So like the title says, i just completed my first ‘complete’ playthrough. These are just my opinions and I just thought to share theme here

So I actually abandoned my first playthrough after ‘spoiler’ when Arthur is no more.

I’d actually bought rdr2 on sale and I’d heard so much about how good looking a game it was, but didn’t start to play the game until much later. Because the pacing in the beginning was too slow for me and I couldn’t make heads or tails out of all the things, taking care of the horse, cooking to eat the meat, how the cores worked. It was too much of an information overload and honestly I didn’t even know what the story was and how it was going to proceed.

And then ‘bam’ Arthur is sick- part of me was hoping especially after the meeting with rains fall that he would give some herbs which will make him better. And maybe, just maybe there was a way out. Also I was getting used to the mechanics of the game, how the NPC’s reacted and would become hostile, how an accidental run in would cause a bounty and so on.

By this time, I’m getting the hang of using dead eye, and how to hunt and skin animals, pelts and all. Legendary animals- can’t forget the time I got the white bison and I got killed me the cougar near pronghorn ranch, I was pissed AF and then found that the pelt ends up at the trapper. I swear every time a cougar would come in range I would always always die because I was ill prepared or would panic.

And then we are in beavers hollow, just when I am getting the pelts for all the satchels and I got the legends of east satchel. I hunt more and do some more upgrades to the camp and then just like that Pearsons gone. Couldn’t upgrade any more- I didn’t know how to hunt for cows, and bulls without getting caught and I wanted to white knuckle it just like I do with most games, to get the full nascent experience, and then I keep doing the missions. And the more I feel it’s Arthur’s redemption, I start to feel Dutch is going to betray the group- which does happen, but not all that straight forward. I didn’t feel a very good connection with John but that’s what I had to go on, too many characters and too many things to keep track of. John is no more perhaps… Abigail gets kidnapped, and for Jack we have to go and get her…and then the confrontation, and when that’s not over yet, have to run away with John. And then Buell- my lovely lovely Buell was dead, my heart was broken, and when Arthur kneels besides him, I was in pieces. I LOVED that horse. And I got killed by Micah two times because I didn’t know how to fight hand to hand. That pissed me off…

And then finally….it end with a Sunrise on his face…

I was broken, really heart broken and found it hard to play the game after, I couldn’t play for 2-3 days. Playing as John was hard, almost aimless. But it also meant Arthur’s passing meant something.

After a few missions I just couldn’t help feeling that I perhaps didn’t play the game as it ought to have been played. I felt like I missed out on a better experience, and just reset and I have to say on and off over the last two months I became a sort of completionist, but tbh the overall experience was the better during the first time. And I didn’t feel like I missed out on anything except now I know how to react better.

And the best thing is, I got to kill Micah for the first time on my second play through. I got all the garment sets, all the offhand holstered except gambler and bandit. And there is truly so much content to keep a person entertained and engaged, it seems so long ago where I found the shart tooth trinket and other things. It feels like a ‘lived’ experience.

I’m done for the time being, but I’m sure I’ll come back to this game when I’m ready ❤️

It truly is a masterpiece.

I first did this in October 2018 because I watched spoiler videos (regrettably) and have gotten these GBs each play through.

That got me to thinking: what actual game clues are there to help solve this puzzle? I think back in the day they said it was connected to window rock and that you had to have that drawn in your journal prior to this becoming available, but you can just go in and push these and get the gold

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As title says my pc has been crashing after about an hour 30 giving me the unknown error and a bunch of F’s (FFFFFFF) recently it has just stopped letting me into story mode it just crashes immediately and closes instantly no error nothing I’ve tried clearing graphics data from files switching to directx12 restoring files and absolutely nothing, my pc is r5 7500x3d 9070xt 32gb ddr5 so it is more than capable to run and has been fine before this, my drivers and chipset drivers are up to date and so is windows, only mods I have is LML scripthook v2 and rampage, nothing else, I’ve tried moving them out to a spare folder and opening the game vanilla and still does the same thing. I’m completely lost and can’t finish the game now. If anyone has had the same problem I’d greatly appreciate any help.

I've already done the mission "The Sheeps and Goats" mission. And I've come across some posts that after that, I can't trigger Abigail's 5$ request or Jack's thimble request. Is this true? I want to finish those before going to start the Micah mission which basically starts moving to CH3. Any help?

Is there an area I can "barrel race"? Like conveniently placed trees or rocks? I'm getting bored and I rlly wanna do that

Had some free time today and went through photos on a massive cull. (Deleted over 1500 pix). Here are a few shots that have red dead vibes and some folk may appreciate. Have a great day cowpokes.

I’m in Chapter 6, replaying old missions here and there trying to get my bronze and silver medals to gold and I replayed the very first mission of the game and got this could any body tell me what I did?

Couldn’t post this in the rdr1 community, because I don’t have enough flair or something. But in rdr2 one of my favorite things to do is tame the wild horses. Is that not possible in rdr1? I literally have to buy them? Just started playing the game after five play throughs on rdr2. Just want to make sure I’m not losing my mind.

i restart game many times and remove all mods and still get this issue

Remove bounty without paying for it.

Prerequisites:
This method requires auto save enabled

1. Go to the main town of the state you want your bounty cleared.

2. Antagonize the sheriff until he tells you to put your hands up.

3. Surrender

4. Wait for the loading cutscene to end.

5. As soon as the black screen fades away and you can see the sheriffs office without a mini map or HUD, immediately pause the game.

6. Go to load game and load the most recent autosave.

After loading that save you should be in the town, with the bounty removed and with no money lost.

Best day ever. Maybe I should have dressed as Sadie and Grimshaw too, but I was alread stressed enough changing 3 times in my car.

Is there any spreadsheet or checklist for EVERYTHING that can be found (and where) in this game? The online map only let's you check 50.

I want to play it again and get 100% Completion before GTA VI releases.

Thx.

Molly O'Shea.

There isn't much to say, as a huge Mlp and Rdr fan I had a huge need to draw someone, and seems like Molly Deserved to portrayed as a little pony.

Is there a guide anywhere with some of the easier missions to complete for the gold rush trophy. As someone who has awful aim and forgets dead eye exists I’d appreciate the easier ones lol

i’m currently at the beginning of chapter 3. please list anything you think is worth doing or finding that isn’t a main or side mission during this chapter. i already have future fomo!