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Is there even a point asking this question?
Honestly, it's hard to tell nowadays. Is DOOM more extreme than MKX? I don't know. Does RDR2 qualify, because you can literally splatter every individual limb on any given NPC, even though few will care to take the time to do so? I think we're at the pinnacle right now, where nothing really stands out.
You have to go back to the past. "Soldier Of Fortune" was...unique at the time.
SoF 2 made something no other game in future allowed you to do. Each body part was independent and reacted differently for gunshot, almost like real life.
You can do some pretty messed up shit in RDR2.I think RDR2 might've taken up the mantle. I was pretty shocked at what that game allowed to to do. I'm not sure about the technological aspect, but you can blow legs and arms off in a similar fashion, and the NPC's react accordingly. The reason SOF came to mind, was because RDR2 reminded me of it. Only thing they could do to make it more real, is have the NPC's live longer if you shoot/blow off a non-vital limb. You can shoot an arm or a leg off(or both), but they'll just scream for a few seconds and die. They could easily ratchet that up by having them crawl around, and cling to life, and let you torture them even more.
It also kind of speaks to how desensitized we are, that a very realistic game like that, doesn't even register in how detailed it can get in it's depravity. Even though it's dated in it's graphics and animation, SOF leaves the bigger impact in our minds, as opposed to something way more advanced.
You can do some pretty messed up shit in RDR2.
While you're absolutely correct, I think the difference is that RDR2 doesn't encourage you th play that way. If anything, it agonist discourages it (getting in trouble with the law etc).Yup. If you just go all out sandbox, and test it's limits, it can get downright fucked up. That game is as depraved as you want it be, and it just kind of came and went without any big stink over any of it, other than some guy making vids with him feeding a feminist to alligators getting flagged. You can do so much more than that in RDR2.