2077 held a special place in my heart, but after seeing what RDR2 was capable of it made me a bit sad. So much wasted potential in Cyberpunk. It has me imagining; what if Rockstar Games had made Cyberpunk? That would probably be the best game of all time if you ask me
@@K9V1if you count in all of the little details (coins that robbed NPCs throw you can be shot away with the bullet, Molotovs actually leave LIGHT BENDING glass shards upon explosion, etc), this game might be the MOST detailed one yet
One of the details that always made the npcs of the rdr2 world feel alive is the wedding bands you can loot from bodies. Always hurt my soul a little knowing they were never going back to whatever family they had. Again, it’s not like they are real or that their families exist, but it gave me a sense of human value for the npcs that meant I never randomly went on killing sprees for the heck of it, unlike every other game that tries to stop you from being a mass murderer by having town guards or what have you, simply to make doing so too difficult so you wouldn’t break the game
Sometimes the wedding rings are sad, off random npcs, but like odriscills and lemoyne raiders got them sometimes, so that makes me not sad if it’s them
The first time I rescued that kid from the gunsmith’s basement in Rhodes got me choked up. The owners pain and despair over his lost son and they way he cried over it… I just walked out with tears in my eyes 😢 Still have no idea what kind of gun is in that case. I felt so moved over his loss, couldn’t bring myself to loot or steal one damn thing from his shop.
@@carrie_k Its a Lancaster Repeater if you're wondering, its also okay if u didnt loot it, you can come by them fairly easily during story playthrought as most of the NPC u need to kill during those mission will have it on them, just needs some gun oil to get them cleaned up tho.
I remember doing the loan shark mission in chapter 6 where you have to collect the payment from the army deserter. While your collecting it, soldiers come to take him and your forced to kill the soldiers. If you loot them afterwards, you can find a note on one of them from their father. I don’t remember the details, but the letter was from his father.
Wonderful video, the NPCs in rdr2 are definitely an important aspect that makes the game feel very lively. From the daily routines that they have down to the reaction to different situations and especially the amazing work put into the voice acting.
Never thought Charlie could jumps scare me but congrats you did it lol You also made one hell of a tribute to this beautiful game , thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions with us 🙏🏽❤️🏴
this is one of my favorite video essays ever. the way you connect the empathy that rdr2 forces the player to have to the real life realization that people have their own complex lives and shouldn’t be seen as ‘npcs’ is brilliant
In so many games the main quest is just this dull string of missions to get you weapons, with a few robotic npcs to help you along the way with exposition dumps and usually bad facial animations. Rdr2 and the GTA games genuinely put so much life into the characters around you that you never think of them as "that npc i can do X with), but rather as thinking living people with motives beyond your own.
I really relate to feeling like npcs are people, In that one mission where you race Dutch back to camp it took me till my 3rd playthrough to even realize im not actually racing someone, im just racing AI, but even to this day i feel like im racing Dutch, not just some pre-programed bot.
BIG SPOILER IMPLICATIONS for RDR and RDR2. I know that these games are old and everybody already probably knows but still but I don't just cry at the end. I'll actually curse the world for what it did to Arthur and then I ball harder thinking about how it's even more cruel knowing the ending of RDR. I have to deliberately calm myself down and tell myself it was just a game lolol
What i love about rdr2 is how the world is alive and has so many aspects that you can explore, i remember when i first got the game, i spent the entire time riding around my horse going from town to town getting into all sorts of tomfoolery,then out of nowhere i found someone who got bit by a snake so i helped him and gave him some medicine, then a few hours later i found that same guy in strawberry and he said i could buy anything from the shop and he'll pay for it, moments like this is what makes me love rdr2, npcs are like real people living their life.
One of my favorite thing to do when I get tired of playing along the storyline is go into a town and pick someone and follow them just to see where they go and what they do and it's fascinating
5:18 I had the exact same encounter. I just randomly saw a guy out by a fire and I’ll often approach strangers if they don’t tell me to get lost, he seemed nice so I sat and listened to what he had to say. After he slumped over after talking to him I got concerned so I pointed my gun at him and thankfully it was red. He was alive. It’s funny how after just one conversation I was worried about this man’s health and checked up on him, that’s the kind of game Rockstar made, the kind of game where you can grow an attachment to a character whether it’s been 5 minutes or 5 hours.
RDR2 made me feel guilty. The home robbery mission where I kill this teens dad. Made me feel bad 😂 just how realistic the NPC actions and voice acting were
This is a fire breakdown of the characters and world that rdr2 creates, not only does it feel like a living breathing world but it encourages you to live in it and not break character too often😁
This is such a goddamn good video and puts things into words rhat i struggle to. This game has something about it that makes you want to be a good person not just in game, but in real life too. The way the npcs act just have something so human to them, whether it be what they say, how they say it, or whatever it is, it just feels real. And speaking of real, i appreciate you calling out the gross behavior of actual humans treating other humans as if they were just "npcs" in games, especially calling out andrew tate and adin ross. This is an amazing video
I've been playing RDR2 and RDO and, it's nice seeing someone give my subconscious a voice. Like, we all understood that RDR2 is realistic but it's not real. Sometimes, it doesn't feel that way. For a second, the world feels alive and real and I just think that not enough games do that. (not very well) This was a really nice video, decently some food for thought.
exactly the rowdy streets of Valentine, the wasted Rhodes, or Saint Denis feels so lived in, almost every house is explorable, every NPC has their own story!
@ 1:22 when you are standing there, just keep whistling for your horse and the trumpet player will get mad at you as will the NPCs around there. It's pretty funny
For a guy with only 550 subscribers, 47k views in 9 days is, first of all, insane. But it is so worth it! I don't watch many videos all the way through, but I love how you portrayed RDR2 and compared it to GTA, undertale, and even real life! Really great content that honestly deserves even more than the exceptionally good reviews its gotten so far.
You have done a very good job describing the beauty of rdr2 and the reason I actually take my time and try to be a good person in it as well. Its fun to have a bad honor play through, but ultimately I enjoy being moral more. This video feels like it was made by a much bigger channel (in a good quality kind of way) and am happy to be a new subscriber of yours! I feel like playing rdr2 again now 🤣
I think towards the end of the video explaining the point of RDR2 story and mentioning the whole TikTok trend is literally why I adore RDR2 so much. You earned sub brother
I remember during my first playthrough where I was surprised that the npcs said stuff like “havent you caused enough trouble here” and this was after I got the schofield revolver in valentine. This alone and the other stuff you mentioned especially the honor system made me think twice about pulling the trigger. When I first did a train robbery, I was considering killing everyone but then I realized that everyone has lives of their own and that they never expected to get robbed. But what truly broke my heart was the final debt collection mission for strauss. The mother and her child absolutely broke me and I did not hesitate to give them money. Truly the greatest open world story game of all time.
i just wanted a video on how great the npcs are, i was not expecting that. in fairness ive never had a person create such a strong point for being good and to that i tip my hat to you
Fantastic video you really did put into words what I and probably plenty of others have thought about this game making the honour system core to the game was a gigantic part of why this game was so meaningful the graphics and gameplay is great but by the end when you’ve spent hours to take all of it in it’s the characters and just general message the story was telling that really stick with you.
What a fine video, well said. imo I just hope that more people can actually slow down the pace and experience rdr2, its just more than just a game, the most frequent words from other players that didn't play, were 'the game's too slow for me', I genuinely felt that they've been missing out huge.
Dude I've been saying that for awhile too! To really enjoy the game you need to play at a realistic pace. If you fly as fast as you can here and there you make it feel like any other game. Slow down. Move realistically. You become immersed. You watch the world become alive around you. You notice all the beauty and detail they worked incredibly hard on. You feel the loneliness in the wilderness. You feel the crazy difference of the big city life in St Denis. One time after saving Jack and partying with the gang, I stayed up drinking with Pearson. We sat by the fire and he started singing a song about his time in the Navy. It started to rain and he started tearing up... We had a moment that almost felt real lol. Slow down and be realistic and this game will reward you for it!
Nice video! I definitely feel you. If im playing rdr2 imo it just doesnt feel like im playing a game no more it more feels like a movie with everyone having his or her own story and not them just being there just as some kind of filler. Especially in Saint Denis its just so cool to look around you and realize the world is not just about you and everyone has their own reason to be there and you dont get to just murder them cuz theyre only npcs
Came to watch someone gush about Red Dead, but stayed to contemplate life and how we treat others. This was unexpected, but an amazing video regardless.
i tried getting low honor to get a bad ending but i felt too guilty doing too many wrong things. i save my murder sprees for online, where my honor doesn’t really matter. it just feels different when i’m doing bad things as arthur compared to a silent protagonist
Keep it up fellar,your explanation are solid and true. Connecting between the game and reality are amusing and help maybe us or any viewers to view our own mistake and wrongful thing. I hope you can keep this wonderful content. Always trive you all to be a good man and woman just maybe better or more like arthur
i remember the war veteran asking for a hug, but i wasnt paying attention so i didn’t select anything and he walked away disappointed. i was so guilty i had to reset to my last checkpoint just so i could hug him
Played RDR1 way back when it was new. Loved it back then, but by the time RDR2 came out, I didn't have a rig capable of running it and kinda forgot about it. When I got a new PC last year, I finally bought it, played through the first chapter, liked everything about it, particularly how the characters stood out and were memorable, but then I got super busy and forgot about it again. Picked it up again last week and started over and wow... once the world opens up, this game is AMAZING. There is literally nothing revolutionary about the gameplay, everything has been done before, but RDR2 does it to perfection on every single parameter, especially when it comes to immersion and building a believable world. By far the most important aspect are the NPCs - these are absolutely perfect all around - with incredible variety and diversity in characters, all of whom are interesting, funny or tragic often caught in true dilemmas that make you think really hard about the right course of action. The amount of little details are astounding. The way that each new place you arrive give you little scripted conversations to listen in on (if you want, I very much appreciate hacing only the missions use cutscenes) consersations that present the unique characteristics and issues of the place and set the tone of the stories being told here. Then there is the way that NPC smalltalk constantly reference recent events in the story missions and choices you made - chef's kiss. The amount of recorded dialogue is insane, the only place where I notice significant repeating of dialogue was when playing the minigames (poker etc) which is to be expected. Then there is the dynamic way NPCs react to you and your actions. The simple fact that you improve people's perception of you by greeting them as you pass by and can turn a town that was initially hostile to you around to where people are pleasant and kind (or vice versa). The different reactions to you doing crimes or stepping outside the general norms are so lifelike it actually makes me think twice about committing any crime at all. On top of that it all runs beautifully smooth. I have literally not seen a major glitch or inconsistency involving NPCs after a week of daily playtime - that's impressive. I'm so impressed that I have not yet sucvumbed to the temptation to go murder hobo or deliberately try to mess with the AI, and I have honestly come to care deeply for many of the characters, even minor ones. I can honestly say, I've never seen a game handle NPCs so well. I have seen more complex NPCs handle huge dialogue trees and the like, but I have never seen a game handle so many relatively simple NPCs and have it create such an incredibly believable experience.
The world is so good and busy and alive in rdr2. Currently playing cyberpunk 2077 and I miss the npc interactions. rdr2 is one of the games where even in story mode you don't feel too lonely. And the wildlife, all animals are full npcs with goals; hunting, scavenging, avoiding humans, playing... The dogs remember you if you're kind to them. Finally, rdr2 does not have a level system or skill tree.
I really enjoyed this video because there are many times where I have done things I really regret in video games such a rdr2 and this really sums up The whole phenomenon around it
Woah. Thank you for such an in depth take on learning about empathy through Red Dead. The topics feel so relevant and as games teach us / or reflect us, they have an incredible opportunity to direct a considerable mass of humans towards a more caring world. Your video here, clearly shows this. Grateful for your efforts and thoughts. May we all be better Players 1s in our lives.
The thousands of voice actors really add to the realism..i never have stumbled on somebody who had duplicate voice..like in other games..and people rly seems real..and your actions good or bad have consequences..i love this game..and honestly on my fourth playtrough and i still cant go for the money at the end ...i just have to help John because it feels right
When the person you meet at the camp who tells you about his sins of his, he doesn’t actually drop dead, if you pan your camera close to him, you can hear snoring, you still did a good job of explaining everything though
ive played about 700 hours of pretty much campaign only (i really love the campaign) and the NPCS are certainly my favorite thing. sure, there are nicer things to do/look at, such as the scenery or going robbing and killing. but NPCs are all so different!!! i never ever know what to expect, will they be mean, will they be nice, will they strike up a convo or even a whole interaction? love this video
Wow this video started as a simple breakdown of the civilians in Rdr2 but then turned into a meaningful video. My mom says Red Dead is bad for me and it encourages me to do bad things even though all I ever do is good in the game. How is donating money to a charity bad? How is helping a widow survive on her own and grieve the loss of her husband bad? How is getting a disabled man his horse back bad? How is looking after Johns ranch and treating his family well bad? This game is a lot deeper than older generations make it out to be. It isn’t just a simple trash game like GTA. It’s meaningful and impactful. All the games I play are. The Last of Us. Red Dead. God of War. Spider-Man. Black Flag.
Oi kid don’t disrespect GTA by calling it simple trash… what even? you’re born too late to understand why GTA is one of the greatest franchises in gaming… keep an open mind and remember it’s made by Rockstar… they earned their reputation through GTA not red dead. You love Red Dead, you’ll love GTA too; yea it’s not complicated because it’s from 2013 but it still beats every other open world game…. maybe you just need to grow up
I think GTA being a bit trashy and dirty is on purpose. I kind of talk about it in this video but perhaps I should make a full video about it. But you’re right a lot of people unfortunately don’t understand the more meaning elements of some games
Gta lost its charm. Gta 5 is the weakest gta game i’ve played. Nothing beats the classic gta games. Vice city and san andreas one of the greatest games .
I think you left out the way the game even makes you feel empathy for the animals you kill. Great look at how immersive this game is. Nicely done video.
i originally had a part about how even your horse dying is a big emotional moment but sadly had to cut it for pacing. Making the player sympathize with animals is something many games do but Red dead 2 makes me want to go vegan lol
You also forgot how to mention how Arthur's honor level can contrast with his selfishness. Like that one mission with Rains Fall, Arthur already knows his fate if he has high honor, only seeming to care about the people around him and not himself. But if he has low honor, he says that he knows a place that could potentially assolve his TB, only caring for himself in the process.
Yeah people constantly misunderstand the morals of the story when playing games, they see games like this and think "Oh it's just a game about slaughtering people" and ignore the real meaning, rdr2 is an amazing story that showcases how good and bad is subjective, not black and white, that no matter how far gone you think you are, you can always try to redeem yourself. It encourages "good behaviour" even though you have the possibility to commit the most heinous crimes and Arthur showcases the importance of self awareness and taking responsibility for your actions (not by others standard's, he obviously avoids jail or ending up in a California Collar but I mean personal responsibility).
The best reason in my opinion to get your honor as high as you can as early as you can is that everything costs significantly less in the game when you need to buy stuff, especially in the general store. Also when you have issues like you try to get on your horse and a nearby NPC is too close (especially in Saint Denis lol) and you end up choking them, but you let go. If your honor is high you got a better chance of just being told to leave the area opposed to be chased and shot down
Hello friend this is a great video, I love this game the online and story mode are unmatched in the open-world genre Rockstar knows how to create amazing worlds and I can't wait to see how they improve on the formula in GTA 6 and hopefully Red Dead 3. Arthur and the people around him feel so real you don't feel like a main character you feel like a person in the world. (Subscribed)
The only game that comes close to RDR2's open world immersion for me is Skyrim with mods. Quite tragic how stale the gaming industry has gotten. Makes you really appreciate the gems like RDR2
I thought the base Skyrim was just alright but it certainly has fantastic mods. Though I’ve only played one or two I really enjoyed that one where it’s about buried cities
In the epilogue, once all the random encounters have run out, the humans feel so bland. They just roam around, say hi. Outside of cities you only encounter people who either get really mad and try to kill you when you greet them, or just greet you back and leave. None of those like "my horse died! I need help!" Just so bland. Tbf I've been playing on my first playthrough for like 500 hours.
One time during chapter 6 i got ambushed by the murfree broods near camp and they spooked my horse, went into the woods where they could have more cover and its like they expected me to follow them into the woods which i did so I fell into their man hole in which they went to check whether i died or not. This encounter made me a bit scared of the aggresive npcs afterwards since i didn't expect them to be this smart
I get the sonder thing, I always like to imagine the other gang members going off completing their own separate stranger side quests, whether they be honourable or not. I mean, Dutch even mentions he went fishing with that guy who was going to give them the fishing boat to get to Bronte, and he's always mentioning the people he knows, I'm sure Dutch was as prolific with side quests as Arthur was
My all time favorite npc scene is right after rescuing I think Sean and the camp had a party if u wait long enough Dutch will turn on his own music and dance with his girlfriend and a girl will come up to u and ask u to dance with her 😭 I rlly felt like I was at a real party with real friends and I was really part of the gang
I killed 2 bounty hunters and a npc came riding by. To avoid him witnessing a murder i put on the bandanna.. although he didnt turn into a witness, he said 'hiding your face aint helping, i saw what youve done'. I was shocked at the detail.
I started a low honor playthrough a bit ago and STILL went out of my way to help random folks. I've been keeping my honor low through theft and...that's about it.
great video but low subscribers dont worry tho your content is amazing and youll surely gain much traction soon keep up the good work and unique video ideas
@Mayfrogo you'll get there anyways you have a perfect voice for the type of videos intriguing but also informative and this video alone was soo detailed with little discussion really done in the community. Also this game helped me enjoy the depth of rdr2 even more
**Video Contains Spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA V**
I shoot an npc in the leg, it keeps running, i threaten a witness, he doesn’t stop. I stab a cop, all cops know where i am now
*Video contains a jumpscare
@Triple_Alliance good thing people made mods to fix those issues
dang I wish I could have read this comment
Speak more clearly and annunciate
i remember once i shot a shopkeeper in valentine, it was diffrent this time though, he curled up on the ground and started pleading for his life while bleeding out.. it actually spooked me and made me feel really guilty.. ive never seen it be so realistic and slow..
Ahh I just put a bullet in his head to shut em up.
The first time you
@@triocha233ha. haha.
@@triocha233so edgy. 😐
@@triocha233 wow. so much courage. we're impressed.
I've always wanted to do an evil playthrough of RDR2 but because of the npcs realistic behaviors I feel too guilty to commit
I felt bad even while doing bad things for the footage in this video
I'm almost done with an evil, low honor play through and it's been tough? Just randomly killing civilians, horses, etc is tough
lol same, I know that it would evoke some feelings of guilt that i never want to feel LOL. RDR 2 is a magical game
me on the other hand, uses trainer mods to get infinite dynamites, and bullets to destroy every NPC standing in front of me 💀
Ngl I feel like it’s easy to do a evil play through UNTIL you pay attention to your surroundings and the npcs then you slowly realize the horrible crimes and atrocities you have just committed
Honestly some of the things NPCs say are so brilliantly unexpected and unhinged.
I was doing “parkour” in Saint Denis as Arthur, jumped on a roof near the stables. Someone on the ground went “has he been possessed by the devil or somethin’?” To their friend and I just thought it was fantastic 😂 the game really anticipated me making Arthur do weird things 💀
i love doing parkour in saint denis
i like to try and get on roofs and areas i wasnt ment to be at
I was doing the exact same thing a few minutes ago and some lady on the ground talked about "you're lucky I don't put a voodoo curse on you" or something similar, all I really heard was the word "voodoo". So many different lines of dialogue in this game! I'm close to 80 hours in and I still hear or see something new every time I open the game.
@@K9V1 it's truly an incredible game
@@Ctrewix Hands down, it might be the best game I've ever played. Cyberpunk 2077 held a special place in my heart, but after seeing what RDR2 was capable of it made me a bit sad. So much wasted potential in Cyberpunk. It has me imagining; what if Rockstar Games had made Cyberpunk? That would probably be the best game of all time if you ask me
@@K9V1if you count in all of the little details (coins that robbed NPCs throw you can be shot away with the bullet, Molotovs actually leave LIGHT BENDING glass shards upon explosion, etc), this game might be the MOST detailed one yet
One of the details that always made the npcs of the rdr2 world feel alive is the wedding bands you can loot from bodies. Always hurt my soul a little knowing they were never going back to whatever family they had. Again, it’s not like they are real or that their families exist, but it gave me a sense of human value for the npcs that meant I never randomly went on killing sprees for the heck of it, unlike every other game that tries to stop you from being a mass murderer by having town guards or what have you, simply to make doing so too difficult so you wouldn’t break the game
Even worse if they had letters written for them by loved ones or something
Sometimes the wedding rings are sad, off random npcs, but like odriscills and lemoyne raiders got them sometimes, so that makes me not sad if it’s them
The first time I rescued that kid from the gunsmith’s basement in Rhodes got me choked up. The owners pain and despair over his lost son and they way he cried over it… I just walked out with tears in my eyes 😢
Still have no idea what kind of gun is in that case. I felt so moved over his loss, couldn’t bring myself to loot or steal one damn thing from his shop.
@@carrie_k Its a Lancaster Repeater if you're wondering, its also okay if u didnt loot it, you can come by them fairly easily during story playthrought as most of the NPC u need to kill during those mission will have it on them, just needs some gun oil to get them cleaned up tho.
I remember doing the loan shark mission in chapter 6 where you have to collect the payment from the army deserter. While your collecting it, soldiers come to take him and your forced to kill the soldiers. If you loot them afterwards, you can find a note on one of them from their father. I don’t remember the details, but the letter was from his father.
Wonderful video, the NPCs in rdr2 are definitely an important aspect that makes the game feel very lively. From the daily routines that they have down to the reaction to different situations and especially the amazing work put into the voice acting.
I've never felt so invested in a storyline and genuinely care for so many characters, Red Dead 2 is a masterpiece that moves you in every way.
How does this only have 40 views? Deserves way more
Edit: please stop replying to this, I know it has a lot now
Frfr
Oh well
Holy shit I didn’t notice that till this
It has 4k
Now it has 12k I’d say that’s pretty good for a channel with 253 subs
Never thought Charlie could jumps scare me but congrats you did it lol You also made one hell of a tribute to this beautiful game , thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions with us 🙏🏽❤️🏴
Charlie is the master of jumpscares lol
"Boo, did I scare you? Does the sight of peak male performance bother you?"
this is one of my favorite video essays ever. the way you connect the empathy that rdr2 forces the player to have to the real life realization that people have their own complex lives and shouldn’t be seen as ‘npcs’ is brilliant
In so many games the main quest is just this dull string of missions to get you weapons, with a few robotic npcs to help you along the way with exposition dumps and usually bad facial animations.
Rdr2 and the GTA games genuinely put so much life into the characters around you that you never think of them as "that npc i can do X with), but rather as thinking living people with motives beyond your own.
That is very well put. Damn I wish I could have put that in my video lol
In GTA, the citizens are just robots that have 1 line and scream. Rdr2’s world is just so beautiful and alive.
I really relate to feeling like npcs are people, In that one mission where you race Dutch back to camp it took me till my 3rd playthrough to even realize im not actually racing someone, im just racing AI, but even to this day i feel like im racing Dutch, not just some pre-programed bot.
In my play through Dutch ran into another horse and fell off and didn’t move lol
BIG SPOILER IMPLICATIONS for RDR and RDR2. I know that these games are old and everybody already probably knows but still
but I don't just cry at the end. I'll actually curse the world for what it did to Arthur and then I ball harder thinking about how it's even more cruel knowing the ending of RDR. I have to deliberately calm myself down and tell myself it was just a game lolol
What i love about rdr2 is how the world is alive and has so many aspects that you can explore, i remember when i first got the game, i spent the entire time riding around my horse going from town to town getting into all sorts of tomfoolery,then out of nowhere i found someone who got bit by a snake so i helped him and gave him some medicine, then a few hours later i found that same guy in strawberry and he said i could buy anything from the shop and he'll pay for it, moments like this is what makes me love rdr2, npcs are like real people living their life.
One of my favorite thing to do when I get tired of playing along the storyline is go into a town and pick someone and follow them just to see where they go and what they do and it's fascinating
You've got really good editing and narration skills, I hope this video and the whole channel blows up and gets the deserved attention
Read Dead Redemption is everything GTA will never be.
Two games. Two memorable stories. Best games ever.
they really are both are masters of what they're trying to achieve
6:17 goddammit, that is the last time you see the gang having fun, having a laugh with each other.....and awh my poor man Kieran
It was all downhill from there
Audio is so underrated for what it brings to immersion as well.
5:18 I had the exact same encounter. I just randomly saw a guy out by a fire and I’ll often approach strangers if they don’t tell me to get lost, he seemed nice so I sat and listened to what he had to say. After he slumped over after talking to him I got concerned so I pointed my gun at him and thankfully it was red. He was alive. It’s funny how after just one conversation I was worried about this man’s health and checked up on him, that’s the kind of game Rockstar made, the kind of game where you can grow an attachment to a character whether it’s been 5 minutes or 5 hours.
RDR2 made me feel guilty. The home robbery mission where I kill this teens dad. Made me feel bad 😂 just how realistic the NPC actions and voice acting were
This is a fire breakdown of the characters and world that rdr2 creates, not only does it feel like a living breathing world but it encourages you to live in it and not break character too often😁
This is such a goddamn good video and puts things into words rhat i struggle to. This game has something about it that makes you want to be a good person not just in game, but in real life too. The way the npcs act just have something so human to them, whether it be what they say, how they say it, or whatever it is, it just feels real. And speaking of real, i appreciate you calling out the gross behavior of actual humans treating other humans as if they were just "npcs" in games, especially calling out andrew tate and adin ross. This is an amazing video
I’ll call out Tate and adin ross any day of the week lol thanks for the kind words🙏
I've been playing RDR2 and RDO and, it's nice seeing someone give my subconscious a voice. Like, we all understood that RDR2 is realistic but it's not real. Sometimes, it doesn't feel that way. For a second, the world feels alive and real and I just think that not enough games do that. (not very well)
This was a really nice video, decently some food for thought.
exactly the rowdy streets of Valentine, the wasted Rhodes, or Saint Denis feels so lived in, almost every house is explorable, every NPC has their own story!
Amazing video with very professional editing and writing. Can't believe you don't even have 100 subscribers, can't wait to see what you make next
@ 1:22 when you are standing there, just keep whistling for your horse and the trumpet player will get mad at you as will the NPCs around there. It's pretty funny
For a guy with only 550 subscribers, 47k views in 9 days is, first of all, insane. But it is so worth it! I don't watch many videos all the way through, but I love how you portrayed RDR2 and compared it to GTA, undertale, and even real life! Really great content that honestly deserves even more than the exceptionally good reviews its gotten so far.
Amazing video! Love seeing new Rdr creators
You’re everywhere 😭
@@TumbleYT shut up
What a great video, don't know how you don't have many subscribers, but keep it up brother, you'll channel grow
You have done a very good job describing the beauty of rdr2 and the reason I actually take my time and try to be a good person in it as well. Its fun to have a bad honor play through, but ultimately I enjoy being moral more. This video feels like it was made by a much bigger channel (in a good quality kind of way) and am happy to be a new subscriber of yours! I feel like playing rdr2 again now
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8:57 man why you gotta do me like that, I wasn’t expecting a jump scare in middle of rdr 2 box video essay
you never know when the moist might strike
I think towards the end of the video explaining the point of RDR2 story and mentioning the whole TikTok trend is literally why I adore RDR2 so much. You earned sub brother
This sort of just ended up being a great analysis of Red Dead 2! Excellent video!
I remember during my first playthrough where I was surprised that the npcs said stuff like “havent you caused enough trouble here” and this was after I got the schofield revolver in valentine. This alone and the other stuff you mentioned especially the honor system made me think twice about pulling the trigger. When I first did a train robbery, I was considering killing everyone but then I realized that everyone has lives of their own and that they never expected to get robbed. But what truly broke my heart was the final debt collection mission for strauss. The mother and her child absolutely broke me and I did not hesitate to give them money. Truly the greatest open world story game of all time.
I'm so happy that this got recommended to me I hope you go far , great video
i just wanted a video on how great the npcs are, i was not expecting that. in fairness ive never had a person create such a strong point for being good and to that i tip my hat to you
Fantastic video you really did put into words what I and probably plenty of others have thought about this game making the honour system core to the game was a gigantic part of why this game was so meaningful the graphics and gameplay is great but by the end when you’ve spent hours to take all of it in it’s the characters and just general message the story was telling that really stick with you.
What a fine video, well said. imo I just hope that more people can actually slow down the pace and experience rdr2, its just more than just a game, the most frequent words from other players that didn't play, were 'the game's too slow for me', I genuinely felt that they've been missing out huge.
Dude I've been saying that for awhile too! To really enjoy the game you need to play at a realistic pace. If you fly as fast as you can here and there you make it feel like any other game. Slow down. Move realistically. You become immersed. You watch the world become alive around you. You notice all the beauty and detail they worked incredibly hard on. You feel the loneliness in the wilderness. You feel the crazy difference of the big city life in St Denis.
One time after saving Jack and partying with the gang, I stayed up drinking with Pearson. We sat by the fire and he started singing a song about his time in the Navy. It started to rain and he started tearing up... We had a moment that almost felt real lol. Slow down and be realistic and this game will reward you for it!
Nice video! I definitely feel you. If im playing rdr2 imo it just doesnt feel like im playing a game no more it more feels like a movie with everyone having his or her own story and not them just being there just as some kind of filler. Especially in Saint Denis its just so cool to look around you and realize the world is not just about you and everyone has their own reason to be there and you dont get to just murder them cuz theyre only npcs
Came to watch someone gush about Red Dead, but stayed to contemplate life and how we treat others. This was unexpected, but an amazing video regardless.
Holy shit this is edited and narrated so well, you need magnitudes of more subscribers. Good work!
this game is so special we all take something from it from a moral standpoint its actually really powerful
i tried getting low honor to get a bad ending but i felt too guilty doing too many wrong things. i save my murder sprees for online, where my honor doesn’t really matter. it just feels different when i’m doing bad things as arthur compared to a silent protagonist
Rdr2 feels alive and you stepped back in time it’s that detailed
Keep it up fellar,your explanation are solid and true. Connecting between the game and reality are amusing and help maybe us or any viewers to view our own mistake and wrongful thing. I hope you can keep this wonderful content. Always trive you all to be a good man and woman just maybe better or more like arthur
If u are new to UA-cam, keep pushing cuz ur video is great, very professional, and very interesting. U got what it takes lol
"how red dead perfects realism"
*Antagonizes O'driscol*
*O'driscol fades away from exsistance*
There are definitely faults in this game stereotyping representations of some people. But hey it is a Rockstar game after all
I love this video! The way you portrayed the meaning of RDR2 is just perfect!
I think you brilliantly broke the game down and i love your view analyzing the story and characters thank you for the video man
Great first video! I envy the chance to make content surrounding stuff you enjoy. Subscribed.
great video! edited very well, i thought you would've had at least 5k subs. keep up the good work!
i remember the war veteran asking for a hug, but i wasnt paying attention so i didn’t select anything and he walked away disappointed. i was so guilty i had to reset to my last checkpoint just so i could hug him
Played RDR1 way back when it was new. Loved it back then, but by the time RDR2 came out, I didn't have a rig capable of running it and kinda forgot about it. When I got a new PC last year, I finally bought it, played through the first chapter, liked everything about it, particularly how the characters stood out and were memorable, but then I got super busy and forgot about it again. Picked it up again last week and started over and wow... once the world opens up, this game is AMAZING. There is literally nothing revolutionary about the gameplay, everything has been done before, but RDR2 does it to perfection on every single parameter, especially when it comes to immersion and building a believable world. By far the most important aspect are the NPCs - these are absolutely perfect all around - with incredible variety and diversity in characters, all of whom are interesting, funny or tragic often caught in true dilemmas that make you think really hard about the right course of action. The amount of little details are astounding. The way that each new place you arrive give you little scripted conversations to listen in on (if you want, I very much appreciate hacing only the missions use cutscenes) consersations that present the unique characteristics and issues of the place and set the tone of the stories being told here. Then there is the way that NPC smalltalk constantly reference recent events in the story missions and choices you made - chef's kiss. The amount of recorded dialogue is insane, the only place where I notice significant repeating of dialogue was when playing the minigames (poker etc) which is to be expected.
Then there is the dynamic way NPCs react to you and your actions. The simple fact that you improve people's perception of you by greeting them as you pass by and can turn a town that was initially hostile to you around to where people are pleasant and kind (or vice versa). The different reactions to you doing crimes or stepping outside the general norms are so lifelike it actually makes me think twice about committing any crime at all. On top of that it all runs beautifully smooth. I have literally not seen a major glitch or inconsistency involving NPCs after a week of daily playtime - that's impressive.
I'm so impressed that I have not yet sucvumbed to the temptation to go murder hobo or deliberately try to mess with the AI, and I have honestly come to care deeply for many of the characters, even minor ones.
I can honestly say, I've never seen a game handle NPCs so well. I have seen more complex NPCs handle huge dialogue trees and the like, but I have never seen a game handle so many relatively simple NPCs and have it create such an incredibly believable experience.
I’m glad you decided to pick this game again and experienced it to the full. It definitely is one of a kind atm.
The world is so good and busy and alive in rdr2. Currently playing cyberpunk 2077 and I miss the npc interactions.
rdr2 is one of the games where even in story mode you don't feel too lonely.
And the wildlife, all animals are full npcs with goals; hunting, scavenging, avoiding humans, playing... The dogs remember you if you're kind to them.
Finally, rdr2 does not have a level system or skill tree.
I really enjoyed this video because there are many times where I have done things I really regret in video games such a rdr2 and this really sums up
The whole phenomenon around it
Woah. Thank you for such an in depth take on learning about empathy through Red Dead. The topics feel so relevant and as games teach us / or reflect us, they have an incredible opportunity to direct a considerable mass of humans towards a more caring world. Your video here, clearly shows this. Grateful for your efforts and thoughts. May we all be better Players 1s in our lives.
The thousands of voice actors really add to the realism..i never have stumbled on somebody who had duplicate voice..like in other games..and people rly seems real..and your actions good or bad have consequences..i love this game..and honestly on my fourth playtrough and i still cant go for the money at the end ...i just have to help John because it feels right
When the person you meet at the camp who tells you about his sins of his, he doesn’t actually drop dead, if you pan your camera close to him, you can hear snoring, you still did a good job of explaining everything though
ive played about 700 hours of pretty much campaign only (i really love the campaign) and the NPCS are certainly my favorite thing. sure, there are nicer things to do/look at, such as the scenery or going robbing and killing. but NPCs are all so different!!! i never ever know what to expect, will they be mean, will they be nice, will they strike up a convo or even a whole interaction? love this video
Wow this video started as a simple breakdown of the civilians in Rdr2 but then turned into a meaningful video. My mom says Red Dead is bad for me and it encourages me to do bad things even though all I ever do is good in the game. How is donating money to a charity bad? How is helping a widow survive on her own and grieve the loss of her husband bad? How is getting a disabled man his horse back bad? How is looking after Johns ranch and treating his family well bad? This game is a lot deeper than older generations make it out to be. It isn’t just a simple trash game like GTA. It’s meaningful and impactful. All the games I play are. The Last of Us. Red Dead. God of War. Spider-Man. Black Flag.
Oi kid don’t disrespect GTA by calling it simple trash… what even?
you’re born too late to understand why GTA is one of the greatest franchises in gaming… keep an open mind and remember it’s made by Rockstar… they earned their reputation through GTA not red dead. You love Red Dead, you’ll love GTA too; yea it’s not complicated because it’s from 2013 but it still beats every other open world game…. maybe you just need to grow up
I think GTA being a bit trashy and dirty is on purpose. I kind of talk about it in this video but perhaps I should make a full video about it. But you’re right a lot of people unfortunately don’t understand the more meaning elements of some games
Gta lost its charm. Gta 5 is the weakest gta game i’ve played. Nothing beats the classic gta games. Vice city and san andreas one of the greatest games .
@@MayfrogoYeah Manhunt Goes even Further With that.
" It's not money or guns that determine one's fate, it's honor."
I think you left out the way the game even makes you feel empathy for the animals you kill. Great look at how immersive this game is. Nicely done video.
i originally had a part about how even your horse dying is a big emotional moment but sadly had to cut it for pacing. Making the player sympathize with animals is something many games do but Red dead 2 makes me want to go vegan lol
You also forgot how to mention how Arthur's honor level can contrast with his selfishness. Like that one mission with Rains Fall, Arthur already knows his fate if he has high honor, only seeming to care about the people around him and not himself. But if he has low honor, he says that he knows a place that could potentially assolve his TB, only caring for himself in the process.
Yeah people constantly misunderstand the morals of the story when playing games, they see games like this and think "Oh it's just a game about slaughtering people" and ignore the real meaning, rdr2 is an amazing story that showcases how good and bad is subjective, not black and white, that no matter how far gone you think you are, you can always try to redeem yourself. It encourages "good behaviour" even though you have the possibility to commit the most heinous crimes and Arthur showcases the importance of self awareness and taking responsibility for your actions (not by others standard's, he obviously avoids jail or ending up in a California Collar but I mean personal responsibility).
I felt really guilty when I killed a kid's father in red dead 2, it its so realistic that it can make you feel bad for things you do in a video game
WAIT THIS IS YOUR FIRST VIDEO???? THIS IS A FUCKIN AMAZING VIDEO TO START THE CHANNEL WITH OMG
I remember my third playthrough when I kept going back to a logging pack and it blew my mind when all the trees and tents were gone
There have been a few times where I questioned whether the npcs were AI...
The best reason in my opinion to get your honor as high as you can as early as you can is that everything costs significantly less in the game when you need to buy stuff, especially in the general store. Also when you have issues like you try to get on your horse and a nearby NPC is too close (especially in Saint Denis lol) and you end up choking them, but you let go. If your honor is high you got a better chance of just being told to leave the area opposed to be chased and shot down
Why pay money when you can get it for free?
Hello friend this is a great video, I love this game the online and story mode are unmatched in the open-world genre Rockstar knows how to create amazing worlds and I can't wait to see how they improve on the formula in GTA 6 and hopefully Red Dead 3.
Arthur and the people around him feel so real you don't feel like a main character you feel like a person in the world.
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fantastic video, great editing & writing ! RDR2 is unrivaled & by far the best game i’ve ever played. can’t wait for your new uploads bro 🏆
Red Dead is Top 1 of my Favourite games of all time! & it's difficult to explain to others why it's so Good to players who ain't into Western genre
Rdr2 npc's just feel so real they feel like literal humans like i feel guilt when i kill a random npc
I really hope GTA 6 follows this type of detail for NPC’s I really don’t see why
The only game that comes close to RDR2's open world immersion for me is Skyrim with mods. Quite tragic how stale the gaming industry has gotten. Makes you really appreciate the gems like RDR2
I thought the base Skyrim was just alright but it certainly has fantastic mods. Though I’ve only played one or two I really enjoyed that one where it’s about buried cities
@@Mayfrogo i find it hard to play without them now, it's still amazing without but they make Skyrim feel more modern. I have about 915 mods on mine 🤣
Try Kingdom come if you have not already. But you right many games lack what RDR2 and Skyrim do well.
In the epilogue, once all the random encounters have run out, the humans feel so bland.
They just roam around, say hi.
Outside of cities you only encounter people who either get really mad and try to kill you when you greet them, or just greet you back and leave.
None of those like "my horse died! I need help!"
Just so bland.
Tbf I've been playing on my first playthrough for like 500 hours.
All good things gotta end eventually lol
"I fricking love Red Dead Redemption 2" Put that on my gravestone
One time during chapter 6 i got ambushed by the murfree broods near camp and they spooked my horse, went into the woods where they could have more cover and its like they expected me to follow them into the woods which i did so I fell into their man hole in which they went to check whether i died or not. This encounter made me a bit scared of the aggresive npcs afterwards since i didn't expect them to be this smart
I get the sonder thing, I always like to imagine the other gang members going off completing their own separate stranger side quests, whether they be honourable or not. I mean, Dutch even mentions he went fishing with that guy who was going to give them the fishing boat to get to Bronte, and he's always mentioning the people he knows, I'm sure Dutch was as prolific with side quests as Arthur was
My all time favorite npc scene is right after rescuing I think Sean and the camp had a party if u wait long enough Dutch will turn on his own music and dance with his girlfriend and a girl will come up to u and ask u to dance with her 😭 I rlly felt like I was at a real party with real friends and I was really part of the gang
My Arthur went Ryan gosling after that since she didn't ask him again.
Good vid for ur first vid the Minecraft on rtx mode joke was hilarious
Dude this video is such good quality, I'm shocked you have so little subs
Looking forward to more :))
How does this man have 1 subscriber!? I have to sub
thanks for being the 2nd subscriber lol
Red dead redemption was already unbelievable this just is on a level above it
I wish i could forget my first experience with red dead redemption 2, just for playing it as new again
Playing super Mario odyssey music while explaining about red dead 2, lol nostalgia overload mane 🤦🏽 2 of my most favorites
I killed 2 bounty hunters and a npc came riding by. To avoid him witnessing a murder i put on the bandanna.. although he didnt turn into a witness, he said 'hiding your face aint helping, i saw what youve done'. I was shocked at the detail.
at 5:35, he actually doesn’t drop dead, because if you aim the gun at him, the crosshair is still red meaning hes alive, and the loot is random
I'm still amazed everytime I play this masterpiece. The world feels alive somehow in this game
The armless dude in valentine only says that if you meet him as arthur and he remembers arthur because Arthur was his king
fun fact: when you are covered in human or animal blood as arthur or John the npc’s will actually question if that’s animal blood or not
I started a low honor playthrough a bit ago and STILL went out of my way to help random folks. I've been keeping my honor low through theft and...that's about it.
Now imagine just in no time NPCs will be AI powered. It’ll be next level. Hope so red dead will come with that integration in the future as a remake.
Imagine rdr3 with all of that and further additions according to future technology 🔥
great video but low subscribers dont worry tho your content is amazing and youll surely gain much traction soon keep up the good work and unique video ideas
Thank you, I’ll try my best but no promises lol
@Mayfrogo you'll get there anyways you have a perfect voice for the type of videos intriguing but also informative and this video alone was soo detailed with little discussion really done in the community. Also this game helped me enjoy the depth of rdr2 even more
Great Job on this ❤
Great content man! Subscribed and waiting on the next vid
The algorithm has blessed me on this fine day 😎
I always seem to come back to rdr2 after a hectic day😅 just roaming around on my BOAH is sooo relaxing to me.
Personally my horse a Grrrreeallll (girl) lol
Keep making videos man, I was watching and I went to like and noticed you only have just under 1k, I see your potential, great video my guy
Thank you 🙏 hope I can live up to the potential you see in my content