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  1. Nov 5, 2019
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    Launcher error, game not starting. Good job Rockstar. As my mom always said, no preorders. :(
  2. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Very poor show from Rockstar my game will not even launch "Exited Unexpectedly error" there support is a joke ..so i am here to bomb this
  3. Nov 15, 2019
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    This game has no **** gameplay, it's just a **** movie for 60$.

    If you unironically believe this is good, get checked in at a mental hospital.
  4. Dec 6, 2019
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    I7 + GTX1080 = 40fps on middle/high settings. Wut?
    You had to fix it before the pc release
    Next time be more professional, Rockstar
  5. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    It took an hour to simply start the game. Disable antivirus (?), disable HDR in TV settings, start game in safe mode..
    DX12 does not work. Game closes without any error. Have to delete game settings files and start game in safe mode after changing mode to DX12.
    Ушло больше часа чтобы просто запустить игру. Пришлось отключить антивирус, отключить HDR в настройках телевизора, все равно
    It took an hour to simply start the game. Disable antivirus (?), disable HDR in TV settings, start game in safe mode..
    DX12 does not work. Game closes without any error. Have to delete game settings files and start game in safe mode after changing mode to DX12.

    Ушло больше часа чтобы просто запустить игру. Пришлось отключить антивирус, отключить HDR в настройках телевизора, все равно словить вылет, запуститься в безопасном режиме, записать настройки и только потом запускать в нормальном.
    DX12 не работает, вылет на старте без объяснения причин и предложения запуститься в safe mode.
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  6. Nov 16, 2019
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    Poor, very poor console port. Not playable for almost 2 weeks since the premiere (very poor performance even on still quite powerfull rig - i7 9700K and GTX 1080 with 16GB 3200 GHz). Simply a bad joke from Rockstar.
  7. Jan 27, 2020
    0
    I'm not even sure where to begin. There are just so many things wrong with this game. I guess I will start with the positive. The graphics are gorgeous. The single-player game seems to work OK, but I only played it for a few minutes. I bought this for the co-op multiplayer, which is a steaming pile of garbage. It is too bad too because this game has so much potential.

    Where to begin
    I'm not even sure where to begin. There are just so many things wrong with this game. I guess I will start with the positive. The graphics are gorgeous. The single-player game seems to work OK, but I only played it for a few minutes. I bought this for the co-op multiplayer, which is a steaming pile of garbage. It is too bad too because this game has so much potential.

    Where to begin with the negatives. I'm only going to go into the top few. There are just too many to count. First, the interface is horrible. One of the poorest designs I have seen in my life and I've been playing PC games since the mid-1980s. It is just a confusing mess that makes no sense. And there is no guide to help you learn things. Worse still is the networking code. It is some of the buggiest pre-alpha code I have ever come across. Good luck getting it to work. My three friends and I all have problems constantly. About to finish a mission and reap rewards? Not any longer! You'll get dropped at the last second and get nothing for all your effort. Sometimes, you won't even get dropped, you'll just not get any rewards with no explanation. Lastly, there is no system built into the game to stop hackers. It is a cheaters paradise. Jerks constantly do stupid things that mess up your game (when the buggy networking code isn't, which is rare).

    I was so excited to see this game when it came out and so disappointed when it arrived. It has been out now for several months and there have been several patches, but it really hasn't improved. It is still a buggy mess that is plagued by constant cheating.
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  8. Nov 7, 2019
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    50 H After release Still Thousends of people cant play the game look reddit Megathread , Launcher instant crash after play , Rockstar release 3 patches and obviosly nothing happend Still launcher Crashes every where , Worst PC release in the past 3 years , its a scam dont buy it now !
  9. Nov 5, 2019
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    The absolute minimum you'd expect from a game is to actually be able to play it, RDR2 on the PC is stuck behind the absolute biggest steaming pile of horse manure launcher platform in existence. Forget reviewing the game, thats impossible because the game doesnt even load.

    Absolultey shocking release, in a world where poor releases are standard to be at the top of the pile is some
    The absolute minimum you'd expect from a game is to actually be able to play it, RDR2 on the PC is stuck behind the absolute biggest steaming pile of horse manure launcher platform in existence. Forget reviewing the game, thats impossible because the game doesnt even load.

    Absolultey shocking release, in a world where poor releases are standard to be at the top of the pile is some going. **** you Rockstar.
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  10. Nov 7, 2019
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    Sorry runs like a dogs dinner have spent hours trying to get it to work properly...its exhausting stuff.
    To add insult to injury my steam copy of gta5 is also broken since the rockstar launcher started hijacking it (15fps). Feel robbed but will change my score if they can fix it :(
  11. Nov 12, 2019
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    I beat the game on my PS4 PRO and was excited for the PC version. I was very disappointed, I couldn't play the game since it isn't optimized yet. I have no sound when playing single player and the game constantly crashes. Wait until 2020 to buy the game. I have requested a refund already.
  12. Nov 10, 2019
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    Buggiest piece of sh|t I've ever tried to play. Here we are on the 6th day after release and I still can't play it properly.
    Day 1: Errors prevented the launcher from even getting the game started.
    Day 2: A new launcher and game update and still the game won't start. Day 3: Again a new launcher and game update, this time the rockstar services are reported as offline. Still can't play.
    Buggiest piece of sh|t I've ever tried to play. Here we are on the 6th day after release and I still can't play it properly.
    Day 1: Errors prevented the launcher from even getting the game started.
    Day 2: A new launcher and game update and still the game won't start.
    Day 3: Again a new launcher and game update, this time the rockstar services are reported as offline. Still can't play.
    Day 4: Yet another launcher update, this time the game goes in. I get a few minutes in here and there before it freezes (hard lock?) on me and I have to restart the process.
    Day 5...still can't get more than a few minutes in
    Day 6...let's see how it goes but I'm not holding my breath, cockstar are obviously not seeing this as too important since we have to wait a fair amount of time for updates and communication from them is at ZERO!

    I'll change my score when I can actually play but right now I'd get more fun watching paint dry and without all of the pain of having to struggle with it to try and get it running.
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  13. Nov 9, 2019
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    Ridículo a quantidade de bugs. Meu jogo rodava dando um monte de freezadas mas agora nem abrir quer mais. O launcher da Rockstar é horrível, tive que pedir reembolso....devia ter continuado a jogar no ps4 mesmo, triste isso.
  14. Nov 6, 2019
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    Several issues, they are not worry about pc, i was the last time that i bought a game in pre order
  15. Nov 5, 2019
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    1080 ti + R7 1800X + 32 RAM = 23-45 fps in 1080p ....
    WTF ROCKSTAR ????????
  16. Nov 6, 2019
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    Shame on u rockstar, I will never buy anything from you. Crashes , bugged launcher, lags , fps drops. Cya forever
  17. Nov 14, 2019
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    I never played a shooter game with mouse cursor hanging around untill now. I was going to return the game just realized I spent 2 hours trying to fix the mouse cursor. For 2 hours its just 1min of actually playing the game
  18. Nov 6, 2019
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    Uma empresa safada e mercenária com uma otimização lixo, depois a Rockstar ainda acha que é a comunidade Pc Gamer que é errada depois dessa palhaçada tem mais é que se fuuu mesmo essa empresa malandra, vende um produto com mais de um ano de atraso, valor cheio aqui no Brasil um dos jogo mais caro ate o momento, no meu caso já é dia 06/11/2019 e ate hj nem mesmo consegui entrar no jogo,Uma empresa safada e mercenária com uma otimização lixo, depois a Rockstar ainda acha que é a comunidade Pc Gamer que é errada depois dessa palhaçada tem mais é que se fuuu mesmo essa empresa malandra, vende um produto com mais de um ano de atraso, valor cheio aqui no Brasil um dos jogo mais caro ate o momento, no meu caso já é dia 06/11/2019 e ate hj nem mesmo consegui entrar no jogo, lembrarei de vc Rockstar no seus futuros lançamento, pre venda nunca mais para esta empresa escrota! Expand
  19. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    It's a shame, I can't open the game, the launcher closes more than 24 hours and Rockstar doesn't even give a satisfaction to its customers.
    The game is amazing, but ROCKSTAR is a SHAME.
  20. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    The developers’s disregard for those who pre-ordered the game has been 2 days already and I can’t even start the game. Support does not respond since release.
  21. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    A game that waited more than a year to get a pc port is full of bugs and after the newest patch won't even run,can't start over the desktop icon. Game as a game is great tho.
  22. Dec 3, 2020
    0
    Warning to Everyone! DONT BUY JUST TORRENT GAMES FROM ROCKSTAR!!

    Nov 2020, the game was running fine.
    Dec 1, 2020 you released a patch that forces the game audio to low. How can i play this piece of **** game then!?


    **** Rockstar and your DRM's, your unnecessary patches that introduce bugs. I will never buy anything from Rockstar again until the remove this filthy DRM's.
  23. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Неиграбельно. Первые 3 дня я просто не мог её запустить. Помогло лишь обновление БИОСа, вышедшего 7 (SIC!) ноября. Сейчас же постоянные вылеты. Рефанд.
  24. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    The Rockstar game launcher freezes every time I try to play. The game is totally unplayable, thus the zero rating.
  25. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Неплохо бы нанять хотя бы одного (!) тестера, перед тем, как запускать игру на ПК. Но, видимо, Rockstar слишком бедная студия, чтобы иметь в своем штате (или на аутсорсе) людей, занимающихся проверкой работоспособности игры, которую на ПК ждут сотни тысяч (если не миллионы) людей.Неплохо бы нанять хотя бы одного (!) тестера, перед тем, как запускать игру на ПК. Но, видимо, Rockstar слишком бедная студия, чтобы иметь в своем штате (или на аутсорсе) людей, занимающихся проверкой работоспособности игры, которую на ПК ждут сотни тысяч (если не миллионы) людей.
  26. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    The game is poorly optimized and has a handful of bugs unfortunately, it's a shame that Rockstar Games released the so awaited PC version in its current state, i had to update my motherboard BIOS to be able to run the game and even so it runs like **** and have a lot of bugs. Not worth it right now IMO, wait for a few months so Rockstar releases patches fixing the game, Right now is unplayable
  27. Dec 13, 2019
    0
    отвратитено и совершенно неиграбельно за 2500 р я получил просто -100 гб на ссд спасибо
  28. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    RDR 2 is possibly one of the worst optimized games I've ever seen.

    An Xbox One X has a GPU that is roughly on par with an overclocked AMD RX580 and it can run the game at native 4K (3840x2160) at an almost rocks solid 30FPS. An Nvidia RTX 2080Ti is is generally 144-173% faster than an AMD RX580 in open world games with high simulation complexity (such as GTA V and The Witcher III),
    RDR 2 is possibly one of the worst optimized games I've ever seen.

    An Xbox One X has a GPU that is roughly on par with an overclocked AMD RX580 and it can run the game at native 4K (3840x2160) at an almost rocks solid 30FPS.

    An Nvidia RTX 2080Ti is is generally 144-173% faster than an AMD RX580 in open world games with high simulation complexity (such as GTA V and The Witcher III), according to UserBenchark.

    Of course, consoles are closed systems that are specifically designed for gaming so developers can use the available resources there more effectively, but Red Dead Redemption 2 also has low level API on PC (Vulkan), so the game should scale relatively similarly to the example above.

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    Which means that even if we are just counting with 100% faster performance instead of 144-173% (so we are very conservative), the game should run at a locked 60 FPS on equivalent to console settings (with maybe some slight dips to 58-59).

    If we are not that conservative though and if were are counting with 144-173% performance scaling, the game should run between 73 and 81 FPS, with maybe slight dips to 69-70 FPS.

    But instead, it runs roughly at 40-45 FPS and can dip even down to 28 FPS.

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    The situation is even worse (way worse) - with previous generation Pascal cards, and you can expect truly atrocious performance, even if you have a GTX 1080Ti (like me).
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  29. Jun 15, 2021
    0
    Easily the most boring game I've ever played. I love third person action RPG's and though it would be similar to Witcher 3. It's so incredible slow at the beginning. Two shooting action scenes after about two hours of game play. And the shooting game play is boring as heck also. Controls are so clunky. Characters are also boring and annoying. Everybody praises this game and i don't know why...
  30. Dec 5, 2020
    0
    Online is filled with cheaters.
    Rockstar is actively not doing anything to protect honest players from cheaters.
    Now that game only cost 5 dollars, this game is over flowing with cheaters.
  31. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    $60 for a game that doesn't even start...
    And even if it does start by some miracle, the performance of the game is a joke of the year.
  32. Dec 6, 2019
    0
    A month later still problems with the game. Good job Rockstar! Good job. AAA-game god dammit.
  33. Jun 19, 2021
    0
    Game is just boring, I stopped after a few hours of gameplay (reached chapter 3) and I realized it's just not fun to play any further. Attention to details and realism is good when it's provided not in exchange of fun. This game is mediocre at best. Think twice about a puchase, it seems very, very overrated. Actually first game in years from Rockstar that I dropped, played almost every ofGame is just boring, I stopped after a few hours of gameplay (reached chapter 3) and I realized it's just not fun to play any further. Attention to details and realism is good when it's provided not in exchange of fun. This game is mediocre at best. Think twice about a puchase, it seems very, very overrated. Actually first game in years from Rockstar that I dropped, played almost every of them since around 2001. Expand
  34. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Очень хреновая оптимизация(....................... Разочарован в таком свинском отношении.................. Expand
  35. Nov 7, 2019
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    Иметь столько времени для оптимизации и так обделаться... Браво, Рокстар, мало кто ожидал.
  36. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    looks like we have gta 4 all over again but at least you can actually play that game this game literally crashes after five minutes of playing
  37. May 4, 2020
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    While the game is beautiful at times with amazing detail and plenty of things to do, its just unfortunate the technical team over at rockstar isn't as skilled as their art team. Its a console port that forces you to get a new cpu because optimization wasn't as important as making sure the minigame of poker was intentionally coded to make you lose. UI wasn't even looked at, there isn't aWhile the game is beautiful at times with amazing detail and plenty of things to do, its just unfortunate the technical team over at rockstar isn't as skilled as their art team. Its a console port that forces you to get a new cpu because optimization wasn't as important as making sure the minigame of poker was intentionally coded to make you lose. UI wasn't even looked at, there isn't a single menu that houses the rest of the menus so each menu has its own individual hot key. The UI is massive and totally counter intuitive to keyboard and mouse users. If you want to change a hot key you need to scroll through pages and pages of other keys. The mouse UI sometimes completely breaks and the only way to use the menus again is to use the keyboard. but at least your horse poops every time you dismount. such detail, much game design. What would be amazing is if a studio made a game this detailed and beautiful but actually cared about the consumer more than just seeing them as potential micro-transactions. That way we would get a masterpiece not ruined by bugs, crashes and bad optimization just because fixing bugs and poor optimization cost more to fix than they bring in money.

    Also the trigger hoops the game forces you to jump through are so ridiculous, they are evident at every corner and it culminates in me being unable to even finish the epilogue, I just stand there in place glitched out. If they wanted to make a game on rails they should skip the trying to make an open world.

    I really wish the rockstar that made san andreas still existed, so that we would get a worth wile satirization of the piss poor state that current rockstar devolved into

    final note, as someone who lives in a desert other than the mojave or sonora it is annoying how over represented the saguaro cactus is. The cactus is found in one desert in arizona and that is it, but in this game it's in every desert except the one based on the mojave. It's also annoying there is a massive section of the map covered in saguaro cactus that isn't even used in the storyline, when the game cannot push a stable 60fps on a 3440x1440 monitor in the parts of the map you do use.
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  38. Nov 8, 2019
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    It's a mess! A multimillion Dollar Company can't release such an unfinished and broken port. Not worth the money. Thousands of players aren't able even to start the game. A great game on consoles. A load of **** on PC. I'm disappointed.
  39. Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Мне уже стыдно что я играл в ваши игры за свои деньги. **** you Rockstar
  40. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    Тупое говно тупого говна, доверить порт индусам, т.е R* India, это надо же до такого додуматься и так обосраться
    Fire everyone, who works in Rockstar India,these people have no place in the gaming industry
  41. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    How is this possible:
    Spend 59EUR on a game on EPIC
    Install game and enter game... Spend 2 hours fiddling with settings trying to set up acceptable frame rate Switch from Vulcan to DirectX Now game doestn’t even load and immediately crashes Lose it completely and ask EPIC for refund - using their thieving convoluted refund process Get asked for the game ID after 24hours... Provide
    How is this possible:
    Spend 59EUR on a game on EPIC
    Install game and enter game...
    Spend 2 hours fiddling with settings trying to set up acceptable frame rate
    Switch from Vulcan to DirectX
    Now game doestn’t even load and immediately crashes
    Lose it completely and ask EPIC for refund - using their thieving convoluted refund process
    Get asked for the game ID after 24hours...
    Provide ID and the reason for demanding a refund (as outlined above)
    Get told by EPIC that no refund because in game time is longer than 2 hours (because I literally spent that time trying to set the game up)
    Write a rage email to EPIC telling them to use the 59EUR on a long piece of rope... for one-time use by all EPIC staff

    IN WHAT UNIVERSE IS THIS ACCEPTABLE??? IF I TRIED TO PULL THIS IN MY RETAIL STORE I WOULD ALREADY BE IN JAIL...
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  42. Nov 9, 2019
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    day 4 of trying to install this trash pile. downloaded twice, ensured all drivers are up to date, none of the “fixes” posted anywhere works. put in a ticket with rockstar and was sent back a BS form letter suggesting the fixes that are literally already on their website. TEST YOUR **** GARBAGE OUT PRIOR TO RELEASE **** Rockstar. worse than the gtav console release and its nearly a decadeday 4 of trying to install this trash pile. downloaded twice, ensured all drivers are up to date, none of the “fixes” posted anywhere works. put in a ticket with rockstar and was sent back a BS form letter suggesting the fixes that are literally already on their website. TEST YOUR **** GARBAGE OUT PRIOR TO RELEASE **** Rockstar. worse than the gtav console release and its nearly a decade later come on?! guess rockstar has felt left out of all the Dev controversies lately. i for one will not be even considering gta6 until maybe 3-4 months after release... maybe. lost my faith Expand
  43. Nov 14, 2019
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    As always, PC version of a game is made just to earn extra money. Even though it released 1 year after the console version, the game is poorly optimized, full of bugs and so on. Clearly Rockstar don't care about PC versions of their games.
  44. Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Boring boring game. Pace is so sluggish, from the story to the movement to everything. They made the gameplay 50 hr by making everything slow and mundane. I would rather play a shorter action packed game than a long stretched out boring one.

    Visually it's nice, but visuals don't make a game. Game play is also awfully optimized for the PC. Keyboard controls are clunky with the NPC
    Boring boring game. Pace is so sluggish, from the story to the movement to everything. They made the gameplay 50 hr by making everything slow and mundane. I would rather play a shorter action packed game than a long stretched out boring one.

    Visually it's nice, but visuals don't make a game.

    Game play is also awfully optimized for the PC. Keyboard controls are clunky with the NPC interface. Plot is basically on rails. You can literally leave the game alone and it will walk for you. Talk about on rails. There is no freedom in this game. You can't be a bad guy, Everything they do in this game pushes you to do what the game dev wants you to do.

    NOT FUN.
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  45. Nov 12, 2019
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    Впервые испытываю ненависть к Rockstar. Уже нет сил терпеть эти вылеты. А эти черти нихрена не делают. В 2018 - одна из лучших игр. В 2019 - провал года.
  46. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    A gente espera 1 ano pela versão pc e vem todo cagado, a mídia ainda passa pano pra essa versão fodida.
  47. Nov 13, 2019
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    The game DOESN'T work on PC! And rockstar doesn't make me refund. They just not answering my request through there warehouse! Shame on you, Rockstar!
  48. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    Looks worse than console versions and it's a poor game anyway so they shouldn't have bothered releasing this for PC
  49. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Это не игра, а неоптимизированный программный код.

    Вы туда майнеров напихали, что-ли, а, Рокстар? Почему моя видеокарта так сильно греется на самых минимальных настройках? Позор вам, думал вы извлекли уроки из ГТА4 (которая, к слову, в 2019 году умудряется фризить на современном железе, но там хотя бы физика и детали по мелочи норм, и в самой игре аутировать интересно, а что здесь -
    Это не игра, а неоптимизированный программный код.

    Вы туда майнеров напихали, что-ли, а, Рокстар? Почему моя видеокарта так сильно греется на самых минимальных настройках?

    Позор вам, думал вы извлекли уроки из ГТА4 (которая, к слову, в 2019 году умудряется фризить на современном железе, но там хотя бы физика и детали по мелочи норм, и в самой игре аутировать интересно, а что здесь - спрайтовые деревья, спрятанные за блюр?) и предзаказал игру.

    Разочарован таким поведением, да и сама индустрия, похоже, что идет к выкачиванию денег у пользователей (принудительное обновление старых версий, из-за чего начинаются тормоза на "недавнем" железе - гта5 тому пример, микротранзакции, тяпляпный сюжет, однообразные миссии).
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  50. Nov 6, 2019
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    God damn this game and you Rockstar team! I have been waiting for this game on PC and you have spoilt my impressions! I preordered the game and was excited about it plus you decided to release it on my birthday.
    The game is horrible about its optimization and performance.
  51. Nov 14, 2019
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    Le jeu est indigent, le gameplay est mal foutu, les gunfight sans intérêt et les dialogues poussifs. Il impressionne par sa qualité artistique mais ne donne jamais l'impression au joueur de participer.

    Le portage pc est une honte, si on ne peut afficher les textures à fond (il faut une carte graphique super chère car elles sont super lourdes), tous les autres choix sont hideux! Le jeu
    Le jeu est indigent, le gameplay est mal foutu, les gunfight sans intérêt et les dialogues poussifs. Il impressionne par sa qualité artistique mais ne donne jamais l'impression au joueur de participer.

    Le portage pc est une honte, si on ne peut afficher les textures à fond (il faut une carte graphique super chère car elles sont super lourdes), tous les autres choix sont hideux!
    Le jeu freeze et reboot toutes les 3 mn, je ne peux même plus jouer.
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  52. Nov 8, 2019
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    Can't play game. I have no idea why the review has to be 75 letters long. 0/10
  53. Nov 17, 2019
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    Game is GARBAGE, optimization is GARBAGE, rockstar is GARBAGE. Really listen to me and DONT BUY this game, dont give money to rockstar.
  54. wxa
    Nov 13, 2019
    0
    I5 6500 has 100% overload. In cutscenes. As result with 1080ti on medium quality: min fps 0.1, medium 64 fps, max 118. And it's unplayable.
  55. Nov 9, 2019
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    i bought the special digital edition on ps4 at first time.and now i still in chapter 2.it is a game,gameplay is the most important thing but it is really boring and make me tired.
  56. Nov 8, 2019
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    Пи3дец, если бы я знал что Рокстар высрет такой хyeвый порт, я бы на плойку купил.
    Потом не удивляйтесь что ваши игры пиратят... C такии поебическим отношением к ПК игрокам вы это заслуживаете
  57. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    I can't launch the game for more than a day after the release. Worst game release ever!
  58. Nov 5, 2019
    0
    There are so many issues with this game. First of all, like many other's I had launch issues. That was already annoying enough. After 30 minutes of fixing the crash issue, I opened the game and the resolution was in 1920 by 1080 and I have a 3840 by 2160. So all I have to do is simply change it in the settings, right? Well when I clicked on settings the menu would just go black and I hadThere are so many issues with this game. First of all, like many other's I had launch issues. That was already annoying enough. After 30 minutes of fixing the crash issue, I opened the game and the resolution was in 1920 by 1080 and I have a 3840 by 2160. So all I have to do is simply change it in the settings, right? Well when I clicked on settings the menu would just go black and I had to exit the game try and turn it off manually then it would ask me if I was sure I wanted to close the game and I would click no. After clicking no the menu would appear. This took another 15 minutes since it was so buggy. Finally I got the resolution right. Now I have finally launched the game and began playing. Oh wait lets make the mouse cursor move around the screen at all times with no way of removing it. Another fun issue is the settings menu itself. It is extremely temperamental and navigating it with a mouse and keyboard is a nightmare. This whole process would be so much better if it was simply on steam and I didn't need epic games and the rockstar launcher. I paid a good 80 dollars for the special edition and I can't even enjoy the game. Rockstar please fix this buggy garbage. Expand
  59. Nov 19, 2019
    0
    THE GAME IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ONE OF THE BEST EVER CREATED BUT OMFG!!!!!!!!!! I CANT **** PLAY THE GAME, 150GB DOWNLOAD FOR **** NOTHING WTF IS THIS ROCKSTAR??? SELLING AGAIN A FULL GAME THAT WAS RELEASED ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO?!!!! AND YOU GIVE ME THIS CRAP?!!!! **** rockstar
  60. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    The Graphic looks awful, Shadows looking noisy and trees/leafs look like ****
  61. Nov 5, 2019
    0
    Complete garbage. Does not start. Because this review has to be 75 characters, I'm going to say again, complete garbage.
  62. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    The Game or the launcher are broken, Rockstar didnt tested it before release? Wtf? Triple A Worldcompany cant release one year old game without troubles? And not able to fix it? Shame on rockstar. Im Sad
  63. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    after a year you give me a piece of garbage. technical issues after one year of releasing
  64. Nov 13, 2019
    0
    1. "Nice" optimization
    2. "Nice" economic in RDO
    3. "Nice" physics
    ...
    a piece of cr@p
  65. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    Very poor optimization. I played on PS4 and PC - was it worth porting the game?
  66. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    2 days after the launch of the game i cant play it, the worst luncha ever.
    Me gaste 60 dolasres que aca con la devaluacion que hay en argentina es una gran dineral.
    un desastre. ni con actualizaciones pude jugar.
    una verguenza
  67. Nov 22, 2019
    0
    Would love to give feedback on this game, but I can't even finish a single mission without it crashing. Happily going to pirate games from Rockstar in the future, because they're obviously happy to take my money and produce and abortion like this.
  68. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    After hours of tinkering to get the Launcher Crash fixed (i had x570 mainboard and updating the BIOS fixed it, the support was only giving useless tips like update your GPU drivers) i was finally able to start the game.

    Well i startet the Singleplayer then, it was playable, but with so many freezes and **** Ruined the atmosphere. Anyway, i bought it for the online mode, so i was gonna
    After hours of tinkering to get the Launcher Crash fixed (i had x570 mainboard and updating the BIOS fixed it, the support was only giving useless tips like update your GPU drivers) i was finally able to start the game.

    Well i startet the Singleplayer then, it was playable, but with so many freezes and **** Ruined the atmosphere. Anyway, i bought it for the online mode, so i was gonna check this out.

    And what i can tell you is: 0x20010006
    The ooooold error. I get disconnected randomly, either directly when joining, on the way to a mission, moments before finishing the mission, while hunting. It's just a pain and you have to start over again & again.

    Opening ports did not helped, open NAT-Type with DMZ-Host also changed nothing. We even tried different Routers (7 different ones in price span of 150-350€) - no changes. Even though the support tries to tell me the problem is on my side.

    I had this in GTA5 already and still have it, now in RDR aswell, so i think it's more a R* thing :)

    Charging people the full price for a 1 year old game just ported to pc is disappointing enough already. All the errors i had/have made me refund this piece of "Greed Money making machine"
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  69. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Rockstar - how can you launch a game so prematurely, with so many issues with your launcher and bugs upon release? shame on you!
  70. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    Yes, for this I collected a computer and honestly bought the game in the official launcher, so that it does not run. Bravo Rockstar, the worst launcher in history, like the failed launch on PC!
  71. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    AMAZING GAME!!! I bought the game, I can’t stop in. Thanks Rockstar) p.s. FCKDRM
  72. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    Привет всем тем, кто читает мой отзыв и думает: "WTF, what does this Russian allow himself? Why does it put 0?" Да потому что эта игра у меня даже не запустилась. Я сделал все. Абсолютно все что только можно сделать. Ни один совет мне не помог, просто крашится ВАШ лаунчер и я не могу войти в игру, за которую отдал СВОИ деньги. Три дня. Три дня я не могу войти в ВАШУ игру. Мой пк ее тянетПривет всем тем, кто читает мой отзыв и думает: "WTF, what does this Russian allow himself? Why does it put 0?" Да потому что эта игра у меня даже не запустилась. Я сделал все. Абсолютно все что только можно сделать. Ни один совет мне не помог, просто крашится ВАШ лаунчер и я не могу войти в игру, за которую отдал СВОИ деньги. Три дня. Три дня я не могу войти в ВАШУ игру. Мой пк ее тянет на высоких настройках (если верить роликом с ютуба), но я не могу ее запустить. RockStar, а не пошли бы вы на хутор ловить бабочек, а ? Почему я в 2019 году покупая игру должен вот так Шаманить с ее запуском? "Спасибо" что вызываете у меня чувство ностальгии по далеком 2003-2007 годам, но я этого не просил. Думаю ВЫ, как обладатели чуть ли не самой продаваемой игры в истории могли себе позволить сделать нормальный ее порт на пк. Я не отбитый ПК-Боярин, что писал в комментариях "Спасибо за бета-тест, консольщики", я человек, который искренне ждал и верил в ваш релиз. В первый день, когда игра не запустилась, я верил в то, что вы это почините. Я был готов ждать понимая, что у всех случаются проблемы. Но прошло уже довольно времени. ВЫ не энтузиасты с гаража, которые пытаются осуществить свою мечту и создать свою первую игру. ВЫ огромная компания, которая обладает огромными средствами и возможностями. И ВЫ наплевательски отнеслись к своей аудитории, показав этим ужасным стартом то, насколько ВАМ плевать на ваших потребителей. Никогда в жизни я больше не куплю вашей игры, подавитесь этими 80-тью баксами,что были уплачены за РДР2 на пк в вашем кривом лаунчере. Хорошего ВАМ настроения, а главное здоровья Expand
  73. Dec 13, 2019
    0
    "An absolute joke from a AAA publisher." by Yakidou
    And i agree with 100%.
    Amount of bugs and glitches is cosmic and this game should be derided.
    I said so.
  74. Nov 22, 2019
    0
    Сраный, лагающий и постоянно вылетающий кал! Я сотню раз за 4 часа игры пожалел, что качал это дерьмо 6 часов. Не задумываясь бы вернул свои деньги. Графика нулевая, интерактивность нулевая, управление кривое.
  75. Jan 13, 2020
    0
    Well, the game is : Not optimised. I can't play with a GeForce GTX 950M and an i5 Core.

    There is crash every time on the online (every 30 seconds) so wi can't play. It's "rockstar server" so, Rockstar, buy your servers !! You are the best but RDR2 Pc is litteraly a **** !

    History is very very very very… cool. But, it's so laggy so it's not immersive.
  76. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    Really poor, the game its exiting unexpectedly during gameplay randomly, when you re going to finish some mission the game crashes, we have to say that this game was REALLY NOT READY TO LAUNCH!
  77. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Alex0001: Симулятор лошади езди езди езди езди ничего интересного тут нет
  78. Nov 5, 2019
    0
    Rockstar Launcher keeps crashing, game is very badly optimized, the Denuvo DRM is probably causing a lot of problems like it did in other games. Honestly this is just pathetic and sad, why screw over your paying customers??? This should have released on Steam for a stable launch, without your garbage Rockstar Launcher and without intrusive DRM Denuvo causing problems.
  79. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. НЕ АПТИМИЗИРОВАНЫЙ КУСОК КАЛЛА ИСПРАВЬТЕ ПЛЕС (АРГУМЕНТИРОВАНОЕ И НЕ ПОДКУПНОЕ МНЕНИЕ) Expand
  80. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    ПК это кусок дерьма))) один год назад уже играл в rdr2 на xbox one fat все прошел никаких без проблем)))
  81. Nov 13, 2019
    0
    Registered an account just to **** on this piece of garbage that should've been a simple port from the console edition. Funnily enough, I purchased this pc edition for shorter loading times and the modding capabilities. Little did I know the ****fest Rockstar had in for us. The game could not even launch on day one without deleting certain files. Others couldn't even get the game launcherRegistered an account just to **** on this piece of garbage that should've been a simple port from the console edition. Funnily enough, I purchased this pc edition for shorter loading times and the modding capabilities. Little did I know the ****fest Rockstar had in for us. The game could not even launch on day one without deleting certain files. Others couldn't even get the game launcher to run. But that brings us to today, where the game runs like ****--like a god **** microwave. Some locations run perfectly, and others (most), contain constant stutters and lag spikes lasting up to 5 seconds with a potential 3-second delay between them. Even the cutscenes lag like crazy. Wait until it comes out on steam so you don't have to buy it on Rockstar's **** and ugly launcher and maybe by then they will sell a finished product, not some triple-A, EA, Activision, scum-lord garbage game. TLDR: Yet another AAA title rushed for an Easy payday, do not buy until it comes out on steam so you don't have to deal with game-breaking immersion-breaking lag spikes. Expand
  82. Nov 14, 2019
    0
    This is a terrible port! I do not have the most powerful computer (i5 7300HQ / GTX 1050 2 GB / 16 GB RAM), but the game lags even at the minimum graphics settings! Why can’t I disable video memory limitation? I want to choose the settings myself! In GTA 5, you could disable it in the settings, why didn’t you do such a function in RDR? Unclear. I hope that soon it will be possible to turnThis is a terrible port! I do not have the most powerful computer (i5 7300HQ / GTX 1050 2 GB / 16 GB RAM), but the game lags even at the minimum graphics settings! Why can’t I disable video memory limitation? I want to choose the settings myself! In GTA 5, you could disable it in the settings, why didn’t you do such a function in RDR? Unclear. I hope that soon it will be possible to turn off this restriction and play calmly without soap. At the moment, the game is very poorly optimized, I do not advise buying. Expand
  83. Nov 7, 2019
    0
    i belive its a good game but since 2 days i cant start it. Rockstar have like 1 yeah to make a port all rdy maked a wiht GTA5 how have the same engiend....
  84. Nov 13, 2019
    0
    ЭТО УЖЕ БЕСПРЕДЕЛ!!
    Не понятно как эту игру вообще оптимизировали на пк! Мало того, что у мена на средних в 720p 30-40 фпс, так еще и дикие фризы по 10 секунд, хотя в gta 5 на высоких 90-100 фпс. В онлайн из-за этого играть НЕВОЗМОЖНО!! Rock Star уже в конец обленились, выпускают игры раз в 6 лет, с портированием на пк у них видимо исторически не складывается - 2 года ждали гта, еще годик
    ЭТО УЖЕ БЕСПРЕДЕЛ!!
    Не понятно как эту игру вообще оптимизировали на пк! Мало того, что у мена на средних в 720p 30-40 фпс, так еще и дикие фризы по 10 секунд, хотя в gta 5 на высоких 90-100 фпс. В онлайн из-за этого играть НЕВОЗМОЖНО!! Rock Star уже в конец обленились, выпускают игры раз в 6 лет, с портированием на пк у них видимо исторически не складывается - 2 года ждали гта, еще годик rdr, так еще и так халтурно выпустить, не оптимизируя нормально игру и выпустили ее за фулл прайс! СПАСИБО !! БОЛЬШЕ НИ ОДНУ ИГРУ У ВАС НЕ КУПЛЮ! отныне только торренты!
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  85. May 10, 2020
    0
    A cowboy game that hates you being a cowboy. A pound shop witcher.

    The acting is incredible. The views are stunning. You really get a feel you are in the right kind of cowboy fantasy. They ruin it by trying to micromanage every aspect. Its the most annoyed I have ever been by a game. its perfect but...the controls are awful. Just. Plain. Awful. They had the great idea; lets make
    A cowboy game that hates you being a cowboy. A pound shop witcher.

    The acting is incredible. The views are stunning. You really get a feel you are in the right kind of cowboy fantasy.

    They ruin it by trying to micromanage every aspect. Its the most annoyed I have ever been by a game. its perfect but...the controls are awful. Just. Plain. Awful.

    They had the great idea; lets make looting realistic. Then forgot that looking every body for five seconds to see if they had a platinum pocket watch up their **** is not realistic.

    Its just a hassle to play that breaks the immersion evey time it gets going cos it has to tell you what button to press to interact in its one of many 100s of action scenes; because its absoutley clear the guys making the different senarios had no fecking idea either. And those action scenese arent like the witcher; thought out and planned.

    Nope. A few hours into your realistic western gameplay you will have depopulated half of america. but if you smack a guys teeth out in abar you are gonna get railed on.

    And the saves dont work properly.

    Its the best crap game I have ever played.
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  86. Nov 5, 2019
    0
    **** BAD OPTIMIZATION,
    MY PC SPECS
    i5 7400
    GTX 1050TI OVERCLOCKED
    16GB RAM DUAL CHANNEL DDR4 2400MHZ
    AND IM GETTING 27-33 FPS IN LOWEST SETTINGS 1080P
    AND 30-40 IN LOWEST SETTINGS 720P
    **** YOU R*
  87. Jan 25, 2021
    0
    Most linear game of all-time.
    These days, I accept that some games are gonna be easy and linear. It's irritating but many games have options and mods to increase difficulty and reduce handholding.
    RDR2 is another matter. The mission design is shockingly inferior. There is no game here, you are constantly ordered around. It is vital for a game to have player agency. I have never seen the
    Most linear game of all-time.
    These days, I accept that some games are gonna be easy and linear. It's irritating but many games have options and mods to increase difficulty and reduce handholding.
    RDR2 is another matter. The mission design is shockingly inferior. There is no game here, you are constantly ordered around.
    It is vital for a game to have player agency. I have never seen the complete removal of player agency in a game before. I am disgusted they got away with this lazy, incompetent mission design and I will never touch a Rockstar game again.
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  88. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    This game is early access stay away... Bad optimizasyon bad experience stay away!!
  89. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 1 year, pc port is terrible and unplayable system requirements says it all, also rockstar launcher is absolutely terrible and a total disaster Expand
  90. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Barely runs on PC, terrible port. And I know it's not the developer's fault, it's the publisher's and shareholders fault for forcing them to release an unpolished, broken game that coulve needed a couple more months in developement. What even is the point in preordering games anymore, if the games are gonna be unplayable at launch anyways?
  91. Nov 5, 2019
    0
    Rockstar will never learn, maybe after half of a year it may become playable, but for now it's unplayable broken garbage. But what should we expect from people who scrapped few singleplayer DLC for sake of a garbage casino in GTA V multiplayer and come up with stupid idea of making worthless launcher?
  92. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    I really like how the game looks and the story beginning was interesting for me, but releasing it with such awful level of absolutely obvious bugs that must've been fixed is an outrageous act of disrespect to users. Looks like there was a conscious decision to release the game in such raw state to meet the release date. Postponing the release would look far better in terms of respect toI really like how the game looks and the story beginning was interesting for me, but releasing it with such awful level of absolutely obvious bugs that must've been fixed is an outrageous act of disrespect to users. Looks like there was a conscious decision to release the game in such raw state to meet the release date. Postponing the release would look far better in terms of respect to the gaming community. Refunded. Expand
  93. Nov 11, 2019
    0
    The game would not even launch until messing around with the settings in safe mode for an hour until the game would finally launch normally.
    After starting a new campaign, the game would periodically freeze for several seconds which completely ruined the gameplay experience.
    i5 6600k GTX 1080ti 16Gb DDR4 There are no excuses for releasing such junk with a $60 price tag. If it wasn't
    The game would not even launch until messing around with the settings in safe mode for an hour until the game would finally launch normally.
    After starting a new campaign, the game would periodically freeze for several seconds which completely ruined the gameplay experience.
    i5 6600k
    GTX 1080ti
    16Gb DDR4

    There are no excuses for releasing such junk with a $60 price tag. If it wasn't ready then don't release it. When you buy something it should work as soon as the transaction is made, unless stated otherwise in a disclaimer. Shame on rockstar for taking people's money for this garbage that could take weeks to fix into a playable state.
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  94. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Game literally won't even launch and is literally unplayable. I've tried everything in their support page and more, my drivers are up to date, I disabled my antivirus, I updated Windows, etc, nothing works. Rockstar had plenty of time to release this game, it was bad enough they waited this long for the PC release, but to release it this broken this much later is no excuse.
  95. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    this is worst optimization even worst than any other developer, i cant use my mice at stable selecting horse menu and my pc is burning while fans are screaming for pity...this is future of gaming spend money to get ****
  96. Nov 15, 2019
    0
    кинули людям на пк как собакам типа подавитесь ещё и за свои деньги плохо оптимизированная игра
  97. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    this game is broken as hell. RDR Online disconnect every 2 min and this mouse cursor is always shown in game, no fix is working for me.

    Sorry but i cant play the game anymore.
  98. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Not sure what the Critics were drinking. They gave a 94 while us Users averaged about ZERO. The game in its present state is pretty well unplayable.
  99. Nov 5, 2019
    0
    What a disaster of performance. Unplayable even on high end hardware and lower settings.
  100. Nov 6, 2019
    0
    What is this mess??? Performance is absolutely garbage and no, I don't have a potato computer. I have i9 9900k, RTX 2080 Ti and DDR4 RAM and I can't still not get decent performance. Is this Denuvo at work again? Instead of buying expensive DRM that will eventually be cracked anyways, maybe they should spend more time and money optimizing their game. Oh but we can't have some captain jackWhat is this mess??? Performance is absolutely garbage and no, I don't have a potato computer. I have i9 9900k, RTX 2080 Ti and DDR4 RAM and I can't still not get decent performance. Is this Denuvo at work again? Instead of buying expensive DRM that will eventually be cracked anyways, maybe they should spend more time and money optimizing their game. Oh but we can't have some captain jack sparrows playing the game that early so we will just slap on a DRM that hurts normal users and/or we will not even test the game's performance. And this is the title that ran just fine on the actual potato computers (aka consoles). If you are especially lucky, you can't even get into the game because even their **** launcher is bugged. And it requires over 100 GB of storage space. Ridiculous. Avoid like the plague, in fact avoid it even more. Just go ahead and french kiss a plague bearing rat instead and you would still be better off then playing this mess. Expand
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.