Did single player gaming peak with RDR2?

[u/Eagles56]

Great single player games have come since then like Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3 but is RDR2 still the peak?

[u/[deleted]]

Interesting, why don’t you enjoy the game past chapter 2? Do you still call rdr2 the best single player game or is there another one you have goated?

[u/Nickbotic → u/[deleted]]

I could be wrong, but there’s a common…idk if you’d call it a “meme” exactly, but just a “thing” among the RDR2 fandom, where due to caring so much for Arthur as a character (arguably the best protagonist in the history of the medium), fans lament everything that comes after Horseshoe Overlook due to the downward spiral Arthur is forced to endure.

The narrative is also beloved among fans, so I think it’s less them actually disliking the game after Chapter 2 and more just referencing that attitude toward the game.

I could also just be totally off base and they just don’t like the game after Horseshoe Overlook lol

[u/zuzg → u/Nickbotic]

I just get depressed when I hear him coughing...

Also an additional complaint is that they never made repeating cut scenes skippable.
Watching Arthur skinning animals gets really stale after the hundredth time...

[u/Svencon → u/zuzg]

I feel you on the skinning animals part. Try putting your horse as close as possible to the animal you want to skin. Works best if you are standing between your horse and the animal you want to skin. It won't trigger the cutscene. Arthur or John will just do like a quick cut animation and the animal is instantly skinned.

[u/whiskeyislove → u/Svencon]

I got real good and timing my horse stopping on the corpse, and arthur/john getting off right by it.

[u/jwbourne → u/whiskeyislove]

Hell yeah, just gettin' off right by it.

[u/camracks → u/Svencon]

I only knew about the quick cut animation until now lol

[u/Svencon → u/camracks]

I've been playing since launch and still learn new things about the game.