Red Dead Redemption 2 Details Revealed By Special Editions

[NewsBot]

Yesterday Rockstar Games officially unveiled all special editions and pre-order bonuses for Red Dead Redemption 2.

Since many of the extras you get for pre-ordering or buying a special edition are in-game items, we also got our first glimpse into how some of Red Dead Redemption 2’s mechanics and features will look and work in practice.

Players who pre-order the game will get the War Horse and the Outlaw Survival Kit. We’ll get back to the horses, but the Survival Kit already tells us plenty. The kit will be filled with consumables that can restore health and Dead Eye. This rules out generic regenerating health, for one thing.

In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit.

Stats

Combine that with the in-game stat boost bonus of the Special Edition and you have a clear indication of light RPG elements. The Core Stat Boost will give increases to Arthur Morgan’s Health, Stamina and Dead Eye ‘cores’ as the description calls them. These will likely be the character’s primary attributes that one can increase by ranking up or using items.

One way of increasing stats with items is via the use of talismans. These can be worn on various items of clothing like boots and your satchel, and two are included in the special edition – one buffs your Environmental Awareness skill, and the other offers damage reduction. Additional talismans will also be available in the game.

It is unclear what the Environmental Awareness skill entails, however based on recent trends in games, we suspect it might be one of those “important things temporarily glow” abilities like Eagle Vision/Witcher Senses/Batvision/Built-in Deus Ex Face Sunglasses that are so common recently. Damage reduction, on the other hand, suggests additional stats beyond the three core stats.

Horses

Returning to the horses, the various editions and pre-order bonuses bring the total special reward horses to three, which is a large enough basis of comparison to see what we can expect – and that happens to be unique body types and a wider range of stats for horses.

Ardennes drafthorses are absolutely huge and have a muscle mass visibly greater than pretty much any other breed, and the game reflects this difference. The screenshot showing the Red Dead Redemption 2 incarnation of the war horse proves that it is an absolute unit, while the other horses are different in their shape.

Additionally, mount stats can be further altered by what saddles you use. Included in the special edition is a Nuevo Paraiso saddle, while the Ultimate Edition has a High Plains Cutting Saddle, both with different stat bonuses.

The small objects on his satchel may be talismans in this screenshot.

Outfits

Red Dead Redemption 2 will also feature a mix between Red Dead Redemption’s fixed outfit system and GTA 5’s mix-and-match clothing system. Various editions include different exclusive outfits for either Arthur Morgan or the Red Dead Online protagonist, however the individual elements of the outfits are explained in detail.

Additionally, during the recent press event with the 45-minute gameplay demo, it was discussed how hitboxes are so precise that your hat can be shot off your head if the enemy aims so. In this case, you need to pick the hat up manually or lose it forever, necessitating the buying of a new hat, which proves that individual clothing items are also available.

Camps

It has also been revealed that in Red Dead Online players will be able to customize their camps. One of the Ultimate Edition bonuses is instant free access to the “Survivor Camp Theme”, which likely affects the decoration and possibly facilities present in your character’s camp.

We’re curious to see how camps will be implemented – will players be able to just set up camp anywhere, or will there be fixed locations? If the latter, how will the game deal with multiple players camping in one spot? GTA Online solved this with instancing multiple identical apartments in the same building, but that option isn’t present here.

Red Dead Online Ranks

Red Dead Online will also feature a similar rank system to GTA Online, where you can climb the ranks by completing missions. This is evidenced by the rank boost bonus in the Ultimate Edition which increases your RP gain rate until you reach rank 25.

Missions

On the mission front, it is confirmed that Gang Hideout missions will return, with the difference being this time that instead of trying to get rid of criminals for the greater good like Marston did, you’ll be plundering your fellow outlaws for riches and teritory.

Though, the game is set back when Dutch was still and idealistic Robin Hood-esque fellow, so maybe it’s a case of the “good” outlaws fighting the “bad” outlaws.

Other Details

A few additional tidbits have also surfaced. One of the larger settlements in the game will be called Saint-Denis, which is described as a busy port city. Red Dead Redemption 2 will also feature weapons not present in the previous game, such as the Lancaster Varmint Rifle.

Keep an eye out for more info about Red Dead Redemption 2 in the coming days and weeks!

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[Archbell]

These details of the pre order bonuses and Special Editions gave us a fair bit of information. As you stated a lot of the details hint at there being light RPG elements introduced in RDR2 especially if you look at how they describe the bonuses that improve Arthur's stats along with them confirming they'll be items to replenish health so I wouldn't be surprised if they used a health system similar GTA V but I wouldn't rule out them sticking to the health system they had in RDR as that game had items and consumables for replenishing health even though your health regenerated over time.

I wish we'd got the images they included in screenshot form so we could see them better although they're nothing too special and don't show us much.

- The bustling port of Saint Denis is far larger than any settlement we saw in RDR

 

- They seem to be carrying a wound up firing line and a detonator similar to those seen within certain missions in RDR

- Decomposing carcass

  - 3D facial hair on what I'm assuming to be Online characters

From Rockstar's description we can assume atleast a few of the bottom images on the Ultimate Edition are from Red Dead Online so that's pretty cool, hopefully we'll get some more information soon.

Edited June 6, 2018 by Archbell

[Benjo]

5 hours ago, NewsBot said:

It is unclear what the Environmental Awareness skill entails

This has to be the same as Far Cry which lets you see nearby animals for hunting purposes.

[CMcC]

2 hours ago, Benjo said:

This has to be the same as Far Cry which lets you see nearby animals for hunting purposes.

...and sage.

[VampireKrush]

Hmm well, a lot of this sounds fine and dandy but can I name my horse Ed? Seriously though... I want that horse just because it looks like it is on steroids. I am not sure how stats will be in this game but I am sure he will have good ones.

[Hazed0NE]

That camp thing is interesting. It feels like they went above and beyond to give fans a reason to want the special edition games. I will likely get one though I am not sure if I will get the big one (with the box) or not.

[Benjo]

1 hour ago, Hazed0NE said:

I will likely get one though I am not sure if I will get the big one (with the box) or not.

Remember the big one with the box doesn't actually come with the game. 

[AngeletteLachance]

Confused if rdr is better than uncharted?