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RockstarsRed Dead Redemption, released in 2010, was whatGrand Theft Autoalways should have been.
Eight years later, Rockstar returns withRed Dead Redemption 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2, first and foremost, is a technical marvel.
The people and animals that inhabit the world are wonderful.
People are similarly well-rendered.
Small muscle and eye movements allow characters to express complex emotions without words.
Why go back to camp when the rest of the world is lovely and has plenty to do?
The only character that rings false is gang patriarch Dutch van der Linde.
He comes off almost immediately as an uncoy and manipulative narcissist who descends into monstrosity.
But for most of the games running time, he either broods or beseeches others to stick with him.
These missions giveRed Dead Redemption 2its structure, but they also are where the game shows its age.
Compared to the complete 360-degree freedom you experience when wandering the world at large, it feels constrained.
More than that, it feels antiquated.
After that, it was up to me to figure out how.
