Summary

  • One player discovered that invisible snipers on Guarma in Red Dead Redemption 2 can be blocked with large animals.
  • The invisible snipers in the game have a physical source that players can manipulate to kill NPCs.

A Red Dead Redemption 2 player online has discovered a fascinating detail about the invisible snipers on Guarma. The invisible snipers in Red Dead Redemption 2 were a controversial way for Rockstar to keep players inbounds, but most players will have missed this detail about them.

Over the years, players have continued to notice new details in Red Dead Redemption 2. This is because the game has an incredible level of attention to detail, with Rockstar including plenty of things that many players will simply never see. It all comes together to create an incredible illusion of a living, breathing world, which is why Red Dead Redemption 2 keeps players coming back so long after its release. One Red Dead Redemption 2 player even noticed an immersive detail after 2,000 hours, showing that even veterans of the game still have new things to find.

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Redditor -_-lolz shared their interesting discovery, which they noticed while on Red Dead Redemption 2's Guarma. While attempting to go out of bounds, the player noticed that the invisible sniper couldn't hit them if they were carrying a large animal to block the shots, and it could even be used to kill guards on the island if the camera was positioned directly in front of them. This indicates that the bullets from the sniper are coming directly from the player camera, or, as one user in the thread puts it, "the invisible sniper is us."

Red Dead Redemption 2's Invisible Guarma Snipers Can Be Used to Kill NPCs

Gamers in the thread were fascinated by the discovery. While most know about the invisible snipers in Red Dead Redemption 2, very few had any idea that the bullets actually had a physical source within the world that could be manipulated to kill NPCs. According to some in the thread, it's the exact same way the game handles the invisible gunmen in New Austin in Red Dead Redemption 2, implying this method could be used to survive there as Arthur, too.

It's good that gamers are still finding interesting details about Red Dead Redemption 2, as it seems there won't be a sequel for a long time yet. Rockstar continues to finish up the development of Grand Theft Auto 6, with a release date still penned in for later this year. Even still, any potential new Red Dead Redemption game likely wouldn't arrive for a few years after that unless there's more going on behind the scenes than Rockstar has publicly revealed. Given how it has handled the development of titles in the past, this seems massively unlikely.

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Red Dead Redemption 2
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Released
October 26, 2018
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
Developer(s)
Rockstar Games
Publisher(s)
Rockstar Games
Engine
RAGE
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
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Action, Adventure