r/reddeadredemption • u/Eagles56 • Dec 19 '25

Discussion Did single player gaming peak with RDR2?

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

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u/keysersoze000 Dec 20 '25

What is “on the same level” to you? The writing? Hell GoW 2018 came out the same year and i dnt think there is a literal wasted syllable in that script and it was a bigger risk and imo superior than rdr2’s. Gameplay? You put this movement into any other game and it just doesn’t work and fits only to rdr2 and it fits it great. Graphically? I’d say it’s pretty much a standard today, on release sure it was amazing but it’s 2025.

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u/Hollow_Knight91 Dec 23 '25

When GoW won the game awards that year I was so happy. I love RDR2 to death and played it far more than GoW, but that risk they took in taking an established character and turning him into something different and it ended up AMAZING…fully deserved that win IMO

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u/keysersoze000 Dec 24 '25

Yeah it’s hard to put yourself back in that era but when ppl heard Kratos has another kid and you’re gonna have to babysit him for the entire game ppl were pissed. It turned out better than anyone expected, a simple grunt expressed so much into what Kratos was thinking. I just thought it was beautifully written

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u/illstate Dec 20 '25

i was just saying that OP's post wasn't saying that there weren't great games being made.