Red Dead Online: 10 Tips & Tricks To Ensure Victory Every Time
8. Keep Moving
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Even though Red Dead's autoaim makes outmanoeuvring the opposition a difficult task, making sure you're hard to hit is just as vital as making sure you know what to hit when you get a clear line of sight.
In PVP, players can find themselves zipping around the map by repeatedly tapping the 'X' button on PlayStation, or the 'A' button on Xbox. Of course, there's a time and a place to sprint, and you don't want to find yourself coming out of an animation when confronted by an enemy player, but the point is that camping in Red Dead Online doesn't really help your cause.
There are few positions in the current map selection that provide an impregnable vantage point, and the fact that standing still reveals your position on the map is another thing to bear in mind. Instead, make sure that you're switching up your position and make your movement unpredictable. Only go into cover if it provides a genuine refuge. Otherwise, keep your sights up, take advantage of auto-aim, and keep moving.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
