Forbes: 'Red Dead Redemption 2' Has GTA's Same Combat Problem, But Worse

[Quad Damage 1,730]

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game full of detail, an absurd amount of detail sometimes, and yet throughout the game, I didn’t find that same level of detail in its combat system.

This is a problem I’ve found with many Rockstar games, most recently Grand Theft Auto 5, though “recently” there was a number of years ago. Firefights in that game were weirdly simplistic, the game using an almost absurd amount of auto-aim to kill off endless targets, and not only has that system not improved in Red Dead Redemption 2 all these years later, it’s almost actually worse.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2018/11/09/red-dead-redemption-2-has-gtas-same-combat-problem-but-worse/

 

 

pretty crazy that rockstar gets a free pass for garbage gameplay for a decade now (gta4 = 2008), just because of the gee-whiz reaction to their open worlds.

 

this is why ive sworn off all rockstar and bethesda games until they overhaul their engines/gameplay. passed on rdr1, skyrim, gta5, fo4, and now rdr2 and feel great about it 

Edited November 11, 2018 by Quad Damage

[bhytre 2,753]

I guess it's hard to aim at things in poverty resolutions, lmao playing RDR2 on PS4   

Notice how cows always try to downplay a game that's significantly better on X? Not working 

 

[Quad Damage 1,730]

16 minutes ago, bhytre said:

I guess it's hard to aim at things in poverty resolutions, lmao playing RDR2 on PS4   

Notice how cows always try to downplay a game that's significantly better on X? Not working 

 

 

always? this is the only one 

and ive been blasting rockstars clunky trash for literally a decade. nice try, lapdog  

Edited November 11, 2018 by Quad Damage

[Vini 430]

I've never used auto aim in a rockstar game, fuckin plebs

[Quad Damage 1,730]

2 minutes ago, Vini said:

I've never used auto aim in a rockstar game, fuckin plebs

 

thats even worse

[Quad Damage 1,730]

btw here's me shitting on the last rockstar game i played 6 years ago and guess who was parroting the same substance-less response then that they do to this day..  

 

 

 

 

[MalaXmaS 646]

2 hours ago, bhytre said:

I guess it's hard to aim at things in poverty resolutions, lmao playing RDR2 on PS4   

Notice how cows always try to downplay a game that's significantly better on X? Not working 

 

They'd rather hype Tetris.

[madmaltese★ 2,555]

It's fair critique. In fact even outside of the shooting mechanics. For all the spectacular advancements they made in the open world, their core gameplay and mission structure is still very archaic. 

[lostfool 680]

I love GTA 5 but the shooting is awful and some of the mission structures are pretty archaic.  The critique in this article is pretty spot on.  

[Quad Damage 1,730]

1 hour ago, MalaXmaS said:

They'd rather hype Tetris.

 

damn right but then i actually have a choice of either/both 

 

what were your choices in the 10 months prior to rdr2 and forza 2k18?

 

wait dont answer that

 

 

 

[Goukosan 2,252]

I played RDR1 last gen and it bored me to tears. 

 

The environment was amazing, but the combat and game play mechanics were clunky ae fuck. 

 

Has RDR2 improved on the combat and game play mechanics? 

[madmaltese★ 2,555]

14 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

I played RDR1 last gen and it bored me to tears. 

 

The environment was amazing, but the combat and game play mechanics were clunky ae fuck. 

 

Has RDR2 improved on the combat and game play mechanics? 

It's improved on everything except the combat and gameplay mechanics. 

 

It's such a strange situation because what they focused on improving they did so by such a margin where it legitimately makes every other game in comparison (in those facets) instantly outdated and yet the combat and gameplay mechanics got next to no improvements, making them outdated compared to other games. 

[Spicalicious 128]

1 hour ago, madmaltese said:

It's fair critique. In fact even outside of the shooting mechanics. For all the spectacular advancements they made in the open world, their core gameplay and mission structure is still very archaic. 

Just looking for an excuse to shit on the game because it's better on X.  If it were better on Sony's platform most of you wouldn't be making any complaints and praising the game to no end.  Welcome to SW.  lmao

[Spicalicious 128]

 

Cows would be jizzing their panties if RDR2 was better on their systems.   

Edited November 12, 2018 by S#$@%^i

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

4 hours ago, Quad Damage said:

btw here's me shitting on the last rockstar game i played 6 years ago and guess who was parroting the same substance-less response then that they do to this day..  

 

 

 

 

Coincidentally this game was also worse on PlayStation, great case you're making here bud 

 

[James Skywalker 528]

I have a calm bat problem. It's got no inhibitions, but I want it to be ambitious.

[Quad Damage 1,730]

27 minutes ago, S#$@%^i said:

 

Cows would be jizzing their panties if RDR2 was better on their systems.   

 

28 minutes ago, S#$@%^i said:

Just looking for an excuse to shit on the game because it's better on X.  If it were better on Sony's platform most of you wouldn't be making any complaints and praising the game to no end.  Welcome to SW.  lmao

 

gta5 was best on ps3 and ps4 for years - still junk

 

[Quad Damage 1,730]

9 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said:

Coincidentally this game was also worse on PlayStation, great case you're making here bud 

 

 

it is a great case, considering almost all of it still goes 6 years later and still yet to be refuted - in that thread or this one  

[madmaltese★ 2,555]

28 minutes ago, S#$@%^i said:

Just looking for an excuse to shit on the game because it's better on X.  If it were better on Sony's platform most of you wouldn't be making any complaints and praising the game to no end.  Welcome to SW.  lmao

Yeah, no. 

[James Skywalker 528]

41 minutes ago, madmaltese said:

Yeah, no. 

You shouldn't be cantankerous, ya know.

Edited November 12, 2018 by Angel Jim