What a great topic! My interest in history is pretty much entirely due to the video games I played when younger - Assassins Creed (all the Ezio games, 3 and IV), Red Dead Redemption 1 and even Skyrim (okay it's fantasy, but its also set in the middle ages!) They peaked my interest in the subject, which eventually led to me studying it at university - who says video games are bad for one's academics?
You raise some great points. The creative energy that goes into making a video game is unrivaled - it involves voice actors, storytelling, graphic design and so much more, on top of all that the game needs to be enjoyable, fun, immersive etc.
I'm a 31 year old man who spends more time than I'd like to admit gaming, but mostly on grand strategy games staring at maps. But RDR2 is special. Like you Daniele, it brought me to tears too. It's a beautiful story with incredible characters and an amazing world to explore, that I still fire it up the odd time to just explore. What a masterpiece. Glad you enjoyed it too!
What a great topic! My interest in history is pretty much entirely due to the video games I played when younger - Assassins Creed (all the Ezio games, 3 and IV), Red Dead Redemption 1 and even Skyrim (okay it's fantasy, but its also set in the middle ages!) They peaked my interest in the subject, which eventually led to me studying it at university - who says video games are bad for one's academics?
You raise some great points. The creative energy that goes into making a video game is unrivaled - it involves voice actors, storytelling, graphic design and so much more, on top of all that the game needs to be enjoyable, fun, immersive etc.
I’m curious- stopping playing when you did- did you do none of the Native American Indian missions?
Did you get to Guam?
These missions and how they reference some historical events would be interesting to hear from you especially..
I did the initial Native ones but not the latter ones. Of course, after seeing the videos, I went back and played the rest
I'm a 31 year old man who spends more time than I'd like to admit gaming, but mostly on grand strategy games staring at maps. But RDR2 is special. Like you Daniele, it brought me to tears too. It's a beautiful story with incredible characters and an amazing world to explore, that I still fire it up the odd time to just explore. What a masterpiece. Glad you enjoyed it too!
Have you ever played Ghost of Tsushima?
I haven't. If I loved RDR2, would I enjoy that?
It's a masterpiece. Probably my favorite game ever.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!
Now I am going to have to finish this one too - stopped after about 60%. But Tsushima was wonderful including the expansion!
Ghost of Tsushima is definitely my favorite ever. But RDR2 is brilliant. The last part of the story arc changes everything