Unpopular opinion: Red Dead Redemption2 is a far superior product to GTA V

[Accuracy_challenges]

I played GTA V and i found it decent but rather not ground breaking. It's not a bad game but it's not extremely good, either. I don't know why it has sold so many copies.

 

Meanwhile i finished RDR2 recently and i was blown away. In terms of open world third person games it has probably even surpassed the Witcher 3 for me. Everything's just so detailed. The world actually feels alive. The story is well written and riveting. The charcters are memorable and distinct.

 

This game completely blows GTA V away. Like, it's not even close. You can say that there were, for instance, some things Baldur's Gate 1 did better than 2, or that Morrowind did better than Skyrim, or Dragon Age Origina did better than the newer games... But there's not-a-single-thing in which GTA V comes even close to RDR2.

 

I don't know why GTA V is so much more popular

[Guest]

See how you made a post and it took someone 5 hours to notice you’re post, you know what that mean your opinion is wrong and reason why gta 5 is more popular is because it attracts almost everyone, it’s a fun fast paced game you can enjoy with a fun online mode

[Algonquin Assassin]

15 hours ago, SwishiestRock29 said:

 you know what that mean your opinion is wrong 

 

No it doesn't.

 

And yes. I agree. GTA V is a good game, but RDR2 is better than it in just about every way.

 

From the protagonist, story, game world and so on.. RDR2 is an experience like very few games have given me and it is truly a masterpiece of colossal proportions.

[The Tracker]

Not an unpopular opinion, we all know this.

Edited April 11, 2021 by The Tracker

[The Tracker]

On 1/13/2021 at 8:43 AM, SwishiestRock29 said:

See how you made a post and it took someone 5 hours to notice you’re post, you know what that mean your opinion is wrong.

 

Since when the amount of people noticing the mere existence a post has something to do with whether the opinions or ideas of it are right or not? In what sense does that affect validity of its argumments?  Your logic is retarded as f*ck, is there a place in this forum when you quit being so edgy and contrived with everything you say?

 

 

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gta 5 is more popular is because it attracts almost everyone

 

It is more popular because GTA is GTA, oh, and also because kids spend their parents money on Shark Cards, I forgot that one.

[universetwisters]

I vehemently disagree but then again I'm not a fan of westerns and westerns in themselves are kinda niche compared to the likes of V where it covers a wide amount of themes

[Guest]

I agree, at least from a story and graphical perspective.

 

I think I had more fun with GTA V in the overall view, however. 

[Jimbatron]

In terms of single player RDR2 is better than any game they've done before in terms of playability for me, and narrative wise, the story and it's characters simply blow everything else out of the water.

 

Let's be honest though, the multiplayer component isn't great. I play all of R*'s games, I like SP and MP, and after several hours of RDRO there wasn't really anything to keep me coming back to it. I rate GTA V's and IV's multiplayer components more highly. There are things I like about all three games to be clear. GTA IV had the best PVP, GTA V had the best online co-op missions (i.e Heists), and RDR2 had the best single player.

 

Multiplayer, rightly or wrongly, is what reels the masses in though. That plus the average players' preference for modern day cars v horses is probably why GTA is more popular in terms of player numbers.

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Jimbatron said:

In terms of single player RDR2 is better than any game they've done before in terms of playability for me, and narrative wise, the story and it's characters simply blow everything else out of the water.

 

Let's be honest though, the multiplayer component isn't great. I play all of R*'s games, I like SP and MP, and after several hours of RDRO there wasn't really anything to keep me coming back to it. I rate GTA V's and IV's multiplayer components more highly. There are things I like about all three games to be clear. GTA IV had the best PVP, GTA V had the best online co-op missions (i.e Heists), and RDR2 had the best single player.

 

Multiplayer, rightly or wrongly, is what reels the masses in though. That plus the average players' preference for modern day cars v horses is probably why GTA is more popular in terms of player numbers.

It has potential to be great. Sadly there is just more money to be made from GTA Online, where as Red Dead Online doesn't have the same pull. There is so many things that have potential, but unlikely Rockstar will ever fully get the love it deserves. 

[Guest]

This and GTA IV.

[sabitsuki]

 i don't think this is an unpopular opinion

[RippedVMN]

TC, this isn't an opinion, its the truth

RDR2 is (in my opinion), the greatest game of all time.

GTAV is more like a missed opportunity.. they almost had a chance to make it greater than its predecessors, extend the story mode with a DLC, or put features, but instead took most of what made the series great, and either dumbed it down or just didn't even try to implement it. At the end of he day, we have a half-amazing half-mediocre game.

R* just put much of their focus on GTAO, completely neglecting the SP after release, shifting features that shld be in V to Online, that's why most ppl, left with nothing to do after the story, move on to online. It feels like they made that game as a testbed for online, and GTAV had to suffer for it.

Edited April 25, 2021 by RippedVMN

[Lioshenka]

On 1/13/2021 at 1:43 AM, Accuracy_challenges said:

I don't know why GTA V is so much more popular

 

Two words: physical version. Literally the only thing (or rather lack of) that stopped me from buying RDR2 on an impulse.

[billiejoearmstrong8]

As far as popularity goes RDR is just a more niche game. I love it, but there's a limit to how much can be done with cowboys/horses/old weapons/rural setting/not a lot of technology etc. It has quite a narrow and specific focus and is deliberately slower paced and less broad. GTA with its modern setting and broader focus is always going to have a larger scope, a wider range of content and appeal to a larger number of people. Rockstar obviously would want RDR to be successful but I don't think they would ever expect it to be more successful than GTA, it's just the nature of the types of games they are.

Edited May 16, 2021 by billiejoearmstrong8

[Zapper]

This is a popular opinion but only in forums and I agree with it too but in terms of popularity it's not even a contest. Rockstar can make RDO the best online game ever made and even then GTA might win in terms of popularity.

 

IGN did a big fan poll last year (923,000 votes) and GTAV got more than 3 times the vote RDR2 got. That's about the most mainstream answer you'll get aside from sales numbers.

 

Edited May 16, 2021 by Zapper

[Algonquin Assassin]

3 hours ago, Zapper said:

This is a popular opinion but only in forums and I agree with it too but in terms of popularity it's not even a contest. Rockstar can make RDO the best online game ever made and even then GTA might win in terms of popularity.

 

IGN did a big fan poll last year (923,000 votes) and GTAV got more than 3 times the vote RDR2 got. That's about the most mainstream answer you'll get aside from sales numbers.

 

 

Being more popular doesn't make for a better game though. It's like movies, tv shows, music etc. Fornite is incredibly popular, but are any of us going to concede it's one of the best games ever made? Hell no.

 

When it comes to GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V is only more popular because it's a GTA game and it's been milked to death across multiple platforms/console generations. As billie said above Red Dead Redemption 2 is a rather niche game by virtue that the Western genre itself is niche also. 

 

Then again look at the userscores on Metacritic. The best version of Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4) has an average userscore of 8.5 https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/red-dead-redemption-2 and the best version of GTA V (PS4) has an average userscore of 8.4 https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/red-dead-redemption-2. 

[Zapper]

56 minutes ago, MiamiViceCity1986 said:

 

Being more popular doesn't make for a better game though. It's like movies, tv shows, music etc. Fornite is incredibly popular, but are any of us going to concede it's one of the best games ever made? Hell no.

 

When it comes to GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V is only more popular because it's a GTA game and it's been milked to death across multiple platforms/console generations. As billie said above Red Dead Redemption 2 is a rather niche game by virtue that the Western genre itself is niche also. 

 

Then again look at the userscores on Metacritic.

That's why I said I agree with RDR2 being better than GTAV but it's not that mainstream as GTA. Westerns are definitely niche but RDR2 (and RDR1) isn't niche anyway. It sold over 36 million copies which is more than any GTA ever except V. Metacritic user scores are extremely misleading though, they only deal with 0 and 10, no in between

 

Fortnite is a cultural phenomenon, quite similar to what GTA3 did to the industry back in 2001 for better or worse. Whether it's good or not, I honestly don't know because I don't play it. I didn't like the building aspect of it.

17 hours ago, billiejoearmstrong8 said:

Rockstar obviously would want RDR to be successful but I don't think they would ever expect it to be more successful than GTA, it's just the nature of the types of games they are.

The fascinating thing is RDR2 is Rockstar's 2nd most successful game only behind GTAV/O.

Edited May 17, 2021 by Zapper

[Algonquin Assassin]

I know the userscores aren’t the be all to end all, but I thought GTA V’s would be a bit higher compared to the best rated version of Red Dead Redemption 2. It’s pretty much even.

 

Where sales figures are concerned it’s quite astonishing that Red Dead Redemption 2 has managed to sell over  36 million copies in just under 3 years. RDO is now a seperate entity from the main game and it’s not required to play unlike GTAO which I feel is the main reason GTA V only sells like it does since it lacks single player dlc. Almost like a dead corpse being dragged around the back of a hearse.

Ok maybe not to that extreme, but you get my point.

[Kris194]

On 5/17/2021 at 4:22 AM, Zapper said:

The fascinating thing is RDR2 is Rockstar's 2nd most successful game only behind GTAV/O.

And available only for 3 platforms, not like GTA V soon on 7