This comment provides no value to anyone, but there was once a time when I had not played video games for a few months, I was home alone with a free weekend ahead of me and took a healthy portion of the ol' Super Mario Toad-head powerup, and decided to boot up Red Dead 2. I would never be able to explain or translate the level of immersion I was feeling, the entire universe shut down and all I could see, feel, and hear was the world of the game. I remember coming across the 2 sons building the house with their dad, and the conversation that unfolded before me had me in tears laughing, with my mouth wide open as to how this could possibly be happening in a video game. I got on the train that night, still in Chapter 1, and just rode in first person around the entire track, just sitting and staring in awe. Then I got off in Saint Denis, started a fight which led to a shoot out, and had one of the most heart pounding adrenaline packed moments I could ever have from a single player game against computers. That night also taught me though that you don't need the mushrooms for that, the mushrooms just made me believe in my own imagination. We often feel that we lose our sense of childlike wonder and amazement as adults, but I don't think we actually do, I think we just beat ourselves down by telling ourselves what we are trying to believe is not real, as if that information became new to us when we crossed into adulthood... we knew it wasn't real back then when we were kids, but we believed in it anyways, we knew we were being ridiculous having battles in the sandbox with GI Joes, but we did it anyways because it was fun. Ever since that night, when I really want to turn on that immersion, I just tell myself that I'm going to believe in this, even if it's silly, it's still fun, and I just do it. I've had the best experiences in all kinds of games like that, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Oblivion, even Far Cry games and Dying Light, the list goes on. If you feel that you're missing that ability to immerse yourself, just find a quiet night with a lot of time and no distractions, load up RDR2 (I recommend firstperson cam but not necessary) or any immersive style RPG esque game, and tell yourself that you are going to let that old imagination just run wild tonight, no stopping it, no feeling silly, you are just going to turn off all inhibitions, even as an experiment, and then let go and be transported into a totally different world.
Love it! Immersion in games especially like fallout or dying light are awesome, but red dead 2 is simply the best. Another comment below talked about the ingame time syncing with IRL time with the rampage mod, which would be awesome.
Well put. This whole “ growing up, life sucks, be a cynic” mentality is flawed . I think deep down people still have that sense of wonder and curiosity. There’s a reason why kittens can make the hardest of people melt
unforgiven (arguably a similar plot, and one of the best westerns ever even has an author ✍️ who wants to write a gunslinger story following another guy) 3:10 to yuma true grit the assassination of jesse james by the cowardly robert ford open range lonesome dove series
I really like the 1st tip of walking. Taking your time and taking in the sights and sounds. Many people, regardless of if you love or hate RDR2 hate that you have to do so much horseback traveling throughout the map. I actually love it. I slow down and look at my surroundings, seeing nature and hearing the sounds like chirping birds. Being a nature lover, this game is amazing to play at a slow pace
We've been weirdly conditioned to run everwhere in games. Mostly because they've become "find the fun" objective filled experiences. I think walking in games where immersion is key, helps wean us off that need for immediate stimulation.
When I get home from work and want to unwind, I use the Rampage trainer mod to sync the in-game time with real life (system time). It's great to watch the sun set in both the real world and the game at the same time
One of the more subtle but just as immersive aspects of this game are how Rockstar designed the UI. In a sense the only traditional menu you'll come across is when you view the map. From loading up to exiting, everything is in-game: the wardrobe, opening your satchel (albeit with a slowing of time in SP), reading journal, picking up individual items in each shop, seeing your appearence change as Arthur/John react. Weapons at the gunsmith are on the table while you change it. What would be a plethora of generic menus, drop downs and boxes, are instead interactive layers on top of the seamless gameplay. I remember loving this aspect of TLOU when it first game out. Opening Joel's inventory didn't abruptly stop gameplay. It was all part of the experience. Same goes for here.
I've always been one to slowly move around in a game, looking at everything and taking it all in. It wasn't even an immersion thing in the early days (though it has become one) but rather a deep appreciation of the level of artistry and planning. RDR, RDR2, GTA games (I even drove the speed limit and followed traffic laws a good bit), The Witcher 3, and, to a lesser extent, Skyrim -- Prime examples of worlds I simply walk in, absorbing the environment and being drawn into it. In other words, totally immersing myself in that world. As time went by, the more life began to suck, it became more about BEING that character, and even taking as much care with the character's life as my own; escaping my world and inhabiting one where I was revered (or despised), well-known, a badass -- all the things I am NOT in real life. I have a friend that always, ALWAYS runs full tilt everywhere, never taking in the scenery in any detail. I keep telling him how much he's missing out on, but he just doesn't get why I do it the way I do. Ya just plain can't tell some people anything. Oh, well. His loss.
Rdr2 is an experience that rewards you the slower you play it. You can notice it really, when you walk slow, each animation just feels right, the grass movement is more harmonious, you can see all the bespoke equipment on everything just be affected by physics , it’s just this harmony of physics, ambiance and animation. This game truly rewards if you play assuming everything “ has weight”. There is a reason they went all out on subtlety and nuance with this game. I’ve finally figured this game out. I played it after playing rdr1 again, and realized what they went for. This game is truly immersive, due to the slow nature. Must give it to rockstar, takes some balls to make such experimental decision on a multimillion dollar game
that's why they are the best of the best. Sure people argue GTAOnline ruined Rockstar forever but Red Dead 2 is the living proof that it's not true. I truly hope GTA 6 will be this immersive, even if it adopts a more goofy tone as gta games do.
I'm an old fart who fell in love with video games during the Video game arcade era of 1970's. Western Films and books were my favorite as a kid. I've been playing my current playthrough in Story Mode since Sept of 2021, most of that time in the Epologue. The immersion of Rdr2 is incredible and I spend a lot of time hunting, fishing, looking for loot and exploring. Rdr2 has become almost like a Therapeutic holodeck for me. There's so much to do, just letting my imagination take me away into my Old West Alternate Reality.
I'm the same way but I didn't play games in the 70s we weren't allowed but I just love going on trail rides going places I would never take my real horse do love to get in the gun fights as well if I have a bad day at work western has always been my favorite genre
i've lived in the country for 2 years and i met so many older people who were into cowboy movies and cowboy fashion and horses, and i always kept thinking "damn they will never play red dead 2, but if they ever did, that would mesmerize them". Reading a comment from an old dude who actually spent the last 50 years fascinated with westerns and then actually played this game made me think some of those folk actually found out about this game. That thought made me smile, thank you.
Just a little mirror to the intro; I am not a wild west fan, never really was my thing, but regardless this game was the most immersive media I've ever experienced. Made me enjoy the western genre more, made me play through the story FIVE times.. like.. I have never ever played my favourite games more than twice in a decade, I played the story five times in 1,5 year. It's just that impressive. Hits just the right buttons. It's amazing, and it actually pushed the bar for me so high in regards of other games that I use RDR2 as a benchmark for them. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If others only enjoy it half as much then this will be their favourite game.
I feel like most of the complaints against this game were that it was too slow paced. I grew up loving Westerns and wanting to live that lifestyle, until growing up and realizing the old west is gone. I think the reason I loved this game so much, and I know many others feel the same, is I play it like an Old West simulator. My favorite gaming memory is shortly after I started playing I went on an in-game camping/hunting trip out by Strawberry. Set up a camp, went hunting and exploring on foot during the day, and would come back and craft, cook, and sleep at night. It felt very real
I wandered off with the intent of looking around and building up my stamina stat with a little jogging. Ended up spending three weeks exploring and basically playing Arthur as a professional hunter and wild-horse catcher.
I’ll admit, I spend most of my time in this game racing around from one task to the next, at least in Online. But every once in a while, usually when I’m sleepy, I have these absolutely transcendental moments of immersion that just hit me out of nowhere. Take tonight in RDO for example: I was tired from grinding both Trader and Collector, plus doing the dailies, and was ready to shut everything down for the night, when I decided at the last minute to just start tearing around MacFarlane’s Ranch on my horse for no reason. Jumping every fence I came across, constant skid stops and rearing up. I was pretending I was really there, dashing all around and doing crazy horse stunts. It felt awesome. Then, once again for no real reason, I just took off toward the desert. It was night by then, and the bright moonlight made everything so eerie and beautiful. I alternated aimlessly sprinting around the desert at full gallop with stopping to just take everything in for long moments. I made it all the way to the outskirts of Tumbleweed, and perched myself up on that big plateau just looking out across the desert bathed in white moon-glow. A fog had begun to roll in when I decided to go down the hill and trot around in the desert below. There were pronghorn and sheep milling about, and I watched a rattlesnake slither through the grass. Soon enough I came across that cougar that hangs out northeast of Tumbleweed at night. It didn’t notice me right away, so I had a moment to just watch it through my binoculars. It was really beautiful, and it somehow looked so much more realistic than any other cougar I’ve seen in the game. It was three stars, and I figured it was seconds away from trying to maul me to death anyway, so I decided I’d kill it and put it in my hunting wagon for later. I dismounted from my horse and walked a few yards toward it. The fog was getting thicker. It was like the build-up to a duel. Me versus this predator. I aimed my bolt-action and whistled for the cougar’s attention, and it promptly started charging at me. I shot it, but it didn’t die. It cried out in pain, limped away, and collapsed in the sand. I’d wounded it. I was trying to figure out how I could possibly have missed that shot when the cougar started making these terrible pained screams. I immediately rushed to the cougar’s side and mercy-killed it. Everything was different after that. Before it had been like a fun showdown-type thing. Now it felt like the scene of a murder. I stood there over the cougar’s body and just kind of looked at it for a while. All of a sudden the fog was so thick I could hardly see the road a few feet behind me. In a force of habit, I summoned my hunting wagon and picked up the cougar’s body. I stowed it in the wagon, then dismissed the wagon, and then I was all alone. The fog had completely closed in. All I could think to do was stand there and wonder how even the cactuses could just disappear into the mist, like they had never been there at all. After a solid several minutes of just looking around dumbly at nothing in particular, I turned around and started walking on foot back toward Tumbleweed. The fog began to lift a minute or two later, and slowly life returned to the surroundings. I saw pronghorn and horses on the plains, and a rider passed me on his Morgan. I got to Tumbleweed and things pretty much went back to normal after that. I closed the game and shut down my PC, and that was that. It could have just been my drowsiness, but I swear, it felt like I stepped into another world for a little while. I hope I never run into that cougar again.
I've been playing RDR2 for 4 years and this video just reminded me what a masterpiece it truly is. Only a few select games can give you that opportunity to make you feel like you're in the game world and aren't just disconnected while watching a story unfold. This game is still so ahead of most AAA titles in that way and proves how videogame are so different than other mediums when a title gets the love it deserves during development.
@@Questionable_Insights It's not objectively a masterpiece but is in my opinion. Its what made me fall in love with gaming so take that as you will... But no its not objectively a masterpiece, there are major problems like the mission structure being stuck in 2004 or the clunky cover animations and looting, but subjectively it is my masterpiece.
@Questionable_Insights Masterpiece; A work of outstanding artistry, skill or workmanship. This is an outstanding piece of art. Perhaps take your own advice and look it up you utter knob
When I play Rdr 2 as someone who lives in New york whenever I play this game I get sad seeing how much city life and innovation has ruined how beautiful our country looked
After finishing the 100%, but not platinum, and over 1000 hours on rdr online, I have decided to replay the story mode, going for the platinum, this time at a much slower pace, drinking coffee at the camp, eating the stew, talking to all the gang members, enjoying every small event, every conversation. Walking. Riding slowly through the West. That's the way it is.
My way to enhance immersion was to switch to first person. You're not playing the character, you ARE the character. It actually needed some time to get used to it, but now I wouldn't want it any other way. I played through the whole game in first person and roamed the world for hours like that and it's a completely different experience. When you get attacked by a puma, when you pet a dog, when you ride a horse or a train, it's YOU doing it.
I like to examine the interior structure of cabins and such. Rockstar apparently researched wood construction, because the structural details make sense. That half-done building in Valentine is a great example.
These tips are really good, especially the first one. I've gotten in the habit of chilling out and walking lately and it totally helps with gaming immersion. Playing multiplayer and fps games we solidify the habit of always running to cover more distance in less amount of time. It may be practical in those games but it is not only unnecessary, but also harmful to single player/rpg experiences. Don't be a "adhd gamer" and learn to soak in the beautiful details and worlds that most people overlook.
I too love the west and think RDR2 is probably the closest we will get to experiencing it. Even Calico, or Knotts, doesn’t come close. Also how the game shows different regions of the USA rather than just a western town sets it apart. Love your vids ❤ keep ‘em coming
the muddy tracks are cool, what is even cooler is that after it rains you can still see a little water dripping off from the roofs that aren't quite dry yet. This is probably the most fully realized world in video games. NPCs have their own routines and just go about their daily business.
I recommend turning all hud off, including crosshair, and playing with free aim. I know it sounds crazy, it did to me when first suggested, but you get used to centering to aim and adjusting based on where bullets land. And leaving aim assist on (even though playing free aim, separate setting) helps make it all the more feasible. Can't tell you how much of a difference it makes in immersion during firefights. Having to actually take cover, take time to aim, watch where bullets go and see their impacts, ah man. You also should probably start by practicing shooting bottles and lamps and stuff in appropriate areas. Immersive to learn how to shoot, for player and in game. And a separate quick immersion enhancer: when you wanna check the map in game (since no hud), open up a map item from satchel, and as it opens and goes into first person to look at it, press and hold start to open in game map.
I still love this game. When you mentioned the serial killer thing I laughed because people that cross me the wrong way end up hogtied in the rivers around the map.
I've been fortunate enough to have enjoyed video games since the birth of pong. In all those years, nothing has impressed me more than my time with Red Dead 2. Great video here, I love these tips. At times I just mount my horse and explore the map at a snails pace. Even on my 8th play though, nothing could be more enjoyable. In closing, for the love of whatever God, we all need a Red Dead 3!
Wonderful video. I can't think of anything to add but i took my time replying to most of the comments here. It's very fun when a youtube video creates a discussion on the quality of some reddit subs (minus the absurd rules and hatred)
It's good to know I'm far from the only one that submerges myself into a game's world to the level of BECOMING that character. We're apparently a rare breed. Not one of the gamers I know in real life do it; only me.
Great tips for immersion. I find this game one of the most immersive in my library of games. Wish they would have included more locations to sit within these towns. Some reason I have found more locations when playing online mode.
Haven’t watched the video yet, but I highly recommend anyone to try playing in first person. At first, it feels a little wonky if you’re used to third person, but once you get used to it it’s well worth it. You get a better view of what things look like around you. You get the ability to actually use your iron sights rather than using the dot on screen, which is much more immersive. Your guns look much better and you can really see the detail rockstar put into the weapon designs, feels more natural having a conversation with npcs when you’re actually looking at them, not the back of Arthur/Johns head
i play in third person but every time i get into a gun fight i switch to first. I just LOOOVE the feeling of shooting a digital revolver and reloading it. Not even double revolvers, just the cattleman (or the navy in online). Sadly i only realized how awesome this is very late in the story. Might actually try a complete first person playtrough. Horse riding can be tough tho.
Its cool to see someone else enjoy the game in the same way i do. The way the entertainment industry is going, im not sure we will ever get another like it.
I grew up loving westerns as well. My late father introduced me to them. He grew up watching classic westerns with John Wayne and Clint Eastwood and we watched masterpieces like "El Dorado" or "The Sons of Katie Elder" together. My favorite western is probably "Two Mules for Sister Sara" from 1970.
I love the Wild West too. I started reading western books and shit even tho i have never read books be4. Watched basically every western movie i could get my hands on. And your description that rdr2 is orgasmic hits it perfectly man. Very good video
yup. specially in black flag. Loved walking slowly around the ship pretending to inspect the guns and giving orders, and taking in the beauty of Havana, and Kingston. @@RealBadGaming52
Once again, right off the bat, I couldn't agree with you more. I love being immersed in games, playing them as if in a movie or real life. I try to walk as much as possible. I've never liked running everywhere. That's so stupid to me. I binged watched a bunch of videos last night about open world games, and I kept hearing content creators talking about how boring open worlds are and how frustrating and time-consuming it is to get around them. I feel the exact opposite. To me, that's the beauty of these type of games.
I was playing the other day, standing a watching an area with binoculars, and it occurred to me that I wouldn't stand in the hot sun, so I stood in the shade of a tree
The immersion is top notch. Maybe I'm selfish but I always find myself wishing there was just more to do. If they could somehow incorporate base building (homesteading), maybe running a farm or something like that in the next one. Money and the economy could be more meaningful too. There's really nothing to do with it after a pretty early stage.
I really wish they added the option to adjust the day length. Outside of your camp, the time simply passes way too fast, which in my opinion hurts the immersion.
Immersing in this game is something i loved doing on xbox, just currently waiting on my new pc for mods + graphics in ultra setting. I cannot bloody wait
In a world that constantly conditions us to rush, I found in rdr2 potential to fight my anxiety by taking my time after I finished the main story several times. Nowadays, I mostly spend my time hunting and fishing for the legendary animals and pelts for the satchels, completing challenges all before chapter 2 ends. Hope I make it though haha
When I first played through this game, I felt like I HAD to either go back to camp, or rent a room at night, it was weird, no game has really made me feel that. I've tried replaying it numerous times since and it just doesn't hit the same.
Loved your video. That's exactly how I used to play RDR2. I just walked and rode around looking at details. One of the biggest issues I have with RDR2 is the fact that you can't walk faster. There is only slow walking and running, which breaks the immersion for me.
One tip for immersion is to customise your weapon that accurately depicts the time as in don’t make your weapons fully golden silver engraving unless that’s the character you’re going for
Definitely turn the reticle off, the game auto aims anyway so it's not overly difficult but it makes gunfights way more realistic. Slowing down your gunfights and trying not to get shot is also a good immersion tip.
WHAT BUGS ME ABOUT THIS GAME, you can sit down anywhere and just relax and take it in. The other day I waited by a guy playing a trumpet in St Denise. Was beautiful
I never gallop in this game or run in towns. It makes the game feel so realistic. I turn of my map but i keep my cores so I don’t die really quickly. I like the slow pace of the game. It’s very relaxing and it makes shootouts much more intense. I often go a long time without getting into a fight. This video is very cool. Most of the tips I already did but I never thought of reading the advertisements or the gravestones.
There’s a really cool Easter egg at the church close to armadillo in new austin. One of the grave stones reads “cowboy with no name” which I think is a reference to clint Eastwood’s “man with no name” from the dollars trilogy
after 150h, I still haven't finished chapter 3. To pause the experience I went online, been there ever since enjoying the world. Taking my time camping.
Its so funny that you mentioned the serial killer roleplay because i used to do just that. Sneaking in various houses and ranches and knifing everyone😅 so f%*ked up.
The demand for constant excitement in media is so strong that for a while , I thought this video was satire...but this is kind of how I play. Sure, I get in a hurry here and there, but I really do like to spend much of my time taking it all in. I have spent hours chatting up NPCs, I often walk around, and after recently acquiring a large extra wide display, I find 1st person play way more conducive to even more of a slowdown of pace. Rockstar gave us probably THE most immersive video game in history...it really is worth slowing down to (figuratively) smell the roses.
One of my favorite parts of rdr2 is how dirty everything is, if you travel with horses you get a mess, if everyone does the roads are a filth! I love the dogs too, realistic breeds for the setting and good behavior coding.
I wish there was a way to remove the gun belt, it often doesn’t match the outfit and it looks really bulky. Obviously you wouldn’t be able to quick draw or use pistiols but it would have been a cool feature.
100% agreed. One of the very few games where you can actually ENJOY an environment that actually DELIVERS a lot. Added to the original game, you should consider MODS. There are insane mods that can multiply that level of immersion, like the jobs mod. I'm on a playthrough with over 40~60 mods, and it's being amazing. Also, I'm goona add your tips from this very video and enjoy the game even more. GG
Am pretty good at the whole immersion state of mind in RDR2 I' completed 98.4% but have been playing as John for 4 years (in between other games ) I the type of person that will explore a empty room for a hour so going back to see all the mysteries and easter eggs after a year or 2 away is like no other game I've played or attached myself to such a in game world
I agree, most of the memorable moments I have in this game is when I took it slow. Fun tip, if you ride your horse in a relaxed manner, troddling along (just hold A) and cruise, it increases the likelihood of Arthur singing. With music turned off, nothing but the ambient sounds around you, it's great. Sometimes instead of riding the horse, I lead it instead. But in my opinion, it's also one of the trade-offs with the game. It focused really hard on being slowpaced, that it did forego balancing those moments with the intensity of guns and fighting. The intensity only really comes by in missions, and even then they're very strictly pathed and fleeting. If I could add to this list, I would say to fully immerse oneself - both in the quiet moments and also the heavy moments. The wanted system is broken. You can't rob trains properly, or rob banks in free roam (which you can in RDR1). Going to jail has no consequences if you're already broke. The aim is very finicky until you spam deadeye, which becomes very slow. When you put the faster moments back into the equation, the game becomes very unbalanced, and these things stick out like a sore thumb. Sure not everybody cares about those things, but many do. Hence why some of the most popular mods for RDR2 is for fixing these things specifically, tightening gunplay and recreating advanced ragdoll physics. If I can add to this list: Don't use deadeye, learn to aim without assists, take town battles as far as you can, manage your ammo, enjoy the fast moments, don't be afraid to play low honour (you can bring it back up on the last chapter very easily), if you're on console then 2/4 aim assist is the perfect balance between challange and skill, discard health tonics, only use moonshine. It's things like that which turned a 100h playtime for me into a 1500h one.
@@angelosinskiHuh? It’s not difficult. People are just used to literally snapping into enemies. The auto aim shouldn’t even be a feature. I remember back when playing video games required a little practice and skill, rather than literally aiming for you. Good times
@@StumbIingforward im all about practice and skill, my point is the manual aiming is not well optimized, too clunky, and prone to mistakes. I playd my first playthrough fully on manual and it was nice too, BUT, there are many shooters with better customization and gameplay feel. there are games that give you the needed assist on controller without giving it away for exemple by snapping the aim. I guess the first one works with that but there could have been a compromise. they know how to do this, i guess they wanted to keep it in the same vein as the first. maybe fewer enemies, because when hell break loose It was just a deadeye fiesta
is there an actual mod that completely turns off the wanted system?? I swear the game would be perfect if there was no 23th century police batalions spawing from the sky
I just discovered your channel yesterday and subscribed eminently. Thank you for saying you like the Midwest/Great Plains because I am from there. I have an idea Can you make a Western stereotype video and outfits for them?
I made a hunting trip that I loaded up my horse and one id broken on the trip up. I came back into valentine offloaded my wares and new horse. Mugged a few locals and ended the night with cleaning out the local poker game got wasted and ended up in a bar fight a run out of town lol. This game is wild.
I really agree Walking in Red dead 2 feels so immersive only other game like That is Kingdom Come to of the most immersive and alive Worlds i have seen so far. Farcry primal on hardcore also feels pretty immersive which is rare for a ubisoft game.
Bro I was just playing Far cry primal survival very hard perma-death and it is unbelievably immersive. It forces you to play slow and smart. You always need to know the quickest way to safety or else it is an instant restart. Instead of playing like it's a Far cry game you must play it like it is STALKER GAMMA. I played Far cry Primal since day one but I hadn't tried a perma-death run untill recently. It is a must play. Far cry primal received blind hate but I absolutely love it.
I feel you bro.. I love western too.. i play rdr2 single player for hours and hours, smoke a punch of weed and doing nothing😂.. just look at the scene and live in this beautiful world.. it is like a dream
I upvoted this video from the first tip, walking. I can’t stand when gamers complain that the base movement speed isn’t “sprinting” and think that walking in a game is a waist of time. Not for me I like taking in the atmosphere, feeling like a person in this world
my immersion level: 1. I turn off the HUD, I go by the signs where that town is 2. I don't use deadeye 3. I only eat rabbit meat, I kill them without sight and in first person, they are fast and difficult to approach them, they also give little meat which makes it difficult to keep the cores full 4. I put a piece of paper on my screen to cover the lower right corner and when I point at an animal the HUD does not give me information, which is immersive, only hearing the animals but not knowing where they are, for example a snake or a rabbit behind of the grass 5. I do not modify the hunting weapons, which makes them more imprecise and difficult to hunt. 6. To feed the camp I only take male deer, I hunt them with a bow without a scope or with a rifle but at long distances, it is very difficult to find male deer and hunt them with a bow without a scope 7. I don't use toners 8. I usually hunt only at night, and I turn off the brightness of my monitor to make it more difficult to see the animals. 9. I don't brush my horse, I take him to a river, I take off his saddle and I swim with him in the water and brush him. 10. I try to change my clothes every day 11. Use free aim without assistance 12. I avoid shootings since with two shots I receive I restart the game. 13. I bought little ammunition to avoid lasting too long in a firefight and avoiding them or making ambushes. Well, I could mention a thousand more possibilities that this game offers, which is the best game I have ever played in my life.
@CharlieHandle because hunting rabbits without using dead eye or telescopic sight is more difficult, plus a rabbit gives less meat than a deer and they are more difficult to hunt and faster to hide, which makes it more difficult to maintain health cores
This comment provides no value to anyone, but there was once a time when I had not played video games for a few months, I was home alone with a free weekend ahead of me and took a healthy portion of the ol' Super Mario Toad-head powerup, and decided to boot up Red Dead 2. I would never be able to explain or translate the level of immersion I was feeling, the entire universe shut down and all I could see, feel, and hear was the world of the game. I remember coming across the 2 sons building the house with their dad, and the conversation that unfolded before me had me in tears laughing, with my mouth wide open as to how this could possibly be happening in a video game. I got on the train that night, still in Chapter 1, and just rode in first person around the entire track, just sitting and staring in awe. Then I got off in Saint Denis, started a fight which led to a shoot out, and had one of the most heart pounding adrenaline packed moments I could ever have from a single player game against computers.
That night also taught me though that you don't need the mushrooms for that, the mushrooms just made me believe in my own imagination. We often feel that we lose our sense of childlike wonder and amazement as adults, but I don't think we actually do, I think we just beat ourselves down by telling ourselves what we are trying to believe is not real, as if that information became new to us when we crossed into adulthood... we knew it wasn't real back then when we were kids, but we believed in it anyways, we knew we were being ridiculous having battles in the sandbox with GI Joes, but we did it anyways because it was fun.
Ever since that night, when I really want to turn on that immersion, I just tell myself that I'm going to believe in this, even if it's silly, it's still fun, and I just do it. I've had the best experiences in all kinds of games like that, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Oblivion, even Far Cry games and Dying Light, the list goes on.
If you feel that you're missing that ability to immerse yourself, just find a quiet night with a lot of time and no distractions, load up RDR2 (I recommend firstperson cam but not necessary) or any immersive style RPG esque game, and tell yourself that you are going to let that old imagination just run wild tonight, no stopping it, no feeling silly, you are just going to turn off all inhibitions, even as an experiment, and then let go and be transported into a totally different world.
Love it! Immersion in games especially like fallout or dying light are awesome, but red dead 2 is simply the best. Another comment below talked about the ingame time syncing with IRL time with the rampage mod, which would be awesome.
bro i just killed the father
Beautifully written ❤
P.s - it does add value brother
I had ketamine whilst watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
I became Gonzo himself
shit was cake
Well put. This whole “ growing up, life sucks, be a cynic” mentality is flawed . I think deep down people still have that sense of wonder and curiosity. There’s a reason why kittens can make the hardest of people melt
Wouldn’t mind a video titled “If you liked Red Dead 2, You will like these 10 movies”
GREAT IDEA
I'd love this as well!!!
Bro we need a Red dead redemption movie
@@Groovelicious. miniseries
unforgiven (arguably a similar plot, and one of the best westerns ever even has an author ✍️ who wants to write a gunslinger story following another guy)
3:10 to yuma
true grit
the assassination of jesse james by the cowardly robert ford
open range
lonesome dove series
I really like the 1st tip of walking. Taking your time and taking in the sights and sounds. Many people, regardless of if you love or hate RDR2 hate that you have to do so much horseback traveling throughout the map. I actually love it. I slow down and look at my surroundings, seeing nature and hearing the sounds like chirping birds. Being a nature lover, this game is amazing to play at a slow pace
just NOT camp-slow walk. That needs to go
@andrewlowden322 what do you mean by that
@@knutzano when you are in camp you are forced to move extremely slowly (as compared to walking through town or around the map etc)
Oh, yeah I get what you mean now, personally I had no problem with that.@@andrewlowden322
Why don't you just do that in real life, sure is healthier
We've been weirdly conditioned to run everwhere in games. Mostly because they've become "find the fun" objective filled experiences. I think walking in games where immersion is key, helps wean us off that need for immediate stimulation.
exactly, this the only game i like walking in tho 😭
Oh.
@@andrewphan8002this and cyberpunk
@@andyscoming4919 jus bought cyberpunk finally so we’ll see lol
When I get home from work and want to unwind, I use the Rampage trainer mod to sync the in-game time with real life (system time). It's great to watch the sun set in both the real world and the game at the same time
Wow. That sounds amazing. May I ask, how do you to that?
@@fallen6060install rampage trainer
@@Minamezia ok cool
Can i ask you two questions?
Can you change the players health in Rampage?
One of the more subtle but just as immersive aspects of this game are how Rockstar designed the UI. In a sense the only traditional menu you'll come across is when you view the map. From loading up to exiting, everything is in-game: the wardrobe, opening your satchel (albeit with a slowing of time in SP), reading journal, picking up individual items in each shop, seeing your appearence change as Arthur/John react. Weapons at the gunsmith are on the table while you change it. What would be a plethora of generic menus, drop downs and boxes, are instead interactive layers on top of the seamless gameplay. I remember loving this aspect of TLOU when it first game out. Opening Joel's inventory didn't abruptly stop gameplay. It was all part of the experience. Same goes for here.
damn i wish cyberpunk was like this. Menus that take up an entire screen just take you out of the immersion so much!
I've always been one to slowly move around in a game, looking at everything and taking it all in. It wasn't even an immersion thing in the early days (though it has become one) but rather a deep appreciation of the level of artistry and planning.
RDR, RDR2, GTA games (I even drove the speed limit and followed traffic laws a good bit), The Witcher 3, and, to a lesser extent, Skyrim -- Prime examples of worlds I simply walk in, absorbing the environment and being drawn into it. In other words, totally immersing myself in that world. As time went by, the more life began to suck, it became more about BEING that character, and even taking as much care with the character's life as my own; escaping my world and inhabiting one where I was revered (or despised), well-known, a badass -- all the things I am NOT in real life.
I have a friend that always, ALWAYS runs full tilt everywhere, never taking in the scenery in any detail. I keep telling him how much he's missing out on, but he just doesn't get why I do it the way I do.
Ya just plain can't tell some people anything. Oh, well. His loss.
Rdr2 is an experience that rewards you the slower you play it. You can notice it really, when you walk slow, each animation just feels right, the grass movement is more harmonious, you can see all the bespoke equipment on everything just be affected by physics , it’s just this harmony of physics, ambiance and animation. This game truly rewards if you play assuming everything “ has weight”. There is a reason they went all out on subtlety and nuance with this game. I’ve finally figured this game out. I played it after playing rdr1 again, and realized what they went for. This game is truly immersive, due to the slow nature. Must give it to rockstar, takes some balls to make such experimental decision on a multimillion dollar game
that's why they are the best of the best. Sure people argue GTAOnline ruined Rockstar forever but Red Dead 2 is the living proof that it's not true. I truly hope GTA 6 will be this immersive, even if it adopts a more goofy tone as gta games do.
I Hope their going in the Same direction with GTA 6
I'm an old fart who fell in love with video games during the Video game arcade era of 1970's. Western Films and books were my favorite as a kid. I've been playing my current playthrough in Story Mode since Sept of 2021, most of that time in the Epologue. The immersion of Rdr2 is incredible and I spend a lot of time hunting, fishing, looking for loot and exploring. Rdr2 has become almost like a Therapeutic holodeck for me. There's so much to do, just letting my imagination take me away into my Old West Alternate Reality.
I'm the same way but I didn't play games in the 70s we weren't allowed but I just love going on trail rides going places I would never take my real horse do love to get in the gun fights as well if I have a bad day at work western has always been my favorite genre
i've lived in the country for 2 years and i met so many older people who were into cowboy movies and cowboy fashion and horses, and i always kept thinking "damn they will never play red dead 2, but if they ever did, that would mesmerize them". Reading a comment from an old dude who actually spent the last 50 years fascinated with westerns and then actually played this game made me think some of those folk actually found out about this game. That thought made me smile, thank you.
Just a little mirror to the intro; I am not a wild west fan, never really was my thing, but regardless this game was the most immersive media I've ever experienced. Made me enjoy the western genre more, made me play through the story FIVE times.. like.. I have never ever played my favourite games more than twice in a decade, I played the story five times in 1,5 year. It's just that impressive. Hits just the right buttons. It's amazing, and it actually pushed the bar for me so high in regards of other games that I use RDR2 as a benchmark for them. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If others only enjoy it half as much then this will be their favourite game.
I feel like most of the complaints against this game were that it was too slow paced. I grew up loving Westerns and wanting to live that lifestyle, until growing up and realizing the old west is gone. I think the reason I loved this game so much, and I know many others feel the same, is I play it like an Old West simulator. My favorite gaming memory is shortly after I started playing I went on an in-game camping/hunting trip out by Strawberry. Set up a camp, went hunting and exploring on foot during the day, and would come back and craft, cook, and sleep at night. It felt very real
#1 tip for immersion - get to chapter 2, leave camp, never come back.
Underrated comment. Holy shit this is on point.
correction, finish everything except the final mission of chapter two, THEN leave camp and never come back
do this when you get in the epilogue to unlock all areas
I wandered off with the intent of looking around and building up my stamina stat with a little jogging. Ended up spending three weeks exploring and basically playing Arthur as a professional hunter and wild-horse catcher.
When dutch says rescue micah go on a world wide marathon and never come back edit:just dont do the missio
I’ll admit, I spend most of my time in this game racing around from one task to the next, at least in Online. But every once in a while, usually when I’m sleepy, I have these absolutely transcendental moments of immersion that just hit me out of nowhere.
Take tonight in RDO for example: I was tired from grinding both Trader and Collector, plus doing the dailies, and was ready to shut everything down for the night, when I decided at the last minute to just start tearing around MacFarlane’s Ranch on my horse for no reason. Jumping every fence I came across, constant skid stops and rearing up. I was pretending I was really there, dashing all around and doing crazy horse stunts. It felt awesome.
Then, once again for no real reason, I just took off toward the desert. It was night by then, and the bright moonlight made everything so eerie and beautiful. I alternated aimlessly sprinting around the desert at full gallop with stopping to just take everything in for long moments. I made it all the way to the outskirts of Tumbleweed, and perched myself up on that big plateau just looking out across the desert bathed in white moon-glow.
A fog had begun to roll in when I decided to go down the hill and trot around in the desert below. There were pronghorn and sheep milling about, and I watched a rattlesnake slither through the grass. Soon enough I came across that cougar that hangs out northeast of Tumbleweed at night. It didn’t notice me right away, so I had a moment to just watch it through my binoculars.
It was really beautiful, and it somehow looked so much more realistic than any other cougar I’ve seen in the game. It was three stars, and I figured it was seconds away from trying to maul me to death anyway, so I decided I’d kill it and put it in my hunting wagon for later.
I dismounted from my horse and walked a few yards toward it. The fog was getting thicker. It was like the build-up to a duel. Me versus this predator. I aimed my bolt-action and whistled for the cougar’s attention, and it promptly started charging at me. I shot it, but it didn’t die. It cried out in pain, limped away, and collapsed in the sand.
I’d wounded it. I was trying to figure out how I could possibly have missed that shot when the cougar started making these terrible pained screams. I immediately rushed to the cougar’s side and mercy-killed it. Everything was different after that. Before it had been like a fun showdown-type thing. Now it felt like the scene of a murder. I stood there over the cougar’s body and just kind of looked at it for a while. All of a sudden the fog was so thick I could hardly see the road a few feet behind me.
In a force of habit, I summoned my hunting wagon and picked up the cougar’s body. I stowed it in the wagon, then dismissed the wagon, and then I was all alone.
The fog had completely closed in. All I could think to do was stand there and wonder how even the cactuses could just disappear into the mist, like they had never been there at all.
After a solid several minutes of just looking around dumbly at nothing in particular, I turned around and started walking on foot back toward Tumbleweed. The fog began to lift a minute or two later, and slowly life returned to the surroundings. I saw pronghorn and horses on the plains, and a rider passed me on his Morgan.
I got to Tumbleweed and things pretty much went back to normal after that. I closed the game and shut down my PC, and that was that. It could have just been my drowsiness, but I swear, it felt like I stepped into another world for a little while. I hope I never run into that cougar again.
This is so beautifully written and that excperience sounds just magical. This was truly amazing to read, thank you.
@@dingus123-ll7tz thanks :) ✨✨
@@dingus123-ll7tzthank YOU for the lovely reply ☺️💖
@@foxfire9144 np dude have a nice day
I've been playing RDR2 for 4 years and this video just reminded me what a masterpiece it truly is. Only a few select games can give you that opportunity to make you feel like you're in the game world and aren't just disconnected while watching a story unfold. This game is still so ahead of most AAA titles in that way and proves how videogame are so different than other mediums when a title gets the love it deserves during development.
Game is not even remotely close to the term "masterpiece". You should probably go and look up what that actually means. Cringe fanboy. Jesus.
@@Questionable_Insights It's not objectively a masterpiece but is in my opinion. Its what made me fall in love with gaming so take that as you will... But no its not objectively a masterpiece, there are major problems like the mission structure being stuck in 2004 or the clunky cover animations and looting, but subjectively it is my masterpiece.
@@Questionable_Insightswhat game you consider a masterpiece?
@Questionable_Insights
Masterpiece;
A work of outstanding artistry, skill or workmanship.
This is an outstanding piece of art.
Perhaps take your own advice and look it up you utter knob
8:01 that's some great dribbling right there
When I play Rdr 2 as someone who lives in New york whenever I play this game I get sad seeing how much city life and innovation has ruined how beautiful our country looked
Every time I play I think that
Come to New Mexico! Come to the good/old parts of Santa Fe! ❤ Take a nice little break from modern.
this is my absolute favourite YT video. need more videos from you on how to immerse yourself in this masterpiece. henry films, you’re the goat
About to start this game for the first time today. Can't wait to experience what everyone loves about it
After finishing the 100%, but not platinum, and over 1000 hours on rdr online, I have decided to replay the story mode, going for the platinum, this time at a much slower pace, drinking coffee at the camp, eating the stew, talking to all the gang members, enjoying every small event, every conversation. Walking. Riding slowly through the West. That's the way it is.
Honestly the best immersion video i have seen about red dead. Keep up the good work!
My way to enhance immersion was to switch to first person. You're not playing the character, you ARE the character. It actually needed some time to get used to it, but now I wouldn't want it any other way. I played through the whole game in first person and roamed the world for hours like that and it's a completely different experience. When you get attacked by a puma, when you pet a dog, when you ride a horse or a train, it's YOU doing it.
I like to examine the interior structure of cabins and such. Rockstar apparently researched wood construction, because the structural details make sense. That half-done building in Valentine is a great example.
I was looking for a video on how to get the most out of RD2 and you really delivered here thanks man!
I followed these tips on my second play through and I couldn’t believe how much I missed! Thanks man
These tips are really good, especially the first one. I've gotten in the habit of chilling out and walking lately and it totally helps with gaming immersion. Playing multiplayer and fps games we solidify the habit of always running to cover more distance in less amount of time. It may be practical in those games but it is not only unnecessary, but also harmful to single player/rpg experiences. Don't be a "adhd gamer" and learn to soak in the beautiful details and worlds that most people overlook.
I too love the west and think RDR2 is probably the closest we will get to experiencing it. Even Calico, or Knotts, doesn’t come close. Also how the game shows different regions of the USA rather than just a western town sets it apart. Love your vids ❤ keep ‘em coming
the muddy tracks are cool, what is even cooler is that after it rains you can still see a little water dripping off from the roofs that aren't quite dry yet. This is probably the most fully realized world in video games. NPCs have their own routines and just go about their daily business.
Im happy people notice details still
I recommend turning all hud off, including crosshair, and playing with free aim. I know it sounds crazy, it did to me when first suggested, but you get used to centering to aim and adjusting based on where bullets land. And leaving aim assist on (even though playing free aim, separate setting) helps make it all the more feasible.
Can't tell you how much of a difference it makes in immersion during firefights. Having to actually take cover, take time to aim, watch where bullets go and see their impacts, ah man. You also should probably start by practicing shooting bottles and lamps and stuff in appropriate areas. Immersive to learn how to shoot, for player and in game.
And a separate quick immersion enhancer: when you wanna check the map in game (since no hud), open up a map item from satchel, and as it opens and goes into first person to look at it, press and hold start to open in game map.
Bro knows how to enjoy this masterpiece
I still love this game. When you mentioned the serial killer thing I laughed because people that cross me the wrong way end up hogtied in the rivers around the map.
I've been fortunate enough to have enjoyed video games since the birth of pong. In all those years, nothing has impressed me more than my time with Red Dead 2. Great video here, I love these tips. At times I just mount my horse and explore the map at a snails pace. Even on my 8th play though, nothing could be more enjoyable. In closing, for the love of whatever God, we all need a Red Dead 3!
I love the ad for lead paint in the catalog it’s so funny because on the ad you can see like a little kid eating the paint
Wonderful video. I can't think of anything to add but i took my time replying to most of the comments here. It's very fun when a youtube video creates a discussion on the quality of some reddit subs (minus the absurd rules and hatred)
It's good to know I'm far from the only one that submerges myself into a game's world to the level of BECOMING that character.
We're apparently a rare breed. Not one of the gamers I know in real life do it; only me.
Great tips for immersion. I find this game one of the most immersive in my library of games. Wish they would have included more locations to sit within these towns. Some reason I have found more locations when playing online mode.
Haven’t watched the video yet, but I highly recommend anyone to try playing in first person. At first, it feels a little wonky if you’re used to third person, but once you get used to it it’s well worth it. You get a better view of what things look like around you. You get the ability to actually use your iron sights rather than using the dot on screen, which is much more immersive. Your guns look much better and you can really see the detail rockstar put into the weapon designs, feels more natural having a conversation with npcs when you’re actually looking at them, not the back of Arthur/Johns head
i play in third person but every time i get into a gun fight i switch to first. I just LOOOVE the feeling of shooting a digital revolver and reloading it. Not even double revolvers, just the cattleman (or the navy in online). Sadly i only realized how awesome this is very late in the story. Might actually try a complete first person playtrough. Horse riding can be tough tho.
Its cool to see someone else enjoy the game in the same way i do.
The way the entertainment industry is going, im not sure we will ever get another like it.
walking is so underrated even in gta i did this really often
I grew up loving westerns as well. My late father introduced me to them. He grew up watching classic westerns with John Wayne and Clint Eastwood and we watched masterpieces like "El Dorado" or "The Sons of Katie Elder" together. My favorite western is probably "Two Mules for Sister Sara" from 1970.
I love the Wild West too. I started reading western books and shit even tho i have never read books be4. Watched basically every western movie i could get my hands on. And your description that rdr2 is orgasmic hits it perfectly man.
Very good video
i wish there was a way to walk fast like you do in buildings but outside
Old AC games were great for that type of stuff
yup. specially in black flag. Loved walking slowly around the ship pretending to inspect the guns and giving orders, and taking in the beauty of Havana, and Kingston. @@RealBadGaming52
there is a mod for that
Once again, right off the bat, I couldn't agree with you more. I love being immersed in games, playing them as if in a movie or real life. I try to walk as much as possible. I've never liked running everywhere. That's so stupid to me. I binged watched a bunch of videos last night about open world games, and I kept hearing content creators talking about how boring open worlds are and how frustrating and time-consuming it is to get around them. I feel the exact opposite. To me, that's the beauty of these type of games.
I pissed myself laughing @ 8:02 🤣🤣🤣
These are good tips!
It's a crime that this game never got a next gen update.
I was playing the other day, standing a watching an area with binoculars, and it occurred to me that I wouldn't stand in the hot sun, so I stood in the shade of a tree
Now that’s immersion
bro im gonna do that now, and when its storming i turn on my super strong fan so it simulates high winds
Absolutely the best way to experience this masterpiece. Well Done.
The immersion is top notch. Maybe I'm selfish but I always find myself wishing there was just more to do. If they could somehow incorporate base building (homesteading), maybe running a farm or something like that in the next one. Money and the economy could be more meaningful too. There's really nothing to do with it after a pretty early stage.
SOME GOOD POINTS AND A GREAT VIDEO
I really wish they added the option to adjust the day length. Outside of your camp, the time simply passes way too fast, which in my opinion hurts the immersion.
Agree,I walk like 10 steps and it's already midnight lmao
Immersing in this game is something i loved doing on xbox, just currently waiting on my new pc for mods + graphics in ultra setting. I cannot bloody wait
Wich mods do you recommend?
In a world that constantly conditions us to rush, I found in rdr2 potential to fight my anxiety by taking my time after I finished the main story several times.
Nowadays, I mostly spend my time hunting and fishing for the legendary animals and pelts for the satchels, completing challenges all before chapter 2 ends. Hope I make it though haha
This game is art.
This is basically what would you would do if you were actually there, which is great advice
You can even find the building of the Saint Denis Tribute and other companies existing in the game. :D
in my playthroughs i would only buy things off the shelves at the various stores, unless it was unavoidable
When I first played through this game, I felt like I HAD to either go back to camp, or rent a room at night, it was weird, no game has really made me feel that. I've tried replaying it numerous times since and it just doesn't hit the same.
Great video young man
rdr2 is truly one of the immersive experiences
Great advice!
Loved your video. That's exactly how I used to play RDR2. I just walked and rode around looking at details. One of the biggest issues I have with RDR2 is the fact that you can't walk faster. There is only slow walking and running, which breaks the immersion for me.
One tip for immersion is to customise your weapon that accurately depicts the time as in don’t make your weapons fully golden silver engraving unless that’s the character you’re going for
Definitely turn the reticle off, the game auto aims anyway so it's not overly difficult but it makes gunfights way more realistic. Slowing down your gunfights and trying not to get shot is also a good immersion tip.
Great content man! We need more of these types of red dead videos
WHAT BUGS ME ABOUT THIS GAME, you can sit down anywhere and just relax and take it in. The other day I waited by a guy playing a trumpet in St Denise. Was beautiful
They built world that you can immerse yourself in, and they pull you out of it with a rival gang ambush every five minutes.
1:11 (Assassins creed Valhalla)
I would also add robbing people without firing a shot is allot fun and feels really immersive.
Also looking around before commiting a crime so you dont get caught
You see old Henry it’s such great grounded western me and my dad enjoyed it a lot
I never gallop in this game or run in towns. It makes the game feel so realistic. I turn of my map but i keep my cores so I don’t die really quickly. I like the slow pace of the game. It’s very relaxing and it makes shootouts much more intense. I often go a long time without getting into a fight. This video is very cool. Most of the tips I already did but I never thought of reading the advertisements or the gravestones.
There’s a really cool Easter egg at the church close to armadillo in new austin. One of the grave stones reads “cowboy with no name” which I think is a reference to clint Eastwood’s “man with no name” from the dollars trilogy
@@filmsbyhencoots chapel, herbert moons brother is buried there too lol
Ngl, walking through the streets of Saint Dennis or Blackwater is one of my most favourite bit of the entire game.
after 150h, I still haven't finished chapter 3. To pause the experience I went online, been there ever since enjoying the world. Taking my time camping.
i played assassin creed 3 like this
Its so funny that you mentioned the serial killer roleplay because i used to do just that. Sneaking in various houses and ranches and knifing everyone😅 so f%*ked up.
It takes many hours if u immerse yourself in the game, but right now I have that time and it is kind of relaxing
The demand for constant excitement in media is so strong that for a while , I thought this video was satire...but this is kind of how I play. Sure, I get in a hurry here and there, but I really do like to spend much of my time taking it all in. I have spent hours chatting up NPCs, I often walk around, and after recently acquiring a large extra wide display, I find 1st person play way more conducive to even more of a slowdown of pace. Rockstar gave us probably THE most immersive video game in history...it really is worth slowing down to (figuratively) smell the roses.
One of my favorite parts of rdr2 is how dirty everything is, if you travel with horses you get a mess, if everyone does the roads are a filth! I love the dogs too, realistic breeds for the setting and good behavior coding.
Great introduction! ❤🤠🐎
walking....a thing i do since Mafia 1. It's so simple but effective for immersion
I wish there was a way to remove the gun belt, it often doesn’t match the outfit and it looks really bulky. Obviously you wouldn’t be able to quick draw or use pistiols but it would have been a cool feature.
Definitely should’ve won Game of The Year imo
God of war was a great game but I’m so lost on how this game lost
3:00 We're not gonna talk about that honor ranking young man
Another tip: Fins a profession that fits you (what I mean is you could Roleplay as a Bounty Hunter, Train Engineer, Killer, etc)
6:47 I liked to go on the porch to watch thunderstorms.
100% agreed. One of the very few games where you can actually ENJOY an environment that actually DELIVERS a lot. Added to the original game, you should consider MODS. There are insane mods that can multiply that level of immersion, like the jobs mod. I'm on a playthrough with over 40~60 mods, and it's being amazing. Also, I'm goona add your tips from this very video and enjoy the game even more. GG
Am pretty good at the whole immersion state of mind in RDR2 I' completed 98.4% but have been playing as John for 4 years (in between other games ) I the type of person that will explore a empty room for a hour so going back to see all the mysteries and easter eggs after a year or 2 away is like no other game I've played or attached myself to such a in game world
Red dead 2 is my alternate reality. Me and you do the same things with this game. Thanks mister
I agree, most of the memorable moments I have in this game is when I took it slow.
Fun tip, if you ride your horse in a relaxed manner, troddling along (just hold A) and cruise, it increases the likelihood of Arthur singing. With music turned off, nothing but the ambient sounds around you, it's great. Sometimes instead of riding the horse, I lead it instead.
But in my opinion, it's also one of the trade-offs with the game. It focused really hard on being slowpaced, that it did forego balancing those moments with the intensity of guns and fighting. The intensity only really comes by in missions, and even then they're very strictly pathed and fleeting.
If I could add to this list, I would say to fully immerse oneself - both in the quiet moments and also the heavy moments.
The wanted system is broken. You can't rob trains properly, or rob banks in free roam (which you can in RDR1). Going to jail has no consequences if you're already broke. The aim is very finicky until you spam deadeye, which becomes very slow. When you put the faster moments back into the equation, the game becomes very unbalanced, and these things stick out like a sore thumb.
Sure not everybody cares about those things, but many do. Hence why some of the most popular mods for RDR2 is for fixing these things specifically, tightening gunplay and recreating advanced ragdoll physics.
If I can add to this list:
Don't use deadeye, learn to aim without assists, take town battles as far as you can, manage your ammo, enjoy the fast moments, don't be afraid to play low honour (you can bring it back up on the last chapter very easily), if you're on console then 2/4 aim assist is the perfect balance between challange and skill, discard health tonics, only use moonshine. It's things like that which turned a 100h playtime for me into a 1500h one.
learn to aim without assists on a controller very funny bro
@@angelosinskiHuh? It’s not difficult. People are just used to literally snapping into enemies. The auto aim shouldn’t even be a feature. I remember back when playing video games required a little practice and skill, rather than literally aiming for you. Good times
@@StumbIingforward im all about practice and skill, my point is the manual aiming is not well optimized, too clunky, and prone to mistakes. I playd my first playthrough fully on manual and it was nice too, BUT, there are many shooters with better customization and gameplay feel. there are games that give you the needed assist on controller without giving it away for exemple by snapping the aim. I guess the first one works with that but there could have been a compromise. they know how to do this, i guess they wanted to keep it in the same vein as the first. maybe fewer enemies, because when hell break loose It was just a deadeye fiesta
is there an actual mod that completely turns off the wanted system?? I swear the game would be perfect if there was no 23th century police batalions spawing from the sky
I just discovered your channel yesterday and subscribed eminently. Thank you for saying you like the Midwest/Great Plains because I am from there. I have an idea Can you make a Western stereotype video and outfits for them?
I love the Django intro song
I made a hunting trip that I loaded up my horse and one id broken on the trip up. I came back into valentine offloaded my wares and new horse.
Mugged a few locals and ended the night with cleaning out the local poker game got wasted and ended up in a bar fight a run out of town lol. This game is wild.
I really agree Walking in Red dead 2 feels so immersive only other game like That is Kingdom Come to of the most immersive and alive Worlds i have seen so far. Farcry primal on hardcore also feels pretty immersive which is rare for a ubisoft game.
Bro I was just playing Far cry primal survival very hard perma-death and it is unbelievably immersive. It forces you to play slow and smart. You always need to know the quickest way to safety or else it is an instant restart. Instead of playing like it's a Far cry game you must play it like it is STALKER GAMMA.
I played Far cry Primal since day one but I hadn't tried a perma-death run untill recently. It is a must play.
Far cry primal received blind hate but I absolutely love it.
I feel you bro.. I love western too.. i play rdr2 single player for hours and hours, smoke a punch of weed and doing nothing😂.. just look at the scene and live in this beautiful world.. it is like a dream
I love these vids about rdr2. keep them coming please.
Been playing for 5 years now can't find a better game
Could you try to do character analysis sorta vids with like Django and rdr2
Characters too?
I upvoted this video from the first tip, walking.
I can’t stand when gamers complain that the base movement speed isn’t “sprinting” and think that walking in a game is a waist of time. Not for me
I like taking in the atmosphere, feeling like a person in this world
my immersion level:
1. I turn off the HUD, I go by the signs where that town is
2. I don't use deadeye
3. I only eat rabbit meat, I kill them without sight and in first person, they are fast and difficult to approach them, they also give little meat which makes it difficult to keep the cores full
4. I put a piece of paper on my screen to cover the lower right corner and when I point at an animal the HUD does not give me information, which is immersive, only hearing the animals but not knowing where they are, for example a snake or a rabbit behind of the grass
5. I do not modify the hunting weapons, which makes them more imprecise and difficult to hunt.
6. To feed the camp I only take male deer, I hunt them with a bow without a scope or with a rifle but at long distances, it is very difficult to find male deer and hunt them with a bow without a scope
7. I don't use toners
8. I usually hunt only at night, and I turn off the brightness of my monitor to make it more difficult to see the animals.
9. I don't brush my horse, I take him to a river, I take off his saddle and I swim with him in the water and brush him.
10. I try to change my clothes every day
11. Use free aim without assistance
12. I avoid shootings since with two shots I receive I restart the game.
13. I bought little ammunition to avoid lasting too long in a firefight and avoiding them or making ambushes.
Well, I could mention a thousand more possibilities that this game offers, which is the best game I have ever played in my life.
@CharlieHandle because hunting rabbits without using dead eye or telescopic sight is more difficult, plus a rabbit gives less meat than a deer and they are more difficult to hunt and faster to hide, which makes it more difficult to maintain health cores
After Arthur got his diagnosis I literally walked everywhere because I didn’t want to tire him out or for him to loose too much weight 😅
If you haven’t watched No Country for Old Men and or Hell or Highwater I’d highly recommend it probably the two best neo westerns