How is it possible that both of the games are written by literally the same exact people. The difference in writing is night and day. Grand Theft Auto V writing is so disjointed and all over the place. There is a lack of focus and feels so ADHD ridden.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the best written games of all time. The characters for example are so brilliantly written and have a nice layer of depth and complexity to them. I feel Red Dead Redemption is Rockstar's true passion and GTA is now nothing more than their cashgrab series.
GTAV felt disjointed because it was stretched too thinly across three main characters with little room for character development.
In RDR2, they clearly learned from their mistakes in GTAV's writing. They managed to develop Arthur, Dutch, and a bit towards the end, John without it ending up too shallow.
Isaac Gomez
>muh anti hero who constantly questions what he's doing the writing sucks, don't you ever get tired of this trope?
Oliver Thomas
They had no idea how to write Trevor. One minute he is this sociopath drug addict lunatic and the next minute he is this whiny bitch who is always in his feelings. It was so inconsistent
this is just a pipe dream but imagine rockstar releasing rdr2 and rdr1 on pc totally remastered in just one game so you play the rdr2 first then jump straight to rdr sequel without switching games. could it be possible to merge both massive games with the current tech?
Landon Bailey
Simple. GTAV is a fun game. RDR2 is a pretentious art project
whats their fucking problem? It would make them heaps of money. Rockstar are a bunch of reddit fags
Juan Evans
One thing to consider is gta is essentially a comedy game whereas RDR is straight up drama. In a comedy you naturally have to take more liberties with the writing and do things a bit more outrageous in order to make people laugh
Daniel Price
Do you know what different goals are? They never try to do serious stories in GTA. Red Dead Redemption is their serious/drama series.
Henry Taylor
almost as if he if crazy from some kind of drugs right? fascinating
Andrew Myers
So were going to act like GTA can't have good writing now because it's "satire"? GTA IV had great writing and was still satire . There is no excuse why GTA V writing is shit while GTA IV and the Red Dead series has great writing
I never said GTA can't have good writing. I think GTA5, SA and Vice City had good writing, problem with Yea Forums is that anything that is popular gets shat on for no reason. People shit on Trevor because he's "random" (even though he isnt really), but they never give any reason as to why he's actually badly written (hint: he isn't).
Carson Reyes
GTA is just a big pisstake of though, it doesn't take itself too seriously and it excels in what it tries to do. Whilst RDR2 has quality acting and production values the story itself is pretty cringe and juvenile
Kayden Morris
Oh man, it's almost like that protagonist archetype exists because it's an idea that can be developed on and made into something great.
Michael Brooks
The game is called red dead REDEMPTION
Justin Campbell
I wanted to enjoy it more but found it too cumbersome at times to get any momentum going. >different guy btw
Kevin Morgan
literally the moment he showed up is when the game's story went to shit.
Nathaniel Reed
>GTA5 >Good writing It was mediocre at best. It was wasted potential. They should have just focused on a single character because the 3 main protagonists feel so underdeveloped and the story is rushed beyond belief
>>GTA5 >>Good writing better than anything from japan desu
Carson James
What are you talking about? I love GTA V. It's my 2nd favorite GTA game (only behind San Andreas) but I will say the writing definitely isn't its strong suit. It's a fun game and extremely detailed but the writing is mediocre at best. you can love something and still admit it has flaws
every single action story has been told a million times.
Michael Flores
RDR2 has terrible writing. It has a few good segments that are all carried by the acting, not the script
Caleb Campbell
THIS. Game should have been about Michael turning Franklin from a street gangbanger into a criminal genius. Their chemistry was great. Once Trevor and Michael reunited, everything went to shit. Michael and Trevor become an old arguing gay couple and Franklin's story arc ended halfway through the game when he moved out the hood.
