9 Ways Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Already Revolutionised Open-World Gaming

2. Integrating Atmospheric Set-Pieces Into An Open-World

Can you name any open-world game that also managed to effortlessly segue into a meaningful narrative, thematic or story-driven point?

It's remarkably hard, being the freewheeling sensibility of open-world anarchism directly contradicts anything more authored. However, as we saw the first Red Dead Redemption's use of Jose Gonzales' So Far Away after the Mexican border crossing mission, Rockstar clearly want to connote more memorable gameplay sequences overall.

For RDR 2 we got a glimpse of Arthur and Dutch riding through a moonlit snow drift, most likely accompanied by meaningful dialogue or a story revelation.

It's potentially a minor thing to focus on, but the idea of dynamically shifting into the sorts of scenarios and sequences we associate with single player stories is a major genre development.