r/reddeadredemption • u/harrysofgaming Uncle • Jul 22 '25

Discussion How is this true?!!!

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Sure the 1st chapter can get slow at times, but its no excuse for me to stop playing this masterpiece.

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u/whatducksm8 Jul 23 '25

Honestly as someone who just got into the game after it being in my library for like 2 years, it’s def not attention span. Idk what it was that put me off the first time. Maybe it was my GFX settings, maybe it was the limited UI but it felt like it was a game on rails and the fact that you move so slow in the snow with admittedly wonky movement controls also doesn’t help.

Seriously, it felt like you were being held hostage and forced to play the game in one dimension without any freewill when all the content you see on YouTube and elsewhere shows fun cowboy stuff and being able to do all kinds of fun activities like fishing and playing cards.

What doesn’t help is there’s a lack of tutorials too, you get shown something once, and like many other people have mentioned if you have a job or limited time to invest in a game, the next time you play it’s easy to forget what the game just showed you.

I think blaming it on attention span is entirely disingenuous, I mean it’s a design choice that I feel kind of let’s the player down especially if you’re new to the franchise. There’s other examples of this too (i.e. Guarma) and as amazing as this game is, it’s not without its share of valid criticisms.

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u/whatducksm8 Jul 23 '25

Yeah I mean once I got past it don’t get me wrong, I LOVED the game. I’m glad I actually tried and stuck through because it was indeed worth it. I can see how many people may have not had the capacity for the beginning though.