It’s a perfect representation of how an old western town should look and feel. I like the geography of Strawberry but it’s not too big on gameplay function. Saint Denis is impressive but also at the same time, thematically oppressive.

No i actually liked it because the mountains were a compliment in the background of the town. Plus the sheep farm was great too

@@KD400_ you must be fun at parties.

@@BirdGang6 I am. just gave my opinion no need to get mad here

I never played story but I love valentine because of the aesthetic of it

Totally agree !

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Mountains are very inhospitable terrain, it would be cool but unrealistic :(

​@user-fb9ql8bm2e I doubt it will be that unrealistic. It can be a hardened town of animal trappers and fur traders or a mining town. Like in the movie revenant where a bunch of hunters lived in a snowy mountain settlement. AND, the ambarino odriscoll hideout in chapter 1 was a mining town as well as colter

@@user-fb9ql8bm2e how would it be unrealistic. There were a lot of snowy, mountainous towns in the old west

This pretty much sums it up.

Ya

you can also not just see, but feel the disparity in standards of living from town to town, with St Denis being advanced but dirty, Blackwater being just as advanced but cleaner and smaller, Annesburg being similar but absolutely miserable, Valentine being happy but less 20th century with only spotty electricity, Strawberry and Rhodes being similar, Van Horn being practically stateless with everyone scrounging to survive, Tumbleweed being rustic and backwards but bustling, Armadillo dying off but hey, at least they have telegraphs

Wow I never looked at it that way. Nice job Also Annesburg is my least favorite town in the game.

@@destroyazoid2060 yea i wish they had some bounty hunting quests or something like that or some random events to make it more intriguing to be there

For gameplay purposes, alcohol is still sold at the General Store, but it actually does cost more than other stores so perhaps that implies it's being sold under the table. Which makes sense because the owner has his own moonshine operation under the store. Also, fun fact, Jack asks John if they're going to visit the saloon when they head to Strawberry to pick up the mail. Jack's obviously new to Strawberry, though, so he wouldn't really know it's a dry town.

Lenny mentions it to Arthur when he was telling Arthur the story of how Micah got arrested. "..and he met a friend and drank some more- and this is a dry town mind you."

Strawberry is my favorite

Which is odd considering it's a resort town. Banning booze isn't the best way to attract tourists. As another commenter here said, you can buy alcohol at the general store and there's even a bottle of champagne in the hotel room there, so my theory is that they were originally going to have a saloon in Strawberry but cut it for technical/time limitations, and quickly just shoehorned in the dialogue about it being a dry town as a retcon. It would have made more sense to make Rhodes a dry town, as it was notoriously difficult to get a legal drink in many parts of the South for decades both before and after Prohibition with the strong teetotaling Christian culture that dominated down there. Hence the reason why moonshining was so prevalent. Instead stuffy old Rhodes got one of the best saloons in the game while Strawberry gets nothing and becomes a lot more boring without one.

Could still have a saloon-like building with food, poker or blackjack and a barber or something.

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same

To put it into perspective you are 5 year more closer to death.

Same! I preordered the game on ps4 and was waiting for that little lock icon to disappear at 12 AM. And then I played and I couldn’t believe that it was happening, it felt like a miracle. I remember that day like it was yesterday

And Take Two have now confirmed a RDR3 is on the cards 😊

That’s true

They should of just combined them

but you can commit war crimes in van horn without lawmen swarming you but the people in van horn with revolvers will swarm you

@@leoduk302yeah they all just lay on the floor once im done with them for some reason 😊😊😊

I think I saw in a newspaper that annesburg had been the one to get a railroad instead of van horn and that’s why van horn is nearly dead, it could have been a different town but van horn doesn’t have a railroad so it. makes sense. I did not even know that van horn or annesburg even existed at this point in the game mind you, great world building

Exactly, it instantly reminded me of when u arrive in anor londo in dark souls, just blows u away that such a place can exist in a game like this, the most standout town in the game by far

By not being spoiled by the game, it just blows you away that you are in a civil, big city. I felt like I was in the wrong place.

I would only rank it down because it’s so easy to be swarmed by police for doing nothing

He primarily downgrades it because of it's negative effect of a western feeling. There is no doubt that Saint Denis is the most impressive and best town in RD2 followed up by Valentine (he got that one right).

Agreed!

There are many reasons to return there!

i’ve only returned there for legendary hunts and collectibles like the gravesites/rock carvings/ other things. honestly i hated trekking through it and the snow makes you move so much slower 😭 a town would have been nice there though it would have been cool to see how the npc would be

*The legendary bison, the white Arabian horse, the legendary fish*: are we a joke to you?

@@higharchbishopofteatasting6217 The clothes you get from the legendary bison are the best out of all the legendary animals

True, I just go there for Falco Hernandez and thats it edit: Flaco

I love rdr2 a lot but man rdr1 has way more iconic and fun towns to explore imo. Armadillo was like sanctuary borderlands 2 to me.

I kinda hate Valentine. Also of course a bunch of chaos massmurderer every single cop there a lot of times.

@@McSquirtsarmadillo in rdr1 is the goat imo. Looks just like the towns in the old spaghetti westerns

That’s true it’s the most cowboy vibe. But I’ll love the diversity of crowded cities to little mountain towns. And everything in between

Van Horn is the Thieves Landing of RDR2

The fact you can go to all of them on horseback in less than a day is pretty impressive too.

I think you mean John Ford John Wayne wasn’t a director

Its got the best vibes of all their games, in my opinion

​@@ryanmccolloch4734Yeah even if GTA 6 comes out. RDR2 will still the top 1 on my list. This game will be legendary BOAH

They could still top it, but they'll prob be more concerned with making a monetizable online game.

I agree, GTA 5 was amazing but RDR 2 was all time great. GTA 6 had better be unbelievable if it wants to compete with RDR2.

To top rdr2 they'd have to make rdr3

agreed with you

It should have counted considering it’s got more going on in it vs Lagrass.

It's a Ranch tho, definitely one of if not the best ranch

I got jumped by murfrees just next to emerald while setting up my camp. There is also the word and creepy lore with the daughter and the owner

​@yummy_maplesyrup8887 Best way to avoid the Murfrees would be to camp southwest of Emerald towards Lemoyne and towards the Chapter 2 camp. I know the Murfrees only appear in a special encounter when camping in their region for the first time but even after that encounter I still feel uneasy camping out there. The entire eastern side of the map just feels sketchy for setting up a mini-camp for me

That’s heartbreaking I’m so sorry for your loss 💔💔💔 regardless on if you believe in God or not, I do, and I believe that your daughter is looking down at you smiling patiently and excitedly waiting for the day when she will get to show you all of the beautiful horses and flower fields of heaven ❤️ May she rest in peace and may you find comfort and solace until you two meet again. ❤️❤️❤️

@@cash7669 thank you. That's really kind of you. I do believe that she's waiting for me. She's with her aunt and Pop ❤

@@bekleedeegood luck on your 100% run lol, I’m at 99.1% and have been playing since 2019😂 this game is addictive

My condolences,if u don't mind me asking,how did she pass away?

@@bayleemaclaren8579 you won't believe it. I got to 98%, then loaded a 37% save to see if Arthur looked like a gremlin when he wins poker too. It autosaved over my 98% save 🤦‍♀️ I was gutted.

And it explains why alcohol is more expensive in that store than the others What a detailed game, imagine gta 6

What does it mean dry town?

@@kingnevermore25 Bruh..... no alcohol. Use common sense

@@Donger-wf9kc Alcohol is evil

​@@Donger-wf9kcjust to clarify, no selling of alcohol. I'm pretty sure dry towns still allowed consumption if purchased elsewhere

Yeah colter being an actual town with the snow would be awesome

maybe in red dead 3

@@paleolithicmanofthecave maybe by 2031 we'll get rdr3

And 10 for gtav

Me neither! Still remember waking up early the day it released to play it b4 work. No other game has given me the emotional rollercoaster this one has.

RDR2 is my #2… But damn time flies

@@darthinkarnatus7264so what’s #1

@@darthinkarnatus7264whats 1

Exactly! Finally said this lol

i straight up took so long to finish chapter 6 just because of how badly i hated being in annesburg 😂😂

Also great video bro ❤️

Saint Denis (home base and Big Towm) Blackwater (second base have a lot to offer) Rhodes (red like but mostly one street) Valentine (shopping perfect vibes) Strawberry (hilly) Armadelio (county) TumbTumlioeed (desert) Annesburg (mines) Van Horn (by the river) Colter (just snowy)

Agree with Rhodes completely, however Saint Denis is only partly beautiful. Some very nice streets and houses but then most of it is a muddy industrial shithole.

Actually criminal that Valentine isn't there.

Saint Denis Blackwater Rhodes Valentine Strawberry Armadelio Tumbleweed Annesburg Van Horn Colter

@@MitchellBPYao Solid list

and are still (re)playing it, many times finding a bunch of stuff they missed on the first and even second gameplays. RDR2 rocks

It's too good

I was thinking the same thing about strawberry having an Appalachian vibe to it

I mean, rocky and Appalachian mountain towns are both just American mountain towns

Also, the van horn thing is I think a neat little feature about the place. Everybody has each others back, and they don’t put up with BS.

@@IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD Strawberry is based on real life Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

I agree. I also wish that by the epilogue perhaps colter got reestablished somewhat as a small settlement like tumbleweed or van horn. Ambarino needs something

I guess the main or main reasons Strawberry does not have a saloon is most likely because it's meant to be a "dry" town, an all salons, even the Rodhe's Parlour House, only sell alcoholic drinks to the players - and that's one of the main themes of western saloons: booze and gambling. Second, it's like a fake puritan town trying to mimic the advances of industrialized civ but in a west mountain ressort which is nothing but a wannabe, it fails completely in its objectives. It's like one of the first towns built with tourism in mind in first place (like the way Vegas was built from the scratch). I guess even St. Denis makes a better role as what is intended to represent than Strawberry. Maybe tha's also why strawberry is for me a place to pass by and forget, even if it adds substance and diversity to the game - but anyway I also wait strawberry. the town could at least have a tea saloon where we could eat; a touristic place without the good ole regional food is for me a big flawd in Strawberry's built by Rockstar. You do there what you have to do, including exploring the mysteries, and never come back again. Mentioning explorer, the wilderness around and north of the town is simply astonishing, remarkable and the most enjoyable to explore by yourself with your horse. It's like one of the last reducts of nature untouched by human hand. Nice video. Cheers all.

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Ok…?

they aren’t listed as towns or cities in the compendium so they aren’t listed

large private land like Macfarland ranch would set a precedent of having to include things like caliga hall or pronghorn ranch which just aren’t in the same ballpark as the towns

@@filmsbyhen understandable it’s probably my preconceptions of them as towns in the first game

what about butchers creek?@@filmsbyhen

792 now! Great video

You ever been to foggy, thick, dense Saint Denis? The vibe is IMMACULATE with the dense morning fog clumping against the ground as you walk through the civilization in the swamp.

I play it on PS4. It's the best

Yeah you bet. No game will beat it only RDR3 if Rockstar makes it

​@@hansviernes5902don't think rdr3 could beat it's story tho

@@aspect359 It depends on how Rockstar narrates RDR3 story. If they narrate it really well for example the blackwater massacre and how Dutch founded the group and the game that settles in a western style than yes it could beat it but if Rockstar fails the story mode with other mix ups then rdr2 story mode will be the best.

⁠@@hansviernes5902I don’t think RDR3 will be made sadly, even if it was a thing what would the story be? Who would be the main character? And how would they die? They’re gonna have to die, it’s the Red Dead Redemption series. Besides Rockstar also set the series at the end of the wild west, so it can’t really be about Jack.

@@user-zh5rj6wi9n The story would be about Dutch van Der Lin coming up with the gang and the black water massacre maybe. Idk the main character

That’s funny cause I love Saint Denis. But I also live near New Orleans and go often, so I guess I’m a bit biased

@@brendan5235 Something I've gotten a kick out of is that here where I live there's a Blackwater, Rhodes, _and_ a Valentine all within riding distance of each other. I know the people from Rockstar didn't come here looking for inspiration of any kind. But it's just kinda funny in my opinion. Maybe little creepy too.

Losing someone you love is part of life, stop sitting in chapter 2 and finish the damn story

@@leolimitedition I have finished the story. Many times. But now I play it *HOW I WANT.* If you don't like my choice of play style, I don't care. I play it how I want and how I enjoy. I could throw your comment back at you and tell you to check off a few things and wait on the damn story. I will do whatever the hell I want in my games. If you don't like it, that's your problem not mine. You're probably asking yourself what I do while staying in chapter 2. Well I complete many of the challenges, collect legendary animals and fish, and get the white Arabian. I collect rare/unique items like the ammolite, fluorite, shrunken head, and various masks. I check off landmarks. I try to get everything I can into my compendium. I plan for future stranger missions, such as Algernon's first request. I pick up hidden treasures around the game. I collect the hides needed for the _Legend Of The East_ satchel and camp upgrades. I get hides the trapper needs. I collect gold bars. Currently I have 22 gold bars. I prefer to sit on bars unless I reach a point that I'm desperate for money. There are dozens of other things I do, but I figure this is a good indicator. Also, what gives you the right to dictate how someone chooses to play a video game anyway miss Karen?

@@Jennifer-jt9cb but what’s really happening is you’re just going through the stages of grief, denial anger etc, but soon, acceptance. you disgrace this beautiful game by not playing it how it’s intended, you make Arthur suffer by withdrawing him from his fate, ever think about that? Legend of the east? I don’t think so, more like legend of the chapter 2 hermit

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@@filmsbyhen This means tumbleweed is my least favourite... Btw can you do a video ranking them all by race? It would be a cool idea...

@@ColeyFlower-si1tu lagras?

@@filmsbyhen Sorry. It is irrelevant and I forgot it existed. Like you said in the video, it's just an extra...

hey man you got mentioned at 8:57 🎉