10 Things GTA 6 Can Learn From Red Dead Redemption 2

8. The Insanely Diverse Open World

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, RDR2's open world is gigantic, but more to the point, it's one of the most richly detailed and geographically diverse that the medium has ever seen.

While so many open-world games serve up impossibly vast sandboxes filled up with endless filler and soulless collect-a-thons, pretty much every square inch of RDR2's world feels meticulously crafted, lived-in and, yes, alive.

The fact that the world is so beautiful and so environmentally varied is a big part of the reason why the minimal fast travel isn't more frustrating: riding around is an absolute joy, aided by the sheer number of semi-random variables and events you can encounter.

The GTA games are obviously no slouch in this department either, though none of them offer up quite this level of distinct weather, architecture and terrain.

This is especially true when considering a certain off-map region you briefly visit during the game's story mode (though sadly, you can't return to it post-game without glitching your way there).

While GTA will forever be defined by its sprawling cityscapes, it would be neat to see Rockstar branch out into even more rural, upstate locales and basically push the bounds even further for what open-world games can offer players.