Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

Not only players are experiencing "Red Dead Redemption", but many game designers and media in the industry are also paying attention to this game.

At the beginning, most people's attention was on the extremely free gameplay of "Red Dead Redemption".

But with the deepening of the game, a variety of gameplay is no longer the focus of their attention.

Because in the game, with the deepening of the plot, it brings an extraordinary experience.

It is real and deeply touching, especially for some players who like western-themed content, they feel an unparalleled sense of immersion.

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There are two rival plantation families in Rhodestown, one named Braithwaite and the other Gray.

The sheriff is from the Gray family, and he asks Arthur and Dutch to help destroy the Braithwaite bootlegging workshop.

At that time, although the United States had not implemented a ban on alcohol, the tax on legal alcohol was too high, so the bootleg wine workshop was very popular.

Including the large-scale moonshine industry during the later Prohibition period, and the famous grape bricks are all good foundations laid during this period.

In addition, the original planting industry in Rhodes Town was developed, but with the abolition of slavery, the planting industry that required a lot of labor has naturally declined, so bootleg wine has become the main source of income for these big families, secretly attacking each other. .

But when Dutch saw the local police officers he worked with were so stupid, he felt that people in rural areas like Rhodes Town were easy to deceive, so he made up the idea of ​​​​the two major families.

He decided to capitalize on the hatred on both sides to benefit the Van der Linde gang.

So they started all kinds of salacious operations, helping the family to steal the family's horses for a while, and helping the family to burn the family's fields for a while.

However, some things happened during this period of time, that is, the Austrian gang came to the door.

But what is surprising is that the Austrian gang, the sworn enemy, said that the two sides agreed to a place for peace talks.

Arthur felt that this was unreliable. After all, the other party killed Daqi's former woman and Daqi also killed the brother of the other party's boss. How could the two sides have a chance to negotiate after fighting for more than ten years?

But Mika said that there would be no loss if he went to see it. It was a trap that was a big deal, but if it was true, it would be better.

Dutch accepted the plan, and the two sides negotiated while Arthur took cover as a sniper.

But what I didn't expect was that the opponent's target this time was not Dutch, but Arthur.

Because the Austrian gang has cooperated with Pinkerton law enforcement, he believes that Dutch will bring the gang to rescue Arthur, and then he can set up an ambush in advance to wipe out the Van der Linde gang.

In the end, Arthur took advantage of the other party's carelessness and escaped alone. When he returned to the camp, Arthur was already half-dead, and his companions hurriedly took care of him.

Weeks passed and Arthur finally recovered from his injuries, but then things got completely out of control.

The Gray family invited Arthur and the others to the town, but they suddenly attacked and opened fire.

Unprepared, the pistachio Sean, who occasionally has a bad mouth but is the team, was shot in the head.

After fighting all the way, they finally escaped from Rhodes Town to the camp, but got another bad news.

That's the Braithwaite family who touched the camp and kidnapped: little Jack.

Sean's death, little Jack is kidnapped.

This time, the anger of all the Van der Linde gang members, whether it was Arthur or Dutch, had accumulated to the top.

Including Hosea.

No one wants to keep a low profile anymore.

Dutch, Hosea, Arthur, John Marston, Charles, Bill, Lenny, Javier.

There were eight people in total, and they aggressively attacked the Braithwaite family. Just by looking at their backs, one could feel the ferocity and arrogance of the Van der Linde Gang.

This is also a level where players feel the most shocking so far, and it is also a level where they can feel how strong the van der Linde gang is in combat.

Incarnate as all villains, catch Lady Catherine after a battle, and learn that little Jack has been sent away to a big man named Bronte in Saint Denis.

So everyone set fire to the house and left, leaving a mad Catherine watching the raging fire of the century-old house.

But one wave after another, just as everyone was discussing how to rescue Little Jack the next day, the two Pinkerton agents who had found Arthur before also found them, and they said something cruel. Kind of run away, next time Detective Pinkerton I bring 100 of them pats his **** and leaves.

And for Dutch and the others, obviously they can't stay here any longer.

Under the leadership of Dutch, everyone came to an abandoned mansion in the swamp not far from Saint Denis.

After settling down temporarily, everyone began to inquire about Brontë's residence in order to rescue Little Jack.

And here players have finally stepped into the most prosperous and largest city in the game: Saint Denis.

The prototype of the city is New Orleans, which was established by French colonists and then sold to the United States, so the city adopted the French pronunciation of SaintDenis.

There are also many French-style buildings in the city. The trade and industry of Saint-Denis is very developed. There are not only exquisite streets and rich commodities, but also dirty and crowded slums, and the hazy sky brought by high industrialization.

After wandering around the city, Arthur got Bronte's position in the mouth of the street hooligan who made the player hate it.

Dutch and Arthur took John to Bronte's house.

But unexpectedly, little Jack did not receive any abuse.

Even cared for by food and drink.

After helping Bronte deal with a group of grave robbers.

Dutch appears to have become good friends with Bronte.

And after that, Brontë invited them to a high-class party in Saint Denis.

At the same time, it is implied that Dutch helped him get rid of a commercial competitor.

Daqi, who claims to be the Robin Hood of the Western era, naturally wouldn't help Bronte, but simply refused.

So at the banquet, Brontë asked Dutch what their real purpose for coming to Saint-Denis was.

And after learning that Dutch and they want money, told Dutch that there will be a lot of money in the tram stop.

During this period, the player will also trigger many important tasks.

For example a date with Mary again.

Helping Mary retrieve her mother's relics, the two of them had a good time, and even Arthur watched a movie with Mary. At the cinema, Riather's hand wanted to carry Mary's shoulder, but he stretched it out countless times, but in the end taken back.

Finally, when she was about to leave, this time Mary did not stop talking like the previous time, but spoke.

She wanted Arthur to leave with her, to leave the Van der Linde gang for a new life.

But obviously this was futile, because Arthur still had the gang on his mind, and he couldn't abandon the gang.

He said to Mary that as long as the gang was settled, he would definitely go to Mary.

But when is the head?

At the same time in the city, Arthur also recognized the former Indian chief Luo Yu and his son Feiying.

Originally, this was just an extra job. Once again, I went to Cornwall, an old acquaintance, to gather some wool and steal the bill from the Cornwall refinery.

But in this operation, Flying Eagle saves Arthur's life, and it also leads to their friendship.

That is, from here, the rhythm of the game began to speed up.