【Game background】
[Red Dead Redemption 2] redemption was set in 1899. Federal detectives began to crack down on the remaining gangs. The Western era of cowboys ushered in the dusk. Those who were unwilling to surrender or surrender had no choice but to die. The van der Lind Gang, where the protagonist Arthur Morgan belonged, made a big mess in Blackwater town and had to leave Blackwater town to live elsewhere. The civilized society is quietly covered. On the way to the coverage, there is friction with gangs. The result of friction is inevitably the running in and struggle between the two sides. This is a tragic story, or the story of a redeemed person.
"Open world" is a very popular label in recent years, but I think that open world does not blindly put a large map, then mark various things on the map, but there are few interactive, uniform ways of playing, and let you go to the map to do tasks without innovation. There are many NPCs, but they will not say a word to you. These are not open world, but playing too much will make people feel very upset.
In my opinion, open world games should have real interaction with the world in the game and receive feedback. In addition, they should cooperate to let players choose the variety of plot trends by themselves, so that various NPCs randomly appearing in the game will not make you feel bored when running. In addition, the immersive feeling brought by the upstream scene makes players feel as if they are really in the game world. This is the real open world in my understanding.
Obviously, there are few games that can do this, but basically all of them are phenomenal and highly praised masterpieces. I think wilderness escort 2 has done it. Wild escort 2 has created a real western world, and the meticulous details in the game have to be admired.
【Details of the game】
1.The first chapter of the game is on the snowy mountains. Riding or walking will leave footprints on the ground. If you knock the snow off the trees, it will fall on you.
2.In the game, animals will also hunt. If you look carefully, you will find that wolves will also hunt rabbits, which shows that other animals will also hunt.
3.If you want to fall off a cliff when riding, the horse will lift its front hooves and stop in front of the cliff; When walking on a steep slope, Marco can fall down and throw you out. If there is something or someone on the horse's back, he will also be thrown out; Horses will be frightened by predators, other stallions may be better, and Arabian horses may directly throw you out and run far by themselves.
4.If you kill people, beat others or steal horses, witnesses will call the police when they see it. Federal detectives and bounty hunters will know you even if you escape successfully, and they can be found everywhere in the town of the game.
5.NPC will make some suggestions according to your current state. For example, when you just come out of the swamp, NPC will remind you to take a bath; If you keep provoking passers-by or local residents, they can't help but pull out their guns and hit you.
6.If you are drunk, it will be strange to see the translation of other people's names.
【All kinds of random events】
There are some people who need help after tasting herbs, including women who are crushed by horses, missionaries who go crazy in the river, newspaper sellers in many towns, robbers who pretend to rob in tents because of smallpox, blind people who wander everywhere, disabled people who lie that they are veterans, strangers who seek Gavin, people who preach racial discrimination in the street, criminals who hope to get help in cages, and many more, With these strangers, the running chart is not boring, and you may even receive a branch task.
【Easter eggs worth looking for】
This is the traditional power of Rockstar Games.
【An amazing interactive system】
Red Dead Redemption 2 is not a traditional linear plot. Thanks to the honor value system, wild escort 2 has many options to choose from. Not only the plot, but also three options for passers-by. According to the honor value, NPC will react differently to your behavior. You can take various actions in special periods. For example, when you are wanted by federal detectives, you can choose to surrender Sweet words to appease or direct threats.
Interestingly, the choice of random events, such as the woman who was crushed by the horse mentioned above, if you help her, she will thank you and give you a ring. If you refuse to help, she will curse you. If you point a gun at her, she will slowly get up; Or when you are playing Texas poker, you feel very uncomfortable and want to kill all the players and get the money back; In the second chapter of the game, a man in Blackwater town recognized you and you chased after him. On the surface, there were two options, but in fact there were three. If you save him, he will give you a pen. If you don't save him, he will fall off the cliff. At this time, you can save him first and then kill him. Although it is very mean, I like it.
To sum up, it is a variety of choices, rich feedback, and excellent interaction systems that bring freedom and diversity, making you feel like you can make many choices in reality, not just one.
【Very good Soundtrack】
PS:The soundtrack of 《Red Dead Redemption 2》 was composed by Woody Jackson. Rockstar fans are very familiar with Woody Jackson's works. He wrote music for 《Red Dead Redemption 》 and 《LA Noire》, and completed the soundtrack of 《GTA5》 with Tangerine Dream, The Alchemist and Oh No.
【A truly enchanting plot】
Having said so much before, what is really powerful is the plot.
From the snow mountain to the cave, and then to the top of the mountain, I think the plot shocked me very much, and the description of the characters in the plot is very real.
In the collision between civilized society and barbarian society, it is obvious that people want to make progress, and those who fail to keep up with progress will disappear and perish in the friction generated by the collision.
With the development of civilization, we are more like the "invaders" of civilized society. The peacekeepers of civilized society are federal detectives. They have strong financial support and troops. What they want to destroy is gangs. All gangs, the van der Lind gang and the O'Driscoll Gang, stand on the same side in the overall situation. Federal detectives have not negotiated well. They only want the gangs to be destroyed, In other words, if the leader of the gang is captured, the gang will naturally be destroyed. But in the more than ten years of irregular western wilderness era, the people of the gang have already established their position. If anyone dares to break into our world, we will unite and face them.
But we are only gangs after all. We still have to survive. In the face of the struggle between gangs and between gangs, and in the face of the infighting with federal detectives, we will naturally be gradually destroyed. It is a foolish idea to be an enemy of civilized society. But we have no choice. The times are advancing. We also need the support of civilized society. We also need to integrate into civilized society. Only "we need money".
I have a plan, a big plan. After I finish this, I wash my hands in a golden basin, take the gang, fly away, be a farmer, have a variety of mangoes, and enjoy the rest of my life peacefully. Maybe it is the best outcome for all of us in our gang, but the problem is that "we need money". Watching my good brothers leave one by one, they begin to doubt me. Even I begin to doubt myself. Slowly I believe it, This is no longer our era. Our era is almost gone forever.
Arthur Morgan was redeemed, but old Dutch didn't. instead, he lost himself. Finally, on the snow mountain, Dutch looked at John wearing Arthur's hat and left alone.