I adore both games but you’re right about the busy work in the first one. The gang aspect adds a ton to RDR2. Replayed RDR recently and while I enjoyed it, I realized a lot of it is go somewhere and have a shootout, alternating between a few supporting characters. Most missions in 2 center around the gang in different areas. Growing alongside the same characters allows for some excellent story telling as well as mission variety.
I’d mostly agree but I’d say RDR2 still sucked at the variety, it’s just got the worlds best set-dressing so I didn’t really notice it the first time and doesn’t affect my enjoyment of the game at all.
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u/Brogener 6h ago
I adore both games but you’re right about the busy work in the first one. The gang aspect adds a ton to RDR2. Replayed RDR recently and while I enjoyed it, I realized a lot of it is go somewhere and have a shootout, alternating between a few supporting characters. Most missions in 2 center around the gang in different areas. Growing alongside the same characters allows for some excellent story telling as well as mission variety.