shikamaru317 said:
KiigelHeart said:
Nah. While I love both RDR1 and Witcher 3, RDR2 is simply on another level. Most immersive gaming experience ever. If they do remake RDR, it should be the same focus on realism and detail.
And since you liked the Indigo Child twist on Fahrenheit, so my opinion will forever carry more weight ;)
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I disagree on that personally. For me (and I've spoken with alot of others who said the same thing), the focus on realism with needing to eat and use health restoring items, feed and brush horses, take baths, inventory management and carrying capacities, etc. reminds me that I'm in a game rather than immersing me in it. I personally found RDR1 to be the much more immersive game simply because those realism elements were lacking.
A good quote from an article on the matter:
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"Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption 2 is constantly drawing attention to its attempts at realism and in the process isn’t realistic. It has elements that emulate real life but even those are abstract. For instance, playable character Arthur Morgan’s clothes are categorized by climates: cold, normal and hot. However, their use is delegated to set areas of the game rather than the weather changing unpredictably as it does in real life. There’s no unseasonably cold or hot day, only designated biomes. And what about reloading your guns? Does Arthur never fumble in the midst of combat? Which is even more puzzling when you consider that technically you could play the entire game without having him sleep once. The dude must be tired!
So, to answer the question posed in the title of this article: Red Dead Redemption 2 strives for realism and probably takes it too far given the constraints of what a video game can accomplish. This can be frustrating at times when it’s inconvenient in ways that aren’t fun and creates many moments of dissonance when it falls short. But it’s not too realistic because it’s not actually realistic at all."
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Those contrasts to RDR2's attempt at simulated realism aren't even the more annoying ones. What really always pissed me off is how committing crimes in full face mask, and in an outfit you never otherwise wear, doesn't actually prevent you from being recognized for said crimes later despite taking every precaution. Or how crimes are somehow reported and responded to when you commit them out in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no witnesses.
