Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer: 9 Things Everybody Totally Missed
2. The Campfire System Is Returning
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If you're more inclined to drift around the old west instead of holing up in a hotel or ranch of choice, then fret not, Red Dead has a save feature just for you.
Much like in the first game, it would appear that camp fires will be coming back as a save feature for Redemption's prequel, albeit in a much, much prettier fashion. Just look at that skybox! It looks absolutely wonderful; certainly something that could give Skyrim a run for its money these days.
One of the more subtle elements about camp fires in the last Red Dead was that some often held a macabre association, with wayward travellers having sometimes fallen victim to the wilderness, criminals, or both. Here's hoping the sinister element returns along with them.
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.
