What We Want: Saloon Games
Features We Hope Are in Red Dead Redemption, and Ones We Hope Aren’t
One of the surprising highlights of the first game was its saloon activities. I personally sunk countless hours into Poker, Liar’s Dice and Arm Wrestling, giving me much needed respite from the action and violence of the story missions. Red Dead Redemption 2’s world needs to be larger, denser and more interactive than its predecessor, and a great way to do so is to make its saloons a hub for a whole host of new activities. Games like The Witcher 3 and its card game Gwent have proven that players like to spend time getting immersed into an open-world by way of side activities and games, so let’s hope Red Dead redemption 2 features some cool stuff to do.
I’d be up for a full-fledged billiards mini-game, or maybe just a more realistic version of cowboy Poker. The star of the show last time around was definitely Liar’s Dice, which served as a great way to gamble and get to know NPCs which made up the world. It’s pretty likely that saloons will be a big part of the game once again, so hopefully there is plenty to make them worth visiting.
