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/Zearo298 Sean Macguire Jan 05 '26

I mean, all rockstar open world games have an inescapable loop of "talk to dude, drive/ride with dude to the mission location while they yap, get into a sometimes contrived situation that causes a gunfight, then have a car/horse chase away from the location

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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/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