Red Dead Redemption

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  1. Munknjet
    Mar 22, 2021
    10
    Spoiler Alert.
    After finally completing Red Dead Redemption I have these things to say. Other than a few glitches, there is absolutely nothing wrong with red dead redemption. For a game 10 years old the graphics, music and gameplay isn't even dated which I find amazing. We are just getting started. Red dead follows John Marston and his conquest to earn back his family from the US    Spoiler Alert.
    After finally completing Red Dead Redemption I have these things to say. Other than a few glitches, there is absolutely nothing wrong with red dead redemption. For a game 10 years old the graphics, music and gameplay isn't even dated which I find amazing. We are just getting started. Red dead follows John Marston and his conquest to earn back his family from the US government, to do so he must hunt down his fellow gang members who betrayed him and left him for dead. The story starts when John is saved by Bonnie MacFarlane a local rancher, she helps John and soon John begins his epic conquest. In this amazing 10/10 story, John meets new people such as the Marshall, Seth, Irish, N.W Dickens and more, John continues to hunt down the gang members and eventually it leads him to Mexico. Mexico was a big part of the story and I was completely blown away by the music, story and gameplay there. Eventually John gets back to America and kills the last member of his gang. The ending half of Red Dead in my honest to god opinion, is the greatest video game ending half in video game history. John returns to his family and everything seems good, and spends quality time with his family, however the game makes the daring decision to kill Marston, yet somehow, they pull it off perfectly. Even for a game that is ten years old, online mode is still active and booming with fun. Hunting and shooting mechanics are flawless. The graphics for its age are again, amazing. The game excels at putting you in Johns shoes and making you feel like you are really there, in 1911. Even for a game that is ten years old, I found myself playing it more than every new game I have on my console. Rockstar games made a masterpiece, and I got it for ten dollars yet it beats games I've spent 100 dollars on. Strongly recommended for everyone. Warning you might cry.    … Expand
  2. AbhinavDasiga
    Mar 17, 2021
    9
    One of the few open world games which succeeds in completely immersing the player in a lived in open world. Story is great as well but the Rockstar formula for open world games arguably hit its peak with Red Dead.
  3. Cliente
    Mar 16, 2021
    10
    Inegavelmente uma Obra-Prima marcante e intensa que faz a gente viver a realidade de velho oeste, o jogo sofre pouquíssimo com a qualidade gráfica no console Playstation 3, porem em nada afeta a avaliação, pois de fato o conteúdo histórico, jogabilidade e o drama da família Marston, coroado com um final digno do jogo valem cada minuto com o controle na mão. Esta na minha galeria dosInegavelmente uma Obra-Prima marcante e intensa que faz a gente viver a realidade de velho oeste, o jogo sofre pouquíssimo com a qualidade gráfica no console Playstation 3, porem em nada afeta a avaliação, pois de fato o conteúdo histórico, jogabilidade e o drama da família Marston, coroado com um final digno do jogo valem cada minuto com o controle na mão. Esta na minha galeria dos melhores games que ja joguei.… Expand
  4. SpringZulu
    Feb 15, 2021
    8
    This game is a great game that is very different than other rockstar game that focus in modern day era with car and other stuff but still i habe some issue with this game its kind of laggy and the movement is kind of stiff and the gun anination is like a robot for some reason and it have a lot of bugs and other not so good stuff about this game
    But this game is absolutly worth it your    This game is a great game that is very different than other rockstar game that focus in modern day era with car and other stuff but still i habe some issue with this game its kind of laggy and the movement is kind of stiff and the gun anination is like a robot for some reason and it have a lot of bugs and other not so good stuff about this game
    But this game is absolutly worth it your money Sorry for bad English    … Expand
  5. Wolf359
    Feb 10, 2021
    10
    Rockstar masterpiece. It surpasses on a large scale both Grand Theft Auto IV (from the beginning of that generation - X360 and PS3) and Grand Theft Auto V (exhaustively relaunched until today). The game never openly directs you to act like a "good guy" (despite having the karma rating) but by the narrative / script you are driven to act this way, which has never happened to me in any gameRockstar masterpiece. It surpasses on a large scale both Grand Theft Auto IV (from the beginning of that generation - X360 and PS3) and Grand Theft Auto V (exhaustively relaunched until today). The game never openly directs you to act like a "good guy" (despite having the karma rating) but by the narrative / script you are driven to act this way, which has never happened to me in any game before. The ending is bold, exciting and capable of rivaling even classic Western films.… Expand
  6. psmoon21
    Feb 9, 2021
    10
    Winner of more than 160 goty awards, goty 2011.

    A gta in the west. That's bad? No, quite the opposite. The John Marston story is a journey in every sense. As the rest of the characters know him, we know him too, his new friends, people who ask him for favors in exchange for helping him, who betray him, his family and his gang. The game takes you around the map through the story    Winner of more than 160 goty awards, goty 2011.

    A gta in the west. That's bad? No, quite the opposite.

    The John Marston story is a journey in every sense.
    As the rest of the characters know him, we know him too, his new friends, people who ask him for favors in exchange for helping him, who betray him, his family and his gang.

    The game takes you around the map through the story in an incredible way that feels like separate chapters, each with a lot of personality.

    The main characters, the secondary characters that are as good as the first ones, the secondary missions with various missions, the random events, collectibles, everything is at the highest level of rockstar and the west is felt everywhere.

    The first ending of a video game that made me cry and its last mission that made me laugh and redeem us

    Incredible details again in rockstar like the blood darkens and the crows arrive, different dialogues if the mission is failed, a b.s.o. constant and that each song could be the main one. Now you can repeat missions like in tbogt.

    It has some beautiful landscapes with a typical western lighting, The horse feels great for its time with a forceful gameplay. The physics are as good or better than in gta iv and better i.a.

    It never came out for pc but if you didn't play it in its day, buy a ps3, xbox 360, ps now, xbox one s, s / x series but play it.

    Another rockstar masterpiece. In addition, the online with less content than the current ones managed to be even better with those missions, and modes and the goty version cannot be missing in your collection    … Expand
  7. Raymond86
    Feb 8, 2021
    8
    Heart of darkness set in the dying west. If played chronologically after RD2 this is a beautiful ending to the Red Dead epic.
  8. Sam_Unger
    Jan 23, 2021
    7
    It's a good Game, but not even close as great as rdr2, rdr2 beats this game in everything also including more of the 50% of the map of this game, this is an example of a work surpassed by his sequel and don't get me wrong I think for example that mgs2 is better than mgs3 or mgs3 is better than mgs4 or GTA IV is way better than GTAV but this is not the case, It lacks the nobility, theIt's a good Game, but not even close as great as rdr2, rdr2 beats this game in everything also including more of the 50% of the map of this game, this is an example of a work surpassed by his sequel and don't get me wrong I think for example that mgs2 is better than mgs3 or mgs3 is better than mgs4 or GTA IV is way better than GTAV but this is not the case, It lacks the nobility, the insane open world narrative, mature and the amazing slow pace of rdr2 that made clear that it's going to be a mandatory feature in next entries to come in the series, although the BEST thing of this Game is the ending of the story.… Expand
  9. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    7
    Starts off strong, but slowly goes downhill.

    The Good - it's very similar to GTA, in map and progression design. And I love it. The sandbox is one of the best for its time, especially when combined with its strong narrative and characters. - I appreciate the "skip to destination" option. But the dialogue is usually interesting enough that u stay for at least a bit of the ride.    Starts off strong, but slowly goes downhill.

    The Good

    - it's very similar to GTA, in map and progression design. And I love it. The sandbox is one of the best for its time, especially when combined with its strong narrative and characters.

    - I appreciate the "skip to destination" option. But the dialogue is usually interesting enough that u stay for at least a bit of the ride. Skipping to your waypoint was extremely convenient.

    - being able to fast travel from anywhere in the wild is very convenient, unlike in Red dead 2

    - steering the horse is really easy. The control is reactive and fluent. Matching speed with your comrade is really useful.

    - The narrative is much darker than Red dead 2. There's more about rape, murder, and deception. Despite the time period being a bit later, it seems things are more wild.

    - I like how your horse will go faster if you keep it on the trail, instead of the grass. This was a good reward for steering the horse on track, and gave me something to do if I couldn't fast travel.

    - I like John Marston as a character. He's Sharp and critical of others for the right reasons. He's a good judge of character, and he's good at verbally destroying another character through a mix of sarcasm and seriousness.

    - marking targets with deadeye isn't automatic unlike Red dead 2, which I think is a good thing because it makes it more challenging and technically more demanding.

    - five finger fillet is pretty fun.

    - it's interesting seeing the corruption in the early Mexican government.

    - is it actually possible to unlock I turning lock on a safe without some special hearing equipment?

    - this game has villains that make me want to kill them because they are so evil. Like Allende. Compared to Red dead 2 where the villains that you are fighting icons or actually just trying to follow the law, while you are against it. As of person who is living in a civilized society AKA the year 2020, it's hard to relate to the van der Linde gang point of view.

    The Bad

    - I want to be able to free aim, but trying to free aim while riding a horse in trying to shoot enemies while they're on the horse it's very very difficult. Which means sometimes I need to rely on aim assist, which just feels like cheating. Dead eye runs out too quickly.

    - the textbox tutorials disappear too quickly. I find myself trying to perform the task while reading it, but most of the time halfway through reading it, it disappears. Though u can go to the journal brief to check what was said, but this breaks the pace of the gameplay. This affects tutorials as well. Like during the duel tutorial, I'm trying to read the text, look at the opponents, and look at the red and blue bars, and they are in separate parts of the screen, and it happens all at the same time. So where am I supposed to look? I'm trying to read the text, I'm scared the dude's going to shoot me. And the tutorial only happens once, so if you miss it, then tough luck. Or you can go back to your logs to read through it, but that obviously isn't going to be the same.

    - it's weird how in some missions, everything related to a mission just disappears The moment the mission is finished. Your comrade disappears. This is a recurring thing in the GTA series, and I never liked it. Even if they showed your comrade riding off and disappearing in the distance would have been better then them just vanishing. It's as if the mission was nothing but a dream.

    - some of the reasons for dying is kind of ridiculous. There is one parts where I rode my horse into I guess water that was a bit too deep and died. Curious thing is that I walked in really slowly, then the screen just turned black immediately with the word dead. Instead I think the game should just pop you off the horse. It would make more sense. Nico in GTA IV didn't just die when riding a motorcycle into a lake. And the game is older than Red dead, so why?

    - it's annoying how if you accidentally run over a townsfolk you fail your mission. Sometimes they're just in the way, and steering the horse isn't the most precise thing in the world.

    - objects render slowly on PS3. It kills the immersion sometimes

    - there was a time where I wanted to buy snake oil, but the shopkeeper literally just walked out of the shop and started walking around like a regular pedestrian. I don't know if this was an intended programming as part of the AI, but it was quite annoying cause I couldn't end up buying what I needed as the shop keeper never went back to his shop.    … Expand
  10. HansSigmaringen
    Dec 30, 2020
    10
    Amazing game you should give it a try but play after you finish Rdr 2. (A masterpiece)
  11. FrpMan
    Dec 19, 2020
    8
    İlk oyunu zamanında gayet keyif alarak oynadım. Gun oyunundan sonra çok daha gelişmişi olarak gelmişti. John Marston bize bu seriyi sevdiren karakterdi. 2. oyuna kadar en sevdiğim Rockstar oyunuydu ama 2. oyunu çıtayı farklı yere çıkardı.
  12. Zr_Rinzler
    Dec 8, 2020
    9
    Red Dead Redemption fue un juego que tomo al mundo por sorpresa nadie sabia nada de que Rockstar haria secuela al juego Read Dead Revolver, un juego que es meh... y he de decir que supieron tomar la crueldad del viejo oeste y hacer una historia increible, la musica es muy buena y muy entretenida de principio a fin y el final es un final muy crudo, al punto en que te replanteas tu propia vida.
  13. TrasteroDPablo
    Dec 5, 2020
    10
    10. Para mi es unos de los mejores juegos de la historia, muy buenos gráficos para la época que salió, grandes personajes, historia larga pero no te aburres en ningún momento y tiene unos de los finales más icónicos de los videojuegos. Para mi es el mejor videojuego que ha sacado Rockstar.
  14. TruthHurtsHuh
    Dec 4, 2020
    10
    One of the my favorite games of all time, literally. Hopefully they remaster or remake it, that would awesome!
  15. DefeatYou
    Dec 4, 2020
    10
    Rockstar PLEASE REMAKE THIS MASTERPIECE! It's so good game and with 2021 graphics it would be just next level amazing!
  16. genarkandur
    Dec 2, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game gave me the opportunity to play my favorite western movies and feel that atmosphere. I can't forget the feeling i get while i going down the hill to Armadillo. R.I.P Jhon Marston.… Expand
  17. MAX4D
    Nov 24, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece in the Western and Open World genres, the characters, story, and gameplay are at their best, and the game's soundtrack is great.
  18. DeathsM16
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Best game ever made, absolutely.
    No game will ever beat it, epic story and most fun multiplayer ever
  19. GustaBntt
    Oct 31, 2020
    10
    O melhor game de PS3 que já joguei! simplesmente magnífico,te proporciona uma experiência de cowboy incrível em um mapa muito bem elaborado e construído.História nota 10,que passa a ter mais peso ainda depois que vc zera o 2!Ótima jogabilidade,poucos bugs,variedade grande de missões secundárias, ótimo jogo, recomendito!
  20. Kobiec
    Oct 21, 2020
    10
    Muy buen juego, rockstar revivio el viejo oeste en este juego, buenisima ambientacion y su historia te deja una sensacion de tristeza y logro a la vez.
  21. dfranke521
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Wow, I really can't believe I've waited so long to play this game. I really wanted to play it when it first came out but never got around to it. Now that I've played and finished the second one (almost twice), I finally decided to give this one a try and wow.

    Everything Red Dead 2 gets right, is because of this game. Back in 2010 no one expected this. It was so ahead of it's time and even    Wow, I really can't believe I've waited so long to play this game. I really wanted to play it when it first came out but never got around to it. Now that I've played and finished the second one (almost twice), I finally decided to give this one a try and wow.

    Everything Red Dead 2 gets right, is because of this game. Back in 2010 no one expected this. It was so ahead of it's time and even now, I would say it's more impressive than most games today. The level of story telling and world building that Tockstar provides here is incredible. My only complaint is, in the beginning and the end, the rancher stuff gets pretty boring. That never made me want to stop playing. The story itself is so interesting and amazing that I could heard cattle for 15 hours straight just to see how it ends. The conclusion is amazing. I think most people know now and I knew myself but it still hit me a lot harder than I expected.

    The gameplay is fantastic as well. I even think the side missions are phenomenal! They add a different story that goes on for most of the game. These missions aren't one and done. For most of them you have to go back a few days later to progress the mission. It's an incredible world building technique that I wish I saw done more.

    This is definitely Rockstars best to date.    … Expand
  22. elolugo
    Sep 27, 2020
    7
    Great game in its era but now not so much. Massive FPS drops on cities/towns, boring plot in the first 70%
  23. Bottlecaps
    Sep 25, 2020
    9
    Red dead redemption is a game that got me into westerns as a teenager , and single handedly has been keeping the western genre alive in video games ( even in 2020 except for a few indie games) technically this is the second game in the series but it's actually chronologically the 3rd , even on last gen hardware i can safely say red dead redemption holds up once you look past its graphicalRed dead redemption is a game that got me into westerns as a teenager , and single handedly has been keeping the western genre alive in video games ( even in 2020 except for a few indie games) technically this is the second game in the series but it's actually chronologically the 3rd , even on last gen hardware i can safely say red dead redemption holds up once you look past its graphical fidelity

    Story: the story is that of REDEMPTION ( who would have guessed its in the title) john marston a former outlaw turned farmer forced to be a bounty hunter and hunt down his former gang is a stroke of brilliance, this is one of the best plots in video games , the main character is a believably violent man in a violent world , it is a somewhat ironic game but the irony of it makes john marston a very tragic character , especially more so on your second playthrough, he is a man who wants to redeem himself of his violent and criminal past by being a ...well violent bounty hunter but it all comes full circle in the end
    Story: 10/10

    Worldbuilding: from people challenging you to duels to being a merc in a mexican revolution , to getting robbed on the street this world is packed full of lore and random events. some locations pack lots of detail in them while others do not, most of the world is literally flat. given the setting this isn't out of place but it's certainly boring even when compared to gta 4
    Worldbuilding: 8/10

    Graphics: for a ps3 game it looks pretty good , even in 2020 , not as good as some other games from that era but still pretty good rockstar games always have a level of quality to them that seems to be rarely matched. its the little details that really shine here , shooting out windows , realistic blood splatter ( or at least as realistic as hollywood dose it) alot of these visual flares are somewhat commonplace today but were novel concepts back in 2010
    Graphics:8.9/10

    Gameplay: back in 2010 this game played great now a days it feels a tad clunky especially with the horses , the gun play however is fluent and slick as ever even more so than red dead 2, it is a little op that you can just have a whole arsenal on you at once but hey that's just a technical limitation at the time so ill shh about that. the shooting is great , every bullet has impact ( unless they shoot you) , shoot someone in one leg they limp shoot some one in both legs they kneel ( I SAID KNEEL) run up to them shoot them in the face , rockstar makes violent murder fun but still violent murder
    Gameplay: 10/10

    Sound design : voice acting is really good , everything in this game is voiced and all main characters are voice perfectly , to the point where i can imagine it getting any better , especially for john. gun shots sound crunchy , like a kfc big crunch sandwich gun sounds just UMPH yummy , the music was a little lackluster though , combat music i never even noticed it , and the couple of actual songs in the game were few and far between but otherwise sound design is top notch
    Sound design: 9.2/10

    10+8+8.9+10+9.2= 46.1
    46.65= 9.22    … Expand
  24. RyanSoph
    Sep 17, 2020
    10
    This game is one of the best games I've ever played, the story, the graphics, and everything about it amazed me when I first played it. It's the best of the best.
  25. arshakabid3
    Sep 8, 2020
    10
    RDR was a game I picked up at a very difficult phase of my life. This game was my escape at the time.

    RDR's open-world was the most lived-in, breathing open world I had every played at the time. The saloons, the open desert, the scattered outposts all had character. Even though there was not much to interact with between checkpoints, not once did I feel bored traversing the map. It kept    RDR was a game I picked up at a very difficult phase of my life. This game was my escape at the time.

    RDR's open-world was the most lived-in, breathing open world I had every played at the time. The saloons, the open desert, the scattered outposts all had character. Even though there was not much to interact with between checkpoints, not once did I feel bored traversing the map. It kept me engaged with the little details - the sunsets, the sand kicking at end of a gallop, the flora & fauna to name a few.

    The characters and dialogues were excellent. This game had some of the most memorable side characters in a video game. Combine that with a compelling redemption storyline and you have a campaign that will keep you invested throughout the playtime. The dead-eye mechanic was a lot of fun and really made the player feel like a gunslinger. The rest of the gameplay was nothing groundbreaking but worked well enough to keep you engaged.

    I was never a fan of the Western setting but decided to pick up RDR because, well, it's a Rockstar game. They have a habit of creating ground-breaking video games and RDR was no exception To this day, it is still my favorite R* game and one of the greatest games I have ever played.

    A must-play.    … Expand
  26. LironesAlviento
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    Un gran juego y una leyenda de los videojuegos, uno de los mejores juegos de esa generación, a nivel historia me gusta mas esta que la del 2 y eso no es poco decir.
  27. saimonSG
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    por fin tuve la oportunidad de probarlo y esta muy bueno increíble un juegaso de verdad
  28. tommydlbass
    Aug 16, 2020
    9
    One of the best game ever made. The story it's fantastic and the world was fantastic in the time. The side missions were fun and the characters were unforgettable. This has not the detail of the sequel but in my opinion the story is a little bit better and this was revolutionary for western fans. The dlc is amazing.
  29. theravenn1014
    Aug 15, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At the time of this writing, I was just completed the story of this fantastic game I eluded for a decade.
    Never thought I will really enjoy a Rockstar game, and top it off, a western-themed open world game. It is by the way, my first Rockstar game to finish.

    All I can say is that, the game is truly enjoyable, the story is immersive though at first, the prologue seemed a bit slow. The characters have been given their own segment to get the player to know them along with the main character, and how he deals with them. The story also introduced lawmen and I find most of them annoying which I felt the story is good enough to affect me and feel for the main character.
    Aside from the immersive story, game play is also good, being able to hunt, make duels like a real cowboy, pursue a wanted man or make good deeds. The game also doesn't restrict you to make a choice on some missions.

    As I played this on my PS3, I really find the graphics dated, though the controls still holds up to today's standards. My main grievance for the PS3 version is the frames per second, which targets 30 fps but often drops around in the 20s inside a busy town. This brought my first attempt to play this game into a halt for about 6 years ago. I wasn't really sure to play this game due to its presentation in the PS3 version. I truly wished this game had been remastered for the PS4 just like what Microsoft did for the X360 version. One thing to note is that, the game has a lot of beautiful scenery which I really hoped the photo mode was a PS3 feature before it is in the PS4.

    Lastly, the game is not perfect. It has its share of flaws here and there.
    One example I noticed on some scenes especially with the Federal Lawmen during the Blackwater segment is how these characters belittle the main character as if he doesn't know anything. Despite all of their insults and derogatory remarks about him, John Marston just stops talking to them as if he just accepted being stupid. Some ambient challenges are quite tedious as well as some stranger missions. And like any Rockstar game, the game has it own share of bugs and glitches. The common bug happened to me is that, either a human enemy or animal will fall below the ground. I also find some tutorials lacking in part. It could be that this concept was just a result of game flaws during the PS3/X360 era that were essentially changed for new players of the PS4/XB1 games.

    If you're looking for the best wild west themed game, look no further. This game will not disappoint.

    PS. I might buy an Xbox (1X or SX) just for this game alone due to the enhancements made.    … Expand
  30. PatitoCosmico67
    Jul 29, 2020
    9
    Juego bastante influenciado en gta4, porque tiene una historia y ambientacion bastante serias y muy buenas, con muy buena banda sonora, su unico fallo seria el mundo, donde no pido 20 coleccionables y 15 misiones cada 2 metros, pero si que es verdad que cansa pasarte 10 minutos yendo de un lado ha otro donde ves 2 cactus y 4 setos,
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#1 Best PS3 Game of 2010
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#1 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2010
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#2 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2010

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Metascore
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Universal acclaim - based on 73 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 73
  3. Negative: 0 out of 73
  1. Game Informer
    98
    The game perfectly captures the expansiveness of frontier life and the gritty gunplay of spaghetti westerns, rightfully earning its place alongside the great Western films and the best Rockstar games. [Issue#206, p.86]
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  2. Eurogamer
    80
    Rockstar's skill in creating a believable, functioning world with a distinct, coherent and consistent atmosphere is peerless. The broad-brush vision is masterful.
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  3. Eurogamer Italy
    90
    Red Dead Redemption is a masterpiece. This game is the perfect example of how a developer should work to create the best atmosphere and to represent a beautiful historical situation. The graphics, the gameplay elements and everything else is at top level. Buy Red Dead Redemption, now!
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