Walking simulators have illustrated throughout the past decade just how meditative a simplified gaming experience can be, given the proper aesthetics and presentation. Perhaps most intriguing is how much of an influence the current indie scene had on the development of this high-budget production, most apparent in the open world design which serves as a vastly important aspect to the game’s overall worth and success. This lack of decided communication between the assorted assets culminating into the overall product means the more argumentative aspects to a game’s subtext are usually compromised for the sake of design over substance.įor RDR2, this governing design is obvious throughout the meandering narrative venture, and the result is a game that feels like a summation of a multitude of various influences imprecisely strung together. A certain team will direct their attention towards the narrative aspects while another will work on the environmental detailing and so forth. The photorealistic visuals emphasize the beauty of RDR2’s often breathtaking world it is a constant reminder of the excessive work demanded from Rockstar’s employees, yet nonetheless a technical, thematic achievement deserving of great appreciation.ĪAA studios work on inherently unfocused and divided terms. But lost in the wilderness amongst furtive landscapes and torrential elements, these social worries subside, leaving our protagonist alone to experience Time itself rage forward indecipherably and unremittingly. The law of civilization is always closing in on Morgan and his crew every step of the way on their journey towards self-dependency.
Lush valleys interspersed between forestry and river banks provide a marvelous naturalistic panorama, a befitting setting for the gruff antihero, Arthur Morgan to vacation to, away from his responsibilities back at camp. However, the best moments in Rockstar’s latest blockbuster AAA release ignore any sense of grand venture or violent inhibition. Soulless matter standing between you and progress, the narrative plotline established through the mass murder of others. The game is fundamentally designed around violence as the answer to all of the player’s problems, demanding they lay waste to any and all in their path marked red on the minimap. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a vast landscape absorbed in chaos, dread, and desperate survivalism.
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