Which game has the better horses?

[u/DiscsNotScratched]

[u/Zxar99]

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

[u/ElegantEchoes → u/Zxar99]

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.

[u/Bob69748742 → u/ElegantEchoes]

Like how much horses love to run into trees at high speeds

[u/stuffeh → u/Bob69748742]

Usually, if you let go of the stick, the horse will weave through without issues. You might get clotheslined though.

[u/gavinderulo124K → u/stuffeh]

Exactly. If people run into things on their horse, it's because they are actively steering into them. I never had that issue, as I let the horse dodge on its own.

[u/VoopityScoop → u/gavinderulo124K]

The issue is that the horse's own dodging doesn't turn off when you're actively steering. That way, you'll try and make one maneuver, but the horse will go a different direction instead, often directly into the thing you were trying to steer around.

[u/EffectiveShopDweller → u/VoopityScoop]

Like… real horses.

[u/lemonade_eyescream → u/VoopityScoop]

I feel like in the case of conflict the horse should go the horse's way, but it should turn its head to side-eye the player lol