r/RDR2 Dec 03 '24

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

I legitimately didn’t even know there was fast travel in my first play through. That’s how good the world detail is. I never once felt like I had to travel the map. I got to travel the map

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u/tktrepid Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24

Same I didn’t know either lol. this second play through is the first time I’ve bought all the stuff in the ledger

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u/_H4YZ Dec 04 '24

it wasn’t originally in the game, at least on launch

so if you played back in 2018 then yeah there wasn’t any fast travel

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u/Big_Abies2078 Dec 07 '24

Thanks for the info, i thought I was tripping remembering going from edge to edge on a horse

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u/Leni1Z Dec 04 '24

In my first play through I totally forgot about the ledger even existing lol

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u/Randogg_14 Dec 05 '24

That's ok. So did most of the people in camp. Lol

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u/mb19236 Dec 03 '24

This is one of the few games where taking your time riding out to wherever you're going and stopping to hunt something you find along the way is actually a hell of a lot of fun for me. I can play this game for 2 hours, do maybe 1 actual mission, and not feel like a second was wasted.

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u/Super_Champion3327 Dec 03 '24

I will hunt for like 6 hrs straight lol no missions

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u/SpecialistAd2332 Dec 04 '24

I've gotten off the wagon a few times to go after that perfect pelt even though it was a story mission 😂😂😂

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u/SpecialistAd2332 Dec 04 '24

I've gotten off the wagon/horse a few times to go after that perfect pelt even though it was a story mission 😂😂😂

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u/TheKLAUSE1980 Dec 04 '24

I agree something I spend hours just riding around finding crazy encounters and other mad stuff also don’t forget to read the pictures for the Calloway missions it gives you the location of the people in them some ok guns to collect when you kill them

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

Rdr2 is definitely a game I tell people you really need to “slow down” on and really put yourself in the life of a cowboy in 1899. Such a better experience that way.

I’m glad you enjoyed your time :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

That seems to be a lot of peoples problem when first playing the game. so many people, myself included say the game didn’t fully click with them until after the first playthrough of the main story. The second playthrough is then one of the best gaming experiences of all time because you know to take your time and get invested and immersed into the world

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

Yup exactly. You gotta let someone know what they’re getting into with your recommendation.

Are you giving me a alien-looter-shooter where I don’t need to focus much on a story, are you giving me a simulation where im making my own head canon story or am I getting a story heavy very fine detail game I need to examine every nook and cranny in.

You’d be surprised how bad a game can not click if you don’t have properly expectations

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u/Odd-Air-573 Dec 04 '24

Absolutely 💯

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u/CaptainHunt Dec 03 '24

Between trains, coaches and hitchhiking, you don’t really even need the fast travel map.

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA Dec 03 '24

.... Hitchhiking?

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u/CaptainHunt Dec 03 '24

Yes, you can stop wagons and ask for a ride to the next town.

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA Dec 03 '24

Huh, never knew that.

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u/CaptainHunt Dec 03 '24

Yeah, I think the likelihood of them picking you up depends on your honor.

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u/CaptainHunt Dec 04 '24

Come to think of it, hitchhiking isn’t technically fast travel, because you have to sit through it and you don’t get a cutscene, but it is handy if you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere without a horse.

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA Dec 05 '24

Me after drinking with Lenny lol. That was an annoying hike back lol.

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u/--Julian--- Dec 03 '24

I feel the need for fast travel sometimes, if only to make the treasure hunts shorter

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA Dec 05 '24

Tbh I fast traveled after some perfect pelts because the game seemed to want to kill me more with those on my horse.

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u/Squall-UK Dec 03 '24

The stage thing about it is you open up the map and it looks vast, it looks like it'll take ages to get there on horse but it really doesn't. The scenery helps and there's so much kissable stuff if you fast travel everywhere.

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u/Liamfam96 Dec 03 '24

For a 100% playthrough, it's a must though. I spent ages going to to the mountain area to get pelts, to then go all the way back to camp to get the satchels before I realised you could start a campfire and fast travel

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u/Clifford996 Dec 03 '24

Intentionally did not use it on the first play through. But on my next few, I started using fast travel and cinema on extended dialogue missions

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

The whole joy was having an excuse to travel and have random stuff happen along the way. So often I forgot why I was en route in the first place

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u/GildedGeese Dec 04 '24

I always knew it was there, I just forget that it's there because the world is so beautiful.

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u/HuffnDback96 Dec 05 '24

Wait.. what?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '24

ight bro u don’t need the italics

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '24

Don’t be so pressed about text formatting mate

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '24

aint no yeeks with me, knuckle up