The story in RDR2 is incredible, I’d say go view some reaction videos on YouTube but it’d ruin it for you. I haven’t played for instance GTA since the PS2 (?) days but it’s a lot better than the “go steal this” or “kill this guy” basic stuff.
I did get to chapter 3 when I first played it and really hated the story and all the gang characters. It felt like I was playing two different games, one a detailed semi decent open world Wild West game and the other this terrible linear on rails B movie crud. Though even the open world bits were limited to what Rockstar had determined should be possible. I utterly detested every character in the gang including the guy I was forced to play as. You’re doing bounties and side quests for the town folk building your rep, then Dutch the perpetual loser says meet me in the bar. Next thing you are shooting up the town folk and people you were far more connected with than you ever feel with the “gang”.
The two utterly contrasting elements left me very underwhelmed. I just felt so much of the better open world parts were left locked behind the terrible story elements.
My problem with Rockstar games is they create a detailed world and then force you to be a **** working with other *****. So all you end up with is a limited open world loop. At least for my tastes. They always felt like I was missing some eureka moment.
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