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More_Badass

Member
Oct 25, 2017
23,644
How is the last big revolutionary open world game random in this context? It wouldn't be too far fetched to assume RDR2 was in some way influenced by BOTW.
Considering that the game began production nearly a decade ago and the gameplay and design of BoTW wasnt revealed till 2016, I doubt it was much of an influence, if any at all. If anything, it sounds like the open world game that has had the most influence is...Shenmue (and by extension the 2011/2012 revival of the immersive sim genre with Dishonored and Deus Ex)
 

SpartacusMD

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
667
I still think "Breath of the Wild West" is by far the best OT title suggestion I've heard.

Much as people seem to hate it (because... I guess people don't like BotW or something...?) it makes a ton of sense.

Breath of the Wild was a big milestone for open world games, and Red Dead Redemption 2 seems like another.

Beyond "Nintendo fans" and "fans of other consoles" seemingly being split into two different groups, I'm not sure why that title is so contentious.

I mentioned breath of the wild West a a couple dozen pages ago and was met with the same response.


How about...

Red Dead Redemption 2: Breath of the West
 

chocolate

Member
Feb 28, 2018
3,691
You're gonna have a real bad time when people actually have the game and mention how it seems to have cribbed from BOTW. It's a pretty obvious observation.

I'm going to let it go now. I know that it's going to be one of those endless loop, back and forth discussions. I'll just hang back and watch instead of participating when it comes to this specific discussion.
 

BashNasty

Member
Oct 30, 2017
1,911
As someone who loved playing BOTW, I couldn't disagree more.

It's disrespectful toward this game by virtue of paying homage to another game, instead of letting Red Dead 2 be it's own thing without another game reference jumping in and stealing the spotlight.

From the title alone, it represents BOTW more than Red Dead since it has the entire title of the Zelda game in there.

Your sentence "Breath of the Wild was a big milestone for open world games, and Red Dead Redemption 2 seems like another" is an example of trying to lump BOTW into the conversation, when it has no business being here to begin with.

BOTW is its own thing. Red Dead 2 is its own thing. Keep them separated.

The comparisons will already come, no reason to send out the bat signal for the games launch.

Yea, sure, that's all good. I loved Breath of the Wild, I have zero doubts that I'll love Red Dead 2. Goddamn it's a good time to be an open world lover.
 

Doskoi Panda

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 27, 2017
15,057
Red Dead Redemption 2 |OT| Breath of the Cyber Witch Spider-God: Odyssey (...to the West)

It's clever because it references a bunch of other video games, and it's likable because I liked those games. It's a lot more witty than some thoughtful reference to the media that inspired this game and to which this game serves as a rare love letter to
 

Deleted member 40953

user requested account closure
Banned
Mar 12, 2018
1,062
Red Dead Redemption 2 |OT| A Fistful of The Breath of the Wild

Red Dead Redemption 2 |OT| The Good The Bad and the Breath of the Wild
 

leapfrogvita

Alt-Account.
Banned
Oct 17, 2018
40
are you guys worried, in the upcoming week, about people guilt tripping you about buying Red Dead 2 after this whole labor controversy?
 

Simo

Member
Oct 26, 2017
4,894
Michigan, USA
Lol no. Playing the game is all I'll worry about.


Please tell me you're not Greenrock.

Oh son of a...
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IMACOMPUTA

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,555
Red Dead Redemption 2 |OT| Whistling Epona's Song in the Desert

Red Dead Redemption 2 |OT| We Are Greenrock
 
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Dec 2, 2017
1,544
are you guys worried, in the upcoming week, about people guilt tripping you about buying Red Dead 2 after this whole labor controversy?

I am buying the game. Many people worked hard on this and they will get additional compensation depending on how well the game does. What I hope will happen is that Rockstar (and any other studio that crunches a lot) will get called out continuously by the press, on social media, and the people who work at these studios and that this will lead to better working conditions and unions for developers.
 

Nintendo

Prophet of Regret
Member
Oct 27, 2017
13,388
Let's make a petition for Greenrock to stream the game on release day. I just wanna see what that guy is on.
 

Vishmarx

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
5,043
are you guys worried, in the upcoming week, about people guilt tripping you about buying Red Dead 2 after this whole labor controversy?
lol nah, i dont value 99.9 % of this forum's opinion on anything social or political regardless of whether or not my view aligns. Its just unrealistically idealistic and hate driven, and probably not even honest.
 

leapfrogvita

Alt-Account.
Banned
Oct 17, 2018
40
lol nah, i dont value 99.9 % of this forum's opinion on anything social or political regardless of whether or not my view aligns. Its just unrealistically idealistic and hate driven, and probably not even honest.
some people on here have already said their going to pass on RDR 2 because of the whole 100 hour weeks controversy,
 

Yossarian

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
13,274
are you guys worried, in the upcoming week, about people guilt tripping you about buying Red Dead 2 after this whole labor controversy?

No, I feel fairly guilty as it is. The problem of terrible labour practices is much wider than R* though and we're all complicit. Hell, the consoles we use to play games and the computers we use to moan about them are very likely to have parts sourced from places that use child to—- oh. It's greenrock.

some people on here have already said their going to pass on RDR 2 because of the whole 100 hour weeks controversy,

They have every right to do so.
 

leapfrogvita

Alt-Account.
Banned
Oct 17, 2018
40
So im thinking one more feature and then launch trailer next week

tomorrow we'll get two screenshots, thursday two more, then friday will be the full feature release

then either Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday next week will be the launch trailer
 
Nov 1, 2017
192
I just don't want to be hassled for getting this game

Is this a joke? Do you own a smartphone, laptop, or console? If so, do you feel guilty for buying those? People literally jumping off of buildings because the working conditions there suck. The whole R* 100 hour bullshit thing has been elaborated on by Houser anyway. He said not one person was forced to stay longer than their normal scheduled hours.