Red Dead Redemption 2

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6.8

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  1. Mover
    Nov 6, 2019
    1
    Bad optimisation....The game cannot be played...No fixes, no help, no game.
  2. DaemonXHUN
    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).    … Expand
  3. eli_fjr
    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
  4. Asderout
    Nov 9, 2019
    3
    Nice story, nice characters, etc., but none of that matters. Because it's a constantly crashing piece of **** Good job, rockstar!
  5. AlexKor
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    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.
  6. katyuhsa
    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.
  7. blinman
    Nov 8, 2019
    7
    После последнего патча 8 ноября, наконец-то зашел в игру. Оптимизация пока плоха, но не критична. То трясущиеся деревья, раздражают.
  8. 4life-
    Nov 20, 2020
    10
    +Game is amazing in its story and atmosphere
    +Amazing graphics
    +Amazing acting and sound work -Very micro managing for a "Action title" I hate these new forced RPG elements. Feels vastly unnecessary -Launcher is a JOKE. And this game is optimized like a rotten potato. When i shell out $60 i expect the game to work as it did on PS4. This garbage is broken,and should never have been    +Game is amazing in its story and atmosphere
    +Amazing graphics
    +Amazing acting and sound work

    -Very micro managing for a "Action title" I hate these new forced RPG elements. Feels vastly unnecessary
    -Launcher is a JOKE. And this game is optimized like a rotten potato. When i shell out $60 i expect the game to work as it did on PS4. This garbage is broken,and should never have been released yet.

    Because i just cant play the game this is a solid "0" If they fix it i would give it a 9. Would be a ten without those unnecessary RPG elements.

    ---- The game is now fixed,and its still a work of art like on the PS4. Compared to latest titles from Ubisoft for example this game is the best game in history. I still wish these RPG elements was not there,but i appeciate much more now the fact that they really are not impacting the game for the player if ou choose not to do them. ITS A SOLID 10. ----    … Expand
  9. FCDobbs
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    My God. I have been playing games since Bards Tale. Never have I had a game not even launch. Rock Star You suck. Pre-ordered Still not able to even launch the game. I have done everything I can find to do.
    Update bios
    update windows new video driver run on administrator no antivirus amd 2700x gtx 970 16 gig ram 470 motherboard No amount of voodoo or witchcraft will make this    My God. I have been playing games since Bards Tale. Never have I had a game not even launch. Rock Star You suck. Pre-ordered Still not able to even launch the game. I have done everything I can find to do.
    Update bios
    update windows
    new video driver
    run on administrator
    no antivirus
    amd 2700x
    gtx 970
    16 gig ram
    470 motherboard

    No amount of voodoo or witchcraft will make this **** launcher work so I can actually get in the game
    to experience the myriad of other glitches and crashes. While games normally need patches this is clearly a "get it out there and we'll figure it out later" situation and completely unacceptable.    … Expand
  10. azimalot
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Put my gtx 1080 on her knees, what a shame ! Worst optimisations since GTA4
  11. Johnie07
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Спустя 25 часов после релиза не запускается. Патчей нет, новостей нет. 10 предзаказов из 10.
  12. StarLink
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Game is broken - unable to launch story mode, multiplayer and even test graphics mode.
  13. Mendax89
    Dec 10, 2019
    1
    Steam refund, worst port i ever played.
    Resolutions scaling broken, can only play in windowed mode, Rockstar launcher is broken.
    Broken game without reapair.
  14. TheGaminNorway
    Nov 13, 2019
    1
    The PC port of this game is a joke, we are now over a week since the launch, and literally no issues have been fixed. Rockstar have released patches to fix the game for some people, but somehow managed to screw it up for others in the process leaving just as many players with an unplayable game. it constantly crashes and got alot of performance issues. By whatever reason, Nvidia pascalThe PC port of this game is a joke, we are now over a week since the launch, and literally no issues have been fixed. Rockstar have released patches to fix the game for some people, but somehow managed to screw it up for others in the process leaving just as many players with an unplayable game. it constantly crashes and got alot of performance issues. By whatever reason, Nvidia pascal performs extremely bad, a 1070 is about on par with a RX 580 8gb. And my 2070 super is about on par with a RX 5700, optimization for nvidia is clearly lacking. (Im not even gonna get into the optimization issue with this game now, because everyone knows this game is badly optimized just like GTA5 was, hopefully that will also get fixed eventually.) But AMD is having huge issues aswell, i have a RX 580 4gb in one system and a RTX 2070 super in another, both suffers from the same exact crashing problem. I cant even get halfway thru the benchmark without a crash, i have contacted rockstar about the issue, and their replies is so useless im 100% convinced that head of rockstar have told R support to not admit there is anything wrong with this game. and as Gamers Nexus retweeted my tweet with here, rockstar should be ashamed for their absolute garbage customer support. It is actually so bad that rockstar dont even answer the tickets with individual replies, they just copy paste their replies. I see that there is players without any issues, and well... Good for you, but the amount of people that is having issues is still so huge that rockstar cant be excused or defended even if it works for you. If this wasent a wide spread HUGE issue, would rockstar copy paste their replies? No they wouldnt. Rockstar needs to stop releasing these half finished games, i never thought i was ever gonna say this. But we have reached a point in PC gaming, where UBISOFT have passed rockstar in reliability and optimization with their games at launch.

    And lets not even start on how rockstar refuses to give players a refund and the false advertising they did with the recommended specs. I truly hope that rockstar meant the game to be played with their recommended specs and just completely **** up the optimization, we`ll find out soon enough if this was false advertising to sell more games or not.

    I loved this game on my PS4 and couldnt wait to get it on PC, but the PC version of this game has been such a huge disappointment. If you want this game, wait until Christmas, maybe by then rockstar would have gotten their head out of their a$$ and fixed the issues with this game and the utterly useless launcher they released way to early.    … Expand
  15. YeRUS
    Nov 13, 2019
    0
    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!
  16. M4ng0fruit
    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
  17. Beetlejuice2
    Dec 14, 2019
    3
    graphic: 10/10
    music: 10/10
    story : 8/10
    control : 3/10
    online gameplay: 2/10
  18. ahluche
    Nov 8, 2019
    5
    Rockstar only cares about money not their pc players. A game, especially from an AAA company should barely have any bugs at launch.
  19. gustavius
    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
  20. a_wild_dandan
    Dec 8, 2019
    6
    There are enough reviews lamenting the performance of this title, so I'd like to alternatively explain why I just dislike the game. TL;DR: It's decent story wrapped in bad gameplay.

    There's a lot to like about RDR2. The world is stunning, the voice acting is superb, and the story is compelling. Past that, RDR2 has simply been a frustrating experience for myriad reasons: * Gameplay:    There are enough reviews lamenting the performance of this title, so I'd like to alternatively explain why I just dislike the game. TL;DR: It's decent story wrapped in bad gameplay.

    There's a lot to like about RDR2. The world is stunning, the voice acting is superb, and the story is compelling. Past that, RDR2 has simply been a frustrating experience for myriad reasons:

    * Gameplay: I've logged 100+ hours in-game, and I bet 70% of that has been crawling excruciatingly slowly through camp or holding `W` on horseback to get from point A to point B. It's cute for the first few hours when you're still admiring the natural splendor of the game world or hunting pelts, but it quickly becomes an eye-rolling time debit. I took to browsing Reddit during these excursions. Getting to the fun bits became an absolute chore. Fast travel (and the occasional horse riding montages) mildly attenuates the issue, but it isn't nearly enough.

    Traveling aside, missions are brittle, feeling like a rails shooter. Wander too far from the precious yellow path/area and it's an instant fail-state. Retry checkpoint. Get off your horse inches short of the yellow X target? Unacceptable. Get back on your horse and travel those extra inches...to trigger the animation of you getting off the horse. Ugh.

    * The missions: "We have to get the MacGuffin! Oh no, there's more resistance than we thought! ~Shootout~ Wew! We made it out of there alive!" That's nearly every mission in RDR2. This template quickly loses its charm. There are a few genuinely great missions. Trying to find your comrade while drunk in a saloon was hilarious. Trudging through a bayou looking for a mysteriously disappeared worker while a terror lurks below was genuinely tense. But these are the depressingly sparse exceptions amid the overwhelming permutation of boring, samey shootouts.

    * Controls: The key mapping is needlessly bizarre. Closing context menus uses `Esc`, except when it uses `F`. Right click to focus iron-sights to shoot an enemy while near your horse? Enjoy instead auto-locking onto your horse instead! Fisticuffs are done via `F` and `R`. (Ugh.) There are gobs of awkward interactions that could've so easily been polished. Moreover, if you play in first person mode, your viewport is constantly hijacked by jarring character animations. It's fun to press `W` and have your character briefly run sideways. The lowest mouse sensitivity is *way* too high. (I had to fiddle with the DPI on my mouse to make the game playable at my preferred sensitivity.)

    Folks have been having significant technical issues. I have too. I've had crashes, the overlay bug, poor optimization, etc. But to me, that's the least damning thing: even if it ran flawlessly, it just isn't that great of a game.    … Expand
  21. pal1y
    Dec 9, 2019
    0
    Error: 0x20010006 and Error: 0x20010006 and then again Error: 0x20010006.
    Playing missError: 0x20010006on.GooError: 0x20010006d game
    P.S. Error: 0x2001000
  22. Darkmilk
    Dec 10, 2019
    0
    i can't play game 1 sec, so i don't know how fun this game.

    Even with 2070 Super, I can't play even 1 second.... this game is say "don't play game and get out home".... so this game is god game.
  23. Caelestiel
    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.
  24. SuperHombreLA
    Nov 20, 2019
    0
    When this game works, it's great. Problem is, it crashes and stutters frequently. I have a 2600X and 1070ti, and I should have no issues running this game. Have you hired a QA department, Rockstar? If you have them, do you care or listen to them at all? I have trouble believing that you were unaware of how poorly optimized this game was. With all your resources, surely you knew this forWhen this game works, it's great. Problem is, it crashes and stutters frequently. I have a 2600X and 1070ti, and I should have no issues running this game. Have you hired a QA department, Rockstar? If you have them, do you care or listen to them at all? I have trouble believing that you were unaware of how poorly optimized this game was. With all your resources, surely you knew this for the dung heap it is.… Expand
  25. JimmyDamage
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Terrible freezing during cutscenes and gameplay, meet the requirements. Poor port.
  26. SoLo_kAne
    Jan 7, 2021
    10
    i m so happy to play this Absolute masterpiece, aint just a game, it's an art. So sweet, so bad, so crazy, so jealous and so on many emotions i have while i walkthrough this. Thank to rockstar games team of people, youve made a real world of America 1900 that no one can made. Best and beast! Good lord, how do i like voice acting from RS, it is the only one reason to buy their games, causei m so happy to play this Absolute masterpiece, aint just a game, it's an art. So sweet, so bad, so crazy, so jealous and so on many emotions i have while i walkthrough this. Thank to rockstar games team of people, youve made a real world of America 1900 that no one can made. Best and beast! Good lord, how do i like voice acting from RS, it is the only one reason to buy their games, cause their like Quentine Tarantino, and Q is my number one best director. Buy this art, and enjoy it at all money. LEEEENNNNEEEEEEHHHHH!… Expand
  27. efx
    Nov 19, 2019
    0
    Game was running quite good on my 9900k and 2080 super around 60 fps on 2K ultra settings. PC control scheme is terrible tho, but still quite fun game. Then I got to Valentine and it started to always crash there after few minutes. I managed to get refund from rockstar support after hour of waiting, and then trying their ridiculous advice, which did not help.
    Dont buy this, until they    Game was running quite good on my 9900k and 2080 super around 60 fps on 2K ultra settings. PC control scheme is terrible tho, but still quite fun game. Then I got to Valentine and it started to always crash there after few minutes. I managed to get refund from rockstar support after hour of waiting, and then trying their ridiculous advice, which did not help.
    Dont buy this, until they properly fix the game.    … Expand
  28. Pegula
    Jan 6, 2020
    10
    Please don't believe the Haters Hype.

    This is what I wrote about GTA V, but I'll edit it to match RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2. I think just one word can be enough to describe the whole game: ROCKSTAR. There is not one single developer left that cares about the gamers...ok, not one except for the people from Rockstar studios. Thank you all in Rockstar for creating this piece of Art    Please don't believe the Haters Hype.

    This is what I wrote about GTA V, but I'll edit it to match RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2.

    I think just one word can be enough to describe the whole game:

    ROCKSTAR.

    There is not one single developer left that cares about the gamers...ok, not one except for the people from Rockstar studios. Thank you all in Rockstar for creating this piece of Art that has moved boundaries of games to come. This is something NEVER SEEN in gaming industry before.

    Respect to every single person that was involved in creating this unique and excellent MASTERPIECE.

    Deep.

    Wide.

    Brilliant in every single detail. And there are thousands of details.

    I was just thinking today...if they would say to give them more money so they can create another title that is this good - I would give it to them.

    I am glad I gave that money and supported this title that fulfilled and went far beyond in every aspect of my expectations.

    And I am certain I will NEVER preorder any single game after the experience with Ubisoft, EA...and those other companies.

    The game had a bad start on PC from Day 1. But I had issues not in the first week but only on second, after the patch. And then soon after everything worked flawless on the technical side.

    I came here immediately after ending credits and I can say that in whole playthrough of some 150 hours I encountered something that could be called a bug - not more than 5 times.

    ...and the game gives you thousands of encounters and details on every corner.

    Graphics out of this world and far beyond.

    Optimization after few pathces is great, but this is a hardware killer title that will shine the brightest in near future.

    Audio - great on 5,1 or headphones - so many different sounds playing at same time.

    Gameplay - most advanced gameplay mechanics to date, needs time to settle, but very intuitive.

    Controls - overwhelming at start but after a while feel natural and enjoyable in every aspect.

    Story - like 5 best Westerns you watched combined and multiplied by 10, truly the best part of an game that has best parts wherever you look. Unique experience. Thrilling.

    Buy it.

    Play it.

    Enjoy it.

    AND THEN PLAY SOME MORE!!!    … Expand
  29. Grismar
    Dec 2, 2020
    6
    Given the excellent writing, great voice acting and spectacular visuals, it's a shame this game takes you out of it again and again with what I would call typical Rockstar shenanigans.

    For example: I've just saved a local's life by rushing them to a doctor and witnessed a gruesome amputation - having said goodbye to the doctor, I leave his practice at night and step into the street. On    Given the excellent writing, great voice acting and spectacular visuals, it's a shame this game takes you out of it again and again with what I would call typical Rockstar shenanigans.

    For example: I've just saved a local's life by rushing them to a doctor and witnessed a gruesome amputation - having said goodbye to the doctor, I leave his practice at night and step into the street. On the doorstep is my horse, because I did everything to save this man's life and didn't take the time to park my horse and everyone apparently decided to leave it where I left it. So, I get on. The horse bumps its ass into a lady that's ignoring it. She is offended. I try to get off, but now a 'witness' is running off to report on my 'disturbing the peace', I try to walk after them to talk some sense, but there's police everywhere and they are no longer responding to me, with the witness talking to an officer, my status suddenly becomes investigated, then 'wanted' and then every cop in the street decides I need to be executed where I stand, everyone starts shooting. The end. I wake up on a remote street corner, minus some of my money and my pelts.

    Now, these kinds of ridiculous escalations are funny in a title like GTA, all of which is tongue in cheek and you're clearly there to have some zany fun and get the army out after you. But in RDR, I've had a dozen of these situations where the immersion is broken by typical over the top Rockstar game mechanics - often losing me some items or the sense that I achieved something and setting me back, leaving me feeling I was punished for merely playing the game.

    This, combined with glitchiness like teleporting distant horses, disappearing npcs and characters stuck in scenery, make it so I can't really award anything over a 6. Given the incredible amount of work which must have gone into this title, it's a damn shame they dropped the ball on playtesting and QA.    … Expand
  30. Sergizea
    Apr 29, 2020
    10
    Haters, Haters Everywhere. Think in this: one dumb guy score this masterpiece in 0 only because he couldn't play this in his old Pc... 0 means the Game is less than garbage. I think that guy deserve the bad luck of couldn't play this wonderfull game. What i think? it's a masterpiece, a symphony, best gameplay, best story, best graphics, wonderfull music. The details, oh! the beautifullHaters, Haters Everywhere. Think in this: one dumb guy score this masterpiece in 0 only because he couldn't play this in his old Pc... 0 means the Game is less than garbage. I think that guy deserve the bad luck of couldn't play this wonderfull game. What i think? it's a masterpiece, a symphony, best gameplay, best story, best graphics, wonderfull music. The details, oh! the beautifull details... 10/10. At the very Begining it had some troubles of optimization, but in a few days it went so far. Best game played ever. Go and f*ck yourself, Haters!… Expand
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#1 Best PC Game of 2019
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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. PLAY! Zine
    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.
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  3. Game Revolution
    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.
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