listen underneath the music in the chase bit. the dispatch audio is describing the vehicle and the direction and it updates as things change
thats not ambience. thats the description system being read out loud to you. you can hear what they know about you and that is the best possible way to communicate that mechanic without putting it on the screen
Confirmed on a second listen. The dispatch audio updates with vehicle description and direction as the chase progresses, and it changes when the situation changes.
Communicating a mechanic diegetically rather than through UI is the thing RDR2 did best and the thing V did least.
It also means a chase has a fail state you can hear coming, which is much better than one you discover.
Hearing the police describe your partner over the radio while you are playing as the other one would be an incredible moment and nobody has said whether it happens.
and it means the chase has a soundtrack that is telling you something instead of just being loud
you can hear what they know about you. i have been thinking about that sentence for two days
It also means listening is a skill. You could learn to hear whether they have your plate yet.
the radio telling you what they know is the thing that makes the whole description system legible and i missed it entirely first time
This is the best design observation in the whole reveal discussion. They found a way to show you the state of a hidden system using a thing that already exists in the world.
there is an advert playing on the radio underneath the police chatter in that same section and nobody has transcribed it
Which connects to the mask and clothing system directly. You would know from the radio whether changing your shirt was going to help.