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mach25687
04/24/24 10:23:27 AM
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I don't really enjoy GTA games that much but love Westerns and it looks fun and is on sale on Steam. So just wondering if I should get it and should I play the first one before I play this one?

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LonelyStoner
04/24/24 10:23:51 AM
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Absolutely.

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WarfireX
04/24/24 10:24:13 AM
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Yeah, you might as well. IMO it's a better game with a little bit better story and it takes place first chronologically.

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DirkDiggles
04/24/24 10:24:50 AM
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2 is a prequel of RDR. Hell yeah.

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Eat_More_Beef
04/24/24 10:25:13 AM
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It's a prequel to the first one, so it's fine to play it before RDR1.

And honestly, it's a lot more than an openworld game. Like, yes, it's open world, but there is soooo much to do and explore in the world. It's pretty much the only game where I never fast travel because you never know what you're gonna find riding around on the road or in the wilderness.

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Blackestmage
04/24/24 10:28:35 AM
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What a game

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TroutPaste
04/24/24 10:29:50 AM
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RDR1 is great, though

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Kaldrenthebold
04/24/24 10:30:29 AM
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It's one of the best games ever made, though there's definitely some stuff you will miss out on without playing the first game. A lot of emotional story beats might not hit the same.

But it is still a whole and completely enjoyable experience.

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PraetorXyn
04/24/24 10:31:32 AM
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RDR2 makes literally everything so glacially slow I find it incredibly tedious compared to 1, but its a prequel so story wise youre good.

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divot1338
04/24/24 10:38:14 AM
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You should stop whatever youre doing and play RDR at least twice.


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littlebro07
04/24/24 10:44:25 AM
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As others have said, it's a prequel so really the only thing you'll miss out on is seeing characters that were in the first game and being like "oh hey it's that guy, now I get to see how they got to where they are in the first game"

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Hexenherz
04/24/24 10:45:53 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
RDR2 makes literally everything so glacially slow I find it incredibly tedious compared to 1, but its a prequel so story wise youre good.
Yeah it is slow but it is the only slow game that really pulled me in and made me felt like a person in this living world. It is a real trip of an experience

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divot1338
04/24/24 10:53:25 AM
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littlebro07 posted...
As others have said, it's a prequel so really the only thing you'll miss out on is seeing characters that were in the first game and being like "oh hey it's that guy, now I get to see how they got to where they are in the first game"
Thats like watching Romeo + Juliet and thinking whats the point of Shakespeare.

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Cocytus
04/24/24 10:55:25 AM
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Yeah you can play it

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NO2_Fiend
04/24/24 11:00:47 AM
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Honestly wasn't super impressed with the first one played through it once and put it down until the zombie expansion. Played the dlc maybe 30 min before getting bored and shelving it permanently. RDR2 fixed a lot of the issues I had with the first and the main character was way more likable to me.

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Irony
04/24/24 11:03:19 AM
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The game is painfully slow

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Baron_Ox
04/24/24 11:08:43 AM
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GOAT game.

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mach25687
04/24/24 11:08:59 AM
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Irony posted...
The game is painfully slow
How slow?

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Kaldrenthebold
04/24/24 11:17:12 AM
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mach25687 posted...
How slow?

Animations are extreme and can feel very clunky. Skinning an animal for example means you kneel down, take out your knife, cut into it for a while, drag the skin off, then stand up. Now imagine doing that a large number of times.

I didn't mind it, I almost consider RDR2 to be more of a cowboy simulator than a typical open world TPS game. Even stuff like looting bodies feels slow cause you lean down and feel around and get stuff, which could be annoying if you killed a bunch. Looting houses takes a long time too.

I don't care I enjoyed it all. It felt great.

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Fenriswolf
04/24/24 11:50:45 AM
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mach25687 posted...
How slow?

Well there's a lengthy prologue to start with.

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PraetorXyn
04/24/24 11:56:30 AM
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Kaldrenthebold posted...
Animations are extreme and can feel very clunky. Skinning an animal for example means you kneel down, take out your knife, cut into it for a while, drag the skin off, then stand up. Now imagine doing that a large number of times.

I didn't mind it, I almost consider RDR2 to be more of a cowboy simulator than a typical open world TPS game. Even stuff like looting bodies feels slow cause you lean down and feel around and get stuff, which could be annoying if you killed a bunch. Looting houses takes a long time too.

I don't care I enjoyed it all. It felt great.
To add to this, walking, riding, actions, all feel painfully slow compared to the first game. Its like they took a fun arcadey game and turned it into a simulator.

Plus, basically every mission starts with 20 or 30 minutes of riding and talking that you cant skip. This is OK in and of itself, but Rockstar gives medal rankings on missions, and if you do mission replay, you start with bare ones gear and stats and such so it will be much harder to get a Gold on replay than it is the first time you do the mission. Since theres an achievement / trophy for getting Gold on 70% of missions or so, if you want that, youre going to be reloading your save before missions and replaying those missions u til you get gold, which means youre going to have to suffer through that 20 or 30 minutes of unskippable riding and talking a lot. This by itself basically made the game a massive chore.

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Westernwolf4
04/24/24 11:57:28 AM
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I didnt play it for years because people said how slow it was and it scared me off. Nothing wrong with that opinion, but when I finally took the plunge I loved it. Not slow for me-the open world and story really grabbed me.

I am not a huge fan of GTA (I usually love big open world games but I always bounce off those-cant explain it). And I liked RDR1 but was kind of sick of it by the end. But I think RDR2 is a masterpiece.

And as others have said: you can absolutely play 2 first. But I really do recommend both.

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PraetorXyn
04/24/24 12:27:00 PM
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No way in hell. Most of the missions in the first couple chapters are at least 5 minutes.

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Kaldrenthebold
04/24/24 12:27:09 PM
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PraetorXyn posted...
To add to this, walking, riding, actions, all feel painfully slow compared to the first game. Its like they took a fun arcadey game and turned it into a simulator.

Plus, basically every mission starts with 20 or 30 minutes of riding and talking that you cant skip. This is OK in and of itself, but Rockstar gives medal rankings on missions, and if you do mission replay, you start with bare ones gear and stats and such so it will be much harder to get a Gold on replay than it is the first time you do the mission. Since theres an achievement / trophy for getting Gold on 70% of missions or so, if you want that, youre going to be reloading your save before missions and replaying those missions u til you get gold, which means youre going to have to suffer through that 20 or 30 minutes of unskippable riding and talking a lot. This by itself basically made the game a massive chore.

It ain't 20 - 30 minutes of a ride lol, that's bonkers. Maybe a few minutes at most, the rides are fine imo.

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--Zero-
04/24/24 12:31:01 PM
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DirkDiggles posted...
2 is a prequel of RDR. Hell yeah.

This. Its a 10/10 game that really cant be disputed.

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LeadPipeCinche
04/24/24 12:55:39 PM
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Fenriswolf posted...
Well there's a lengthy prologue to start with.


I'd say it's the best part but the rest of the game happens (up to coming back from a certain place which is when I had to stop playing).

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mach25687
04/24/24 1:36:06 PM
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Awesome, I have one more question should I get the deluxe that comes with the online version and how is red dead online?

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mach25687
04/24/24 3:28:49 PM
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Bump

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--Zero-
04/24/24 4:14:49 PM
#31:


mach25687 posted...
Awesome, I have one more question should I get the deluxe that comes with the online version and how is red dead online?

I was never personally a fan of Rockstars online games. So Id say beat the initial game first and if you like the open world enough then you can always purchase the online at a later point.

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Baron_Ox
04/24/24 4:20:01 PM
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I haven't played online, but I think it comes with the standard version too

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Kaldrenthebold
04/24/24 4:37:44 PM
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mach25687 posted...
Awesome, I have one more question should I get the deluxe that comes with the online version and how is red dead online?

Standard comes with it I believe and it is dead. I'm sure people still play but Rockstar fully abandoned it in favor of GTA Online a couple years ago so there's no new updates but is still up. It isn't that good, and is a far cry from RDR1's fun multiplayer which is a damn shame. If Rockstar actually gave it time and attention they could have had another banger on their hands.

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Kradek
04/24/24 4:42:54 PM
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Yes, that's what I did and it's an amazing game.

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divot1338
04/24/24 5:15:06 PM
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Kaldrenthebold posted...
Standard comes with it I believe and it is dead. I'm sure people still play but Rockstar fully abandoned it in favor of GTA Online a couple years ago so there's no new updates but is still up. It isn't that good, and is a far cry from RDR1's fun multiplayer which is a damn shame. If Rockstar actually gave it time and attention they could have had another banger on their hands.
Thats pretty much how RDR online went.

It was a shame because rhe online coop missions were great once the rest of the game had gotten old.

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Trumble
04/24/24 5:19:13 PM
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You should play both. Story wise II is a prequel, but mechanics wise it's a sequel, so your pick really which order you wanna play them in. Either one stands just fine without playing the other.

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CADE_FOSTER
04/24/24 5:19:54 PM
#37:


DirkDiggles posted...
2 is a prequel of RDR. Hell yeah.

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PraetorXyn
04/24/24 5:53:25 PM
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Kaldrenthebold posted...
Standard comes with it I believe and it is dead. I'm sure people still play but Rockstar fully abandoned it in favor of GTA Online a couple years ago so there's no new updates but is still up. It isn't that good, and is a far cry from RDR1's fun multiplayer which is a damn shame. If Rockstar actually gave it time and attention they could have had another banger on their hands.
They dont want a banger. They want a money machine like GTA Online.

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Kradek
04/25/24 8:57:04 PM
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PraetorXyn posted...
They dont want a banger. They want a money machine like GTA Online.

RDR2 was a banger though. Honestly I think it having online pvp is just another example of how they try to shove pvp/online play into everything in modern times, regardless if it's even logical. I remember when I learned Uncharted 2 had online pvp all I could think was "why..."

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GameGodOfAll
04/25/24 8:57:45 PM
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It's fine, but it's better if you play 1 first. (not Red Dead Revolver though)

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sabin017
04/25/24 9:20:54 PM
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Food for thought if it's the PC version:
https://youtu.be/3Aj2Pt5vWT8?t=240

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