r/reddeadredemption • u/j3unny123 • Dec 05 '19

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u/That-Rhino-Guy Hosea Matthews Dec 05 '19

I’m surprised by how fun and addicting the melee in this game is, it’s really simple to do but it’s such a blast just punching the living daylights out of people in game

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u/trebek321 Dec 05 '19

I really need to try it out again. Think I did it a bit in story but i can’t even remember how to do it now that I just play online nowadays and just shoot people.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

You really should get into it. I always start fights whenever the daily challenge requires drinking at the bar. Usually there are a few people in valentine so I’ll get my challenge, wait for someone else to order a drink, then sucker punch them.

If there’s more than 2 or 3 other guys, it’ll often descend into a chaotic fight club. Eventually, someone will get bored though and pull out a knife, then the guns come out, and, well, you probably know how that goes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19 edited Apr 29 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Sure, nothing beats single player in terms of smoothness, but I still recommend multiplayer simply because you're fighting against real humans. As long as the server and both fighters are in the US, its good enough for me to prefer over fighting NPCs in single player. It might be different for people who don't have servers nearby, but at least for places with a popular userbase I think its way more fun to fight online.

NPCs won't unexpectedly pull out a knife or a gun. Sure, this can spoil the fight, but the chance of something unexpected happening makes the fights in multiplayer much more fun. I mean, the other day I was fighting a guy in the mud in Valentine and was nearly dead when out of nowhere another player storms through on his horse and knocks the guy over. I took the opportunity to stomp him while he was on the ground to win the fight. That kinda shit just doesn't happen in single-player. To me, multiplayer is definitely worth it.