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ARed Dead Redemption 2player has shared a disturbing revelation of what happens when you shoot the leader of the Chelonian cult in the game. It’s an easily missed detail ofRed Dead Redemption 2, given the infrequency that players actually encounter the Chelonians.
Red Dead Redemption 2is filled to the brim with extremely small details. Many of these details will go unnoticed by most players, appearing only during very specific scenarios. Recently, oneRed Dead Redemption 2player was stunned by a realistic alligator detail, leaving them shocked at why Rockstar would even consider putting it in the game. It’s a credit to Rockstar’s attention to detail that some of these things are still only being discovered now, almost six years after the game’s original release.
The clip posted by Redditor PotatoCase begins with them sniping the leader of the Chelonian cult, and what happens next is fascinating. Every single member of the cult runs to the nearest hill and immediately jumps off it to their death. The Chelonians appear in one particularRed Dead Redemption 2side quest, where Arthur has to rescue Mary Linton’s brother Jamie from their influence. This mission does a great job of establishing what the group is all about, but this piece of extra worldbuilding goes the extra mile in this regard.
According to the comments in the thread, PotatoCase even attempted to stop the Chelonians from jumping by reloading the save multiple times. In their words, “they suddenly gain the power of Chelonia and jump” when kneecapped to stop it. TheNPCs inRed Dead Redemption 2have always been known for some particularly strange behavior, but at least in this case, it seems completely in line with the characters themselves.
The discovery of these kinds of details is a big part of whyRed Dead Redemption 2is so revered by the gaming community. They have kept the game feeling fresh, no matter how many playthroughs a player has completed. Still, many gamers out there are pining for a sequel at this point, with every player having their own ideas about what it potentially would entail. While Arthur Morgan’s voice actor believes thatRed Dead Redemption 3is a certaintyat Rockstar,Grand Theft Auto 6is the studio’s priority at the moment. There’s likely a bunch of time yet beforeRed Dead Redemption 3becomes a realistic consideration.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
