Game Review - Red Dead Redemption 2
I was in a dilemma for a very long time. I was a casual fan of the western genre of movies (and I mean that very loosely), with Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly being the only one I had ever known and loved, and I was not sure how Red Dead Redemption 2 would resonate with me. I was in this same situation when the first one in the series was released a decade ago on XBOX 360 and hence, I gave it a pass. Now the PSN store had RDR 2 on sale and after two years of nothing but questions, I took a leap of faith. It turns out, RDR 2 is the game I never knew I loved! Ironically, the story is not what captured me since I find myself indulging in all sorts of media properties for the wild, imaginative and the fantastical. In the case of RDR 2, it was the characters and the world. The story is good, I would say serviceable for the western genre, but the characters are extremely memorable. You take the reigns of Arthur Morgan, a bandit by fate but with a heart of gold who ru