Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21344 Ratings

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  1. Hellspeller
    Jan 12, 2019
    7
    RDR2 is a good game with flaws and one HUGE problem.
    I will be brief as would rather point you to MisterLupus' review who's exactly on point.
    The game is okay, but Rockstar gameplay system is starting to show it's age here. I got the impression of playing GTA4 still. There is a tremendous attention to details, yes; but when the core mechanics are sloppy, what gives that there is 187    RDR2 is a good game with flaws and one HUGE problem.
    I will be brief as would rather point you to MisterLupus' review who's exactly on point.

    The game is okay, but Rockstar gameplay system is starting to show it's age here. I got the impression of playing GTA4 still. There is a tremendous attention to details, yes; but when the core mechanics are sloppy, what gives that there is 187 variety of animals in the game...?
    But the main issue is with the story. Since this is a prequel to RDR1; the story is very very poor. You feel like an actor and the ending is so so bad!! One of the worse ending that will leave you sour.. Sure, all story don't have to be "perfect" ending; but this is just Rockstar sitting on the success of RDR1 and dont give 2 cents about your main protagonist and all that you have built here. For all the hours you will put in Arthur and the gang; it'll all be destroyed in the end and nothing is to be carried over or remembered in the end.
    For the rest; I am quoting MisterLupus who again; did an amazing job submerizing what I think of the game :
    "Graphics are stunning, world is rich on content and the general atmosphere really sucked me in. Attention to details is almost unparalleled. The story is predictable and feels a bit forced - some turn of events simply doesn't make sense and the characters turn either dumb or genius according to what's convenient in furthering the storyline - and it's also quite quite static. "

    "Gameplay suffers profoundly in this game. The controls are clumsy and bad - needlessly hard to navigate, often unresponsive - and both movement as well as combat are clunky to say the least and altso unimaginative. Something youd expect from a game made ten years ago"

    "[Missions are] so overly-scripted your actions and options constantly gets limited to a point where you might as well put the controller on the table and simply watch a movie."

    "this game will revert your choices to what it wants you to use during the first cutscene "

    "Rockstar is - as always - brilliant in creating the framework of a truly inspired game. Rockstar is also however - as always and unfortunately - mediocre at best when it comes to everything else. "    … Expand
  2. tibzoid
    Dec 1, 2018
    7
    Starts out well (RDR 1 is my favorite game of all time). But this one degenerates into unrelenting tedium. By the end, no spoilers, I was deliberately skipping ahead in missions. The time it takes to travel, plus the repetitive encounters and banal dialogue, made this game excruciating. I'm still not done at 95% and I want to die.
  3. DrownedDrone
    Nov 23, 2018
    7
    With all the hype- I thought it's worth giving some warning.
    while there is no doubt the game is beautiful, and it's not a total bore (I do believe I will get to finish it), it's play-ability should definitely be put into question.
    On the one hand, most of what you have to do in the world are chores. Most of the time is spent horse-riding, and a lot of what you can do is just a perfectly    With all the hype- I thought it's worth giving some warning.
    while there is no doubt the game is beautiful, and it's not a total bore (I do believe I will get to finish it), it's play-ability should definitely be put into question.
    On the one hand, most of what you have to do in the world are chores. Most of the time is spent horse-riding, and a lot of what you can do is just a perfectly executed boring activity. I was amazed by level of details they put into the animation and speech during a game of Domino, a game so astonishingly boring I finished it just because I couldn't believe that was really it. And Domino is by no way alone in this game.
    On the other hand, are the gun fights, which are surely less boring than Domino but not different by the amount you would expect. Auto-aim in this game is ridiculous- you can hit a hare with a bow while fast driving on horse with little to no effort. Combat is more about not getting hit and healing wounds than its about actually aiming because this part is automatic.
    I can usually tolerate boring tasks if they succeed in creating immersion. I did love the boring tasks in Kingdom come deliverance for one because I felled immersed into the character. but what works for a slow paced RPG does not work for a fast paced action shooter like RDR2. There was no way to fill immersed when playing a guy who is pretty much unbeatable from the start.
    So far, I would say the best part of this game is the random events. They are interesting enough to go investigate and does not require long travel.

    Edit after finishing the game:
    While I still stands behind everything I said, I am giving the game +1 for everything else. The amount of content the developers put into this (base) game should be rewarded.
    Sadly, the game is, still, in it's core, a mediocre cover-based 3rd/1st person shooter. The only things it adds on top for the core *gameplay* are:
    Dead eye (time slowing, not very interesting nor innovative at this point)
    No automatic weapons (Good to have, doesn't change much)
    Horses mechanics (Also good, doesn't change a lot)    … Expand
  4. Gwyndolin
    Dec 7, 2018
    7
    I feel like I've been told one of the biggest lies by game journalism.
    The game is a real chore to play. I never watch "Let's Play" videos and even I think I should have just watched the Let's Play of this game's story missions and probably felt better about the game than actually playing it.
    The game's beautiful and the attention to detail is there....but at the end of the day, it's    I feel like I've been told one of the biggest lies by game journalism.
    The game is a real chore to play. I never watch "Let's Play" videos and even I think I should have just watched the Let's Play of this game's story missions and probably felt better about the game than actually playing it.
    The game's beautiful and the attention to detail is there....but at the end of the day, it's just not fun to play.
    Usually, I believe in rating a game by how well it executed its strengths, to be exceptional at what it tries to do, rather than trying to be decent at everything. But the caveat here is that, the weaknesses of a game should not interfere with the enjoyment of its strengths. The controls/gameplay/quality of life elements for this game is a horrendous mess and to me that detracts from its merits in realism/visual/story, and to be completely honest with myself, I don't even think the story is that great. It is typical off the wall GTA nonsense trying to fit inside a realistic western shell.
    I was on board the hype train because i enjoyed Red Dead Redemption 1 very much back on PS3, so it especially hurts when it let me down.
    It's not all bad, I feel like it's a love/hate relationship when it comes to this game. In one moment I am in awe with the visual or amused by character interactions/dialogue, and immediately followed by frustrating controls and tiresome gameplay.    … Expand
  5. theTRUTHson
    Nov 8, 2018
    7
    All the good things you've heard about this game are true. But here's the problem. Most reviews didn't even mention it's flaws.

    Red dead 2 has terrible aiming and bad controls overall. It is a slow game with lots of waiting and little action. It is a very very easy game. You might not die more than a couple of times throughout the 50 hour playthrough. Why the press failed to inform    All the good things you've heard about this game are true. But here's the problem. Most reviews didn't even mention it's flaws.

    Red dead 2 has terrible aiming and bad controls overall. It is a slow game with lots of waiting and little action. It is a very very easy game. You might not die more than a couple of times throughout the 50 hour playthrough.

    Why the press failed to inform buyers about these flaws is something we should all ask ourselves. But these flaws are there and RDR2 is not the ten out of ten they told you it is.    … Expand
  6. Mandulum
    Dec 9, 2018
    7
    Favorite Thing: An enjoyable story in a detailed (if empty) world.
    Least Favorite Thing: The cores and their survival-esque monotony.

    Date Completed: 2018-11-24
    Playtime: 40h
    Enjoyment: 7/10
    Recommendation: People seem to love it. Cowboys are taking forever to ride from A-B just aren't my thing.
  7. dwenaus
    Sep 27, 2021
    7
    I found the realism confusing: sometimes it was required to shoot people in the head (missions) other times you get in a lot of trouble with the law when you do the same thing. In the end I gave it up.
  8. hope1
    Nov 3, 2018
    7
    I respect the effort that has been put into the game, but I don’t appreciate that developers in this era where we are pushing game design forward, force me to play the game their way to be immersive.
    It is always the option of the player to use simplified controls and fast travel anywhere whenever if he wants to.
    I don’t like this abusive relationship and if I enjoy the immersion the    I respect the effort that has been put into the game, but I don’t appreciate that developers in this era where we are pushing game design forward, force me to play the game their way to be immersive.
    It is always the option of the player to use simplified controls and fast travel anywhere whenever if he wants to.
    I don’t like this abusive relationship and if I enjoy the immersion the game will pull me back to do things manually.
    Also to be honest this game is leaning more towards the “Sim” Genre and we all should be clear about that.    … Expand
  9. dannygards
    Nov 9, 2018
    7
    Overall its what I expected. A huge cash cow of a world for there online services... with a medicore single player game thrown in it.

    Pros - great world, quirky characters.

    Cons - basic gameplay, sluggish movement, inventory system awful, rpg elements worthless, lack of weapons, ultimately I found it boring.
  10. Grismar
    May 19, 2020
    7
    The game is about as good as everyone says it is, as least as far as the single-player experience goes.

    So, a 9. Minus 1 for all the bloatware. Minus 1 for having to play online even if you're playing solo. Minus 1 for getting a user to solve 3 sets of captchas for every interaction while getting them to set up for a complete privacy rip-off. If there's every a DRM-free version of    The game is about as good as everyone says it is, as least as far as the single-player experience goes.

    So, a 9. Minus 1 for all the bloatware. Minus 1 for having to play online even if you're playing solo. Minus 1 for getting a user to solve 3 sets of captchas for every interaction while getting them to set up for a complete privacy rip-off.

    If there's every a DRM-free version of this game, it'll be amazing. And even with acceptable, more or less normal DRM it'd be great. Right you have to be Faust to truly enjoy it, or a masochist. So sell your soul, try not to feel too dirty and hope the game is fun enough to get you over your trauma.    … Expand
  11. OutlawTX
    Nov 3, 2018
    7
    While this game is not even close to deserving of all the zeros on here I believe it’s completely deserving of the over all score it evened out as in the player ratings(as of now 7.6). It’s also incredibly apparent that most journalists that have it a 10 never played through the entire campaign. I’m baffled that Rockstar thought it was a good idea to completely neuter your character forWhile this game is not even close to deserving of all the zeros on here I believe it’s completely deserving of the over all score it evened out as in the player ratings(as of now 7.6). It’s also incredibly apparent that most journalists that have it a 10 never played through the entire campaign. I’m baffled that Rockstar thought it was a good idea to completely neuter your character for the final 1/3 of the game. The reliance on dead eye, hence continuous swigging down of every substance that will enable it, completely breaks the fluidity of combat. Limiting that ability made it become an incredibly annoying and frustrating trial. I absolutely loved the first part of the game, 10/10, but after a certain event happens, the gimbal movement coupled with shaky targeting without(or limited) deadeye completely ruined my enjoyment of the game. I no longer wanted to complete any side quests or activities. I just,angrily, wanted the game to be over. After all is said and done, I don’t see how this control scheme is going to be enjoyable in a multiplayer environment. It’s such a great game but the outdated gimbal like character movement and wobbly targeting just kill it. It’s a shame.… Expand
  12. Eglin
    Jul 18, 2019
    7
    I'm sorry, but the critics got it wrong. This game is a very solid 7-8, but by no means does it deserve the "best ever" slot. RDR2 is a solid game but deeply flawed. Every game design decision was biased towards realism or selling microtransactions instead of FUN. As a result, you spend the vast majority of your time doing monotonous busy-work like securing food, shelter, maintainingI'm sorry, but the critics got it wrong. This game is a very solid 7-8, but by no means does it deserve the "best ever" slot. RDR2 is a solid game but deeply flawed. Every game design decision was biased towards realism or selling microtransactions instead of FUN. As a result, you spend the vast majority of your time doing monotonous busy-work like securing food, shelter, maintaining your weapons, etc. Even those looking for a deep simulation experience are going to be disappointed, however, because so many of the supporting systems are so bad.

    Expect to struggle with your horse and your horse-oriented storage. You are REQUIRED to keep every weapon you've ever picked up on your horse with no way to throw them away, sell them, or force a loadout for example, but your horse is very often unavailable when starting missions. You can only carry one of the 50 million large pelts you require for crafting around at a time, but each time you begin the 20 minute horse ride to the drop-off location you lose the pelt to side missions or horse malfunctions or whatever. It's tiring and unenjoyable and that's the bulk of the game!

    The actual story has some of the worst pacing in video game history, with the first hour of gameplay featuring only one gun-fight amid thirty minutes of horseback travel and inconsequential dialog. It's the kind of thing better games let you skip as cutscenes, but it sets the stage for an excessively drawn out main campaign. If you distill the game down into "main" campaign missions, the campaign length probably drops from 60-ish hours down to less than ten with the only meaningful or memorable bit falling squarely in the third quarter.

    The game world is fairly bustling, but it's not even the same planet as something like a GTAV. It has some nice vistas and such and is probably the best looking video game I have ever played, but the level of detail that makes each location memorably distinct simply doesn't exist.    … Expand
  13. bulger_paul
    Jun 10, 2019
    7
    I get why people love this game, it's brilliant, but a little too brilliant for its own good.

    For example, people laud this game's meticulous attention to detail, which can be awesome in a lot of cases, like Rockstar's attention to detail in animal behavior, which is awesome to just observe at times, but other times the amount of visual detail and animation is more cumbersome and    I get why people love this game, it's brilliant, but a little too brilliant for its own good.

    For example, people laud this game's meticulous attention to detail, which can be awesome in a lot of cases, like Rockstar's attention to detail in animal behavior, which is awesome to just observe at times, but other times the amount of visual detail and animation is more cumbersome and annoying than it is immersive, which absolutely isn't aided by the game's finicky controls. Since the game's controls are so imprecise, there will be hundreds of occasions where you'll click a button you didn't mean to click, or you won't be facing in the precise direction you need to be facing in order to do the action you wanted to do, so you'll be subjected to watching Arthur in an over-animated manner mount his horse, which lasts for literal seconds, before you can push the button that gets off his horse, an animation that also lasts for literal seconds, before you can do the thing you were trying to do before accidentally mounting your horse. Or, every single time you kill an animal, to collect its skin you have to sit through an unskippable animation of Arthur skinning whatever animal it is that also lasts for literal seconds, all of which are attention to detail in manners that actively make the game less fun to play. It would be all the more bearable if you were simply capable of pushing a button that would cancel whatever action you're doing in case you accidentally hit the wrong button or prompted Arthur to do something you didn't mean to do, but no, you are committed to sitting the gratuitously over-animated sequences through literally every mistake you ever make due to how finicky this game's controls are. Yes, the attention to detail in a lot of cases is incredible, but a lot of that detail just simply doesn't make the game fun.

    It's also annoying that you can't sprint through town areas without every NPC you pass acting like you're attempting to physically assault them, or if you accidentally forget to holster your weapon you'll have law enforcement raining bullets on you in a matter of seconds, so your stuck walking for an eternity through buildings and town areas for fear you'll be wanted for assault in case you accidentally nudge an NPC, which also makes the game significantly less fun to play.

    But the writing and characters and acting is all fantastic, as expected, so it's absolutely worth checking out, it's just a shame that it isn't as much fun to actually play.    … Expand
  14. PaleNielsen
    Mar 25, 2022
    7
    I have this for a long time but I really got tired playing it but I still finish it, must be the setting of it or probably too much realism. I hate the horse riding aspect of it because it takes a long time to get from point a to point b and kinda breaks the immersion for me but despite all that I still like the game, the story is really good and also the feels.
  15. leaveit
    Oct 30, 2018
    7
    It's a fine game and the intense dedication of the developers is obvious. Most of what it accomplishes, however, is at the cost of designing an entertainment product as a "game," though. The game incentivizes keeping a main horse and even has an icon for it, but regularly teleports you away from the horse so that you have to backtrack. The game boasts an open world but you have practicallyIt's a fine game and the intense dedication of the developers is obvious. Most of what it accomplishes, however, is at the cost of designing an entertainment product as a "game," though. The game incentivizes keeping a main horse and even has an icon for it, but regularly teleports you away from the horse so that you have to backtrack. The game boasts an open world but you have practically no choice in the outcome of the missions. There are rewards for collecting perfect animal pelts but the availability of the pelts is random to the point where it is no longer skill-based to find an animal with a perfect pelt. The graphics are truly incredible but they regularly slow to sub-projector-framerates, even in battle. Is this a game or an interactive movie? The player may pass most of the game believing that they're still in the tutorial. In the end, the time is passed but we are not better humans and haven't seen anything new or more refined, just old and perhaps even un-fun mechanics done more professionally.… Expand
  16. Chowjust
    Feb 20, 2019
    7
    Red Dead Redemption 2 is good game. But it's not a masterpiece. The story is great, voice acting is great, graphics, game-play, all aspects of the game is of a very high polish. The problem for me is that the game is so realistic, it got boring real fast, For me having to spend ages riding from point A to point B would bore me and I would just start falling asleep and since there's noRed Dead Redemption 2 is good game. But it's not a masterpiece. The story is great, voice acting is great, graphics, game-play, all aspects of the game is of a very high polish. The problem for me is that the game is so realistic, it got boring real fast, For me having to spend ages riding from point A to point B would bore me and I would just start falling asleep and since there's no proper fast travel and its a open world game, your going be riding around a lot. Most of what you do in the game feels more like a chore that you don't do for fun but more so that you don't die. Red Dead Redemption 2 feels more like a interactive movie than it does a game which isn't a bad thing and some people will definitely enjoy this game and think it's the most amazing game ever and that's fine, but for me it comes in at just above average.… Expand
  17. colinsmall34
    Nov 3, 2018
    7
    Fair review of RDR2

    I'm almost 15% finished the game overall, which might be a little premature to review, but I just don't know if I can be bothered finishing the game, in all honesty. The things that are bothering me about this game are things that are fundamental to the gameplay anyway, and won't change no matter how much longer I play it. How to sum up RDR2: It's really not that    Fair review of RDR2

    I'm almost 15% finished the game overall, which might be a little premature to review, but I just don't know if I can be bothered finishing the game, in all honesty. The things that are bothering me about this game are things that are fundamental to the gameplay anyway, and won't change no matter how much longer I play it.

    How to sum up RDR2: It's really not that much fun to play, sadly. Considering I paid a fair sum for it, and am a big RDR, and was waiting ages in anticipation of this game's release, then I ask myself why my PS4 is switched off and I'd rather surf the net instead? I should be glued to the game during any free hours that are available, chomping at the bit to get back from work to get back into the fray , but instead I'm kind of sighing like ok, I'll give it another shot, it's going to get better. The game feels like it's had a lot of love invested in it, but it's unbalanced love, focused too much on unnecessary details and a plethora of tedious tasks/chores and not enough on fun gameplay. You can still communicate an artistic and meticulously-crafted experience, but the game still has to be fun!

    Obviously, the users giving it 0/10 are clearly wrong, there's no way it's a 0/10, but, at the same time, the critics giving it 10/10 seem deluded? There's no way a game this flawed is a masterpiece/GOTY candidate. Absolutely no way near it. Horizon Zero Dawn was a 9/10 for me, and it was a pleasure to play. You found yourself struggling to put the controller down. Not so in this case. Regarding the critics reviews of RDR2: is there something more sinister at play...?

    Pros:
    - When out and about in the open world, the graphics are really nice, the world feels very real and alive, with weather changes, wildlife, nice scenery etc. The storms that come in look really beautiful.
    - There's clearly been an investment of time in covering details which make the towns look like real old west towns.
    - The option to kill/spare some side characters that you meet adds an element of Telltale to the game, giving you the impression you're making your own story to some extent.

    Cons:
    - The control system really saps the fun out of the gameplay. It's convoluted, confusing, and very difficult to use, especially during the times when you need to retrieve items fast from your inventory, or switch guns. What were Rockstar thinking, in making the control system this way??
    - The movements of Arthur Morgan are clunky and don't feel smooth. He's either sauntering at a snail's pace or running full out. No in between. The playable cut scenes restrict you in many ways, but its' not always clear you're in one. It's frustrating. Gun fighting, running from cover to cover is awkward and doesn't flow well. Fist fighting is mostly just mashing one button and requires very little skill. It's not fun. It's certainly no Batman Arkham.
    - It's too much hassle to commit any crimes. I defended myself against an O'Driscoll, beat him up, then the law was called on me. It wasn't clear what the sheriff wanted me to do? It seemed like he was telling me to 'go on, git' (as in get out of here) but when I tried to run he started shooting. I then had to fight off a neverending spawn of deputies and run in my clunky run/swim style for about 15 minutes. The bounty system means its much. much more convenient to just pay off your bounties than continue to be an outlaw, as your crimes never go away.
    - The graphics of close up faces aren't anything special for PS4. Detroit Become Human set the bar on graphics and RDR2 is nowhere even close.
    - There are just too many tasks/chores to remember! Brush your horse, feed your horse, shave your face, clean your guns, earn money for the camp, hunt food for the camp, wear the right warm/light clothing, take this tonic, eat this food, and so on and so on. The tasks/chores actually do feel like chores, and I want to play a video game, not do chores.

    My advice would be if you are a RDR fan and want to give it a shot (no pun intended) then wait until the price goes down, and maybe during that time the game will be patched a bit.

    Hopefully Rockstar will read some fan reviews and take note for their next endeavour, as if RDR3 continues along this path, I won't be buying it.    … Expand
  18. 80sChild
    Feb 26, 2019
    7
    The story mode is flawless, absolutely incredible. As much as I wanted to just roam and explore I had to see what happened next. Visually stunning, technically accomplished and surprisingly bug free for such a massive and detail rich open world. Absolutely perfect campaign from start to finish.

    The online mode is a shameless cash grab. How anyone was surprised by this after Shark Cards    The story mode is flawless, absolutely incredible. As much as I wanted to just roam and explore I had to see what happened next. Visually stunning, technically accomplished and surprisingly bug free for such a massive and detail rich open world. Absolutely perfect campaign from start to finish.

    The online mode is a shameless cash grab. How anyone was surprised by this after Shark Cards in GTAO is beyond me. Further, in order to shield themselves from the inevitable criticism for their ridiculous greed and disrespect towards the consumer, Rockstar has labeled the online mode as "in Beta". It's not in Beta, they're just trying to see how much of their crap players are willing to put up with.

    Had they not removed options (private lobbies, pacifist mode, etc), had they not made another online grief fest mode loaded to the absolute brim with MTX's, this would have been a 10. As it is, with the unrelenting greed and disrespect towards their consumers, this is a 7. And they wonder why nobody is playing it.    … Expand
  19. PEnchan707
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    Once again R* have created a fantastic world to explore, with an incredible dedication to the highest production values. Unfortunately, once again they have also delivered mediocre combat and that's the only hands-on gameplay the game has.

    Seriously, like the last game, you'll spend most of your time talking, listening and just riding around the countryside and when you do finally get    Once again R* have created a fantastic world to explore, with an incredible dedication to the highest production values. Unfortunately, once again they have also delivered mediocre combat and that's the only hands-on gameplay the game has.

    Seriously, like the last game, you'll spend most of your time talking, listening and just riding around the countryside and when you do finally get to, you know, actually 'play' it's really quite an average shooter.

    Honestly, if they could just spend some of those millions crafting great combat then they'd have a legendary game instead of a legendary Western simulator.    … Expand
  20. Myers
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    cons: horrendous controls, over-simulated mechanics, buggy and often boring game play.
    pros: beautiful art, flawless tech, good story and acting
  21. moisaras
    Oct 27, 2018
    7
    Been playing for a couple of hours - as expected, polished to death. The people who made this are maniacs. Was probably not going to bother voting, but it's literally unethical how pc kids vote the game down. Console players unite.
  22. RoderikR
    Nov 10, 2018
    7
    +Huge, detailled, and immersive open world.
    +Great story, music, and atmosphere.
    -Requires a lot of patience, because some parts can take hours and get pretty repetitive. -Looks horrible on PS4 Pro due to broken 4K checker-boarding (see the tech analysis on Digital Foundry). The game looks so blurry on the Pro it almost gave me a headache. -No support for HDR and a fake-HDR mode that    +Huge, detailled, and immersive open world.
    +Great story, music, and atmosphere.

    -Requires a lot of patience, because some parts can take hours and get pretty repetitive.
    -Looks horrible on PS4 Pro due to broken 4K checker-boarding (see the tech analysis on Digital Foundry). The game looks so blurry on the Pro it almost gave me a headache.
    -No support for HDR and a fake-HDR mode that just makes the game look way too dim.    … Expand
  23. thryce3
    Mar 10, 2019
    7
    There is a lot of good here, but there are so many flaws to bring it down. The story is good, but Arthur is just not as engaging as John Marston. It is cool to see some of the back story of the gang, and Dutch is a great character.
    It has a HUGE world with a ridiculous number of things to do. But as much as they try for immersion, the (almost literally) shoot themselves in the foot over    There is a lot of good here, but there are so many flaws to bring it down. The story is good, but Arthur is just not as engaging as John Marston. It is cool to see some of the back story of the gang, and Dutch is a great character.
    It has a HUGE world with a ridiculous number of things to do. But as much as they try for immersion, the (almost literally) shoot themselves in the foot over and over. I spent way too much time trying to stand in exactly the right place for a prompt to appear and doing the wrong thing when it changes. I started a bar brawl when I accidentally choked a woman attempting to play poker. I kept going into fights under-armed because my character put my rifles back in the saddle bags. My horse constantly ran directly into trees. You know. Just like the Old West.
    it really tries, but never reaches the heights of the first game. In fact, the epilogue is probably my favorite part, but it goes on for way too long. Overall, the good narrowly outweighs the frustration, but it could have been so much more.    … Expand
  24. WhiteHawk05
    Feb 23, 2019
    7
    Very beautiful world and good characters but the shooting/fighting mechanics just are not fun in the slightest. Can't get myself to finish or even make decent progress in the game because it can be boring. Mission structure is outdated but it atleast has some fun side quests.
  25. GeorgeOrwell
    Nov 20, 2018
    7
    If I had a separate life just to play this game, I would like it more. I feel like I need so many hours of time to dedicate to the gameplay, which some people obviously love.

    Its beautiful, the animations are crazy good too.
  26. elandroid
    Jan 3, 2020
    7
    Es un juego barroco. Todo está lleno de detalles espectaculares y cada pedacito del juego tiene su por qué, pasear por el mundo y verlo en movimiento es una obra de arte y la historia es coherente y engancha. Pero no es un juego de mundo abierto. Las misiones son bastante repetitivas y el mundo no anima a explorarlo. Es un quiero y no puedo de un buen mundo abierto y un buen juego deEs un juego barroco. Todo está lleno de detalles espectaculares y cada pedacito del juego tiene su por qué, pasear por el mundo y verlo en movimiento es una obra de arte y la historia es coherente y engancha. Pero no es un juego de mundo abierto. Las misiones son bastante repetitivas y el mundo no anima a explorarlo. Es un quiero y no puedo de un buen mundo abierto y un buen juego de acción pero al juntar las dos cosas se queda en tierra de nadie.… Expand
  27. wigclyne
    Jan 8, 2019
    7
    Not the masterpiece some will have you believe but still a content filled ride through the wild west.

    The controls feel dated which is my biggest problem with the game. Online also feels like its there to milk you of any spare cash. Also it is too easy for the law to get on your back. Ive run out of an alley and accidently knocked off a person leading to the law chasing me and delaying    Not the masterpiece some will have you believe but still a content filled ride through the wild west.

    The controls feel dated which is my biggest problem with the game. Online also feels like its there to milk you of any spare cash. Also it is too easy for the law to get on your back. Ive run out of an alley and accidently knocked off a person leading to the law chasing me and delaying my missions by having to pay bounties and escape the law. Beyond that though is a large beautiful map, good not great story and a game that will make you laugh or even put a tear in your eye. The graphics and detail along with the abundance of missions and side missions will keep you engaged for hours and hours.    … Expand
  28. scorp332211
    Oct 28, 2018
    7
    I wanted to like this game. I wasn't a huge fan of the first one, but wanted to give this a try. The intro part was interesting. But once in the open world, things got boring really fast. Go here, free this guy, go back to camp. Rinse & repeat. This is the trouble with many "open world" games. There's no consistent story moving things along. I really hate hunting, and don't even mentionI wanted to like this game. I wasn't a huge fan of the first one, but wanted to give this a try. The intro part was interesting. But once in the open world, things got boring really fast. Go here, free this guy, go back to camp. Rinse & repeat. This is the trouble with many "open world" games. There's no consistent story moving things along. I really hate hunting, and don't even mention that you can go fishing. Boy that's a blast! The exciting scenes in the trailers are few and far between- only seen 2 in 10 hours. The graphics are PS3-after all the touting about the graphics- they are pretty washed out. The faces are not close to modern next-gen graphics. That's Rockstar for you. Overall, upset that I spent the money for the Ultimate Edition. Hopefully it will do well on Ebay!… Expand
  29. Latenightbreak
    Oct 31, 2018
    7
    The slow pace works cause the game is fantastically built. The scenery, the animals, the NPCs...everything is so well thought out. So much so that it's too well thought out. At the end of the day, this is a game and when I come home from work or I'm free from my house chores on the weekend, I don't want to play something that forces me to build the same real life routine. I have aThe slow pace works cause the game is fantastically built. The scenery, the animals, the NPCs...everything is so well thought out. So much so that it's too well thought out. At the end of the day, this is a game and when I come home from work or I'm free from my house chores on the weekend, I don't want to play something that forces me to build the same real life routine. I have a routine. I don't need another.

    Fast travel? What a useless feature in this game. I thought long and hard about doing the unlimited gold bars glitch because I don't want to ruin the in-game experience. That said, I decided to go ahead and use the glitch as it meant that I can afford trains now. I can finally buy tickets anywhere and not ride a horse for 10-15 minutes WITHOUT holding my controller. I can't understand why they wouldn't add a "skip to location" function with a small load. It's brutal. It's legitimately terrible that everytime I need to go anywhere, I end up going into the cinematic mode and walking away from the game for 10 minutes or until I hear gun shots. That's unacceptable to the experience.

    Everything about maintaining a horse and my health should be optional. Again, I pick up a game and I expect a game, not the Sims.

    Great games shouldn't have engineers in charge of user experience.    … Expand
  30. amotherscrime
    Jan 11, 2019
    7
    It fails to reach the heights of it's predecessor. It's doomed to constantly be compared to RDR and the best of the GTA games. Rockstar set the bar high. As high as they possibly could have.

    With that said, you can really taste the blood and sweat of the people who made this game. It is the most vivid and beautiful world ever created. Hat's off. But when you look at the rest of the    It fails to reach the heights of it's predecessor. It's doomed to constantly be compared to RDR and the best of the GTA games. Rockstar set the bar high. As high as they possibly could have.

    With that said, you can really taste the blood and sweat of the people who made this game. It is the most vivid and beautiful world ever created. Hat's off. But when you look at the rest of the game, it has problems.
    First of all, I really feel like they should've gone with a brand new story with brand new characters. It felt kind of lazy with this prequel format. I felt done with these characters already. Dutch, especially, is a pretty dumb character to begin with and isn't half as charming and charismatic as they want you to believe he is. And the rest are just kind of there.
    And I didn't really feel that the way the story developed was very believable either. It lost it's momentum halfway through and became a bit repetitive and predictable and the actions of the characters (also of the protagonist) didn't make any sense. It became more and more painful to witness and just go along with all these stupid decisions. The protagonist (Arthur Morgan) is as passive as he could possibly be. Rockstar did promise ahead of release that you would get to affect the outcome of the story. Something I value above all in gaming. That's not the case at all.
    Then we have the very clumsy mechanics and physics of the game. VERY frustrating at times and it could really screw you and take you out of the experience. Like riding your horse into a tree or off a cliff. Or maybe you accidentally shoot or ride into a NPC. I spent A LOT of bounty money on accidents.
    Then we have Arthur himself. Very slow and clumsy to handle. Especially when you want to walk through your gigantic **** camp in order to quickly save the game or to change your outfit.
    And what about the whole weight system? I ate and ate and f*cking ate, but was underweight throughout the entire game. I tried EVERYTHING. Am I supposed to spent half of my friggin gametime eating? That's insane.
    And there isn't nearly enough cool or diverse clothing to boast the experience and make Arthur your own.. Most of it doesn't suit even Arthur at all, and most of it is really difficult (as in prolixly) to get your hands on. (IE: hunting) Do you really want to spend 6 hours to get a damn rathat?
    Then we have RDR Online beta. Absolute travesty. I did not enjoy GTA V Online at all. It was a pointless and juvenile way of spending your time. I was hoping RDR would make the most of it's rather vast online potential. But it did not deliver in any way. There is no point to it except to make your very own character. Something I wanted to do in the story mode.

    There's probably other things that has temporary slipped my mind. But ultimately this was a very good game. It was the best gaming experience I've had for quite some years now. It is really a beautiful game and it has A LOT going for it. Don't get me wrong. It just could've been even better. It could've been the best game of all time. Unfortunately it was not.    … Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#2 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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97

Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 99
  3. Negative: 0 out of 99
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2019
    95
    It’s an huge, outstanding piece of art – worth the hard-earned cash as well as countless hours that are needed to get to know at least some of the attractions of Rockstar’s rendition of Wild West. For those who put story first – the biggest virtue of Red Dead Redemption 2 is that it sets the stage for RDR 1 and does it wonderfully. [13/2018, p.40]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    100
    Amazing not only for Western lovers. No other game has probably offered so many options to express yourself in the open world, and at the same time did not have such an interesting, rough and moving story. A magnificent experience, with a slightly slower start. [Issue#291]
  3. TrueGaming
    Nov 30, 2018
    95
    The first new game from Rockstar for this generation of consoles doesn't disappoint, it is as impressive as you hoped it to be.
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