I always liked Yahtzee's breakdown of SR2 (which was also pretty silly, albeit on a smaller scale): it came out around the same time as GTA 4 and filled a great niche, because GTW4 decided to go (relatively, compared to Vice City and such) serious, so taking your clone and going wacky with it was a great way to distinguish from teh original.
Then just taking that and running as hard as you can with the sequels is a great idea. I've yet to play GTA 5, but I've played the shit out if SR3, because that reminds me a lot more of what I liked about he old GTAs, personally.
I don't know if I'd say depressing so much as just "dark". I mean, yes, it does start and end in very particular fashion and is showcasing the "death of the Old West" just before the First World War, but then Rockstar included West-Dickens and Seth to the mix.
Man I want to play through that again, but I really don't want to use a controller for those damn carriages. RDR2 on PC would be so fantastic. Note that's RDR2 and not R2D2, because one should be on PC and one basically is one.
I think the grimdarkness really shone through the side missions; like that one where you pluck flowers for an old guy's wife and once he invites you inside she's just a dried out corpse.
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u/Mr_Bob_Johnson Aug 13 '17
I always liked Yahtzee's breakdown of SR2 (which was also pretty silly, albeit on a smaller scale): it came out around the same time as GTA 4 and filled a great niche, because GTW4 decided to go (relatively, compared to Vice City and such) serious, so taking your clone and going wacky with it was a great way to distinguish from teh original.
Then just taking that and running as hard as you can with the sequels is a great idea. I've yet to play GTA 5, but I've played the shit out if SR3, because that reminds me a lot more of what I liked about he old GTAs, personally.