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  1. Jan 3, 2020
    4
    Not gonna talk about technical issues this game has (had, actually, once they patched it 1 month after release). It's more about the game itself, it's quite boring, always the same uninteresting mission mechanics.
    Even the map itself is badly made (you go from snowy mountains to 30°C Louisiana-style swamps with alligators in 5 min horse-back trips). It's not that beautiful to look at,
    Not gonna talk about technical issues this game has (had, actually, once they patched it 1 month after release). It's more about the game itself, it's quite boring, always the same uninteresting mission mechanics.
    Even the map itself is badly made (you go from snowy mountains to 30°C Louisiana-style swamps with alligators in 5 min horse-back trips). It's not that beautiful to look at, like most people are saying, it's very last-gen (which is understandable, given that it was developed for consoles).
    The first 1/4 of the game is ok, you get to "build your character" and discover the story. But after that it gets to the "more of the same" stuff, going back and forth on the same paths with the same missions and characters. I guess the devs didn't get to play The Witcher 3...
    I really forced myself to finish the game so i could uninstall it quickly (man those 2 epilogue chapters... i don't know who designed them but he did an awful job :/ i almost gave up at one point)
    And the soundtrack is one of the worst ever made for a high-budget game in recent history.

    So I'm still looking forward to a good epic western game.
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  2. Nov 23, 2019
    4
    - crash to desktop every hour more or less
    - abizmal checkpoint system / autosave (often loosing progrss in online due to crushes)
    - UI designed by authistic child - and what's up with holding a button to do stuff fetish... it's not a console... - keyboard and mouse contola are god damn awful - and who the hell come up with idea that when you disconnect or change session everything
    - crash to desktop every hour more or less
    - abizmal checkpoint system / autosave (often loosing progrss in online due to crushes)
    - UI designed by authistic child
    - and what's up with holding a button to do stuff fetish... it's not a console...
    - keyboard and mouse contola are god damn awful
    - and who the hell come up with idea that when you disconnect or change session everything you had on your horse is gone......

    +it looks pretty
    + it runs nicely
    + good storyline
    + Interesting game loop
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  3. Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Lazy port, have not spent time polishing the pc experience, just wanted a quick cashgrab. That's what it feels like for me atleast.
  4. Jan 6, 2021
    4
    I tried it 3 times to play to the end. Could not do it because the game is so awful. It has the WORST pacing in any game ever!! I am a big fan of RDR1 but this one is quite unplayable for me. No fast travel option TO your camp only from your camp WTH R* what where you thinking? Hunting is boring af, fighting is boring af, shooting is even worse - even a monkey could do that. It's one ofI tried it 3 times to play to the end. Could not do it because the game is so awful. It has the WORST pacing in any game ever!! I am a big fan of RDR1 but this one is quite unplayable for me. No fast travel option TO your camp only from your camp WTH R* what where you thinking? Hunting is boring af, fighting is boring af, shooting is even worse - even a monkey could do that. It's one of the most tedious games I've ever played. The control schemes are awful. Also 0 Innovation it's the same core mechanics since GTA3. Expand
  5. Nov 7, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Intense but I think I liked it. At this point just watch it so you don't feel left out. Expand
  6. Apr 18, 2023
    4
    The good :
    - western atmosphere
    - large map - graphics - dialogues The bad : - low resolution textures - bad optimization : a few stutters at 4k with a RTX 4090 and a 13900K ! - mission failed if you go too far from the "allowed" area The awful : - "woke" propaganda : feminism and anti-racism are omnipresent and no choice is allowed in these missions. Fed up with this sh*t.
    The good :
    - western atmosphere
    - large map
    - graphics
    - dialogues

    The bad :
    - low resolution textures
    - bad optimization : a few stutters at 4k with a RTX 4090 and a 13900K !
    - mission failed if you go too far from the "allowed" area

    The awful :
    - "woke" propaganda : feminism and anti-racism are omnipresent and no choice is allowed in these missions. Fed up with this sh*t.

    A praised game by the subsidized press, which in fact is not up to par with the Rockstar reputation. A great disappointment.
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  7. Nov 20, 2021
    4
    Перегруженное неудобное консольное управление, когда слишком много действий и слишком мало кнопок
    Все хвалят графику, но чтобы добиться приемлемой картинки нужно что-то получше чем моя 2070s, понадобилось целый день убить на изучение настроек и просмотр гайдов, но графен на средне-высоких выглядит не прям живописно, к слову, на ютубе и стримах на ультрах она так же не особо впечатляет
    Перегруженное неудобное консольное управление, когда слишком много действий и слишком мало кнопок
    Все хвалят графику, но чтобы добиться приемлемой картинки нужно что-то получше чем моя 2070s, понадобилось целый день убить на изучение настроек и просмотр гайдов, но графен на средне-высоких выглядит не прям живописно, к слову, на ютубе и стримах на ультрах она так же не особо впечатляет
    Сюжет просто нереально нудный, скучнее ковбоев могут быть только самураи и викинги
    Отсутствие русской локализации тоже сказывается на игровом опыте, я не из любителей пялиться в субтитры, а на слух тут язык почему-то воспринимается намного труднее, чем во многих других играх
    Мне только в покер понравилось играть и на поезде кататься
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  8. Jan 28, 2020
    4
    Rendimiento pobre solo eso, podría haber sido un gran lanzamiento, pero 2k games apresuró el port una pena
  9. Nov 6, 2019
    4
    This is great game, probably one of the best open world games I've ever played, but it's technical state on PC is so horrible that its hard to enjoy playing this game.
  10. May 13, 2020
    4
    Everything visual is amazing. The story is great, but too much cutscenes and by that, i mean they are extremely boring. The game in it self is awesome..
    But the worst part of it all, it is not enjoyable mechanics. Going from WASD to move and then use arrows to navigate then use Enter key accept, and interacting with anything kept switching from f, space to whatever. I wouldn’t mind key
    Everything visual is amazing. The story is great, but too much cutscenes and by that, i mean they are extremely boring. The game in it self is awesome..
    But the worst part of it all, it is not enjoyable mechanics. Going from WASD to move and then use arrows to navigate then use Enter key accept, and interacting with anything kept switching from f, space to whatever. I wouldn’t mind key mapping the entire game, if it wasn’t because the game needs a new input for every action.. even an emulator could have done this better. This made it completely frustrating and tedious to play through.
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  11. Nov 6, 2019
    4
    crash, bugs crash,bugs bad port …

    Here a Joke for you guys laugh all you want..... "Recommended Requirements OS: Win 10 64 Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1500X Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM: 6GB System Memory: 12 GB RAM Storage: 150 GB Hard drive space" On a serious note at least wait for 1.5- 2 months before
    crash, bugs crash,bugs bad port …

    Here a Joke for you guys laugh all you want.....

    "Recommended Requirements
    OS: Win 10 64
    Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1500X
    Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    VRAM: 6GB
    System Memory: 12 GB RAM
    Storage: 150 GB Hard drive space"

    On a serious note at least wait for 1.5- 2 months before this one gets fix...
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  12. Nov 7, 2019
    4
    игра хорошая но с оптимизацией проблемы. Сюжет норм и графика вроде тоже нормальная
  13. Nov 7, 2019
    4
    Us PC gamers wait an entire year in order to play the game. It seems like Rockstar likes to treat us PC gamers like second class citizens when we are way more popular than the console around the world. We wait an entire year and we get a bug ridden game that makes Launch Batman: Arkham Knight look good. Us PC gamers never forget bad ports. However, why do AAA devs think its a good ideaUs PC gamers wait an entire year in order to play the game. It seems like Rockstar likes to treat us PC gamers like second class citizens when we are way more popular than the console around the world. We wait an entire year and we get a bug ridden game that makes Launch Batman: Arkham Knight look good. Us PC gamers never forget bad ports. However, why do AAA devs think its a good idea to not do good on a PC port. I mean seriously how dumb do you have to be in order to think this was a good idea. In short just like Zakk Wylde's opion of Limp Bizkit "ROCKSTAR GAMES SUCKS C*CK"!!!!! Expand
  14. Nov 7, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 游戏开放当天R星自家启动器各种进不去,这种现象难道不可以预防的?就不会想到会有多少人会在当天立马登陆游戏?这是什么态度?这是我们熟悉的R星?好不容易进了游戏,又要更新显卡驱动,不然游戏都打不开。更新完显卡驱动之后,好不容易进游戏了,三十多帧四十多帧的优化也是你们之前拿出来宣传的?这个优化让我无话可说。综上,给四分完全是这个游戏本身足够优秀,但这个pc移植版实在是太垃圾了一点。 Expand
  15. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Honestly, I was hyped for this game. I'm PC player, so I had to wait 1 year longer. When there was finally info that RDR 2 is coming for PC I Was really excited. But then comes first bummer - Price. It is in Poland 300zł when games cost around 160-240 zł it is a much bigger price for a 1-year-old game then for new AAA games that are coming out. I was hyped so I bought it. Release day, IHonestly, I was hyped for this game. I'm PC player, so I had to wait 1 year longer. When there was finally info that RDR 2 is coming for PC I Was really excited. But then comes first bummer - Price. It is in Poland 300zł when games cost around 160-240 zł it is a much bigger price for a 1-year-old game then for new AAA games that are coming out. I was hyped so I bought it. Release day, I was in the group of peoples that cannot start a game on day 1 even after using lots of guides from the yt. then comes the second day when the second - different error appeared. I didn't have the will to do something about it. But today after 3 days from release day I Could finally play game that I was awaiting. And you know what? I didn't liked it... It starts with boring snow map, quests are slow, controls aren't bad, but they don't good either. Critics were calling the graphic is out of this world and I just can't see that. I'm not playing it on ultra but on high and in this snowy theme I just can't see this. After 3 h of playing, I turned it off bored and exhausted. I will come back, I want to give this game a second chance, but I have to recover from everything that happened. Expand
  16. Nov 17, 2019
    4
    Первую неделю был в восторге от игры, даже не знал, что игру здесь громят. Но 15-го числа выпустили обновление для рокстар лаунчера и игра стала вылетать. Рекорд игры 1 час 11 минут, самое длительное пребывание в игре. Мне игра заявляет вдруг, что у меня на хватает оперативки... Я бы согласился, если бы у меня не было 32 гига оперативки и видеокарта с 11 гигами памяти. И игра больше 20%Первую неделю был в восторге от игры, даже не знал, что игру здесь громят. Но 15-го числа выпустили обновление для рокстар лаунчера и игра стала вылетать. Рекорд игры 1 час 11 минут, самое длительное пребывание в игре. Мне игра заявляет вдруг, что у меня на хватает оперативки... Я бы согласился, если бы у меня не было 32 гига оперативки и видеокарта с 11 гигами памяти. И игра больше 20% даже в самых адских замесах не жрёт. Expand
  17. Nov 14, 2019
    4
    Криво, очень криво!! Я не думаю что даже такая игра способна жрать ресурсы на столько сильно. Где обещанный 60фпс? Мы в место этого видим сильно проработанную и сырую игру. Разработчики хоть попробовали на чём-то запустить ? Игра отличная но ещё много работы.Криво, очень криво!! Я не думаю что даже такая игра способна жрать ресурсы на столько сильно. Где обещанный 60фпс? Мы в место этого видим сильно проработанную и сырую игру. Разработчики хоть попробовали на чём-то запустить ? Игра отличная но ещё много работы.
  18. Nov 16, 2019
    4
    I had to create an account to vent my frustration on this game. The game testing they did on this is actually completely insulting to me personally considering the size of their company and the amount of money i wasted on this game which in certain scenes in IMPOSSIBLE to keep above 60 fps on ANY settings.

    I'll try to get through the positives briefly; the world is wonderfully built
    I had to create an account to vent my frustration on this game. The game testing they did on this is actually completely insulting to me personally considering the size of their company and the amount of money i wasted on this game which in certain scenes in IMPOSSIBLE to keep above 60 fps on ANY settings.

    I'll try to get through the positives briefly; the world is wonderfully built and the attention to detail is amazing, the story is Ok so far and so are the animations. Good job, all this also applied to real life, so no game necessary. End of positives.

    If you are the kind of person who wants to achieve or feel anything in life avoid this game. It is the epitome of everything the media tells you that you want but makes you feel nothing inside and you try to defend it because you spend £69.99 on it. The missions are completely identical, boring, easy and require zero original thought whatsoever to complete. Getting from mission to mission is tedious and so is everything else and the moment you start to get immersed in the world doing your own thing you'll have a major FPS drop, lose immersion and realize you are just a **** playing a game for children even though it's completely toxic and 18+.

    I've had zero...i think they are called 'feelings' ...moments regarding the game play, I could complete the hardest level in this game while eating my dinner. Missions provide zero room for initiative, something that Rockstar pioneered to the mainstream open world audience. (not actually pioneered)

    I almost think that Rockstar sabotaged this launch on purpose so they can justify to themselves not releasing there next GTA game on PC, because obviously its too much hassle to entertain people that aren't children and actually scale optimisation across multiple devices. This is also backed by the fact that they bait everyone into buying consoles by releasing on them first and i wouldn't be surprised if they did a deal with nvidia to **** up this launch to cross-sell them more of their next gen GPUs. If you think that is paranoid, then why do you think they release on consoles a whole year before PC? To get pc gamers to buy consoles obviously...
    " Why should you have the best gaming experience possible, when I can have more money and do less work? THAT WOULD BE STUPID WOULDN'T IT, YOU IDIOT CONSUMER, YOU WORM !!"

    Cleaning out my hard drive of this garbage to so i can play games that don't take up ludicrous amount of time from my personal projects and work or having to do doing mundane things and make me brain dead from hand holding missions and garbage stranger encounter. I have better stranger encounters in real life.

    4/10 is generous based on this PC launch. If it ran well i'd give it higher score because it would be a marvelous technical feat, although, it is not because that's like saying i'm the first man on mars, but the message is pre-recorded and i died a painful death during entry where my eye balls filled with blood and the vessels in my brain exploded due to G-force limits, Unacceptable.
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  19. Jan 1, 2020
    4
    Great game, but unfortunately I will still be recommending against it due to Rockstar's greed and incompetence. The game is plagued by constant bugs and glitches that take the experience to a 10/10 to an 8/10 at best and I'm not sure if those are exclusive to the PC version or not, but what I can tell that is exclusive to this version of the game, is the fact that it's a God awful portGreat game, but unfortunately I will still be recommending against it due to Rockstar's greed and incompetence. The game is plagued by constant bugs and glitches that take the experience to a 10/10 to an 8/10 at best and I'm not sure if those are exclusive to the PC version or not, but what I can tell that is exclusive to this version of the game, is the fact that it's a God awful port that runs terribly, crashes frequently and requires the Rockstar launcher that always seems to break and prevent you from playing the game. All of this for a port of an year old game that they are still charging full price for. Absolutely unacceptable. Expand
  20. Dec 1, 2019
    4
    Can somebody help me please for some reason my pc with a gtx1080 and a brand new core i7 can’t event run this game properly.like wtf rockstar u can make good console games but can’t even make a good pc port
  21. Dec 3, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont wat to tell you about bugs and optimizations problems. I want to tell you about "nice persons" decisions of creators.
    1. Story. Why u give players choice if it does not affect the ending of the game? WARNING spoilers.
    I spent so much time and all game kill legendary animals to create amulets, crafted enemys, developed main person and his horse for what? For stupid death? 1 hour ago i killed 50 men, but now im coughing and cant run away with John. Where is logic?
    Robbed oil fabric for 2k$ while having 43k$, where is logic? we take from bank in Valentine 6k$.....
    2. Too much limits. Like animations that i cant skip, for example cart buyer, When i did it 30 time i want to delete this ... game. with train and stagecoach same things...
    I cant run in camp, houses in story and many other plays and must 5-10 min walk like in ... garden.
    3. Bad system of reputation. Why my reputation go down if npc start to shoot first? or i robbed dead man in forest? Or angry answer man who first bad called me? or killed dog of bounty hunters? i need to wait when she killed me??? no logic...
    4. Autosafe after death.. Who invented it? Who invented 3 quest in a row? i wanted to see other decisions of last quest and spend 2 hours becouse game not supported sfae in this 3 auest in a row.....
    5. In quest i everytime only the first carabin or rifle...why i cant choose weapon that i want? Set it as the main?Knife too, everytime i have only the usual knife and if i set another one, then aftere another quest or smth it will changes to usual knife... With bullets same problem...
    6. why can not I leave about the prosecution as in the GTA if the lawyers do not see me?
    7. How the lawyers know who i am when i robbed smth or smth if i put on a mask?? How did they do this???Is this face recognition in 1899??

    Think its enough, too many questions that will not be answered...This game do not cost the price that they want...at least 3 times less
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  22. Feb 3, 2020
    4
    The game is amazing, but you have to play it to enjoy it. unfortunately you can`t play on pc. It crashes, you have bad performance and when the game doesn`t crash it is the Rockstar`s launcher that crashes and closes the game as well.
  23. Dec 22, 2019
    4
    -1 балл за отсутствие русского языка, - 1 балл за отсутствие возможности воспринимать историю из-за отсутствия русского языка, -3 балла за режим хардкора из коробки (спать, есть, одеваться - для меня важнее история). Не могу заставить себя в нее играть.-1 балл за отсутствие русского языка, - 1 балл за отсутствие возможности воспринимать историю из-за отсутствия русского языка, -3 балла за режим хардкора из коробки (спать, есть, одеваться - для меня важнее история). Не могу заставить себя в нее играть.
  24. Dec 26, 2019
    4
    It is an unfortunate thing that Rockstar one of the most prolific game developers that bring us such amazing experiences give little love to the pc community. They used to make wacky goofy games and one offs that pushed the envelope in different directions and took risks but Take 2 is a disease riddle with corporate money addicted micro transaction loving soulless garbage. I love RedIt is an unfortunate thing that Rockstar one of the most prolific game developers that bring us such amazing experiences give little love to the pc community. They used to make wacky goofy games and one offs that pushed the envelope in different directions and took risks but Take 2 is a disease riddle with corporate money addicted micro transaction loving soulless garbage. I love Red Dead and put hundreds of hours into it and more on the remaster before Red Dead 2 but this is unacceptable. Why is it that the pc is an after thought that developers just throw crap at a wall and hope it sticks? The pc is what gave Rockstar it's billions of dollars from online and mod communities yet they give so little of a f$#% that it hurts their well earned reputation. Red Dead 2 is an amazing well built story with compelling characters and story beats that keep you committed and engaged throughout it's lengthy campaign. This is one of the most engrossing and beautiful experiences I have had on my Xbox one X but the pc version is a hot garbage fire that is unacceptable. You are made by your customers and destroyed by the same people who once held you in such high esteem. The years of love and childhood fond memories can only last so long before you start to get torn out of the past by just how greedy and disrespectful these devs have treated this community. There is noaccident that CDProject Red is held so high as the gold standard of how to treat your community and give them what you want yourself from a game. Once you put money above fun, exciting stories and strip single player dlc out for some boring "community" mods and games as a service nonsense you deserve everything said about you and seeing so many who loved you starting to leave. You make games for the love and enjoyment it gives you and everyone who interacts with it's world. People give their time, attention, and hard earned dollars for a product when there are so many games that they do not have to support or give you that valuable commodity. Step back and really think about how this affects your company and make a decision money or enjoyable enthralling stories that change the industry because you are almost a shell of the once great Rockstar. Expand
  25. Dec 15, 2020
    4
    Game looks great but everything else is vapid, from the story to the gun play. Makes for a better nature documentary than a game.
  26. Dec 24, 2020
    4
    Начнем с оптимизации.У меня 2070 видеокарта и i76700. При этом система очень сильно грелась, такого даже не было в релизном киберпранке 2077. Сюжет в игре очень быстро надоедает. Вступление калл . Сайд квесты тоже подкачали. 4 балла только за крайне щепетильную детализацию.Начнем с оптимизации.У меня 2070 видеокарта и i76700. При этом система очень сильно грелась, такого даже не было в релизном киберпранке 2077. Сюжет в игре очень быстро надоедает. Вступление калл . Сайд квесты тоже подкачали. 4 балла только за крайне щепетильную детализацию.
  27. Jul 9, 2020
    4
    Very boring game. Each line of code is aimed at delaying game time. Quick save? Didn't hear. Respavn from the same point? No, the game randomly takes you in some place and u need to run to the last failed place. Open world? Not for quests. Game will kill u, if u get out from quest area. Convenient inventory menu? Not in 2019. Even to exit the menu you have to wait! Gameplay formula forVery boring game. Each line of code is aimed at delaying game time. Quick save? Didn't hear. Respavn from the same point? No, the game randomly takes you in some place and u need to run to the last failed place. Open world? Not for quests. Game will kill u, if u get out from quest area. Convenient inventory menu? Not in 2019. Even to exit the menu you have to wait! Gameplay formula for this "masterpiece": 30% - boring movement, 30% - boring cutscenes , animations, minigames etc., 20% - micromanagement (including menu control). The remaining 20% allow you even light fighting (In action-adventure game, lol). Story mode is garbage, this game doesn't even come close to the Witcher 3. Very disappointed.
    P.S. Special "thanks" for RS* testers. I could not manage to get the game working on 5700XT and Win7. With Win 10 game starts normally but sometimes crushes. If the game crashes at the middle of quest (before autosave trigger) u will need to rerun quest from the beginning.
    P.s.s. 3 buttons for a simple drawer looting (open, loot, close) do not add atmosphere, but only make you nervous
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  28. Sep 3, 2020
    4
    This not only boring game because long timethrough. It's also bad game, because of Rockstar Games Launcher. If it can't working, you can't play at all in this game (buyed in EGS). Even if you played before it do not take you access. And also why Rockstar servers so often are dead???? Shame on you, Rockstar!
  29. Nov 27, 2020
    4
    El juego es lento, mal optimizado, muchos errores, tiene gráficos buenos y escenas chistosas pero no es amigable con el usuario.
  30. Dec 14, 2020
    4
    Ну, такой себе геймплей, крайне скучный. Спать захочешь, пока игра начнётся.
Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 44
  3. Negative: 0 out of 44
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    100
    An absorbing tale that will test your machine and tear ducts. A game that did not suffer from being brought to PC. RDR2 is worth overcoming all the shortcomings, since it is one of the best games of the decade. [Issue#300]
  2. Dec 30, 2019
    90
    Victory of gaming as an art and the pinnacle of creativity in the gaming industry. A true, impeccably-polished masterpiece that will set standards for a decade to come.
  3. Dec 17, 2019
    100
    My biggest warning to anyone considering purchasing RDR2 on PC is that you need to have patience when you set it up. Take the time to go through each graphics option, compare your performance on Vulkan vs. DirectX 12, and tailor the game to your specs. Once you have the game tuned, there’s no better way to experience it than on PC.