i wouldn’t say so. their games are incredible don’t get me wrong and they have amazing stories and great attention to detail but that’s not really groundbreaking… i could name a lot of games with an amazing and good attention to detail. sure their games inspire a lot of ppl but from a gameplay standpoint they haven’t really brought anything new and innovative idea wise imo. ik the rage engine that they’ve developed and continue to develop is state of the art but just seems like rehashes of previous features. i think GTAV as a world took a major decline when compared to GTA4 it felt and seemed like GTA4 had more to make city feel alive and real compared to V.
I was going to say I think most gaming historians agree on the generational impact of GTAIII, but generational titles like GTAIV and GTAV weren’t “groundbreaking” or “revolutionary” but there are BEST at what they do.
Yeaaaah I’d say RDR2 is definitely up there as one of the best to do it. But again, RDR2 is a Rockstar game at its finest. It’s got the same narrative style, story structure, and gameplay beats RDR1 and parts of GTA have.
I think it’s the best game we’ve gotten in a decade, but I still wouldn’t call it “revolutionary”
I think there might be a case for calling the representation of natural environments and biomes revolutionary, I don’t think any other game has made natural landscapes that are anywhere near as convincing - but I totally see the case for saying that Rockstar hasn’t really done anything truly revolutionary since San Andreas. In many ways IV and V have still been a step backwards from what they’ve achieved there
Actually that’s fair. We have certainly not received a full open world package like RDR2 in any game. You could play a hunting simulation and not even touch the rest of the game because the world is so dynamic
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u/SquishyPenguin46 4d ago
i wouldn’t say so. their games are incredible don’t get me wrong and they have amazing stories and great attention to detail but that’s not really groundbreaking… i could name a lot of games with an amazing and good attention to detail. sure their games inspire a lot of ppl but from a gameplay standpoint they haven’t really brought anything new and innovative idea wise imo. ik the rage engine that they’ve developed and continue to develop is state of the art but just seems like rehashes of previous features. i think GTAV as a world took a major decline when compared to GTA4 it felt and seemed like GTA4 had more to make city feel alive and real compared to V.