The opening hour of Red Dead Online is designed to set up the story, and lead you through creating your character. In the meantime, you can head over to our Red Dead Online Everything We Know Guide for info on the full beta schedule and more.

We’ll be adding more and more Red Dead Online Guides as we spend some more time with the game. We’ll take a look at setting up Camp, getting the horse brush, and assigning your first Ability Card. In this Red Dead Online Tips guide, we’ll be leading you through this opening hour, right up until the training wheels (stirrups?) come off and you’re thrust into the Wild West to fend for yourself. You don’t get to ride off in Free Roam for some time, as you must first play through the opening. The first and most glaring difference is how it starts, in that it has much more of a narrative than its counterpart. It is fairly similar to GTA Online, but there are some key differences. Red Dead Online has started rolling out for players, and it looks set to be an awesome open world experience to get lost in.

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