Also after committing literal genocide of O’Driscolls and even sheriffs every main mission and tallying up a kill count in the literal thousands you snap back into camp post mission and “you’re a good man, Arthur Morgan”.
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Hegar@fedia.io 2 days ago
I've been playing RDR2 for the first time. The story is very good, very cinematic. The pace of gameplay is often quite slow, certainly for hunting. And the level of attention to detail enhances the feel of realism ... And then you headshot like 20-50 people using bullet time and chowing down on 5 tins of chewing tobacco mid fight.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That’s his whole schtick though, I bet 90% of people end up with the “good” ending and it rings hollow and everything just feels like his chickens coming home to roost. I really into the Arthur morgan/Joel from last of us type: sympathetic but ultimately shitty character getting what they deserve and it feels fair but still sad. Fucking brilliant story telling in both cases.
P.s. I totally agree that the gunfights are almost always immersion breaking.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
Like the other commenter said: intense gunfights versus one up to a handful gunmen at most would have been the perfect match for the storytelling instead of the super wacky over the top arcadey shooting galleries we have instead.
Hegar@fedia.io 1 day ago
arcadey shooting galleries we have instead.
Yes. It felt very state fair bb gun shooting gallery.
julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah, the main story could have been so great if it had more non murder ways to progress. Or made your murders fewer so as to feel as impactful as the deaths of characters around you were. I it’s defence though it has brilliant moments where they’d really woven the game mechanics into the story. Mega points for minigames and the mission where you get drunk.
Hegar@fedia.io 1 day ago
That was excellent. I couldn't stop myself telling my wife and several equally disinterested coworkers about it.
julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
God help the partners of patient gamers (the ones that aren’t gamers themselves)
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Big reason why I opened a lemmy account was to stop bothering people arround me with gaming stuff they don’t care about, I can happily yap about games now. Yay!