The Greatest Open World, 5 Years Later - Red Dead Redemption 2

I love Red Dead Redemption 2, the content I've made on it over the past 5 years have helped make no secret of that. In today's video I hope to capture just why I hold this open world game in particular in such high regard. Hopefully, it'll make sense.
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[@atedalynvlog5975]

Biggest theft in Humanity was this game not winning Game of the Year

[@simonrockstream]

Honestly, people still cannot wrap their minds around this game. It's genuinely "too good" for people to even grasp. Most people are too ignorant to understand the absolute miracle that this game is. They just took it for granted.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

​@@simonrockstream Sounds like a lot of things.

[@cheefqueef6494]

That shit was more rigged than the 2020 election

[@John-996]

RDR2 Really pushed The Bar For Living Breathing Worlds, NPC interaction on the fly and NPC Reaction, Horse Riding, Level of detail on Top of having A well Rounded open World with side quests, Encounters and mystries and Activites. Also Kingdom come Should have been in the running with combat that you have to actually practise to get good at and some of the best RPG quest design in a game to date. God of war 2018 while Great did not push the bar for its genere Which Why For me Either RDR2 or Kingdom come would have been my picks.

[@praktika1082]

I understand why this game didn't win game of the year ... You need more than a year to fully grasp how meaningful it is.

[@huellbabineaux7433]

Can’t believe it’s been 5 years already, I miss the speculation and hype for this game, and it ended up exceeding all our expectations.

[@ShadowAngel1860]

RDR 1 is still way better and a lot less woke

[@togiielectricboogaloo6875]

@@ShadowAngel1860 bait comment

[@CheezDoodlezz]

@@ShadowAngel1860man shut up there both amazing

[@killgriffinnow]

@@ShadowAngel1860 Red Dead II had the perfect amount of “wokeness”. They had black and female characters who didn’t overshadow the white men. This is sadly not true any more, since white men are now considered the devil incarnate.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

​@@ShadowAngel1860 How is rdr2 woke? Did you forget to take your meds?

[@joeporter3262]

When I received this game as a Christmas gift in 2020. Along with the console to play it on, I had no idea what what I was in for. My grandchildren insisted that I try it, being a fan of American history and historical westerns. It took me three months before I dove into it. The last video game controller I held was an Atari. It took me eleven months to complete my first play through and I had to do it again. Currently on my second and have no intention of completing. Call it what you will, but this is more than a game it's an experience like no other.

[@pedroroque829]

Oh so you have been gaming for a while?

[@MrAjking808]

Your a kid lol man stop it

[@cloutdaze]

Heck yeah man!! I’m glad you like it. It’s a wonderful game. Have you played the first one?

[@PuppetMasterdaath144]

oh man wish my dopamine recpetors was as fresh as yours, but yeah ur really been guided in the correct destination there's no doubt about it

[@randumthoughtz]

Amazing story joe ❤

[@Let6me6in6]

Hi, my name is Andrew, and I suffer from Red dead depression. Greatest game of all time. Still to this day I find myself going back and completing it at least twice a year since my first completion in 2020. I love that game so much I have a stag and coyote tattoo on my arm to symbolize the choices you have to make in this game and in life.i love this game so much.

[@Legend-zo9bc]

Haha, not quite the same thing but I decorated my living room with prints that I aged up and framed of the weapons in the game from the catalogue, people always comment how they like them :)

[@aw2584]

The game was great and because of that i cannot forgive Rockstar for their mission structure used since godddamn GTA 3, although GTA 3 released like over 20 years ago had more freedom of choices on how to approach said missions in certain cases than RDR2... this game was genuinely perfect, 10/10 which happens once in a decade... but their shit garbage ass linear outdated missions bring it down to like 9 or even 8+/10 for me. Which is such a HUGE disappointment, because despite being such legendary game it has very little replayability. Once maybe, but every attempt afterwards for me ended after an hour or two, usually not touching any storyline missions at all, just roaming through the world. Meanwhile i can play random ass forgotten games from like 30 years ago like Jagged Alliance 2 HUUNDREEDSSS OF TIMES, dead serious, just because the actual storyline can be approached however you like, and despite being "the good guy" and having a clear objective (kill the dictator of a small island youre dropped into), every goddamn gameplay out of 100s was different for me, because you can pick any of like 50+ recruitable characters to do so, and jist like Fallout New Vegas, although there is a suggested path to do the main objective, liberating multiple towns on your way there, upgrading weapojs and armor, recruiting additional NPCs you meet, training your mercenaries and militia etc etc, you can still technically just create a small team of elite MGS like mercs and go straight into dragons den, and assasinate the Queen even though it is ABSURDLY difficult.... but doable. But RDR2 missions are so repeatable and boring, it sours the whole experience. Go to mission giver, watch a scene, go to another place, have a shootout (or do some random shit mostly by clicking a button when needed and then have a shootout), run away, the end, repeat times 100...

[@ngc628kt]

Greatest 'entertainment' of all time for me. Loved the open world, its people and critters, and Arthur Morgan most of all. I suffer the RD depression as well. I was in full denial that Arthur was dead until the credits rolled and the sound track left me in a puddle for more than a year; still will if I indulge.

[@rowanmelton7643]

I swear the choices are a stag and a wolf??

[@MecanicalEnd]

This comment section is guaranteed cringe content and your comment exemplifies that perfectly

[@ito2789]

This game has brought me back to my childhood moments where I can LITERALLY just wander around in this world without doing ANYTHING and feel completely comfortable and at peace.

[@ito2789]

@heyitspete6472 Sure did 😄

[@ito2789]

@UnitTrace Sure can!

[@ahastar1141]

I still feel like rockstar did this game a little dirty by moving to GTA 6 so quickly when there was a lot of possibility for expansions to the game

[@ito2789]

@@ahastar1141 agreed

[@RelarinScenes]

The fact that RDR2 is still so far ahead of game even half a decade later is bananas

[@GutterJon]

If ur ever on shrooms I encourage all of you to ride from one end of the map to the other on your horse at any pace. Your journey will leave you breathless

[@Xenite_51]

RDR2 is my favorite game. If someone told me I could only play one game for the rest of my life it would be my choice…..I think I’ll play it again now.

[@Danno5894]

Hell, I have the choice between games and I still might play this for the rest of life anyway lol

[@rubenanthony4896]

​@@Danno5894dude, FOR REAL.

[@brennzzz]

It's honestly crazy how many small things can still be discovered in further playthroughs. For example, I'm in my 3rd run and I just discovered that the guy who hanged himself from the scaffolding at his rock carving, did so because the woman he loved left him for Charles Chatenay. Feels like a detail that can realistically only be caught on a replay, which is wild. Love this game.

[@RelarinScenes]

The detail in the world and small stories is mind blowing. Not even random events but small details like that was serial killer in Valentine is terrifying but can be entirely missed

[@Danno5894]

It’s interesting because I found that on my first run. But it took over a dozen playthroughs before I got that random event in the wild where Javier comes up to you to ask you to help him save Bill.

[@hettbeans]

@@Danno5894 Just got that Javier event for the first time on my third or fourth playthrough.

[@childishisnotachild7277]

One of the best aspects of RDR2's open world is the aspect of discovery and mystery. I'm 3 months new but the intriguing part of this community is how they talk about new discoveries about the game, or secrets that have just now been pieced together, it keeps the game alive, and it perfectly compliment the Horse-related aspects of the game, because you have this urge for exploration, it somehow feels luxurious and perfect. And then the NPC have this uniqueness and realism, i was wandering near braithwaite manor, and found a couple sitting together laying their back to a boat watching the distant sunset with the reflection on the body of water, it felt so photogenic, after that i suddenly have the urge to document every unique NPC i could find, and take a picture of them with my in-game camera. I haven't played a game like this before, as someone once said "born too early to explore the stars, but born in the right time to explore RDR2"

[@harosokman]

I have never been placed into such a realistic world. I mean that as I feel I can walk up and talk to someone. And in that spirit, I'll stop and listen to all the characters, and their stories are so emotional.

[@RecluseBootsy]

And to think of all the recorded dialogue is truly mind-blowing. Rockstar makes every other developer look like slackers.

[@C--A]

​@@RecluseBootsy Only a Rockstar fanboy troll would say something like that 🤡 Ps. the character movements and physics in The Last Of Us Part 2 are much more realistic than Red Dead Redemption 2 👍🏾 Ps. your a casual as you didn't realise Several staff left Rockstar after horrible working conditions not fit for this day and age 👌🏾

[@sliderx1897]

​@C--A why cant someone just enjoy something?

[@user-fg8ys5yq5b]

@@C--Aseems like you like to piss on peoples moods. Life was hard to shape. New York City was hard to make. People can safely talk about how great it is without someone going “OnLy A fAnBoY wOuLd SaY tHaT btw it had horrible conditions to build in!” (This is your cue to stfu and not see everything in a bad way)

[@drexlspivey3047]

​@@sliderx1897Bootsy started it calling other developers slackers😂

[@bayleemaclaren8579]

Been playing since Dec 2019 and just got 100% comp yesterday, absolutely incredible game, thanks for helping make it my form of escape from this world

[@TrevorTownley-re9ml]

Same but I got 100% like 3 days ago

[@Herandro_just_Herandro]

Same, but I've already reached 100% completion 4 times by now. I'm already on my 6th playthrough and yes, it's my only "safe" way to escape from the so called "real life".

[@abaialsa712]

You faschist

[@DannyBoy-jy1kq]

@@TrevorTownley-re9mlhunting requests and gambler are ruining my life

[@christopherlane5238]

Congrats! Nice job!

[@Cuunke]

It’s funny you mentioned how we can tell the difference between scenery and real life but a lot of people who don’t game get this game confused for a movie if you play it in front of them

[@PR-ks7mu]

Red Dead Redemption two has changed the trajectory of my life. I started playing as a middle schooler (who didn’t like my history classes) and now I am a junior in high school who wants to major is American History.

[@Fizhy]

History is such a fantastic subject I think everybody, whether they realise it or not could find something to like in it

[@killgriffinnow]

This is why it makes me so angry when people say things like “it’s just a story” or “fiction is not important”.

[@mikeg4960]

Bro I say this seriously and respectfully, don’t go into student loan debt to study history. Thank me later. Cool subject tho…

[@lolitsajoke77]

DO NOT major in history. You can find most things to research on your own and you want find a well paying job. I love history but there is plenty of great books out there. No need to waste all that money.

[@RelarinScenes]

Best of luck my dude! History is absolutely essential

[@Creepernom]

I have played only one playthrough of RDR2. I've spent literally hundreds of hours on my one singleplayer save doing all the sidequests, all the achievements and taking hundreds of photos. I love every single part of the game so much, even parts that people usually hate. Some find the movement and animations sluggish, while I find them deliberate and weighty. It's the perfect game for me and it'll hold a special place in my heart forever.

[@mitch_sugardad4579]

I remember just starting up the game at launch. It was 00:00 (Dutch local time). Needed to work the next day, but I couldn't put the game down. Played till 04:00 and arrived at work as a zombie. Man, it was so worth it. Best game I've ever played.

[@Astrohurricane]

RDR2 is the most immersive and complete world I’ve experienced in a video game. I’ve several friends who said they played for a couple hours, didn’t get the hype and stopped playing. But after being told to keep going they have come back to me and said how amazing it is once you get fully immersed into Arthur’s world. GOW Ragnarok is the only game that can even come close to holding a candle to this. Now if only Rockstar would give us a 4k 60fps update for PS5…..

[@dubioushumor9243]

I’ve been gaming for almost 40 years. After 4 times going through it, it is far and away the best game I’ve ever played.

[@FloatSamplesGT710]

Seems like you're lying bout your age and sounds like a kid?

[@dubioushumor9243]

@@FloatSamplesGT710 I’m almost 50 junior.

[@TimCCambridge]

The Music, the music, THE MUSIC! Thank you, Daniel.🙏

[@mooc17]

What’s the song that is playing around 4:10? I want to learn how to play it on guitar.

[@ProtectorOfTheWall]

I finished the game last week and I can’t accept the ending…I thought it was slow at start and I just gave it more hours and then I was hooked. Best game I ever played. My heart is broken.

[@yesthatsright-so3np]

same. I finished with low honor too, which made me sad

[@SpeedDemon55]

This game has stuck with me so much. It has become a fundamental part of my identity. I still remember Arthur putting on his hat one more time to ride back to Beaver Hollow knowing his time on this earth is just about done and that he wants to use the time he has left to make sure the people that are important to him are safe. I remember Arthur running around the bustling city of Saint Denis to give Sister Calderon her crucifix that means so much to her. I remember Arthur teaching a widowed woman how to hunt and defend herself. I remember Arthur and Mary’s tragic love story and how John was finally able to propose to Abigail. Arthur and John have become some of my favourite characters ever. I cried when Arthur died on that cliff looking out at the sunrise happy that he has finally made a difference. The awe and wonder I felt when I arrived in New Austin discovering a whole new region of the map I had no idea existed until then. I bought this game thinking it was gonna be a fun cowboy adventure but it turned into so much more that that. A truly thought provoking and inspiring narrative that moulded me into a better person. Thank you Arthur.

[@kierandgb]

I just lost my job and was looking for a game to completely take me into a new world so I decided to give this a try 2 days ago. Man… I haven’t stopped playing and whilst playing I don’t think about anything outside of Arthur Morgan, the gang, and the story. I just found 4 gold bars from some treasure map and I’ve been able to fully upgrade my camp. Can’t wait to keep playing and see what happens. As for now, I heart Arthur

[@scottn322]

I am sitting at 3827.9 hours in this game, and still actively play it from time to time because it helps with my anxiety. This game is and probably will continue to be my favorite world to escape in.

[@austinhopkins4191]

It helps my anxiety too! It’s such a calming game

[@knightr0685]

@chandllerburse737frl

[@Vondracar]

I think RDR2 Is my favorite game ever. The more I think about it the more I'm sure tbh.

[@Pr0digyZRX]

RDR2 and TW3 are as close to perfect open world games as you'll ever find on the market to date... 2 of my favorite games of all time

[@KingLouisLXIX]

Still the best looking game in my opinion. Not just graphics (which have been passed by now) but the nature and colors and environments are by far the best I’ve ever seen! This game will always have a special place in my heart.

[@fromeveryting29]

It’s inspired by landscape painting and it shows! Almost all scenes are spectacularly beautiful, the reflected light in the shadows are vivid and the atmospheric fog makes things feel very far away and the world vast! They have done FANTASTIC artistic work.

[@mohdsadiq9698]

​@@fromeveryting29lo

[@lsswappedcessna]

Graphics aren't everything, but RDR2 isn't just graphics. It's world building and sound design. The graphics are just a vessel for those aspects. RDR2 feels like real history that actually happened. It's realistic fiction rather than fantasy or sci-fi. Like any true Western should be. There's comedy and tragedy, Arthur wins some and he loses some. His inexcusable actions had dire consequences, as they would've irl.

[@Caes3r_]

i always feel the urge to replay this game. It's big without feeling overwhelming.

[@RelarinScenes]

About once a week I want to replay this game😂

[@pyrofloki2057]

I wish I could go back in time and play this game again for the first time. Now I understand the fascination with time travel stories

[@killingsmokes9527]

haha I just posted right after you and said the samn damn thing hahaha then i saw your post! great minds think alike. ;)

[@Herandro_just_Herandro]

I think RDR2 will still be a parameter of good quality in open world games for many years to come.

[@RelarinScenes]

Which is crazy to think because Rockstar always creates the high bar for games to live up to

[@dkm4567]

@user-ky8nd2rz4f😂😂😂😂

[@TTVBunnyDougie]

RDR1 and RDR2 are timeless. Legendary. Moments and time frames in my life that I will forever cherish and look back on. Oh the feels..

[@CReese-os8fc]

Five years and I still have not gone into Act 3. Hunting, fishing, chopping wood and getting into bar fights Arthur will never die in my game. After discovering the fate of Mr. Morgan, I've spent so much time with him that I literally cannot let him go. If he did (and I watched the scene online) I literally cried. Not ONE single game has ever giving me such a connection with the protaganist nor has ever immersed me in such a way that I have been content waking up chopping wood, playing some dominoes, lookigin for cigarette cards and hunting legendary animals while fishing only to end up in a wooded area where KKK members were holding a rally and literally caught on fire into which I tied one up, put him on my horse, led him to a traintrack spanning a canyon and literally threw him off hanging by his feet, only to come back to find he was still there. So I pulled him up, laid him on the train tracks and waited. Sinxw thw train was no longer running due to me robbing it inside of a tunnel, I simply tied some laid some dynamite on him, lit the fuse and listened to him beg for his life. As he blew off the bridge down into the canyon my honor meter went up and I walked away satisfied of my cool and calculated methods. So I headed back to camp to find someone has been stealing from the collection tin, but i had some stew and fell asleep drunk with pictures of my past surrounding me to wake up and head out to Valentine to see what the day had in store. AMAZING and will imo never be repeated in scope, narrative, and immersion. What a serious loss to the gamers as the creators decided that online bazookas and whatever GTA has become such a cash cow that their greed and selfishness can't afford to hire another team to make more of what we all fell in love with. Now I'm sad.

[@twinzzlers]

His death is his redemption though, you're essentially condemning him to Hell by refusing to finish the game.

[@CReese-os8fc]

Imo Arthur doesn't need redemption though. He lived how he lived, made mistakes and tried to be better. Life is hard but redemption is not getting spat on while trying to get money owed to help his family. @@twinzzlers

[@zeikers]

@@CReese-os8fc”to help his family” how dense are you lmao. You do know the whole story of that is that they purposely lent money to people who couldn’t afford it so that they could take all they had right? The entire gang were pieces of shit, they were not family and the ending should of showed you that.

[@pjket4229]

@@CReese-os8fche definitely needs redemption for murdering hundreds of people

[@jmhorange]

5 years and you haven't beat the game? It's just a game, man 😂 Also you are the type of gamer Rockstar employees hate. You haven't even completed the vast vast game and you selfishly and greedily want artists to make more content for an already huge game...that you haven't even finished 😂 Stay sad, my friend, stay sad. You overpaid for a game as you only play the first few chapters.

[@xebatansis]

I will never forget the 3 months I spent with this game - 1 of them just in Chapter 2.

[@DashingDavid]

RDR2 was definitely ahead of it’s time. Rockstar’s open world games in general are always leaps and bounds ahead of anything it releases near. Hell this game is 5 years old and there still hasn’t been an open world game comparable to it.

[@AT-yg4nk]

Just booted up this game recently after some time and it still blows my mind!! It was so ahead of its time it’s unreal.

[@craigrobinson99]

This game is like a memory I had when I was younger and lived in the Wild West.

[@honestlysage4625]

One of my favorite things to do in this game is go animal watching, it makes me laugh to think I’m animal watching in a video game instead of real life, but at the same time it’s also just so calming and enjoyable. Rockstar did a great job with the behaviors of all the critters you can come across, so when I’m stuck in the city and can’t go be around horses irl, I like to hop on this game and go find a herd to watch through binoculars. Wish I had a video of my reaction to the first time I saw one get down in the dust and roll, little things like that make me so happy.

[@Hvfftyyhjhgg]

I saw two dogs playing with each other for the first time the other day, i was mesmerized

[@Coffeeandacigarette]

Wait till you find the sheep with a bow 😆

[@j0nnyism]

You should try it in real life. It’s something I really enjoy.

[@untenableposition]

I bought this game a month ago, and completed it last weekend. Playing for the first time in 2023, I was completely immersed for around 100 hours. It's a top 10 game imo. It's just a shame that the online mode feels a little empty and cash-grabby, because I still wanted more after the epilogue.

[@brennzzz]

Do a replay! There's too much to discover and experience in one playthrough.

[@artemiskd]

Top 10 you say? Then it means you still haven't experienced it properly. It's arguably the best game ever. THE BEST❤

[@untenableposition]

@@artemiskd it's probably more like top 5, but 've been playing games since the early 90's

[@thatguyyouseeatmcdonalds3153]

@@artemiskddefinitely not the best imo. I adore the story and world building but I feel like the gameplay and mission design let it down. Definitely in my top five though

[@artemiskd]

@@thatguyyouseeatmcdonalds3153 Yeah I accept that but that's how this game works. It's slow paced and to get the best outta it, you should be ready to get fully immersed in it for at least a while. It's more like an escape from the real world so yeah missions feel annoying for some people, it ain't for everyone and I won't blame ya for that👍.

[@joakimhwrenkler]

It truly hurts me to consume this game in almost any way... Only because I can't experience it again like I did the first time... What a game man...

[@AmariMarvelous]

RDR2 and The Witcher 3 are two of my favorite open world games.

[@SPICY_BEAR]

Don't eat the game! 😲 Just play it. 😄

[@ES-fg2bf]

Played through it 3x. Can still fire it up just to relax and ride around hunting or fishing and take in scenery. I wish I could experience it again for the first time…

[@dimeohs]

I think you also should have touched on how seamlessly you can travel between biomes. It doesn't seem like the biomes are forced, when you travel between them it feels so seamless and not abrupt.

[@alexanderlabrea]

I was not prepared to laugh out loud to the fact that one of the horses was named Tesco Employee

[@geoff420]

I replayed the game recently, my third playthrough, and i was returning from a mission when i decided to just walk along a beach listening to the sounds and looking at the environment. While i was doing this i saw smoke and went to a camp where I sat and listened to a random npc tell me his life story. It was a surreal experience.

[@cainancainan]

Helped me through a breakup of a 5 year relationship, this game was exactly what I needed when it came out, I spent countless hours just wandering and fishing just to escape what was happening in my real life, I genuinely cried when I finished it. If you could buy that first time feeling again I’d pay whatever it took.m

[@quantumfate8528]

This game came out when I was in high school. It’s crazy to think of one day I’m in school hearing the other kids talk about red dead redemption 2. This game really helped me during the pandemic being stuck all day in the house. Nothing to do but just wait. This game was really able to entertain me enough just explain the world outside whether it’s real or not it give me a sense of hope. now I’m in college just thinking about how thankful I am for this game to come out.

[@mickyb.8014]

My first extensive playthrough of this game was the best damn 3.5 months of my life. Can't praise this game highly enough. It's way more than a game, it's the most 'alive' gaming experience you can have.

[@oinkooink]

My first experience of this game is on the PC version and the controls are a literal nightmare. Plus a huge tab wheel opens on screen just to change a weapon? Slow motion shooting? So lame. The terrible, terrible 3rd person format? The entire keyboard has specific binds. The symbols used for keys on screen do not always match the symbols written on my keyboard. I can tell already that it's going to be a massive slog just to do simple things. Game looks great but the PC controls are awful.

[@mickyb.8014]

@@oinkooink ...Well, I don't know about PC cos I've only ever played it in PS4/5... it's fine with the controller.

[@oinkooink]

@@mickyb.8014 I'm sure it is.

[@cale5035]

​@@oinkooinkive played it on pc and console and i prefer pc, the controls are fine for me and anyway if it really bothers u u could just use a control but i find that less smooth tbh

[@oinkooink]

@@cale5035I couldn't imagine using a controller with a game like this. I got used to keyboard mouse.

[@Isahiyella]

RDR2 is the greatest game that has ever been made. I just finished it again today for the third time and will do it again. There is nothing else that comes close.

[@A.Useless.Goddess]

this game didn't grab me for some reason back when it released and while i could clearly see the quality, i just wrote it off as 'it's not for me' despite LOVING the first one well i just started it again the other day and man i gotta say i must've been smoking some incredible dope back then because this game is otherworldly. i see what everyone is saying now. can't wait to scour the entire world and go through the story even if i do know what happens to arthur at the end of the game RDR2 and BG3 have permanently raised the bar for what depth in a video game is

[@NotoriousMinion]

RDR2 didn’t do anything except demonstrate how NOT to design a game lmao, BG3 is damn near perfection.

[@knightr0685]

@@NotoriousMinionsilly

[@dkm4567]

@@NotoriousMinion well, there’s a reason most people don’t share the same dumb opinion as you 😂

[@eyebrowowl9292]

Thanks for highlighting what I also consider to be the very best part of Red Dead 2. Riding around this open world is honestly such a delight thanks to the random encounters and because it offers a chance to admire nature. It's often a very serene and lonesome experience, while carrying a vibe few other games have even come close to matching.

[@mrnobody3161]

Thanks Fizhy. I'm an old fart Vidiot who fell in love with video games during the video arcade era of the 1970's. I grew up fascinated with stories of the old west. Gunslingers, Mountain Men, Explorers, the Indigenous Cultures, Hunters, Trappers, Gold Miners, etc. As the decades rolled along I lost touch with Video games. I played many early Rockstar titles including Red Dead Revolver which I was only able rent from Blockbuster. I missed Rdr1 altogether. I had some acquaintances 30 years younger than myself who told me about Rdr2 and finally purchased it in 2020. To say I was blown away would be an understatement. Here it was. A game that fulfilled my love of the Old West, and answered my hopes of the 1970's, dreaming about what Video games could become in the future. Of course I love the stories inside Rdr2 but it is the immersion of the game that I love the most. Exploring this amazing world. It has become a Therapeutic Virtual Holodeck for me. Hunting, fishing, finding continuous spawning loot, free roaming the gigantic game map, never gets tiresome. Because I never played Rdr1, playing in the epologue as John Marston in my current playthrough started in September of 2021 hasn't been a disappointment for me. It's simply given me an escape from the Chaos and uncertainty of the "real world", where I can be a Rancher, a Hunter, a Fisherman, an Explorer, a Gambler, a Vigilante; living in the Old West as long as I want, sometimes discovering obsure details, secrets and mysteries, and creating goals and games of my own making. Playing games within the game. Because of my own history and background, Rdr2 is the Perfect Game for Me. {Screw RDO 😅} 🐎......💨......👀

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

I hear yah mate. This game gave me an appreciation for the entirety of American history. It has sparked, so far, a fiver year obsession with lawmen, gunslingers, outlaws, mountain men, First Nation tribes, the civil war, western movies you name it. Because of this game I discovered the book and movie (Duvall and Jones version) of ‘Lonesome Dove’. What a journey it has been and still is.

[@mrnobody3161]

@@GhostRider-on6bz If you can find it, you should check out a TV series called Hell on Wheels. It's the story that starts after the end of the US Civil War and the building of railroads opening up Western Frontier Expansion. Much of it was filmed in the region of Calgary Alberta, Canada where I live. It makes reference to many significant historical events and is very intense with excellent character development.

[@NgaMarsters]

I wanted to introduce my little cousin to this masterpiece. I wasn't even out of the main menu before he said "I'm bored." and put down the controller to pull out his phone to watch and endlessly scroll through tik tok. Oh how the times have changed lol

[@roughroadstudio]

You need to have life experience, education, empathy, and an intellect to enjoy this game. People who don't have those qualities are troglodytes who play it like a psychopath.

[@youthserg9066]

To be fair, my father who has never played a game, but is a huge fan of westerns was also like "so are you gonna shoot something? what's the point of this?" so maybe we're a special generation lol

[@NgaMarsters]

@@youthserg9066 Same here actually, but he's was more so complaining about the loading screens. He was hooked on me playing Uncharted 4 though with the climbing segments

[@M1lesJames]

I agree with your video. I got my first console, the NES, in 1988 when I was 6. I've played tons of stuff over the years, and basically everything Rockstar has made. RDR2 is my personal favorite experience ever playing a game.

[@patrickbrooks2644]

Went back to Skyrim for a while then got bored and started a fresh play of rdr 2 last night This game is so mind blowing absolutely my favorite open world game .

[@DavidJDiehl]

The Game of All Time. So far. ❤ I loved taking pictures with the camera and then looking at them at the end of my playthrough. It's cool to see all the memories of the locations you found and the cool stuff you saw.

[@michaelostergren3516]

I remember in my first playthrough I played the game so much and got so immersed in it all. I literally started talking with a country accent and using terms from the game. I started really caring about everyone in the gang and cried for most of their deaths. This game has made me feel things I've never felt from my real family. Its a masterpiece and I wish the creators know how much we appreciate all the hard work it took to make it.

[@pedroroque829]

Exactly the same, I even started to greet people in the street

[@jmhorange]

You felt things you never felt for your family 😮 Seriously, I say this as an artist and someone who has friends that worked on this game, we do not create entertainment for audiences to replace real life. Maybe you should think about the actual workers who made this game, and the working conditions they suffered under. A lot of people talk about how meaningful Arthur was to them, less about the workers that made Arthur. But what you have described is on another level. Please don't idolize a game like this, it's not good for you or our industry.

[@michaelostergren3516]

@jodiehudson1830 well what I mean is with modern time human connection is alot more shallow in alot of ways. It's not my fault that well written video game characters act better than my own family, but that's just the truth. I felt in the game like I had a family that actually picked each other up. Of course, I see the toxic sides of the life they live. But nothing made me feel more like I belonged than just seeing the van Der linde gang sing after they got jack back. It made me long for something I never had.

[@jmhorange]

@@michaelostergren3516 I mean fair enough. Creatives tell good stories because we pull from our modern time lives. If you want what was in RDR2, it's actually in the world of today. I mean you do you but it makes me sad to think people find more meaning in art that they do in life. Art should move you, make you appreciate the world we live in even more. But it's not a substitute for life. There's a great beautiful world out there for you, trust me. It's the world we creatives pull from. No one that worked on RDR2 ever lived in the Wild West, just modern times :) I am an orphan so family isn't that big a deal as I know it is to alot of people but if you don't get along with family, there's friends. There's a wealth of people out there, billions who can help you tell great stories better than RDR2, I'm sure of it!

[@stycks32]

Just rebought this on current gen after playing at launch on my PS4. Looking forward to re-exploring this masterpiece.

[@davidfromsouthpark9023]

This video made me replay the game instead getting into new games like Akan Wake 2 lol

[@shadowsona9479]

I got this game in as a gift for thanksgiving (of 2023) and I've realized this is the most unique experience as I cannot seem to move on. I've already spent 600 hours learning everything about this world. I love it with all my heart. I just wish that RDR3 will happen sometime in the future.

[@funnybusinessinvestigator1245]

Nah, RDR2 is, without doubt, the best open world game to date.

[@faithrewarded7486]

RDR2 is one of my all time favourite pieces of media. That being said, I couldn't play it over and over again, hoping desperately to recapture that first magical playthrough. I've played it through a couple of times sure, but it will never quite be the same as when you truly didn't know what was around each corner. For that very reason I've stopped watching RDR "content" on KZbin. Every time I see a cut scene, mission or some secret analysed for the billionth time, outside of my own playthroughs, it detracts from my next playthrough. I become over exposed to it and further away from that original run. The exception is Fizhy, his passion for this game does this game justice and I can guarantee any video I see about RDR(2), Fizhy has done it better (and most probably first). 👍

[@krisr4285]

Just started replaying this game, and I’m still being blown away by the visuals. Nothing’s more calming than those open Heartlands

[@spookeymankey5243]

“We’re more ghosts than people” more relatable quote to me now a days

[@juicewayne47]

This is the best game of all time…& in a bitter sweet way I’m scared nothing will top it…

[@malikubaid1086]

​@user-ky8nd2rz4fbetter games???

[@benthehen-uy7fj]

@user-ky8nd2rz4f better video games like what? I'm curious...

[@precisism1804]

@user-ky8nd2rz4fwe don’t agree

[@hemangkorane1797]

Every time Ubisoft makes player frustrate to their copy paste uninovative open world design, Rockstar Games show why they're the god of open world genre and why open world genre is so popular.

[@smelllikeaweebsspirit6675]

Many games are considered masterpiece for me but this game will be the only game that I feel like "an old friend" to me. And Arthur Morgan is the GOAT of MC in my book

[@paddingtonsnare987]

RDR2 is a masterpiece for sure. Never have i seen such attention to detail alongside beautiful lansdacapes dripping in realism with such variety! Quality gameplay, lovable characters and great storytelling. So much depth and atmosphere in this game. Everytime I play it time melts away and im left wanting to come back again

[@tombates576]

A true masterpiece. My favorite game ever, hands down.

[@michaelharrison72]

Greatest game ever made. We all worry about AI and rightly so, but it’s the “human” element in RDR that makes it so great and so addictive, without the realism or human feeling you’ve got nothing really.

[@pedropinilla]

I took a break of playing games between 2014 and 2020 because I went back to university, work, family issues and life, and only after 2022 I started playing again. I bought RDR2 last year but only around a month ago I started playing it and man, wtf is this game? I mean, this masterpiece, I'm only on chapter 6 but spent over 40 hours so far and there's always, and I mean it, always something new and awesome to discover, it's just ridiculous. I've played many games for almost 40 years but RDR2 is insanely the overall best one. It's like living at the time, damn, it really is! I love riding my horse at night under a fearsome storm with the feeling of a sudden ambush around the corner. Gosh, this is a masterpiece, took me many years to finally play it but it was worth it. Thanks Rockstar and the community for making RDR2 truly a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing this video!

[@dominusblandus]

S O U N D D E S I G N The Sounddesign of this game ist really masterful. I think besides the epic lighting the sound is the key to the atmosphere it creates. Not only the always seeming to fit music or the the rewarding shots and punches that make satisfying shooting people possible... but the insane details! When you are riding through the woods you can hear a turkey - and a turkey will be there. Or pick any other animal. You can really use your ears to experience the world. That I have never seen in any game before.

[@jdsevz]

Honestly, the best memory that I have of this game was when I was fishing near a waterfall for that legendary fish only for the weather to go bad and then lightning struck near me. I had the jumpscare of my life, but what followed was so beautiful.

[@alexcasares7401]

That game is like a drug. Is the most addicting game since Skyrim.

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

I’m not a gamer per se, most games genuinely look shit to me and certainly not worth the hours they ask you to sink in to them. However, I bought an Xbox 360 just to play Skyrim because it looked exactly my jam and then 7 years later, only bought an Xbox one to play RDR2. Both fantastic games. I play a few others sure, but I haven’t sank hours in to any games like I have those two.

[@joed5150]

Was never big on Skyrim but for me RD2, BoTW/ToTK and Elden Ring are my absolute favorite open words ever. They each set out to accomplish different things and absolutely master them! Probably have over 3000 hrs between them all and look forward to spending more time in them in the years to come. Especially excited for GTA6 which hopefully comes out in the near future

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

@@joed5150 Nah, Zelda looks like anime and I fucking hate anime. Looks good for a Zelda game but couldn't invest in a cartoon twink, unfortunately. Could never get on with Nintendo.

[@joed5150]

@@GhostRider-on6bz LOL ok there chief

[@knightr0685]

@@joed5150bro is right tho brother

[@cambo438]

because of this game it made me get a leather journal and i’m just playing it again so i’m thinking about going back into it again. i just wish i was as good of an artist as arthur

[@antlerbraum2881]

Good God it’s been five years, I feel old.

[@tylerarnold943]

Not a huge gamer. But, i call this the best game ever made.

[@tylerarnold943]

Best overall experience in a game. Visuals are top notch. Just 1 man's opinion. Sorry I have kids and responsibilities and can't game as much as I did when I was 19.🤣

[@adawg3032]

I always think a good open world is one that rewards exploration. RDR2 does this amazingly. The only other time I had that genuine curiosity of wanting to find out what is on the unexplored part of the map was in Elden Ring. Elden Ring being a bit different because when you explore sometimes you are rewarded but sometimes the devs throw a deathbird or a dragon to just land right on top of you. A big part of my love for RDR2 is Arthur. He possibly is the greatest video game protagonist-player character ever made in my opinion. They humanized a person who beat a man who farmed himself to death paying off your friends loan shark buddy. It was possible that the twist of fate being Arthur contracting TB from that beating was the icing on the cake, as if it was some kind of punishment for how terrible that was.

[@RelarinScenes]

The writing about Arthur and his morality was absolutely amazing. The world having so many stories to tell made it even better

[@user-it9go8fj2u]

Playing through it again and man it’s just as magical as it was on launch day.

[@caveman5396]

Letss gooo fihzy. Been waiting for another red dead vid. Your red dead vids are always 10/10

[@killgriffinnow]

I was actually hesitant to play RDR II, because I thought it would just be a sort of mindless, open world shooter which glorified violence and had nothing interesting to say. I was wrong. I was so, so WRONG.

[@hunterbruce]

RDR2 will always be a reminder to me of the evenings I spent in high school watching old 50’s western tv shows with my grandfather. I’d give anything to watch one more episode of Lawman with him.

[@zeldahasastory8648]

I've watched every single RDR2 video you've ever done and this is your best. Sincerely..

[@AHouser86]

thank you for this video. i recently got back into playing this game and this was just the banger i was looking for. love long form content retrospectives and such.

[@Ghoulstille]

You did more than Rockstar has for the 5th anniversary, that's for damn sure. Cheers to that and to your video's, may there be many more.

[@natalieerib]

Awesome job. Few people can keep me entertained for an hour at the gym with only one AirPod. Thank you for the continued dedication to Red Dead content, and happy to support all your other content because it’s great.

[@patrickharrison1202]

Rdr1 and Rdr2 are masterpieces.

[@oreoex9392]

What a Fkn AMAZING review, the way you put everything together completely captured my love for the game. If this review could be put into two words they would be...Well Said.

[@ResidentEvilWiz]

I love this game so much. I go back and replay it multiple times a year. It’s one of the only games that’s managed to make me cry. It’s such a good game and Imo is so much better than gta v, and it’s a shame it never got proper expansions or updates because it’s a wonderful game

[@RelarinScenes]

DLC for this game would have been legendary! Definitely agree I like it a lot more than GTA 5

[@anthonyduffy6953]

Rdr2 is the greatest game i have ever played. The story literally moved me emotionally in a way that no other work of art/entertainment ever has. The exotics collectible quest line though.....

[@pipq8809]

Great video going through all your playlists for RDR 2 plan to watch every single episode.

[@twdedits2007]

Fizhy, Every one of your red dead video's are PEAK youtube for me

[@gplgs4640]

It still blows me away how they managed to create such a graphically impressive game on what was becoming outdated hardware. If I hadn’t spent so long engrossed in rdr2’s world, i wouldn’t be able to tell a screenshot from the game apart from real life.

[@0heck]

They pulled all their studios together to work on it. 2000 employees. Certainly paid off in spades. So much detail and graphically beautiful.

[@BWSBwoi]

Ah, another RDR2 video. Just what I wanted :) I've played(and finished)this game for the first time this year, started in march and finished somewhere in september(100% completion). Having played games for over 20 years, I have to say that this is the best game I've played so far... It's so iconic that I'm still thinking about it some days...

[@praktika1082]

I love being Arthur so much that John in the epilogue annoyed me, to the point that I won't play RDR even though a part of me thinks I should. After Arthur, other protagonists fall by the wayside.

[@bamhamer]

i started playing it in 2024 and i can't believe a SIX years old game blows absolutely everything that currently released out of the water

[@sup1602]

Probably the last good rockstar game we are ever going to get. I remember the ADHD riddled reviewers complaining how everything is too slow; however Even to this day, I still like all the semi realistic animations.

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

If you want fast, on rails experiences the game just isn’t for you. When someone gives that as their reason for not liking it I just switch off. It’s like complaining that you prefer chocolate whilst eating cheese. Don’t fucking eat cheese then.

[@NotoriousMinion]

@@GhostRider-on6bzthe game is an on rails experience, the missions are just a serious of quick time events with no freedom whatsoever 🤣 it’s like two separate games, the shitty main missions and godawful frustrating mechanics combined with a gorgeous and alive open world.

[@LyranVega]

Definitely the best game Rockstar ever made

[@simplelife88393]

San Andreas is better because of the fun element. If Red Dead 2 had more mission freedom and variables, instead of being on-rails.. it would top the list

[@niklasoffermanns9506]

Always considered myself more of a explorer of this game than anything else. I have stumbled across so many interesting locations in the many many hours ive spent doing that but this video showed me like 5-10 Locations ive never seen or heard about. Truly an expert of the game

[@glyniscoleman4813]

I played video games in the late 70s early 80s hadn't played a game until 2 years ago started rdr2 now on my 6th playthrough of the story and level 325 in rdo love the world and the horses play 2 hours every day

[@senormarston]

I only have 3 playthroughs of RDRII, 2 completed and 1 currently being played, but all these 3 combined are more that 1600 hours of game; this game is huge and I love to play it slow, inclined to the more "simulator" side of the game and it's just amazing

[@megapeebs2631]

what makes me happy is how strong the online community is still despite it being abandoned

[@jennycat0592]

I like to put your videos on when I go to sleep, there’s something so relaxing about them. Even the one today where you talked about the GTA 6 trailer.

[@isaac-ga]

Gta 6 will supprass rdr2 easily i can feel that already lol. Rockstar taking there time and not rushing makes me even more confident lets see

[@Fizhy]

I have my doubts on that front

[@Blinkptx]

Lol I don't see that happening.

[@isaac-ga]

@@Blinkptx I can definitely see that happening👍

[@jakebaldino-ej4ng]

same i think gta6 will be even better

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

Rockstar isn’t the same company it was when it made RDR2. I will play it when it comes out but I’m not going to make any big statements either way until I’ve played it. I’m not going to set myself up for disappointment.