Red Dead Online

 PlayStation 4
User Score
3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 128 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 128
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 128
  3. Negative: 78 out of 128

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. brandoncargill1
    Oct 11, 2019
    10
    Gave it a 10 to offset old bad ratings. In reality the online portion is probably at about a 7. Far better than what it was when it launched last year. the new update provides a ton of stuff to do, it's just still very grindy. Other than that, it added stranger missions, roles, and a bunch of other stuff to do. Just like Grand theft Auto online, get in now and start building your brand,Gave it a 10 to offset old bad ratings. In reality the online portion is probably at about a 7. Far better than what it was when it launched last year. the new update provides a ton of stuff to do, it's just still very grindy. Other than that, it added stranger missions, roles, and a bunch of other stuff to do. Just like Grand theft Auto online, get in now and start building your brand, so when the crazier stuff drops later you're set up for success.… Expand
  2. andy24king24
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    You start the game as usual, but now you get a choice of story mode or online. Again very quick load time. Then you create your male or female character, very fun indeed. Then into story mode. Then after you’ve done that, you have the whole world to choose from in regard to what you wanna do. But be warned, the more you play the better you’ll be become, level/rank up if you will. Cos thereYou start the game as usual, but now you get a choice of story mode or online. Again very quick load time. Then you create your male or female character, very fun indeed. Then into story mode. Then after you’ve done that, you have the whole world to choose from in regard to what you wanna do. But be warned, the more you play the better you’ll be become, level/rank up if you will. Cos there are players online who are very mean and have ranked up very high and they don’t mind going round shooting everyone or killing you. It’s basically that’s simple. But when the map opens up you’ll know where to go and where not to go. If your new to this online part, steer clear of anything involving killing cos like all these online multiplayers I think one of them is called Call Of Duty, you’ll die immediately. But the more you play, the more people share their likes and dislikes, the more Rockstar will add and make this the most enjoyable online experience ever. But just like the story mode amazing but with real people. Well done rockstar.… Expand
  3. FabNasty
    Nov 29, 2018
    10
    Love it so far. Not sure why people are complaining about micro-transactions, that's pretty standard in online gaming these days, as long as there is no loot crate system or anything scummy like that. And to anyone complaining that it's hard to get money, try to remember that if it was easy to get rich in online than every noob playing would be rich and have all the best gear and guns. AtLove it so far. Not sure why people are complaining about micro-transactions, that's pretty standard in online gaming these days, as long as there is no loot crate system or anything scummy like that. And to anyone complaining that it's hard to get money, try to remember that if it was easy to get rich in online than every noob playing would be rich and have all the best gear and guns. At the end of the day if you already own the game this is fresh content at no additional expense so what's to complain about?… Expand
  4. Venqo
    Dec 7, 2019
    10
    They've made this onleine game so good. Now we can be bounty hunters, trade, do missions for people, you can collect, ect. Only thing now is that you can't buy to much things, but I'll give them some time and hope they add it to the new outlaw pass.
    Edit: They've finally added a property to buy. It is a moonshiner shack, and it even feels like a home. It's so much fun making the moonshine    They've made this onleine game so good. Now we can be bounty hunters, trade, do missions for people, you can collect, ect. Only thing now is that you can't buy to much things, but I'll give them some time and hope they add it to the new outlaw pass.
    Edit: They've finally added a property to buy. It is a moonshiner shack, and it even feels like a home. It's so much fun making the moonshine and sell it to so I'll give it 10/10 now. Good job Rockstar!    … Expand
  5. 5150-Gonzo
    Apr 22, 2020
    10
    As of April 22, 2020, Red Dead Online is an amazing open world game, there are bugs and glitches just like any other game, but the game is improving. PvP is as fun as ever, there are plenty of roles too play to keep yourself occupied, and custimization is some of the best in any online game for the PS4/Xbox One. Worth checking out.
  6. JhonMarston
    Mar 20, 2021
    10
    Legal pra caramba não entendo quem não gosta.
    Não entendi porque não gostam
  7. psmoon21
    Feb 11, 2021
    10
    A great game that people do not appreciate.

    The first is not a gta, it has no city, no cars, with that it has all the content to create much more limited and it has not been on the market as long as gta. The game is not empty of people, only that a decision at the request of the players, rockstar made that the players cannot see each other unless they are very close and that makes it    A great game that people do not appreciate.

    The first is not a gta, it has no city, no cars, with that it has all the content to create much more limited and it has not been on the market as long as gta.

    The game is not empty of people, only that a decision at the request of the players, rockstar made that the players cannot see each other unless they are very close and that makes it seem that you are alone in the world.

    Your content could be greater with more updates but there is precisely little to do. Most online games have fewer modes and things to do.

    Like every game and more if it is multiplayer it has its failures and bugs, the time to test the dlc is less than a normal singleplayer game and more with lots of players doing everything and trying to get some errors for their benefit.

    Micropayments as in gta v online are not necessary to get anything, everything can be achieved by playing.

    Roles, hunting animals, history missions, races, deathmatches, customization, there is no lack of content even though you can have many more things that will surely come.

    There are things that gta online has that are missing and should already be there, such as private rooms or being able to choose exactly which race or deathmatch you want to do instead of getting into a random one. Perhaps this is so so that you find players faster. But in this online, the loads go much faster than online, I don't know if it's the game or the servers.

    In addition, the game has been in its online version at 5 dollars, a very reasonable price and we have games for a long time and more if they decide to release it in the new generation and with that they put more content.    … Expand
  8. StarvBitvKqblem
    Apr 3, 2021
    10
    Wspaniała rozgrywka online zdarza się spotkać cheaterów ale nie jest to wielki problem.
  9. turansoylu
    Jan 16, 2022
    9
    Bu oyunun bir de online kısmının olması harika bir fikir. Çünkü Red dead redemption 2'nin müthiş ayrıntılı, harika bir dünyası var. Online yapılmasa bir seferlik senaryoyla heba olabilirmiş. Ben açıkçası onlineda da kendimi çok kaybettim. Çok beğendim. Online tarafın hikayesi geliştirilebilir, daha da iyileşebilir. Şimdilik 9 veriyorum.
  10. Daniel_N
    Jul 27, 2021
    8
    Red Dead Online is fun to play o during some occasions, but it can get real boring when other players attack you for no reason. Besides that, it’s nice to do the side missions around the map!
  11. Kostas101
    Nov 17, 2021
    7
    I love the world of Red Dead Redemption, and living in it with other players is a very welcome addition, but unfortunately Rockstar Games doesn't really care about it. It's fun for a while, there are some nice gamemodes, and the story is interesting for the most part, but the map feels empty... it's an enjoyable experience and it desperately needs more content.
  12. Kostas_Spirou
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    I love the world of Red Dead Redemption, and living in it with other players sounds very fun, but unfortunately Rockstar Games doesn't really care about it.

    It's enjoyable for a while, there are some nice gamemodes and the story is interesting for the most part but the map feels empty... there's some serious wasted potential, the game desperately needs more content. Final Rating:    I love the world of Red Dead Redemption, and living in it with other players sounds very fun, but unfortunately Rockstar Games doesn't really care about it.

    It's enjoyable for a while, there are some nice gamemodes and the story is interesting for the most part but the map feels empty... there's some serious wasted potential, the game desperately needs more content.

    Final Rating: "Decent" ~ 6/10.    … Expand
  13. bruhgamer
    Sep 15, 2021
    5
    This game sucks. Grindy as hell(more than gta online), no good content in 2 years, so many bugs and many more issues. Some things i appreciate about the game are the different kinds of business you do, the story missions which are quite fun, the open world exploration with many treasures and all the technical aspects from red dead redemption 2. Rockstar almost leaves this game to die untilThis game sucks. Grindy as hell(more than gta online), no good content in 2 years, so many bugs and many more issues. Some things i appreciate about the game are the different kinds of business you do, the story missions which are quite fun, the open world exploration with many treasures and all the technical aspects from red dead redemption 2. Rockstar almost leaves this game to die until they add some lame terrible content at the last minute. The microtransactions in this game are worse and the outlaw pass(ripped off fortnite and other multiplayer games) has the worst rewards. As far as the pvp goes, it isn't that great. The gunplay works well for singleplayer or rdo missions but not for pvp. Don't buy the standalone version, buy the full **** version of the game including singleplayer as that verison is much better and it is between 9 -10 for me.… Expand
  14. TheCroWolf
    Nov 3, 2022
    5
    Fine but players off thia game are **** morons like in GTA online ...rockstar shud remove this from red2 sinlgeplay completely
  15. smarteric01
    Sep 3, 2020
    3
    I loved the off-line version. The online version is a hot mess. Rockstar seems to have gone full out ... in placing the most unable in the company in charge of RDR2 Online. By far the biggest issue is connectivity. Random patches, which you must download to continue laying, break the game constantly. The game was unplayable, and it took days for Rockstar to even acknowledge that thereI loved the off-line version. The online version is a hot mess. Rockstar seems to have gone full out ... in placing the most unable in the company in charge of RDR2 Online. By far the biggest issue is connectivity. Random patches, which you must download to continue laying, break the game constantly. The game was unplayable, and it took days for Rockstar to even acknowledge that there was an issue, and haphazard fixes thereafter just made it worse. They seem to have stabilized the game, but only by lowering the number of players per server. This also appears to be a response to massive issues with griefers. Someone at Rockstar thought it would fun to create a game where ever real world 14-year old puppy strangler could be turned loose to wreck stupid havoc and wreck the game for everyone else. The roles are interesting. They become unplayable when a steady stream of griefers shoots your character in the head while trying to accomplish ... anything. You are not allowed to actually defend yourself (except against high hostility characters) so you literally have to lay there while the puppy stranglers torture your character to death - so much fun! If you do defend yourself, well, your aiming function goes out and I have literally been unable to discharge my weapon to protect myself. Worse? Griefing seems to trigger instability, and, after getting tortured by some juvenile mouth breather your game resets and you loose anything you might have had on your horse (which sometimes undoes hours of progress). Griefers are also allowed to randomly target you for 'assassination'. Great! You get to kill the griefers? Nope. You can kill them dozens of times, they respawn right there again, and you kill them over and over, etc., only for the griefer to get a lucky shot in and you respawn ten miles away from what you were doing. The pay system is atrocious. Everything is super expensive, and the payout for mission is paltry at best. The legendary pelts, for example, all make the same thing - a winter coat (which functions only in about 20% of the game area) with a different animal head, and they cost, on average, 20X more than the legendary pelts brings in If you get good at something and start to make money? It's a fair bet that Rockstar will break it. The trader role (which produced some good cash after some effort) was entirely broken after one update. Collecting? Everything got changed to random, so I have literally been searching for one coin to complete a set for two weeks - because 'random' means you get one coin 12 times and another ... zero. (That is definitionally not random). The game issues might be workable, but the connection issues are insane. Rockstar, rather than even acknowledge that there is a problem cycle you through a series of poorly trained ... I would guess teenagers? ... who pose as customer service. When the connection issues were at there worst, Rockstar's response was to blame its customers. They cycled me through requesting youtube uploads, screen shots, error messages, port connections, and, not even once, did they actually answer a question - it's just a constant demand for information. Rockstar's customer service is so broken that they just keep asking for the same information, heedless to the fact that, in many cases, were just provided with the very thing they were demanding. I have been consistently getting the same error message, and Rockstar cannot even tell what the error message means ... ergo, I fix what? But they keep on asking for the error message while utterly ignoring the presentation of EXACTLY what they want. That done deaf response to what their players actually want seems to have infused the game. You want Rockstar to make the game stable? The game becomes unstable. Want some function to ignore griefers? Griefers get their own mission, and protection ... because in order to report them you have to allow them to do pretty much whatever they want. Want a Rancher role? Here's a naturalist! The off line version suffers from none of these issues. The online version is a game that struggles with the basics of staying online for ... you know, an online game.… Expand
  16. KraiziGamer
    Jan 7, 2020
    3
    3 из за постоянных вылетов, нужно в игру выливать огромное кол-во денег донатить, персонаж огромный и неуклюжий кусок мяса!
  17. borowiczko
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    Awful, play the Story mode and avoid Online. It had great potential (who wouldn't want an open-world online game about cowboys and outlaws?), but the new updates are just stupid.
    Online has a story, I won't write about what happens in it but it's ok, after doing the last available mission you get a notification saying that the story will be continued, but after almost 2 years they still    Awful, play the Story mode and avoid Online. It had great potential (who wouldn't want an open-world online game about cowboys and outlaws?), but the new updates are just stupid.
    Online has a story, I won't write about what happens in it but it's ok, after doing the last available mission you get a notification saying that the story will be continued, but after almost 2 years they still didn't add any new story missions.
    The game has 3 currencies, first is RDO$ used to buy food, weapons and a lot of cosmetic items, the second is Gold that can be used to buy roles, quicker access to some items and some cosmetic items require it for purchase. The last currency is earned by leveling up roles and is used to unlock (you still need to buy them with $ or gold) some role items.
    Gold is the only currency you can buy with your real money, but you can also earn it in-game, but since the last update, it's clear that R* wants you to use your real money. The best way of getting gold was by doing daily challenges (and the payouts weren't too big, it was pretty balanced), but a few days ago they changed it so you get only 0.1 gold per daily (instead of the usual 0.2) and they also heavily nerfed streaks (if you did at least 1 daily per day for 21 days or more, you would earn 2.5 times more gold per daily [0.5 per daily] as long as you kept your streak), now the streak resets every 28 days, so you only get the 2.5x multiplier (that now gives only 0.25 gold) for 8 days.
    There are 5 roles in RDO: Trader (turn animal skin etc. into product you can sell), collector (collect sets of items that you can sell), bounty hunter, moonshiner (produce moonshine to sell) and naturalist (take blood samples from animals and sell them). For a long time players have asked for an outlaw role that would allow us to rob banks, but R* doesn't listen, so they just added a stupid "upgrade" to the bounty hunter role (You even have to pay for 15 gold for it, even if you already are a bounty hunter). Even in the trailer for RDO stand alone, one of the first lines said is "If you wanna rob, rob", something you still can't do, even though 2 years have passed.
    There are still many glitches in the game from updates that came out around 1.5 years ago, ex. when you deliver a bounty, the weapon on your back will be in a weird and really distracting position (the same position it's in when you carry someone), it shouldn't be that hard to fix for a developer with the most grossing media product of all time (gta5).
    It's an online game, but I wished I was playing alone. In sessions with more than 10 people, the amount of animals is significantly lower, random events have a lower chance of happening and because of the peer-to-peer servers, you'll probably get disconnected many times.

    There are many more problems but I don't have enough time to write about them. Just remember:
    DO NOT BUY IT!    … Expand
  18. cyberlaw4
    Dec 20, 2020
    2
    1 for good world and 1 for not bad story for MMO but god other things looks like made by reptiloids. Also hate any pass systems, better sell addons or skins but if you'll buy pass you'll have 2nd job right after job in real life((
  19. TheChrisPhoenix
    Jan 10, 2020
    2
    The online is nearly unplayable. So many times myself and other players have been booted out of servers due to errors. Not to mention even when you do log in, there really isn't much to do outside of hunting or doing the same missions over and over again. It seems like Rockstar tried to take the format from GTA Online, and gutted out the depth thus making it worse. Until Take Two gets theThe online is nearly unplayable. So many times myself and other players have been booted out of servers due to errors. Not to mention even when you do log in, there really isn't much to do outside of hunting or doing the same missions over and over again. It seems like Rockstar tried to take the format from GTA Online, and gutted out the depth thus making it worse. Until Take Two gets the servers working correctly and add more to the online feature, not much to see here folks.… Expand
  20. Donald97
    Feb 17, 2021
    2
    Com a obra prima que a Rockstar fez em Red Dead Redemption 2, aqui eles simplesmente cagaram com esse modo online.
    Ele é simplesmente INJOGÁVEL, já que minha conexão cai de 5 em 5 minutos.
    Só é recomendável pra quem tiver uma internet ultra potente.
  21. screaming72
    Aug 10, 2020
    2
    Essayé si vous avez de la chance ça buuera pas des masses sinon bah le service client vous dira que c est votre réseaux même si vous leurs prouverai le contraire et sans fouteront de toutes vos autre questions et réponse voilà bon courage Ps sinon il serai bien
  22. Daveisonline
    Nov 29, 2018
    1
    Its great to see how Rockstar has managed to create an online environment with very little downtime and a story to boot which is surprising. Unfortunately I have to give it a 1 for a very serious issue: It's Economy.

    The amount of money you earn in missions is pitiful. Usually about $4-7, and in comparison: Guns average around $130 - $200. Even if you win a Battle Royale match you'll    Its great to see how Rockstar has managed to create an online environment with very little downtime and a story to boot which is surprising. Unfortunately I have to give it a 1 for a very serious issue: It's Economy.

    The amount of money you earn in missions is pitiful. Usually about $4-7, and in comparison: Guns average around $130 - $200.
    Even if you win a Battle Royale match you'll only get $10.

    It's very clear this system was set in place to get people to purchase microtransactions, those are currently not online ... yet. However the menus have clearly been set up. It looks like Rockstar knows how controversial they're system is going to be and disabled it at launch to allow for its players to demand it due to how expensive everything is. NO! Don't fall for that.    … Expand
  23. Age_Atomic
    Jan 12, 2020
    1
    I bought this over Christmas purely to play online with a friend.

    During each of our RD2 sessions we probably spent 60% of our time dealing with infinite load screens, poor menu systems, bugs in the UI stopping us from: inviting to posse, setting up a camp, finding a camp, playing as part of the same session, setting up a profession, not being able to talk to NPCs... (I could go on),    I bought this over Christmas purely to play online with a friend.

    During each of our RD2 sessions we probably spent 60% of our time dealing with infinite load screens, poor menu systems, bugs in the UI stopping us from: inviting to posse, setting up a camp, finding a camp, playing as part of the same session, setting up a profession, not being able to talk to NPCs... (I could go on), constantly being kicked and having to go through the whole joining process again.

    The menu system for this game is absolute madness. UX/UI have never been something Rockstar are good at but I've never seen it so bad that it actually destroyed the enjoyment of what seemed to be an outstanding and beautiful game when it worked.

    We've now given up wrestling with it. It's not a fun way to spend limited gaming time. I hope it gets better in the future.    … Expand
  24. AlexandrePursui
    Feb 12, 2020
    1
    Bugs, bugs, disconnections, bugs, crashes, bugs. Thing is that I'm totally positive that are left on the game by a malicious Rockstar on purpose, with the goal of showing to the shareholders that they keep so many players online for many hours. When instead they are forced to stay online to make up with all the bugs they encounter. Shame on greedy money grabbers RockStar
  25. Viking706
    Mar 2, 2020
    1
    Forced timer on missions. Infinite loading screens. Bugs that cause game to crash all too often. Story missions being locked behind microtransactions (or days long grinding to get gold). Not enough time provided for some missions as time gets over by the time you reach the bloody target.
  26. Springheeljack
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    If you like a game with fantastic potential and at its base is super fun, but is constantly ruined by the developers not listening then RDO is right for you. Come and be amazed by each update when they consistently introduce a slew of new bugs and game breaking glitches while you try to play new content. Be appalled as you witness R* lazily attempt a games as a service model while notIf you like a game with fantastic potential and at its base is super fun, but is constantly ruined by the developers not listening then RDO is right for you. Come and be amazed by each update when they consistently introduce a slew of new bugs and game breaking glitches while you try to play new content. Be appalled as you witness R* lazily attempt a games as a service model while not listening to the player base and introducing lackluster content every 8 months! All in all, it’s a fun game. But R* is very much so a corporation, they c are about their bottom line and it’s clear they don’t want to communicate with the player base and hear real concerns. They don’t even have a community manager. If you want to play a games at as a service type of game then I’d suggest something by Ubisoft or bungie. At least they do States of the game and communicate regularly. It took R* over a year to introduce basic content, and often uses its players as beta testers for updates rather than quality testing the product beforehand… Expand
  27. Whatthefiske
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    To start off, I love this game. I really do. Not for what Rockstar has done with it, but the potential it has. I've been playing the game since it's release; I'm at level 411, and I'm well off in terms of both forms of in-game currency. I would love to recommend this game, but I honestly can't. The potential this game has is squandered by the growing ineptitude of Rockstar. AlmostTo start off, I love this game. I really do. Not for what Rockstar has done with it, but the potential it has. I've been playing the game since it's release; I'm at level 411, and I'm well off in terms of both forms of in-game currency. I would love to recommend this game, but I honestly can't. The potential this game has is squandered by the growing ineptitude of Rockstar. Almost everything in this game suffers from an interesting idea with a horrendous execution. From tying rewards to timers that force a playstyle that doesn't allow for any creativity to putting minimum effort into player-requested features (legendary animals and their garment sets). Every update has gotten worse and worse, smaller and smaller, and every single time there is some sort of game-breaking bug. With this latest update, that bug is not being able to earn cash or XP from anything. This makes it hard to believe that anyone is playtesting these updates.

    In terms of PC specific performance, there's still room for improvement. It has come a long way, but a lot of tweaking will be necessary before your performance is even close to optimized. On top of that, the game is prone to frequent crashes and even more frequent disconnects.

    This latest update also reduced the amount of their microtransactions currency, gold, that can be earned from daily challenges by over 70%. One way was that streaks now reset after 28 days rather than going until you broke it. This isn't bad on it's own, but it's made even worse by the fact that the payouts for these were also reduced by 50%. There was no warning for the latter. The information was only given out in the patch notes. Rockstar made a system that was too rewarding and severely over-corrected. New players will need months to earn enough gold to get the roles that come nowhere close to meeting their respective potentials.

    I really do want to believe in this game, but Rockstar is making that immensely difficult to do. It pains me to say that, as I'm sure the devs work incredibly hard, but it's not reflected in the content we get.

    I would keep an eye on this game, but I can't recommend it in its current state.    … Expand
  28. Foxsick
    Dec 26, 2018
    0
    There is no total activity in the open world, you cannot select the mode for the online game, the standard weapon is used in the game modes, so why should I spend money and buy around the open world?Clothing is available only with a high level or for donat.
  29. Realreviews7
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    I didn't think it was possivle for Rockstar to make the online worse than the single player, but they did it. This game was super hyped and failed to deliver on everything except graphics and a few funny missions.
  30. digiorgio23
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    This online game is created strictly for Rockstar to raise funds for future projects. Abilities that are standard in the main game, such as deadeye and slow motion when switching weapons, have to be purchased within the online economy. While everything in the online economy is roughly the same price as in the main game, the amount of money you are awarded for completing tasks is cut byThis online game is created strictly for Rockstar to raise funds for future projects. Abilities that are standard in the main game, such as deadeye and slow motion when switching weapons, have to be purchased within the online economy. While everything in the online economy is roughly the same price as in the main game, the amount of money you are awarded for completing tasks is cut by 90%, or something like that. This means that you can either grind for 8 hours to buy a pistol, or you can spend your real world money, and pay to win. This completely ruins it for me. I'm not going to spend money on features that I already bought. I already paid for deadeye. I already paid for slow motion while switching weapons.

    It really is annoying that there are abilities they want you to pay for online that don't appear in the main story, such as health regeneration in deadeye, and a complex ability upgrade system. They intentionally left features like this out of the main game, so that they could get you to buy it in red dead online.

    This game is garbage. It's no better than a "free" cellphone game.    … Expand
prev
Page:

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
tbd

No score yet - based on 2 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. AusGamers
    Jul 29, 2019
    80
    Whether you're a wild mustang wanderer in free roam or a hardcore PvPer, RDO delivers pretty amazing fun. I'd be remiss, however, if I didn't mention that it's still a “mostly what you make of it” online experience. New content comes in dribs and drabs. And when you look over yonder at GTA V (where players are getting casinos and all sorts of cool things) it's clear that RDO needs better and more frequent support. Hopefully Rockstar can be spurred into that action, because what's already here is well worth saddling up for.
    Read full review
  2. IGN
    Jun 6, 2019
    85
    Co-op easily outclasses PvP, but Red Dead Online is a promising foundation for a long-lasting multiplayer experience.
    Read full review