Summary
Bears are bad news, as one unluckyRed Dead Redemption 2player discovered the hard way during a hunting trip gone wrong. Rockstar’s blockbuster open-world western is still being talked about five years after launch, thanks in no small part toRed Dead Redemption 2’s fully fleshed-out explorable worldfilled with side activities for outlaw Arthur Morgan to partake in when he isn’t running from the law across the American Old West.
One of these activities is hunting, with Arthur able to collect skins from animals to trade for money or other valuable goods. In keeping withRed Dead Redemption 2’s overall realism, the woods Arthur’s targets reside in are filled with dangerous predators like bears and mountain lions, and the hunter can easily become the hunted if the player isn’t careful. The former can be especially menacing, even when glitches don’t cause them to become a terrifying, unkillable zombie-like monster seemingly pulled from the originalRed Dead Redemption’sUndead NightmareDLC.
Reddit user GodzillaZona54_96 recently posted a video clip from an ill-fated encounter with a bear, one that they were inspired to share after seeing something similar happen to anotherRed Dead Redemption 2player. While trying to line up for a killing shot, they are suddenly knocked off their horse through some kind of physics glitch. After comically landing in front of the bear, they attempt to run away on foot, only for the beast to catch up to them on the edge of a cliff. It isn’t the bear itself that kills them, though, as they are instead pushed off the ledge and plummet to the ground below.
Other players have pointed out that GodzillaZona54_96 made a fatal mistake in trying to shoot the bear withRed Dead Redemption 2’s rolling block rifleat close range, which is meant for far-away targets and has a scope that some criticize as janky and limiting. This sparked some discussions about whichweapons would be more helpful in GodzillaZona54_96’s situation, with recommendations like a poison arrow that would cause the bear to run away after just one hit or a bolt action rifle with express rounds.
The fact that these players can analyze GodzillaZona54_96‘s disastrous encounter with a wild bear and devise such detailed strategies to avoid such a grizzly end in the future speaks volumes aboutRed Dead Redemption 2’s rich open-world environmentand realistic gameplay, both of which have won the game near-universal acclaim for the past five years. It could be a very long time before Rockstar releases anotherRed Dead Redemptiongame, but fans can still find plenty to do and talk about within the current installment.
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America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
