Nah the first game came out before RDR2 and had all of that. That was one of the best things about it. Gave you a reason to explore. Kinda crazy how these games are more about exploration than Uncharted was.I'm loving these optional exploration moments of the game. I'm currently en route to the hospital and...
Just found those two letters from Paige and her husband Simon
Really neat how you get rewarded for venturing off the track a bit at certain stages. Also I'm not saying it as a criticism but I feel ND were heavily influenced by RDR2 with these random backstories you learn about through reading letters, there were a ton of those in RDR2. Like I said it's not a criticism before any developer fan boys jump at my neck, I think they've done it really well.
The First game had a lot of that, Like dude who was held up in the sewars
Ish. I had to look him to remember because for a second I thought his name was Isaac and he was gonna show up in this one.