Multiplatform Red Dead Redemption II vs. The Last of Us - Which is the superior game?

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Both legendary games. Both the highest rated video games on IMDB rated a 9.7

Love to see what the numbers will be like for this.



Red Dead Redemption II - (plot summary):

In 1899. The era of the Wild West is coming to an end as the federal government asserts its control over the lawless territories. Realizing that their fortunes are fading, Dutch Van der Linde's notorious gang plots one last major bank robbery that could set them for life.

However, the heist goes awry with several gang members dead or captured; the gang is forced to flee across the country with the law pursuing them. Undeterred, Dutch hopes to pull off one last heist and flee the country.

However, each scheme ends in failure. Dutch's most-trusted lieutenant, Arthur Morgan, sees his loyalty to the gang put to the test as he is forced to come to terms with the changing times.



The Last of Us - (plot summary)

It's the end of the world.

The year is 2033; humanity is dead, and there are only desperate survivors fighting to stay alive just a minute longer. Infected by the Cordyceps fungi, there now exist infected humans who can only 'see' through sound and crave human flesh.

Traveling across the desolate United States, Joel must escort a young girl named Ellie to the resistance group 'The Fireflies'. Ellie is the key to the human race's survival.

 

[Hitman81]

Red Dead Redemption 2, despite my issues with it, is just more my thing. Nearly 5 years later and I can't think of a more technically impressive game. Im not a big fan of linear, story driven games. That said, I still like The Last of Us and loved Part 2. If you had said Part 2 that would have been a harder choice.

 

[GtehMVP]

Red Dead is superior is so many ways, even matches the quality of storytelling often.

If only RDR2's missions matched the freedom of their sandbox. It's jarring how you can approach things outside missions in a variety of ways, only to be forced on a linear path once you're on a quest.

TLOU is such a different game too, really difficult to compare them. However, being linear, they were able to make a far tighter/better paced nattartive/world building masterpiece.

 

[Kona Bear]

Debating Bioshock Infinite or Alien Isolation for October.

Bought RDR to follow.

 

[milliniar]

I found RDR2 a slog to play through. I wanted to see what happened but just didn't enjoy playing it.

The last of us is GOAT.

 

[HereticBD]

They're pretty equal from a quality standpoint, but RDR2 gives you far more content. When they're both masters of their craft, I fall back to "bang for your buck", which RDR2 takes quite handily.

 

[mb23100]

Enjoyed both but never understood TLOU being in GOAT talks. RDR2 has a case imo.

 

[A_bomb47]

Loved both of them but the long rides in Rdr2 were fucking boring. That's why I went with ltou2.

 

[Kratos94]

As impressive as RDR2 was, I didn't have a fun time playing through it. RDR2 got so slow and egregiously monotonous at times, that I never wanted to progress at times. It felt like a chore that needed completed. The gameplay also felt 99% the same as GTA 5 did.

The Last of Us is perfect for me; fun and tense gameplay; an interesting world (RDR2's world was interesting, too); never became too slow like RDR2; still looks great in 2023 and the multiplayer element was vert exciting, too. My pick is TLOU.

 

[Leon]

Both amazing, but RDR2 is the best open world ever created and I had way more hours of fun playing RDR2.

That said as a straight forward linear game, TLOU was as good as it gets.

 

[Cherry Brigand]

I finished TLOU. After killing my 800th snake I gave up on rdr.

Both had horrible controls.

 

[method115]

I found RDR2 a slog to play through. I wanted to see what happened but just didn't enjoy playing it.

The last of us is GOAT.

This. I could not stand RDR2. I do not understand how it's so highly rated. It has to be one of the most boring games I've played in a long time. Visually it looks great but man those main quest missions are boring as hell.

 

[WhiteMousse]

RDR2 is better in almost every way

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Haven't played RDR2, so I won't vote.
The main reason why I still haven't played it is because Rockstar hasn't optimized it for modern consoles, so it'd still play at 1080P/30FPS.

But I'd rank TLOU in the Top 3 Games of the 2010-2019 Decade. It has the best story of any linear game I've ever played.

I will say I wasn't a huge fan of the first RDR, and consider it very overrated. So chances are I'd vote for TLOU, unless RDR2 would prove to be a significant improvement in every single way and not mostly rely on its western asthetic.

 

[HereticBD]

This. I could not stand RDR2. I do not understand how it's so highly rated.

Because even if you strip it down to it's bare essentials in the gameplay/story department, it's still probably the most technically impressive game ever made, and it's not just graphics. It's the way the world is designed. I'm pretty sure that even the damn birds are all individually programmed to have unique interactions with world. The attention to detail is insane. It doesn't feel like a typical video game world. The world truly feels alive, to the point where you could play it for thousands of hours and still be surprised at what you see.

I can get with some complaints over the run of mill shooter gameplay, and issues with pacing in the story, but nothing takes away from it being the most realistic open world sandbox ever created. It's one of the peaks of modern video game evolution. What they accomplished doesn't even seem possible, even by today's standards.

 

[Dizzy]

This. I could not stand RDR2. I do not understand how it's so highly rated. It has to be one of the most boring games I've played in a long time. Visually it looks great but man those main quest missions are boring as hell.

Boring game that essentially played itself.

Every single story beat was “Dutch has another scheme cooking. Oh no it blew up that was the last time. Hold on now, Dutch has another scheme cooking.”

The original RDR would fare a lot better for me in this matchup.

 

[method115]

Because even if you strip it down to it's bare essentials in the gameplay/story department, it's still probably the most technically impressive game ever made, and it's not just graphics. It's the way the world is designed. I'm pretty sure that even the damn birds are all individually programmed to have unique interactions with world. The attention to detail is insane. It doesn't feel like a typical video game world. The world truly feels alive, to the point where you could play it for thousands of hours and still be surprised at what you see.

I can get with some complaints over the run of mill shooter gameplay, and issues with pacing in the story, but nothing takes away from it being the most realistic open world sandbox ever created. It's one of the peaks of modern video game evolution. What they accomplished doesn't even seem possible, even by today's standards.

I won’t deny it’s very impressive what they’ve done on a technical level. At the end of the day though I just want to have fun and this game was not fun to me of course.

 

[Morning Star]

This is probably the only place I've ever seen RDR2 and The Witcher 3 get hate. Easily 2 of the best games ever made. The only weakness RDR2 has was the shitty online garbage that Rock Star put out rather than making a DLC expansion or another Undead Nightmare. Probably one of the most realistic Worlds I've ever experienced in a video game. The absolute depth of things to do in game and unique interactions was incredible. Great story as well.

 

[deadshot138]

RDR2 is probably the greatest game I've ever played. People who said it was boring weren't invested in the story. Game pulled tears from me and the wife on more than one occasion with the great story telling.

When Arthur thanks his horse

 

[gentlemanjack]

RDR2 is probably the greatest game I've ever played. People who said it was boring weren't invested in the story. Game pulled tears from me and the wife on more than one occasion with the great story telling.

When Arthur thanks his horse

Oh man, yeah that part got me. I kept the same horse for so long and then for that to happen was brutal.