{"id":668135,"date":"2026-04-03T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/red-dead-online-a-playground-to-make-your-own-fun"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:08:23","slug":"red-dead-online-an-untamed-playground-to-make-your-own-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/red-dead-online-an-untamed-playground-to-make-your-own-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Dead Online &#8211; an untamed playground to make your own fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/red-dead-online-an-untamed-playground-to-make-your-own-fun.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nHave you ever met a cheater in Red Dead Online? I have &#8211; a few times, in fact. The latest encounter came at the worst possible moment, after I had spent an hour painstakingly hunting animals to fill up my wagon with pelts. I had set off on a trader mission across the map, opting for a risky long-haul voyage that left me open to attack.<\/p>\n<p>A potential shootout with a player was a risk I could accept: combating an invisible god-like assailant, however, was something I really hadn&#8217;t signed up for. Out of nowhere, I was transformed into a flying saucer. It didn&#8217;t take long for me to realise what was happening &#8211; Red Dead Online is notorious for its cheaters, and one of them had decided to spend their evening targeting me. <\/p>\n<p>\nIt turns out that driving a wagon as a spaceship is quite difficult. The ship was so vast that it obscured my view, and the glow from its lights made navigating the pitch-black desert almost impossible. Using my mini-map to steer, I somehow made my way to my destination, but my ordeal wasn&#8217;t over quite yet. I had some bandits to deal with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/red-dead-online-a-playground-to-make-your-own-fun\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/red-dead-online-a-playground-to-make-your-own-fun\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever met a cheater in Red Dead Online? I have &#8211; a few times, in fact. The latest encounter came at the worst possible moment, after I had spent an hour painstakingly hunting animals to fill up my wagon with pelts. I had set off on a trader mission across the map, opting for a risky long-haul voyage that left me open to attack. A potential shootout with a player was a risk I could accept: combating an invisible god-like assailant, however, was something I really hadn&#8217;t signed up for. Out of nowhere, I was transformed into a flying saucer. 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