r/playstation • u/DiscsNotScratched • Mar 31 '25

Discussion Which game has the better horses?

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u/Zxar99 Mar 31 '25

AC’s horse looks better, but RDR2 horses feel and act more like real horses. Giving it to RDR2

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u/ElegantEchoes Mar 31 '25

R* had a whole department working on the horses for years. It took lots of work and time to get right. They really wanted them to feel like an animal with its own inertial physics and wanted to portray some of the different ways horses can behave. The different techniques you'd learn when bonding with the horse and the whole confidence system was quite cool.

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u/Spekingur Mar 31 '25

I mean, RDR2 kinda has to get horses mostly right, considering the setting.

In the other games, the setting has a different focus, horses may not be immediately conducive to it.

I feel like the difference could be similar to GTA5 and something like Forza Horizon 5 or Burnout Paradise, where the setting focus is on the vehicles and driving.