Board 8 > Rate the VG Story Day 70: Red Dead Redemption 2

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Todays game is Red Dead Redemption 2. How would you rate the story on a scale from 1-10?

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Previous Results:
Planescape: Torment - 9.83 (12 votes)
Omori - 9.67 (6 votes)
Outer Wilds - 9.6 (21 votes)
Nier Automata - 9.25 (31 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 9.18 (33 votes)
The House in Fata Morgana - 9.14 (7 votes)
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 9.1 (14 votes)
Return of the Obra Dinn - 8.85 (10 votes)
Umineko When They Cry - 8.82 (11 votes)
Xenogears - 8.71 (23 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 8.67 (31 votes)
Metal Gear Solid - 8.67 (27 votes)
Final Fantasy Tactics - 8.65 (23 votes)
Disco Elysium - 8.56 (16 votes)
Undertale - 8.53 (40 votes)
What Remains of Edith Finch - 8.41 (19 votes)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 8.4 (5 votes)
Final Fantasy X - 8.38 (54 votes)
Mass Effect 2 - 8.38 (28 votes)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 8.35 (18 votes)
Final Fantasy VII - 8.26 (36 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 8.13 (39 votes)
The Last of Us - 8.13 (35 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles - 7.94 (27 votes)
Doki Doki Literature Club - 7.93 (24 votes)
Bloodborne - 7.88 (20 votes)
Life is Strange - 7.85 (31 votes)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - 7.67 (27 votes)
Bioshock - 7.64 (23 votes)
Celeste - 7.62 (25 votes)
Skies of Arcadia - 7.62 (13 votes)
Mortal Kombat (2011) - 7.46 (13 votes)
Mass Effect - 7.35 (28 votes)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 7.26 (29 votes)
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - 7.25 (12 votes)
Tales of the Abyss - 7.24 (28 votes)
Red Dead Redemption - 7.23 (11 votes)
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 7.17 (23 votes)
Mass Effect 3 - 7.16 (21 votes)
To the Moon - 7.07 (7 votes)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - 7 (5 votes)
Super Paper Mario - 7 (21 votes)
Hollow Knight - 6.98 (21 votes)
INSIDE - 6.93 (15 votes)
Gone Home - 6.91 (17 votes)
Death Stranding - 6.73 (13 votes)
Chrono Cross - 6.69 (16 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All - 6.66 (30 votes)
Firewatch - 6.65 (10 votes)
Dark Souls - 6.62 (20 votes)
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 6.6 (27 votes)
Valkyria Chronicles - 6.5 (16 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 6.5 (13 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 6.31 (35 votes)
DOOM (2016) - 6.15 (13 votes)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 6.1 (13 votes)
Star Fox 64 - 5.79 (24 votes)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 5.72 (9 votes)
Final Fantasy IV - 5.72 (29 votes)
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune - 5.26 (28 votes)
Final Fantasy XIII - 4.91 (27 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright - 4.83 (12 votes)
Fallout 3 - 4.76 (17 votes)
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - 4.72 (9 votes)
Fallout 4 - 4.43 (15 votes)
Final Fantasy - 4.14 (18 votes)
Resident Evil 6 - 3.74 (17 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest - 3.46 (15 votes)
Starcraft II (overall) - 3.4 (5 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates (overall) - 3.32 (11 votes)
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void - 2.83 (6 votes)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - 2.77 (15 votes)
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm - 2.57 (7 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation - 2.33 (9 votes)
Tales of Zestiria - 2.14 (7 votes)

You can still rate previous days games if you missed them, just write <game name><rating>. If you want to change your rating you can just specify that you are changing your rating. Nominations for future days are also welcome, nominate as many games as you like and I will get to all of them.

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Nominate Clannad

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10.

Ill explain why when Im a bit more awake.

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Today I purchased Planescape Torment ($6 Steam Sale) and The House in Fata Morgana ($110 for the LRG PS4 physical edition, which I will likely resell once I'm finished)

These topics are having an impact. On my wallet.

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I have no idea why so few people played the House in Fata Morgana
Neither did I! But I want to

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10/10

Incredibly moving and affecting, one of the best ensembles casts in gaming period, every single character in this feels like a real person, from Pearson all the way up to Arthur and Dutch. The voice acting is off-the-chain amazing, with a genuine Western presentation, with gorgeous cinematography and shot composition that rivals the biggest of blockbuster films. But, in its devotion to classic Western cinema, it also surpasses it in many ways, embracing the best parts of the genre whilst rejecting, subverting, and ultimately rallying against its ugliest parts. The story feels like a multi-part fantasy epic in scope, but in reality small and human, as Arthur and later John do what they need to to survive as families and friends are torn apart by strife, conflict, and greed. Few games rival RDR2's symbolism, ambitions, character development, and tiny details that truly make up one of the best narrative experiences in fiction.

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Nanis23 posted...

I have no idea why so few people played the House in Fata Morgana

It's a pure VN with a nonstandard art style. People like adventure gameplay and 'clean' anime aesthetics

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9.5

Best Rockstar Story. And Arthur is so much better than John Marston.

6.5

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Up.

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9/10

Loses a point for not being flashy enough for me to truly care for everyone but it sure does hit a lot of my buttons for a good story and this is whats the thread is all about

Needs more votes.

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Haven't played this one.

Backdate vote if I haven't already done these yet:

Danganronpa 2: 2
FF13: 2.5

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9.5

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8.5

pretty good. excellent characters and a fairly serviceable narrative. a bit boring at points, but this is in keeping with the western aesthetic.

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Anyway this is a staggering achievement of AAA presentation mixed with an extremely human story about accepting mortality. I also love how it very much rejects the glorification of the era that is endemic to the genre. Of course to top it all off it is full of great side narratives as well.

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One more bump.

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Surprised at the low votals for this one.

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Me too!

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