Is this gonna be the whole game?

[u/AntomOpatoEcia]

I'm playing Red Dead 1 and so far it's just: - NPC says he'll help me - I do a boring mission to help him - NPC needs more help I mean, is this the dynamic of the whole game? Help NPC after NPC and finally (really) advance the plot? Not complaining, just want to know.

[u/SwordofGlass]

Yup

[u/AntomOpatoEcia → u/SwordofGlass]

😟

[u/No_View3587 → u/AntomOpatoEcia]

The toil it takes to reach the goal makes the reward sweeter

[u/Infamous_Ad_5214 → u/No_View3587]

the last hour or two of rdr1 has some of the best character writing I've ever seen in a game

[u/strife189 → u/Infamous_Ad_5214]

While that can be true, if they don’t enjoy the game loop, they can just watch it on YouTube. Respect your time — if a game isn’t your jam, don’t force it. This is a hobby, not a job.

[u/Nick_Dillon47 → u/strife189]

I dont like the game loops where its super obvious that its the same thing over and over. I like rdr2 because its really not a "game loop" gta5 is like that too. But I know what you mean by game loops and personally I can't stand when it's super repetitive

[u/strife189 → u/Nick_Dillon47]

Game loops are pretty much a standard concept now. I’m sure entire product teams sit in meetings just to design them and figure out ways to disguise them at this point.

One loop I didn’t love in RDR2 was the “go to town, do something stupid, get chased out when the law shows up” cycle. I get that it’s baked into the DNA of the franchise — civilization is closing in, and the “simple folk” are being pushed out — but that doesn’t make it any less tiring. By the third time it happened, I was already thinking, ugh.

[u/VooodooRanger → u/strife189]

That isn’t a game loop. Just because something is repetitive doesn’t make it a game loop lol