168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption 2 is like several video games in one. There are layers upon layers upon layers, and always a different way to play. This is especially true for repeated playthroughs, when the frustrations of the game wear less heavily, when there is less impetus to rush through the story and more time to plumb the game's depths. There are a few games I have replayed because I want to retake the journey, but Red Dead Redemption 2 is the only one to have felt like a new experience each time. That's also how I've been able to write about the game so much without ever feeling like I'm resorting to scraping the barrel - a feeling I hope readers of TheGamer share. Recently, I dipped back in the game to explore the challenges, and it felt like discovering a whole new game within a game within a game within a game.
These epiphanies have come to me before. It took me until my second playthrough to realise that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:doing nothing was the best way t🍨o play the game. It took me 💟the third time to fall in love with the snow and with Guarma. Now, on my fourth go around, I realise the challenges offer a whole new way to play. It's worth noting that for new players, the challenges are terrible. Please do not do them. You need to have already soaked up Red Dead Redemption 2's world before attempting them. In doing these challenges, I realised I had made that mistake initially, gotten far too annoyed by them, and then abandoned them altogether. It was only because I went back into RDR2 to yee one last haw before deleting it ahead of 2022's mammoth releases that I ended up discovering how magical they can be.
There are challenges in a variety of categories, from playing cards to making potions, from riding horses to being a big ol' bandit. A couple of the lower level ones you may do as a result of naturally playing the game, but most you have to work at deliberately. They can often take a long time and, speaking strictly from an in-game rewards perspective, are rarely worth it. That's why they often get ignored by most players, and again, I'd advise you to ignore them initially. On your first playthrough, with so much to experience in the game, I wouldn't advise taking the scenic route to this degree. However, if you've already played through Arthur's tragic tale of a man out of time, already explored the side quests and the hidden stories, and are now looking for something fresh, the challenges open the game up even wider.
Many players take to hunting the Legendary animals as a way of sweeping the game, but these are highly demanding tasks that require perfection and patience over and over again. The challenges have far more variety and can be approached in a range of ways. You can also choose to take a break from the violence of the weapon or bandit challenges with some herbalism, or spice up your time hunting by completing horsemaster challenges along the way. These challenges turn you into the cinematic ideal of a cowboy, and while the underlying story reminds you why all heroes fade away, there's something rewarding about being the rootinest tootinest just once, even as the train tracks carve their path through your way of life.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a brilliant game, and while I knew I hadn't seen every single inch of the game with all of its in-world events and reactive characters, I hadn't realised there was a huge chunk of gameplay I had cut out of my time with it because I wasn't brilliant at every element of the game the first time around before any upgrades. The challenges are a vastly overlooked part of Red Dead, but working my way through them, they feel like an essential piece of the puzzle. If you've not given them a shot yet, get those haws yee'd and jump back in.