Red Dead Redemption 2's Bloody Animal-Skinning Animation Is Truly A Sight To Behold

Red Dead Redemption 2's Bloody Animal-Skinning Animation Is Truly A Sight To Behold

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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/red-dead-redemption-2s-bloody-animal-skinning-anim/1100-6461905/

Like 2010's Red Dead Redemption, October's Red Dead Redemption 2 will let you skin animals and sell their meat. But the skinning animation in the sequel is extremely different from what you might remember--and it's a lot more intense. In the 2010 game, the camera cut away from the animal as John Marston plunged his knife into it to remove the meat. Blood splashed on the screen, and Marston sometimes makes remarks about the animal smelling bad. But in the sequel, the animal-skinning experience gets elevated to a new, more visceral level with Arthur Morgan in the driver's seat.

During my time with the game, tracked and killed a deer in Red Dead Redemption 2's open world. I walked up to it and pressed the button to enter the skinning animation. I was not prepared for what happened next. In one seamless animation, Arthur Morgan plunges his knife into the animal, sending its guts spilling onto the ground. He then removes the fur, and you see the fur peel back over the animal's body. It was shocking.