What a disappointment

[Genghis San]

After long consideration I decided to buy RDR, after reading comments that the story in RDR is even better than in RDR2. And RDR2 is imho the best game ever made.
Well what a disappointment. The landscape is okay for an old game (with mods), but the faces are just plain ugly. The story is ultra thin, the open world is ultra empty and the protagonist shows no emotions and his left eye looks somewhere else than his right eye does. I feel stupid for paying this much for such a disappointing game.

[kVn]

ragebait much?

[Genghis San]

Sorry I am not a native speaker I don't know what ragebait means

[Fishy]

it's game from 2010. you're the idiot for expecting 2018 quality

[Genghis San]

yes that just reaffirms my stupidity

[Trueblue1878]

Originally posted by Fishy:

it's game from 2010. you're the idiot for expecting 2018 quality

2010 with graphics and controls that remind me of GTA 3. It's a piss poor port as well. Its so irritating to play with KB/mouse.

[Destroy-Erase-Improve]

Played this when it came out on PS3. And now playing it max on 4K at 120 FPS with HDR this game looks amazing in my opinion. Yeah a texture overall would have been nice. But in my opinion not essential. The sunsets and world lighting in this game is a stand out (but not indoor lighting for sure!). And the draw distance is massively extended. And taking out enemies with head shots on K&M feels perfect...

Looks and plays great for a 14 year old port. Not sure what the issue is.

[King Bradley]

While RDR2 is incredible game, one of my favorite games, there is one big flaw with the game. It's too damn easy. You can take 7,8 hits before dying at least. You will always have many healing items, elixirs that will make you regenerate hp, not to mention dead eye. There is no sense of danger.

RDR at least offers hardcore challenge, which is a bit harder, and you can die easily.

[kVn]

Originally posted by Destroy-Erase-Improve:

Played this when it came out on PS3. And now playing it max on 4K at 120 FPS with HDR this game looks amazing in my opinion. Yeah a texture overall would have been nice. But in my opinion not essential. The sunsets and world lighting in this game is a stand out (but not indoor lighting for sure!). And the draw distance is massively extended. And taking out enemies with head shots on K&M feels perfect...

Looks and plays great for a 14 year old port. Not sure what the issue is.

i kinda feel bad for the people who value visuals disproportionally to the rest of what the product has to offer because they willingly rob themselves of a great experience. but on the other hand its probably better that way.

and while i agree that the movement of the player figure and horseriding can feel a bit klutzy (doesnt matter if played with Mouse/KB or controller) it's in my opinion more an issue of the individual dexterity

[sard3379]

GTA V is probably the oldest game bro has played in his entire life.

[kVn]

Originally posted by King Bradley:

While RDR2 is incredible game, one of my favorite games, there is one big flaw with the game. It's too damn easy. You can take 7,8 hits before dying at least. You will always have many healing items, elixirs that will make you regenerate hp, not to mention dead eye. There is no sense of danger.

RDR at least offers hardcore challenge, which is a bit harder, and you can die easily.

they made the game that easy on purpose to appeal to a wider audience.

comparatively speaking RDR2 often feels less like a video game, more like an interactive movie with how lengthy and sophisticated character animations are for example. the game also doesnt shy away from completely stripping the control off of you mid gameplay, while in RDR1 control was only taken away during cutscenes. (cant give an example without spoilering RDR2)

all these techniques and healing items and the like in RDR2 (RDR1 doesnt even have half the amount) are meant to keep the action flowing as uninterrupted as possible, in my opinion to the point where it feels like the game is treating you like a toddler. RDR1 definitely has items that put you back to full health aswell, but then again you can lose all that health just as quickly, creating, like you mentioned, a sense of danger which requires more skill and thoughtful approach to come out successfully on top of

[kVn]

Originally posted by sard3379:

GTA V is probably the oldest game bro has played in his entire life.

goated comment btw lol

[King Bradley]

Originally posted by kVn:

Originally posted by King Bradley:

While RDR2 is incredible game, one of my favorite games, there is one big flaw with the game. It's too damn easy. You can take 7,8 hits before dying at least. You will always have many healing items, elixirs that will make you regenerate hp, not to mention dead eye. There is no sense of danger.

RDR at least offers hardcore challenge, which is a bit harder, and you can die easily.

they made the game that easy on purpose to appeal to a wider audience.

comparatively speaking RDR2 often feels less like a video game, more like an interactive movie with how lengthy and sophisticated character animations are for example. the game also doesnt shy away from completely stripping the control off of you mid gameplay, while in RDR1 control was only taken away during cutscenes. (cant give an example without spoilering RDR2)

all these techniques and healing items and the like in RDR2 (RDR1 doesnt even have half the amount) are meant to keep the action flowing as uninterrupted as possible, in my opinion to the point where it feels like the game is treating you like a toddler. RDR1 definitely has items that put you back to full health aswell, but then again you can lose all that health just as quickly, creating, like you mentioned, a sense of danger which requires more skill and thoughtful approach to come out successfully on top of

Perfectly summarised, couldn’t said it better.

I think RDR2 has incredible writing, story, side stuff, but yeah combat could be be harder.

Rdr2 is more like a really good book, while Rdr feels like a real game. Both are amazing imo.

I finished RDR2 twice, while I am only playing through RDR now for the first time and I am at around 30%. Love it as well, playing on hardcore.

[Masoterian]

Originally posted by King Bradley:

While RDR2 is incredible game, one of my favorite games, there is one big flaw with the game. It's too damn easy. You can take 7,8 hits before dying at least. You will always have many healing items, elixirs that will make you regenerate hp, not to mention dead eye. There is no sense of danger.

RDR at least offers hardcore challenge, which is a bit harder, and you can die easily.

yeah, I agree with that. even despite me raging as hell sometimes, when I get randomly one-shot by some goober with a rifle, lol.

[King Bradley]

Originally posted by Masoterian:

Originally posted by King Bradley:

While RDR2 is incredible game, one of my favorite games, there is one big flaw with the game. It's too damn easy. You can take 7,8 hits before dying at least. You will always have many healing items, elixirs that will make you regenerate hp, not to mention dead eye. There is no sense of danger.

RDR at least offers hardcore challenge, which is a bit harder, and you can die easily.

yeah, I agree with that. even despite me raging as hell sometimes, when I get randomly one-shot by some goober with a rifle, lol.

Of course it happens sometimes, because it’s so easy that you forget that you can even die lol

[Al Capwned]

RDR1 was great for it's time and it still largely holds up but yeah, RDR2 is better in pretty much every way. Story, music, graphics, gameplay... Not a surprise considering it came out nearly a decade later.

That said, one of the only things that I actually prefer from this game is the setting. When I think of westerns, I think of hot and dry deserts. This game, has plenty of that and they did a decent job giving each area it's own personality. And while they do of course exist in RDR2, there's hardly anything to do down south (not a MP guy so it could be more lively there...).