Updated November 7, 2024, by Hamza Haq: Most games, open-world or otherwise, put very little emphasis on getting the side quest portion of the story right. Developers often focus all of their efforts on fleshing out the main story, the exploration, the progression system, and other factors. Side quests are mostly at the very bottom of the priority list for developers when, in reality, they are what gamers spend the most time doing, especially in open-world games where player freedom is at the core of the gameplay loop. The games that do get it right allow the player to remain immersed in the world setting, living and breathing the fiction as if they were a part of it. Open-world games with great side quests don't automatically become classics, but the ones that do always have a great questing experie

In the first Red Dead Redemption , John Marston can find strangers and complete tasks for them. These types of side missions were first featured in Grand Theft Auto 4 and gave the player a chance to discover a little more about the game's world. These side missions could range from gathering flowers for an old man to blackmailing a politician. These stranger missions can still be completed during the epilogue, even if they were started by John. The strangers will comment on Jack looking different , but will gladly accept his h

On a mission titled Savagery Unleashed from the Guarma chapter, Arthur was trying to save Guarman workers from getting hanged before he was knocked unconscious by Angel, his captor, and Alberto Fussar's lead inquisitor. Then, he woke up with his hands tied but managed to set himself free while Angel was occupied with Leon and Bapti

The Strange Man is an enigma, and everything in this side quest foreshadows the ending of the game. In the third meeting with him, the Strange Man will mysteriously remark how this location makes for a "fine spot." It turns out to be the final resting place for John, Uncle, and Abigail later down the line. The three bullets that John shoots at him before the gun jams could be a way to show how all three characters die, but Jack is spa

If Arthur has high honor, his grave will look nice with flowers around it. If Arthur's honor is low, his grave will look unkempt with no flowers. That's why in the meme, Carl Fredricksen from Up gives Arthur the highest honor he can h

Three years later, he committed his first murder and faced a hanging punishment when he was 12. Dutch stepped in to save the young boy and introduced him to the gang, consisted only of Dutch, Arthur, Ms. Grimshaw, and Ho

Near the beginning of Red Dead Redemption II , Lenny and Micah get caught by the law. Lenny escapes, and he tells Arthur that Micah's going to be hanged. By this point, it's established that Arthur doesn't like Micah, so he doesn't immediately jump at the idea of rescuing him. He can also tell that Lenny's upset by what happened, so he decides to take Lenny drinking before they rescue Mi

Charles Smith was one of the recent recruits of the gang shortly before the Blackwater Massacre . Before that, Charles used to live with his parents until the US Army drove them away. A couple of years later, Charles' mother was captured by them, turning Charles' father into a depressing alcoho

Born in 1877, Abigail Roberts turned into a prostitute before joining the gang. Back in days, she grew up as an orphan, or according to Rockstar's official description, 'Scraping out a living in dive bars and brothels in the West.' Maybe that's why she felt connected to John, the most above all the rest of the memb

Even minor missions like collecting Animus fragments are extremely fun, as it employs the open-world feature. Black Flag manages to make the present-day sequences engaging as well, as uncovering Templar plans by playing mini-games adds in a level of quality that most games don’t bother with in their side missi

Sea of Coronado- Players will find this hideout at the most southwest portion of the map they can go. Typically the hideout will spawn right on the banks of the sea, and enemies will usually appear on a ridge above the pla

Players can start this mission by finding a man named Sam Odessa north of the Scratching Post in New Austin. Odessa tells John he is headed to California, wanting to bring his family from the Black Sea in Europe to the Pacific Ocean in three generations. The first encounter has John warn Odessa about the dangers of Gaptooth Ri

Solomon's Folly- Players will need to ride south from Tumbleweed and then go southwest from Benedict point in order to find this hideout on their map. If players hit the river then they have probably gone too

On their games from the Grand Theft Auto to the Red Dead series, Rockstar has always based the cities on real-life cities: Liberty City (New York), Los Santos (Los Angeles), New Hanover (real-life Hannover in Germany), and so

Throughout Red Dead Redemption II , Dutch's sanity is slowly declining. In the beginning, he's shown to be caring and rational when making decisions. But as the Video game soundtracks progresses, he unravels and indulges in violence at the cost of the g