Poll: GTA IV or RDR?

[CoDzombieDude]

As I opened the thread I hoped there would be a "like both equally as much" option as i love them both so much. I voted GTA4 because I have 100%ed it (and the expansions) as well as played it to death to the extent that I could be a cab driver for liberty city... pity it doesn't exist. Though saying that, rdr is just as awesome. its just that GTA4 ive put more time into.

Same for me, but with Red Dead.

I just felt more immersed with it and the story of Red Dead is fantastically compelling right up to it's tear jerker ending. However, GTA 4 is still a great game and would absolutely recommend to all.

Really, overall, just a huge approval to Rockstar for making great games

 

[ImprovizoR]

GTA IV bore me beyond words. Everything about it is boring. The story, the gameplay, the music, the physics. The physics engine that's supposed to be realistic is actually idiotic. It's all fine when NPC's are using it, but when you implement it so poorly in the main character it's frustrating. Niko walks like a barrel full of rocks. And the game doesn't offer anything new anyway. Older GTA games are far more superior to GTA IV.

Then you have Red Dead Redemption. The game is simply brilliant. Go buy it.

 

[Sethzard]

I like RDR, I prefer saints row 2 if I'm looking for a modern city based sandbox.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Both games have pretty exceptional storylines, with diverse and interesting characters. I'd opine that RDR's story was better but the gameplay in GTA 4 simply has a lot more on offer. RDR's setting works for it but it also severly limits the amount of things that you can do, which is kind of a kicker for a sandbox. So I'd go with GTA 4.

 

[ultimateownage]

You need a 'neither' option.
RDR was okay, and I hated GTA IV to death. Saints Row is by far the better sandbox game.

 

[teebeeohh]

RDR, the scenario is more unique and SR2 was the better gta4 anyway.

 

[Zeema]

Red Dead FTW

i love the multiplayer and ruining someones day is what i do best

and the story for RDR is Funny and interesting

 

[PsyberGoth]

Red Dead Redemption. Love a Western, me.

 

[DazBurger]

Neither. Saints Row 2.

 

[erbkaiser]

RDR. Much better setting and story.

Not that this means GTAIV is not good - RDR is just better.

 

[Jaydog53]

GTA4, during mission. drive around kill stuff. Race, beat game? NO replay.

 

[PeePantz]

I know, I know, vs thread, but trust me I actually have a point to this one. I suspect the voting will go a certain way and after a while I'll add to this post detailing my actual reason for asking this question and a little rant to go with it. Please post your reason why you voted the way you did as well, as I suspect it will help with what I tentatively call my research.

Alright, let's try this again.

Also captcha had rewrote in it, haha.

I don't appreciate this little game you're playing despite me voting (RDR). I feel you didn't like RDR and will later explain why GTA4 is better and why RDR is overrated, etc. and how we as gamers are just "insert term here". However, the answer is simple. Red Dead is just a better game that is far more enjoyable. The point of games are fun and Red Dead is just more fun.

 

[chuckey]

This is a tough choice. I very much enjoyed the DLC packs for GTA 4 but I got bored of undead nightmare pretty fast. However I really enjoyed the look and story of RDR.

 

[faspxina]

Both great games, but I'll choose RDR, since GTA Doesn't have Undead Nightmare.

 

[Gluzzbung]

GTA is the biggest pile of turd ever to come from rockstar. It has little in the way of story and gameplay, the characters are fun and there are fun bits but the missions are so dull. "Walk here, shoot this, run away," Red deads GP is like that but the story and characters are actually interesting and there's a sense of purpose to all the missions.

 

[DEAD34345]

I've tried a few times to complete GTA4, but after a short while, I just realise I'm not having any fun. Shooting bad-guys in apartments is not fun, following bad guys is definitely not fun, going out with friends is not fun. So what's left?

In Red Dead Redemption however shooting bad-guys actually was fun (I'm not exactly sure why), and some of the mini-games were actually fun too. The random encounter things were usually interesting, and I actually cared about the characters in the plot. If it's not obvious, I went with Red Dead. To me it's simply more fun.

 

[TheTim]

The world felt much more alive in RDR, and it was alot more fun than gta for a short time, but the multiplayer quickly got old and i found myself going back to GTA to play.

So i say GTA

 

[Weslebear]

Singleplayer? RDR by a LONGSHOT.

Multiplayer has to be GTA4, RDR multi is boring and an absolute mess whereas GTA4 is hilarious.

 

[Tohuvabohu]

Red Dead Redemption.

I did like GTA4, but upon playing and beating RDR, it quickly shot up to one of my most favorite games of all time. And GTA4 isn't even close to that.

I love setting and atmosphere, and those 2 reasons alone are probably why I keep coming back to play the game. I really enjoy the vastness of the world, although it never felt "empty" as everywhere I went, I saw people riding trails, hunting, or fighting each other.

I love the western setting. And the soundtrack did an amazing job at capturing some of the spirit of Ennio Morricone's music. I was so deeply immersed in the game from beginning to end, and felt the most connected to John Marston than most other characters I play as. I really felt like I was controlling a highly skilled, pissed off killing machine.

And the entrance to Mexico was probably one of the most memorable things I've experienced in a game. The mission introducing you to mexico was exciting. As soon as the mission ended and we landed in Mexico during the sunset, I heard "Far Away" begin playing, and it really got to me.
I dunno why, but after it began playing, I simply got on my horse and rode off to my next destination. It made me think about everything that had happened during the story, and reflect on horrendously bloody assault on Fort Mercer, and the immediate slaughter of banditos upon entering mexico. I guess I realized all the people John killed to achieve his mission and get his family back, and that all the blood and death that was waiting for him in Mexico.

I don't know what the devs wanted to achieve with that song, but to me, it was a strong moment of reflection and perspective.

GTA4 never came close to giving me this kind of reaction. It was a fun game, but just didn't feel like a meaningful or memorable experience. Then again, not many games do, but RDR did.

Perhaps my biggest complaint about RDR was the fact that it had regenerating health, and it didn't feel all too challenging.

 

[rutcommapat]

Ug. I hated everything about GTA. The cover-based combat was boring, the mission design was repetitive to the point of irritation, the storyline is typical GTA, just with a lot more shoehorned-in grit which really doesn't fit GTA's style at all and made everything feel inconsistent, the minigames are among the worst I've ever encountered in a freeroaming game, (Seriously, I dare anyone who's played the game to claim that they enjoy bowling.) the satire which I've come to know and love from the GTA series is handled in the most ham-fisted way possible, and Liberty City remains a really boring area to explore regardless of all the tech Rockstar used to try to make it "Realistic".

Red Dead Redemption wasn't perfect, but it was actually pretty damn good. So I'd probably go with that one.