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I have to say that GTA wins this handily in my mind. In fact, I'm actually been stopping my RDR 2 runs the past 2 weeks to play GTA V.
Full disclosure, I'm about 30% through RDR2 so I haven't experience all it has to offer but I have gotten the gist of it by now.
It's impressive as fuck. What really has me mind blown is how good it looks on the PS4 Pro. I know it's even sharper on the XB1 X but I've been a PC gamer since the 360/PS3 generation grew stale so I know what's up with graphics. RDR2 looks amazing on consoles.
I think the main difference for me is the setting. For movies, I always defer to period pieces. I rarely ever watch things set in present time. But for games, GTA just wins.
RDR has peaceful scenery. You have to take it in slowly. I get that, and it's great. But for me, nothing beats driving through city streets, walking through back alleys, or driving on expressways from city to rural areas. And all that while listening to custom soundtracks.
Not to mention the characters. RDR has some great characters but they all seem rather dull or mundane compared to GTA. Now here, I admit that GTA IV actually has an advantage over V in that it focused on several crime bosses where as V just focused on the central 3 characters, which was a bit of a disappointment in the end.
It's unbelievable that I'm still playing GTA V and being blown away at the detail. Look at these screens I just took. This is just me, not pro screen takers.
GTA wins, both are gems.
Full disclosure, I'm about 30% through RDR2 so I haven't experience all it has to offer but I have gotten the gist of it by now.
It's impressive as fuck. What really has me mind blown is how good it looks on the PS4 Pro. I know it's even sharper on the XB1 X but I've been a PC gamer since the 360/PS3 generation grew stale so I know what's up with graphics. RDR2 looks amazing on consoles.
I think the main difference for me is the setting. For movies, I always defer to period pieces. I rarely ever watch things set in present time. But for games, GTA just wins.
RDR has peaceful scenery. You have to take it in slowly. I get that, and it's great. But for me, nothing beats driving through city streets, walking through back alleys, or driving on expressways from city to rural areas. And all that while listening to custom soundtracks.
Not to mention the characters. RDR has some great characters but they all seem rather dull or mundane compared to GTA. Now here, I admit that GTA IV actually has an advantage over V in that it focused on several crime bosses where as V just focused on the central 3 characters, which was a bit of a disappointment in the end.
It's unbelievable that I'm still playing GTA V and being blown away at the detail. Look at these screens I just took. This is just me, not pro screen takers.
GTA wins, both are gems.