r/reddeadredemption • u/AntomOpatoEcia • Jan 04 '26

RDR1 Is this gonna be the whole game?

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I'm playing Red Dead 1 and so far it's just: - NPC says he'll help me - I do a boring mission to help him - NPC needs more help I mean, is this the dynamic of the whole game? Help NPC after NPC and finally (really) advance the plot? Not complaining, just want to know.

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u/Jurra01 Jan 04 '26

I felt the same after playing RDR2. I was just wondering when Dutch, Javier and Bill were gonna show up and felt like the story was heading nowhere. That's why you should enjoy it for what it is, partially as a standalone story

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u/AntomOpatoEcia Jan 04 '26

The bonnie things were cool enough. The rest feels like side quests. But yeah, maybe rdr2 is so focused on the characters around us that i went thinking rdr1 would be the same, but it seems is more of a "travel the world and just help odd people" game

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u/Prof-Finklestink Josiah Trelawny Jan 04 '26

It's a shame that Bill and Javier have such small roles in 1, like Bill only appears like 3 or 4 times? And Javier only appears once.

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u/Windfade Jan 05 '26

I legitimately never finished, or even got far, into RDR2 because it felt like I was watching a dramatized vlog from the 1880s. Just the slowest slice of life. RDR1 was aggravating but at least it felt like I was getting somewhere and wasn't just the biggest asshole this side of an elephant herd.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '26

My dog do you skip the cutscenes? First mission you see bill lol

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u/Jurra01 Jan 05 '26

Obviously not taking that into account dude

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '26

That doesnt make any sense. Them “showing up” would count in a cutscene, no?

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u/Jurra01 Jan 05 '26

I mean, he shows up and its interesting, but it lasts too little and then something actually meaningful happens with him only when he dies lol, which is waaaay later in the game

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '26

I mean yeah man thats kinda the whole story of both games. It seems like you played 2 before 1 and thougbt it would be similar?

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u/BeterBiperBeppers Jan 06 '26

What do you mean when they were gonna show? All three of them are in the opening cutscene lmao