Red Dead Redemption 2’s Dogs Are Some Very Good Boys

Red Dead Redemption 2

I’m a very simple man. All I ask for in life is that you don’t misspell lose as loose, the milk goes in before the water in a coffee, and that if you put dogs or cats in your video game, you better let me pet that thing. The Evil Within 2 and Breath of the Wild are two of the most erroneous examples of games locking you out of heaven.

I’m happy to report that Red Dead Redemption 2 is an orgy of petting thanks to all of its very good boys.

The dogs you will find in Red Dead Redemption 2 are typically just going about their day in towns, barking and generally being the best. I’ve only seen a couple so far, but I have been able to verify that all dogs go to heaven because these guys are angels.

Arthur is able to approach dogs, get down to their level and then give them seemingly unlimited pats. What’s neat here is that each pat is a little different: sometimes it’s more like a stroke, other times it’s a little on the heavy side. The dog reacts no matter what, shaking his booty like it’s on sale and looking genuinely happy to be alive.

When you do eventually decide to stand up (probably an hour later), the dog will give you a little bark and then trot off to sniff things and do general dog activities. The dogs in Red Dead seem to have their own routines but they can also be interrupted. It’s another indication of the staggering amount of attention to detail in the game, though I haven’t studied enough to see if their balls shrink yet.

There’s also the option to scold the dogs in Red Dead Redemption 2, which I haven’t tried as it should by all rights fry your console and spit the disc out at you in disgust.

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