Red Dead Redemption 2 Story mode - Still so much to do

I had 2 apparent glitches that keep me from 100%. A cave drawing and a flower that didn’t register. Why?? No idea.

I went everywhere and accomplished everything possible across the map before getting past chapter 4. I played as myself as Arthur.

I would like to revisit the game one day and just be ruthless and brutal especially knowing how the game ends.



Always like to mention this when I can:
(Spoiler??) somehow spectacularly I found that alien cult cabin for first time while riding around and waiting for sunrise and my next task. I walked into the cabin when the green lights came on. Gave me legit goosebumps. I later found out that I somehow stumbled onto it organically … full moon between 1a-2am . That’s pretty unreal. I didn’t even know that existed…


…love that game. Very possibly my favorite game ever

I still play Online fairly often, this is my first time picking up story mode in awhile. I've probably put 20 hours into this playthrough and I realize how much more time it will take to even approach 100%.

Also when trotting around I realize all the places I've never even set foot in because the game won't guide you there on its own, it's just there for you to enjoy. For that reason I'm enjoying riding around in Story mode more.

I've barely done anything other than hunt and I'm in like 100 plus hours.

End of the day, Arthur is a great but extremely flawed character. His ending situation can generate empathy, but I see it almost as a last test before the great beyond.

I played a solid bit years ago on PS4 and got the urge to play it again.

Problem is I really don't feel like going through all the same BS just to get back to where I was. Wish there was a way to port over my progress.

i played through it very thoroughly. atleast single player. i really loved the game.

i never got into the GTA online thing becaus ei just dont like the gta vibe. i was so hoping the online red dead experience would take off but it just was just so lackluster. I popped in a few months ago to see how it changed and looked like it had grown a bit but i was so lost at that point!

The way they monetized Red Dead Online is disgusting.

Having said that, I enjoy the base gameplay and setting of Red Dead so much I didn't mind grinding the gold through doing the lower payout missions until I got enough to start doing the actual fun bounty hunter/collector stuff. Once you actually get the gold to unlock the other jobs the game opens up into what it should have been from the beginning.

It's fricking stupid that the most fun activities are essentially behind a paywall, but you can definitely take a f2p approach if you enjoy the game enough to do the online story missions and a few of the smaller basic missions.

One development approach I actually did like is that RDO scales your mission payout based on time spent doing the mission up to a max. So it disincentivizes the sweats from speedrunning the missions and actually rewards players for taking the time to scope out the mission area and come up with a good plan to execute and/or being thorough about searching the area for loot. The one downside being you end up having to delay mission turn-ins for some of the easier stuff that you just can't help but complete quickly, but overall I really liked that design as there's zero pressure to complete anything at a breakneck pace.

The ending blows, I almost iddnt finish it but treked through that bullshite just to say i did.

Never went back though.

I appreciate Rockstar Games for their main stories and immersive worlds. I've never enjoyed the side activities in GTA or RDR

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I've never enjoyed the side activities in GTA or RDR

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Really? I always felt like a strength of these games were their side missions.