Red Dead Redemption 2 is, perhaps, one of the most inventive and game-changing releases in modern memory. Games that completely flip the table and set a new standard for the years to follow are few and far between, and you can be excused for not knowing how exactly to do everything in-game right off the bat. Hours and hours in and I’m still learning about mechanics and cool little tricks to do, and it seems like every few minutes the game is unfolding another facet for me to le

One of the things I learned way after the tutorial was the fact that, when galloping on your horse, timing your button press with your horse’s gallop won’t drain your horse’s stamina nearly as much, if at all. Get into a good rhythm, and you can absolutely cruise along without much of a care in the world. This is especially useful when chasing somebody on horseback since those can end up taking an extended bit of time. The one thing to keep in mind about this is that it’s pretty easy to get numb to the speed if you’re at it for a while, and going through a town at breakneck pace is a pretty easy way to get on people’s bad si

While you can unlock fast travel fairly early on by upgrading your tent, the game does have a pseudo-fast travel system built in. If you set a custom waypoint on your map, switch to cinematic view, and then set your horse running by holding down X/A, the horse will make its way to the waypoint. You don’t need to even hold the button down. You can go and make a cup of tea/coffee if you like, and when you come back, your horse should be at the destinat

This ammo can be crafted with regular bullets and your hunting knife at your camp, and having them equipped means you’re going to drain your Dead Eye ability slower, making you that much more lethal for every engagement. As simple as this ammo is to make, it’s pretty easy to have plenty of it on you at any given t

Do you get a little irritated by having to get to the map via the pause menu? Well, fear not, because you don’t actually have to! While the game doesn’t tell you this, you can jump straight to the map if you hold down the start button, rather than tapping it to bring up the pause menu. While this only really takes a few seconds off the process of getting there, it’s highly rewarding to know, and makes it much less of a faff to look at where you’re head

If you think that regular dynamite is good, with its ability to shred enemies and leave them screaming messes, you’ve not tried its volatile cousin. To craft this weapon, you’ll need a stick of dynamite, a high-velocity cartridge, and animal fat. The rewards are well worth the effort, however: it does even more damage than regular dynamite and also has a wider area of effect. It can blow up anything standing in your way, just be careful when using

Every once in a while there’s a bug in a video game that really raises your hackles. Red Dead Redemption 2 Trophies Dead Redemption 2 has one of these bugs, and man, is it spooky . At a very specific part of the story, you and your gang are riding towards a town to check it out. Along the way, while riding your horse, the faithful companion may actually spontaneously combust. That’s not necessarily the end of your horse (provided you have the right supplies with you), but it’s certainly enough to make you get out of the area like your tail is on f

Have you ever had the intensely annoying experience of taking the time to take a perfect shot on an animal, only to be rewarded with a poor or good pelt? It’s barely mentioned in the game, but not every animal can give you a perfect pelt, no matter how gentle you are with it. To find out the quality of the pelt you’re going to get, equip your binoculars and hit R1/RB to study the animal before taking a shot. One to three pips will appear on next to the animal’s name, with three being the highest qual

For most gamers, the thrill of jumping head first into any game is the action and story. Whether you’re heading into a massive online multiplayer session of Call of Duty or following the galactic struggle to defeat an ancient enemy in Mass Effect , the games are known to draw players in with these two elements. Yet, there are some dedicated gamers who look at games far past the action and story elements. They look to discover every secret, object, or easter egg the developers of a game left behind for their fans to find. Rockstar Studios is no different in this regard, as they have left a plethora of items to find in their smash hit Red Dead Redemption

Eventually, the snow melts enough for the gang to move to a more permanent area just outside the town of Valentine. In order to fund the move (and their continued survival), the gang stages a train heist, robbing wealthy oil baron, Leviticus Cornwall. Following the robbery, Cornwall hires the Pinkerton Detective Agency to apprehend the outlaws, causing the group to remain ever vigilant and untrusting of outsiders. Gang leader, Dutch, continually exclaims that the group is due for just one more major heist, but as the game goes on and Dutch’s decisions become less thought out, Arthur begins to question his intentions and overall leadership, in addition to some of Dutch’s newly-recruited members, such as crazed wildcard, Micah B