• redsol2@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You will appreciate the story of 2 a lot more if you have played 1. They closely tie together.

    Also, RDR1 is a spectacular game. 2 is better and worse in various ways. 1 is more video-gamey; 2 is more simulation.

    That said, if you’re not all that interested in 1, 2 is just fine on its own!

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      1 year ago

      I played the first one, but lost interest after a while. I went many years without playing much of anything, new BoTW and ToTK got me back into it. I recently was gifted RDR2, as I figured I might like it since it was more of a simulation game like the new Zelda stuff. It was gifted to me on PS4, which I have, but haven’t turned on in years. I’m wondering if I should opt for the Switch version instead… but I got the GTA release for Switch and I hate what they did with the aiming. I couldn’t figure out how to make Vice City play like the PS2 and just got upset and quit. If they did similar stuff to the Switch version of RDR2, I should probably just stick with the PS4.

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        1 year ago

        This is the first Red Dead Redemption which was originally released on the PS3/360, not RDR2.

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          1 year ago

          Oh, not sure how I missed that. Thanks for clarifying. That makes my choice dramatically easier.