God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 will be competing in the Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, Best Audio Design, Best Action/Adventure, and the Game of the Year awa
It feels like GTA V was basically a dry run for this. You know when you’re running around in the San Andreas desert, and just messing about? That has to have been something of a dress rehearsal for Red De
While you can unlock fast travel fairly early on by upgrading your tent, the game does have a pseudo-fast travel system built in. If you set a custom waypoint on your map, switch to cinematic view, and then set your horse running by holding down X/A, the horse will make its way to the waypoint. You don’t need to even hold the button down. You can go and make a cup of tea/coffee if you like, and when you come back, your horse should be at the destinat
This is the big category and the line-up is strong this year. God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 seem like the most obvious choices, but Marvel’s Spider-Man might also swoop in for a surprise vict
Every once in a while there’s a bug in a video game that really raises your hackles. Red Dead Redemption 2 camp upgrades Dead Redemption 2 has one of these bugs, and man, is it spooky . At a very specific part of the story, you and your gang are riding towards a town to check it out. Along the way, while riding your horse, the faithful companion may actually spontaneously combust. That’s not necessarily the end of your horse (provided you have the right supplies with you), but it’s certainly enough to make you get out of the area like your tail is on f
Well, don’t. If you do, there’s a bug that causes John, Sadie, Abigail, and Jack to completely disappear from camp until Chapter 4. They’ll still appear during missions where they’re relevant, but you’ll miss out on any conversations, and most importantly, be unable to play Poker with them, until Chapter 4. If you do end up needing to retry a portion of the “Polite Society, Valentine Style” mission, it’s best to restart the mission entirely or reload a previous save, until a fix comes
Great games are no stranger to some of the biggest bugs. Sometimes ambition can be a curse, and when you’re doing something that’s never been done before, you’re bound to hit some bumps along the way. Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most inventive games ever made , and so it follows that there are some seriously strange bugs that have slipped through the cra
You know those scenes in Metal Gear Solid where Revolver Ocelot does all those ridiculous gun spinning tricks? You might not quite be able to get to that level, but if you want to give Arthur a bit of flair, you can spin his guns before holstering them. Tap L1/LB twice instead of once, and Arthur will swing the gun around on his finger before holstering it. Do it after a gunfight to add a whole other level of John Wayne swagger to Arthur’s otherwise cold demea
If you’ve been looking forward to unlocking the Repeating Shotgun in hopes that it’s something of an AA12, I’m sorry to disappoint. The Repeating Shotgun in Red Dead Redemption 2 is somewhat disappointing, particularly when compared to the pump-action and semi-auto. It does the same amount of damage as the pump-action, but it lacks its accuracy. Despite being a repeater, it also has a slower rate of fire than the semi-auto. Is it worth its $185 price? Absolutely not, sa
How do you fancy being able to circle strafe around enemies while riding your horse? If you want to channel your inner 90s FPS protagonist and combine power and maneuverability, you can! All you have to do is hold down Square/X and a direction on the X-axis. Another little bit of advanced equine tactics for you: if you want to do a sharp 90-degree turn, you can do so by holding down R1/RB and hitting a direction on the X-a
When a weapon takes its name from one of the most violent forces of nature, you know it’s going to pack a punch. The Volcanic Pistol does not disappoint. It deals, by a long way, the most damage of any pistol in the game, firing off round after round of red-hot death. Its only real downside is a fairly slow fire rate and a very low reload speed. However, if you’re using it at close range, especially with Express rounds, this gun can take down even the most fierce f
So, maybe you’re still pootling along in Chapter 2, messing about in the world and trying to drink it all. It’s a commendable attitude, it really is, but there are good reasons to carry on. One of them being the Dead Eye upgrades you get through the story. Once you hit Dead Eye level 4, a fantastic ability unlocks: you’re able to see animals’ weak points as glowing red spots on their bodies. It works on people too! Shoot here to get a clean shot every single time, as long as you’re using a strong enough wea
Weak is not a word you’d normally associate with a sawed-off shotgun, I’ll grant you. However, in this game, it is a little pointless. Sure, early in the game, it’s the most powerful weapon you have to hand, however it’s let down by a proxy capacity of just two shells. Rely on this in a gunfight and you’ll be filled with more holes than Swiss cheese in no time. Once you unlock any long-barreled shotgun, switch to that immediately, for heaven’s sake, and experience the joy of firing off five shells per rel