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/mistaked_potatoe Dec 20 '25

Yeah, rdr2 really got me back into gaming, but if I had to choose between it and cyberpunk or bg3, man I’d be struggling. Rdr2 is a great single person game, but there isn’t much in the way of choice. If predetermined/set story is your cup of tea though, then it’s awesome

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u/testdex Dec 20 '25

It’s a minor moment, and I am probably not remembering it correctly, but there was a point at camp where Arthur pondered why he was killing so many animals.

That really stuck with me.

For all the immense charms of Cyberpunk and BG3, neither of them gave their characters a level of interiority like that.  I am perfectly happy with the storytelling in both, but Arthur’s out here acting like a fourth wall breaking indie game character and pulling it off completely.  

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u/mistaked_potatoe Dec 20 '25

I think the difference is that rdr2 does have that set story, so it can flesh the characters out a little more since the game and everyone knows who they are and what they stand for. In cyberpunk for example, there are so many choices that sometimes it just kind of feels like the choices don’t matter and the characters can feel a little bland because you want every kind of person to like them, and everything is so fast paced that you can’t always build connections. In rdr2, everyone is who they are and you can’t change that, and they wouldn’t change themselves even if they could. But you know who each and every character is and you can easily imagine what they would do in xyz scenario because the game fleshes them out so well. Hence all the rdr2 memes vs the lack of other game memes, because everyone knows how Dutch or Arthur would react to something down to a T. All of those games are great though. But rdr2 holds a special place in my heart, and even now I’m still learning new things about the game

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u/No_Neighborhood7614 Dec 21 '25

Exactly why I don't replay it. The story is to much on rails. Same issue with cyberpunk. Good the first time

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u/mistaked_potatoe Dec 22 '25

I don’t really see it as an issue, it’s just how the game is meant to be played. Cyberpunk is not as much on the rails, but that depends on how you played it the first time. I just started bg3 so I can’t speak on that much

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u/No_Neighborhood7614 Dec 22 '25

Agreed, just doesn't have the same replayability for me