news tip Red Dead Redemption 2, complete walkthrough: our guides to becoming the best gunslinger in the west!
While it’s unquestionably one of the most generous video games of recent years, not everyone has had a chance to play Red Dead Redemption 2 yet. If you’re one of the latecomers and you finally received at Christmas, you can find all our guides to the game from Rockstar below.
Released on October 26, 2018 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, then on November 5, 2019 on PC, Red Dead Redemption 2 did not wait long to prove to be an exceptional game in the hearts of many players. Having accomplished the feat of being rated 19/20 in our columns, Rockstar’s open-world action western already offered an absolutely huge and incredibly pretty playground to look at at the time. If it has the number “2” in its title, it actually takes place a few years before the opus released in 2010, while the Dutch band is still active. If you haven’t played this little nugget yet and you received it at Christmas, we offer to accompany you on your journey with our complete guide to Red Dead Redemption 2.
Summary
- Take out the tissues
- Take the time to decompress
- Know your environment
- Keep an ace up your sleeve
- Alone against all
Take out the tissues
While Red Dead Redemption 2 shines in many different ways, its main storyline is undoubtedly one of its best qualities. In this episode, you play Arthur Morgan, a member of the Dutch gang, a group of outlaws with the air of a large crime family. If you’ve always followed your leader in your lifetime, life as an outlaw starts to get harder and harder as the authorities start following you a little too closely. In this western paying homage to all the best works of the genre, you will be able to meet many endearing characters endowed with a writing full of nuance and finesse, and you will have to help Arthur to face all his problems during 6 different chapters more of a two-part epilogue. To help you make the most of this memorable story, we have prepared a complete walkthrough of the main plot of Red Dead Redemption 2:
Take the time to decompress
As in many other open-world video games, Red Dead Redemption 2 offers a good number of side activities in addition to its main quest. History to make the most of its world as spaced out as it is alive, you can indeed get down to carrying out some secondary quests which can take the form of hunting for collectibles or other more or less rare elements. If you want to be sure not to miss anything during your exploration, we advise you to read our guide to collectibles, side quests and secondary activities in Red Dead Redemption 2:
Know your environment
In addition to the main quest and all the activities based on collecting items, challenges or missions, Red Dead Redemption 2 also offers the player to live his life in many ways. As a member of Dutch’s band, you can, for example, participate in several activities at the camp and try to improve the comfort of its occupants. You can also hunt a large number of species of local fauna, or try to tame the best horses in the west. Whatever your favorite activity, chances are you’ll find something to do in this game of expansive possibilities. To guide you in your choices and help you master all aspects of the game, we have concocted several thematic guides that you can consult at will:
- Camp guide: improvement, activities, increased bag…
- Hunting guide: techniques, legendary animals, trapper…
- Fishing guide and legendary fish
- Horse guide: improvements, best mounts, thoroughbreds, tips…
- Weapon guide: upgrades, maintenance, statistics…
- Guide to cooking and recipes
- Plant guide: list and locations
- Outfit Guide: Traits and Legendary Outfits
- Guide to crime: operation of the investigation system, research…
- Guide to challenges: how to unlock them
- Guide to main cities
Keep an ace up your sleeve
If you are used to Rockstar games, and especially any Grand Theft Auto, you know that the developers like to sprinkle their games with several puzzles and other easter eggs. In addition, it is often possible to completely change your gaming experience thanks to various more or less crazy cheat codes. Red Dead Redemption 2 is obviously no exception to the rule, and so you will be able to for example find ways to earn money very quickly, investigate the appearance of UFOs, ghosts and other scary creatures, and even drive a circus wagon. To find all this very specific content, we are redirecting you to our many tips, tricks, cheats, trivia and other easter eggs grouped together in our complete Red Dead Redemption 2 guide:
Alone against all
Finally, if Red Dead Redemption 2 is above all thought of as a solo experience, the game also has an online mode, in the same way as GTA 5. If this part of the game has changed a lot since its release, its principle remains fundamentally the same and still gives you as much freedom. To avoid being thrown into the unknown without knowing anything about your surroundings and your possibilities, we suggest you take a look at our guide to Red Dead Online:
Red Dead Redemption 2 walkthrough summary
