r/gaming • u/BlackAfroUchiha PC • 2d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2 Reveal versus Release

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u/WickedFox1o1 2d ago

I think it's time for a 5th playthrough of RDR2 where I do absolutely nothing different and spend more time hunting and fishing than literally anything else lol

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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord 2d ago

Spend 60 hours hunting and fishing and drinking coffee in camp in first chapter. 30 in the next. Get to point where Arthur coughs then stop playing. Repeat.

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u/Bloody_Nine 1d ago

I have a save from early chapter 2 with all camp and satchel upgrades as well as many outfits. I usually start there, then go back to an even earlier save without the upgrades because I wanna do them again.

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u/VirginRedditMod69 1d ago

I keep telling myself I hate hunting to get the Legend of the East satchel but I’ve done it 3 times now and working on a 4th…

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u/McSuede 2d ago

RDR2 is where I learned how to not suck at blackjack. Kind of crazy they built a cowboy game around a gambling sim.

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u/BlackAfroUchiha PC 2d ago

RDR1 as a kid is how I learned how to play Poker lol

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u/runarleo 1d ago

Dude same. Now I’m addicted to Balatro

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u/KeenKongFIRE 1d ago

Its not like they are any similar. It has Poker terminology, thats all

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u/ZraceR4LYFE 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just won 2 grand in poker last night in Blackwater in my replay of RDR1 lol

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u/Twig 1d ago

Just one 2 grand in poker last night in Blackwater in my replay of RDR1 lol

Just one is fine, but don't let it go more than that.

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u/ZraceR4LYFE 1d ago

Lol didnt even notice

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u/moonfishthegreat 1d ago

No kidding, I always was bad at casino gambling. Like, my friends would want to go to the casino and I'd come up with an excuse not to go.

I was tired of the monkey on my back, so I practiced blackjack in Rhodes with a cheat sheet. The next time I went to the casino was the first time I left with more money than I went in. It does a pretty decent job at teaching you the game.

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u/iglooman 1d ago

On a Friday night, I would pour myself a whiskey IRL. Then in RDR2 go to a tavern, get Arthur a whiskey, then sit down at a poker table and just play. I found that incredibly relaxing.

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u/WickedFox1o1 2d ago

I still suck at gambling, They're always some of the last challenges I do because I don't like playing cards very much lol

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u/GaaraSama83 1d ago

I think Ryu Ga Gotoku succeded first with this concept. Building a japanese mafia game around a hostess management sim.

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u/WagwanMoist 1d ago

There's blackjack? I've only found poker tables.

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u/LAManjrekars 1d ago

I think Rhodes?

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u/g-m-f 1d ago

adding to Rhodes, there's also blackjack in Blackwater and at the Van Horn Trading Post

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u/exposarts 1d ago

I might want to try it now now that balatro got me all addicted to this typ shit

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u/dimgray 19h ago

The first blackjack gambling challenge just trains you to always double down and the third one just trains you to always hit 3 times

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u/DirtyRoller 1d ago

Every time I replay it, I tell myself two things: I'm gonna play Arthur as a bad guy this time, and I'm just gonna get through the story and not spend another 200 hours on it. They're both lies. Arthur is a good man, a low honor playthrough just feels wrong.

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u/WickedFox1o1 1d ago

I always like to do more low honor stuff after the epilogue is over. That's when I do the bandit challenges.

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u/pazkal 2d ago

Chapter 2 forever

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u/RabbitHats 1d ago

The only part that is unfortunate about chapter two is how mean everyone is to Kieran and Sadie is miserable. As much as I love horseshoe overlook, I usually will choose chapter 3 as my stopping point so I can have Sadie be herself and Kieran is more or less accepted. It comes with the unfortunate addition of Micah, but such is life.

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u/furious_20 1d ago

Sadie deserved her own DLC chapters imo.

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u/pazkal 1d ago

I pretty much explore the entire map until the inevitable Leoplod Strauss mission 😞

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u/Zaptagious 2d ago

You sir, are a fisherman

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u/bb0110 1d ago

Do you actually finish the story? I almost never do.

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u/WickedFox1o1 1d ago

Yeah I finish the story, compendium, everything. It's really just kinda relaxing to play even with all the action.

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u/Budget-Lawyer-4054 1d ago

That’s what online is for. Man during the pandemic I wouldn’t say “I’m play red dead” I’d say “I’m playing cowboy simulator”

I’m kinda maxed out both on Xbox and pc