What is it about Red Dead Redemption that makes it such a satisfying open world experience...

What is it about Red Dead Redemption that makes it such a satisfying open world experience? Everything about it just feels so rich and engaging. I love doing all the little activities like hunting and just soaking up the atmosphere.

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I think it's the music, graphics (which were top-tier for 2010) and the animals. Wild animals in GTA V were a big letdown compared to RDR. Fucking cougars and bears man.

the singleplayer was shit and the multiplayer became shit after they nerfed heatseeking throwing knives with a 1 mile range

no cars

Simple yet deep. We don’t know how it was back in the old west so we like to imagine the movies and games are exactly as it was back then. And we can’t deny those times seemed cool as fuck, running around with lever action rifles and revolvers, collecting bounties and lassoing smelly bandits on horseback. The voice acting, sound design, music, and graphics are all on point. Also having Tall Trees is literally a dream come true.

it's the atmosphere really, there kinda isn't a better way to explain it

>CliffyB

good one

red dead is comfy and can help degenerates simulate going outdoors

The wilderness felt lonely, it was just you and your horse and the occasional wild animal.
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Too bad the game is forever locked on mid 2000s hardware and resolution

Multiplayer was cancer incarnate.

>completely empty
>satisfying open world experience

Yeah, no. I still love the game though.

>satisfying open world experience

70% of the game is jut travelling to one point to another in boring deserts where there's nothing to do

True free roaming, which most open world games don't have. You could just jump on a horse and spend dozens of hours hunting, fighting criminals or finding side quests to do. When you wanted a break from that, you could go do actual story missions and progress the game.

Most "Open World" games are one extreme or the other. Either they force you to stick to a rigid story path or they have zero story and just have you walk aimlessly into a big, empty world. RDR was able to balance both.

>tfw I can't enjoy open worlds the way I used too, since it can't help but see the world as a series of checklists

How do you do it? What's the secret to bringing back the autistic immersion of my youth?

Is RDR really empty or is that just another meme? It's been years since I played it but I don't remember it being that sparse.

A ton of games are technically a series of checklists, not just open world ones.

No, it isn't empty. The people complaining are people who want a linear game that gives them set objectives. Then they play a free roaming game and complain it isn't what they want.

It's a meme. You could mention any open world game in existence, regardless of how much content it's filled with, and some edgy fucking retard trying to sound intelligent will start spouting buzzwords about how "empty" it is without any further clarification. I just ignore them on principle now.

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But it's just so obvious in most open-world games. It feels as though they were designed around the checklists, rather than around immersion.

I dont think its really "empty" since theres a lot of stuff to do like hunting, gun challenges, bounty hunting, seeing random events and stuff like that. But even then I think its a strange complaint, I dont even have a problem if the game world has some empty space to give it some room to breathe

Dunno, I wasn't super engaged. Mainlined the missions and wondered what the fuss was about.

Have they tried running this on RPCS3 yet? Figured that would be high priority after Demon's Souls.

you were 12 when you played it
game is trash

No area fells like filler, They're all well crafted.

Most open world games have the same copy pasted outposts everywhere.

There isn't enough cowboy games out there

A big part of it is the music, I think. It's thematic, but also unobtrusive.

>Everything about it just feels so rich and engaging

You just answered yourself.

Rdr was the greatest game of previous generation in my opinion. Gta5 wasnt even half as good.

t.pcbro

It was fine when it first released. But once hackers got it it was RIP

How would a Wild West game be good without vast, open wastelands with occasional small towns? Rockstar got it just right and calling it an empty game is retarded. It wouldnt be a wild west if it'd be filled with towns with activities.

>top tier for 2010

Yes it is

>It's supposed to be empty because the wild west is actually big empty deserts
What an awful excuse, it's a video game meant to be played, that requires content. Somehow the first two fallout games took the deserts of the west, made them vast and gigantic, and yet still they were loaded with content, with the content free distances in between sped up because it's a fucking video game that needs content to make any sense. This game is a million times more advanced and couldn't figure that out.

RDR has tons of content though. It always feels like theres something to do and most of it is really good

the skybox and the weather system are a big thing for me. with the sound design and the music complementing it.

>you now realize why he used the word "tier", and didn't just say it was the best

You can fast travel in RDR if you hate exploring so much. I mean there's just as much content between missions as any GTA game

>random events
>regional animals to hunt and skin
>geographic locations to discover
>rare horses to lasso and break

>Fallout fag

Just because the open world doesn't have markers slapped every inch on the map to spoon-feed the content to you doesn't mean it's empty dumbass. You sound like you rode from mission marker to mission marker without actually spending any time to explore

I actually found it to be a little tightly packed. Especially West Elizabeth.

>Comparing the graphics of a semi-linear fps designed solely for PC compared to an open world game developed for Xbox 360/PS3

What did he mean by this?

I can see how people would say that, but I really hope that they make things even more open in a sequel.

Your life is too empty and you are so lonely...that's all.

Funy Cowboy

It must be the fact that it runs at 25 fps 540p

lol, console players can never get enough GTAs. I don't get it.

>tfw have to wait for RDR2 for more Western snow kino

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The snowy part of RDR was the best. Fuck those fucking mountain lions though

NEVER EVER

I play almost 100% of my games on pc and I still own my 360 solely for Red Dead. Graphics don't mean shit when it's a good game

>We don’t know how it was back in the old west
You are retarded

I don't know, I often wonder the same thing.

It was the only open world game where I actually did enjoy exploring, doing all the dumb little sidequests, and collecting shit. I even spent a good amount of time gambling.

In ever other sandbox game, I get tired of that shit fast. I didn't even race in GTA.

yeah, that's okay.

it's not a good game. it's an action game that runs under 30 fps.

haven't seen this meme movie yet, is it worth watching for someone obsessed with the rockies and snow?

>go to skin one
>another jumps you
>repeat forever

No shit, it would be amazing with a higher frame-rate just like every console exclusive ever made. You don't have to make it so obvious that you're butthurt over it not being on PC.

>Oh bury me not on the lone prairie...

Not that guy but I just watched this movie last week and it was fucking amazing. Watch it asap

Don't even give him the (You)s. Odds are he doesn't care either way.

>is it worth watching for someone obsessed with the rockies and snow?

It's a damn good movie and if you like the snow, even better. Do it user, you won't be dissapointed. Don't spoil the movie for yourself either.

>Don't even give him the (You)s

Said like a true butthurt pc elitist. Buy a 360 for $30 and play it or shut the fuck up, because it's never coming to pc

People still do this
>Game has huge view and draw distance
>Why does it look worse than a ps2 game
Every single open world game recently gets this treatment because underage don't brain to good

>because underage don't brain to good

lol

Nigger, I'm on your side you retard.

Because of moments like this. Genuinely amazing story telling without being a movie game.

Fuck, my bad. Completely misinterpreted what you said

Understandable. I'll forgive you. This time.

it was one of the first games you ever played on your very first console, the 360.

But my first console was the SNES?

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Ross is /ourguy/

then you should be old enough to ignore a post like that, faggot

Who /liar'sdice/ here? I'd load up the game just to play all the gambling games for awhile. Poker was bullshit though, they surely cheat. I killed everyone at the table after a very long game when some fucker had a bullshit hand that wiped me out.

Sorry.

forests and open desert >>>>>jam packed spoof cities if LA, San Fran or NYC filled with pop culture references

the game itself is beautiful, it has a perfect balance of open world where there are still activities, and small towns and one city that feels really fulfilling to enter because youre going back to civilization. Other games like GTA try so hard to bigger but 80% of that map is desolate and there isnt as much to do. Ambiance is what makes a game memorable

IMO there arent nearly enough time period piece games out there that dont revovler around the 1940s. Everything is about the future and robots which makes everything just to easy
>tfw no games set in the roaring 1920s never ever
I liked the whole dying west aspect and setting it in 1911, anytime in the very late 1890s- 1920s would be a great setting

that music

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I can't believe I'm about to recommend an AssCreed game, but Syndicate sounds right up your alley. The main game takes place in 1860s London but there is a huge playable section that takes place during WW1. It's a really fun game for just exploring the map and seeing/climbing all the landmarks.

>Simple yet deep

This is how i would describe the game. There is just something very satisfying about it all.

Take the hunting. It's simply, you just go to animals and shoot. But the animals are only in certain locations and come out at different times - some even only come out during dawn and dust. Different weapons are effective against different animals - you don't want to blast a beaver with a shotgun or nothing will be left. And you can get different prices depending on where you sell them.

I just like all the little things that contribute to the atmosphere. I also like how in bounty hunting, the game gives you the option of taking them dead or alive. It's just a small little touch that makes each encounter a bit more fun.

The minigames like Blackjack, Poker and Liars Dice were also a delight.

Mexico has the largest empty portions, but the rest of the map is quite decent.

ill check it out thanks, but im not the biggest Asscreed fan either
Mafia 1 was pretty nice though

Westerado Double Barreled is a better Western game. Towns, music, everything.

>no pc version ever
REEE

i actually taught myself to play poker better just to beat the shit and unlock the army outfit

That motherfucker with the top-hat pisses me off every time I play poker in Blackwater

Just remember: Any game of poker that doesn't end with everyone in the room dead, or at least out cold, wasn't a real game of poker.

Because Western is the peak genre.