In Red Dead Redemption 2, the left trigger isn’t just “aim.” It’s a contextual focus verb. When you hold it, you’re not entering a special interaction mode. You’re asking the world a single, consistent question: what can I meaningfully do with this thing? NPCs, animals, shop items, shelves, weapons, props - everything responds through the same interaction grammar. That’s the trick. The system doesn’t care what you’re targeting. It only cares that you’re focusing on an entity. The UI doesn’t invent behaviour, it reveals affordances that already exist in the world simulation. That’s why the game feels cohesive instead of stitched together...
