The open world genre of video games has become one of the most varied and saturated, with many different styles that offer players a unique experience. The reason this happened is that an open world game facilitates a level of exploration that isn’t available through linear games. In fact, many developers nowadays tend to focus less on the storytelling element and instead on the value and quality of their open world, even in games which may be better suited to linear experien
Rockstar has a track record of creating some of the most impressive characters with incredible nuance throughout its expansive portfolio, perhaps none more so than the amazing cast of characters assembled in Red Dead Redemption _ and Red Dead Redemption 2 _ . From strong saviors like Bonnie MacFarlane to loathsome scoundrels like Micah Bell, Rockstar’s western frontier is rife with intricate characters, each with their unique motivations and personalities, and that is abundantly clear with the franchise’s two main playable characters, Arthur and J
Directly north of MacFarlane’s Ranch, players will run into the disturbing remains of a hearse crash. The coffin it was carrying lies open on the ground, and the hearse’s driver was hanged from his carriage. There’s no note or evidence to explain what caused the accident. Rockstar gives users the freedom to decide what could have happe
Arthur Morgan and John Marston serve as the perfect vehicles, being men of malleable characters and disposition, in order to properly experience or even execute the wild and bizarre actions within their famous setting. Some of the strangest things players can find and do in RDR2 can genuinely take them by surprise, which is a testament to how jam-packed this game is with quality cont
Through it all Arthur remains loyal to him, even as Dutch has one bad plan after another . Those failures run all the way up to the climax of Dutch’s story in which he betrays both his “favorite sons” by first leaving John for dead and doing the same to Arthur shortly after. His pride led to each of his bad decisions in RDR2 and is the driving force of these betrayals – and thus his tragic downf
It comes as no surprise that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales would make it onto this list. The vibrantly-beautiful New York, riddled with the exuberant white snow, was a sight to behold. Developer Insomniac Games’ rendered a version of New York that is easily one of the most detailed and realistic whiles including infrastructure from within the Marvel Unive
A majority of the following Easter eggs are there to make gamers scratch their heads, while others reward unique items and earn a spot in RDR2 ‘s notebook. Players aren’t required to find any of these to achieve 100% completion of RDR2, still, longtime fans of Rockstar’s Western adventure series will undoubtedly be interested in mysteries hidden in New Austin. Here are eight of the weirdest secrets hidden in RDR2 ‘s des
A pair of legendary light gun FMV games that premiered in arcades in the early 1990s and eventually wound up on modern platforms like Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and iOS, the Mad Dog McCree games are goofy and over-the-top to a fa
Because Western games are a theme rather than a set genre, players looking to experience the full breadth of cowboy gaming will have to have a varied taste. From full motion video to arcade shoot ’em ups, protagonists with ten-gallon hats have been all over the place throughout the years. Stop waiting for the next Red Dead Online update and check out everything the Western has to offer in the world of video ga
Combining tower defense and action gameplay, the games have Dillion and his crew defending Old West towns from rock creatures intent on breaking things up. All three games are still available on the eShop and make for great portable experiences for anyone still sporting a
A lesser-known entry into Konami’s golden age of arcade games, Sunset Riders is a 1991 arcade release that eventually saw ports to the Super Nintendo and Genesis. Players take the role of up to four bounty hunters taking out wanted outlaws with Contra- style gunslinging. The game gained notoriety for going unreleased in the Xbox 360-era arcade rerelease platform Game Room but is now a part of Hamster’s Arcade Archives lineup on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Swi
The area surrounding Tumbleweed appears to be a sacred ground for many religions, not only the Chelonia cult. If users head southwest of Tumbleweed, past Gapetooth Ridge, they’ll encounter a robed skeleton resting against a rock. A note on the remains reveals that the skeleton was a Christian missionary who died during his travels 100 years ago. He wrote that he was following a call from God he heard from the east, and if players backtrack towards Gapetooth Ridge, they’ll find an abandoned church, which is presumably where the missionary was traveling
This might seem like yet another disturbing RDR2 Easter egg , but it’s actually a callback to a famous glitch from the original Red Dead Redemption 2 Story guide Dead Redemption, as the 2010 game spawned an NPC with a woman’s body but the face and A.I. of a don
