What Red Dead Redemption 2 Does Better Than Every Other Open-World Video Game

3. Variety And Reasons Not To Fast Travel

Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar

Whether it’s Horizon: Zero Dawn or The Witcher 3, the major selling point for every open-world video game is the size of its landscape. Although most titles do possess the ginormous country heavily advertised, they are rarely worthy of exploration and are quickly forgotten about as you begin to repeatedly exploit the nearest fast travel option.

Open-world and sandbox video games like Far Cry, Assassin's Creed and even Insomniac’s Spider-Man fail to be more than shallow portraits of reality due to being stuffed with the same monotonous side activities. Each is a collect-athon that orders you to climb towers and repeat fetch quests/challenges for XP, making their world a chore you choose to ignore so to continue the campaign.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is different thanks to not being a rushed. Rather than making you ascend tall structures to unlock parts of the map or stop the same crimes for the hundredth time, Rockstar’s latest masterpiece is crammed with unique confrontations that make each journey worthwhile.

From being a knight in shining armour by taking stranded women home to being dinner for a stampede of naked crazies chasing you in the thick of night, every ride promises at least one unique encounter.

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