55 hours of play and not a single death: this player achieved a real feat in Red Dead Redemption 2. However, things got off to a bad start…

Game news 55 hours of play and not a single death: this player achieved a real feat in Red Dead Redemption 2. However, things got off to a bad start…

Red Dead Redemption: the ode to the Western and a total commercial hit

In 2010, Rockstar San Diego amazed everyone by bringing the western up to date. Through Red Dead Redemption, the team immerses us in a Wild West in full urbanization. The gunslingers who made the law are no longer welcome, the cities are structured, electricity arrives everywhere, the railway develops, and the government wants to bring order. Suffice it to say that John Marston, outlaw, no longer really belongs there. A few gangs remain, but they are hunted down, and John is one of the executioners.

The government has caught him, and he is responsible for finding his former companions. We therefore dive with him into this fantasized universe and written with formidable precision. For the second opus, released in 2018, Rockstar chose the prequel. We go back a few years, to a time when John’s band had not yet broken up. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game of excess, with an advanced simulation aspect, thousands of animations, routines, events…

The landscapes are as varied as they are realistic and, even today, it is one of the most beautiful games available. If it didn’t please everyone because of its extreme nature, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an absolute hit. We tend to forget it because it is in the shadow of a GTA V with 205 million copies sold, but this second Red Dead Redemption was sold 67 million units and it is quite possible that it will pass the 70 million mark in the long term. In other words, “RDR 2” is the 7th best-selling video game of all time behind Minecraft, GTA V, Tetris (EA), Wii Sports (sold with the Wii), PUBG and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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Survive no matter what: he finished Red Dead 2 without dying after several attempts

By taking a look at social networks, on Twitch or on YouTube, you will quickly notice that the title is still at the heart of a lot of content, whether it is let’s play, videos dedicated to secrets or speedruns. Not all of the game’s secrets have yet been found, and there are hundreds of compilations highlighting improbable situations. Recently, a streamer known as Crayator made it his mission to complete the game playing normally and without dying. A challenge not as simple as it seems, because there are many dangers lurking in the city or in wild spaces. Did he succeed? The answer is yes, and in 55 hours! He documented the whole thing on his Twitch channel and on X, showcasing his various attempts and numerous deaths.

The first took place after nine hours of play, and another took place against the legendary bear after an attempt that had lasted for 15 hours and 30 minutes. He then managed to complete his challenge, before heading towards the long epilogue of the game. It is therefore not a speedrun but a “no death” performance, which has its own value. For the curious, know that the world record in Any% (finishing the game as quickly as possible without completion) has been held for six months by a Swiss player called FreshRigi. He saw the end of the adventure in 12 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds. When you know the duration of a game played “normally”, it’s an absolutely crazy time!