Red Dead Redemptionfeatures two titles that have established an incredible legacy for themselves, becoming the most popular and talked-about open-world games set in the Wild West. The rich and immersive world design by Rockstar is on full display here, allowing for environments that genuinely feel authentic and alive in every way. The games are renowned for their incredible storytelling and complex characters, with the second game pulling out all the stops in a bid to craft an incredible narrative that many players consider to be Rockstar’s magnum opus.
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The mission structure in the games is exemplary in every way, offering players a mix of action-packed shootouts, tense standoffs, and challenging stealthy encounters that keep them engaged and invested in the story. That being said, not even this series is exempt from an odd hiccup here and there, with some missions falling well short of the mark and feeling like blips in what are otherwise great experiences in every way.
Any task in a game that involves herding wild animals is bound to be annoying for obvious reasons. Such is the case with “Women and Cattle,” where a huge part of the mission is to simply herd and direct cows.
Suffice it to say, the mission is anything but engaging, with players getting bored of herding these cows sooner rather than later.The strong writing is the only thing that saves this missionfrom being a complete slog.
Speaking of herding animals, this task rears its ugly head inRed Dead Redemption 2as well. Thankfully, the second half of the mission features way more action and is more engaging to complete, as opposed to the snoozefest that precedes it.
Players have to steal and herd sheep, which is about as action-packed as it sounds. Players need to accomplish this arduous task all the way until they reach the auction house, following which things pick up significantly for the better.
At a glance, it doesn’t seem like horse racing would be a chore inRed Dead Redemption. After all, players use their trusty steed to roam across the land and are bound to be aware of how to control their horse and make it move efficiently.
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However, “The Sport of Kings, and Liars” will give them a rude awakening if they’ve been complacent about stabling fast and effective horses. This mission forces players into a challenging horse race where they should ideally have one of the best steeds in the game to stand a chance of victory.
At a glance,“The Smell of the Grease Paint” is a pretty hilarious mission. Chasing down a magician that disappears in a puff of smoke is certainly quite entertaining if nothing else.
However, the mission overstays its welcome and boils down to the player just running like a maniac in a bid to catch Magnifico. It becomes a bit boring after a point, which really takes away from the great comedic writing on display here.
Fetch quests are bound to be some of the most annoying missions in their respective games, and this applies toRed Dead Redemptionas well. So, when players are tasked with finding different flowers for a stranger in the game, they knew that they were in for a pretty boring time.
Thankfully, the quest had a decent ending to make up for the player’s effort. After Marston brings over the flowers that the man requested of him, it turned out that the Stranger was actually gifting this to the skeleton of his wife, which is both sad and humorous at the same time…especially given Marston’s reaction to this revelation!
Most people expect tolive a life of crime and engage in gunfights as an outlaw in the Wild West. The last thing they would expect to do in such a world is helping a couple play Romeo & Juliet as they essentially turned into a glorified postman.
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Such was the reality that Arthur faced in “The Course of True Love,” which forces the player to use stealth for these inane requests. While the characters in the mission are pretty interesting, that in no way justifies what Arthur has to go through here.
A game as tightly-woven asRed Dead Redemptiondidn’t need to resort to a turret section to keep fans engaged. However, when John is told by Edgar Ross tohunt down his former leader, Dutch van der Linde, this is precisely what happens.
Players take control of a turret on an armored car and gun down many members of Dutch’s new gang in a poorly designed shootout. Marston will be absolutely peppered with bullets no matter what players do, and the only way to get through this mission is to guzzle down as many bottles of medicine as possible when things get hairy.
For the most part, this mission allows players to spend some quality time with Hosea. However, there’s one particularly annoying part about this section of the game that players simply cannot forgive it for.
Despite players arguably having a better horse at hand, this mission still forces players to spend their money to buy an inferior steed instead. Moments like these are scattered acrossRed Dead Redemption 2, with the game coming under fire by many fans forhaving missions that felt way more rigid than they needed to be.
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