Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21344 Ratings

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  1. mpordes
    Nov 16, 2018
    7
    This game deserves a 7 based on the following characteristics: 1. Excellent story 2. Immersive world 3. Frustrating mechanics 4. Unoriginal and generic gameplay.

    1. Excellent Story There has never been a game with such a compelling story. The characters are all well-developed and you feel drawn in to a realistic, but exciting wild west. RD2 also benefits from the way its story is    This game deserves a 7 based on the following characteristics: 1. Excellent story 2. Immersive world 3. Frustrating mechanics 4. Unoriginal and generic gameplay.

    1. Excellent Story

    There has never been a game with such a compelling story. The characters are all well-developed and you feel drawn in to a realistic, but exciting wild west.

    RD2 also benefits from the way its story is told. The story is interwoven into every quest and surprises you at almost every turn. This is still a standard western with all the typical plot points: outlaw on the run, unrequited love, etc. But the game delivers these points in a continually fresh way. For example, sometimes a main quest is labeled with one character's name when it actually revolves around another.

    2. Immersive World

    Every new location you visit in the game is distinct and interesting in its own way.

    When you enter a town, the people that live there have their own personalities and occupations. And there is always some driving force to the town - it might be the clash of two wealthy families, or the mischief carried out by the city king pin.

    The outdoors is a mix of wild life, adventurers, and bandits. You can set out in any direction and find entertaining things to do when you get there. Whether hunting a deer or taking out an enemy camp, there are plenty of distractions to take you off the main course.

    3. Frustrating (but learnable) mechanics

    The main character, Arthur Morgan, moves really slowly. I've read multiple reviews that make this sound like a perk, but be assured that it is not. He barely moves and the only way to move even a little faster is to constantly press the "x" button. My hand was killing me. (It's even worse when riding your horse).

    Shooting is ok. However, the dead eye feature (freezing time to shoot) is not as cool or useful as advertised. I'll admit I couldn't get it to work at first, but this actually didn't give me a problem. It's easy enough to focus your gun on enemies and just shoot them. However, it's not that fun. Also, I would sometimes die on the first time through a mission because I entered the fight from the wrong angle. Once I died and came back to life, the game automatically adjusted me to the correct position. I'm glad I could continue on with the game, but this obviously took me out of the moment and gave the fight an artificial quality. This game is really stiff.

    4. Unoriginal and Generic Gameplay

    There is nothing original about RD2's gameplay. In fact, despite some denying that it is anything like Grand Theft Auto, it IS exactly like that!

    The main quests are tied into the story which keeps them interesting. But when you're not doing that what can you find? A fetch quest, and another fetch quest: bring the horse to the seller, deliver the letter, bring the lost person into town. And you know what? There's nothing wrong with that! Until game developers find a way to fill these massive worlds with original content we're going to have a lot of fetch quests. But this is not original content and that's why inflated reviews from the major gaming sites trouble me.

    One review site in particular (the biggest one) has a regular love fest about this game, where the critic turns all the game's flaws into perks and ignores any of the obvious problems. (Having to click the same button twice to reload your gun is not a plus...it's not necessarily a negative either but it's ridiculous to paint these aspects of the game as somehow beneficial). I've come to the conclusion that such reviews are for entertainment and not for information.

    I have nothing against users who rated this game as a 9 or 10. However, I must note that the mediocre and low user reviews on Metacritic are much more detailed than the high score reviews. In other words, it's easy to come on here and say "this game is great!" without justifying your opinion, but much harder to defend it.

    RD2 is a great game and most people will have a fun time playing it. It's the next step in action and role-playing video games. However, don't come into this expecting something revolutionary. You're sure to be disappointed.    … Expand
  2. Tuoppi
    Jan 30, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After the first four chapters I was pretty happy with it although still frustrated with the poor controls and time wasters like skinning animations, gun cleaning and bathing. But with chapters 5 and 6 the game loses me totally aside from actually wanting to help the indians. I know rockstar doesn’t make RPG's but the way these games take the control from the player just so it can take the story in the direction it wants is infuriating. Why is there a moral system if it doesn’t impact the story other than some characters calling you a psycho if you go "all evil"?

    The problem for me is that Rockstar seems to want to make interactive movies. And that’s fine. But when I want to watch a movie, I'll watch a movie. When I want to play a game, I like to play not watch long cut scenes and/or listen endless expository dialogue when travelling to a mission that is pretty much on rails. Leave your horse here, go there, use that path, don’t kill that guy... or the mission doesn’t progress or fails. Most of the main missions end in a shoot-out and that's fine too. But even then, you're often told to follow a certain path.

    As for the story... This part of rockstar games is the most overrated part. GTA-series especially but also this game are full of genre cliches and predictable as hell. Even though I haven’t played the first RDR and didn’t even know this game was prequel I could see pretty much from the start where it's headed. Nothing in the story surprised me. Dutch was so full of BS from the start and Micah was so obvious traitor that he might as well had neon sign above his head. There is some interesting side content but main story just gets more boring and predictable with every chapter. Most of all it's really frustrating to listen to Dutch BS:ing towards the end when the game forces you to follow him regardless. GTA 5 story had much the same problems but it isn’t this long and there for doesn’t waste the players time as much. So in my opinion the writing in rockstars games isn’t nearly as good as people say or they themselves think! RDR 2 isn’t a masterpiece or a "work of art". It's pretty good game with rigid gameplay and one that overstays its welcome.    … Expand
  3. andrew9
    Nov 16, 2021
    7
    Good story bad gameplay .
  4. Hirenkj
    May 17, 2019
    7
    Red Dead Redemption 2 is not a great game, but a great movie giving an illusion that its a great game too.
    This game is the biggest example that a publisher or studio is making the product for casual gamers.
    Don't get me wrong this is an amazing experience to go through but it has its flaws, very bad flaws but no one seems to look at it or talk about it. To keep it short i will just    Red Dead Redemption 2 is not a great game, but a great movie giving an illusion that its a great game too.
    This game is the biggest example that a publisher or studio is making the product for casual gamers.
    Don't get me wrong this is an amazing experience to go through but it has its flaws, very bad flaws but no one seems to look at it or talk about it.
    To keep it short i will just list down the positives: Amazing story, Amazing characters, Beautiful world and fun combat and gunplay.
    But with all this why did i give it a 7 and am not impressed with this game? well its because this game gives me the illusion of freedom and choices. The game holds your hand through out the entire hours that you put in and will not let you try anything on your own and if you do, BOOM! MISSION FAILED!
    Rockstar games have a very old game design and because of how they make the game and story look good, gamers or let me say casuals forget it. I really hope we get more choices and mechanics from the next rockstar games.
    let me end by saying "ARTHUR MORGAN IS THE BEST PROTAGONIST I HAVE EVER PLAYED!"    … Expand
  5. Vitolo98
    Nov 2, 2018
    7
    Amazing story, world, and attention to detail. Gameplay is clunky at best and broken at worst. Outside of main story, much of side content is weak. This game will sell due to the R* name, and may win goty (Rdr2 vs God of War reminds me of Gta v vs Tlou in 2013). Overall, although a enjoyable experience, it hasn't dethroned Witcher 3 as the GOAT of open world games, and God of War is stillAmazing story, world, and attention to detail. Gameplay is clunky at best and broken at worst. Outside of main story, much of side content is weak. This game will sell due to the R* name, and may win goty (Rdr2 vs God of War reminds me of Gta v vs Tlou in 2013). Overall, although a enjoyable experience, it hasn't dethroned Witcher 3 as the GOAT of open world games, and God of War is still my game of the year 2018.… Expand
  6. esdrasfera
    Nov 13, 2018
    7
    RDR2 é um jogo que divide opiniões. Como essa é a minha opinião, deixou um pouco a desejar. Começando as partes negativas do jogo, temos um começo extremamente entediante (mas entediante mesmo, tanto que eu fiquei com sono nas duas primeiras vezes que joguei e desliguei o PS4 pra dormir). Outro ponto negativo são os comandos um pouco complexos e facilmente esquecíveis, além doRDR2 é um jogo que divide opiniões. Como essa é a minha opinião, deixou um pouco a desejar. Começando as partes negativas do jogo, temos um começo extremamente entediante (mas entediante mesmo, tanto que eu fiquei com sono nas duas primeiras vezes que joguei e desliguei o PS4 pra dormir). Outro ponto negativo são os comandos um pouco complexos e facilmente esquecíveis, além do gerenciamento de diversas coisas. Embora na teoria fique incrível você ter que mudar de roupa dependendo do clima, alimentar o personagem e seu cavalo de acordo com o tempo, manter um nível de saúde de acordo com o peso e coisas do tipo, isso na prática fica bastante chato. Claro que com o tempo o jogador pode pegar as manhas, mas isso à princípio é bem incômodo. Um terceiro ponto que deixou a desejar e que vou "agregar" com um quarto ponto é o HUD e a mistura de legendas com instruções. A barra de energia é pequena e bem esquisita, temos a explicação de como funciona, mas o jogo segue enquanto as instruções são dadas e o jogador fica meio "perdido" entre ler as instruções e as legendas pra tentar entender a história do jogo. Nesse ponto, uma dublagem faz uma falta absurda. Um último ponto negativo, pelo menos pra nós brasileiros é o preço. R$ 250 nesse game que, pelo menos até onde eu joguei, dá pra se pensar se valeu a pena. Mas como nem tudo são espinhos no RDR2, os gráficos estão de encher os olhos. A vida silvestre está muito bem feita e é muito interessante ver os animais por perto enquanto andamos à cavalo. Outra coisa que está muito bem encaixada no jogo é sua trilha sonora, seja em ação ou em momentos mais tranquilos, a trilha sonora coloca o jogador no clima. E o que dizer da música que toca quando saímos da região de neve?! Que música! Um outro ponto positivo (que está mais pra um bônus do que um ponto positivo em si) é pra quem adquiriu o jogo em disco, ganhar um mapa da região do jogo. Enfim, o jogo começa bastante sem graça e depois ele fica mais animado. Com certeza ele será indicado ao GOTY 2018, mas no meu ponto de vista, se dependesse apenas da campanha (pois ainda vem um online e talvez esse seja o ponto forte do jogo), não venceria como jogo do ano.… Expand
  7. TheSnowman
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    Pros
    Good graphics
    Good story No load times Cons Story pacing is very slow Controls are very clunky (turning and aiming) Menu system is terrible Gun gameplay mechanics are garbage They fail to do anything new, game is a next gen version of RD, who wouldn’t like that. No skill progression or RPG feeling to the game, this missed an opportunity for sure, feels like they could    Pros
    Good graphics
    Good story
    No load times

    Cons
    Story pacing is very slow
    Controls are very clunky (turning and aiming)
    Menu system is terrible
    Gun gameplay mechanics are garbage

    They fail to do anything new, game is a next gen version of RD, who wouldn’t like that.
    No skill progression or RPG feeling to the game, this missed an opportunity for sure, feels like they could have done a lot more, considering how long the game was delayed.    … Expand
  8. Gerardcc
    Jun 1, 2019
    7
    It's actually a good game from rockstar and I loved but it's getting boring on the horse
  9. isaka
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    Astonishing open world and detailed game design. But these elements don't equal to FUN.
    The game is just not that fun compare to the expectation everyone has before it released.
  10. B0rn2_w1n
    Oct 4, 2020
    7
    Good game overall but with several cons

    Pros:
    Graphics
    Characters
    Dialogs

    Cons:
    Very slow
    Nut much entertaining things to do on the open world, I ended up using the auto-pilot feature while riding the horse
    Some of the missions are a joke in terms of 'excitement'
  11. Damedius
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    It looks pretty, i'll give it that much.

    The main story is somewhat entertaining but most of the rest of the game is kind of boring. I will be honest though I get bored of most Rockstar games after awhile. Game is still kind of buggy. Often your character will get stuck in a repetitive loop where you keep holstering your gun. All those 10 out of 10 reviews from gaming websites    It looks pretty, i'll give it that much.

    The main story is somewhat entertaining but most of the rest of the game is kind of boring. I will be honest though I get bored of most Rockstar games after awhile.

    Game is still kind of buggy. Often your character will get stuck in a repetitive loop where you keep holstering your gun.

    All those 10 out of 10 reviews from gaming websites seem suspicious. It's a good game but doesn't deserve 10 out of 10.    … Expand
  12. TheCrises
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    It's a very slow burn. I'll give it to Rockstar with the realism they implemented, however, down the road it can be aggravating just to watch meticulous tasks over again can be discouraging to play the game for a half an hour or an hour. I haven't finished the game so the review might change, who knows.
  13. remaille69
    Oct 31, 2018
    7
    Bought this game 2 days ago and i was so exiting to play it, after playing once again to the 1st RDR to feel the western vibe. and...
    DAmn, this game is beautiful, great atmosphere...BUT....
    - The gameplay is really really slow , Arthur is way too 'heavy', really feels like a Lag is present , crafting takes eternity . - Lot of dialogues (ok it's a Rockstar game, it's great with the    Bought this game 2 days ago and i was so exiting to play it, after playing once again to the 1st RDR to feel the western vibe. and...
    DAmn, this game is beautiful, great atmosphere...BUT....
    - The gameplay is really really slow , Arthur is way too 'heavy', really feels like a Lag is present , crafting takes eternity .
    - Lot of dialogues (ok it's a Rockstar game, it's great with the cinematic View), but no way to make subtitiles bigger.
    - You can't set the difficulty ...

    After the 1st hour i was ready to give a 10
    after 2 hours a 9
    after 4 hours a 8...
    and i'm feeling it's a 7 now :(

    RDR 4K would be the climax actually...    … Expand
  14. Wafflestein
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    Some of you might wonder why the Critics Score is so high in comparison to User Score. You simply have to invest more playing time than the average critic. 20% into the game you hit a bit of a wall, you begin to no longer enjoy the game on the same level as you did in the beginning and all the beautiful landscapes won't save it. Don't get me wrong RDR2 is a beautiful immerse game but as ISome of you might wonder why the Critics Score is so high in comparison to User Score. You simply have to invest more playing time than the average critic. 20% into the game you hit a bit of a wall, you begin to no longer enjoy the game on the same level as you did in the beginning and all the beautiful landscapes won't save it. Don't get me wrong RDR2 is a beautiful immerse game but as I got older I realized that I needed more content and less tedious mundane tasks that I do from 9-5. It needed to be more than just ride one direction and back to complete a mission.

    So, let's get into the review part.

    Story:
    Last time around I felt more invested in the story. I feel like with every Rockstar game you really care and feel for the characters even though the characters are protagonists with the life of crime. Arthur isn't really a cool character he's just there and whoever you put in his place would be fine. I don't get a sense of his personality to the world. Honestly, if this was GTA 3 and the character didn't talk I would've felt the same way. With all the other characters, every time you do a mission you're like who theis this guy that's giving me this mission, oh okay some random member of the gang. Great... You're not hooked on being that guy or another.

    Mission gameplay:
    The world is big like really big... like I ride for 15 mins kill someone then realize... I have to ride back now... 30 mins spent on just riding. Shooting is clunky and majority of the time is spent using Dead Eye to kill people. The first person then becomes a bit unplayable. The realistic part is there, you definitely can't just walk towards enemies and kill everyone without hiding. On PC, I think the shooting would've been a bit better, but we shall see when it's released.

    Overall experience:
    The game is filled with stuff to do but it feels empty... idk maybe I'm just outgrowing single player campaign games. I'm like 20% into it but I decided to play Wow instead after a while.    … Expand
  15. SrirachaChicken
    Oct 30, 2018
    7
    The game is absolutely amazing and there is plenty to be astounded over and loved, but there are some game play issues that muddles over the fantastic core experience and dirties the game into the mud.

    The question is, how much realism do we actually need in a game. Rockstar has tried to nail down the realism of RDR2 to its core but instead of enhancing the gaming experience, to me it    The game is absolutely amazing and there is plenty to be astounded over and loved, but there are some game play issues that muddles over the fantastic core experience and dirties the game into the mud.

    The question is, how much realism do we actually need in a game. Rockstar has tried to nail down the realism of RDR2 to its core but instead of enhancing the gaming experience, to me it feels like there is more control over the player and what he can do then actual freedom within the game.

    One thing that is really bothersome is when Arthur tries to do anything in camp. He moves at a slow pace and there is no work around to have Arthur move faster within camp. Horses cannot be ridden to your bed and skinned animals cannot be dropped off at the butcher. Trying to successfully accomplish a task within camp can sometimes feel like you're fighting the controls when you are trying to achieve a button prompt. I think it has something to do with the camera and the way Arthur steps around, he could sometimes hum over certain prompts within camp just because he isn't positioned right or directly over the object.

    The button prompts have drastically changed from Red Dead 1 to 2. Now you can essentially "engage" someone by holding L2 and focusing in on them. This has caused me more problems with the NPC's then good ones... I don't know why but everytime I try to talk to someone or focus in on them, I get into more fights then friendly banter. I'm also not really into holding the square button when trying to pick up a body or animal pelts and then you use the Triangle button to loot bodies and mount your horse. Its confusing what i'm trying to say and can really halt the progress of normal mundane tasks because the player is confused trying to figure out how to achieve his goal. Picking up someone else's gun is the same concept too. You have to Press R1 to scroll over the option menus to choose the right prompt and then press L1 to switch a weapon you wanted to pick up. Its just a mess really and game play wise extremely confusing.

    The menu is cluttered, making it confusing for the user making it a hard time understanding what exactly could be sold at a market or used for practicality. There isn't a sorting option available that organizes your pack for you, which I feel like they sorely needed to implement or give the option to manually sort items for ourselves so we can clearly define exactly what we need and what we don't need.

    One last thing.. The hunting is really bad. Really really bad. Its VERY hard to track and find an animal let alone kill it properly to get the perfect skin. it takes more time out the game when trying to hunt and it does it in way that doesn't feel satisfying. Hunting gameplay needs a huge look at and needs to be made in a way thats more friendly and rewarding to do.

    There are things that bother me about RDR2, its more about the controls then anything but the story and quests are engaging. Its a rockstar game in an open world scenario. You're going to be fetching things, you're going to be an errand boy but thats how its always been. Nothing new there and thats why we come back to these games for the immersion and silly quests. The game is beautiful and the world feels alive.    … Expand
  16. Skymning
    Oct 31, 2018
    7
    So I'm finally back in the real world after a hectic weekend in the wild wild west, and while I was hoping to go back to work bustling with excitement, praising the game I have been looking forward to for so long, I realize that the best way to describe my state of mind ambivalent.

    The graphics are amazing, the story is engaging, sound, music and voice acting are on point. But the    So I'm finally back in the real world after a hectic weekend in the wild wild west, and while I was hoping to go back to work bustling with excitement, praising the game I have been looking forward to for so long, I realize that the best way to describe my state of mind ambivalent.

    The graphics are amazing, the story is engaging, sound, music and voice acting are on point.

    But the game has some serious flaws that I would like to highlight:
    Rockstar decided that they wanted to make this game very realistic and immersive, but somewhere along the line they forgot that it is still a game and should be entertaining as well.. You don’t have to sacrifice fun to make it more immersive, you can have both. “Well you make a better game then, cried the fanboy” I will give an example on how to improve the game, hope that is enough?
    In camp you do choirs to boost the morale for your partners in crime, chopping wood for example. I don’t mind doing it, if you actually make it rewarding instead of feeling like a proper choir, we all have enough of those irl.

    Chopping wood: You walk up press triangle and watch Arthur do a 10 sec animation of him swinging the axe, then you get to press R2 to see him do it again for 10 sec, R2 and repeat.
    Improvement: A minigame where you have to angle the axe correctly with the analog stick to actually hit the wood while timing the swing with R2.

    It’s the same scenario with other tasks that you are required to do; Brushing your horse, skinning a animal, cooking, weapon maintenance etc. Implement minigames that is rewarding and challenging and these realistic features becomes entertaining.

    My next rant, the interface – Long story short, its overly complicated.

    You press L1 to get a equipment-wheel where you browse different weapons, press R1 to change to a different wheel with consumables. Browse between the different items with R2 and lift L1 to equip/consume. It’s complicated, you missclick way too easily and its hard to get a overview on your inventory, esp in a fire fight.

    In order to open the world map you have to press Options, wait for 1½ sec for the menu to load and then press X. Why not do like every other game where you press touchscreen and from there you can browse your inventory, journal etc? Now these functions are spread out in different menus without any apperant logic behind.

    Shopping is also too complicated. I want to buy a hat and a jacket, here how it goes:
    Walk into store
    L2 to greet shopkeeper
    X to see catalog
    You get a realistic catalog with a “root-menu”
    Select Clothing
    Submenu: Select hats
    You get to browse differnet pages in the catalog with drawn pictures of hats and get to select the one you like, press X to view on character.
    All of a sudden you have a list of all the hats available and can skip through them all to try before you buy.
    From here you actually have to go back to the rootmenu in the realistic catalog and start over and do the whole process all over again. Why not give us an option to press Circle in the hat-menu, select jacket and browse them quick and easy?

    A lot of people complain about Arthur being slow and its true, he is. But I don’t think that is such a problem. It gives the game a different feeling that I can appreciate. If it was consistent.. It is not. You can run at a certain phase all over the world, but when you spend time in camp Rockstar decided to cap it by half. I get it, they want the player to really notice the details they invested in the environment here in camp. The problem is, it doesn’t work that way. Don’t force me to stop and appreciate as I will only get annoyed and see even less.

    I could continue ranting about the game mechanics, strange UI and wierd priorities; realism vs fun, that you can’t summon your horse, how bleak the gun fights are, awkward controls but I think I have made my point. Its a flawed game with a beautiful facade and a good story. Almost like they did a remake with improved graphics but forgot to hire people to upgrade the game mechanics to the smooth standard we are used to in games in 2018.

    I really hope that Rockstar can remove the horse blinders, listen to the legit critique some people try to raise and patch the game to the masterpiece it could have been.. But whom am I fooling?

    Reading the professional reviewers whom should be objective when judging a game but won’t even mention to bring up the strange controls and outdated game mechanics, something that would be a major drawback for a total score on any other game out there. R*logo equals quality, through and through. Otherwise you don’t get it, or the game isn’t for you. The end.

    But the game is for me - I love open world games in general, I loved RDR1 in particular and have been hyped for a sequel for as long as the rest of you.. It’s just that I cant praise a game this flawed. Please do better.    … Expand
  17. Bayden
    Oct 31, 2018
    7
    Just finished it this morning.
    The game is technically amazing, but is brought down buy tiresome gun mechanics and movement along with a frustrating lack of freedom within missions and many other inconveniences.
    For example if you forget to get your rifle from your horse before dismounting during a mission it will often fail you for walking 5 meters back to get it, so your left with a    Just finished it this morning.
    The game is technically amazing, but is brought down buy tiresome gun mechanics and movement along with a frustrating lack of freedom within missions and many other inconveniences.

    For example if you forget to get your rifle from your horse before dismounting during a mission it will often fail you for walking 5 meters back to get it, so your left with a crappy pistol for the whole thing.

    Your load-out constantly resets so you have to rummage through bags for 10 seconds to get everything you want before leaving your horse. main character doesn't seem to adapt based on your play style. game gets quite tiresome and i am glad its over.

    incredible amount of unique voice lines and unique interactions and a kinda good overall story bring the score up a bit.    … Expand
  18. Unto7
    Nov 2, 2018
    7
    Game is unplayable for me. Every text is too small my 60 inch Oled. And gamplay. It's like walking through tar. Not smooth at all..
  19. newloggins
    Nov 4, 2018
    7
    Good game not great.

    Controls are not that great. Wish R* would get w/ the times and update their control scheme.

    Sometimes more like a Camping Simulation than a game.
  20. Wolfinthefable
    Nov 6, 2018
    7
    This game is really overrated.
    The amazing environment is the only thing that really stands out if you ask me. Controls are bad and every interaction looks slow and clumsy. The menus are outdated. Missions lack variety: most of them consist of several tedious minutes of horse riding and some trivial gunfight... without the rides each mission would probably lasts 5 minutes or less. Game    This game is really overrated.
    The amazing environment is the only thing that really stands out if you ask me. Controls are bad and every interaction looks slow and clumsy. The menus are outdated. Missions lack variety: most of them consist of several tedious minutes of horse riding and some trivial gunfight... without the rides each mission would probably lasts 5 minutes or less. Game progression/difficulty WANTED.
    The plot becomes interesting halfway through while in the first chapters you have that "nothing important happened today" feeling. The second part of the story and the dialogues are nice.
    The soundtrack is ok, moving sometimes but only good as a whole.
    Details as growing hair, dirty clothes and other stuff like that are cool but Rockstar should have spend more time improving gameplay mechanics and controls.    … Expand
  21. MrBum
    Nov 6, 2018
    7
    They set the game in 1899, so I guess they wanted their control scheme out of the same era. The game controls like a drunk oxen trudging through cold molasses. The run and gun gameplay is some of the worst I've ever seen since the PS2 era. I had to constantly look up how to do things, nothing is ever explained, and i think i'm getting carpel tunnel syndrome from mashing x so damn manyThey set the game in 1899, so I guess they wanted their control scheme out of the same era. The game controls like a drunk oxen trudging through cold molasses. The run and gun gameplay is some of the worst I've ever seen since the PS2 era. I had to constantly look up how to do things, nothing is ever explained, and i think i'm getting carpel tunnel syndrome from mashing x so damn many times just to run (you know, the movement speed that should be default and has been in every decent game in the last two decades).

    Barring those gross --and in my opinion negligent-- deficiencies, what the game does well it does very well. The environmental design is top notch from lighting to art direction to sound design, all incredible and amazing. It's a shame we have to experience all of it through the absolutely inexcusably bad player interface.

    It's a shame, as this game would have easily been a 9, maybe even a 10 if Rock$tar wasn't stuck in the 19th century when it came to controls. As it stands now, I can barely manage to play a few hours at a time before walking away for a day or two in frustration.    … Expand
  22. Linx_13
    Nov 7, 2018
    7
    Clumsy controls, buggy gameplay and questionable mechanics keep Rockstar’s prequel to the excellent western Red Dead Redemption far from being a perfect game, but its characters and story still make up for a memorable experience.
  23. MisterLupus
    Nov 10, 2018
    7
    I'll start off by saying it's impossible to take game reviewers serious these days. Who are these people? A game rated at 97 should be so groundbreaking and awesome - so flawless and polished - whoever made it deserves to be deified. At that rating we're talking wonders of the world - something only the gods could do better - an event of historical proportions.

    And let's face it - Red    I'll start off by saying it's impossible to take game reviewers serious these days. Who are these people? A game rated at 97 should be so groundbreaking and awesome - so flawless and polished - whoever made it deserves to be deified. At that rating we're talking wonders of the world - something only the gods could do better - an event of historical proportions.

    And let's face it - Red Dead Redemption 2 does not deliver that quality. It's neither groundbraking, flawless or polished - and even though certain aspects of it does cross the border to what should be considered awesome others again falls miserably short of even seeing that border.

    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.

    All in all it's not very "organic" nor does it allow for the player to interact with it in any profound ways.

    But despite not being the pinnacle of penmanship nor deeply influenced by the player's decisions - it did entertain me and in addition to falling in love with the world itself I also ended up becoming invested in the characters and even sad to see some of them go.

    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.

    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 - not a more recent AAA-Production.

    It lacks anything even resembling flow and also falls short in terms of user friendliness. Gunplay is pretty much autoaim and instant headshot - melee is simply mashing two buttons in accordance to animation and the mechanics for fishing actually made my hands go numb.

    And even though the story is good enough (though not as brilliant as many would argue) - the missions are unrewarding tours. In fact - the way they're played out - you hardly get to influence them at all as the game itself pushes you down certain paths and makes most decisions for you.

    They're 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. Most of the time you just follow character X through points A-Z then either click the objects he tells you to click or kill whomever he needs you to kill before being rewarded with a cutscene. It feels more like a tutorial that never ends than an actual game - and often it even dictates where you're allowed to move and at which pace or whether or not you're allowed to have your guns ready.

    Even your weapon setup is affected. Went through a lot of trouble choosing and prepping the desired weapons pre-mission? Tough luck as this game will revert your choices to what it wants you to use during the first cutscene (even though the weapons it forces upon you are of the same type as the ones you'd prefer).

    This to me was maybe my biggest nuisance - as I felt this game was treating me like an idiot. Some unwanted parasite in need of restraints. "Shut up and let me get on with my awesome story won't you? No ofc I won't let you influence it - I tell it best as it is - I am in charge this experience not you!!"

    As for fishing and hunting and doing bounties plus experiencing random world events - as well as crafting - they've actually done a good job. But like it always is with these things they do get repetitive after a while and starts to feel grindy. It doesn't help either that the world is so littered with animals you can almost aim the rifle randomly and still hit something nor that you'll catch a fish pretty much every time you throw your line in. It would have been better if wilderness encounters reaped higher rewards but were less frequent I feel - but it's nothing gamebreaking.

    All in all Red Dead Redemption 2 has all the ingredients to be the epic experience most reviewers make it out to be - but doesn't really come close in terms of execution. Gameplay is outdated and user-unfriendly - it lacks both polish and innovation - balance is a bit off here and there and the game fails miserably all across the line in terms of player interaction. The story and the missions are pretty much set in stone - and it refuses you to equip the chisel.

    Most of the time you're not really playing a game - merely watching events unfold the way the developers intended them to - practically sidelined and incapable of influencing anything at all.

    This game treats you more like a spectator than a participant.    … Expand
  24. Satansibles
    Nov 9, 2018
    7
    Beautiful game. Beautiful world, wonderful story I would have no issue rating this 1010 if it wasn't for the lackluster gameplay and clunky controls. If gameplay is your highest priority in a game don't get your hopes up. However if story and visuals are the main priority in a game for you I highly recommend 10/10.
  25. alisongardner
    Nov 14, 2018
    7
    One of the best games I've ever played. BUT the Hype for it is too much, at some point a lot of "things" start being repetitive to the point that removes some realism.
  26. Hk_Phil
    Nov 17, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Firstly, the review score is overhyped at a 10. I think this is around a 7. It’s good but not great. Yes there is attention to detail but it should be a fun game, not a simulator. Everything is muddy and drab and wet and depressing, with all NPCs living miserable lives. When the main character got terminal TB and started coughing up blood I quit. This downbeat town and the constant chores just wasn’t enough fun to keep me going.… Expand
  27. NuttyNutNut666
    Nov 20, 2018
    7
    i think the user score for this game is pretty accurate, it should be around a 7.5 - 8.0, let me explain:
    -The games story is padded and drawn out to hell and the prologue is one of the worst introductory sequences I have seen in a while, its just so boring .
    -The combat is not fun, there is no human way to play without aim assist because its like you are trying to guide a blind person    i think the user score for this game is pretty accurate, it should be around a 7.5 - 8.0, let me explain:
    -The games story is padded and drawn out to hell and the prologue is one of the worst introductory sequences I have seen in a while, its just so boring .
    -The combat is not fun, there is no human way to play without aim assist because its like you are trying to guide a blind person on rollerskates and at a certain point you just get bored of even aiming for the head and shooting a corridor of enemies
    -Walking in interiors and camp gripes me to no end, its the biggest sin of taking control AWAY from the player and its indicitive of modern game design, LET ME RUN!
    -No fast travelling, well there is but its pretty poop and for a game world this large why didn't they use the RDR1 system? It was perfect and made sense
    -RNG random encounters, we all know how these go, they are fun the first time but when you see the same encounter with the same dialogue, it gets stale, fast. Luckily some encounters are scripted, which is all this game seems to really do best at.
    -The UI is the worst I've ever seen in a while, lots of flicking through and lots of needless work, they could easily let the player assign items/weapons themselves, we don't need everything jammed into one menu
    -The crafting is...ugh! Just try and sit to make split point bullets, its like they didn't take into account this was a videogame
    -The amount of freedom you have during missions is very limited, your just playing how they want you to, now Rockstar have never been good at this, but they at least tried with bank heist missions in GTA5
    -Animations for every little thing, remember the worst aspect of RDR1 when you hunted something and had to wait 20 seconds for the animation to play, its all over the place here, there's animations for picking up individual items and its so slow!
    -Weapon variety is very stale, most are the same weapons as in RDR1, but at least the game has some unique weapons
    -The weapon upgrading isn't as good as it looks on the surface, you have a lot of customization but very little tangible benefit, I bet they will monetize this for online
    -The economy system is completely broken, the game will throw money at you constantly, taking out a large portion of the motivation to keep playing
    -Hunting is tedious and imo broken, animals don't always spawn and you better hope to god its a 3 star. Another thing that bugs me is the fact you now have to use specfic weapons on specific animals, but it makes no sense, if I shoot any animal IN THE HEAD with an arrow, how does it damage the pelt? It makes no sense to me.
    -The crime system is completely sensitive and punishing, you bump into somebody and the law will murder you, the game doesn't take things like self defence into account so if you kill somebody in self defence, you will be killed. Not to mention there is no way to get rid of bounties than paying. Also, is nobody is gonna mention how the bandana does ****
    In a game about being an outlaw its the most unfun outlaw game I've ever played.
    -Too many busy work elements that aren't shown to the player properly other than vague tutorials, I can't for the life of me keep my weight consistent, it would help if there was a bar or something, c'mon! SanAndreas already nailed this aspect years ago.
    -The game world is actually devoid of content, outside stranger missions and maybe 3 encounters like the incest couple, there is nothing to really do in this game other than the stuff R* laid out for you, they even made bounties entirely scripted for some reason, this game might as well not even be open world, I think it would work better for how much walking and talking there is.
    -The horse not being able to be called at a distance is such a stupid thing, nobody cares about realism, we play videogames to escape it and it actually gets in the way of enjoying your games

    I had to actively stop playing after the second chapter, the game was bogging me down and the plot honestly felt like it was going nowhere but me doing tedious busywork like tailing missions, I WANT to finish this game but its such a chore to play. Its obvious the Professional "Critics" likely rushed the main story and took notice of the attention to detail but ignored everything, not realising this is supposed to be a videogame, not a movie. I still spent 30 hours on this game and i appreciate the attempts Rockstar made, but shamefully its ruined by bad game design.    … Expand
  28. JasonSthuart
    Nov 20, 2018
    7
    RDR2 has one of the worst shooting mechanics I've ever seen in a game. It's THAT BAD. As a Rockstar fan since GTA 1 on PS1, its hard for me to believe how bad the shooting in this game is (considering how popular Rockstar is as a developer these days).

    Rockstar has a reputation for making bad shooting mechanics in its open word games, but I think the shooting in GTA 5 was very good. I    RDR2 has one of the worst shooting mechanics I've ever seen in a game. It's THAT BAD. As a Rockstar fan since GTA 1 on PS1, its hard for me to believe how bad the shooting in this game is (considering how popular Rockstar is as a developer these days).

    Rockstar has a reputation for making bad shooting mechanics in its open word games, but I think the shooting in GTA 5 was very good. I did 100% in RDR2. I got used to the controls, and even tho its shocking how the bad shooting is.

    Let's starts about the guns. For a western game, the feeling of the sidearms are terrible, they don't feel satisfying at all. The aiming is all nonsense. Sometimes your screen starts shaking like crazy, making aiming difficult. Even with lock on the aiming has issues. Not to mention the weapon sway. Trying to make it more realistic? This is not realistic. Especially when you have something like dead eye (to which you basically become a slave during the game)

    The world of RDR2 is incredible. Its a very detailed world, with one of the most incredible story and characters in videogames. But its just sad, at least for me, how disapointted the shooting mechanics are. It plays an extremely important part of the game, and it's so battered this way.

    Also it makes me think: the gaming media (for $ome rea$on) basically ignored all this fundamental issues. And not only that, what the Rockstar testers are doing there?

    The good news is: if this game is coming to pc, all this issues are gonna disappear, because I dont think rockstar cares about it too much. It will be all about RDR online from now.    … Expand
  29. bencrvr
    Dec 10, 2018
    7
    Beautiful world, bad interface. Definitely an amazing technical achievement. I enjoy riding the horse around and bonding with it and looking at the world. Hunting is pretty fun, I don't mind the animations there. But the animations get excessive and bog things down a lot and the controls often suck. The input lag sucks and the slow movement speed sucks. Deserves game of the year for theBeautiful world, bad interface. Definitely an amazing technical achievement. I enjoy riding the horse around and bonding with it and looking at the world. Hunting is pretty fun, I don't mind the animations there. But the animations get excessive and bog things down a lot and the controls often suck. The input lag sucks and the slow movement speed sucks. Deserves game of the year for the sheer scope and beauty of the world but it's often not fun to play. The story is stupid, I would have killed that Micah guy right away. Stopped playing the story when you break him out of jail and instead of blwing his brains out when he goes psycho, the game forces you to go along with him and protect him, which means killing an entire town. There's no sense of choice in the narrative until the end, which I'll never get to because **** Dutch and that gang, I'm a lone wolf. Would've left those stupid ****s behind right at the beginning. The narrative was too small in scope, I really don't give a **** about some gang, I want something a little wider in scope. The grandeur of the world felt sharply contrasted by the strict narrative. A choose your own adventure in this world would be sweet. Maybe that's what online is like, I'd better check it out.… Expand
  30. d2203282
    Nov 22, 2018
    7
    this game's open-world is awesome and graphics&audio are great. But gameplay is repetitve and boring. Gta5 is much better. The whole stroy and bunch of cutscenes is not ineresting. The entire gameplay is not improved.
  31. Thiccbanana17
    Dec 12, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm gonna split this into two: the online and the story.
    Story: The story was absolutely perfect. Whoever wrote this game should get a reward, the dialogue is great, the characters are well written, the soundtrack is my favorite Rockstar soundtrack ever. Everything was perfect, but the game hits a low point after the Saint Denis bank heist gone wrong. Your ship somehow sinks, you somehow find every gang member on the ship together, and you somehow get caught up in a war. It just seems random. Games like five finger fillet, poker, or just sitting around a campfire at night with the gang is enjoyable. The free world is even better, the amount of detail Rockstar put in this game is incredible. One of the main problems of this game, though, is the shooting. Rockstar holds your hand and once you turn off aim assist, it's like Arthur is blind. The cover system is the worst too, and it's downright annoying. Overall, the story is a 4.5/5
    The online mode- Online is fun in the beginning, you get busted out and in the finale you get to suit up like ghetto iron Man, but from there it gets a bit slow and grindy. Game modes are fun to play, but the free-world is just so stripped of the story mode. They got rid of the side games like poker or five finger fillet, which would've been fun to play with friends. Fishing is the only game you have in online, but it's such a chore to have to rank up, get a bow, have to upgrade that bow. Overall, online in it's current state is lackluster, and a tad disappointing. 2.5/5
    Overall: 7/10    … Expand
  32. Fragalicious
    Dec 5, 2018
    7
    There are the fanboys, the haters, then there is everything in between...

    I enjoyed this. It was pretty, there were side tasks to keep you occupied, but I also spent a great deal of time shouting at the thing. The controls - dear lord, the controls - are clumsy at best, a liability at worst. If you're playing this, save while in open roam (you can't do this in missions, obviously),    There are the fanboys, the haters, then there is everything in between...

    I enjoyed this. It was pretty, there were side tasks to keep you occupied, but I also spent a great deal of time shouting at the thing. The controls - dear lord, the controls - are clumsy at best, a liability at worst. If you're playing this, save while in open roam (you can't do this in missions, obviously), because you *will* a.) pull a weapon on someone accidentally b.) die due to some janky control mess-up, c.) bump into several people at once and get into a fight, which will escalate out of control pretty quickly.

    I've been lucky not to have the "punch my own horse" issue that others have with the dicey controls (although I've accidentally pulled my gun on a few shopkeepers), but I've been *very* careful. The horses are so well rendered that I'd be horrified at doing so. Seriously, I think I spent most of the first hour or two of free wandering just hanging out with my horse and trying to make it happy. Probably the best part of the game, really. Just being a cowboy, hanging out with your horse.

    But boy, is the control issue annoying. It is, unfortunately, something that is unavoidable in lowering the score.

    The plot, without spoiling anything, is reasonable, but the writing didn't grab me. A great deal of the voice acting, too. I'd put the writing on a par with GTA V, as in "not brilliant, but will keep Hollywood fans amused."

    I haven't played online, because GTA:O in the end just put me off Rockstar's ethic when it comes to online games now.

    Look. I enjoyed it. I played it through. I'm still messing about with it now. Will it have longevity? I don't know. It's big, but the clanky controls are a real problem. DLC would help, but the refusal to put such in GTA V suggests to me that Rockstar will rather pump everything into online if they think it'll make them even richer (will there be a Cowboy Card? Who knows?), but I'm hearing that basic items are ludicrously expensive in the online game, so I can be forgiven for being a bit cynical on that score.

    It is a visual masterpiece (the weather effects are truly stunning, I like the hair and beard growing idea, like Witcher 3 had, I find games are getting better and better at reproducing nature since the early days of videogames - I'm an old guy, so I remember when 8-bit was the height of graphics technology) and while all of this is beautiful, and I quite like just meandering about, I just wish more time that was put into, say morphing horse testicle technology (nope, not a joke, your big fellers spuds will shrink in the cold) was put into writing, characterisation, and making the controls smoother.

    But this old cowboy is rambling a bit. It's fun. Many people clearly enjoy it and are prepared to overlook its faults for its strengths.

    You know what? I'd play it just for the horses. They're worth the price of admission alone.

    TL;DR:

    - Good plot, could have done with better writing though.
    - Very pretty. One of the prettiest games I've seen on a console.
    - The nature effects are magnificent.
    - The controls are at times frustrating and the general interface can be an issue.
    - There are bugs, according to others, but I've yet to encounter many.
    - Some of the voice acting is a little corny.
    - Some of the characterisation is a bit hamfisted.
    - Where's my damn poncho, guys?    … Expand
  33. king-flames
    Nov 26, 2018
    7
    good environment ... but lack the depth in the story and slow events ... boring play style with literally nothing to do in the game and it doesn't deserve the best game
  34. denni5m
    Dec 3, 2018
    7
    I agree with most being said here from the average score reviews, i got up to chapter 6 and just couldn't find any reason to keep playing. Its painfully obvious where the story is going by about chapter 3. And with no real RPG or character progression elements you get bored of just riding around. The game also makes the weird choice of making it almost impossible to be bad as the penaltyI agree with most being said here from the average score reviews, i got up to chapter 6 and just couldn't find any reason to keep playing. Its painfully obvious where the story is going by about chapter 3. And with no real RPG or character progression elements you get bored of just riding around. The game also makes the weird choice of making it almost impossible to be bad as the penalty is too high and there is no point either to doing so. This makes the game very linear and not very fun like in a GTA title or other modern games that give you true freedom. But the worst flaw in this game is decade old controls, this works in GTA because you do a lot of driving which controls well in that game but in this game in 2018 it feels very amateur and clunky. This would have been a masterpiece if they could have added some decent career progression, fixed the controls and made the world more dynamic and your actions actually made impacts on people and the world. I have no idea how this scores 10/10 from almost every game reviewer, they must have got some serious swag and or money for it. realistically its a 7/10 or 8 at best only because it is still pretty fun to ride around especially in the first 5 hours. With the amount of AAA excellent titles that have recently come out, this game feels like its not in the same class against these recent titles in every area. Graphics are generally good but character models are pretty poor for this day an age and graphics don't make a good game.… Expand
  35. Jaket_
    Mar 11, 2019
    7
    The game has a weak plot, terribly boring, every time you need to ride a horse to get to the destination point.
    The game is soapy, rockstar could make the game without any smoothing the console would stand but could be in a stable 30 fps and not with decay (poor optimization)
    Online is not interesting ...
  36. MSDummyAccount
    Dec 3, 2018
    7
    After playing daily for a month (60+ hours) I'm pretty disappointed by this given the high expectations. It is visually stunning but the controls can be clumsy (who thinks using the same button for greeting and shooting should be the same? I accidentally shot so many people!) and some of the gameplay is straight up tedious. Does someone at Rockstar think it's actually fun to build fencesAfter playing daily for a month (60+ hours) I'm pretty disappointed by this given the high expectations. It is visually stunning but the controls can be clumsy (who thinks using the same button for greeting and shooting should be the same? I accidentally shot so many people!) and some of the gameplay is straight up tedious. Does someone at Rockstar think it's actually fun to build fences or milk cows? Some of the restrictions like being unable to run in camp are plain irritating. The menu system is also a bit of a mess and can be hard to find what you're looking for at times.
    Overall the main story line is enjoyable but there's a lot of nonsense to put up with along the way.
    Haven't tried online yet.    … Expand
  37. julione
    Dec 11, 2018
    7
    Beautiful graphics kind of interesting story.
    The game play however feels just like gta 5 but with slower weapons. I little outdated for a game that is released in 2018.
  38. arush436
    Dec 11, 2018
    7
    Rockstar have created a breathtaking, breathing world which although at first is visually impressing, is completely ruined by the sheer frustrating and poor design decisions. I actually think I enjoy watching others play this on YouTube rather than playing it myself.

    Don't get me wrong, it has some beautiful moments of gameplay, ad the music/soundtrack is amazing. But this game has been    Rockstar have created a breathtaking, breathing world which although at first is visually impressing, is completely ruined by the sheer frustrating and poor design decisions. I actually think I enjoy watching others play this on YouTube rather than playing it myself.

    Don't get me wrong, it has some beautiful moments of gameplay, ad the music/soundtrack is amazing. But this game has been an exercise in patience to say the least. Not being able to run in camp, horses slowing down and sprint becoming disabled randomly throughout missions, poor choice of controls, a pointless core system which is completely unnecessary and overly complicated, randomly falling of horses which choose randomly when to jump over a crash or to ignore it. Also, there are way to many collectibles (cave drawings, dreamcatchers, cards, dinosaur bones and more). Why have them? They all amount to the same thing - googling the location and travelling there on your horse (which again, can be a nightmare). The treasure hunting was a very welcoming side quest as each treasure gives a clue to the next's location (adding actual gameplay value).

    I couldn't pinpoint the exact problem - but riding through a town or city was an eyesore and produced headaches. I think it was something to do with a low framerate, but it was just very clunky and NOT smooth. I don't have the latest and greatest TV or PS4 but God of War 4 was the opposite. Always smooth and beautiful.

    I thought it was a poor decision to not have hours played added like in the GTA series. I invested 60+ hours and it would have been nice to see exactly the time I'd put in.

    The online suffers from the same clunky controls and framerate at times and the choice to add player location on to the radar completely killed the different activities for me. Especially the well thought out Battle Royale style games.

    Overall this is a game which could have been so much more if more time was invested in more important areas like controls, and playability. Maybe invest less time in massive maps and more in the actual gaming experience. Having said that it really is the most beautiful game i've ever seen, but the game mechanics and playability, are sadly dreadful.    … Expand
  39. Gaxeiro
    Dec 12, 2018
    7
    Gran juego y muchísimo contenido. Su mundo abierto te ofrece una infinidad de tiempo que emplear en misiones secundaria y pequeñas historias.
    Técnicamente es espléndido, cabe resaltar la iluminación y animaciones.
    La narrativa está muy trabajada, si bien la historia se alarga a veces con relleno innecesario, teniendo momentos cumbre que permanecen en la memoria. La jugabilidad deja    Gran juego y muchísimo contenido. Su mundo abierto te ofrece una infinidad de tiempo que emplear en misiones secundaria y pequeñas historias.
    Técnicamente es espléndido, cabe resaltar la iluminación y animaciones.
    La narrativa está muy trabajada, si bien la historia se alarga a veces con relleno innecesario, teniendo momentos cumbre que permanecen en la memoria.
    La jugabilidad deja mucho, muchísimo, que desear. Nunca tienes la sensación de un control total del personaje, el set de movimientos no es nada intuitivo y es muy fácil disparar a alguien con el que quieres hablar o patear un caballo al que te quieres subir. Los tiroteos no funcionan, o son un mero trámite con el apuntado automático o una ortopédica odisea que recuerda a tiroteos de San Andreas. Esto es un serio punto en contra, porque si te apetece dar un simple rodeo por el basto mapa o la historia no te convence, bien por su temática o bien porque te aburre, le resta mucho al juego, puesto que por momentos controlar a Arthur Morgan no sólo no es divertido, es frustrante.
    Aún así la gran cantidad de tareas y objetivos hacen que puedas entretenerte de muchas maneras, incluso algún que otro minijuego resulta muy adictivo.    … Expand
  40. Bo_Hazem
    Dec 13, 2018
    7
    A good game overall, yet it's 10% core game and 90% chores. It would be great if the fights were engaging and challenging, yet it's too clunky and at the same time too easy. So much amazing things inside the game yet stained with lots of boredom during your journey in the game.
  41. Ded_Lesnik
    Dec 14, 2018
    7
    Оценку снизил за расточительное колличесво времени на дурости
  42. hugoboss69x
    Dec 15, 2018
    7
    Es un juegazo pero en la version de PS4 Pro la han cagado muchisimo con el antialiasing, llega a marear incluso, acabe jugandolo en el monitor a 1080p porq en la tv me era imposible, pero la historia y todo lo demas del juego para mi es impresionante (L)
  43. KushFerrari
    Dec 17, 2018
    7
    In some aspects, RDR 2 is even better than the first. The level of detail is astonishing, the way NPC's continue contextual conversations with others, how interacting and making decisions can greatly impact the world's perception of your protagonist in a good or colossal way, which is also a refreshing change from the previous game. It really is a marvel of presentation and easily one ofIn some aspects, RDR 2 is even better than the first. The level of detail is astonishing, the way NPC's continue contextual conversations with others, how interacting and making decisions can greatly impact the world's perception of your protagonist in a good or colossal way, which is also a refreshing change from the previous game. It really is a marvel of presentation and easily one of the most authentic open worlds ever made. Combat is also improved, from the chaotic bass of nearly every weapon. The way a bullet from the slug of a double barrel scatters after being fired point blank, with a thunderous roar as limbs fly off from within your vicinity. It's pretty awesome, but the cover system is completely broken and a huge downgrade from the first one. The story and characters are expertly written and masterfully performed, with voice acting that rivals other films as a masterclass in introducing and creating compelling characters. The soundtrack is universally excellent, from old western folk ballads that make traversing the world more immersive, to the brilliant guitar notes and heavy drums that fire off as soon as combat erupts into a lively and deadly shootout. Back to the story, the first four chapters are among the best storytelling in any game, its extremely enthralling and incredibly nuanced. We follow a group of outlaws and outcasts trying to survive and escape a world that has changed with the times, and the remnants of remaining outlaws dwindle as civilization closes in. The dichotomy between Arthur and Dutch was riveting at times, both men raised and indebted to their idealistic beleifs and struggles that clash and erupt in front of them as soon as they're fed up with system that always catches up with them, as both men desperately yearn to get away from it. We see a man deteriorate in front of us and another man grow and change into a kind hearted, but superficial killer (depending on your choices.) After these four chapters, the games quality takes a nose dive as your forced to cooperate with endless shootouts and tedious trailing missions that grind the games pacing to a dramatic halt. The games design is very linear, and on missions and some of the side quests in the game, you never get that sense of accomplishment and pride in trying to approach something on your own. The game constantly leads you to this pathway and it just seems dated. Just as slowly as Arthur doubts and resents his charismatic mentor, I too was very much annoyed by the direction the game went. With mainstream critics and fanboys always sucking Rockstar's cock, i doubt the'll be changing things up.… Expand
  44. kaancag
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had to give it below 8. I just had to.

    Graphics: 10/10, simply amazing. The amount of detail and the quality overall is amazing.
    Setting / Atmosphere: 9/10, Towns and wilderness really takes you into wild west, truly feeling you're living in the era. When enter a saloon or a shop, it is authentic.
    Story: 5/10, This is where I was let down. The story is very repetitive in it's terms, I understand you're the prey and always on the run but come on. And when the story starts to make sense you die. All your investment to your personality is down the drain. And you die from tuberculosis. Meh.    … Expand
  45. HeroinMan
    Dec 29, 2018
    7
    https://www.bananatic.com/eu/ps4/ Very good game with a lot of things to do
  46. Roo182
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not a 10/10 game. It's a good game, some parts of it are indeed great, but it's not groundbreakingly outstanding. I loved the open world, the characters and a lot of the story. But I found myself bored stupid a lot of the time riding from point to point (a lot of back and forth). The hunting/fishing etc didn't interest me but can see how it does for others (not a bad thing). But I am just not a huge Rockstar guy. That 2nd last chapter with John on the ranch. SNORE.… Expand
  47. Anti_badgame0
    Dec 31, 2018
    7
    Well i'm not certain about this game. Certainly RDR2 is an excellent game from a technological standpoint, with absolutely gorgeous graphics and an insane amount of detail that is easily commendable, but, personally, the gameplay is where RDR2 suffers.

    The game is slow, almost too slow for someone with not much time on their hands, and the slow pace makes it feel like nothing is being    Well i'm not certain about this game. Certainly RDR2 is an excellent game from a technological standpoint, with absolutely gorgeous graphics and an insane amount of detail that is easily commendable, but, personally, the gameplay is where RDR2 suffers.

    The game is slow, almost too slow for someone with not much time on their hands, and the slow pace makes it feel like nothing is being accomplished, which severely hinders the game's enjoyability. The wanted system is annoying at best, with an almost guaranteed Wanted level if you ever commit a crime, without the bandana, which seems useless anyways.

    The game isnt bad by any means, the level of detail and realism within the game creates an authentic 1899 environment but the gameplay seems slow.

    Let's face it, RDR2 is a good game with questionable gameplay, gameplay so inconsistent that it physically harms the game itself.    … Expand
  48. DumitruLozovanu
    Jan 8, 2019
    7
    With all the praise it's been getting and all of the excitement around it, i expected Red Dead to be a masterpiece as the score claims, however, soon after i started playing i found some glaring problems, they were nothing game breaking or significant enough to take away from the experience though and i do consider it an amazing game, however, it comes no where near as revolutionary to meWith all the praise it's been getting and all of the excitement around it, i expected Red Dead to be a masterpiece as the score claims, however, soon after i started playing i found some glaring problems, they were nothing game breaking or significant enough to take away from the experience though and i do consider it an amazing game, however, it comes no where near as revolutionary to me as when i first played the original Red Dead, there are plenty of good user reviews outlining the issues with the slow, user unfriendly controls but i have no real problem with them, the game would still be a strong 8-9/10 for me, though 9.7/10 is pushing it a little.

    My real issue with the game is the online. I feel like it is no coincidence that the online was not available at release so the game can be rated on single player alone. I've spent a significant amount of time online now and the best way to describe the experience is probably simply 'bad' or 'not fun'. This is not because i'm bad at it, if anything i think the showdowns are too easy... You point in someone's general direction, you look slightly up to focus on their head, you wait a second for the accuracy and you shoot, rinse and repeat. It feels like they have not adapted the game for multiplayer, they took the single player and copy pasted everything to online, however, this doesn't work. Once you do that, the problems that existed in single player get amplified and there are tons of new problems that come from not properly adjusting the gameplay to be suitable for online.

    The progression online is slow, too slow, the idea that ammo is shared between showdown and free roam just forces you to spent your cash on ammo, everything else is too expensive for the payout that you get and if they're slightly cheaper, they don't feel like they're worth it. I have to admit that the co-operative missions are the most fun you can have online but traversing the map feels like a chore. There have been numerous bugs and glitches that I have come across and the terrain feels restrictive, the smallest of hills forces you to go around for miles because you can't climb it. Deaths feel too quick and the cover system fails a lot of the times plus there's hardly any cover usually... In comparison, GTA online had a few of these issues too but the game was leagues more fun than Red Dead, the modernised feel works with that type of online whereas Red Dead is held back by it. Driving a car to your destination is a lot more fun than tapping a button over and over until your horse runs out of stamina in vast wilderness where there's hardly any people or anything else to distract you from the fact that you're just tapping a button for minutes on end.

    Overall, the online experience simply does not work in my opinion, the free roam, showdown, not even the free roam events, the co-op missions is what is done right in online but they're few and far between. The game lacks fun and feels like everything is done to force your hand to spend money.    … Expand
  49. Generalxxbob
    Jan 4, 2019
    7
    Not a 97 score game. The story is connected smoothly with the first one but is small and with out depth. The word is huge but empty. The graphics and the sound are pretty good. Controls and movement are not the best with the "walk" system into the camps became crap. Missions are toooo small .More time they speak before the mision than the mission.
    My score for single player is 6,5.
    The    Not a 97 score game. The story is connected smoothly with the first one but is small and with out depth. The word is huge but empty. The graphics and the sound are pretty good. Controls and movement are not the best with the "walk" system into the camps became crap. Missions are toooo small .More time they speak before the mision than the mission.
    My score for single player is 6,5.
    The online looks promising    … Expand
  50. Hobo_Hagrid
    Jan 10, 2019
    7
    This game is a mixed bag for me. On one hand it got a wonderful map that you want to explore. Interesting characters that you want to learn more about. And a really good story that captivated me. And the amount of detail everywhere is just amazing.

    But I have a few problems with the game such as clunky controls, hand holding and boring quest design. For example in the late game it    This game is a mixed bag for me. On one hand it got a wonderful map that you want to explore. Interesting characters that you want to learn more about. And a really good story that captivated me. And the amount of detail everywhere is just amazing.

    But I have a few problems with the game such as clunky controls, hand holding and boring quest design.

    For example in the late game it got harder to do more than one story mission, before having to take a break from the game. Because the gameplay never evolves, you never get to do anything else than have a shootout every mission. This made it feel more like doing a boring task.

    In conclusion i feel that this game had a lot to live up to. And in some ways it achieved its goals. But the boring gameplay and whatnot killed the excitement for me.    … Expand
  51. BigcatNanamin
    Jan 11, 2019
    7
    On the Single player mode: Everything is incredible. RDR2 gives you a feeling that you are the real Arthur & John.
    But after your story on single-player. The multi is boring
  52. lomomololomo
    Feb 1, 2019
    7
    There is so much to enjoy in this game. The world Rockstar has created is beautiful, immersive, at times tender and full of details to discover. Most characters are immaculately voiced, and for the most part, nicely written. The humour is subtle and believable and many of the characters are likeable. And even though the story towards the end, started to lose any real sense and becomeThere is so much to enjoy in this game. The world Rockstar has created is beautiful, immersive, at times tender and full of details to discover. Most characters are immaculately voiced, and for the most part, nicely written. The humour is subtle and believable and many of the characters are likeable. And even though the story towards the end, started to lose any real sense and become predictable, I found it still moving.

    There are also some interesting mechanics. The honour, bounty, hunting. But at the same time, they are infuriating!

    And don't get me started on some of the quests and never-ending rides. I have to agree with many of other reviews that the game seems to alternate between an interactive story mode and an RPG. Personally, I didn't quite mind it. But would have liked to have more choice on the main story.

    But the biggest issue with this game is the controls. or lack of. Clunky, slow and a bit random at times.    … Expand
  53. shaggx83
    Oct 24, 2020
    7
    Sure this game is gorgeous and look realistic but aesthetic is not my main criteria for a video game. It is always game play. I just feel the game play mechanics are not fun and cumbersome. Not sure if that's the best word to describe it but I just feel like it's a chore. It is a good game but not the kind of game that I want to keep playing for hours and hours. Maybe I will update theSure this game is gorgeous and look realistic but aesthetic is not my main criteria for a video game. It is always game play. I just feel the game play mechanics are not fun and cumbersome. Not sure if that's the best word to describe it but I just feel like it's a chore. It is a good game but not the kind of game that I want to keep playing for hours and hours. Maybe I will update the score if I ever finish the game but for now my score stands at 7/10.… Expand
  54. xenoleo
    Feb 4, 2019
    7
    This game i fun, amazing, and i almost never get bored... except when i play online, the main story, or any of the challenges.

    Like the main story is so linear that you'll forget you're playing an OPEN world game. A straight line isn't as linear as the main story. The story itself was okay, it wasn't that different from other rockstar games and wester movies. "We need X amount of money    This game i fun, amazing, and i almost never get bored... except when i play online, the main story, or any of the challenges.

    Like the main story is so linear that you'll forget you're playing an OPEN world game. A straight line isn't as linear as the main story. The story itself was okay, it wasn't that different from other rockstar games and wester movies. "We need X amount of money to leave the country" "we just need this one last score" The only strong point of the story is characters. Every one of them is interesting and difference, unlike other rockstar games where a lot of the characters feel like a copy and paste.

    The other thing i don't understand is the "challenges". Like most of the main challenges are super easy and then all of a sudden you get one that is 100% based on luck. How is it a challenge if it's completely on luck? Good luck with winning 3 games of dominoes in a row lol. Not only those challenges but the gold medals. Like there are some missions that's literally impossible for you to get a gold. Did they even play test it or just put in the medals as a last minute feature?

    Now about the multiplayer. Can rockstar be more greedy? Have run grinding a weekend to only get a shotgun or a week to get a new horse. Of course you can skip all of that and just pay with real money and have it instantly! That's not the only thing i hate about the multiplayer. There's almost nothing to do. There is more to do in the single player open world right now. Plus there is no invite only or private sessions, so you have to play with strangers who will most likely try and kill you the second they see you.    … Expand
  55. JaeTrim
    Feb 11, 2019
    7
    The game is very repetitive and boring. I do not understand how this game has a 97 on metacritic.
  56. Hornikus
    Feb 22, 2019
    7
    Рокстар превзошли себя. Никогда бы не подумал, что с консоли 2014 года, можно вытянуть такую графику и такой открытый мир.
    Звуковое сопровождение в игре просто поражает и ближе к середине игры, качаешь этот саундтрек себе в библиотеку.
    Мир в игре огромный с кучей разных события, конечно ближе к концу, ты видишь что мир в игре мёртвый, а все эти случайные моменты, вовсе не случайны. Игру    Рокстар превзошли себя. Никогда бы не подумал, что с консоли 2014 года, можно вытянуть такую графику и такой открытый мир.
    Звуковое сопровождение в игре просто поражает и ближе к середине игры, качаешь этот саундтрек себе в библиотеку.
    Мир в игре огромный с кучей разных события, конечно ближе к концу, ты видишь что мир в игре мёртвый, а все эти случайные моменты, вовсе не случайны.
    Игру портит то, что в ней слишком много реалистичности. Тебе надо мыть коня, кормить коня, гладить коня, мыться самому, менять одежду в разных биомах и т.д.
    По сути, многим это покажется плюсом, но поверьте, когда ты провёл в игре около 60-ти часов и из этих 60-ти часов около 50-ти ты занимаешься рутиной и катаешься на коне с точки А в точку Б, это заставит зевать, даже самых упоротых фанатов такого геймплея.    … Expand
  57. paulv2k4
    Feb 23, 2019
    7
    A good story based game marred by the desperation for realism, story-telling & R*'s rush for multiplayer, although completing the story was satisfying.

    Pros: - great characters - good story - some good RPG elements like camp upgrades etc. - some fun to be had robbing stores - nice animal AI touches (e.g. birds find dead bodies) - graphics & animations are polished Cons: -    A good story based game marred by the desperation for realism, story-telling & R*'s rush for multiplayer, although completing the story was satisfying.

    Pros:
    - great characters
    - good story
    - some good RPG elements like camp upgrades etc.
    - some fun to be had robbing stores
    - nice animal AI touches (e.g. birds find dead bodies)
    - graphics & animations are polished

    Cons:
    - clunky & slow movement hinders a lot of gameplay enjoyability. to solve this, R* decided that you have to autoaim kill everyone
    - huge map, no fast travel!
    - hidden area of map (RDR1) that is completely empty
    - linear story, hardly any opportunity for thinking for yourself
    - tedious side quests
    - very poor and boring multiplayer, the gameplay doesn't suit it in my opinion
    - zero singleplayer replayability    … Expand
  58. ToshLichev
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    A huge, visually beautiful game with some great characters and an above average story that is brutally brought down by ancient feeling controls, overemphasis on mundane realism features, a lack of fast travel and usually boring and predictable mission structure that leaves the game feeling like a chore more often than not.
  59. mistadikay
    May 14, 2019
    7
    Beautiful, outstanding game. Though unfortunately not engaging for me enough to keep playing for a long time.
  60. DengKevin
    Aug 25, 2019
    7
    The game is good, but not a masterpiece that game reviewers say that it is. I would buy it on sale or rent. Definitely not full price though. I regret buying it for $60

    The graphics are top notch. Can't complain about anything there. The story is pretty good, but is easily predictable. Dutch constantly says to trust him and it gets annoying after a while. The characters are    The game is good, but not a masterpiece that game reviewers say that it is. I would buy it on sale or rent. Definitely not full price though. I regret buying it for $60

    The graphics are top notch. Can't complain about anything there.

    The story is pretty good, but is easily predictable. Dutch constantly says to trust him and it gets annoying after a while. The characters are believable.

    The side quests are not very good. They aren't very long, very repetitive, and have nothing to do with the main story sometimes or give any character development to the cast

    The hunting system is pretty cool. But having to find rare animals and use non lethal guns or bow to skin them perfectly is not very forgiving

    Guns feel like the guns from the time period. But gunplay is pretty much take cover, aim, and fire. Not anything difficult about it.

    Riding horses is cool and all, but Rockstar did not make a very good horse riding experience. I understand that Horses don't have unlimited stamina in real life, but they have way too little in the game and you have to level up the horse's stamina to max for it to feel realistic. I hate how you have to go in a different camera angle for the horse to auto ride to the waypoint. I hate how sometimes it'll run over citizens in auto. I hate how horse riding is like 40% of the game.

    The next quest is across the entire map and there is no fast travel to it or anywhere near it and the fastest way to get there is by horse and in the middle or riding there you'll run into an NPC and get wanted level.

    Online is not very good. Complete disappointment as of August 2019. If it wasn't for Online being so bad, I would've given it an 8. I would not recommend this game ton you and instead steer you towards GTA V or Witcher 3.    … Expand
  61. Riisu
    Mar 12, 2019
    7
    The story / campaign is absolutely brilliant with a huge amount of side quests and unmarked quests too. However, it all falls apart in the multiplayer. While the main story kept me wanting to come back day after day to play it, and even playing through a second time straight after i finished the 1st run. The multiplayer was a chore to play and boring.
    Overall.... definitely worth buying    The story / campaign is absolutely brilliant with a huge amount of side quests and unmarked quests too. However, it all falls apart in the multiplayer. While the main story kept me wanting to come back day after day to play it, and even playing through a second time straight after i finished the 1st run. The multiplayer was a chore to play and boring.
    Overall.... definitely worth buying for the story, but don't get too excited for the multiplayer.    … Expand
  62. Cz3rw0ny
    May 8, 2022
    7
    If the only criteria would be how complex and polished this game is - 10/10. But very slow pace, somewhat boring characters and extremally slow animations made me fight through this game rather than enjoy it for score higher than 7.
  63. Revegger
    Mar 26, 2019
    7
    Очень кинематографичная игра. Великолепный сюжет, очень зацепили NPC и главный герой, их харизма. Но у игры есть один большой минус - скучность. Никакая кинематографичность, красивая графика, горы, скалы, ничего не сделает получасовую скачку на коне интересной. От одного города до другого приходится скакать по полчаса и это единственный минус игры, НО очень весомый. Так-же нудный фармОчень кинематографичная игра. Великолепный сюжет, очень зацепили NPC и главный герой, их харизма. Но у игры есть один большой минус - скучность. Никакая кинематографичность, красивая графика, горы, скалы, ничего не сделает получасовую скачку на коне интересной. От одного города до другого приходится скакать по полчаса и это единственный минус игры, НО очень весомый. Так-же нудный фарм денег, это слишком сложно и приходится тратить на нее все свободное время. Игра очень интересная в плане сюжета и ради всего этого ты готов скакать по полчаса по полям, отнимая кучу своего свободного времени.… Expand
  64. Kickgeniuscp3
    Apr 3, 2019
    7
    To be honest the single player mode is a huge amount of fun i didn't completely beat it because i have habit of not finishing games out but any way i would also say that the on-line was huge disappointment,i personally expected more from rock star.
  65. DavidHoltzer
    Jun 2, 2019
    7
    This game is very overrated by critics in my opinion. Eventually i played through the game twice. But not because of the terrible pacing, dull gunplay, hard controls, overexageration of life likeness here and there (The horse dies easily, looting is way too slow ect.) unfair crime system or the mostly boring missions.The story was amazing and with good and diverse characters plus most ofThis game is very overrated by critics in my opinion. Eventually i played through the game twice. But not because of the terrible pacing, dull gunplay, hard controls, overexageration of life likeness here and there (The horse dies easily, looting is way too slow ect.) unfair crime system or the mostly boring missions.The story was amazing and with good and diverse characters plus most of them were very likable, especially Sadie and Josiah Trelawny. Also they really made me hate some of them. The dialogues were great and kept me entertained during most of the boring rides. The voice acting was outstanding as well. The graphics are a new level in videogames and the places are immensely detailed, various, huge and beautiful. I liked the npc's very much they aslo feel alive and when you meet someone you saved they usally give rewards. Overall the pro overcomes the more negatives but they coul've made a masterpiece if they refined the gameplay and put in some more intresting missions instead of way too much unnecessary details.… Expand
  66. Ajkrawczyk
    May 25, 2019
    7
    I found it to be a little boring. There wasn’t much in terms of a story. It the same kind of cutscenes over and over again with Dutch saying “we gotta keep pushing forward” Also each mission was extremely scripted meaning you could only approach one way and the game forced a lot of things to happen

    Boooo
  67. Jakob2960
    May 5, 2019
    7
    The single player part of the game is amazing and has set the bar for future single player games. Its only missing choice. You are mostly just watching cutscenes and following dfirections. You can't be creative at all with how you complete the missions. You are forced to complete it in exactly the way Rockstar wants you to. The Red dead online part of the game is also is very contentThe single player part of the game is amazing and has set the bar for future single player games. Its only missing choice. You are mostly just watching cutscenes and following dfirections. You can't be creative at all with how you complete the missions. You are forced to complete it in exactly the way Rockstar wants you to. The Red dead online part of the game is also is very content lacking and filled with microtransaction trying to tease you to speed pass the repitetive missions for gold.
    sorry for my bad english i am not a native speaker.    … Expand
  68. Seijien
    May 24, 2019
    7
    It's a good game that is weighed down by many design flaws. It's beautiful to look at, the story is intriguing to go through, and I just wish the game was more fun to play.
  69. Btspctop
    Jun 4, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Где пк версия это великолепная игра но рокстар где пк версия, если вы думаете что на пк ее будут пиратить то это не так! У кого-то нет денег на плойку… Expand
  70. SickKing
    Jun 30, 2019
    7
    Das Zeugen system nervt Sehr und die Steuerung mit dem Pferd ist teilweise eine Katastrophe Sonst ist das Spiel top
  71. nathangwk
    Jun 14, 2019
    7
    This game has a great story. However I found it hard to play for more than a few hours without getting frustrated with the amount of hand holding throughout the game. The games story is set up like it should be told in a more traditional linear style, however it is told using a massive open world that often leaves you riding your horse from point to point for minutes at at time with noThis game has a great story. However I found it hard to play for more than a few hours without getting frustrated with the amount of hand holding throughout the game. The games story is set up like it should be told in a more traditional linear style, however it is told using a massive open world that often leaves you riding your horse from point to point for minutes at at time with no content in between.

    This makes playing the game get boring and lessens the impact of the story they're trying to tell, which is one of the best stories I've discovered in this format. Because these points (missons) are so spread out all over the world it makes it hard to focus whats going on and whats important in the story and usually ends up felling like a pretty basic cowboy simulator until the story starts to pick up some steam around chapter 4.

    Once it does pick up though, the action gets turned way up and the story becomes very heart wrenching and interesting. One of the best stories in recent memory.    … Expand
  72. dangyosabyss
    Jul 5, 2019
    7
    It is a huge brilliant game though not as big as it wants you to think. You're almost permanently slowed down and 'tap x repeatedly to do anything at all' should not be in a game of this price/year/size. I've heard lots of stories of people hurting their hands because of this. The horse riding is awful and many many many times throughout the game you'll fly through the air like a ninja onIt is a huge brilliant game though not as big as it wants you to think. You're almost permanently slowed down and 'tap x repeatedly to do anything at all' should not be in a game of this price/year/size. I've heard lots of stories of people hurting their hands because of this. The horse riding is awful and many many many times throughout the game you'll fly through the air like a ninja on crack because a rock hasn't bothered loading and was therefore invisible. The story and characters are the best thing ever to come from rockstar and it pains me to rate it so low but what we have here is a top current gen game plastered over ps2 controls. The world is beautiful and really captures the spirit of what a contemporary person would imagine the dying wild west was like.This is a game id love to play more but the controls make it hurt. You cant have sandboxes where you have to repeatedly tap buttons just to move because it makes traversing it a chore. Some could argue that's a theme in the game but that is just mental gymnastics to justify the kind of boring nonsense we hated in GTAV.… Expand
  73. Jackthegamer
    Sep 10, 2022
    7
    Best story that I've seen in a videogame and definitely one of the best protagonists.

    The big problem is the gameplay that's often is just way too slow because of the realism.
  74. Kekkone
    Aug 14, 2023
    7
    Great story, graphics and immersive world, but has some extremely annoying forced LARP features, such as slow animations for picking stuff up and doing things (yeah, immersive at first, but gets really boring on the long run watching your character to use 10 seconds to pick up a bottle of rum), disabling running at certain places just to waste time, very tedious semi-interactive cut scenesGreat story, graphics and immersive world, but has some extremely annoying forced LARP features, such as slow animations for picking stuff up and doing things (yeah, immersive at first, but gets really boring on the long run watching your character to use 10 seconds to pick up a bottle of rum), disabling running at certain places just to waste time, very tedious semi-interactive cut scenes where all you have to do is to press forward for five minutes. Why not just have a real cut scene or let the player control the character?

    I understand that some people want to LARP a cowboy, but normal people are not interested in that. They just want to play the game.

    Also lots of stupid progression based locked stuff. Why allow players to earn money if you don't allow them to buy anything with it. And still in 2023 contains lots of annoying bugs, e.g. changing your weaponry randomly and not allowing you access your horse to get the right ones back.

    Without LARPing and bugs a solid 10/10    … Expand
  75. Odh
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    Some of the best graphics I have ever seen at the time of writing this, great open world that seems alive, good storyline, so why only a 7? Well, I was a bit bored at times and many sidequests were tedious. Dutch's gang while interesting, I didn't want to to be tethered to them, which I felt like I was through a large enough portion of the game. Also its more of the same in gameplay fromSome of the best graphics I have ever seen at the time of writing this, great open world that seems alive, good storyline, so why only a 7? Well, I was a bit bored at times and many sidequests were tedious. Dutch's gang while interesting, I didn't want to to be tethered to them, which I felt like I was through a large enough portion of the game. Also its more of the same in gameplay from Red Dead Redemption, which is fine, but I was more impressed with RDR1 at the time it came out where all these things seemed more new and interesting. This is a bigger, prettier new game, but it doesn't do enough for me to be an all time great game, where the fist RDR just wowed me more at the time.… Expand
  76. Thaksin
    Dec 28, 2020
    7
    Хорошая игра.
    Яркий и отличный пример жизни бандита на диком западе в красивой картинке.
    Тем не менее считаю что сюжетная часть не должна занимать 52-60 часов игры, помимо дополнительных заданий, создало впечатление затянутости, а конец был неудовлетворительный для такой отдачи часов.    Хорошая игра.
    Яркий и отличный пример жизни бандита на диком западе в красивой картинке.

    Тем не менее считаю что сюжетная часть не должна занимать 52-60 часов игры, помимо дополнительных заданий, создало впечатление затянутости, а конец был неудовлетворительный для такой отдачи часов.
  77. goldie119
    Oct 31, 2020
    7
    The story is great and some of the open world discovery is super interesting from a narrative perspective. However the actual gameplay and overall open-world game design feel tired. I was hoping for something more unique from sucha great title and studio. Still, a lot to love in this game.
  78. SHANJIJI
    Oct 23, 2019
    7
    good graphic quality,motion of model and control feeling but too slow process,boring cinema scence a too complex system and boringstory
  79. Raffomatiko
    Nov 15, 2019
    7
    Sadly they just focus on Read Dead Online, which is pay to win... :(( So it's only worth to buy for the Story Mode!
  80. Lord_Sec
    Oct 11, 2019
    7
    This is most boring game i ever played. Music, characters and world are beautiful. But gameplay with horse and controls are disapointed
  81. ziGihouse
    Nov 22, 2019
    7
    Beautiful game and open world, but i loose all my nervous with stupid horse and simple walking
  82. Stasgamming
    Dec 7, 2019
    7
    Amazing story but i have to say that is all this game is a story, most of the game play feels just like any Rockstar game. Feels like i am playing GTA5 but set in the old west. If you like what Rockstar puts out this game is for you but if your looking for something fresh well this does leave me wanting more.
  83. Rasuk
    Nov 20, 2019
    7
    Doesnt make me feel like a outlaw on the free run. Otherwise the game story is 10/10
  84. ricjen27
    Nov 24, 2019
    7
    Im sorry but for me this game is a bit overrated.
    I understand why though, the graphics are amazing, the world to be explored is huge and the context is fun. But the storyline is shallow, and many of the arguments are a bit too silly that make all the characters loose their credibility. It is a pity.. But then if you aspire to create such a masterpiece, which the obviously did, and the    Im sorry but for me this game is a bit overrated.
    I understand why though, the graphics are amazing, the world to be explored is huge and the context is fun. But the storyline is shallow, and many of the arguments are a bit too silly that make all the characters loose their credibility. It is a pity.. But then if you aspire to create such a masterpiece, which the obviously did, and the world invented is so massive, the characters have got to go along side, and so some of their motivations.
    Not only that.. in te end it is just to big and unconquerable with not enough motivation to do so.. I left it with still a bout 40& to go.. im sure many others will too. A game not finished cant be that good.

    My favourite games are, Zelda BOTW, Inside, Last of Us, Celeste, Control & Horizon Zero Dawn.    … Expand
  85. SkarletGolpista
    Jul 21, 2020
    7
    O jogo é lindo, e muito interessante, mas é extremamente chato e cansativo. Sem contar que o gameplay é muito básico.
  86. rx78ricky
    Mar 24, 2020
    7
    You really can't rush this one, this game takes it's time presenting itself to you, almost to a fault. Once you get past the first part, which has a lot of annoying handholding and nearly plays itself on it's own, there's a lot of detail and entertainment here to be immersed in.

    Be warned that there is a lot of downtime, and most of the game will be spent riding on horseback from point    You really can't rush this one, this game takes it's time presenting itself to you, almost to a fault. Once you get past the first part, which has a lot of annoying handholding and nearly plays itself on it's own, there's a lot of detail and entertainment here to be immersed in.

    Be warned that there is a lot of downtime, and most of the game will be spent riding on horseback from point A to point B, with very little agency on how fast you can go. These mechanics are my absolute dread in videogames, since my attention span for this stuff has been absolutely spent by games like Wind Waker and World of Warcraft.

    Still, if you don't mind the downtime, you'll have yourself a game that clearly was made with a lot of love and care to explore. Even though it lacks originality and it's not groundbreaking except for some features that really miss the mark for me (cinematic camera is one example, all that it managed to do was annoy me), the amount of polish here gives the game a clear enhacement to the already familiar open-world experience that Rockstar Games always had. RDR2 is a game worth playing.    … Expand
  87. KelGeneral
    Mar 31, 2020
    7
    The game play just stinks in this game. I litterally can't stay awake long enough to play the game.

    The combat is the most boring toned down level of combat I seen ever. I spent over a hour looking at a horses behind to do a single mission that yielded a measly $60. Seriously it takes over a hour of nothing but boring horse riding to get anywhere. You can't shoot someone in the leg and    The game play just stinks in this game. I litterally can't stay awake long enough to play the game.

    The combat is the most boring toned down level of combat I seen ever.

    I spent over a hour looking at a horses behind to do a single mission that yielded a measly $60.

    Seriously it takes over a hour of nothing but boring horse riding to get anywhere.

    You can't shoot someone in the leg and have them limp crawl or even give up they just keep running.

    Every kill is just the same old tired roll over in third side scene.

    When you shoot someone they just get regenerated later.

    If your horse just bumps into a character in the game the whole town will turn out to shoot at you and I post this bounty that is near impossible to pay.

    The consequences for doing anything remotely bad are way to severe.

    The characters in the game just aren't interesting or memorable at all.

    I just found my self struggling to continue to play this game.

    And what the heck is up with having to stop and eat, and groom your horse, and maintain weapons... It's such a chore, I think I'd rather clean my toilet or mow the lawn. I don't play video games to do chores maintenance and upkeep: who's terrible idea was that?

    It is possible that the game will get better if I stick to it: but for the time being I have lost the will to continue with this bloated monolithic collection of not so fun game play. For the time being I am personally declaring this game to be a huge dissapointing and am struggling to understand the rave reviews the game is currently getting

    I tried to make it fun but it just isn't working for me    … Expand
  88. RobertKRS
    Apr 3, 2020
    7
    Tem uma historia linda e emocionante, graficos incriveis, mas no quesito diversão o jogo deixa a desejar, sendo muitas vezes chato e repetitivo.
  89. Stemat91
    Apr 5, 2020
    7
    Tanto fumo poco arrosto, il primo al momento risulta superiore di gran lunga.
  90. JhonMarston
    Apr 11, 2020
    7
    É simplesmente o melhor jogo que eu já joguei, e muito melhor que god of war
  91. Obligaviews
    Apr 28, 2020
    7
    So, I got over halfway through the game. Normally, these sorts of games are right up my alley. Huge, yet detailed and full of things to do. A great story. Customization. That's about where the "good" ends for me. And don't get me wrong, these are big parts of a game...but the bad, too, is...significant.

    The gameplay feels like two different teams struggled against each other to unify    So, I got over halfway through the game. Normally, these sorts of games are right up my alley. Huge, yet detailed and full of things to do. A great story. Customization. That's about where the "good" ends for me. And don't get me wrong, these are big parts of a game...but the bad, too, is...significant.

    The gameplay feels like two different teams struggled against each other to unify into one vision. On one hand, you have the ultra-realism. They create a huge world that seems to be alive and breathe. It's obvious you're meant to feel immersed, to really care about the characters, story, locations, and so on. And then a minute later you're sprinting around on a mission, forced to gun down 30 cops like you're playing GTA. Do you want to make a hyper-realistic game, or an arcade shooter? Pick one or the other because the inclusion of one kneecaps the other.

    They often took the realism way too far, and the gunplay not far enough. People don't want to sit around watching Arthur slowly pull cans out of a cupboard for the 451st time. A simple skip button after the tutorial would have fixed this. People don't need to sit there dumbly mashing a button for five minutes as you attempt to ride your way back to town from a mission. Again, a simple "automatically ride to x" option would have fixed this. Nobody wants to sit there blankly staring at the screen mashing a single button. How was that supposed to be fun? It wasn't, but it's done in the name of realism. And there's where the gunplay is supposed to come in. This is the intended "fun" part of the game. And yet it feels so boring and hollow. You go into cover, pop up, enemies can't aim but if they hit you, it does nothing, anyway. You gun them all down paying half-attention, a cutscene plays, and now you have to ride back to camp for the next five minutes. Again. And again. And again. The good writing attempts to salvage this, but the formula being the exact same thing gameplay-wise for just about every mission overwhelms the save attempt for me.

    Outside of these criticisms, a final one may be in that, several months after release, some of the game's mechanics still barely work and seemingly have been abandoned to cash in on Red Dead Online's microtransactions. The masks only work half the time, and if they don't, it can easily be some guy you've never seen before recognizing you...somehow. Want to get off a train? After watching the overly long cutscene, you'll have a guard throw a fit at you for being on the train. Despite just using said train and trying to now get off. Like Poker? Don't play in Saint Denis - something went wrong there and a certain character constantly destroys everyone else at the table for whatever reason (Google it). Sometimes your horse avoids trees while running. Other times it pushes you directly into one.
    In many ways, Red Dead Redemption 2 feels like an amazing game in concept, that is heavily damaged by its extremely outdated gameplay and obsession with a system of realism that it, by itself, sabotages. Trading fun for that realism was a gamble, and it looks like it worked out for them, but in my opinion it probably shouldn't have. I can see an argument for a 8 (Any higher is overboard, honestly) depending on the player, but for me...6.5 rounded up to a 7.    … Expand
  92. erik2rich
    Apr 27, 2020
    7
    One of the best stories and worlds ever, with some of the worst controls possible, clunky slow animations plus weird button choices.
  93. Bog_v
    May 1, 2020
    7
    Господа! О чем эта игра? Откуда столько хвалебных отзывов???!! От того что у коня яички сжимаются? Да бред же! Да, очень много мелочей и прочего. Кто любит лут, шарить по миру, читать все записки в играх 1 зайдёт. Но неужели все такие, что стоят одни 10? Лично меня задрало скакать из одной точки в другую, мелочи как: оружие, припасы, лошади и тд (на что нанимали и коневодов, и лучшихГоспода! О чем эта игра? Откуда столько хвалебных отзывов???!! От того что у коня яички сжимаются? Да бред же! Да, очень много мелочей и прочего. Кто любит лут, шарить по миру, читать все записки в играх 1 зайдёт. Но неужели все такие, что стоят одни 10? Лично меня задрало скакать из одной точки в другую, мелочи как: оружие, припасы, лошади и тд (на что нанимали и коневодов, и лучших знатоков оружия и тд) - вообще по БАРАБАНУ: ничего не менял, не чистил, не делал. Прошёл просто игру для галочки и все. Сюжет? Да сюжет и сюжет. Хороший.… Expand
  94. Patrikur
    May 19, 2020
    7
    Underwhelming sequel - 7.9/10

    I have never been a big western fan, but Red Dead Redemption was able to change this. Thanks to the great atmosphere, easy to handle but more and more challenging gameplay and a thrilling story which ended for me perfectly. Unfortunately, the second installment of this game cannot hold up with this. It is bigger, more detailled and looks better, but never    Underwhelming sequel - 7.9/10

    I have never been a big western fan, but Red Dead Redemption was able to change this. Thanks to the great atmosphere, easy to handle but more and more challenging gameplay and a thrilling story which ended for me perfectly. Unfortunately, the second installment of this game cannot hold up with this. It is bigger, more detailled and looks better, but never judge a book by it's cover. To sum it up and give a better overview, I'll give you the pro's and con's.

    Pro's:
    - huge world to discover
    - plenty of missions and side-missions
    - fantastic details
    - vivid environment
    - short loading time in the beginning, no more loading after this
    - some missions are really unique

    Con's:
    - travelling takes way too long, becomes annoying at a certain point
    - no quick-travel given, buyable extra but the game won't tell and if you are over 50% of the story you cannot buy it anymore
    - story underwhelming and predictable
    - story takes too long and is unneccessarily stetched
    - 75% of the missions end up in a shooting and are lacking of variety
    - Dead-Eye mode completely needless, aiming is easy and AI not very clever
    - no developement in difficulty during the game
    - roleplaying elements, such as choosing the right clothes, develop your horse or gain more stamina are completly non-relevant for the success in the game
    - variety of weapons is small
    - always enough money to buy everything you need, makes money pointless
    - if you get attacked on the road by thiefs and kill them while defending, there will be a bounty on your head
    - controls feel unprecise in hectic gun fights or if you need to run and hide
    - the ending just doesn't make sense

    I can only go with many people here, but also friends of mine and say that this game is a disappointment. The high ratings from critics are for me not really comprehensible. RDR2 is a good game, but by far not close to a game of the year candidate. It is not inventing anything new and does not try to. Bigger is not always better. I am giving the game a 7.9 and therefore 7/10 here, because it has not earned a 8/10 rating.    … Expand
  95. xalaros
    Jun 18, 2020
    7
    I was not a fan of the series. Preordered the special edition hardcopy as I got totally excited from previews and leaks. Graphics, world physics and game mechanics are all top tier. What i did not like that much was the story's slow progress, the lack of meaningful side quests and open world exploration rewarding and finally the disappointing multiplayer mode. Overall everyone should playI was not a fan of the series. Preordered the special edition hardcopy as I got totally excited from previews and leaks. Graphics, world physics and game mechanics are all top tier. What i did not like that much was the story's slow progress, the lack of meaningful side quests and open world exploration rewarding and finally the disappointing multiplayer mode. Overall everyone should play this game as it is among the best well designed games on PS but it is a struggle to complete even the story mode if you are not a fan of the series or of the movie-like games.… Expand
  96. SemenGalyutin
    Jul 9, 2020
    7
    Игра очень неоднозначная. Красивая, очень медленная, самый большой минус это отсутствие перевода, а читать километры текста когда участвуешь в погоне или перестрелки дико раздражает. Поэтому для меня сюжет отсутствует. Из за эпилога моя оценка 7. Очень понравился. Отношения семьи на диком западе. Купил бы его отдельно от игры. А так игра 6. Скучная. Другого ожидаешь от РокСтарИгра очень неоднозначная. Красивая, очень медленная, самый большой минус это отсутствие перевода, а читать километры текста когда участвуешь в погоне или перестрелки дико раздражает. Поэтому для меня сюжет отсутствует. Из за эпилога моя оценка 7. Очень понравился. Отношения семьи на диком западе. Купил бы его отдельно от игры. А так игра 6. Скучная. Другого ожидаешь от РокСтар
  97. Fedorovvlad
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Графика 10 из 10 (возможно лучшая за всю историю)
    Атмосфера + музыка 6 из 10
    Геймплей 5 из 10
    Сюжет 6 из 10
  98. karay123
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    Beautiful graphics and amazing details. Gameplay is good but story average. I prefer spin around the map than play the story. Multiplayer is really bad.
  99. LizzieRusso
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    Game gets a bit boring at times but otherwise an good game with tons and tons of detailing. If you like details in games and lots of tiny things to explore, this is perfect for you. Not for me though, became a bit of a slog to get through the prologue. And things didn't get a lot better from there.
  100. 2bitjack
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    Rockstar put out one of the best voice acted cinematic games the world has ever seen but it falls victim to the same problems most triple A games have. My main problem is that this is not a $60 game, its a $40 game with the best graphics and characters. The first part of the game is pretty sad but as you go on it gets really uplifting and you feel like you are truly invested in this world.Rockstar put out one of the best voice acted cinematic games the world has ever seen but it falls victim to the same problems most triple A games have. My main problem is that this is not a $60 game, its a $40 game with the best graphics and characters. The first part of the game is pretty sad but as you go on it gets really uplifting and you feel like you are truly invested in this world. Towards the endgame, Rockstar forces you to pick one side. The true endgame content sucks, the strangers missions are amazing but Rockstar please understand, almost no one wants to just search for meaningless collectibles and pelts. I even saw a video of a voice actor making fun of this. This being said, the game is amazing, I was recommend it by a lot of friends and I'm happy I played, but there is no endgame content and the online is horrible. If you like GTA online, this isn't the same online and if you hate GTA online, then go into this game only for the story.… Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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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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