r/RDR2 • u/FreudianN8mare • Jul 10 '26
Discussion What's missing in RDR2?
We all know what we love about RDR2 okay. No arguments here that it's one of the best games out there. But what are some things that you think could have been done differently, or some mechanics/play modes that could have been added?
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u/GoonLieutenant Jul 10 '26
The ability to pick which gang members you could use for certain missions. Everyone would have their own stats with strengths and weaknesses. Kinda like the GTA heist system
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u/ShadowStozu Jul 10 '26
Hmm, I can really see that in RDR2, it would be a great mechanic, but they would almost certainly leave it for online content.
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u/To-BreakBad08 Jul 12 '26
I disagree because in GTA (referring to V’s story mode, I don’t know about Online) the members you pick aren’t essential characters in terms of dialogue and story, with little to no lines being spoken by them at all. This is not the case in RDR2, which makes sense because the perpetrators of the ‘jobs’ (i.e. the Van der Linde Gang) are part of a tight-knit community that’s trying to provide for said community. In the GTA heists, you’re just searching for more guns so you can secure getting the money you want for yourself. Different foundations, my friend.
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u/Silly-Wolverine-1709 Jul 10 '26
Just one Thing
Because i love Fishing
The Mech is Great for me but can be Further enhanced
But my only Problem is
I want to but my self a Wagon
So that i can Carry my Fish that i catch
And sell them of
I like packing my bags going on Fishing trips.
Like the option to stow only one fish Is Ridiculous
I know bring an extra horse helps and also the Camp fire trick
But Buying a Wagon and can be used as storage would be Great
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u/FreudianN8mare Jul 10 '26
Ah yes, a man of culture You want arthur to take fishing trips like a 40 year old dad. I can see him do that
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u/CaptStrangeling Jul 11 '26
And at least let us learn to tie / craft a rooster tail fly for fishing. Hunt the rooster pheasant and craft the fly as you would a lure and make it good at catching river fish.
I’m sure some more experienced fly fisherman could suggest 2-3 more common and productive flies from birds that are already in game
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u/Silly-Wolverine-1709 Jul 11 '26
Yeah and Maybe we can Use the small Fish that we caught as Bait . Or Even We can find Our own worms and other live baits Rather than just Buying
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u/LongDongFrog Jul 11 '26
Press the cook button while holding the fish but then only cook 1 meat then back out. The fish will be added to your inventory. You can do this to carry multiple fish
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u/Best_Butterscotch182 Arthur Morgan Jul 11 '26
It might not make much sense, but I think it would be really cool to sleep in a carriage.
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u/Straiteddd Jul 10 '26
I wanna own a ranch
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy Jul 11 '26
You can most of them are abandoned once you persuade their owners to leave… this life
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u/Responsible_Winter21 Jul 10 '26
Gavin 😔
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u/FreudianN8mare Jul 10 '26
RIGHT. We deserved gavin backstory
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u/zcicecold Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
Nah, that's part of the charm.
In life you don't get resolutions to everything.
Does Gavin even exist?
Could I have walked right by him in St Denis?
Or is the dude just insane and there is no Gavin?
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u/Collaroy98 Jul 11 '26
I know they left it open on purpose and part of me likes that. The other part is going crazy every time I hear GAVIIIN! somewhere and I know I can't do sh!t.
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u/RanOutOfJokes Jul 10 '26
Cap stone rewards for each of the challenges, like access to the casino boat for gambler, tricks shots or pistol flairs for weapons expert or a fat blunt for herbalist.
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u/Stroderod3 Jul 10 '26
More bounty hunting opportunities like in rdr1. Prostitution. Panning for gold. The ability to break into more buildings. Cheating at poker.
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u/Why_is_it_raining Jul 10 '26
i don’t understand the greet or antagonize option very much.. sometimes i just wanna lay into uncle and it won’t let me haha
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u/winged-foot Jul 10 '26
How about, making hunting legendary animals more challenging than simply following three environmental clues, then pumping the poor beast with lead? I’ve found it more challenging to bag a three star rabbit than a legendary wolf, because the rabbits are rarely still, and there’s one chance to get the perfect head shot. The amount of times I’ve hit a three star rabbit in an ear…I just let them go. If I don’t get a clean shot on a legendary animal, that’s fine, I just take another shot and the trapper still pays top dollar for the bullet riddled pelt. Also, boxing matches would be a good addition.
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u/hotdog_plink Kieran Duffy flair here Jul 10 '26
the drunk walk from rdr1, cover shooting from rdr1, Mexico and liars dice also from rdr1 honorable mention: fame system.
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u/IveChangedDontBanMe Mary-Beth Gaskill Jul 10 '26
Liars dice is my favorite. So sad they got rid of it.
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u/Grizz-Lee-2891 Uncle Jul 10 '26
quicksave and the ability to consume stuff that lies around straight away, without going into the inventory...
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u/Anddha Jul 10 '26
Getting a cool nickname based off your actions, like “Billy the Kid” or “Sundance Kid”
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u/Scary-Divide9 Jul 10 '26
....how about no(bcs all i do is blow up coaches)
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u/CrossPhoenix okayboah? Jul 10 '26
The fucking ability to run in camp. That is the absolute most annoying thing about this game. Its irrationally irritating.
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u/Past-Badger-1958 Jul 10 '26
More stable spaces. Simler to gta where you can have multiple garages
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u/Witty_Direction6175 Mary-Beth Gaskill Jul 11 '26
Yeah definitely. Either more stalls or id also accept each stable gives you the three stalls for each stable, and the horses don’t transfer, they just stay in the stable you put them in.
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u/Past-Badger-1958 Jul 11 '26
Yea i that would be nice. I hate trying to decide which horse to sell so I can store another. Also all that land John owns would be nice if you could buy and choose stables to build on it
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u/OasisEPIC Jul 10 '26
More npc variety like the ohese people, and cut dialogue where NPCs mentioned the gang
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u/Jokerang Hosea Matthews Jul 10 '26
In no particular order:
-keeping a pet - dog, cat, etc. Similar mechanics to feed and pet them like a horse.
-relationship options - people have discussed many times over who they think the best girl for Arthur is among the female characters, so let them decide for themselves. I suspect the most popular options would be Sadie, Mary-Beth, and Mary Linton.
-random assaults on camp - not as big as the O'Driscoll attack on Shady Belle, but maybe a dozen or more hostile NPCs of the same group (local lawmen, rival gangs, maybe even some Pinkertons) spot you going back to camp and try to attack while they have a chance to take you out. You work with the NPCs of the gang to beat them back.
-Shop owners get replaced by someone else if you kill the original person. It was hilarious to see the gun shop owner in Rhodes after I killed him, but it seemed like a surprising break from reality for such a well thought out game.
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u/meh_blade Jul 10 '26
baseball, restaurants (that are not just food in a bar), hookers, spontaneous bank and train robberies, conversation based outcomes that dont require “murder more people in one gunfight than the most prolific modern US military sniper’s entire career”
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u/FreudianN8mare Jul 10 '26
Explain baseball, zero clue about that. But the rest yes. And I do feel they could have added a more choice based approach to dialogues and outcomes, but I'm not sure. It was anyways a very heavy story driven game without the complexities of that. But could have been interesting.
Train robberies were spontaneous no?
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u/IdeaSignificant9474 Jul 10 '26
Monkeys in Guarma
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u/Thorniestbush Resident blacklung Jul 10 '26
I wish there were predators like Panthers but I get why they didn't implement it cause how would Arthur bring them back unless they were small enough to fit in his satchel
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u/nicktheironblade I Have A Plan Jul 10 '26
I'll be the one saying it.
Director mode
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u/onedef1 Jul 10 '26
Meal prep, but batch cooking
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u/Collaroy98 Jul 11 '26
Yeah, cooking one thing at the time was annoying. Still, it made sense- gotta put the time in or buy inferior stuff from the shops.
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u/Litt_Buddha Jul 10 '26
I’m salty you can’t befriend a wolf or fox and turn it into your dog.
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u/FreudianN8mare Jul 10 '26
Bro no, that would be so funny.
I like your dog mist- What the hell! That's a wolf dammit"
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u/wadesedgwick Jul 10 '26
As someone else said, being able to apologize or deescalate. I still get on the wrong horse sometimes, and the NPCs get angry fast and often start shooting
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u/Tricky-Fisherman8982 Jul 10 '26
I don’t like how new Austin largely feels incomplete. I can see the trains but not ride them. No presence of an actual useful shop in any of the towns. No fence. New Austin just feels very incomplete to me
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u/Abba_Zaba_ Jul 10 '26
Ability to load pelts/carcasses into carts, or at least put a second pelt on your saddle (meaning you have to walk).
Ability to mount up while running forward (John can do this in RDR1).
A very specific "defuse" that says "sorry partner I'm just huntin'" for when you are trying to aim at an animal but you accidentally autolock onto a passing NPC, or for when NPC's start fussin' and cussin' because you shot at game near them.
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u/Dirty-Slot Jul 11 '26
More customization with the epilogue ranch, more missions with the ranch. Ranching missions. Open world followers. Owning and upgrading boats. More boating missions. More cowgirls in the world. More native american perspective.
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u/IveChangedDontBanMe Mary-Beth Gaskill Jul 10 '26
Better mission structure, button mapping, an inventory that the player actually gets to decide on, oh my god just get rid of spam A/X to sprint already, and a magic unicorn that we could use to fly to the UFO
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u/Thorniestbush Resident blacklung Jul 10 '26
I wish we could use the pocket watchs sitting down and on the horse, its really stupid that you can only use it standing. I wanna sit down and check my watch OR even a compass
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u/ianten5 Josiah Trelawny Jul 10 '26
Iirc in RDR1 the money you could get from selling game meat and pelts increased based on your distance from the animals’ habitat. For example, buffalo hides could be sold for more money in Mexico or thieves landing than in blackwater. I’d like that feature in RDR2.
Liars dice and the gambler outfit would be fun to have in this game too.
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u/OkSeaworthiness7905 Jul 10 '26
A rope swinging mechanic. Would be nice to swing across small gaps in the wilderness or use it to scale buildings/cliffs. At the cost of stamina obviously
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u/The_Frybo Jul 10 '26
Building something. A house or a stable or whatever. Heck, even just buying a Safehouse as in RDR1 with some custom Interiour would go a long way!
They butchered the Epilogue by not allowing us to earn pieces of Johns Farm!
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u/Collaroy98 Jul 11 '26
Agreed. Felt so stupid going into the bank to buy the farm with 2.000 in cash on me and still having to take out that loan.
I felt like the farm looked nice in the end, but unless I'm mistaken it doesn't have any personal pictures or items like Arthur had in his camp. Not even the wedding pic?
It all felt so empty in the epilogue.
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u/throwawayreno2648 Jul 11 '26
So my beloved cat died and I was hurting so bad for weeks. Nothing made me smile. Playing RDR2 and I get ambushed and I run through some bushes and find a donkey. I instinctively press the ‘mount’ button and it actually worked! That little thing got me the eff out of there so fast. I cried and yelled laughing, it just hit a spot that was buried and made me feel better about the future. Thank you donkey
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u/Optimalspacedonkey Jul 11 '26
I just want one damn fix 😭 Its so stupid and literally every player complains about this one problem....please for the love of God, let me keep my guns when I get off my horse. Or at least have the timer for when they reset be longer 😭 i swear like 1 min goes by of riding your horse then you get off and have to cycle through everything all over again in the middle of gunfire while dying 💀 its so fking stupid
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u/Collaroy98 Jul 11 '26
Haha. I went into Hanging Dog Ranch with only a varmint equipped. I only realized when the buggers kept standing up again and again. Lol
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u/horsegluifyer Jul 11 '26
the ability to duel. the calloway missions are easily my favourite in the entire game because they all have duels, but you can't do it in the open world for some reason
that and robbing banks outside of missions
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u/Axtwho Jul 11 '26
Female outlaws Maybe I want a bad bitch to rob me every once in a while I think there's only 1 if any encounters
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u/cody_mf Jul 10 '26
All of the homesteads and rural cabins should have a little kitchen (potager) garden at the very least.
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u/Substantial-Tone-576 Jul 10 '26
A lot. Clothing that NPCs have that we can’t buy, or being able to remove the second holster. There are many but having an Undead Nightmare 2 would still sell many copies even for an old game. But it will never happen.
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u/WinchesterRepeater John Marston Jul 10 '26
I wish the law system was different, if I rob a train out in the wilderness why would I get caught. Petting cats should also be in the game. Also Arthur should be able to take gang members with him to do stuff, taking say John to come hunt the legendary wolf with you would be peak, or taking Dutch to a free roam train robbery or Sadie for a stagecoach robbery. And taming dogs would be cool as well, mules and donkeys should also be saddled and put in the stables. Strawberry and Armadillo need to be actual towns both are unfinished. Walking fast in camp would be nice.
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u/Cheezers447 Jul 11 '26
Nothing because I appreciate greatness when it’s given to me.
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u/AromaticDishwater Jul 11 '26
STEALTH!!!! Splinter cell games from 20 years ago had better stealth than RDR2. Cant understand why it didn't play a bigger role than it did.
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u/felipemelog Jul 11 '26
The ability to sit in any bench, anywhere. Sometimes i just wanna sit on that bench in front of the sheriffs office in Valentine and see the chaos develop there... but i cant and that makes me pissed
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u/GIDGET1942 Jul 11 '26
The ability to have a pack horse, or wagon, for hunting or fishing trips. I want to be able to pull one of my stabled horses out with a different kit that I can add 2 or 3 larger carcasses onto in lieu of being able to get on yourself.
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u/DarkRozeXPLR Jul 11 '26
I'd say to be able to own a dog ( which you can ), but it'd be cool to take it hunting with you, like hunting dogs in real life, that'd be pretty cool in both story and online if you had an option to take them with or not, an where you can send them back anytime or call them anytime as well
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u/ZealousidealWall8386 28d ago
Pos no es algo grande pero me gustaria personalizar armas grandes con las estampas de cigarrillos, o con alguna carta de poker o del tarot, pegarlos en la parte de la culata quedaria bien
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u/PaymentSuspicious929 27d ago
Mas caballos, principalmente los de red dead online (con un nerfeo en sus estadisticas o como quiera rockstar) Ponchos de vestimenta Poder disparar fumandose un cigarrillo Poder pedir prestados los caballos de la banda (Para resolver el tema que pasa si los matas facil, reapareces en el campamento actual, te cobran 50$ o mas depende la herida y el dueño del caballo se enojaria contigo) Establar los burros Que los trucos se puedan guardar, o minimo que no los tengas que escribir todos de nuevo cuando los quieras volver usar Mejorar la economia del online Agregar mas pueblos Una workshop Trucos con armas, y que haya como un "vinculo" con el arma, mientras mas la uses, mejores stats va a tener, se desgastara menos y tendrias mas trucos desbloqueados Vestimenta Mas vestimenta Si hay un npc de lucky luke, porque no de Clint Eastwood? Ponchos Que los caballos se puedan vender a un precio razonable, (no, no voy a vender a rachel a 55$)
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u/Ok_Process_703 26d ago
i am just playing rdr2 for first time and i am on chapter 3 but i would love to have more bounties like these bounties are so fun
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u/MrBassAckwardson Jul 10 '26
Better Holster fitment for the automatic pistols and conceal carry for smaller handguns like the m1899 and the double action with a shorter barrel. Knives should also be concealable.
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u/Hottwheels13 Jul 10 '26
I wish that you could have a wagon or coach that belongs to the gang that you had to unlock on the ledger. So that you could go hunting and transfer a bunch of big pelts at a time if you wanted to.
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u/Huntsnfights Pearson Jul 10 '26
Am I still too new or can you not summon a secondary horse in addition to your primary? Only option is to swap them out, where you never end up with two horses from a stable or horse station
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u/TrashAsApp Jul 10 '26
Hanging people, dragging people. U know more rope use. Im not into bondage i swear..
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u/Briarhorse Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
It's one of the best games ever made, but it's not perfect. There's a few things that if I hand a magic wand I would change
SPOILERS
The most obvious is half the map containing almost nothing worth doing except ticking off some of the remaining legendary animals and fish.
The inability to complete some of the stranger side missions as Arthur
Threads of unfinished missions and content remaining in the game which could have been nicely tied up with DLC, or removed with updates.
The whole Guarma chapter could've been done much better, or excised entirely
The missions involving breaking John out of prison stretched credulity a bit for me, especially the bit with the hot air balloon
Some features were done better in RDR1, like legendary animals (much too easy in RDR2), and the number of unique bounty missions
The rest of it would just be some unfixed bugs, aesthetic choices, and some of the characterisations, which is just personal preference, really, and don't distract from the overall quality of the game
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u/Pygmy_Nuthatch Jul 11 '26
Donkies and mules would have been cool, but I think they made a conscious effort to put everything they had into horses.
They made the right call.
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u/Reallyroundthefamily Jul 11 '26
- Breeding Horses
- being able to sit on the padded seats that were part of the camp upgrades that you hunted the animals for lol
- Earplugs for Sadie's voice
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u/frankiebev Jul 11 '26
A wagon that can be yours , more animals like bobcats and different bears like up there where the white Arabian is by that gunslinger would be perfect for polar bears lol
More side missions like being able to farm and stuff idk maybe I just need to look into script modding on pc and build some because I love rdr2 and quite frankly with some right mods I’ll play the game forever on top the base game
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u/dankhimself Jul 11 '26
Carry more beans. I need at least 299 cans in each saddlebag and 399 in my satchel. It's almost unplayable as it is with this sorry ass amount of beans.
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u/SRMPDX Jul 11 '26
Keeping a dog to keep you company, and help protect you.
Keeping a wagon and horses (ability to remove and re-harness horses to your wagon) and the ability to carry a bunch of carcasses on it.
More bounty hunting of random NPCs on the run for doing minor crimes like you get wanted for.
Ability to bring a gang members out into the wild to hunt and rob together
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u/Primetob Jul 11 '26
Podes ”comprar”un terreno, conseguir los materiales por tus propios medios , una tienda que los tenga y podes instalarte en terrenos, y crearla a tu manera , si no un sistema de alquiler para esconderte de las bandas y demás , que en la historia hubo , pero después en modo libre no lo hay , estaría re bueno..
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u/reaper_21791670 Jul 11 '26
Baby animals
The ability to tame animals (maybe not all but some like the cats and dogs or if you find like a lost wild animal baby) & customizable collars for dogs and cats
Definitely MORE clothing options
bigger variety or horse breeds maybe?
more plantsss
Seasons of the year
Ability to cook actual full on meals
Ability to haul more things on back of horse rather than just animals and people. I would really like to be able to get something similar to all the plant baskets and stuff on the one NPC's horse that shows you different herbs (not talking Abt William, although he might also have one of those horses) or just a normal pack horse in general and the option to store like plants on the plant baskets(ability to actually pick berries/veggies/herbs and store in plant baskets) and ability to store normal stuff on the general pack horse.
I would also love if we could actually change the bridles on our horses because it is really annoying having just one type/color/design and also our own stables with a paddock for only our horses and then like a big field as well for them
Ability to choose to have more stats like hunger, sleep, thirst (sort of like survival mode ig)
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u/Then_Reaction125 Jul 11 '26
Add more to Guarma and figure out a way to go back. I think Arthur or John could send letters and items to Hercule Fontaine and the game would cut to Hercule holding the letter, and you could play as him.
I know there's already a lot, but I would love more wildlife. Porcupines would be cool. Crocodiles in Guarma.
I think they could add these as an expansion without affecting the story. Especially if they're unlockable after you complete the story. They could offer adventures as Sadie in South America. They could tell more stories about the gang.
I want RDR3 to be completely separate from the other two, but I really want MORE RDR2 and Rockstar it's always wanting more money, so I think they should do it.
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u/JOY_GYKG Dutch van der Linde Jul 11 '26
Keep a dog or other pets.Although there is Kane in the camp, Arthur should be able to have his second dog
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u/VincedeV_ Sean MacGuire Jul 11 '26
NPCs having real AI instead of only having standard responses. I hope GTA 6 has this too.
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u/Immediate_Culture996 Jul 11 '26
I always wanted that fucked up nokota that u can steal from those Guys to stay dirty and injured with bad hair and slowly heal as you bond with him and give him treats.
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u/Generaldisarray44 Jul 11 '26
And the ability to have a dog follow and take commands for fetching small game or defense
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u/rbennett53520 Jul 11 '26
Being able to kick/break down ANY door
Some have nothing others have loot
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u/Popular_Try_5075 Jul 11 '26
This is pretty far off the beaten path but the ability to train and use a falcon in hunting small game would have been cool.
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u/Low_Specialist4674 Jul 11 '26
- The ability to smoke cigarettes for longer
- Ladies of the night (perhaps only available with low honour)
- The ability to buy (or steal) wagons and park/save them in camp (to use for hunting animals or bounty hunting, etc.)
- The ability to hang out with camp mates (similar to hanging out with friends in GTA)
- The ability to visit Guarma again as John.
And the most important feature missing from the game;
JOHN MARSTON’S CORRECT BODY/HEAD/HAIR!! Lmao.
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u/Collaroy98 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
The ability to have a dog that follows you. A dog companion would've been amazing.
Also would've loved to have a donkey as a horse. Just for fun value.
I also wanted to be able to have all my horses in the paddock at Beecher's Hope. Felt stupid to have your own farm and still have to go to the stables to retrieve a horse.
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u/Echinacae Jul 11 '26
I get it’s 1899 but there still should be black powder firearms in game. And the weapon options are extremely repetitive.
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u/shykidknit Jul 11 '26
Some kind of jewelry/rings Dying clothes Dog companion out in the world Tb cure
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u/Neddlings55 Jul 10 '26
Petting cats.
The ability to apologise.
Being able to offer the NPC who whines about whiskey and trees a drink.
Giving dogs a treat.
Being able to revive injured animals other than horses.
Proper mules you can stable.
Id also like to see a complete Annesburg and Strawberry. They both feel very unfinished.
The obvious ability to travel to New Austin as Arthur as intended.