RDR is so beautiful man. I want to finish the games. I'm waiting for the right time.
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RDR2 is one of the best story games ever. It's one of probably 3 or 4 I would call masterpiece, and it legit made me cry. I connected with the characters, I felt the pain of the gang falling apart, I felt fear and pity for dutch, it was just amazing. RDR2 is one of those few games where you can say "sure, it has amazing gameplay, the side games are fun, and it plays great, but I don't play it because it's one of the most fun games to play, I play for the story "
Watching Dutch slowly descend into paranoia and separate himself from Arthur (primarily due to Micah’s manipulation) was a wonderful bit of environmental storytelling. It was a B-plot that was running in the background whenever you return to the gang campsite… But Arthur only really begins to see it after it is too late for him to stop. Because by the time Arthur realizes what is happening, Dutch has already firmly made up his mind about Arthur, and Arthur has already started trying to get out of the life. And Arthur having doubts only serves to cement Dutch’s paranoia.
It was amazing storytelling. It was never about saint Denis, or the heists, it was about the little things you overheard in camp, the gang itself. Truly a amasterpiece
It's the kind of game where after you beat it you kind of feel empty after beating it.
Any suggestion of other games like that ?
Personally for me Silent Hill 2, Alan Wake 2, Fallout New Vegas, Assassins Creed Black Flag, and Portal 2 are the ones i can name in recent memory. I'm sure there's more that left me feeling the same way beyond that though
Thank you ! I’ll probably try black flag
It's a great game. I'm a little biased because that was my game when i was little, but it's really solid narrative wise and gameplay wise
Funny, I went blind into RDR2 and, not knowing about John's story, the epilogues felt so weird and out of place. I still can't really get into his story, maybe because on a subconscious level it feels like it broke the closure I had from Arthur's. But yeah, RDR2 really is a fantastic game. They nailed pretty much everything.
I could totally see how not knowing about John's story would break the closure from Arthur's if you weren't aware. But yeah, i agree, it's really fantastic