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• • Updated on October 9th, 2020 by Josh Davison : ** We are nearing two years since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 map Dead Redemption 2 at the time of writing, and gamers are still talking about the game. Between the immersive world, engaging missions, lovable characters, and absorbing online mode, there is a lot to still love about RDR2. Side missions, aka Stranger Missions, are a big part of what makes Red Dead Redemption 2 so good, and they can be downright strange for certain. While the world of the game is often very grounded, the side missions are where the game feels free to get a little freaky. With all of that in mind, it seems like an excellent time to dive back into the weirdest side missions in Red Dead Redemption 2 with an additional five entries to the list.
    
    
    The entirety of the Red Dead Redemption _ franchise revolves around flawed characters trying to change their ways, starting in the original game with John Marston and following up with Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2 . _ Even though those two protagonists have both meaningfully changed by the end of their storylines, there are many characters in the Red Dead Redemption games who are never able to make up for their p
    
    
    The leader of the Van der Linde gang and Arthur's surrogate father, Dutch begins Red Dead Redemption 2 as a likable and trustworthy man, one who clearly puts his gang first and fights for what he believes is right. Even when Dutch does do unexpected things, such as putting the gang at risk to help Eagle Flies, it is ideologically consistent with his belief in a free country for all. As the gang becomes more desperate, however, Dutch seemingly stops putting the group first, leaving people behind and trusting people like Micah for advice . When Dutch eventually turns on Arthur and John, it demonstrates just how unstable he had actually bec
    
    
    In the Red Dead Redemption franchise, nearly every character could be considered "bad" in some way. Living a criminal lifestyle, many of these people are, at least indirectly, involved in crimes such as robbery, extortion, and murder. For a character to have found redemption in the context of this world, they must have made choices that meaningfully changed their life for the better, such as leaving the outlaw life or putting the gang before themsel
    
    
    John is not without his downsides, however. Because the sequel is much larger and robust than its predecessor, John has less to do in his own game. This is completely remedied in Red Dead Redemption 2 once the player takes control of John, but for the majority of a player's time with the character they just have less options. In a series made to display every aspect of a cowboy's life, John's game fails to deliver in the more mundanely detailed challenges of the Old W
    
    
    Even if someone did have a preference for one, a major barrier in justifying that preference comes in subjectivity. Both characters are extremely well written, so the choice between the two may have more to do with personal preference than objectivity. A close approximation to an objective indicator, however, is how a given character is designed to fulfill their purpose. In the case of Red Dead Redemption, that purpose is to allow the player to live out the fantasy of a spaghetti-western cowboy character. So, whichever character in Red Dead Redemption allows the player to fulfill that fantasy more effectively could be deemed better than the ot
    
    
    The main problem with selecting the superior Red Dead Redemption 2 walkthrough Dead protagonist is that both of them share similar values as characters while serving similar roles within their stories. Both John and Arthur are motivated by their sense of loyalty and responsibility to a family, and as rough-cut, grit-lined cowboys it's their job to use whatever means necessary to secure their family's well being. They're cut from the same cloth, and it's pretty clear that this was an intentional decision from Rockstar, as John Marston and Arthur Morgan each serve as members of the same family for much of their lives. As such, they even influence each others' characterization throughout the games. In the end, if a person likes one of them, there's a good chance they'll feel a similar way about the ot
    
    
    Everything from shooting to the events of World War II are pretty realistic, and the gameplay is both challenging and engaging. Unlike most other war shooters, a single shot is enough to take out a player, so they should be pretty aware of their surroundings before even thinking about making a m
    
    
    This is also fairly evident in his gameplay. Arthur can do all the same activities available to John in the first Red Dead Redemption plus more. Furthermore, many of the activities included in both games are much more realistically detailed in the sequel. In Red Dead Redemption 2, players have to clean their guns, feed their horse, and keep in mind whether they are downwind from any prey they are hunting . Assuming the player wants to fulfill a semi-accurate fantasy about the trials of being an Old West outlaw, then playing as Arthur Morgan is definitely the way to