Dutch van der Linde, the leader of the gang christened after him, initially tends to be an idealist with his particular ethics. His hypocrisy can soon be seen when he ends up going against his own ideals. An opportunist, an anti-hero, a cynic, an anarchist, there are many shades to his personal
The first is found south of MacFarlane’s Ranch towards the San Luis River. Players will find a group of trees in the area and begin to hear a man shouting at them to leave. The person yelling is a hermit living in a small treehouse he’s built. He won’t stop screaming until users either leave the area or shoot out the floorboards of the treetop cabin – but that will cause the hermit to fall to his de
A new character in the series, Hosea Matthews is a highly practical and intelligent ally to Dutch. As the most senior member of the gang, he’s usually seen as a skilled advisor and prefers negotiations over gruesome viole
Guide an undead gunslinger armed with a deadly revolver through the endless mazes of the afterlife in Raw Fury’s excellent procedural Western roguelite West of Dead . A critically acclaimed indie twin stick shooter that came out just last year, West of Dead is currently available on Game Pass on console and PC for those in the Xbox ecosystem. With a main character voiced by Ron Pearlman of Hellboy fame and a host of horrors worthy of the Weird West setting to slay, anyone with a penchant for cowboy fiction is sure to find hours of enjoyment h
Location: Armadillo
Armadillo is a town that players will head to time and time again in the original Red Dead Redemption . So, it’s easy to see why players would want to check out the settlement once the part of the map it’s situated in is unloc
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 achievements Dead Redemption, as the 2010 game spawned an NPC with a woman’s body but the face and A.I. of a don
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
Released back in 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn holds up today just as well as it did when the game first launched. The variety in environments makes Horizon Zero Dawn’s world design one of the most unique, from the lush forestry vegetation to the distant formations of snowy mounta
However, with all of his side quests and activities, Arthur can become quite the rich man during his adventures, and, if he’s kind enough, he donates some of it to the camp. Although, as this meme alludes to, Mr. Van Der Linde seems to ignore that money complet
Rockstar Games have launched several cinematic video game franchises, Red Dead Redemption easily being one of their most successful. The Western-themed action-adventure games are worthy of a film adaptation, given their turbulent narrative of a self-destructive Western frontier told from an outlaw gang’s perspective. Red Dead Redemption 2 would make for a promising first to kick off this hypothetical cinematic franchise, as the game served as a prequel to the origi
Dutch’s main goal throughout most of the game is to cultivate enough money for the gang to find a better place to live. Unfortunately, acquiring lots of cash proves difficult, and the leader’s constantly failing plans don’t h
Many of these secrets are hat-tips to bits of lore found during RDR2 ‘s campaign and references to the original Red Dead Redemption , and they can be easily missed if players don’t stop and smell the tumbleweeds now and then. Some lurk in the trees, while others require players to search derelict buildings that have been swept away by the sands of New Aus
2021 has several other Western games to look out for, likely spurred on by the success of Red Dead Retribution 2 _ . _Weird West is a top-down RPG set in a supernatural western town brought to life by former Arkane Studios developers. It’s also worth looking out for Evil West , a combat-focused third-person action game featuring a “Wild West Superhero” from Flying Wild Hog, the creators of the modern Shadow Warrior games. With these and other interesting titles due for a release in the near future, perhaps the wide spectrum of the Western and all its subgenres can finally bear fruit in the world of video ga
The pelts are pretty big, though, and they take up significant space on Arthur’s horse. So, it’s unfortunate when the protagonist then meets a stranger looking for a ride. Even the most honorable version of Arthur would be hesitant to drop the pelt on the floor simply to help an NPC. Azalazel ‘s meme accurately depicts how most players deal with the dile
A veteran of the Van der Linde gang, Arthur Morgan serves as the central character of the game. He’s a multi-faceted character, brimming with loyalty, sarcasm, and rage serving as a protege to Dutch Van der Li
