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[Video] Have You Found the Spooky “Ghost of Agnes Dowd” Easter Egg in ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’?
“There’s ghosts in the swamp. I saw them.”
It may not have won Game of the Year at last night’s Game Awards, but Red Dead Redemption II took home the awards for Best Narrative, Best Score/Music, Best Audio Design and Best Performance, so to say it was one of the night’s big winners would be an understatement.
On the subject of RDR2, have you found the Ghost of Agnes Dowd yet?!
There are all sorts of fun Easter eggs in the game, pointed out in various YouTube videos, but Agnes Dowd is easily the most chilling. If you hang around in the Bayou swamp of Lemoyne, you might hear the voice of a woman in distress. As you get closer, you just might spot her.
Channel GTA Series Videos explains, “You can find the ghost of Agnes Dowd in the Bayou swamp of Lemoyne. She will appear at night between 9pm and 3am only if there’s foggy weather. You can encounter her 16 times. Agnes will be visible in some of them, and invisible in others. You can trigger this event every 48 in-game hours and in each encounter she will talk to you with unique lines of dialogue. After the last encounter, she will never appear again.”
Want to have a paranormal encounter for yourself? Watch the ghost hunting video below!
Kinetic Games has followed through with the 13 Willow Street map rework for Phasmophobia today, which is free across all platforms. Accompanying the map rework is the first of two major quality-of-life updates bringing hundreds of bug fixes and helping refine the gameplay experience.
Ghost hunters can prepare for a refreshed investigation experience with the reworked Willow map, adding a host of new paranormal interactions, objects, and hiding spaces. As with the most recent overhaul to 6 Tanglewood Drive, Willow retains an almost identical layout but features redesigned rooms, including a reconfigured basement layout, bringing the gameplay experience up to the team’s current development standards.
The reworked rooms include an art studio, home gym and entertainment room, replacing the bedroom, garage and basement previously featured in the haunted house. Alongside these visual updates, curious players will be able to uncover new lore hidden throughout Willow, piecing together a story waiting to be discovered.
“As part of the 13 Willow Street rework we’re continuing our approach to storytelling in Phasmophobia and developing the game’s narrative,” said Anastatia Dukakis, Senior Narrative Designer at Kinetic Games. “It’s always exciting to see the community make new discoveries together and we love seeing everyone share their theories and thoughts on the lore behind in-game locations.”
Players will also be tasked to correctly identify (and survive) 50 ghosts as part of map’s challenge, awarding the Sun Seeker ID set upon completion. Players can also unlock the Cool Cat ID card and badge for the first week after launch, by watching 2 hours of Phasmophobia streams.
Meanwhile, the major update accompanying the map rework is inspired by community feedback following the Player Character Update, and reflects Kinetic Games’ ongoing commitment to delivering the level of quality players expect before Phasmophobia leaves Early Access.
The update introduces a range of changes helping to refine the gameplay experience with refreshed animations allowing for smoother and quicker movements, and changes to evidence collection for a more seamless experience, and ghost hunters might also face a new presence lurking in the shadows…
New keybinds have also been added with players now able to use 1,2,3 and 4 for changing inventory slots alongside wider accessibility tweaks. For an overview of all the fixes landing in-game, you can check out the blog post here.
Phasmophobia is available in Early Access on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2, and the Xbox Series.