Open World Showdown - Elden Ring versus Red Dead Redemption 2

Elden Ring and Red Dead Redemption 2 are two of the best open world action games ever made...but which one is best?

[lucian229]

Elden ring keeps you on your toes, feels exciting at every turn. Full of rewards for the player and just plain fun.

Red dead....... Good story aside, the world is empty, boring and a chore to traverse. Easy to fall asleep while playing it.

[mkis007]

Uh what? Red dead 2 has the most filled open world there is... what a crap take.

[cloganart]

Elden Ring world is nowhere near interesting. Just filled with random NPCs you kill or merchants. What a bad take.

[Flawlessmic]

They are both brillant games in there own right, 2 games that everyone that considers them self a gamer should play!

Weird conparison though outside od them both being open world they are 2 very different games.

[LordoftheCritics]

Red Dead.

[H9]

What hurts red dead redemption 2 the most is the mission structure, it's repetitive to the point it's unbearable, but when the game actually let's you explore that's when the brilliant writing shines, I just hope Rockstar looks at Elden Ring, Breath Of The Wild and their own old titles and remember that freedom is what made their games so good to begin with

[DrDoomer]

Two amazing yet totally different games. I'm enjoying the hell out of them both. No need for any "versus" bulls#it.

[goldwyncq]

Red Dead 2 is the better game and that’s coming from a huge Souls fan.

[lucian229]

Nah far from it. I literally pass out from boredom which is sad because I hear the story is amazing

[SDuck]

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[RabbitFly]

Mechanicly there is no question. Elden Ring is not open world in the same way that rdr 2 is.

I mean there could be a discussion about handcrafted vs. Systemical. As such one could argue that Elden Ring, being a more handcrafted experience, manages something read dead does not.

However. Rdr 2 is still, by far, a different standard When it comes to the technical aspects we traditionally talk about When we tall about open world. I e. The simulation of Nps, an emergent world, ecosystems, etc.

Elden Ring is great, from software is great, but Just because they are really good at what they do, does not meen everyone should be doing what they are doing.

Had rockstar tried to copy elden rings design pillars for gta 6, it would have been the death of a genre. These are such different games, and as such the comparison doesn't really make sense.

[anast]

Combat goes to Elden Ring and the open world goes to RDR2. The world is packed with stuff. The main missions were okay, but the open world itself is unmatched.