Kinda obvious and has been said a lot but I just wanna say thank you
Red Dead has legit changed my life. I felt that I was spiraling down this dopamine drought where I needed fast-moving gameplay or no cutscenes etc. to really enjoy a game but the slow-burn pace of this game helps build up such an interesting lore and makes the scenes with tension, like the shootout at Valentine with Cornwall’s men was fucking AMAZING man, have so much weight. I’ve always had Westerns as my favorite movie genre and this has checked every box I’ve ever dreamed of regarding experiencing this atmosphere of the Wild West firsthand. Growing up, I never had a console and only played free computer games since we were immigrants and couldn’t afford luxuries at the time. However, I’m working as a resident physician in the ED now and games like this really help ground me and make me slow down and that’s something I realized I lacked in my life. I really had a dopamine problem and now, I truly feel like I can watch movies/tv shows and not be bored so quickly. I also started reading books again because I’m not as bored anymore. This game has given me the ability to slow down and appreciate the little things through small activities like completing Herbalist, getting the LOTE satchel, certain stranger missions, etc. I’m only in Chapter 3 but I already love this game so much.
Thank you to the people who made the Red Dead franchise, you truly changed my life for the better. and I only can dream of what the removed 5 hours of content from the story could be like because it’s that good.