Summary
ARed Dead Redemption 2player captured a moment where Charles Smith, a Van der Linde gang member, mysteriously disappears after interacting with Arthur Morgan. The player posted their encounter online in a video where Charles disappears behind a moving wagon at some point during the story mode inRed Dead Redemption 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2is a massive open world, providing plenty of activities to do with various NPCs. WithRockstar Games' open-world design, the characters living in the Wild West setting are subject to gameplay conditions. One such condition that comes to mind is the respawning capabilities of NPCs. Specifically speaking, if an NPC dies in the game, they won’t return and will be replaced with another NPC. This has brought on the discussion of NPCs despawning inRed Dead Redemption 2, affecting the immersion in Rockstar Games' western game. With this in mind, a player has captured footage of a known NPC despawning right before them.
After speaking with Charles Smith inRed Dead Redemption 2, Reddit user intoner1 posted a video of the character disappearing somewhere. The exchange is brief: Charles has been trackingArthur Morgan of the Van der Linde gangfor a while, and the player promptly responds by dismissing Charles. Once that moment comes and goes, a wagon passes by at the end of the interaction, separating the two. However, once the wagon drives on through, Charles is no longer at the scene as if he left the area altogether. Intoner1 captioned the video, “Coolest despawn I’ve ever seen.”
In the game,Van der Linde gang memberscan take on treks to look for Arthur Morgan if he’s been away from camp for a lengthy period. Charles is one of the characters who can go out and locate Arthur (Bill Williamson and Javier Escuela are other members who can go out and travel to find Arthur). This can occur during Chapter 3, which intoner1 mentioned in one of the comments under their post.
Moreover, references to Batman and Jason Bourne were made in the comments when referring to Charles’s disappearing act in the video. These characters exhibit similar behaviors, seemingly disappearing after interacting with others.
While killingNPCs inRed Dead Redemption 2could lead to some issues, it’s refreshing to see rare despawning moments like those in intoner1’s video. It’s a humorous interaction that doesn’t play by the rules of realism in the game. The game is known for executing some problematic results regarding despawning characters, though players have noticed these issues before in single-player mode andRed Dead Online. Whether it’s intentional by design or not, it’s a possible moment that can be triggered in the game.
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.
