PC Gamer - UK (2022-04)

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very outlaw, at one

point or another, tries

to walk the straight

and narrow path.

Retire from crime and

go legit. Get a real job. With the

Jobs Mod for Red Dead Redemption

2 , you can give your outlaw a

chance to start over, not as a bank

robber or loan shark, but as an

honest working Joe. Or, you can try.

I didn’t find it all that easy to keep my

outlaw out of trouble, even with the

nice selection of jobs the mod adds to

the game. No matter what I tried –

bartender, sheep herder, delivery

man, miner, dock worker – I just

couldn’t keep jobs from going wrong.

As the saying goes, you can take the

cowboy out of the gang, but you can’t

take the gang out of the cowboy.

DOCK ROCK

I start with something that sounds

easy and peaceful: a dockworker at

the quiet and cruddy town of

Annesburg. The mod adds new icons

to the map: if you see a yellow icon

indicating an anchor, that means you

can find a boss at that location and

ask them for work. This boss sends

me over to the dock to do some

fishing, which is something I’ve done

plenty of times in RDR2, though

something about the oily waters off

the coast of Annesburg means that

despite casting my line and trying to

tempt a fish, I keep coming up empty.

My shift ends and I have absolutely

nothing to show for it. So, I go back

to the boss and ask for another

chance at earning a wage.

This time I’m instructed to head

down to the water and fill up a

bucket, then bring it back up to the

boardwalk, dump it out, and scrub

the dusty planks with a broom. I do

that for a while, though again I have

to note that Annesburg’s water is

absolutely disgusting and oily, and

since my horse insists on following

me onto the boardwalk and wiping

his hooves all over it, I seriously

doubt all this labour is really helping

clean anything at all. But work is

work, and unlike my usual work in

RDR2, nobody is getting hurt.

That is, until I decide I’ve had

enough of walking to the water,

filling up that bucket, and scrubbing

the planks of the boardwalk. My shift

isn’t over but I’ve cleaned four

separate areas and I think maybe I’ll

clock out early and get paid, though

I’m not expecting the full amount.

The boss doesn’t pay, however (I

JOBS MOD

Some honest work in Red Dead 2. By Christopher Livingston

NEED TO KNOW

RELEASE

November 5, 2019

PUBLISHER

Rockstar Games

DEVELOPER

Rockstar Studios

LINK

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ODD JOBS

A few of our favourite work sims

LAWN MOWING

SIMULATOR

Cut grass. That’s

really about it. But

the mowers are cool,

and the chore

becomes a lot of fun.

EURO TRUCK

SIMULATOR 2

There’s something

about hours of

trucking while

listening to the radio

that’s really serene.

FARMING

SIMULATOR

If you think farming

isn’t exciting, think

again. Harvesting

beets is a thrill. I’m

not being sarcastic.

ELITE

DANGEROUS

If you think about it,

it’s just trucking in

space. And

everything is better

in space.

UNLIKE MY

USUAL WORK IN

RDR2, NOBODY IS

GETTING HURT

BELOW: I don’t think

this water is clean

enough to clean

anything.

BOTTOM: (^) Did I miss a
spot? I missed a spot.
EXTRA LIFE
NOW PLAYING I UPDATE I MOD SPOTLIGHT (^) I HOW TO I DIARY I WHY I LOVE I REINSTALL I M U S T P L A Y