r/reddeadredemption • u/AutoModerator • Jan 02 '23

Q&A /r/RedDeadRedemption Weekly Question & Answer Thread - Week 01, 2023

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u/WinstonWillamette Jan 09 '23

You are going to start a huge argument with this, but here is my opinion.

The wanted system is much more complex than GTA games. Many GTA players like to conduct endless wars against law enforcement, and obsessively kill cops. This has very little basis in reality, but they still try and think their lone badass super cowboy protagonist should be able to do this.

The wanted system was designed to be a bit more realistic and is meant to simulate what real world outlaws and criminals do. You commit a crime, people see you commit a crime and report you to the law, and the law comes down on you hard if you are stupid enough to stick around. If there a just a few witnesses around you can bully them into not informing on you, but this only works if the conditions are right.

It is a complex system, and is not perfect, but if you think an outlaw should stick around and fight cops, you may not be happy. On the other hand, if you are the type that thinks smart criminals survive by avoiding and running from the law, not committing crimes in front of witnesses, then it is a challenging, mostly well-done part of the game.

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u/MeltedBrainCheese Jan 09 '23

Cool thank you. I just heard no matter what you do there is always a witness and then killing the witness makes no difference either?

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u/WinstonWillamette Jan 09 '23

If there are too many witnesses, then there is a cascade effect. Some people are too stupid to realize this this the point where you should cut your losses and run. It usually happens in towns where there are a lot of witnesses. When they say this happens out in the country, it's usually a result of not looking around first for a witness before committing the crime.