God Of War was phenomenal, but Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the best, and most important video games ever created. It sets a new and astonishing standard for world building, transcendent verisimilitude, and is a true work of art.
God Of War won because it was the crowd pleaser equivalent of an Oscar winning movie edging out something far more important, well written, but requiring of more patience and maturity to digest. God Of War is slicker, flashier, and easier to wrap your head around. Plus, it’s not a game about a bunch of unlikable murderers and crooks, big hairy swinging horse testicles, and a time when men were still men (something game critics can’t stomach).
Shit happens.
Even Cory knows deep in his heart that Red Dead was clearly, remarkably better.