Red Dead Redemption 2 gives you a lot of freedom, whether you handle situations in a nice or evil way. Today we want to know from you whether you play as a good cowboy or as a bad cowboy.
In the Wild West, there is a lot to do and countless characters to meet. The game largely gives you freedom in how you deal with tasks or conflicts. Do you behave honorably away from your gang’s plans or help NPCs on the roadside with their problems or do you take the opportunity and rob them? How do you play Red Dead Redemption 2?
Good or Evil: Both Have Their Advantages
The benefits of being good: Honorary behavior is said to have a positive effect on your cash flow. If you manage to get through the campaign without a bounty being placed on you, the merchants are said to offer you better prices. Additionally, people sometimes do you a favor when you help them.
Items that you have obtained honestly can also be turned into cash at all merchants. If you have a good reputation, prices in stores are lower. Horses that you have acquired legally or captured yourself also earn you more money.
The benefits of being bad: “Bad” cowboys find opportunities everywhere to get money or items. Why help NPCs on the roadside when you can just as easily rob them? You can steal horses everywhere instead of having to tame them painstakingly.
You are an outlaw, so let loose and rob a train or grab a stagecoach and take it to the fence. But don’t get caught, because a bounty can seriously eat into your profit.
How the Editorial Team Plays
Patrick is the epitome of a good, upright cowboy. He greets all the characters that cross his path and helps every damsel in distress. He also has no problem helping poor NPCs with snakebites and often brings home those characters who are allegedly lost. Even if he has to expect to be cheated himself.
Tarek also plays a good one – but only as long as no one is watching. If the opportunity arises, he unleashes the outlaw. A little five-finger discount has never hurt his game.
Micha is an outlaw for life and behaves accordingly in RDR 2: She steals, robs innocent citizens, and even steals entire trains. Witnesses have to fear for their lives, and the bounty on her Arthur is so high that she really shouldn’t show her face anywhere anymore. However, she is reluctant to pay her bounty: “You will never get me alive!”
Now it’s your turn: How do you play in Red Dead Redemption 2? As always, you only have one answer option.
Do you have a special story that relates to how you play your game? Then feel free to let us know in the comments. However, please watch out for spoilers!
