


Although Rockstar Games hasn't officially announced Red Dead Redemption 3yet, there's a very good chance a third installment will happen.

The open world game also sold exceedingly well, and the introduction of Red Dead Online the following year (along with a PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2) kept people playing. I’ve already fired off my weapon mid-brawl by accident, and I’m sure it’ll happen plenty more before the end.When Red Dead Redemption 2 released in 2018, it was critically praised and adored by most fans. Accidentally tap Tab or Left Mouse in the process of saying howdy and you’ll draw your gun, pissing off or scaring everyone who happens to notice. You still use the Right Mouse to lock onto targets for both shooting and for greeting them.

Unfortunately this keyboard sprawl doesn’t fix one of the console port’s more notorious issues. There’s even a button dedicated to deactivating the HUD (and then temporarily reactivating it, if you have it off.) IDG / Hayden Dingman Rockstar has remedied that here by using every single key on the damn keyboard, which is slightly overwhelming. From what I’ve heard, the console version was infamous for trying to cram too many commands into too few buttons. You need three hands to play Red Dead Redemption II with a mouse-and-keyboard. That’s easily circumvented on PC though, as you can simply tap “H” to hide the HUD, then use your favorite screenshot tool (I’m using Nvidia GeForce Experience’s Alt-F1 shortcut) to capture and save an infinite number. The only drawback is there’s a 200-photo limit to Red Dead’s internal storage. The original screenshot… IDG / Hayden Dingman Hell, I reckon I spent almost an hour in photo mode already instead of playing the game. I’ve already got some screenshots that look like gallery art, only a few hours in. My personal favorite is Charcoal, which as you’d expect renders the screenshot as a charcoal sketch. There are all sorts of period-appropriate filters to layer on, including daguerreotype, silver gelatin, Woodburytype, and more. And it’s this latter feature that’s really endeared me to Red Dead Redemption II’s photo mode. You can also adjust framing and focus, contrast, and layer a filter on top. Hit F6 and you can jump into photo mode-which, if you’ve never played with one before, stops time and strips away the HUD so you can take beautiful screenshots. When you do stop, Red Dead’s ready with the camera. There are still plenty of explosions and gunfights and loud moments contained herein, but I find myself appreciating the quiet of a woodland camp in the early morning more than any action sequence.
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It makes me want to go camping, actually-find a patch of nature only lightly touched by human hands and then quietly breathe it in, smell the juniper and the pine needles. Fog rolling in on a cold winter morning, a brook chattering through a wooded vale, moonlight peaking through the trees, Red Dead Redemption II all but forces you to stop and admire it. Never before has there been a digital world this large with this level of detail. It took almost a decade to make this game, and even then there wasn’t enough time to do it “the right way.” That in mind, it’s hard to recommend any other studio follow Rockstar’s lead.Īnd yet I’m impressed by it, in spite of myself. Is it extravagant? Absolutely, and I hesitate to compliment it overmuch given there’s a good chance Red Dead Redemption II was built on the back of long, hard hours for developers. Like, you’re walking along and Red Dead looks like a video game and then you notice snow blowing off a craggy mountain peak, hawks circling high above, maybe a fox scampering across the trail-and with that, the whole tableau feels somehow otherworldly.
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The full effect is hard to capture in words and even harder to capture in screenshots, but I’ve found it hinges on the smallest details.
