Red Dead Redemption 2 - For a Few Redemptions More

[robc04]

I was curious as to where the badgers are, so I looked up a location in a Polygon article. They had a pic of their map and talked about hunting badgers. i went to that location and rode around the area - no badgers and no badger icon on my map. I was there day and night. I’m not sure why I don’t get the badger icon.

[lostcawz]

I was wandering close to my campsite the other day and on my horse when I saw a badger wandering a little ways away. It was night so it was hard to see this badger very well, but it was very obviously a badger. This badger turned towards me as I started to draw my rifle (this was only a couple of hours in for me and I was still fumbling with controls). Suddenly this badger scurries super fast towards me and my horse as I’m still trying to draw my rifle. Then the badger leaps and knocks me from my horse. It did so easily because it wasn’t a badger. It was a panther and within a few seconds I was deadified. This was the only badger I’ve seen and is my badger story.

[Kolbex]

@robc04

i went to that location and rode around the area - no badgers and no badger icon on my map. I was there day and night. I’m not sure why I don’t get the badger icon.

It’s probably because

[Alistair]

Maybe they’re downloadable critters?

[eduardoleonidas]

The badger being a pain to find. I vaguely remember going up and down a creek until I found one, but they share an environment with more common creatures so you’re going to kill a lot of foxes while you wait for it. The map in the article is probably right, you just need to try a few times.

[lordkosc]

@robc04

Probably the only question is if I can have enough patience for how long it takes to travel places.

The time it takes to travel long distances between locations, can be reduced by stopping to fish if given the opportunity. :)

[robc04]

@eduardoleonidas

The badger being a pain to find. I vaguely remember going up and down a creek until I found one, but they share an environment with more common creatures so you’re going to kill a lot of foxes while you wait for it. The map in the article is probably right, you just need to try a few times.

I ended up finding one in a different spot. I still don’t have a badger icon on my map, but I think I only need one.

@lordkosc

The time it takes to travel long distances between locations, can be reduced by stopping to fish if given the opportunity. :)

I’m not quite the fisherman you are :-) I don’t mind it when I need a bit of food or something, but I can’t spend a ton of time on it.

[Kolbex]

I really enjoyed setting autopilot, as it were, and just enjoying the most zoomed out view.

[tomchick]

@Kolbex

I really enjoyed setting autopilot, as it were, and just enjoying the most zoomed out view.

Oooh, you’re gonna be stoked when you discover the cinematic view! Hold down the menu button on your controller. You can switch the view by pressing in on the left stick.

-Tom

[Kolbex]

Oh yes! The game tells you about that during the return from Cuba.

[lordkosc]

Autopilot-horse is nice and all, till you are randomly attacked by a cougar.

[Kolbex]

On a road? That never happened to me. Alligators, on the other hand…Lemoyne is not the place for autopilot.

[lordkosc]

Yep a road that went up near a mountain , with an overpass if I recall.

[tomchick]

@Kolbex

Oh yes! The game tells you about that during the return from Cuba.

You can even play the game from the cinematic camera! It’s like playing Resident Evil, but you’re playing Red Dead Redemption instead.

-Tom

[Inverarity]

Speaking of fishing, I noticed something in the mission where you get the ability to fish (where you take Jack fishing). Specifically, the cut scene with the agents. There’s a moment where Arthur appears to go for his pistol as they turn around, but stops when Jack interrupts him. Implying that he would have tried it (and likely succeeded) had Jack not been there, thus changing the (game) world forever.

[Kolbex]

Good catch! This game is so good I might have to actually replay it someday.

[tomchick]

@Inverarity

Specifically, the cut scene with the agents. There’s a moment where Arthur appears to go for his pistol as they turn around, but stops when Jack interrupts him. Implying that he would have tried it (and likely succeeded) had Jack not been there, thus changing the (game) world forever.

What’s the context for this? Which agents and what would have changed? I love details like this, and you’ve clearly noticed something I missed, and now I want to know more!

-Tom

[Inverarity]

Early in the game, Arthur is confronted by the two agents Ross and Milton, who are looking for Dutch. This is mid-way through chapter 2, when Arthur takes Jack fishing. That moment looks like the chance Arthur has to end them right there, and since he doesn’t, they go on to be the big baddies through the remainder of this game and RDR1. Ironically, it’s Jack’s presence stopping Arthur (and it’s Jack that kills Ross 15 or so years later).

At least, that’s how the moment looked to me. They get done telling Arthur to turn in Dutch, and then they turn their backs (they are either underestimating Arthur or too hell bent on getting Dutch. Or both). Arthur is about to go for his sidearm, but there’s Jack. And Arthur stops. All in the cutscene. I missed it my first full play-through, and I missed it the second time when I played until Chapter 3.

It was a nice touch. A near miss to an entirely different life for the gang.

[Kolbex]

The thing about cops is that there’s always more of them. Now Micah…

[Inverarity]

True story. And really, even if Micah was removed, Dutch was the one enabling Micah and is likely to have enabled someone else similar to Micah. Separation from Dutch was the only correct path. Regardless of Micah or cops…