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Gaming 6w
I have some new games but I’m not sure which one to start first. Any recs? I normally buy them when they’re on sale for a crazy amount but haven’t gotten around to playing any yet:
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Half Life 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Anonymous 6w

RDR2 is one of the best narrative games of all-time.

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Anonymous 6w

Do you want an ultra-refined, modern, ultra realistic open world RPG with amazing focus on character and story? Play RDR2. Do you want to experience one of the most influential FPS’s of all time with awesomely fun physics? Play Half Life. Do you want a multiplayer horde shooter you can play over and over again with friends? Play L4D2.

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Anonymous 6w

RDR2 is a prequel so it's okay to play it before RDR, the story just comes across a little differently. It's the best story ever in a video game, in my opinion, but it's a really slow burn, so if you're not into that you probably won't enjoy it.

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Anonymous 6w

I just realized they’re all sequels and I haven’t played the originals lol.

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Anonymous 6w

Never played any of these but I’ve heard the best about RDR2

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Anonymous 6w

RDR2 easy gang

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Anonymous 6w

play RDR2 then buy half life 1

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Anonymous 6w

Just finished rdr2 last night and I LOVED it. Definitely will be playing again and highly recommend

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

IMO I honestly think playing RDR2 first is gonna make RDR stronger. The writing is leaning far more into analyzing westerns as a genre than being a character study in the first game, but I still think seeing the fates of some characters would hit way harder if you do it in that order.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 6w

Some parts would hit harder and some parts wouldn't hit as hard, but yeah, it can be done in either order

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

It’ll probably just feel most shocking with the shift in style and tone, honestly. While RDR2 does have a lot of western flair in it, the first game goes in HARD on the spaghetti western aesthetic, and almost exclusively sets itself in that environment with just a little bit of the Grizzlies and Blackwater to explore. It’s not the ultra-real world of RDR2 but it is way more stylized I feel

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