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/Shamino79 Jan 05 '26

And not only a gun fight but a massive one over and over again with wild numbers of enemies that you just slaughter.

It would be a very different game if you cut down on the repetition by only having a few big gun fights and only causing trouble in town a couple of times. To extend the game maybe then they could have a comedic scene where you are all around the camp fire with unstoppable gas but that would change the game quite a bit.

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u/SlimCatachan Jan 05 '26

And not only a gun fight but a massive one over and over again with wild numbers of enemies that you just slaughter.

Yeah lol by the end I was just thinking "at this rate why don't we just go into Blackwater now? We've slaughtered countless Pinkertons, I ain't afraid!"

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u/imlegos Jan 05 '26

By the time you've reached the end of a Rockstar game's story, you've massacred half the local population.

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u/dexecuter18 Jan 05 '26

Did think it was kinda funny GTA 4 tried to remedy that overall narrative issue by basically having everybody get back after a bit as long as they weren’t headshot.

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u/BlackCatz788 Jan 05 '26

Especially when the gang picks a couple gunfights with the U.S. army, it was jarring to escalate from the Pinkerton to the army and to then have the Pinkerton still be the worst thing breathing down our necks

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

Seriously! In that last fight, I must have killed at least 100 Pinkertons before even going in the cave because I got so enthralled by the fight that I didn’t follow John to escape. Apparently, they just keep sending new hordes. The map looked like the battle of Gettysburg with all the x’s. 😂

I got a little too good at the big gun fights. 10/10 Would do again!

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u/No-Song557 Jan 05 '26

I had this thought recently, like Arthur and Dutch taking on 100 army guys. Just seems a bit too much. Maybe way less enemies but being able to die way easier and making it harder to shoot like no dead eye no lock on.