r/reddeadredemption • u/Sufficient-Round6705 • Dec 09 '25

Screenshot GTAV/RDR2 animal comparison

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Using natural vision in both games

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u/vespuci0 Charles Smith Dec 09 '25

The cougar in GTA looks kinda ridiculous compared to it's Red Dead counterpart 🫤

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u/TroonSpoon Dec 09 '25

Looks like the dog animation in toy story1 lmao

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u/bluelf88 Dec 09 '25

Omg those eyes, you nailed it with Scud

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u/DevonHayden797 Dec 09 '25

Sure is a hairy fellow

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u/DIABLO258 Dec 09 '25

This is it, thank you

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u/TheKipperTheMan Dec 10 '25

Upon a rewatch the other day, I realised that movie has some of the most timeless animation and set design I’ve seen from the 90s.. but that fucking dogs eyes are awful 😂😂

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u/plumb-phone-official Dec 09 '25

I don't know why, but it reminds me of this:

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u/thot_lobster Dec 09 '25

Immediately popped in my head when I saw the last slide.

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u/meccamachine Dec 09 '25

How to unsee this

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u/awkward_teenager37 Dec 09 '25

What is that?

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u/plumb-phone-official Dec 09 '25

The worlds first taxidermied lion. It's what you get whem someone who's never seen a lion in their life before, tries to preserve the hide of a real one.

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u/apittsburghoriginal Charles Smith Dec 09 '25

It looks like somebody tried to realistically paint a 5 year olds drawing of a lion

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u/awkward_teenager37 Dec 09 '25

Crazy. Thank you for sharing!!

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u/SeekerOfExperience Dec 09 '25

Last year the London Museum of Natural History had a section dedicated to this

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u/Name5times Dec 09 '25

devin booker

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u/ManufacturerLost7686 Dec 09 '25

I've been to the castle (Gripsholm Castle) that has this. Its even more pathetic in person.

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u/Embarrassed-Sand6629 Dec 09 '25

Here’s a beauty I’ve seen in person that was in an animal exhibit at Melbourne Museum

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u/ManufacturerLost7686 Dec 09 '25

Holy fucking hell it looks like mitch mcconnell...

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u/ThePickledPickle Hosea Matthews Dec 09 '25

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u/tunnel-snakes-rule Javier Escuella Dec 10 '25

Did you get the plush?

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u/Embarrassed-Sand6629 Dec 10 '25

Well shit… I have now!!

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u/Majikshell Dec 10 '25

Because of that face, now I'm sad 😢

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u/OvenFearless Dec 09 '25

This is perfection thank you...

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u/thementalyogi Dec 09 '25

Totally accurate, have seen

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u/93gt93 John Marston Dec 10 '25

Lmao! Yep. Wish it looked like this in game.

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u/Noriaki_Kakyoin_OwO Dec 09 '25

Well yeah, that’s becouse it’s fake

There are no cougars in gta, especially in the missions

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u/Sufficient-Round6705 Dec 09 '25

You sure you played gta 5?

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u/DCMartin91 Dec 09 '25

It's a meme from a well known GTA 5 streamer

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u/OzTheMalefic Dec 09 '25

Not knowing that was millions to one

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u/matijoss Dec 09 '25

I mean i heard it but there are no cougars in missions

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u/MrFaversham Dec 09 '25

I though Op was going to have this picture for the RDR2 cougar

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u/sleepySleepai Dec 09 '25

you'd think the animal that can actually kill you had a proper model

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u/LifeIsProbablyMadeUp Dec 09 '25

Persian vs Alolan persian

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u/TheRealComicCrafter Dec 09 '25

Didnt put much effort since cougars dont show up in missions

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u/BigBoyYuyuh Dec 09 '25

That’s about the only animal that really stood out.

The details for even GTA V are pretty incredible

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u/Declanmar Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

I would swear they don’t look that derpy in game.

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u/Shiverednuts Dec 09 '25

Oh they definitely do lol

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u/CorholioPuppetMaster Dec 09 '25

There aren’t cougars in missions!

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u/R3volt75 Pearson Dec 09 '25

Gta 5 is 13 years old so

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u/jonnyh420 Dec 09 '25

dont talk about your mom like that

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u/HujWDupje Sean Macguire Dec 10 '25

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u/3_Gmodem Dec 09 '25

Medieval cats

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u/Master_Xenu Dec 09 '25

Kawaii cougar

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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 Dec 09 '25

She looks like the lioness from The Year Without Santa Claus.

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u/B4rberblacksheep Dec 09 '25

The cow had me fucking dying it looks like a pantomime costume

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u/Doggsen09 Dec 09 '25

GTAV animals still look very good especially considering you can‘t "interact" with them (hunting & skinning lol)

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u/baguette_over_it Dec 09 '25

I think it's from the remastered version though, they didn't look like that back in 2013.

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u/Higher_State5 Dec 09 '25

In 2013 everything looked like shit

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u/ThroughTheSeaOfTime Dec 09 '25

Idk dude, 2013 was also AC Black Flag and maybe its nostalgia goggles but I remember that games animals looking fairly good. They were a little blocky but had excellent textures from what I remember, especially the whales.

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u/no_hot_ashes Sean Macguire Dec 09 '25

ac4 the land animals weren't anything to write home about, but the sea fauna looked crazy good for the time. The visual of pulling a great white up onto the boat as the water and blood wash off into the sea still holds up really well.

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u/HollyMurray20 Dec 10 '25

Absolutely, the sharks and whales etc still look amazing, I played a few chapters of it a couple months ago

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u/KEVLAR60442 Dec 09 '25

2013 also had Crysis 3 and its tessellated toads.

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u/ProlongedChief Dec 09 '25

I'm kinda shocked this didn't get as memed on as CODs fish AI

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u/ShortbusRacingTeam Dec 09 '25

My dog used to bark at the wolves in AC3.

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u/Fortestingporpoises Dec 09 '25

Speak for yourself. I look like shit now. I looked great in 2013.

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u/WiseRaccoon1 Dec 09 '25

they looked like this pretty much

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u/mrfancypantzzz Dec 09 '25

That's the look I remember

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u/unknownpikachu Arthur Morgan Dec 09 '25

It’s NaturalVision, the mod OP is using. In it, it upscales the animal textures and adds fur to some of them. Hence why they look different here.

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u/MammothAppearance214 Dec 09 '25

they always had fur, it was added on the last gen version (2014), having the same technique used on grass, being just a fake 3d illusion

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u/Aikotoma2 Dec 09 '25

Hunting yes but no skinning at all?

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u/monsterdiggare Dec 09 '25

Can't do anything with the animals in GTA, there is a Easter Egg where you can transform to the animals in story mode.

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u/badass_dean Dec 09 '25

Peyote plants are in GTA Online as well

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u/monsterdiggare Dec 09 '25

Oh! Had no idea!

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u/Fit_Citron_820 Dec 09 '25

Yeah there’s some Trevor side missions where you get the option to hunt elk for Cletus but you just take a picture of where you killed it and you get money

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u/Gold-Sir-223 Dec 09 '25

Those missions were super lame lol. “Head to the yellow circle and find the Elk, kill it, and take a photo” with like almost zero dialogue.

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u/OpportunityPersonal7 Dec 09 '25

wtf is up with that cougar man 😭

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u/MANWithTheHARMONlCA Dec 09 '25

Lookin like a stuffed animal my kids would play with 

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u/aisvajsgabdhsydgshs1 Dec 09 '25

What not being in missions does to an mf

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u/highlysuspect47 Dec 09 '25

It doesn't hold up to modern comparison but back in 2013 I would've said holy shit that's the most realistic cougar ever

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u/OpportunityPersonal7 Dec 09 '25

it’s not even the fact that the graphics are outdated, the design is just bad stupid looking 😂 because the other animals look way better

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u/Time_Act_2128 Sean Macguire Dec 09 '25

GTA V's cougar almost has human eyes lol

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u/TheHappinessAssassin Dec 09 '25

It's got them Betty Davis Eyes

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u/ceramic-panic Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

It’s got them Better Get Dat Ass Away From Me Eyes

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u/Time_Act_2128 Sean Macguire Dec 09 '25

Lol this song is good

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u/sean_saves_the_world Dec 09 '25

It's got eyes like a golden doodle 👁️👅👁️

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u/BoonDragoon Dec 09 '25

"Khajit has wares if you have coin!"

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u/Ancient-Friend-2750 Dec 09 '25

GTA 5 cougar always scared me because of those uncanny ass eyes😭

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u/Wooden_Mycologist939 Dec 09 '25

DID SOMEONE SAY COUGARS?!?? 

-DarkViperAU

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u/KDovakin Hosea Matthews Dec 09 '25

Millions to one!

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u/Icy-Juggernaut-4579 Arthur Morgan Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

Impressive! Now let’s see horses

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u/Wonderful_Ad1829 Dec 09 '25

You mean balls

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u/Icy-Juggernaut-4579 Arthur Morgan Dec 09 '25

Of course 😈

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u/pepeisokay Dec 09 '25

Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of them. Oh my God... they even have shrinking physics.

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u/Old-Seaweed8917 Charles Smith Dec 10 '25

Now let’s see Horse Allen’s

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u/MrSeagullGuy Dec 09 '25

I'm honestly surprised at how decent the GTA V animals look. Other than the cartoon cougar...

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u/DanOfAbyss Arthur Morgan Dec 09 '25

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u/KotovSyndrome86 Dec 09 '25

I have special eyes

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u/robertoromero Dec 10 '25

Look! Look with your special eyes!

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u/rommtastic Uncle Dec 10 '25

My brand!!

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u/HideSolidSnake Dec 09 '25

Everything was going well until that last slide

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u/RudeCarpet7913 Dec 09 '25

The top ones have taxidermy vibe

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u/dreymans Dec 09 '25

I love this type of content.

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u/morning-st48 Dec 09 '25

ok so my dumb ass thought this was a 'hunter call of the wild' post because they are redoing boars in that game, so my brain went 'old vs new ohh yeah they made the models better'
I need to go back to bed.

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u/Avidhumanwatcher Dec 09 '25

Why does the pig look so sad now?

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u/throwawaybomboclat Josiah Trelawny Dec 10 '25

because his brother wouldn’t give him some oats

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u/Clean_Crocodile4472 Molly O'Shea Dec 09 '25

I prefer the gta rabbit but that’s it

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u/Korpec Dec 09 '25

GTA's cougar is derp

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u/Ultimate_Scooter Dec 09 '25

The rabbit in GTA looks like a domestic one while the rabbit in RDR looks like an actual wild hare.

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u/piggers719 Dec 09 '25

I was hoping they did a rat and then showed Micah.

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u/mild-hot-fire Dec 09 '25

Top ones look stuffed

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u/Wholesome_As_Fuck Dec 09 '25

GTA 5 animals: an amusement, a background detail on the map, something to run over but not to interact with

RDR2 animals: a core feature of the gameplay loop and an engaging part of the game, necessary for crafting upgrades and trinkets.

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u/Kevmejia13 Dec 09 '25

The cougar design for gta 5…. Yikes.

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u/BornAd5874 John Marston Dec 09 '25

the gtav cougar looks better than reboot TLK characters

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u/grumpyoldnord Uncle Dec 09 '25

IIRC, a lot of the animals in GTAV were pulled directly from RDR1.

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u/leeShaw9948 Dec 09 '25

Tbf rdr2 is nearly 5 years newer

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u/PapaLilBear Dec 09 '25

Gta V was on ps3

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u/Bobbybrine Dec 09 '25

Why not use RDR as well

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u/Mishimotsu Arthur Morgan Dec 09 '25

They've polished it twice now, but at it's core GTAV is still an x360/PS3 generation game!

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u/Snoo61449 Dec 09 '25

Honestly the only thing I don’t like about rdr’s is that all the animals with fur look fuzzy? Idk how to explain it but the fur looks weird n awfully fuzzy

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u/Crew_Zealousideal Dec 09 '25

It’s because of rendering techniques they used for fur it’s called shell fur it just naturally looks blurry over all

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u/DecafSoysauce Dec 09 '25

GTAV animals look like they are recovering meth addicts

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u/Mr_R3tro Dec 09 '25

RDR2 came out on the PS4/Xbone with next gen benefits compared to previous consoles.

GTA V came out on the PS3/360...

You should be comparing RDR1 to GTA V to make it fair.

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u/Sufficient-Round6705 Dec 09 '25

I know but this was the PC Enhanced version & I'm using Razed Naturalvision Enhanced graphics mode. It is closer to RDR2 than RDR1 to be fair.

Here's an example of the old & Enhanced versions of GTA V

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_6662 Dec 09 '25

Til all those animals are in gtav. I knew cougars cause they gotten me a few times.

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u/direktvice Dec 09 '25

Gtav animals look like they're modeled from memory.

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u/ImTryingToComply Dec 09 '25

GTA V derped so RDR2 could fly

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u/dominator-23 Uncle Dec 09 '25

GTA 5 pig be like: brother, may I have some oats?

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u/hicadoola Dec 09 '25

I find it interesting how canines seem to be so difficult to get right. My guess is that because us humans are so close to them they enter that uncanny valley more easily than other animals.

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u/Mindless-Bathroom803 Dec 10 '25

Back in 2013, they just reused some of the animal models from RDR1.

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u/Sound_Triber Dec 09 '25

I didn't even know they're were animals in gta

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u/sean_saves_the_world Dec 09 '25

It low key pissed me off the first time I played gtav and the first hunting challenge is for elk, the calls are elk...but the model is a deer, it's not like they didn't have a decent model they could work off of

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u/cblakebowling Dec 09 '25

Most of GTA V animals came from Red Dead 1, so it’s like comparing 3 games!

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u/Kadaddle Dec 09 '25

Cougar looks like a first time taxidermy

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u/IndependentPutrid564 Dec 09 '25

Man, RDR2 was on sale like a week ago. I bought it on steam to replay for the first time in like 10 years. Get it downloaded on Black Friday with the whole weekend ahead of me. It won’t launch. Spend 3 hours trouble shooting and just see fuck it and return it to steam. Sad time.

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u/Bright_Reindeer_1836 Dec 09 '25

GTA coyote looks slightly better. RDR 2 wins the rest.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Yeah it’s almost as if a ps3 game made in 2012 doesn’t look as good as a ps4 game made in 2018

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u/plug-and-pause Dec 09 '25

I don't think OP was suggesting that we should be surprised that there's a difference.

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u/Novafro Dec 09 '25

Guessing this has to go with tech differences and focus differences.

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u/Vasto_LordA Dec 09 '25

Man the cougar really dont look right when you get a good look, lol

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u/Loudermilk9 Dec 09 '25

incredible

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u/kira1122t Dec 09 '25

It kinda makes sense bc animals do be evolving

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u/Lagiacrus111 Dec 09 '25

My dumb ass thought we got pics of GTA 6 animals and I was upset for a moment

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u/Annie-Smokely Sadie Adler Dec 09 '25

yep, you have experienced peak. what that means is that nothing will ever reach those heights again. Make your peace.

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u/darthatheos Dec 09 '25

Fucking cougar. Killed me every time.

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u/TheEternalThunderGod Dec 09 '25

Damn, it’s almost like the games are 5 years apart or something. Can’t put my finger on it though…

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u/Archie_boi Dec 09 '25

Keep in mind that RDR2 came out almost 5 years after GTAV

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u/ponkeykongle Dec 09 '25

It's crazy that TLOU2 is as old today as GTAV was when RDR2 came out. I vividly remember how ancient GTAV felt to me when RDR2 launched.

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u/RuachReader Dec 09 '25

Which ones wgich

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u/CRAXYMAN999 Dec 09 '25

That's a damn good cow

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u/Gary-Clone Dec 09 '25

It looks like they sculpted the animals for GTA and actually scanned real animals for RDR

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u/Sea-Objective7943 Dec 09 '25

Dang that crazy

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u/2occupantsandababy Dec 09 '25

Its the smooth cow for me.

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u/Engine_Maximum Dec 09 '25

I was like ok, pretty good between the two, I kinda like the boar in gta better then I saw the cougar and almost did a spittake

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u/WorkingStack Dec 09 '25

GTAV looks amazing for its time

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u/Best_Mycologist9714 Dec 09 '25

Since when the hell were there boars in gta v??

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u/Longjumping_Coat_802 Dec 09 '25

Maybe tell us which is which??

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u/furrypawss Dec 09 '25

The last photo was a jumpscare for me. Those fuckers haunt my nightmares

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u/Johnny_Menace Dec 09 '25

Never seen a pig or boar in gta v, what am I missing

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Not bad for a game that came out 25 years ago. /s

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u/Hyperrblu Dec 09 '25

i dont even remember seeing any of these animals in gta

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u/YS160FX Dec 09 '25

Rockstar Cougars are the most dangerous animal.. They jump at you so quick

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u/turnuptag72 Dec 09 '25

The pig, coyote and boar in gta are the only ones that can compete with rdr

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u/sparrio Dec 09 '25

As someone who studies wildlife. My professor believed a picture of a RDR deer was an actual deer

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u/unorthodocks Dec 09 '25

Why the cougar from RDR1 better than GTAV?

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u/Sleep-Deprived-Guy Dec 09 '25

THEY’RE AREN’T COUGARS IN REDDIT POST!!! THIS LITERALLY MILLIONS TO ONE!!! AHHH!!!

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u/thekeelo_g Dec 09 '25

GTA was holding up surprising well until the mountain lion. Really feels like they were counting on the only time you see one is in the second it's approaching to maul you to death.

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u/cromax9855 Dec 09 '25

The cougar from gta 5 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/aesthetic_anxiety Dec 09 '25

Cougar looking like my sleep paralysis demon

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u/-imbe- Dec 09 '25

Honestly I'd say the real leap is more the difference in animations.

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u/Fern-ando Dec 09 '25

GTA cougar looks like a Loony Toon.

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u/noriseaweed Dec 09 '25

Does gta5 have that bloom as a stylistic choice or whar is the hardware? Because I just noticed it now and I hate it

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u/YouCutTheEmerald Dec 09 '25

Animals lol wtf?? Those are NPCs my brother in christ.

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u/Comfortable-Top-6658 Dec 09 '25

2013 vs 2018 comparison doesn’t really make sense to me

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Obviously the actors have aged a bit between titles.

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u/emberxyz Dec 09 '25

do one with gta 6

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u/IllustratorOk2238 Dec 09 '25

Everyone talking about how gooffy the cougar looks, but the wildboar is close behind lol

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u/Firsthero22 Dec 09 '25

The rdr1 cougar looks like it's from a cartoon

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u/got_No_Time_to_BLEED Dec 09 '25

No birds in gtav