Red Dead Redemption 2, released in October 2018, was a genre-defining action-adventure game that ranks in certain circles as one of the greatest of all time. With a 97 on Metacritic and multiple game of the year awards on its mantle, Rockstar’s gorgeously-realized frontier set during the end of the old west is unparalleled in its breadth of detail and fidelity. Following the life and times of Dutch Van Der Linde’s rough-and-tumble gang of outlaws, the story of Red Dead Redemption 2 is ultimately a somber one, filled with high-stakes conflicts, heart-rending tragedies, and complex introspective moral lessons on themes such as greed, family, and friendship. As is par for the course with Rockstar titles, Red Dead Redemption 2 also has its fair share of levity, with moments ranging from humorous to downright goofy during the course of the game.

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TikTok user toxicthe._.simp released a video of a commenter’s challenge to try and make the smallest horse that John Marston can still ride. Whether through mods or console commands, a horse scale slider is shown as it is adjusted downward. After a little trial-and-error, the result of the challenge is a hilariously awkward .14-scale horse trotting through the town of Blackwater with a full-sized rider dragging their feet through the dirt. To an Eric Breton ragtime piano tune, the absurd scene is a delightful 15-second homage to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Red Dead Redemption 2 utilizes Rockstar’s proprietary in-house RAGE engine: an immensely powerful game engine that supports pre-calculated global illumination, industry-leading enhanced physics, animations, and AI, as well as physically based rendering and volumetric fog. It is a technical marvel but far from flawless. Rockstar games have a long history of immersion-breaking bugs and quirks of physics and AI, often to amusing results. There are scores of videos of Red Dead Redemption 2 and its RAGE engine behaving erratically.

In a game world that can be as dour as Red Dead Redemption 2, sometimes it is nice just to be able to get a laugh in. Videos like toxicthe._.simp’s remind us that, more than anything else, video games are meant to be enjoyed. For as much value as there is in complex drama, it can be a lot of fun to take that dramatic element and dress it down to something silly.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is available to play on PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.

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