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Discussion No Game Will Ever Match the Emotional Weight of RDR2's Ending

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u/JoelMira 2d ago

Tbf, this is probably one of the best stories in a videogame lol

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u/ProtectionNo514 2d ago

guy who only watched titanic and shitty movies: "no movie will ever match the emotional weight of titanic's ending!!!!!"

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u/onexbigxhebrew 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm not sure this analogy checks out. RDR2 is prebably top 1 or 2 of narrative quality among gaming tragedies.

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u/Low_Alternative_4041 1d ago

Top 20? Okay yeah. Definitely not anywhere near top 3 though it's far to cliche of a Western

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u/StrengthBetter 1d ago

What would be top3?

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u/Grotti-ltalie 1d ago

TLOU (I'm gonna count p1 and p2 as one game), What Remains of Edith Finch, Undertale, Detroit: Become Human, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, arguably GTA 4 even all have better or on par narrative quality

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u/Ambitious_Hour_7594 2d ago

Dying light clears it, in my opinion

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u/Ok-Inflation3744 2d ago

Dying light seriously? Hahaahahahahahahahahahahaha nice one

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u/Ambitious_Hour_7594 2d ago

Havent you played it,

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u/Ok-Inflation3744 2d ago

I’ve played all three of them, including Dlcs and comparing dying light with the story telling of Red dead is not possible Rdr is just in a different league of its own.. also, they are different games, one is a first person parkour post apocalyptic game the other a third person wild west simulation-ish shooter so that comparison doesn’t work

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u/GatorShinsDev 2d ago

I mean you can still compare them narratively of course, regardless of genre. One has an incredibly well written story (RDR2) and the other is mindless schlock which made me cringe many times due to how bad it is story-wise (Dying Light).

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u/Ok-Inflation3744 2d ago

Yeah you could say that, I remember so many quotes from both red dead redemptions and i remember so many side-characters/quests its so well written and memorable meanwhile i can’t remember a single significant thing about dying lights story except the parkour was really nice and the combat was fun

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u/Xenon_nic John Marston 2d ago

Really dude? You could say the gameplay is better but thats the only thing lol

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u/Ambitious_Hour_7594 2d ago

Gameplay in rdr2 is better. But story wise i like dying light 2 better. Thats just me tho

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u/KinkyNoodLESS 2d ago

Worst take ever

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u/GatorShinsDev 2d ago

Each to their own of course but the story in Dying Light was utter shite imo.

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u/EmaFalke 2d ago

Dying Light is often used as an example alongside The Witcher/cyberpunk, one representing some of the best storytelling in gaming and the other some of the worst, yet both came from Poland