That’s really interesting how the weapon used in the mercy killing determines if it’s honorable or not.

5 years old and still the only game that deserves to be called "Next Gen"

When I seen a hawk glide from the air into a cornfield to pick up a rabbit. I knew the game was Next generation

And this is why it takes Rockstar over 5 years to create a masterpiece.

Dude... the way everything in this game is literally up to the player. Totally insane programming

i had no idea you could actually save him

This game really does a good job of giving you a sense as to how rough people had to be back in those days. Medicine at the time still wasn’t super advanced and animal mailings happened on the western frontier a lot.

What's wild to me is how this game has been out for 5 years now and there's still new things you can find in it, and it's not even technically an rpg, nor do they add new things to the singleplayer. The fact that there are at least 6 different interactions with this short-lived random encounter really goes to show that Rockstar really does cares A LOT about immersing you into their worlds as much as possible.

Truly "a living breathing world" what a masterpiece!❤

I really wonder how many lines of dialogue were actually recorded for this game. Must be thousands

Great job finding all those possible outcomes! 🤠👍 The fact the he has a unique reaction to the tomahawk and the shotgun is mind-blowing, like so many things in this game.

Man, I never saw these outcomes, I just gave him a health cure and he refused it and keeled over. Glad I picked this game back up recently.

I've never been a big fan of GTA so when this came out I just assumed it was a 'Cowboy GTA'. Finally picked it up on sale a few weeks ago, about 20 hours in and I can honestly say it's on track to be one of the best games I've ever played. Kicking myself I took so long to play it.

Technically there's one more result... Do nothing

imagine the voice actor do the voice just for a single event and probably not all the players encounter that

An absolute tragedy that Rockstar abandoned this game when it had so much more left.

People say GTA 6 will probably explode all PS5 and Xbox Series S/X but somehow the PS4 and Xbox One was able to run this huge and amazingly lively open world

I had no idea you could actually save him before the wolf got to him That’s awesome

this insane level of detail and the care they take in making their games is what sets Rockstar apart from the rest

Bought it again a few days ago after completing it when it came out. Loving it more the second time round and taking it slower and exploring more. Up there with the best games ever if not the best!

Never really been into gaming until someone gave me a PS4 and I bought this. Can’t praise this game enough. Absolutely loved it and still do.

The replay ability with this game is endless. I’m currently on my 4th play through and still finding new things, it never gets old. Truly a masterpiece!

With all these different outcomes, I was surpised you couldn't use a tourniquet, take him to a doctor and find him later with one leg. I would imagine he would either be grateful or say something along the lines of "you should have just killed me, you bastard!"

God what an amazing game, i wish they had a dedicated team working on the Online aspect of this game, been ages since we've seen any content.

The bait and switch at the end 😂

Wow, knew this game had much more depth than nearly all other games but that it went so deep is even a mystery to me. Thank you so much for taking all this time and effort Player7, so we can see what Rockstar actually gave us with RDR2. To record this you had to save and load numerous times, and then play it in such a manner that all these outcomes came to light. So, much appreciation for this video, thank you! Leon

I bought my nephew a PS 4 when this came out and this game was bundled with it. That was like 5 or 6 years ago. The music I listen to, my views in life have all changed just from spectating my nephew while he played RDR2.

I legit miss the days when this game dropped and I'd stay up all night just exploring and enjoying the immersion. Still waiting on a new game that feels so alive.

People throw around the word Masterpiece casually these days to the point of it almost lost it's importance. But this game is the true definition of Masterpiece 🔥

I honestly had no idea you could save him until I found this video

I cant believe how long this game has been available and still til this day we are finding new things about it that is how you make a perfect game

Holy gta6 is gonna be INSANE

Bro really has the balls to be picky about how he gets killed whilst in that much pain 😂

I think the more impressive part is if saving such a person than changes things along the story later on. RDR2 obviously has many such things as well. Makes it just more meaningful to save someone there are actually pay attention to your surroundings and be quick witted compared to lets say him just surviving and being a random npc that never matters again.

crazy how i came across this encounter recently. just now watching the video even though it came on my feed

I bet about 30 million out of the 57 haven't seen this detail yet. the game has so much its insane. still finding stuff till this day

skyrim did alot of these things to , diffrent reactions based on what you were doin and had equiped. i love games that do this, it adds so much to the immersion.

64 million copies have now been sold.

on the last one bro got hit with the switcheroo

Considering RDR2’s detail still hasn’t been matched 5 years and a console generation later, it’s fair to say GTA6 will basically be a 2030s game released in 2025. Rockstar is far ahead of the rest of the industry

This game made gta 5 looks like San Andreas

I'd always wondered if you could actually save this guy. Thanks for answering that question for us. 😁

“Don’t you have a pistol?” Rears back the tomahawk.

RDR2 is the only true guarantee that GTA VI will be awesome

I'd love to see how they delegated the work at rockstar. They probably gave the developers a lot of latitude when scripting these scenarios, only imposing a number of constraints to the degree that these scenarios are supposed to leave a decision tree open for a later interaction. But beyond that, developers were probably told to just have fun with it.

You forget the last option where you just watch. 💀

Attention to detail reaps rewards, cool video!

Game sold like hot cakes cause the story, gameplay loop, and attention to details. I have beat this game 5 or 6 times, and each time I played through, I saw or did something I previously didn't know possible in the game. So if the whole game roughly takes 200 ish hours to almost 100% the campaigning. Then that's 200 times 6. So I have over 1300 something odd hours in this game alone. As far as third person shooters go, you'd be hard pressed to find anything remotely as well rounded as read dead 2. Sad truth.

On the other hand, main plot missions are absurdly linear to the point where you can lose by saddling the wrong horse xd

bro this game is so well made! every single little thing will make a difference and once you reach the end oh boy, you will feel the difference. you will want to have had things done "better". anyway. I think it will be remembered as one of the best games ever to have been made.

The way he was angry at that medicine was hilarious.

If only he knew what people in online use all them cures for

Ridiculous level of detail. Kudos to the programmers.

These are some of the details that make RDR2 the best video game ever made imo. Masterpiece! I hope Rockstar can keep delivering experiences like this.

the music after mercy killing him too, thats straight out of a movie

So, upon reading everybody else's take on what constitutes next gen, here's my humble addition to the discussion; When referring to a game being next gen I personally believe there are two main criterion to consider... one being Visuals and the other, arguably more important, being Interactivity. Below are the two further elaborated on; Visuals: This encompasses mostly graphics I guess, but also a bit of art style and direction, or better yet, a perfect combination of all mentioned. Basically anything primarily to do with the looks of the game in question to help with the visual presentation angle I'm going for here. "Next gen" I believe however, only would and should apply to games pushing and breaking the industry standards on visuals with their looks. Examples of games I opine meet this standard to be called next gen in this very specific regard are games like Cyberpunk 2077 (v2.1), Alan Wake 2 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, to name a few off the top of my head (this is not an exhaustive list in the slightest). Now, taking on Cyberpunk 2077 alone, this game has done wonders with lighting, texture work and animation, going as far as being the poster child for Nvidia's latest installment for yet another new graphical feature or any advancement in that space. The game frankly looks immaculate firing on all cylinders... that there, my good people, is next gen for anyone wondering what the term even means. The lighting on display here is truly something remarkable, the same goes for Alan Wake 2, pushing what was previously not thought possible for current tech and bringing it to your screens today, right here and now. Avatar also delivers with its visuals when it comes to foliage and atmosphere, and its uniform general application of this on such a broad scale in its open world. A testament in bringing to life what was shown only in movies to be so very well translated into game form, in effect being a superb expansion of those highly regarded movies (at least highly regarded for their visuals). Interactivity: Now this is where I personally believe is even more important in any discussion about "Next gen games" even more so than visuals (games being the leading medium in interactivity owing to player agency and all, afterall). Now, Interactivity here encompasses anything from the game in question's physics system to realistic Npc interactions in whatever peculiar circumstance springs up. When an object or person reacts as your brain likely foresaw it/they would, should or could in real life and does so exactly or really close to it, there's no doubt about next gen being applicable here. When you're able to access all or most interiors in a game, that too helps with immersion and that too is next gen. We as gamers have chased the dream of realistic, seamless and spontaneous interactivity ever since gaming was a thing, so the more interactive a game in this regard is, the better. Games I believe qualify for next gen are the latest Zelda games; BOTW and more so TOTK, and then Red Dead Redemption 2. Again, far from being an exhaustive list. I picked these specifically because in the case of the very latest Zelda game, TOTK, this exhibits beautifully what I mean by interactivity with its awesome physics system. The physics is so good here people are able to build anything they want and are frankly only limited by their own imagination. From functioning giant murder Mechs to working calculators, it's all possible. This is insane technical prowess being showcased in the present day and especially on the game's present underpowered hardware, it's almost seems like black magic. Things in that world act, react and interact as you would think they would. Then there's RDR 2 picked for it's Npc interactions. I always find myself immersed in that game solely just by engaging with that system. Until we get to make games that actually generate spontaneous dialog and dialog options through the use and help of some very advanced AI, (which makes sense and just works, mind you) this is as close as it gets. To think of the hundreds of thousands of script lines made to create and simulate the feel of talking and interacting with real life people, accounting for a multitude of differing, dynamic scenarios at any given point is extremely wild. This too is next gen. Baldur's Gate 3 in this regard then should be considered next gen in my humble opinion. I think it does all I've just described and goes clinically insane with it. Like I said, until we get the integration of advanced AI to assist with this particular kind of immersion, this is it guys. By the way, you may have noticed I did not speak of RDR2 in the Visuals segment. Well, do not get me wrong, the game is visually top-tier, but it has started to show some slight aging... this being no fault of its own. It released on last gen hardware and 6 years ago at this point. The fact it still gets to trade blows however with releases till today is proof enough that the game is no slouch visually though. Now, the main takeaway in all I've said on this topic is that next gen must not be relegated to just graphics (being Visuals). A larger more important part of this discussion must include Interactivity as well... it is games we're playing afterall, not glorified movies that we only incessantly chase on visuals. Which segues me into a new fear I've just recently began having about GTA 6... that with all its graphical leaps and advancement, it may fall short on being a game. Hear me out, we all know or are becoming slowly aware of Rockstar's pretty outdated game design that limit the player to play exactly how they want you to or you get an automatic fail, right? Well, I hope this is not the case in their latest iteration, and that the company has expanded on making their next "open world" title, GTA 6, an actual "open game", true to that description of open world gaming. The Interactivity of this game, if they should implement this my humble suggestion, would gain so much from this, which in turn would solidify and cement GTA 6 as a true next gen title... a perfect marriage of the two main criterion I am advocating for be what next gen is all about, being both Visuals (no doubt there with GTA 6's visuals) and Interactivity.

i wish i can erase my memory of completing this game and replay it all over again

everytime i play this game something pops up and im like WOW wtf

I've always found it creepy how when you're in the woods, it's extremely loud and then it just stops. All the gunfire and screaming, then just nothing

Still more impressive than anything released on current gen…

insane

If that much work went into making a single NPC interaction feel real with so many different outcomes, it is impossible to appreciate enough how much through and effort went into making this game.

That switch-a-roo at the end there was diabolical 😂

And sometimes these npc even interact with you after months and offer you to go buy any item you like on their tab

Wonder what happens if you shoot him in the leg?!😂 "Well i thought you might want an open casket?"

correction this isn't a game, its an EXPERIENCE.

Bro, he said he didn't wanna be killed with a shotgun. ^^

I wonder what happens if you get right up in his face and look at him through your binoculars.

Damn throwing the hatchet gives double dishonor This game is so loaded with details it’s legendary no wonder someone made a meme of it if a priest holding up the disc Copy 😆

Knowing how advanced this game is…..just imagine how hard it was being a bug tester or bug fixer for this game!! How much time did they dedicate, to just fixing bugs in Red Dead Redemption 2???

"What the Hell will that do!? Don't you got a pistol!?" One of the coldest lines I've ever fucking heard, holy crap.

And this is one single random dude that's like 90% missable. Jesus.

What if you take a headshot of the tiger? Maybe same outcome as the fully saving the guy. But is there a way we can kill the animal Infront of him?

What happens if you set him on fire, or shoot the other leg? LOL

I just started playing this game on PC not long ago and I'm once again blown away by it. It's really crazy how good it is compared to other games.

Bro the switch to the shut gun 💀💀

I still haven’t finished the game out of fear of losing Arthur! I know his death is inevitable but damn, I do not want to experience that. Crazy how a game can make one feel this way.

Actually the game sold so many copies because it was made by R* 😂

THIS is the level of detail that this game has even for a small random timed event which many people might not even discover and there are many many more such. Thats why this game is legendary.

I feel sad. Everytime I see some video from RDR2, I realize, the only next gen game I already finished. What a gem!

First

First like 🫡🫡

Meanwhile next gen developers doing remakes to make em like rdr2🙄

so much work going into just one simple encounter they really surpassed RDR1 with how detailed the ecounters are in 2.

Even with all the things that are still glitchy and wrong with this game, I love it!! I wish they would just expand this game from it's current state. SO much potential!!

A 6 year old game is STILL leading the way. That's how good it is.

If you save him, later on you'll find him next to the gun store in Valentine and will thank you for saving him. He will offer to buy anything for you from the gunsmith to repay.

I can only imagine what GTA6 local interaction will be like

Now I want to get back to this game because you reminded me how godly it sounds

this is the only game i've truly enjoyed playing. I feel like me and Arthur are the same person.

Man I need to replay this game again

Still finding things every time I turn it on.... What a game

Wow im actually very blown away by this. When i got my PC, this was the first game that i purchased. Love it Love it Love it.

Damn I didn't know RDR2 wouldn't sell that many companies if they didn't include this in the game

I liked how he gave him his last drink in Result 1❤

The mor I watch, the morr I want that big dog

Oh wow, I never knew you could make it in time, I thought he would always die depending if you shoot him or not. Wow, this game man.

Now it makes sense why I love this game so much... my favorite books growing up were Choose Your Own Adventure.

"There's no tellin' what could have happened." Well, apparently there is tellin'.

That last one you messed up bruh 😂