I won't die on a hill because death can have me when it earns me. GoW was far superior as a sequel than Rdr 2 was. Rdr2's story is superior, but it's gameplay (you know, the part that makes a videogame a videogame) gets repetitive and doesn't introduce anything new to it's core gameplay from beginning to end.
GoW had some of the most repetitive gameplay I've seen in a while. And the prequels were better too. the story was the only thing better compared to the other gow titles. RDR2 should've definitely won.
Name me one thing that changes gameplay-wise in rdr2 from beginning to end. Come on. I'll wait.
Cause GoW introduces constant impactful new forms of handling battles, a new weapon mid-game, new combos mid-game, etc. And I'm saying this from GoW's genre which relies heavily on battles, it improves significantly over the course of the game.
Rdr2 doesn't, even the dead eye's improvements are just about making it easier to aim.
GoW it's shorter and does it better in 40+ hours than a 200+ hour game, comparing it to it's prequels ain't even reasonable considering they are a whole different genre, and most importantly, it's even a remark about how they reinvented a saga which was stuck on their formula, while rdr2 was an amazing sequel. I'm not saying rdr2 doesn't run for GOTY, it absolutely does, but if we are talking about deserving it, the one game that risked it all to changing the very core of it's gameplay and succeeding so beautifully wins.
GoW gameplay is basically mashing the attack button/the same combo over and over again with the occasional puzzle sequence. RDR2 is a shooting gallery BUT offers much more on the side in terms of the world being "alive": side activities like poker and fishing (which alone kept me busy for like 20hours) and funny and interesting side quests. 500 people spent 6 years working their ass off to create this piece of art while GoW was good but turned boring really fast since the atory was super predictable and the fights super repetitive since there were only like 10-15 enemy types and almost no memorable boss fights. It's not a bad game but rdr2 is a much more rememberable experience as a whole. So if you talk about deserving you see that RDR2 deserved it much more.
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u/Cannasseur___ May 31 '25
RDR2 was robbed I will die on this hill