Red Dead Redemption 2

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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5614 Ratings

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  1. drpoyer
    Nov 27, 2019
    3
    Even on my 5-year-old build, running a GTX970 8g, the game is more than playable. But make no mistake you will need some horsepower to run the game at its potential.

    This game, like so many today, lacks fluid gameplay or rather fun gameplay. The experience is tedious, slow and clunky without anything to keep you interested long term. Sure the game looks great. Yes there is a    Even on my 5-year-old build, running a GTX970 8g, the game is more than playable. But make no mistake you will need some horsepower to run the game at its potential.

    This game, like so many today, lacks fluid gameplay or rather fun gameplay. The experience is tedious, slow and clunky without anything to keep you interested long term.

    Sure the game looks great.
    Yes there is a massive world out there
    But doing anything is a chore and a bore.

    At least GTA got you into the story and going quickly where this does not.

    Walt till it goes on sale. It's just not worth the money at this price...    … Expand
  2. Vaya632
    Nov 21, 2019
    0
    Dull dull dull. Riding a horse simulator. Poor and very stupid story. Way down they go. Looks like a scam for selling game copies of a famous previous masterpiece.
  3. glood1
    Nov 10, 2019
    1
    bullship pc version no stable with I9 and 2080 TI ultra
    noise bug craquement
    no DLSS no Ray tracing and poor Optimisation Core intel in ultar setting
    laucher is instable after 1 hour or 45 minute
    ROCKSTAR are finish for me
    refund my cash
  4. MrDreamZz
    Nov 19, 2019
    10
    This my RockStar Games! 100/10 ubdate patch, 1000/10 game thank you guys!!!
  5. Kydp9
    Nov 11, 2019
    9
    Good game. only has technical problems.
    Rockstars can fix it...no competitors
  6. DaggasPlays
    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.
  7. Yury_Vashurin
    Jan 31, 2020
    10
    The PC port isn't perfect, at its release it suffered from numerous problems (including waiting forever for the game to download and install on Steam). But since when we pay so much attention to such small matters? You really think it's OK to give 0 scores to a brilliant masterpiece just because of some technical problems? That's ridiculous!
  8. SodaBoy1000
    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...    … Expand
  9. Nayer
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    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.
  10. MrLove
    Nov 14, 2019
    0
    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.    … Expand
  11. Kunray
    Dec 26, 2019
    1
    Pre-ordered the game in the very first days.
    Beautiful open world to explore with a great deal of variation in the landscape.
    Game crush & disconnect problems with cheaters online spoils all game experience.
  12. MatikTheSeventh
    Oct 8, 2020
    10
    The game is a masterpiece that deserves a perfect 10. I understand why some people are annoyed by the "tedious" animations and whatnot, but for a gamer like me it's just the perfection. The game's graphics are as beautiful as its mechanics. I just love to watch Arthur skin the animals, eat soup, make coffee. I love that I have to change my outfits, pick up your hat, shave.
    And the STORY!    The game is a masterpiece that deserves a perfect 10. I understand why some people are annoyed by the "tedious" animations and whatnot, but for a gamer like me it's just the perfection. The game's graphics are as beautiful as its mechanics. I just love to watch Arthur skin the animals, eat soup, make coffee. I love that I have to change my outfits, pick up your hat, shave.
    And the STORY! CHARACTERS! The game is like a western film, but the plot was perfected. The characters complement each other and the world around them. I really felt I was Arthur, I felt his emotions, sadness, happiness, weariness. That is my new standard when it comes to fleshing out the game and detailing the story.    … Expand
  13. calvados
    Nov 9, 2019
    0
    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.
  14. ralast
    Dec 17, 2019
    7
    Update: 2.5 months after release: Playable, but there are still lots of annoying bugs.

    A great game, but an unpolished port. Not nearly as good as GTA V PC. Seems like Rockstar rushed this out. Definitely play the console versions if you can. Don't wait for Rockstar to fix the PC version, because they never fix their bugs. A few crashes. Graphical glitches--water looks like TV    Update: 2.5 months after release: Playable, but there are still lots of annoying bugs.

    A great game, but an unpolished port. Not nearly as good as GTA V PC. Seems like Rockstar rushed this out.

    Definitely play the console versions if you can. Don't wait for Rockstar to fix the PC version, because they never fix their bugs.

    A few crashes. Graphical glitches--water looks like TV static and there's a thing that's floating in front of the player character but is "stuck" there. UI bugs as well. Mouse cursor sometimes disappears. Mouse sometimes doesn't click. Mouse sometimes "clicks" when it shouldn't. If you unpause, your horse continues moving, but you can't steer it because the game ignores some input for another 3 seconds, so your horse might crash stupidly. Lots of random freezes for 5-10 seconds. Several map icons don't show up when they should.

    Some bugs that may not be port-related as well. Some typos in the subtitles. One or two minor side quests don't appear.

    Very high graphics requirements. With a GTX 1080, I can only play at 1440p, high settings (not ultra). Basically no one can play at 4K.

    Strange 'cloud save conflict'. Might lead to data loss.

    Rockstar support is useless. Some agents barely speak English. Some don't seem to know the game's name. Most just tell you to clear your cache, which I'm pretty sure has never fixed anything for anyone.    … Expand
  15. error8
    Dec 30, 2019
    10
    I'm writing this review because it's just not fair to see this game user score here. 4.5 coming from people that were early adopters and had issues with the game, or others that expect their 2016 flagship GPUS and 10 year old quad cores, to take this game at ultra settings with 100 fps+.
    First, this is the best looking game on PC, period. Nothing like this has been made until now. So,    I'm writing this review because it's just not fair to see this game user score here. 4.5 coming from people that were early adopters and had issues with the game, or others that expect their 2016 flagship GPUS and 10 year old quad cores, to take this game at ultra settings with 100 fps+.
    First, this is the best looking game on PC, period. Nothing like this has been made until now. So, being so sophisticated graphically, with some very taxing features, it's normal that at some settings even a 2080ti struggles. It was the same with GTA5, remember???This is not lack of optimization, it's more like the game pushing the graphics forward. In one or two years, new GPUs will handle it just fine. Don't be lazy, use the optimization guides on youtube and you can play this game at 60+fps no problem and still looking better then it's console counterpart.
    Second, I've been reading about a lot of crashes, people being unable to play it, but this was back in November. Ok, I get it, it's not a pleasure to pay a premium to have a game that doesn't work day one. But have some patience, one month later almost everything got fixed up. I never had one crash in the last month since I bought it. This game is massive and it's not easy to make it behave perfectly since the beginning, because we have so many combinations of computer parts and software in our systems.

    Putting all this aside, the game is gorgeous, has a great gameplay, it's incredibly immersive, lots of things to do and a lot to learn about (SUA 1899). There is nothing really I can complain about it, I just don't want it to ever finish.    … Expand
  16. chakramc
    Nov 7, 2019
    10
    Okay so let me start of by saying that we have 2 game pc's here. one bought this year and one five years old. The game would not even start on the older one. It would just crash on startup no matter what I tried to fix it.
    As I was at the point of refunding it, I tried to install it on the new pc (my gf's pc, yes she has a better rig then me, in my defense I bought it for her with her    Okay so let me start of by saying that we have 2 game pc's here. one bought this year and one five years old. The game would not even start on the older one. It would just crash on startup no matter what I tried to fix it.
    As I was at the point of refunding it, I tried to install it on the new pc (my gf's pc, yes she has a better rig then me, in my defense I bought it for her with her family for her last birthday)
    And boy am I glad I did not refund it.

    This is, hands down, the most beautiful, most finished, interactive open world game I've ever played.
    When it works, It's just stunning. The way the world is alive with great characters with depth, the way you naturally bond with your horse... It's just amazing.

    You eat, drink, sleep, get dirty and get to choose how you want to live your cowboy life. Be the good guy, the bad guy, something in the middle. It's up to you and all your actions seem to affect the world and how people interact with you.

    So yeah, I get people 0 bombing this game with reviews for not being able to play it and rockstar is the devil for forcing there own crappy game launcher, but the game itself deserves a straight up 10!    … Expand
  17. GeneralPepechet
    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.
  18. jalberta
    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.
  19. hardy12
    Nov 6, 2019
    1
    wtf is this rockstar this port is worse then gta 4 the optimization is horrible
  20. kemalb
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Low fps,very bad optimization.Bad PC port way too many bugs. There are so many issues with this game.
  21. Cash_Golder
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Ok, RS, amd did special drivers for rdr 2, where my old hd 7870 2gb is still in list. all i wanted is to play on minimal in 1024768 in window mode, but i cant do even this. after 20 minutes of *gaming* we have this cool mistake. i got 8400ssd8gb ram i thought its enough to run game, which is running on slow ps4. i thought to buy new vga, but as i see, people have troubles even on top pc.Ok, RS, amd did special drivers for rdr 2, where my old hd 7870 2gb is still in list. all i wanted is to play on minimal in 1024768 in window mode, but i cant do even this. after 20 minutes of *gaming* we have this cool mistake. i got 8400ssd8gb ram i thought its enough to run game, which is running on slow ps4. i thought to buy new vga, but as i see, people have troubles even on top pc. its **** guys. total fail. gamers tired of your gta full of modders with flying tanks. we hope u fix it. but i think no.… Expand
  22. pavelbarretov
    Nov 6, 2019
    9
    БОЖЕ! Какая же УЖАСНАЯ оптимизация! Каждую минуту игра зависает на 3-4 секунды! И сколько же нам ждать патча???
  23. alikeogh
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    unplayable , gtx 1080 ti strix, Nvidia really pushing there new cards. ****
    epic fail .
  24. Ren008
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Doesn't run half he time and crashes on startup as widely reported. When it does run the performance is garbage for the visuals imo.
  25. chex01
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Позорище Rockstar...неужели нельзя было протестировать лаунчер перед продажей. Стыд и позор!
  26. DennyPRNKNG
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    Game is getting dowloaded again after predownload.Awful rockstar launcher. better wait this game at steam and download it thorugh torrents . i hate Rockstar
  27. KirillM0
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    У меня на i7 9700KF и RTX 2060 на ультра 16-22 фпс. Где оптимизация? Бывают вылеты,ошибки,у многих игра не запускается. Полный провал.
  28. xChris777
    Nov 6, 2019
    1
    Had to create an account just to make this review. I have a 1070 and Ryzen 2700, 16GB of 3000Mhz RAM.

    The game is a flippin' mess. Can hardly get 60 FPS at 1080p on low-medium settings. There is also an issue with textures rendering incredibly poorly, even when they're set to ultra (it looks like an N64 game). Even worse, the game detects my AOC Agon monitor's aspect ratio incorrectly    Had to create an account just to make this review. I have a 1070 and Ryzen 2700, 16GB of 3000Mhz RAM.

    The game is a flippin' mess. Can hardly get 60 FPS at 1080p on low-medium settings. There is also an issue with textures rendering incredibly poorly, even when they're set to ultra (it looks like an N64 game). Even worse, the game detects my AOC Agon monitor's aspect ratio incorrectly ONLY while using a Displayport cable, making the world and characters (but not the UI) look THICC and absolutely dumb. To fix it, I have to use HDMI 2.0 which means i lose out on G-Sync because of a single game.

    This game is in an UNACCEPTABLE state. Cannot believe I paid $80 CAD for this trash.    … Expand
  29. Grouch0marx
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!
    Couldn't wait to play the game after work on release day only to get an error game unexpectedly stopped working error. Tried all suggestions, updated drivers, windows, changed resolution, ran as admin, still cant play a game i payed $60 for. Shame on you Rockstar - all trust has been broken. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  30. thalesgmorais
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    The game does not open.
    ro**star doesn't even care about customers.
    ask for the money back
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  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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