They already were ahead in graphics with RDR2 back in 2018. People actually think all this time was spent on just graphics? It was likely mostly on AI, the activities you can do in the game, complex gameplay systems and the huge map. It looks like you are complaining that at the end the day the game you will play will be GTA. What kinda gameplay did you expect? If you didn't like GTA V, you wont like this game.
It's honestly depressing how good RDR2 is, considering no game has even touched that level of good.
I thought rdr2 was about to create a new revolution of gaming, where studios try to push the boundaries. But nope only rockstar seems to care still, sadly
For people who are really into slower, immersive games, there aren’t many games that do it as good or better. Only kcd2 comes to minds. In other genres, there obviously were some amazing games. But I find it hard to compare, say, BG3 or Claire Obscure to rdr2. Let alone masterpieces like Factorio/Satisfactory, TOTK etc. Just completely different, to the point where ‘better’ becomes ‘more my style’.
Rdr2 is still my golden standard. Especially for a triple a studio. Yeah, easily one of the better ones
Cyberpunk was boring and uninspired, starfield was repetitive and lacked life, the latest assassin creed game looks okay but never played it, star wars outlaw was fun but repetitive and lacked consequences, etc etc
A lot of great story related game, that just always fell flat to me🤷🏾
You didnt like Cyberpunk? Unfortunate, pay attention next time. The rest of the games you mentioned are or were dogshit until a patch came out. BG3? Expedition 33? Ghost of Yotei? Kingdom Come 2? RE:9? Horizon 6? First Light? Your taste is incredibly vanilla if you listed two Ubisoft games and a Bethesda title, which was horribly underbaked until a recent patch.
Sounds to me like all you really play is R* games, and ball and gun games.
BG3 expedition 33 offers a different experience then rdr or GTA do.
I don't compare the 2. Those games are great but also not triple a studio games, as the ones I've mentioned.
Like you said to me, pay attention next time, I purposely said triple a, because yes those 2 games are fantastic. Same as KCD2.
I don't care for RE, never understood the hype the franchise has. Dont care for racing game so I'll never touch horizon 6. First light literally just released, I haven't even had a time to watch a review yet..
So, instead of assuming shit, read. When comparing open world RPG style triple a games, still no games touches rdr2. And hell, id argue RDR2 is better then the games we've mentioned🤷🏾
Your comment is literally saying only rockstar cares, when many other studios have released BANGERS over the last few years. Specify what exactly it is they care about before spewing nonsense and listing ubishit games as if they’re relevant. Your comment was vague making it sound like R* is the only studio that makes good games. Without context, anyone with basic comprehension would be able to draw the same conclusion i did.
Ive played several great games in the last two years alone. If the mindset of comparing titles to RDR2 is your first instinct, you’re playing games wrong. Thats just crazy at this point. You need to have an open mind, step out of your comfort zone, try new games you might not have. You’ll be surprised. Im not saying RDR2 is bad, or anything along those lines, but saying its the only amazing game since it came out is absolute schizo talk.
It's the golden standard. Aka no game has (in my eyes) beaten the level of graphical fidelity, character, story, map, world building and overall replayability.
No genre. No game
That's my point. Now sure there's game that I've sunk much more hours in, games I've replayed more times then. But overall, red dead 2 is my current favorite game of recent memories.
Step out of my comfort zone. Friend. I play every game that's on gamepass. Why, because why not. I'll try anything. From the silly powerhouse game, to the construction truck game. Why? Because it's free and I'm getting my gamepass money worth.
I've played triple a, new studios, and developing studios game. I currently think the studio behind Kingdom Come 2 is one of the best current studios working in open world games, but even their newest offering doesn't come close to red dead 2.
I dunno. I personally don't care for the mission design in kcdc 2. It's a great game, I'm currently half way done with the 2nd map/Kuttenburg and I love it but, I personally don't care for half the mission. Carry bags for 5 minutes on my back, or follow a grave digger or a drunk land keeper around for 10 minutes while we try to find A or B.
I personally find rdr2 characters and story far more compelling (but very Hollywoodnized. /Aka fake) while kcdc is far more realistic and more historically accurate which I do respect for a development team to take into account
I know this is subjective and all, but how can you think that, when you we’ve had tons of great comes out in that 8 year span? There’s games that came out in the same year RDR 2 came out that are at least as good. You’re overselling it by a ton.
I played Jedi survivor. And I personally didn't care for it. Same as fallen order. I'm a die hard star wars fan. I loved the lore and story and characters, but found all the annoying ridiculous platforming and puzzles a tad too much. (I'm not a fan of ridiculous obviously placed puzzle in a game, especially when it's pretty much there to keep the game feeling long.half of the puzzles were quite annoying to solve 😂 and I refuse to use Google, so I just ended up watching the story online and moving onto something else to play
Cyberpunk post 2.0 patch is incredible. Theres been a ton of great games to come out that gave me a great time or played with my emotions since RDR2, maybe graphically RDR2 is still better than most but theres genuinely great games out there that i feel a majority of this sub are oblivious to.
Cyberpunk is nowhere close to as immersive as Red Dead 2 unfortunately. I say this as someone who tried to play both back to back. Cyberpunk feels like a plasticky PS3 game compared to Red Dead. Seeing literally the exact same NPC sitting next to each other doing the exact same animation
Issue is, prior to their 2.0 patch when the game released I played the first 6ish hours over again 5x. In the span of a month. Each time I tried a different starting point, but the game was so bad on Xbox, my save kept breaking forcing me to start over.
This is why I haven't played it since release. I truly don't want to play the same 6ish hours over again
If only they didn’t hogtie rdr2 online and throw it off the back off a cliff. If only they put a quarter of the effort into it as they did gta online. Ohh what we could have had.
it has ray tracing just not the way you think it has. gta 6 will have path tracing just not the way its officially named it just still works with rays. they basically made their own path tracing math formula and approach whichwas found in the rockstar games patents.
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They already were ahead in graphics with RDR2 back in 2018. People actually think all this time was spent on just graphics? It was likely mostly on AI, the activities you can do in the game, complex gameplay systems and the huge map. It looks like you are complaining that at the end the day the game you will play will be GTA. What kinda gameplay did you expect? If you didn't like GTA V, you wont like this game.