No way real life copied rdr2

@aidenguzman3510

4 ай бұрын

Fr shame on real life

@Stuntmachine14

4 ай бұрын

Game so good they made it real

@pixelsonascreen5043

4 ай бұрын

Every masterpiece has its cheap copy

@SxVaNm345

4 ай бұрын

I can’t believe God based real life on rdr2

@taylankonsey3907

4 ай бұрын

which one real which one rdr2?

RDR2 changed my life so much it basically became the last game I played or cared for. After falling absolutely in love with the atmosphere of the game, I took up hiking and wanted to see bueatiful locations in real life.. I then started taking photos of my hikes and fell in love with photography as well... 5 years later I run my own business now doing landscape photography, with side photo shoots for others outdoors. I owe so much to this game. I'll be 40 this year, and with my kids, wife, and my business, I hardly have time to play games these days. The feeling when I play RDR2 now is unlike anything I can describe. Thanks for reading this far!

@Jodrac

4 ай бұрын

That's amazing! The greatest art inspires to do great things.

@stflaw

4 ай бұрын

That is a very inspiring story. Congrats.

@matthewgresty7464

4 ай бұрын

Beautiful story. I'd love if you shared your Instagram or anywhere else that we might find your work.

@ed0825

4 ай бұрын

It's also the last game I ever played. Having kids and work it's almost impossible to find time, but I'm glad I finished up my gaming days with my favorite game ever.

@Arkadias1

4 ай бұрын

Fake story 😂

i went to Scotts bluff last year. the whole Nebraskan panhandle looks just like the heartlands. it's so beautiful out there.

As some one from Oklahoma i can say that the heart lands are based on Oklahoma and the Cornwall oil mine is most definitely based off of 1 of many oil mines in the area infact Oklahoma had a big oil business and a oil rush plus a lot of native American history that lines up with the Wapiti tribe

@moaimemes5843

4 ай бұрын

I can def agree as someone from arkansas. On my mothers side my ancestors were cowboys and on my fathers side my ancestors were native Americans and its very cool seeing both sides getting recognized through media such as rdr.

@laurie550

4 ай бұрын

Can you tell me more that's so cool

@pitmanmisti

3 ай бұрын

I'm also from Oklahoma

@IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD

Ай бұрын

@@moaimemes5843bruh you’re John Dahkeya from Ark: Survival Evolved

Love Ambarino, Just wish you'd see more people

@filmsbyhen

4 ай бұрын

Wish that in the epilogue colter would be reestablished as an active settlement. Or maybe if there was rest stop in the wilderness like Minnie’s haberdashery in the hateful right

@KC.45

4 ай бұрын

​@@filmsbyhen Ambarino is bigger than what we actually see in the game, it extends further north.

@CaptainPeanut

4 ай бұрын

I wish it had Minnie's Haberdashery

@pureCHiCANEry

4 ай бұрын

@@filmsbyhen I've said that from day one! Wish they had added something like the haberdashery. Considering that there are so many nods to real life figures and western fiction in the game, it would have been SO cool to get a nod to The Hateful Eight. Or even to some other Tarantino westerns.

@renaigh

4 ай бұрын

you would have, if they're weren't driven out or killed.

Hey, I watched most of your videos and I had some entertaining hours with them. I have a suggestion, though, if I may: videos like this one could benefit a lot from a slower pacing in my opinion. There is so much beautiful imagery, but as soon as I'm about to take it in, you jump to the next chapter. Keep up your work, it's appreciated!

Babe, wake up. Henry films just dropped another video

@rookie9028

3 ай бұрын

Banger *

This is honestly my favorite KZread channel at the moment, keep up the fantastic content.

Brilliant video. So many real world connections. I can happily spend hours just galloping through the RDR scenery. The creators did an excellent job.

Brilliant recap and visual usage. I love this so much!!

I think the Heartlands is my favourite region of the map. Even in real life I always like wide open spaces, where you can see for miles in any direction. I always thought Hennigan's Stead and MacFarlane's Ranch from the original game was inspired by 'Of Mice and Men', which is meant to be somewhere near Soledad, California.

This is awesome dude, your videos are so nice to just throw on. Really nice editing!

Awesome video, it really shows that you put your research into this! I actually think that grizzlies east us also partly inspired by wyoming backcountry. Not only does the rockies go through wyoming but if you search up wyoming island lake you will find mountain scenes looking almost identical to those surrounding the lake were hamish lives.

Rdr2 is one of my favorite games

Great video, will definetely keep coming back for these geographical comparisons.

Very cool! As a European I am not really familiar with how American states have 'sterotypical' landscapes, so it's cool to see the RDR2 map being matched to the real world! I really wish to visit the US one day :)

Okay, the hype was worth it I hope this gets a mil views

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make and post. 🤠👍💜🔥🌟💙🏆🥳💐🌻

Thanks for the geography tour!

I love your videos! keep up the good work :)

Great video! Love Rockstar’s attention to detail with their maps.

Nice work. Excellent effort!

Another great video 🤠

Ive been to all 50 states, and I would say this is a really solid video, and I agree with many of these, but there are quite a few I have differing opinions on- 1.For Amberino's huge waterfall I would actually say this is based on bridal falls or other various large CO waterfalls. 2. Citadel rock more closely resembles all those limestone rock formations you find in the great plains region of the USA, mostly notably Scottsbluff. 3. Little creek big valley is weird because it connects West Elizabeth to Amberino, mount Shann is likely based off of a Cascade loner mountain, while the range on the other side as you previously mentioned is 100% the Rockies, the valley itself is actually modeled off of Colorado. I agree with everything else

Keep it up your videos are great ♥♥

Great video and great research! Just a constructive idea for the next ones: perhaps it would be a great idea for you to slow down a little bit, showing places in RDR's map and then showing places in the USA's map (just as you did with the Rocky Mountains in the very beggining) with their names, etc. In this video everything seems too fast-paced, it is a little bit hard to follow everything

Thank you for making this video.

Cholla is pronounced "CHOY'-uh", its a cactus found in the Sonoran Desert. In Spanish, the letter ll is pronounced like a y. Cholla is often called "Jumping cactus" for how easily it will leave its own parts, covered with strong quills, in the skin of the invader. They are all over the map in Cholla Springs in the game as well. In fact, this is really what got me hooked on RDR(1) a dozen years ago: it felt like I was back home in the desert west of Tucson, in Avra Valley (near old Tucson)

Really good video thanks man. Fantastic references and you clearly have an understanding of the geography which, being from Australia, is really helpful. USA has some of the most beautiful terrain in the world. I think R* did an excellent job bundling it all together. Shame they didn’t include Mexico etc.

I come back to this game regularly and I think a huge reason why is because of the environment. Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and that region of America is rarely depicted in any kind of media. Let alone a game. To enjoy a setting faithfully recreating those kinds of places and making it as vast of a section of RDR2’s world is something I’ll always enjoy, and I don’t think it’s likely to happen again. It’s really sad how everyone including rockstar as a developer acknowledge and joke about how they abandoned the game to focus on GTAonline. The potential for DLC content is really a big what if for me. If R* had split and dedicated a third of their resources they did to GTAonline since 2018 RDR2 would be seen as something transcending the medium of gaming (more than it did) and be a legendary piece of fiction and culture. For all of their flaws, Bethesda succeeded with making Skyrim a game that will be seen in history as a touchstone piece of fiction for generations to enjoy. People mock all of Skyrim’s re-released versions but they exist because it’s still profitable. R* dropped the ball completely on being able to enjoy that same privilege for Rdr2. They could have been supporting something they produced and doing pretty minimal work to benefit from their customers satisfaction and trust with one or two DLC expansions. As insult to injury the story of RDR2 is SO good that it would take the place of a game like Skyrim in the bigger picture of video games and storytelling narratives having the potential to be as universal of an art as movies or paintings, sculpting, photography.. whatever.

When I was in Estes, Colorado, I noticed that there was a valley which looked nearly identical to big valley

Great video but just to be pedantic for a second, Mt Hagen is further south than that one 2:23 (this specific mountain range overlooks Colter and Spider Gorge runs alongside it, and is notable for its jagged peaks). Mt Hagen however is disconnected from the others, south of Lake Isabella as a standalone structure. Anyway, love the details of the real life inspirations and and insight.

06:00 - Interesting maps, but I don't think it's important to imagine how the RDR2 universe USA would look like. All I am interested in is what places the rich RDR2 map was inspired by. This you covered very well! Great video!

when you post i cry tears of joy

insane timing on this video i just finished watching the towns on and clicked back onto my home

Good video. I always thought Roanoke Ridge was a nod to Roanoke, VA, as it resembles the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. Especially with Annesburg being a coal mining town, which is a staple of West Virginia. EDIT: just watched your other video. You nailed it in that one. Not sure why you only mention Arkansas in reference to Roanoke Ridge in this one.

I always thought Roanoke Ridge was more of a stand in for Appalachia, more specifically the West Virginia/Virginia area. There is a Roanoke, Virginia which is in the mountains.

@JH-fb3mp

4 ай бұрын

Agreed, as a resident of the Ozarks we are basically just miniature Appalachia

@metalslinger

4 ай бұрын

@@JH-fb3mp Yep. my mom was raised in southern Missouri and I still have family there.

Bro i think you're my fav youtuber right now, watched western movies cause of you lol

MrBeasr be like: TODAY we’re building the WHOLE RDR2 map in REAL LIFE!

I think of western Montana and Wyoming in Ambarino, but I can see Colorado there too. I see a lot of Nebraska and eastern Wyoming in the Central part of New Hanover, which makes sense with Valentine resembling Cheyenne and other livestock towns in that region. However, Roanoke Ridge is definitely more modeled after Appalachia, not so much the Ozarks. Those hills are very west Tennessee and West Virginia.

Mad underrated🔥

LETS GO HE DROPPED DA VIDEO

Id argue that places surrounding Annesburg strike me as that I am exactly where Im from in Central PA. the surrounding mountains are effectively just like Allegheny county. No terribly interesting terrain, just trees, grass, some waterfalls, creeks, rivers. Same tree species, animals, hill terrains, people from PA would most likely agree with me also considering Annessburg gives off old Pittsburgh vibes.

1:58 this waterfall here looks a lot like Snoqualmie falls in Washington State, (specifically the right side waterfall in the game) interestingly, it is a taller waterfall than Niagara falls too! It also sits at the foothills of the Cascade mountains similar to how in game the waterfall is more at the foothills rather than up in the mountains. Snoqualmie falls also often has 2 streams falling down, depending on hoe much water there is. It looks like Rockstar just took a picture of Snoqualmie falls and mirrored it(flipped it). The water fall on the left is 100% Yosemite falls. Look it up, you'll see it starts with a big wide waterfall, splashes on the ground in a little pool and then keeps going down in a smaller thinner stream. 100% EXACTLY like the waterfall on the left in RDR2. It also makes sense for it to be Yosemite Falls, because that waterfall in game is also near the hot springs/geisers which is based on Yosemite. The one on the left also kind of reminds me of Colonial Peak Falls, Washington - The Tallest Waterfall in the contiguous USA (48 states). It is extremely tall, and there is many many different parts of the waterfall, it is so tall you cant actually see the whole waterfall at once, so there is a couple spots of that waterfall that reminds me of this one, especially the one on the left. But it is obvious RDR 2 based that waterfall on Yosemite falls 100% especially considering the geisers hot springs are nearby which are based on Yosemite.

very well put together and quick video. Id love to visit those places one day but I guess at this point RDR2 is good enough i guess.

Art copying life! 🙏🌟

very cool video mr henry films

This video deserves way more views

This man needs more subscribers

Great video fella!

@1:46 The canyon walls there and a few other places in this state are the same style as the walls of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado.

Would you do something exploring the turn of the century American politics in RDR2? (i.e. reconstruction, indigenous american policy, corrupt mayors, the rise of corporations, etc.) ik its kinda broad but I feel like there are definitely some interested things to explore

best Read Dead youtuber of the year undoubtedly

I'd argue that Big Valley near the Little Creek River is less Yosemite and more Grand Teton NP. Donner Falls looks a lot like the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River, which would make sense considering its proximity to Cotorra Springs.

Was just going to throw out, I live in Kentucky and like 15 minutes away from Cumberland Falls, which is surprisingly also depicted in the game.

Knew this was a banger when the music started

I just recently moved to New York City, but riding around in Cholla Springs makes me miss my home back in Arizona. I much prefer the heat of the Sonoran. 🌵

It was cool playing it the first time thinking, "I've been there! I can almost smell it!" Solid game. Also, go travel the u.s. it's mind blowing

Very good video

Thank you!

Van Horn is very much like the old city of Natchez, MS, or at least the area of Natchez referred to as "down the hill", and kind of north west of there is much like the hills and hollars of Kentucky with it's cave system, much like the big cave near the Elysian Pool.

@filmsbyhen

4 ай бұрын

I discuss Natchez in my history of every town video!

You are up there with Real Pixels as the best in the game right now 👍

I think the area just east of Calumet Ravine including the unnamed mountain is a close resemblance to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. I agree with pretty much everything else.

Its crazy to think about the dollars trilogy and where it was recorded, it was actually recorded mostly in Almeria, Spain which has a lot of desert

RDR2 is absolutely gorgeous, and it's so cool seeing their inspirations in real life.

No mention of Black Canyon of the Gunnison which is clearly in the game.

The Serpent Mound in Roanoke Ridge is very similar to the actual Serpent Mound in southern Ohio, an ancient American Indian burial ground. I've been there many times, and the game does it justice.

The real world Mississippi River and State of Louisiana are reference several times throughout the Red Dead series. Louisiana is said to be the real-life state from which Natalie Kelley is home to in the Revolver universe. With the release of Red Dead Redemption II confirming the Lannahechee being located in the State of Lemoyne in this universe, confirms the case of retcon, with all previous mentions to the Mississippi River since Red Dead Redemption being retconned as Lannahechee mentions. Texas co-exists with New Austin in the Red Dead Redemption canon, even though New Austin is directly based on the State of Texas. With New Mexico only being canon in Revolver, it could indicate that New Austin is a stand-in for New Mexico Territory.

I feel like fort Mercer is based on the Alamo. Both have similar back stories and both are near relatively near the Texas Mexico border .

Patrolling Gap Tooth Ridge almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

Alright so here’s my “criticism:” You have great cadence, word choice, and dialogue, and it makes every video a joy to watch, which is especially refreshing since they’re original ideas 6 years after the game’s release. Just about every conceivable topic in the game has been beaten like a dead horse, but this breaks the mould (mold?). That being said, you could do well to do every state as its own in-depth video, discussing more geography and inspirations. I think I speak for everyone when I say that would be delightful, entertaining, and could offer so much content and insight into the game. Thanks for doing a great job.

@matthalpin1981

4 ай бұрын

I had to check online when you said the game was released six years ago. You are totally correct! I cannot believe it has been out for so long!

@kalinridenour

4 ай бұрын

@@matthalpin1981 Yeah it’s crazy isn’t it? Feels like it’s been half that

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

4 ай бұрын

@@kalinridenour It's like the old saying goes... "Time flies when you're -having fun- calling in sick to work four days in a row so that you can mash a 91-hour RDR2 bender, being an absolute psychopath to every last person you meet on the trails!" 🙃

Bro please make the “outfit for every mask” pleeeaaase

Another W vid

twin stacks pass is based on Pawnee grassland in colorado

Personally I always thought Roanoke Ridge was based more on Appalachia, considering the name Roanoke is heavily affiliated with that area and the fact that the Appalachians were full of coal mining towns like Annesburg strengthen the resemblance.

@filmsbyhen

4 ай бұрын

I thought that for the longest time, I even mention that in my previous historical inspiration video, but a bunch of people corrected me and honestly geographically the Ozarks make more sense. Plus there was a mining industry there too

@p1nkyblue

4 ай бұрын

@@filmsbyhen Pretty sure the naming for Butcher Creek & Beaver Hollow/Holler was inspired by Butcher Hollow/Holler in Kentucky, the home place of country singer Loretta Lynn. Her biggest song opens with the line "I was born a coal miners daughter in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler" so it's not deep lore. One of the cabins in the centre of Butcher Creek resembles her childhood home, but to be fair a lot of cabins look like that.

*cutley books flights* What cant wait to see beachers hope

RDR2 has given me more than I ever expected from a game. I found a family. One that I never had as a child. I didn't cry at my grandmothers funeral, but I lose it when Arthur dies. So much so that I can't even play Chapter VI anymore. I try not to go past Chapter III or on occasion Chapter IV. Just because of the emotional toil it takes on me to lose men and women that I have grown to love. They all mean more to me that actual people in real life. I never have to be alone again as long as I have them. An interesting note is that here where I live there are 3 town with the same name as 3 in RDR2 and are quite close to each other. We have Blackwater, Rhodes, and Valentine. If we get any new towns and they are called Annesburg, Colter, or Lagras, I'm moving there. Because at some point Arthur will come riding through and *I WANNA MEET HIM* lol.

Lemoyne seems to have distinct notes of Florida as well as Louisiana. But a big difference between Saint Denis and New Orleans is Saint Denis is not a coastal city. Surely West Elizabeth is named after West Virginia, supposedly named for "The Virgin Queen", Elizabeth.

Very good video mate, even though me as a European I dont know how tall The Statue of Liberty really is :( but a very good work!

@filmsbyhen

4 ай бұрын

93 m or 305 ft

Lowkey wish you covered Nuevo Paraiso since there's most likely never gonna be another chance to discuss RDR's Mexican geography since it's just 1 state in 1 game

Would love to see rockstar just creating open worlds for diffrent countrys

that's crazy

as a californian my fav state in the game is west elizabeth as it reminds me of california so much(atleast the mountain part). but it leaves me wondering what rockstar's actual california would look like if west elizabeth already has tall trees and big valley. i guess for rockstar, california would just be the coast and beaches?

As someone who is 44 years old, i can only say this. THERE IS ONLY WORLD BEFORE AND AFTER RDR2. Nothing can compare with that game on equal level. Great video.

Rdr 2s world is by far the most realistic game world I've ever played and its not even close.

how do you not have more subscribers??

6:05 you can find globes in the game and everything looks the same

4:08 Drake:

Maybe a video on Godless, great show if you haven't watched it.

I haven’t finished the game yet, I’m towards the end of Ch 6.. When does the closed areas black water, new Austin etc.. become available?

@filmsbyhen

4 ай бұрын

In the epilogue

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Flat Iron Lake is a Geographical cryptid, the mythical sixth Great Lake.

In my opinion, RdR2 actually appears more visually appealing than real life, not necessarily in terms of crispness and detail, but there's something about it that makes it look better than the images you showed in the video.

@jakethemcufan7021

4 ай бұрын

Maybe, but nah nothing can beat real life. Being there in person with great weather would probably be more beautiful

@jonathan130

4 ай бұрын

@@jakethemcufan7021 that’s why I said details and crispiness. But other things look better in rdr2

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

4 ай бұрын

I think it's the "haze". There's some sort of hue all around, that changes from place to place, along with an excess of particles...gives all locations a bit of a magical feel.

@jonathan130

4 ай бұрын

Exactly, it's also about how the environment appears; it's cuter, more perfect, rounded, smaller, with fewer imperfections than real life, and I love the color palette..@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

Nice

6:19 MojaveD reference ⁉️⁉️

@rickyalvarez9616

4 ай бұрын

let me get my big head outta here

This is gonna sound ridiculous... But this video told me that, as a British person, I'd been pronouncing Yosemite wrong my entire life💀 I always pronounced it "Yo-seh-might", not 'yuh-sem-atee" as you did. Had to pause, open a new tab, had my "hold up" moment right there haha

"Mount SHaNn"

Pecos River in Texas is Pey-Cus River

how do people think roanoke ridge is the ozark mountains, its obviously the appalachian mountains 1. It gets very foggy 2. Butcher's creek is similar to appalachian culture 3. theres one long ridge, like appalachia, unlike ozark 4. annesburg is very similar to pittsburgh, or other appalachian coal mining towns 5. appalachia is a much more relevant region to base an area off of also in big valley there's also grand teton

this makes me want to play rdr2 again lol

@chapno4255

4 ай бұрын

do it