Summary
A seemingly normal bear hunt took a shocking turn for one unluckyRed Dead Redemption 2player, who learned the hard way to make sure an animal is indeed dead before trying to harvest it.Rockstar’s open-world Westernis considered by many to be one of the greatest and most financially successful video games ever made, owning up to its gripping narrative and detailed game world that takes players to a fictionized version of the American frontier lands in the late 1890s.
As is the case with theGrand Theft Autogames,Red Dead Redemption 2contains plenty of interesting side activities to go along with the single-player journey of former Van der Linde gang member Arthur Morgan - such as hunting for meat and upgrading materials across the untamed wilderness of the Old West.Arthur can also partake in Legendary Hunts, which task the player with tracking down a certain animal in exchange for pelts of the highest caliber. However, the list of animals available for players to hunt inRed Dead Redemption 2includes carnivores like bears and cougars, and the hunter can soon become the hunted if Arthur isn’t careful.
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While most of theanimals inRed Dead Redemption 2are painstakingly programmed to behave like their real-world counterparts, glitches can and do occur that can make an otherwise realistic experience turn into something out of a supernatural horror movie. Such was the case for Reddit user Temporary-Shirt-8783, who fought and seemingly killed a bear during a session ofRed Dead Redemption 2. Unfortunately for them, the bear isn’t quite as dead as initially believed when they begin to skin it, and the animal suddenly rises up and mauls the startled player to death after completely shrugging off Temporary-Shirt-8783’s efforts to defend themselves.
Red Dead Redemption 2players have shared many unusual hunting stories in the five years since the game launched to near-universal acclaim. Some of these virtual tales end with a wolf dying in a non-climatic fashion, while others involve Arthur suddenly blasting off into space due to an unexpected glitch. Temporary-Shirt-8783’s deadly encounter with a freshly-skinned bear is clearly a case ofRed Dead Redemption 2’s programming malfunctioning, but some Reddit users have compared the frightening sight to the original game’s zombie-centricUndead NightmareDLC.
Part of what makesRed Dead Redemption 2such an enduring gameis the fact that virtually anything can happen within its large open-world sandbox - even things that are the result of unintended glitches and programming quirks. Having a dead bear suddenly come back to life with vengeance on its mind is a harrowing experience for any would-be cowboy, but at least the Old West could gain a new legend from Temporary-Shirt-8783’s ill-fated encounter with the skinless bear that would not die.
Red Dead Redemption 2is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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