Just dropping by to complain about the dumbest thing in RDR2 and maybe one of the dumbest things I've encountered in modern video games: the "hit 3 times and win at black jack" challenge.
The game has 10 categories of "challenges" (10 challenges each) that you need to complete to unlock the next challenge. Some categories are based on sharp shooting (kill 3 guys with knives in under 10 seconds), others focus on collecting specific types of herbs, etc... and they're all typically fun or challenging distractions. Most games have them. They're usually hit or miss, sometimes annoying or grindy. Whatever. This game has a challenge in the gambling bucket that requires you to win THREE hands of blackjack (a mini-game at a couple of saloons) after hitting at least THREE TIMES (!).
Anyone familiar with blackjack knows that you would never do this in real life, and it would be extremely rare to even have the opportunity to hit 3 times... You'll almost always bust after hitting twice, let alone more than that. The fact that the game makes you do this serves absolutely no skill or purpose. It's just absolutely awful design. And they make it worse by making blackjack the one mini-game diversion where you can't hit a button to skip watching the NPC turns. Not only is it mind-numbing and pointless, but it traps you at a table when you could be exploring the otherwise amazing and beautiful game.
Unfortunately, I'm a completist and want to finish this, so I was spamming x on my PS4 while doing other stuff on my laptop. I lucked out once with a starting hand of 2 and 2. Hit a 3 (I'm in business!). Hit a face card, so now I'm at 17. Luck out and hit a 3 (20!), only for the dealer to get blackjack. Yeah, not trying that again. Eff the stupid ass inconsiderate idiot nonsense ass designer who programmed that BS.
