Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

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  1. Voodoo123
    Nov 1, 2018
    5
    Game itself is superb.... marred noticeably by poor HDR and 4k checkerboard implementation on my ps4 pro and 4K HDR display. Gotta say I didnt expect R* to fall short here especially given the sony marketing. Unbelievable they missed these two areas when developing the game
  2. Fuskar
    Oct 28, 2018
    5
    За 15 часов игры запомнилось только ограбление поезда да и то сделано так себе,всё остальное время скачешь-слушаешь унылые диалоги-снова скачешь...Игры- это развлечение мать вашу рокстар,мне вот этого дерьма унылого в реале хватает.За 15 часов игры запомнилось только ограбление поезда да и то сделано так себе,всё остальное время скачешь-слушаешь унылые диалоги-снова скачешь...Игры- это развлечение мать вашу рокстар,мне вот этого дерьма унылого в реале хватает.
  3. rrafemi
    Jun 4, 2019
    5
    Basically speaking.... is a horse walking simulator. The game is 90% riding a horse, conversations and more riding horse. Sometimes you can play and shoot, but almost all missions are the same
  4. Robobob
    Oct 31, 2018
    5
    Yeah, everyone knows by now that this game is amazingly huge, beautiful and detailed, but what about the gameplay?
    Why does this game want to take the fun out of being an outlaw?
    Your wanted level and bounty remain through death. So each time you get into a scrap or get caught doing something dirty your levels will build until you pay them off. Every time you commit any crime there is    Yeah, everyone knows by now that this game is amazingly huge, beautiful and detailed, but what about the gameplay?
    Why does this game want to take the fun out of being an outlaw?
    Your wanted level and bounty remain through death. So each time you get into a scrap or get caught doing something dirty your levels will build until you pay them off. Every time you commit any crime there is always a couple witnesses around that you need to chase down. This is fun a couple times until it gets annoying. I robbed a guy fishing out in the middle of nowhere and I get a "Witness" alert. Someone out of view but up on some cliff that I could never see or possibly chase down.
    At times this game feels like more chore than game. Here's an example of how I spent my last 90 minutes of play time: The only available story mission was deep south so it was a good 10 minutes horse ride to a new area. The missions was ok and straightforward, involving raiding some bounty hunters and saving a friend. Afterwards I opt to stay and look for look a little longer. Well after maybe 30 seconds a huge posse of lawmen show up "Investigating." So much for looting, because that could have been fun getting some actual reward for the mission. Now I'm running for my life. I lose the law but I'm even further south away from my base camp and Arthur is "exhausted." Don't know why because I sleep every night as soon as it gets dark and eat food often. I try to camp and can't because there is "Activity".. in the whole territory I guess because I'm running further away from this town to try and camp. I'm Wanted in this area so I try to sneak into a town to hire a Stagecoach to take me into a town closer to my gang's camp. The driver won't take me because I'm wanted. The ride on horse looks like 15 minutes at this point and I just want to get to a safe area so I can log out and quit playing for the night. I avoid more lawmen to get to the nearest train station and hire my first train ride to take me somewhere. I get to my destination and my horse is out of range. But, hey! I'm an outlaw... I can just steal a ride right? Arthur still hasn't slept so he can barely run so I try and hold up a carriage passing by. Every single driver either pulls a gun on me or takes off. Not only that but there is a witness to this crime, and lawmen instantly head towards my area and remember, I can barely run. I love how every back country road is packed with traffic so that you can't rob a single person with a chase ensuing... at night. It's like the game was forcing me into a corner, challenging me to not like it.
    At that point I spent 10 minutes actually having fun and 80 minutes just traveling or avoiding the law.
    Aside from that, every time I'm in camp everyone yells at me for not chipping in to the pot when I donated an entire deer and a couple gold watches just 2 days earlier. I feel all of these people would starve and die without me doing all of the work for them. LOL And then I get 10% of loot taken on missions. Ok.
    Other major quips: The icons on the radar and map are so tiny I have to hover over each one to tell what it is. You can tell devs play-tested this on monitors a couple inches from their faces instead of on a flat screen 10 feet away.
    The main camp is horribly designed where, at first, nearly every tent looks the same and you wander about hovering over things to figure out where you are. And you better be an inch away from whatever object you are interacting with and no further. And there's no running in base camp because outlaws don't run. I thought the gang would have maybe 5-6 bad hombres in it but there's entire families with women and children. Plus a science nerd and some English geek, of course.
    I've lost loot like pelts, including my first legendary bear pelt because I left it on the back of my horse.
    My horse teleports to weird places around the map and when I whistle, he returns very slowly and always stops behind a bush.
    I get off of a horse and my weapon load out changes and sometimes I start missions with only my pistol and lasso.
    Button layouts are random and confusing so there's no wonder that there are hints in the screen corner because I would honestly forget. At one point you need to hold down 3 buttons and a joystick to select items from your inventory. And 10 years later I wish Rockstar would fix the pressing L3 stick causes you to crouch. Annoying.
    Finally Arthur is no where near a likeable character like John was. John has the cool gravely voice but Arthur honestly sounds like a dumb hillbilly at times. Many of the main characters have very annoying voices now that I think about it. Not a threatening group at all.
    Man it sucks to say all of this, because the original RDR is my favorite game of all time, but it seems my rating is clinging to the Yellow category just due to the graphics and my love of this franchise. I wouldn't fault anyone for rating it less.    … Expand
  5. Reivilo85
    Oct 31, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After reading and listening for all the praises and comments about game details and balls shrinking from "professional" reviewers I got hyped and bought the game expecting it to GOTY material. I say that in a year where we had Dragon quest 11 and God of War released.
    After 20 hours in I feel I have to write because I have not been that disappointed in a game since Assassin's Creed Unity.

    How is it possible to make such a bad game based on fetch quest years after Witcher 3 ? Did the other developers learned nothing.

    The game is slow, boring and punitive for all the bad reasons. It's slow because controls are awful, the world is huge and empty and you spend your time going from A to B and dying for stupid reasons. It's boring because all the quests are the same, you have narrative where Rockstar believe they can master dialogues as well as Tarantino (they manage ok) then you have a very bad gunfight where you cover/auto aim/shoot, have a quick narrative and rince and repeat. The rest of your time you actually work. You cook, you collect grass, you hunt animals for hours, you clean stuff, you clean yourself, you clean your horse, you clean your guns etc. It's a miracle we don't have to brush teeth and wipe ass.

    This, and all the restrictions. You shall not have fun in this world. After a few hours, after I gave all my money to my camp (which I am the only one doing, others in the band seem to chew bubble gum all day long), I decided to be bad for once, for fun and giggles.

    I got a 300 bucks bounty on my head I could not pay off. I was hounded by wizards and Jedi masters who always know exactly where I am at 4am in the morning when I have been in the forest alone for 2 days. They killed the horse I had bought (FUN) I kept losing all my hunting catches (FUN!!) I even lost legendary pelts (R u not entertained??).
    I found a secret place in town where there is illegal activity. I thought it would be easy money. You go there, have a gunfight, get spotted by law, shoot them, and get punished by a bounty higher than the money in the stash. It's great, it's realistic. Of course not realistic to the point you can jump by the window or open the other door there, no, there s only one way in and out because it's FUN.
    I tried everything, even going ninja like in there and kill everyone with throwing knives before a single shot (took me ages to pull this out) . The sheriff, a jedi medium seer from the future with the hearing of daredevil still knows the law has been silently broken and intervene. It's all great, it's so FUN.

    WHY?

    Why do I get punished ?

    I already work all day long. I don't play to work more and get punished. I just want to have fun, like people in Westworld, not feel what it was to do chores all day long on the Far West and be punished every time I don't play the way the devs want me to play.

    They have made a gorgeous, beautiful world full of details and forgot how to make a fun game along the way. They have reached Ubisoft level. I can't believe this t... was made by the people who made Vice City, one of the best game I ever played.

    I have to go. My hero is underweight because I didn't feed him enough. Time to have some FUN and feed the idiot !    … Expand
  6. maddoctor78
    Oct 30, 2018
    5
    Игра великолепна. Прекрасный проработанный открытый мир. Отличные и хризматичные персонажи.Отличная проработка деталей. Рокстарс! После того как некоторые вот так по хамски о Вас отзывались - НЕ ВЫПУСКАЙТЕ ИГРУ НА ПК!!!! Из принципа. Что это за выходки такие? Вместо того чтобы по нормальному попросить, они еще чего то требуют от кого то ! Отношение свинское какое то,ей богу.Игра великолепна. Прекрасный проработанный открытый мир. Отличные и хризматичные персонажи.Отличная проработка деталей. Рокстарс! После того как некоторые вот так по хамски о Вас отзывались - НЕ ВЫПУСКАЙТЕ ИГРУ НА ПК!!!! Из принципа. Что это за выходки такие? Вместо того чтобы по нормальному попросить, они еще чего то требуют от кого то ! Отношение свинское какое то,ей богу.
  7. revelc
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    The first one definitely a lot better. John Marston was a living breathing character. A gentleman. A real cowboy. The first scene inside the train already set up a great Western feeling. All the supporting characters were perfectly fit the storyline and settings.
    This time around, it starts with a bunch of things that make this latest installment un-Western feels. Chapter one already felt    The first one definitely a lot better. John Marston was a living breathing character. A gentleman. A real cowboy. The first scene inside the train already set up a great Western feeling. All the supporting characters were perfectly fit the storyline and settings.
    This time around, it starts with a bunch of things that make this latest installment un-Western feels. Chapter one already felt like chore than adventure, a drama for the feels not action. I personally feels, politically correct tone really ruins the supposedly deeper Western experience. It set this game backwards in terms of freedom of creativity in story telling.
    Modern politics really doesn't fit any story driven game, especially true with this game.
    Rockstar Games famous with their rich original story, they shouldn't have involved themselves with the politically correct bunch. (this maybe also the reason why the voice acting isn't as good as the previous one, felt like they held back on stereotypes.)    … Expand
  8. kudorgyozo
    Jun 11, 2023
    5
    TBH after several hours of gameplay the game seems kinda boring. Too many systems to learn, too many shortcuts to memorize. I don't really care about the characters and the story.
    However the most annoying thing is the rockstar launcher that is launched by the epic launcher. So there are 2 launchers starting just to play the game.
  9. HTGamer
    Nov 29, 2018
    5
    I enjoyed the original Red Dead Redemption, but RDR2 doesn't live up to my expectations.

    Graphics are stunning. Mountains, lakes, pastures, towns, animals, people, the sky, everything you see is beautiful. There is a little pop-in here and there, a little frame rate drops here and there, but technically the game is among the best of the generation. Such a high graphical quality I'd    I enjoyed the original Red Dead Redemption, but RDR2 doesn't live up to my expectations.

    Graphics are stunning. Mountains, lakes, pastures, towns, animals, people, the sky, everything you see is beautiful. There is a little pop-in here and there, a little frame rate drops here and there, but technically the game is among the best of the generation. Such a high graphical quality I'd expect only from Sony's 1st party games like God of War and Horizon: Zero Dawn.

    Gameplay-wise RDR2 is at its best when just roaming the map outside of missions and bumping into strangers, where anything can happen. From a brawl fist, to a robbery, to a nice chat, to a side quest, or even become wanted and have Bounty Hunters chasing you. You can also do some random stuff like playing poker or go fishing.

    RDR2 is a game about cowboys and outlaws in the Wild West, but the whole shooting system is just laughable. Rockstar has aim assist turned on by default because manual aiming is bad and they can't bother to fix it. Aim assist coupled with the Dead Eye mechanic (slow motion and lock on target) and brain-dead NPCs means you rarely need to aim your gun before shooting. Controls are needlessly complex even for the simplest actions. You almost think you must be playing an MMO on console. Missions are almost on-rails despite the wide open field of the map, with little room for improvisation. The constant need to ride a horse for several minutes when getting from point A to point B during missions doesn't help the game's pace. The same problem existed on the 1st game, but here it's worse.

    The story is meh. Arthur doesn't compare well with RDR's protagonist John Marston, and he is little more than a typical nameless avatar. The gang features several members, but none of these characters stands out.

    RDR2 Online is currently in Open Beta, but it's sadly Pay To Win. You buy guns and upgrades with gold, which can either be earned freely or bought with real-world money. You actually have to grind for 100s of hours in order to earn enough free gold to buy anything, so paying for gold with real money is strongly encouraged by Rockstar. Rockstar may improve RDR2's economy, lower weapons' gold prices, or increase the rate gold is awarded for free, but when you sell guns and upgrades in your game for real money, it's still Pay To Win no matter how you call it. For an online game, Pay To Win is the ultimate sin. I suggest players not taking RDR2 Online seriously and competitively, just play a little and enjoy it as much as you can without buying gold with your money. There are other online games that respect players instead of ripping them off.

    I have been disappointed by RDR2. Other than its graphics, nothing in this game can justify the hype. Just because it's been made by Rockstar doesn't mean it's always good.    … Expand
  10. Nathan12
    Dec 10, 2018
    5
    Sério 97 pra esse jogo um jogo onde voce fica mais de 5 horas em um cavalo . Esse jogo não vale nem um 80 eles só dão essas notas porque o jogo foi muito hypado
  11. Pirante
    Oct 28, 2018
    5
    It is a pretty game, is does contain a huge amount of depth and realism, and the main story is good and engaging. However, outside of these positives, lie a ton of negatives that critics seems to be deliberately ignoring....

    The bounty system is just horrible. Anything bad you do results in a bounty being put on your head (which increases if you do more bad things) - you have no    It is a pretty game, is does contain a huge amount of depth and realism, and the main story is good and engaging. However, outside of these positives, lie a ton of negatives that critics seems to be deliberately ignoring....

    The bounty system is just horrible. Anything bad you do results in a bounty being put on your head (which increases if you do more bad things) - you have no choice put to pay off the bounty. If you do not bounty hunters randomly spawn and will shoot you to death. They will shoot you to death because 1) The computer has a very good shot and 2) because the shooting mechanic is so badly implemented that you will really struggle to fend off more than 2 of them. There is also an issue that NPC's assault you with abandon but, as soon as you defend yourself, you have a bounty marked on you. This, combined with the poor shooting system, means you spend most of your time avoiding combat - it's so weird because I was expecting to be able to cause havoc, instead I can't risk it because money is scarce and the bounty's so frequent. A stifling game mechanic.

    The realism and depth. The game is realistic, so realistic that it is boring because it is so like real life. You have to cook, you have to dress accordingly, you have to brush your horse, the list goes on and on and on. I'm surprised they didn't make you take your turn to wash the dishes in camp in order to keep harmony. I understand realism and why it is important in games like this (large, cinematic games) but the depth here doesn't add anything to the game except excess hours spent by the player doing these chores instead of actually engaging in the game. 'Depth' is fast becoming a code word in the gaming world for 'needlessly tedious tasks' but is defended with the 'realism' mantle. Realism and realistic are not the same things - I want the game to give me a sense of a real world, I do not want it to mimic my actual life. I play games to have fun, not to cook herbs I found.

    Flawed features. The hunting system works to a degree but has a number of issues. The rewards for hunting are pitiful and, given the time it takes to hunt, as well as the lack of space to store hunted animals, it is pretty much a redundant feature.
    The poker game in-game is nothing short of a joke. Don't even bother playing it as you will lose money if you play more than, say, 20 hands against the AI.
    Travel. By far the biggest problem. It takes ages to navigate this map - not because it is so big - but because you pretty much have to travel with your horse the whole time. Oh, and you cannot even follow set paths, so you have to control the giddy bastard for the entire time.
    Shooting system. Poor, very twitchy and inaccurate - not at all fun to use.
    Crafting. Requires hunting stuff. Hunting stuff is very time-consuming and, by an large, boring.

    Controls. They are awkward. It does not feel smooth nor intuitive. They aren't game breaking by any means but they could be a damn sight better.

    It is another game that equates quantity with quality, a trend in the gaming world whereby if you have massive crafting menu's and the ability to brush your teeth manually you're somehow revolutionising the industry. Maybe I'm the only gamer who wants the games to be, first and foremost, fun? I suspect there will be patches changing certain aspects of the game and, until they happen, I'd avoid buying the game. I'm playing now and wondering why I continue to do so because, after getting out of the snow section (the very first part of the story), everything has become a lot more tedious and dull. 10 out of 10 is honestly a joke score - that indicates perfection, and this game comes nowhere near that.    … Expand
  12. SylviaLehman
    Oct 27, 2018
    5
    Boring as Hell and the images are too dark , even by dayligh, the focus only in the center sucks too.
  13. ElleryHQ
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    Я не понимаю как можно было сделать настолько забагованную игру, это отвратительно. Багов так много, что это убивает все удовольствие от прохождения.
  14. BoboBoy
    Nov 19, 2018
    5
    Unfortunately, once again I fell for the hype and got this title quite a much at release.
    Didn't quite reach the expectations and several crashes made it unbearable experience since the save points wasn't either generated.
    Conclusion, boring roaming title, maybe works for some people with western in their heart.
  15. xgamrx365
    Oct 30, 2018
    5
    Firstly, I have never played a perfect ten title in 35+ years of video gaming. Red Dead Redemption 2 is certainly not the exception. An honest review cannot attempt to balance out bogus reviews by countering the score in favor of Rock Star Games. The unwarranted reviews must be reviewed and removed by a moderator. The gameplay and audio are compelling and immersive to a degree, but itFirstly, I have never played a perfect ten title in 35+ years of video gaming. Red Dead Redemption 2 is certainly not the exception. An honest review cannot attempt to balance out bogus reviews by countering the score in favor of Rock Star Games. The unwarranted reviews must be reviewed and removed by a moderator. The gameplay and audio are compelling and immersive to a degree, but it becomes a wash and repeat cycle fairly quickly. The controls, however, are not intuitive and remain confusing throughout the game. The graphics are realistic and compliment the atmosphere. The gameplay is clunky to a degree while offering plenty of options that further deteriorate the gameplay into a grind fest. Frankly, the game is boring. Better luck next time Rockstar! You must earn your score of ten after many years of overhyped production.… Expand
  16. BlackfaceBoi
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    If the "Rockstar" brand wasn't plastered on the cover of my copy, I would honestly think this was a survival game on Steam for 20 bucks.
  17. nateOstrike
    Feb 6, 2020
    5
    I feel the same as this guy. I stopped playing at 40% back in 2018 because it is just boring. Tried again yesterday and just can't get into it. I haven't played COD in about 8 years so I might give the new one a go instead.

    colinsmall34Nov 3, 2018 7 Fair review of RDR2 I'm almost 15% finished the game overall, which might be a little premature to review, but I just don't know if    I feel the same as this guy. I stopped playing at 40% back in 2018 because it is just boring. Tried again yesterday and just can't get into it. I haven't played COD in about 8 years so I might give the new one a go instead.

    colinsmall34Nov 3, 2018
    7
    Fair review of RDR2

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Hopefully Rockstar will read some fan reviews and take note for their next endeavour, as if RDR3 continues along this path, I won't be buying it. Collapse    … Expand
  18. ty92
    Jan 26, 2020
    5
    Love the graphics and playing poker online is cool. But the gameplay is complete trash... I will remember PS4 for having alot of games that look incredible but have trash gameplay. God of War 4, Uncharted 4, Detroit Become Human, Red Dead Redemption 2, Hellblade... I hope the PS5 has better gameplay than this.. I mean the only game that has great gameplay is Assassin's Creed.
  19. ReiAyanami
    Dec 4, 2018
    5
    The game is very, very scripted during missions. This is at odds with the rest of the open-world part of the game. During missions you can fail for the simplest of things such as veering off path for a few seconds, not following along the rigid path closely enough, and so on. It also has a habit of forcibly slowing you down or taking away your control in some other way. You can be runningThe game is very, very scripted during missions. This is at odds with the rest of the open-world part of the game. During missions you can fail for the simplest of things such as veering off path for a few seconds, not following along the rigid path closely enough, and so on. It also has a habit of forcibly slowing you down or taking away your control in some other way. You can be running around then suddenly be forced into an agonizingly slow walk or you'll suddenly realize during a mission that while you're riding your horse, you actually can't do anything but ride straight ahead. You can't turn left or right, you're forced to move along with the others. In situations like that I don't know why it couldn't have just been a cutscene instead. Overall it's boring as ****

    Besides the awful controls, my main problem is that a lot of time in game is spent doing pretty much nothing. The world is absolutely massive yet barren. The points of interest on the map are separated by huge, empty expanses of nothingness. Going from point to point while exploring the world or during missions, it struck me how much of this “dead time” there was in the game. There is so much galloping around while listening to people talk, and not everything the NPCs say is interesting. There are even missions where you go far off to an area, then go back, then go back to that area again.

    Overall: 5.5/10    … Expand
  20. MENZ0
    Dec 13, 2018
    5
    I was very hyped by Red Dead Redemption 2 since I saw the 'you gotta love yourself a fire' trailer. I was really hoping for a game with a good story and interesting side quests (maybe even on par with the Witcher 3). In the end I got a game which frustratingly held me back to actually influence the story or really didn't make me feel as if I was playing a game at all.

    So here is how I    I was very hyped by Red Dead Redemption 2 since I saw the 'you gotta love yourself a fire' trailer. I was really hoping for a game with a good story and interesting side quests (maybe even on par with the Witcher 3). In the end I got a game which frustratingly held me back to actually influence the story or really didn't make me feel as if I was playing a game at all.

    So here is how I played the game: I just kept jumping from guest to guest as indicated on my map as I did not feel incentivized to do anything else. The time in between quests is just a lot of horse riding. Time spent in-quest was 80% me not being able to do anything apart from listening in a cutscene or listening to a non-interesting dialogue of a character in walking pace or moderate horse-riding speed while I was annoyed that I was not allowed to ride full speed.
    The other 20% is just a shout-out and then the quest is over. These shoot-outs were initially pretty enjoyable when I had adjusted the terrible aiming controls and turned off auto-aim entirely. There is however no real progression in the shooting mechanics, so these shootouts start to feel same-y after a while.
    Now I probably should mention some positives as well. The landscapes with the lighting can be stunning. The animations and facial expressions are well done (though annoyingly slow when it's gameplay-related). The characters are pretty distinct though I couldn't enjoy any of them, but this could be because I just felt frustrated with the entire experience.

    I believe I was in chapter 5 when I stopped playing and watched the ending on youtube. I do hope others have enjoyed this game, but I cannot believe anybody who likes gameplay or being in control in a game could actually have an enjoyable experience out of Red Dead Redemption 2.    … Expand
  21. UkaAku
    Feb 3, 2019
    5
    Okay first of all, I was very , very very hyped for this game.. I was a huge massive fan of red dead redemption 1, the problem with red dead redemption 2 is easily to say, they focussed too much on realism and not gameplay. Overall I want to say the gameplay is very clunky and litteraly unplayable. Is this game fun to play? yes if u like watching a movie and want to live inside a game andOkay first of all, I was very , very very hyped for this game.. I was a huge massive fan of red dead redemption 1, the problem with red dead redemption 2 is easily to say, they focussed too much on realism and not gameplay. Overall I want to say the gameplay is very clunky and litteraly unplayable. Is this game fun to play? yes if u like watching a movie and want to live inside a game and eat apples/feed ur horse and threathe it like an survival game.. Since this release of RDR2 I have no faith in rockstar games anymore, they will focus again on online, battle royale, and to make profit from it. My question is here: Do game companys care about gamers? No, only a few companys do but not the large ones anymore. They just want to see how much money u have in ur wallet, anyways the game red dead redemption 2 I was very hyped for is just a clunky, buggy open world game, without real living things and it is very very unoptimized, it feels like the game is released in beta/alpha state. The main character arthur morgan is okay, but very boring to play aswell, the huge problem with red dead 2 is that u cant play it as an ''GAME'', it is like an movie, because everytime when u want to start a mission u enter very long cutscenes, the only few things u do is shooting/ horse riding actually. Those meta scores of this game are way too overrated, im like serious 9,7 from 33 critics? did those reviewers got paid by rockstar? Gamers should rise up and stop those dumb ''casual'' game releases, what I want to say at last is : focus on this when u make an great game: Story > gameplay > open world > character design > mission design > and at the last GRAPHICS, GAMES are not about GRAPHICS, and YES im glad that God of War won the game of the year award, I would be ambarassed if god of war did not win the GOTY, because God of War is an REAL game, Not an MOVIE.… Expand
  22. Leandrokratos
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    O jogo é legalzinho, mas não é tudo isso que estão falando não. Os npcs na hora do tiro, ficam correndo que nem barata tonta. É um gta do velho oeste. O que eu vejo são puxa sacos da Rockstar fazendo um boquete na empresa
  23. Steff86
    Dec 24, 2018
    5
    Red Dead Redemption 2 was very disappointing! The story is very bland and mission design was the same. About 95% of the missions in the story were all the same design and there were barely any memorable moments. The mechanics were extremely sluggish that it made the game a chore to play and it sucked the life/fun out of it. The open world looks beautiful and the exploration are the onlyRed Dead Redemption 2 was very disappointing! The story is very bland and mission design was the same. About 95% of the missions in the story were all the same design and there were barely any memorable moments. The mechanics were extremely sluggish that it made the game a chore to play and it sucked the life/fun out of it. The open world looks beautiful and the exploration are the only redeeming qualities of this. Red Dead redemption 2 is huge step down from the first Red Dead redemption. This is the biggest disappointing of the entire generation for me.… Expand
  24. MovieNights
    Jan 13, 2020
    5
    Simply, the previous RDR game was better I thought. I enjoyed it way more than this one.

    I found the story to be ok at best. It's incredibly long w/ way, way too much filler, super long horse rides of listening to boring talk from your fellow gang member to get to some fetch quest all for a not great story ending payoff. The biggest part of this game that just really killed it for me    Simply, the previous RDR game was better I thought. I enjoyed it way more than this one.

    I found the story to be ok at best. It's incredibly long w/ way, way too much filler, super long horse rides of listening to boring talk from your fellow gang member to get to some fetch quest all for a not great story ending payoff.

    The biggest part of this game that just really killed it for me was sheer amount of the little things that just add up and add up. Can't run through camp so you have to fast walk to the other side? Yup. Can't jump over a railing but you can jump over others? Yup. No saving during missions? Yup. Super, super long horse rides on a massive map spamming "X" to make your horse sprint? Yup. Constantly having to swap weapons off your horse? Yup. Want to get missed trophies and so you have to replay the ENTIRE story AGAIN? Yup. And the list of annoyances just goes on and on and on.

    The positives are the new things that you get to experience, like train robbing, flying a hot air balloon, wirelessly controlling a toy boat and shooting down other toy boats, etc. The graphics are absolutely spectacular. While it makes the game take absolutely forever to load, it's well worth being shrouded in fog riding through a dark, scary swamp seeing the lighted lanterns dimmed by the thick fog that you can barely see 10 feet through. Or the water. The freaking WATER man!!! Just, omg, you've never seen water this pretty in a game until you see it in RDR2. The little things of seeing wagon wheel tracks in the dirt behind a wagon or seeing your footprints in the snow or mud. So nice. There are also different biomes in the world which is cool.

    Unfortunately, the graphics and such don't make up for everything annoying and boring in this game. I'm only replaying the story just for the trophies and not because I want to, unlike the previous RDR game. Give me a way shorter condensed story and I'd recommend it, but way too much of a time investment for not enough of a payoff to recommend. But hey, good thing RDR3 is coming soon as rockstar doesn't take a decade to make sequels to their games!!! Oh, wait.......    … Expand
  25. basques35
    Jan 15, 2022
    5
    Such an overated game. Yes the story is awesome, but this game does not deserve all the hype it got over time..
  26. ArkadyWeis
    Nov 2, 2018
    5
    Это странная игра. В ней нет музыки, нет песен, нет героизма, нет настоящего увлекательного экшена. Главный герой двигается очень медленно. Все происходит очень медленно. Мало что цепляет. Не самая лучшая картинка и ощущение открытого мира (пространство слабо ощущается). Такое впечатление, что игру заранее готовили под онлайн, под медленный онлайн. Я ожидал накала страстей, диких квестов,Это странная игра. В ней нет музыки, нет песен, нет героизма, нет настоящего увлекательного экшена. Главный герой двигается очень медленно. Все происходит очень медленно. Мало что цепляет. Не самая лучшая картинка и ощущение открытого мира (пространство слабо ощущается). Такое впечатление, что игру заранее готовили под онлайн, под медленный онлайн. Я ожидал накала страстей, диких квестов, ярких персонажей, а пока что все очень ровно и лениво. Наверное у кто-то знает, почему все так)… Expand
  27. Scottkaiser
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Feels like a yearly update instead of a game that was anticipated for years. The controls are sluggish, the facial animation is directly from 2008 and the gunplay is nightmarish. But it looks nice, has a good soundtrack and tons of bland sidequests. And the story seems kinda nice but I am not yet finished. The Rockstar-Formula for Open World Games wasn't good in GTA IV and has hardlyFeels like a yearly update instead of a game that was anticipated for years. The controls are sluggish, the facial animation is directly from 2008 and the gunplay is nightmarish. But it looks nice, has a good soundtrack and tons of bland sidequests. And the story seems kinda nice but I am not yet finished. The Rockstar-Formula for Open World Games wasn't good in GTA IV and has hardly improved since then. The game isn't bad but doesn't justify the hype at all.
    All the other recent overhyped titles like God of War, Breath of the Wild, Spiderman were criticized for numerous shortcomings but at least they played well. Here? Criticism seems forbidden. Critics who pan it will probably get death threats again. You get the feeling that instead of using their crunch time to polish the game Rockstar bribed critics and installed bots in major boards so it looks favorable. Time that could have been used to make the game an actual improvement and fun to play.    … Expand
  28. Saltycracker
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    The story telling of the game is top notch and the atmosphere is great, but I bought this game after sinking tons of time into the original Red Dead so that was expected. What was not expected was just how completely awful the controls and mechanics of this game are. The gun fighting felt clunky and underdeveloped, gunfights without cover are pointless because the enemies demolish you,The story telling of the game is top notch and the atmosphere is great, but I bought this game after sinking tons of time into the original Red Dead so that was expected. What was not expected was just how completely awful the controls and mechanics of this game are. The gun fighting felt clunky and underdeveloped, gunfights without cover are pointless because the enemies demolish you, NPC's start fights with you and shoot if you accidentally get in their way on the road, the main character needs to play fetch and do chores after every mission, and the home camp is apparently completely incapable of doing anything for themselves. The worst part is that I will bet the cost of the game that once online comes out single player won't get a single update to fix the clear and present issues. As is, this game deserves nowhere near a 97 rating and it is pretty clear how and why it is getting that kind of rating.… Expand
  29. maximumoverdriv
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Too much hype for this one, but understandably so considering Rockstar's track record.
    There is nothing in this game that can save it from the really slow and all around bad gun/gameplay.
    I don't get it how big studios like Rockstar can screw up the most important part of a game, but I guess in this day and age it doesn't matter to people that much as long as the game looks good. When    Too much hype for this one, but understandably so considering Rockstar's track record.
    There is nothing in this game that can save it from the really slow and all around bad gun/gameplay.
    I don't get it how big studios like Rockstar can screw up the most important part of a game, but I guess in this day and age it doesn't matter to people that much as long as the game looks good.
    When you compare the gameplay to likes of God of War or Horizon Zero Dawn it's like night and day.
    To me the gameplay is the most important part of a game, everything else comes after.
    If I'm not having fun with the controls and gameplay it's game over.
    But don't get me wrong, RDR2 is probably the best looking game I've ever played,
    running through the night with only a lantern on your back and the moon bursting behind the clouds to light your way is surely a sight to be seen, but having said that; the facial animations are really not on par with the otherwise good looking details of the game.
    Another really negative thing is the pacing of the game which really drags on and on and on and on.
    All in all; if you can get over the slow and bad gameplay and the slow story progress buy it, if not, well go play something else like God of War.    … Expand
  30. JDS2010
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Few hrs in & the game just feels boring. It tries to be as realistic as possible with keeping tabs on my weapons, my horse, eating etc it just feels like a chore. Atm the hunting portion is the only thing I like. I hope it gets better.
  31. Fishstew
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Amazing scenery with fantastic weather realism does not hide the often repetitive running horses into trees, hogtying, exploding body parts gameplay that always leads you to be a violent participant.
  32. keraz
    Oct 27, 2018
    5
    This is a painfully slow-paced game with a 3-hour tutorial. It's realistic but I want fun, not chores.
  33. mister_dobass
    Oct 27, 2018
    5
    spent on games 4K rubles ($60) on the one hand the game is amazing on the other there is no Russian voice and I was discouraged. We have not even brought discs with the game
  34. DwayneHawkins
    Oct 27, 2018
    5
    The game is a chore. Played for around 10 hours, the controls are very slow, the gameplay loop is clunky. This game is NOT "gta in the wild west" like many say.
  35. Rglamoso
    Oct 30, 2018
    5
    Control del personaje lento y engorroso. Bajadas frecuentes de framerate en Ps4, sobre todo en los combates. No está doblado al castellano. Sistema de delitos "ridiculo". Basta con tropezar con alguien para entrar en busca y captura.
    Te pasas la mayor parte del tiempo cabalgando entre largas distancias.
    etc etc...
    SOBREVALORADO
  36. Kirkkh1
    Nov 1, 2018
    5
    A clunky slow 90's sim masquerading as a Western game from 2018. Rockstar must have spent a fortune on reviewer swag.
  37. Dewbringer
    Oct 28, 2018
    5
    I wanted to like this game but is so tedious and slow. You get wanted for people just walking in to you. They can shoot at you but if you defend yourself you get instantly wanted. Pelts just randomly disappear from your horse and you can only carry one big pelt at a time, so you must go back and forth to camp if you want to donate them.
    The horse can just run in ta a tree like a car. Are    I wanted to like this game but is so tedious and slow. You get wanted for people just walking in to you. They can shoot at you but if you defend yourself you get instantly wanted. Pelts just randomly disappear from your horse and you can only carry one big pelt at a time, so you must go back and forth to camp if you want to donate them.
    The horse can just run in ta a tree like a car. Are you hunting and kill an animal to close to a quest it will no longer be available for some time so you just wasted 15min of travel. You can´t follow the road automatically like in the first game so you have to actively steer all the time and the game loves to send you all over the place.And the need to it buy be cool at first but this is not a survivor game. It feels like they went for to much realism which is fine to a certain extent but it doesn't fit this game in my opinion. And its poorly implemented so most things just feel like a chore.
    So many cheap deaths from e.g. bounty hunters spawning super close to you. And if your horse dies from said bounty hunters , the one you been grooming and feeding a long time? it's just gone forever no options to go back from a earlier save its just gone.    … Expand
  38. MetaCthulhu
    Oct 28, 2018
    5
    The Wild West as the setting for a highly realistic open world RPG is above all one thing and one thing only: Boring! It is very sad to think about all the effort that was needed to create such a big, marvelously looking and yet so boring open world. Maybe the best part of the game is the bigger cities where this game's visual realism peaks. But the American West of the 1890s is just tooThe Wild West as the setting for a highly realistic open world RPG is above all one thing and one thing only: Boring! It is very sad to think about all the effort that was needed to create such a big, marvelously looking and yet so boring open world. Maybe the best part of the game is the bigger cities where this game's visual realism peaks. But the American West of the 1890s is just too uninteresting and dumb to keep you engaged. Even the Mexican-American War or the American Civil War as a loose historical background would have saved this from being such a boring bummer, but no... So in the end it is all about watching some uninteresting criminal dimwits riding and shooting around somewhere in the pampa. One thing is sure, though: This game has been systematically over-hyped.… Expand
  39. abbhhazz
    Oct 29, 2018
    5
    Function RDR2():int
    {
    Game is awesomE! BUT! but! I hate consoles! I bought xbox special for this game and ... damn joystick ... not. not .not. and again not to play game on any consoles. and if it game will release on PC one more negative side - AAA game not support russian language (only subs) but I pay same price. so.. A. GamePLay = 9 B. Graphics = 8 C. only consoles no PC    Function RDR2():int
    {
    Game is awesomE!
    BUT! but!
    I hate consoles! I bought xbox special for this game and ... damn joystick ... not. not .not. and again not to play game on any consoles.

    and if it game will release on PC one more negative side - AAA game not support russian language (only subs) but I pay same price.

    so..

    A. GamePLay = 9
    B. Graphics = 8
    C. only consoles no PC = 1
    D. no russian lng (only subs) = 2

    round((9+8+2+2)/4=5.25)=5

    result=5
    }    … Expand
  40. ammet
    Oct 30, 2018
    5
    Advantages:
    - Intro is what I really liked. Beginning of the game looks incredible.
    - Details - steps on the sand, the way you can customize the clothes, small animations like picking up something or eating. Tons of small details which made on 10/10 level - Looks Really beautiful. Graphics level is very high. Animations are the best! Like to just look on the landscapes. Disadvantages:    Advantages:
    - Intro is what I really liked. Beginning of the game looks incredible.
    - Details - steps on the sand, the way you can customize the clothes, small animations like picking up something or eating. Tons of small details which made on 10/10 level
    - Looks Really beautiful. Graphics level is very high. Animations are the best! Like to just look on the landscapes.
    Disadvantages:
    - Just look on the landscapes is the only fun thing. All gameplay is around "go there and kill those". With rare difference.
    - Riding 3-6 on horse to the quest giver, picking up quest, 3-5 minutes to the quest location, 5 minutes of quest, 5 minutes to get back on horse (if you didn't miss it - then you need to go 10 minutes on foot or steal a new one). This games is Horse Riding Simulator. (Which is not fun as I don't like pressing the X button rapidly for full ride)
    - Content: Boring boring boring. Don't know what I waited, but it's really boring. After finishing quest I didn't want to pick up next one. Don't know why, may be because it will be the same with little difference.
    - Horse can die!!! I made my horse my friend, it was with me from the beginning of the game. And then on the mission when you need to jump on train roof it was following me for some reason and jumped under the train... I realise it died straight after the mission end.. So I was need to start from beginning just because of randomnes/bug. This fact pushed me to close the game in that evening. I don't need *such* "realism" in the game to be honest.

    Verdict:
    - Game is big bright and beautiful gift box with nothing inside. You can look on it and that's all. Not suggest to buy unless they do something with that. Or until the online come out. Really hope online will fix it for me and show something different.    … Expand
  41. MaDMaN_26
    Oct 31, 2018
    5
    I WANTED TO LOVE THIS GAME. I can't and that sucks. This is a beautiful game. Maybe the best graphics ever to date in video games. The animations are incredibly detailed. Visually judged alone it would be a great game sadly, it is just a OK game, it suffers from bad controls, nagging issues - the controls are very unintuitive. To me things just seem randomly assigned as they went. This isI WANTED TO LOVE THIS GAME. I can't and that sucks. This is a beautiful game. Maybe the best graphics ever to date in video games. The animations are incredibly detailed. Visually judged alone it would be a great game sadly, it is just a OK game, it suffers from bad controls, nagging issues - the controls are very unintuitive. To me things just seem randomly assigned as they went. This is hardly the biggest issue, but a couple of examples are: on a PS4 controller - buying saddles is X with no confirmation or delay. Drilling down into the saddle menu is also X. Click X too many times and bam saddle bought, money gone - you will buy one by accident - the only question is how long ago did you save and can you afford the mistake. Yet buying stuff from the store is Square and it must be held for a second or two, a timer thingy happens before it is done, giving you a chance to release and cancel. Often pre-viewing an item at the store is X, like spurs - so think you’re going to preview a saddle? nope. There is no buy back or undo option anywhere - selling or buying. Example #2 - Triangle is used to a) mount your horse b) loot dead bodies and c) sit by a fire. 90% of the bodies in the world you loot are going to be shot by a fire. Once looted you no longer can hit triangle to loot again... so you'd think priority of this conflict would go to looting, take it out of the equation - then all that’s left for triangle is are you at a horse or a fire. This is not what they did instead you unintentionally will sit by a fire over and over instead of looting the body next to the fire - this includes the long assed sitting down animation and then the long assed standing up animation before you accidentally, yet inevitably, sit again.
    The game is so detailed... and soo “#realism brah”. To its detriment... you can't just have a health, stamina and dead eye meter, no you have to have "cores" that drain and fill differently and make little sense - and there are 400 foods, cigarettes, and booze that all do slightly the same thing yet different. You can't sleep to a specified time, no early rising for you – Morning, noon, evening or night but not 4 or 6 am. Crafting is horribly slow and boring yet pretty core to the game mechanics and so needed – cool bullets/arrows no one will ever use because its one at a freaking time! There are just SO many small frustrating bits that take away from the overall enjoyment. Saving - the autosave will scumbag you sooner or later if you rely on it. If you are mid mission and want to save to maybe go back and try something different or try another approach – nope not allowed because reasons. I turned off autosave and fully rely on being uber diligent with manual saves and every time I see a thing to go check out, go near people/towns, hear “Hey mister” or “HELP” - I save - because my fault or not (more often not), something will go wrong. Be it bugs, glitches or just B.S. If I hit R1 to take cover behind a rock in combat; for god knows what reason I often end up standing on top of the rock eating bullets. Bump - not ram or run down - but nudge a person while on your horse in town and 40 cops and a massive bounty for that evil deed. To add to that fun - NPC’s will constantly be in your way. Crowded market or street, they will be mad at you for following them (regardless of your “good” reputation) as they slowly walk down the only narrow path. They will walk out into the street in front of your horse constantly. There is a Cinematic mode that in theory could be considered an auto-travel so you don't have to do it yourself (tapping X over and over and over) - if you go to the bathroom and come back you will be dead, wanted or your horse will have died. There is no fast travel. From camp after a while but nothing BACK to camp. Stages and trains cost money and you still must get to one to travel to another. On foot Arthur moves just a tad slower than he should until he runs and then you run just a bit faster than the controls really work with. Hunting can be fun and yet it can be the most frustrating thing I've ever voluntarily done to myself. My list goes on and on. For every amazing moment there are 30 little crappy ones sucking the fun out of this game. Just so disappointed. If there was QA that play tested their feedback was ignored, they were awful at their jobs or they hired children who "want to work in video games" for pennies a day instead of QA professionals - standard for the gaming industry and it shows. I am terribly disappointed and all these "Professional" reviewers that gave it “Game of the century” and “10/10” should be ashamed - I will forever come look at a review sites score here before I take anything they say seriously again. I will know if they are just hype reviewers or actually gamers. The hype for this disappointing game was the only 10/10 it deserved. I’m ~30 hours in and just SO DISAPPOINTED.    … Expand
  42. Liukin
    Oct 31, 2018
    5
    Good game but PC version cost 400$(PS4+game). Thanx again Rockstar ;)
    #RDR2neverforGOTY
  43. LastHokage
    Nov 1, 2018
    5
    Summary: Beautiful but tedious.

    I didn't finish the game, didn't have the patience to do so. Having seen the professional reviews averaging 97.. I thought I was in for a treat. I enjoyed RDR and GTA games since PS2 era but this..this game.. its not RDR or GTA it is something else. Call it a wild west simulation, but please don't call this RDR. The game is tedious..not at some point.. it    Summary: Beautiful but tedious.

    I didn't finish the game, didn't have the patience to do so. Having seen the professional reviews averaging 97.. I thought I was in for a treat. I enjoyed RDR and GTA games since PS2 era but this..this game.. its not RDR or GTA it is something else. Call it a wild west simulation, but please don't call this RDR. The game is tedious..not at some point.. it was tedious from the very beginning till I stopped. I kept telling myself it will get better! It must! But then I start to read other user reviews and it sunk on me.. It won't get better. RENT before buying, if you don't like the first 5-10 hours, you will not like the next 50 hours.    … Expand
  44. IRON_MAN
    Nov 2, 2018
    5
    This game should be called "The Sims Western Version"
    It totally feels like gta 5 with better graphics not the best graphics out there though, too slow can't enjoy the shooting, It's overrated, marketing is big now days.
  45. jacobderosenoir
    Nov 2, 2018
    5
    DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE - I really don't understand the media hype on this game.
    PRO'S :
    Beautiful graphics Good story Characters are well voiced and developped CON's : - Not one bit of innovation. All things found in other games - Not much more than an interactive movie - WAAAAAAYYYYYYY to long travel time. Not rare that you would travel for 4 to 5 min to get somewhere, then    DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE - I really don't understand the media hype on this game.
    PRO'S :
    Beautiful graphics
    Good story
    Characters are well voiced and developped

    CON's :
    - Not one bit of innovation. All things found in other games
    - Not much more than an interactive movie
    - WAAAAAAYYYYYYY to long travel time. Not rare that you would travel for 4 to 5 min to get somewhere, then kill or capture someone or something in 15 seconds and then another 4 to 5 min to come back. 10 minutes looking at a screen where a cowboy on a horse goes by beautiful surrounding is not my idea of fun
    - Strange control decision - Not intuitive and clunky
    - Way too much "chores" that NEEDS To be done if you want to get good perks

    I'm only giving 5 because technically speaking this game is perfect and beautiful. Just looking at all the different animations when cutting the wood at camp (another useless task) is fantastic. There are at least 6 or 7 different realistic animation. But they should have pass more time on the game play. This is the first miss of Rock Star    … Expand
  46. batz
    Nov 3, 2018
    5
    I loved RDR 1, so I was long waiting for RDR 2. But the truth is: it's an ok game. Unfortunately, not great.

    Pros: - Beautiful environment - Good story and cutscenes - The details are awesome - I really loved the atmosphere. I'm not sure why, but it felt a little like WestWorld (minus the crazy AI) Cons: - The map feels empty, because of the points of interest are so distant    I loved RDR 1, so I was long waiting for RDR 2. But the truth is: it's an ok game. Unfortunately, not great.

    Pros:
    - Beautiful environment
    - Good story and cutscenes
    - The details are awesome
    - I really loved the atmosphere. I'm not sure why, but it felt a little like WestWorld (minus the crazy AI)

    Cons:
    - The map feels empty, because of the points of interest are so distant from each other and there is nothing to do between them.
    - It's basically a horse riding simulator. Because of the empty spaces, you have to ride... a lot! You ride 5 minutes, do something, and go back for another 5 minutes. Not to mention when they take your horse after some quests and you have to find a new one (since the fast travel system is awful).
    - Hunting is boring. It's so slow and you have to go back a lot to deliver the skins. First, you need to find the animals. After that, you need to locate a perfect skin animal (the others are bad), then you have to select the right weapon and ammo. If anyone passes near the place you are, the animals run (a lot!). And you need to track them again.
    - The tracking system is horrible. You have to keep using it (and pressing the buttons) and it also slows down time, which is annoying.
    - The shooting system is a mistake. It's so bad that I don't wanna play anymore.
    - Honor doesn't make sense. In the quests, you can kill, steal, rob houses. And it does not affect your honor. They keep telling that's is ok to do it, because you need and the world isn't a fair place. But when you search a corpse (that you didn't even kill), you lose honor. You have to keep saying hi to people to earn honor, which is kinda ridiculous.
    - There are events to fix the slow pace of the gameplay. You need to ride a lot, but sometimes you can get ambushed from other gangs or someone can try to steal your horse. It was supposed to be awesome. But you ride for so long, that sometimes your mind isn't anymore in the game (plus the shooting system is terrible). And when that happens, you probably going to die.
    - The details a boring and just a waste of time. Why do you need to brush your horse, take a shower, clean your weapon, make coffee? I love managers and RPGs, but those are just time consuming boring tasks.
    - The beginning is even slower. Why the snow? So much time needed to go from place to place. It was a terrible, terrible way to start the game.
    - Fishing controls are bad. Why do you need to keep rotating the R button to bring the fish closer.
    - To play poker or any other game takes soooo long. Why? You keep seing many animations. Argh!

    Honestly, what kills RDR2 for me are the controls, the empty spaces and the boring/detailed tasks. I don't know if they are going to fix those, but I probably will play if they patch some of those problems. For now, I prefer to play something else.    … Expand
  47. oGravitation
    Nov 3, 2018
    5
    Rockstar seem to have put immersion and realism ahead of fun as the number one priority. I dont want to shave my beard everyday, manage my weight, and stay on a proper sleep schedule in a video game unless i'm playing Sims. Add in the same clunky mechanic tap-X-to-run gameplay and you have a huge world with tons of wasted potential. The NPC's seem to have the same exactRockstar seem to have put immersion and realism ahead of fun as the number one priority. I dont want to shave my beard everyday, manage my weight, and stay on a proper sleep schedule in a video game unless i'm playing Sims. Add in the same clunky mechanic tap-X-to-run gameplay and you have a huge world with tons of wasted potential. The NPC's seem to have the same exact slighty-over-the-top personalities that were seen in the last installment of GTA, with a cowboy hat slapped on.… Expand
  48. Mycoolo69
    Nov 6, 2018
    5
    So I am 25% in to this game and constantly saying to myself.. I'm sure its going to get better than this... but no.. not yet.. argh....

    The game looks great, almost photo realistic graphics and I have full appreciation for that! But: -Controls are so bad... coming from Black ops 4 and Spider man these controls just suck.. no getting used to them they just suck.. -Shootouts are    So I am 25% in to this game and constantly saying to myself.. I'm sure its going to get better than this... but no.. not yet.. argh....

    The game looks great, almost photo realistic graphics and I have full appreciation for that!
    But:
    -Controls are so bad... coming from Black ops 4 and Spider man these controls just suck.. no getting used to them they just suck..

    -Shootouts are sooo cumbersome, clunky and just not fun.. I find myself saying fuk I just want this stupid fight over...

    - Walking around camp is so slow for some reason, like fingernails down chalkboard

    - Missions are dull

    - Horse riding is fun for 5 minutes then boring as hell for the next 20 minutes..

    - I did a mission last night where I had to deliver letters between 2 lovers on opposing feuding families.. How is that supposed to be fun? or Bad ass?

    I like games that make me feel like a super hero or bad ass.. this is just a horse riding and chore simulator!    … Expand
  49. Deez_Nuts
    Nov 7, 2018
    5
    All I have to say is that this game is kinda overrated if we talk about Gameplay, the game is not near perfect .
  50. ionas22
    Nov 9, 2018
    5
    Really don’t like it. Find it boring. Nothing but the horse riding. What will Rockstar release next? Knitting simulator?
  51. MakeitBetter
    Nov 9, 2018
    5
    I was loving life playing this game, then a game breaking bug lead to a slippery slope of disappointment. I got the bug that makes John, his wife and son and Sadie disappear. I didn't realize this for a long time. I went online to look for a fix and inadvertently came across MAJOR spoilers. The idea of starting a new game (studying all those animals, crafting, upgrading camp, etc) isI was loving life playing this game, then a game breaking bug lead to a slippery slope of disappointment. I got the bug that makes John, his wife and son and Sadie disappear. I didn't realize this for a long time. I went online to look for a fix and inadvertently came across MAJOR spoilers. The idea of starting a new game (studying all those animals, crafting, upgrading camp, etc) is daunting. Coupled with all the spoilers the game now feels ruined. I was totally immersed in this game, a feeling I haven't had in a long time. Now, because Rockstar missed this major bug I'm feeling the same way you do when that thing in a relationship happens causing the magic to be gone and you know you'll never get it back.… Expand
  52. Sillence
    Nov 10, 2018
    5
    I didn't know what to expect getting into this, having never played the first. I was, however, quite hyped up based on the concept as well as footage, and being a big fan of GTA since GTA 2 (don't know how I missed red dead 1 thinking back on it..). Because I was hyped, I really wanted to like it. So when, in the first hour of gameplay I felt as though something was missing, and that thisI didn't know what to expect getting into this, having never played the first. I was, however, quite hyped up based on the concept as well as footage, and being a big fan of GTA since GTA 2 (don't know how I missed red dead 1 thinking back on it..). Because I was hyped, I really wanted to like it. So when, in the first hour of gameplay I felt as though something was missing, and that this game might actually be... not good, I pushed that feeling back because I knew it must get better. I played for another 6 hours or so, and it didn't. Don't get me wrong, the environment is absolutely beautiful, and the physics engine, and the cinematic camera are both terrific elements. Then there's the story, which is actually quite compelling even though I've never needed a good story to enjoy a game, but there's just one gigantic issue with this game...

    It's BORING. Sooooo boring. The gameplay really is complete **** by modern standards. Gunplay is terrible, controls are clunky as can be, nothing feels natural, you spend far too much time traveling and not enough playing. The 6 hours I've put in felt so forced. Part of me wants to see the rest of this beautiful world, and play out the story that will no doubt be excellent, but I just can't bring myself to play it. To me, it feels like a TV show, a passive sort of entertainment, and that is a problem. I find myself considering playing but instead turning on netflix because it doesn't require I hold a controller. And it honestly is heartbreaking because I really was itching for a big open world game like this to hop into, but this just doesn't do it for me.

    I suppose you could say it is highly realistic what with having to brush your horse, shave, eat, feed your horse, grab weapons from the saddle every damn time, ride long distances of mostly empty land. It's all very much like the Wild West we know from stories and shows and movies. The key difference though - movies don't follow every hour of every day of a cowboy. They highlight the exciting parts which are few and far between. They know the rest is just boring AF. This game seems to have forgotten that. I respect the realism while pointing out that it makes for garbage gameplay and enjoyment.

    I spent $100 for the Deluxe Edition, and I regret every dollar of it. Save your money and watch a stream, it's about as engaging as actually playing the game. What a sad state.    … Expand
  53. lukus99
    Mar 2, 2019
    5
    Gorgeous game that i find is very hollow and it's depth is nothing more than doing rote menial tasks. Some of quests are absolutely pathetic (like having to find a pristine robin, oriel and chipmunk - finding a needle in a haystack would be easier). It's a game of time sinking minutia. Nobody who plays this game can honestly say it's not.

    An "open world" that forces you down one    Gorgeous game that i find is very hollow and it's depth is nothing more than doing rote menial tasks. Some of quests are absolutely pathetic (like having to find a pristine robin, oriel and chipmunk - finding a needle in a haystack would be easier). It's a game of time sinking minutia. Nobody who plays this game can honestly say it's not.

    An "open world" that forces you down one path of play. Come up on any camp / strangers - stay more than a few seconds and they start shooting you. There are virtually no friendly strangers outside the quest lines.

    Controls are frustrating (i want to mount my horse but i tackle a nearby pedestrian instead and have the entire police force after me and now i have a 300 bounty to pay - probably about 150 rabbit skins LMFAO. The same button that says hi to somebody also pulls a gun and can shoot them.

    Fishing is a precursor to repetitive strain injury on your hands and wrists. I'm surprised there is not a warning on that event in game.
    Game is an 70-80- big pretty game with little substance unless you consider feeding horses and chopping wood substance. Want to see the great outdoors and wildlife - my advice is to actually do that in real life.    … Expand
  54. michaljas
    Nov 11, 2018
    5
    This game does not deserve a Metacritic score of 97/100. The visuals and level of detail are unlike anything i have seen in a game. It's incredible how characters interact - there is so much interesting dialogue. However, playing feels like a chore. Unlike GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 1, this is such a stale and boring experience. I am not having any fun. Missions consist of riding yourThis game does not deserve a Metacritic score of 97/100. The visuals and level of detail are unlike anything i have seen in a game. It's incredible how characters interact - there is so much interesting dialogue. However, playing feels like a chore. Unlike GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 1, this is such a stale and boring experience. I am not having any fun. Missions consist of riding your horse for 5 minutes (button mashing x), shooting or finding someone, and then riding back to camp. This should not even be considered for game of the year in my opinion. I had a lot more fun playing God of War - which made me have watery eyes towards the end.… Expand
  55. kurwaslobo
    Nov 12, 2018
    5
    Fake HDR and annoying blurriness all the time with PS4 PRO. Game is okay but not as good as game sites rated it.

    Rockstar cheated us customers with fake hdr which is unacceptable nowadays.
  56. liost5oul
    Nov 12, 2018
    5
    The game looks beautiful. Thats all positive stuff about it. Everything is so boring and stupid here that I can hardly express. The main campaighn can be described in a few words. U get on your horse then press X to ride then listen to tons of boring dilogues written by graphomaniacs and then U have to kill tons of people according to the scripts .Counting that shooting and the otherThe game looks beautiful. Thats all positive stuff about it. Everything is so boring and stupid here that I can hardly express. The main campaighn can be described in a few words. U get on your horse then press X to ride then listen to tons of boring dilogues written by graphomaniacs and then U have to kill tons of people according to the scripts .Counting that shooting and the other gameplay is awful too the game cause nothing but irritation and dissapointment. Hey, rockstar! I want my money back))… Expand
  57. Mooth
    Dec 4, 2018
    5
    Singleplayer - 9.5
    Online - 0
    So I rated it a 5. The online could be awesome but they are so greedy and it will be pay to win.
  58. cortez00
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    Very generic and boring story. After i got to 20% I had to force myself true the game (believing it would get better)- just to be bored another 30-35 hours. Sure it is not just bad, but it is rly slow and boring, if they made it 17-20 hours long it would be a huge improvement ( maybe 7/10) The reason i play games is so i dont have to do the real life boring/slow stuff like washing dishes,Very generic and boring story. After i got to 20% I had to force myself true the game (believing it would get better)- just to be bored another 30-35 hours. Sure it is not just bad, but it is rly slow and boring, if they made it 17-20 hours long it would be a huge improvement ( maybe 7/10) The reason i play games is so i dont have to do the real life boring/slow stuff like washing dishes, but this game feels like it.… Expand
  59. Rdnck_Nrd
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    I guess at this point we know that reviews are bought and sold via advertising. I've been a gamer for over 20 years and a 90+ score used to mean something. This game is visually quite good but it really falls flat in almost every aspect. You'll spend an inordinate amount of time riding around on a horse moving the story along by completing tasks -- each one pretty much a boring,I guess at this point we know that reviews are bought and sold via advertising. I've been a gamer for over 20 years and a 90+ score used to mean something. This game is visually quite good but it really falls flat in almost every aspect. You'll spend an inordinate amount of time riding around on a horse moving the story along by completing tasks -- each one pretty much a boring, no-frills bit. Each of these advance the story along. The voice acting and story are without any soul. Controls and inventory mechanics are rudimentary at best. If you are buying this for the story mode, don't listen to the reviews. Wait for it to come out cheap used. The used game stores will be flooded with trade ins within a few weeks. I highly doubt I'll push on and finish it. It's that boring...… Expand
  60. F00berChu
    Nov 18, 2018
    5
    Overall "eh" experience. Not horrible but not as good as I was expecting, if you are on the fence about this game still just watch some let's plays of it, you will soon see if you like this kind of gameplay or not. BEWARNED; The start of the game is NOT representative of gameplay activities later in the game, remember to check out gameplay from later parts of the game too before buying.Overall "eh" experience. Not horrible but not as good as I was expecting, if you are on the fence about this game still just watch some let's plays of it, you will soon see if you like this kind of gameplay or not. BEWARNED; The start of the game is NOT representative of gameplay activities later in the game, remember to check out gameplay from later parts of the game too before buying.

    It should be noted that things go (at least for me) downhill nearing the end.    … Expand
  61. Nooob
    Nov 22, 2018
    5
    Amazing Details, Super Boring ... This game is overrated by critics. Seriously at least magazine gave 70/100 which is accurate other than that is unbelievable .
  62. Kaktusiak
    Nov 23, 2018
    5
    Riding Simulator 2018 get's "#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018"... **** I didn't enjoy this game at all. Are those critics drunk, or did Rockstar payed them to give this game 10/10 Game Of The Year -_-
  63. TheConFol
    Nov 27, 2018
    5
    I honestly have no idea how reviewers are giving this game 10/10. The difference between the user and critic reviews alone are enough to see that this so called "masterpiece" does not actually play as a masterpiece - and has quite a few flaws, be they the endless "just collect things" quests, button mashing mechanics (because pressing a button over and over is fun and engaging), averageI honestly have no idea how reviewers are giving this game 10/10. The difference between the user and critic reviews alone are enough to see that this so called "masterpiece" does not actually play as a masterpiece - and has quite a few flaws, be they the endless "just collect things" quests, button mashing mechanics (because pressing a button over and over is fun and engaging), average story and dialogue with too little of an emotional punch, and lackluster items which don't make you feel as if you actually achieved anything to acquire them (and to use them you use a poorly coded UI). This game is a testament to how reviewers and gamers see the experience differently, although the game has tons of mechanics that reviewers are conditioned to say are "great" - the final product, I'm sorry to say is a middle of the road 5/10 game, I'm not a hater - I wanted for this game to be good - at the end of the day - it just isn't.… Expand
  64. Zolo
    Nov 24, 2018
    5
    The story is brilliant, but the slow pacing can be a bother. There is unnecessary details that wasn't needed to be in the game, but is welcomed to those who enjoy it. The tedious bit in the gameplay such as ,can't craft in bulk, can't buy in bulk, can't buy whole catalogue in one button, maintaining your cores, and oh you have to maintain your horse cores also, and having to equip yourThe story is brilliant, but the slow pacing can be a bother. There is unnecessary details that wasn't needed to be in the game, but is welcomed to those who enjoy it. The tedious bit in the gameplay such as ,can't craft in bulk, can't buy in bulk, can't buy whole catalogue in one button, maintaining your cores, and oh you have to maintain your horse cores also, and having to equip your weapons again is the biggest nuisance of them all. The fast travel isn't perfect rather a step-back compared to games like Skyrim. The game decides to be realistic than any other game that you couldn't imagine. It may sound like a complement, but no it's a draw-back with this game. Strangers are a side mission addition to this game after you beat the main story, or you can access them anytime you want during the story. I didn't care for this experience, but someone may like this to do something after the story is done or take a break from the main story. The controls for aiming is bad just like the other products i've experienced from Rockstar Games. For the next game please improve the aiming, and the movement. I still don't feel like I have control over the character. Good story, but bad game-play with some complaints that could be addressed with a patch.… Expand
  65. JustNicked
    Nov 25, 2018
    5
    This is the BEST WORST GAME EVER!

    The graphics side: WOW, AMAZING, SO... WOAH!

    The controls side: just, BAD... clunky, and so bad bad...
    you get a wanted level for doing absolutely nothing... You accidentally press R2 and you have a gun pointing, bam... wanted level... And another problem: controls change, the 'pickup' or 'conversation' buttons change between X O and /. Overall a 5 MAX
  66. darkhunt333
    Nov 26, 2018
    5
    It would be game of the year but the controls are sooooooo bad. I don't even have anything to compare it to bad.

    The bounty system is what you would expect from a ps1 gta game. One time I was standing still and got a bounty. For nothing, no reason at all. I started getting shot, I let it happen, more people started shooting me. Each one that joined shooting me added $5 to the    It would be game of the year but the controls are sooooooo bad. I don't even have anything to compare it to bad.

    The bounty system is what you would expect from a ps1 gta game. One time I was standing still and got a bounty. For nothing, no reason at all. I started getting shot, I let it happen, more people started shooting me. Each one that joined shooting me added $5 to the bounty

    The amount of padding for time that's added because there's no fast travel is criminal. They made a 20 hour game into 40-60 hours because you have to take your horse everywhere.

    Each mission is rinse and repeat.
    1. Take a 8 minute journey to get to camp.
    2. Start the mission
    3. Ride for 10 minutes to the objective at a snails pace talking about **** you already know
    4. Shoot People.
    5. You Win
    6. Ride 5-8 Minutes to the train/buggy to get closer to camp
    7. Ride 5-8 Minutes from where the train/buggy dropped you off back to camp
    8. Repeat steps 2-7

    It's a solid 5/10.
    Fix the controls or at least make them consistent it would be 8/10. It's the interactive medium.
    Fix the bounty system 9/10
    Fix fast travel 10/10    … Expand
  67. Asteph
    Nov 27, 2018
    5
    It is very good game, good details, the best graphics, but they forgot the gameplay and what it means to be a good game open to possibilities of doing what you want, in fact, almost all the game have you tied to do what they want the developers ... like the case of having to keep things clean, or repaired, at first glance that seems a point in favor, but it becomes tedious after a whileIt is very good game, good details, the best graphics, but they forgot the gameplay and what it means to be a good game open to possibilities of doing what you want, in fact, almost all the game have you tied to do what they want the developers ... like the case of having to keep things clean, or repaired, at first glance that seems a point in favor, but it becomes tedious after a while ... I expected a game that did not leave everything for have great power.

    I believe that they still do not overcome the open world theme that "inaugurated" Zelda Botw, that despite the breaking of arms, you found a thousand and one in the whole map, the issue of doing what you want, it is wonderful and the fantastic of the game helps you in that subject so that you do what you want, all that, and weighing nothing more than 14 Gigas while the network dead 100 plus the download of all these gigas ..

    Do not get me wrong the dead network is a great game, in fact it should be the GOTY 2018, with a great job behind, but disappoints that it has not passed a game of 2017 ...    … Expand
  68. Knort
    Nov 29, 2018
    5
    Loved the game, good story, location, and a very rich world, but didn´t like that much the online...
  69. Riqui
    Nov 29, 2018
    5
    I shouldn't have to tell anyone that critic reviews are just wastes of words anymore. This game, i really really want to like it. But it misses in so many places and just feels punishing and unrewarding. I'll start with the pace of the game. It. Is. Slow. Feels like you travel on a horse for about 10 minutes in real time, for a ride that would probably only take under 5 if you were notI shouldn't have to tell anyone that critic reviews are just wastes of words anymore. This game, i really really want to like it. But it misses in so many places and just feels punishing and unrewarding. I'll start with the pace of the game. It. Is. Slow. Feels like you travel on a horse for about 10 minutes in real time, for a ride that would probably only take under 5 if you were not restricted of movement. If your in camp, you walk. Indoors? Your walking. Scouting a boat? Your gonna follow it on your horse.....in a slow trot for 10 minutes, all because the game locks your speed in certain areas and locations for i don't know, immersion? Dialogue? Cinematic Effect? I get it, this games scope is to be an immersive western experience, but it is not fun to move a character who feels like he has cinder blocks tied to his feet, especially since there is NO FAST TRAVEL. Also in between locations you could technically "hunt" or stop and help people, hunting is basically lock on, shoot the animal on your horse, get off, skin it (which is a good 10 second animation), put it on your horse, and keep going. Congrats you just make 0.13 cents, that's about a cent for each animation your gonna watch.
    Helping people however i will say feels pretty good, and you do actually find that stopping to help these people really pays off by either getting items or some other payment. But i don't understand how i feel about spending 30 seconds to suck venom out of a guys leg and giving him some whiskey giving me more satisfaction than an hour in a main quest. I mean one guy gives you a free gun from the shop basically, and you only spent 30 seconds to help him. However some main quests take 20 minutes of horse riding and 10 minutes of lock on head shot combat to give you 1600 bucks, and 1000 of that is "the gangs cut". And just a tip, don't die, cause chances are, your gonna have to travel all the way back there, or sit through another long dialogue scene, and don't get me started with the panning sky shot of your character coming back every death. If you have ever saved and loaded the game, you should know how long that shouldn't take. I don't know if there is a faster way to save, but as far as i know all you can do is menu to it, and save it. But thats not nearly as bad as the loads. Dear god the loads....

    My next point is the controls which could kinda be thrown in with pace of game. I remember when i first got to valentine, i got wanted for running someone down on a horse in the first 5 minutes because i could not stop my horse. I just bought a gun from the store? Walk outside hit L2 to start dialogue, accidentally aim at the sheriff now i'm in a gunfight with the whole town. You are either sprinting with 0 control pissing people off, or you are basically crawling around begging for someone to put you out of your misery. If your riding your horse, and you scratch a rock or tree, or you fall about a foot, your gonna go flying. Just super poor controls, not a single positive comment i can make on them.

    The story gives no "redemption" either. Missions are tedious tasks, kill other gang members, steal stuff, or save fellow gang members. Combat is basically lock on shooting, soooo i'm not even gonna waste a sentence to tell you why that's unacceptable. The inventory system is so lame, so bad in fact that NPC's have to remind you not to forget your weapons on your horse. Let me put the weapon up if i don't want to hold it, it shouldn't be a forced storage system. Its an open world RPG, and ive never felt more limited in my choices. All of these things end up making your quests feel just exhaustive by the time it's over.

    I will take one moment to talk about some of the things i do enjoy about the game. The environment, can be so good sometimes that it almost makes you forget that you are a slug. I also give some respect for the voice acting, the actors add a western immersion more than just about anything.

    In conclusion, this game has been mostly disappointing. I know I've just been ranting my frustration out on here, but this is a $60 AAA title from one of the biggest game studios ever, there is no excuse for some of this stuff. They've lost focus with their target audience, if you're going to make an immersive western experience with lackluster controls, at least make a story that won't let us set the controller down. Honestly i could bump up my review to a 7 if the controls and combat were just better.    … Expand
  70. Strangeru
    Dec 4, 2018
    5
    The single player is fine. It's good. great views, very confusing and annoying menus tho . Also Very easy to run over people with the horse and get comic a crime that way.
    But the multiplayer.... Oh boy... What a broken mess. And the servers are even worst than on GTA online. constant but constant disconnects even playing with group of people with internet speeds from 200mb to 1gb...
    And    The single player is fine. It's good. great views, very confusing and annoying menus tho . Also Very easy to run over people with the horse and get comic a crime that way.
    But the multiplayer.... Oh boy... What a broken mess. And the servers are even worst than on GTA online. constant but constant disconnects even playing with group of people with internet speeds from 200mb to 1gb...
    And the currency is a mess, looks more like a free to play game with all the grinding you have to do to buy anything at all.
    So my score is a mix of the singleplayer (8) and the multiplayer (3).    … Expand
  71. szproti
    Jan 13, 2019
    5
    This is not a game worth buying in my opinion. I had high expectations and it was just sad. This game is detailed in all the bad places and lacks depth in all the important ones.

    Story- very naive, one dimensional, repetitive, boring. We dont have any way to affect the main story. Side quests jump at you like crazy. I had chose to abandoned few of them and they showed back many times in    This is not a game worth buying in my opinion. I had high expectations and it was just sad. This game is detailed in all the bad places and lacks depth in all the important ones.

    Story- very naive, one dimensional, repetitive, boring. We dont have any way to affect the main story. Side quests jump at you like crazy. I had chose to abandoned few of them and they showed back many times in different places it was disgusting.

    Characters- incoherent, flat, annoying. Arthur is really one of the more pathetic characters ever, no personality, no motives, no plans, Would be much more enjoyable to play Dutch.

    Game play- not fun, unintuitive

    Graphics- very good

    Overall- i just wanted this game to be over

    Who I recommend this game to- fans of westerns and GTA 5 Lovers, all other people i discourage    … Expand
  72. cvg
    Jul 8, 2020
    5
    Close but no cigar. Hard to evaluate as for me it somehow lacks that magical interaction with characters so captivating in the very best games such as Last of us or Tw3. This is an interesting and even stunning world BUT THIS IS NOT MY WORLD contrary to the 2 mentioned.
  73. ledimi
    Jul 24, 2019
    5
    too gore for me , it is missing the action , it looks the same all the time.
  74. Drouul
    Mar 16, 2019
    5
    I wanted to love this game so bad, but it is mediocre at best. It is the perfect example that good graphics do not make a great game. After putting it away for two months, I played again and it is still what is was a couple of months ago. I really got no clue why Rockstar does not care one bit about the single player, a couple of months after a game dropped. They didn`t care in GTA V, andI wanted to love this game so bad, but it is mediocre at best. It is the perfect example that good graphics do not make a great game. After putting it away for two months, I played again and it is still what is was a couple of months ago. I really got no clue why Rockstar does not care one bit about the single player, a couple of months after a game dropped. They didn`t care in GTA V, and they don`t care in RDR2. Guess what Rockstar: There are maybe some people who just want to play the single player, and don`t care about your pay 2 win online mode. Let`s move on:

    The story is a snooze fest. Repetitive and tedious tasks: Ride to this point, than shoot a bunch of people, ride back. The bounty system is still a complete mess, and that almost half a year after the game released. Somebody assaults or shoots you, you defend yourself by shooting back and then you are wanted for murder or assault because you defended yourself from getting killed?? what?? I don`t understand why they don`t fix that. Especially after finishing the game, this becomes extremely frustrating, because half of the time you play, you`re busy paying f*cking bountys. Not only that, after finishing the story, there is basically no method to make much money. Robbing trains and stuff only brings in a couple of dollars. In Gta v you could own a golf course to make money after the story. Why didn`t they add a saloon for you to buy? or just a shop? Something that makes a decent ammount of money.

    I played the game again the last couple of days, and there is just nothing to do after the story. You can`t just start a fight with someone or provoke someone to fight you, because you will be the guilty. You can do stranger missions, but they are really boring aswell. Sometimes it is fun to just to out and hunt animals, but only for a couple of minutes. The graphics are amazing, but everything else can be summed up in one word: Mediocre. It is not a 10/10 game. My biggest problem is, that they just don`t care about the singleplayer. I don`t play red dead online, cause from what i`ve seen, it is just a cash grab.

    It is not a 1/10 and not a 10/10. They should focus more on the singleplayer and fix the bounty system.    … Expand
  75. NazgulzLegacy
    Jan 29, 2020
    5
    Whenever random Ambushes happen it's basically instant death, the horse controls are annoying and impossible to get away from enemies, satchel carries only a small handful of stuff, whistling for horse is almost pointless, can only carry one big pelt, and game size and loading times are ridiculous.
  76. Danillofp
    Mar 4, 2019
    5
    Beautiful world, but bad mechanics.

    And i hate those efforts to make the game real, like brush your horse, feed and others boring tasks.
  77. bthaxton1990
    Mar 5, 2019
    5
    This game is not for everyone. If you have a life and little time to game, do not play this game as it is long and extremely tedious. The real life aspects in this game like eating and grooming your horse are obnoxious and nothing I want to do in my video games. We play games to escape reality, not to complete chores. Visually the game looks amazing and the voice acting is great. The mainThis game is not for everyone. If you have a life and little time to game, do not play this game as it is long and extremely tedious. The real life aspects in this game like eating and grooming your horse are obnoxious and nothing I want to do in my video games. We play games to escape reality, not to complete chores. Visually the game looks amazing and the voice acting is great. The main characters voice is ridiculous though, as he sounds like an overplayed fake cowboy. guns and mechanics are OK but the real life aspects killed this game for me. Also riding a horse 15 minutes to a location is not something I want to do after every mission.… Expand
  78. Redstarski_2
    Mar 12, 2019
    5
    Great graphics does not a great game make. There is no argument about the visual aspects of the game, they are stunning. The story line for the first person actually makes some sense, the events are plausible. It is great value for a single person game. The problem though is it is NOT a first person game, it has an online game as well. This is where the game is flawed, the online is stillGreat graphics does not a great game make. There is no argument about the visual aspects of the game, they are stunning. The story line for the first person actually makes some sense, the events are plausible. It is great value for a single person game. The problem though is it is NOT a first person game, it has an online game as well. This is where the game is flawed, the online is still in beta after several months and there is no way to fairly evaluate all aspects of the game. Buy it for the first person game, avoid the online until the beta period ends. That is why I rated it at 50, the online game is not playable yet.… Expand
  79. DJThBBoy
    May 2, 2019
    5
    He sido incapaz de terminarlo, por más que me obligue a intentar acabarlo, pero no hay manera, jamás había jugado a algo tan aburrido. Le doy un 5 por el apartado técnico, porque por lo demás, para mí, es de lo peor que he jugado en mucho tiempo. Control tosco y malísimo, que en momentos llega a desesperar, misiones aburridas con larguísimos paseos a caballo sin gracia alguna donde loHe sido incapaz de terminarlo, por más que me obligue a intentar acabarlo, pero no hay manera, jamás había jugado a algo tan aburrido. Le doy un 5 por el apartado técnico, porque por lo demás, para mí, es de lo peor que he jugado en mucho tiempo. Control tosco y malísimo, que en momentos llega a desesperar, misiones aburridas con larguísimos paseos a caballo sin gracia alguna donde lo único que tienes que hacer es mantener pulsado un botón, desarrollo de la historia lentísimo. Para mi, la gran decepción de esta generación.… Expand
  80. leonfjf
    May 14, 2019
    5
    Succeeded in replacing diablo iii as my sleeping pill. This is a riding simulator.
  81. Thetraedavis
    May 25, 2019
    5
    The story line is great, however, the online experience is lacking. Needs more content worth grinding for. Clothes, guns and missions aren’t enough to keep interest. Houses, land and wagons, are the types of content I would like to see. My rating may go up as time goes on, just depends on what is added to Red Dead Online.
  82. Azban
    Jun 1, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Anyone who rates this a 9 or 10 is a fool and has no clue about video games. This would be a great game if it wasn't ruined by slow drawn out storyline, boring long cutscenes and broken game processes. I understand that the game is slow paced but this game was ridiculous. I've played over 20 hours and I have lost all interest for most of that time.… Expand
  83. mrgreentoad
    Nov 25, 2019
    5
    I loved red dead redemption on PS3 & still play it sometimes, red dead 2 was so boring that i was actually glad when I finished! Brought it back to gamestop & at least got $30!!!!!! On a side note, i think if you’re riding your horse & not completely paying attention to steering it, the horse wouldn’t run into a f$&@ing tree & kill itself!!!!! So cheezy!!!! BTW Rockstar, hurry up & finishI loved red dead redemption on PS3 & still play it sometimes, red dead 2 was so boring that i was actually glad when I finished! Brought it back to gamestop & at least got $30!!!!!! On a side note, i think if you’re riding your horse & not completely paying attention to steering it, the horse wouldn’t run into a f$&@ing tree & kill itself!!!!! So cheezy!!!! BTW Rockstar, hurry up & finish GTA6 already, single player gamers can give a s@&t about GTA5 online! Waiting 10 years between games is ridiculous … Expand
  84. Pesstilence
    Jul 23, 2019
    5
    Game has an amazing story but the online portion of the game is not. A lot of my friends were disappointed with this purchase.
  85. Matt2_D2
    Aug 4, 2019
    5
    Red Dead Redemption 2 is a Cowboy simulator that looks and sounds amazing but at its core plays poorly. The detail in the game is phenomenal and truly makes for an immersive experience and the story is incredibly engaging and pulls you in with its interesting characters that all have an incredible depth to them. Yet, something always feels off in this game, why aren't I having fun? TheRed Dead Redemption 2 is a Cowboy simulator that looks and sounds amazing but at its core plays poorly. The detail in the game is phenomenal and truly makes for an immersive experience and the story is incredibly engaging and pulls you in with its interesting characters that all have an incredible depth to them. Yet, something always feels off in this game, why aren't I having fun? The conclusion I've come to lies in the fundamental design of the gameplay, all you do is ride from place to place on your horse with nothing interesting happening for long stretches at a time. You can't enjoy a game to its full extent, no matter how gorgeous, unless you have fun with the gameplay. And Red Dead Redemption 2's gameplay is lacking. 5/10… Expand
  86. Aonien55
    Aug 21, 2019
    5
    Gameplay: 1/10. Extremely repetitive gunplay, repetitive missions. Awful controls. Most side activities, like hunting, are pointless, since all the reward you get from them is either money you don't need or items you already looted. Very bad wanted system. Tedious and slow animations that are more frustrating than anything.

    Graphics: 10/10. Incredible graphics in all aspects. The    Gameplay: 1/10. Extremely repetitive gunplay, repetitive missions. Awful controls. Most side activities, like hunting, are pointless, since all the reward you get from them is either money you don't need or items you already looted. Very bad wanted system. Tedious and slow animations that are more frustrating than anything.

    Graphics: 10/10. Incredible graphics in all aspects. The character models look outstanding and the world looks even better. Possibly the most detailed game in the world, graphically.

    Sound: 9/10. Excellent soundtrack, excellent voice acting, excellent sound effects. None of it the most memorable in the world however.

    Story: 2/10. Starts out very interesting, but eventually loses the appeal. Forgettable generic mess full of cliché'd dialogue and entire chapters that are filler. Very forgettable characters with confusing motives. Certain characters just written out or killed off entirely with very little explanation. Obvious villains.

    Overall: 5/10. Beautiful graphically and in terms of sound, but falls extremely short in gameplay and story.    … Expand
  87. Lidomanto
    Aug 26, 2019
    5
    Игра очень интересная,атмосфера в игре классная,ахеренный графон,перестрелки,охота,но управление говно,очень медленно передвигается персонаж и этот бег на "х" плохое решение.
    После сюжета абсолютно нечего делать,побочные задания неинтересные и нет желания их проходить.    Игра очень интересная,атмосфера в игре классная,ахеренный графон,перестрелки,охота,но управление говно,очень медленно передвигается персонаж и этот бег на "х" плохое решение.
    После сюжета абсолютно нечего делать,побочные задания неинтересные и нет желания их проходить.
  88. Ninphiro1002
    Aug 28, 2019
    5
    It's great the first time but a second playthrough shows it's flaws.

    Also Red dead online? What even is that.
    RD Online forgets everything the single player gets right leaving an awful taste to the entire experience.
  89. VitoVandetta
    Sep 5, 2019
    5
    Amazing single player. Orgasmic graphic. Online broken and not worth playing. My rating is that, because online mode is highly advertising, but still broken!!!
  90. Wil_FF
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    It's a beautiful world, but that's just it. The character's life is completely boring and sad.
  91. Poolbert
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    2 major issues! You cant defend yourself, even unarmed. You have a knife, you have fists. You can use either to fight. Both result in murder, even if you are attacked. I was attacked by 4 people with guns, got shot twice, punched them, but i get a bounty. That means be evil, its the same consequence as surviving and helping.

    When you save, you may be put on the other side of. What the    2 major issues! You cant defend yourself, even unarmed. You have a knife, you have fists. You can use either to fight. Both result in murder, even if you are attacked. I was attacked by 4 people with guns, got shot twice, punched them, but i get a bounty. That means be evil, its the same consequence as surviving and helping.

    When you save, you may be put on the other side of. What the heck!! I cant see what im typing! This site is even worse!    … Expand
  92. mrmanniac
    Oct 29, 2019
    5
    this games story is good but after the story and little side missions, this game is an absolute bore. You are treated with an open mindless map, the npcs are smart but they are useless after the story. Ya you can go online but that is pay 2 win **** Its been an over year not a single dlc has been released. This game is below avg. You are better of playing the GTA4.
  93. Dazher
    Nov 4, 2019
    5
    Очень много багов. Очень много глупых моментов. Например, в меня стреляют в городе - ни какой реакции законников. Я вырубил обидчика - стал преступником.
  94. vincent770
    Nov 5, 2019
    5
    I'm not sure how long I've played now but the main story is around 17%. From what I've experienced so far:

    The game is for you if: - you like wildwest setting - you like single player story with good voice acting - you have a lot of time to do chores and menial tasks - you enjoy riding horse for 2-3 mins at a time to get from point A to point B The game is not for you if: - you    I'm not sure how long I've played now but the main story is around 17%. From what I've experienced so far:

    The game is for you if:
    - you like wildwest setting
    - you like single player story with good voice acting
    - you have a lot of time to do chores and menial tasks
    - you enjoy riding horse for 2-3 mins at a time to get from point A to point B

    The game is not for you if:
    - you don't like wildwest setting (obviously)
    - you suck at precision shooting and prefer rapid fire shooting
    - you have job/other obligation and cant afford to spend 6 hours per day playing the game
    - you like continuous engaging gameplay instead of doing chores over and over again

    Pros and Cons
    Pros
    - Good voice acting
    - Decent open world size
    - A lot of details in customization, you can change shirt, boots, hat, coat, even customizing your horse and weapons. While it does have some significance in GTA V, I just don't see it here (like I want that cool spoiler on my car but couldn't care less if my horse has long hair or spiky hair). Some people might find this appealing though.

    Cons
    - Riding system is poorly designed to say the least. You need to keep your finger on the X button all the time and it's very tiring. You can autopilot it by engaging cinematic mode but still it's very slow progress where the horse would trot leisurely. You can't leave it either because you need to be aware of your situation such as having a bunch of guys trying to kill you midway

    - Poor riding systemm combined with almost non existent feasible fast travel. You can only do it by going to a coach station (this might not the correct term) and it only works when there is a coach there. The destination is very limited and for the in game economy the price is quite steep. I have about $200 left on my pocket while holding buying a rifle - a short range passage cost 4.5 and long range cost about double. Surely not something I can use very often. So hours on the horseback it is.

    - Grindy hunting system and the weight the game put on it. It tied on everything so far, better gears, skill upgrade, special equipment, and so on. This will takes a lot of your time and you will hate every second of it.
    a) animal you're looking for is marked by image on the map. You go there and they might/might not exist

    b) you need perfect skin to get anything out of it and for it you need perfect animal, perfect shot, at a perfect spot. The game randomize the animal condition so you need to use your binocular from afar, mark the perfect one if you find can it, getting closer on your knees, and hoping for a perfect shot. Missed the shot and they will scamper to god knows where.

    c) Useless tracking system. You can choose to track your target but when there are a lot of activities the you will also see other tracks and other animals highlighted. Not to mention the trails is difficult to see and gone within seconds.

    d) Seeing small animals is difficult, let alone hunting them and landing perfect shot. They're always running between grasses and difficult to see.

    e) On top of that, progression is tied to hunting. Want better gear? hunt. Want more deadeye skill? hunt. Want more of everything? hunt. It's basically designed that there is no way to skip it.

    Still have some motivation to continue but I don't know if it's enough to get me to finish the game. I only have 1-2 hours to play and most of the time I want real gameplay on those 2 hours, not hiding behind bushes trying to headshoot a deer before my hand shaking for drawing bowstring 2 seconds too long.    … Expand
  95. Kryss_Everson
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    Je mets la moitié car le jeu est bien réalisé dans l'ensemble mais sinon, quel ennuis... C'est bien beau de vouloir faire un jeu réaliste mais si c'est pour que ce soit saoulant si vite, ça n'en vaut pas la peine. Et même à ce niveau, c'est raté car il y a beaucoup de choses qui font sortir de l'immersion voulue. Je ne suis pas fan de GTA mais je préfère encore celui-ci à ce RRD2.
  96. LVC1VS
    Nov 10, 2019
    5
    Сначала о хорошем:
    + Игра очень красивая: великолепные пейзажи, погода, городки, NPC и животные - все выглядит очень красиво и реалистично.
    + Реалистичные физика и анимация: ткани, снег, движения животных и персонажей сделаны на фантастическом уровне. + Детальность проработки поражает воображение: видно, с какой любовью подошли те, кто занимался созданием мира RDR2, и как пытались    Сначала о хорошем:
    + Игра очень красивая: великолепные пейзажи, погода, городки, NPC и животные - все выглядит очень красиво и реалистично.
    + Реалистичные физика и анимация: ткани, снег, движения животных и персонажей сделаны на фантастическом уровне.
    + Детальность проработки поражает воображение: видно, с какой любовью подошли те, кто занимался созданием мира RDR2, и как пытались максимально уйти от игровых условностей в сторону большей реалистичности.

    Теперь о плохом:
    − Тотально убогое и неудобное управление. Настолько, что за несколько часов игры у меня пару роз случился rage quit. Простейший пример: Артур устал, игра подсказывает в нижнем правом углу зажать кнопку Е чтобы отдохнуть. По нажатию Е Артур зачем-то хватает за горло стоящего рядом мужика. Приходится с ним драться, это видят свидетели, прибугает шериф и убивает Артура. Вообще случайно встрять в конфликт в этой игре проще простого. Задеть кого-то на лошади, столкнуться с выезжающим из-за угла дилижансом, задеть плечом прохожего, случайно нажать не ту кнопку (кнопка удара лошади находится по соседству с "погладить").
    − Совершенно издевательская система save/load и случайных миссий. Вы встретили на пути какую-то сцену перестрелки и вас убили? Больше вы ее не увидите и не узнаете какую-нибудь интересную деталь об этом мире. Автосохранения зачем-то срабатывают после смерти. На кой черт бы я захотел снова загрузиться уже ПОСЛЕ того, как провалил случайную миссию?
    − Совершенно убогий UI, заставляющий порой нажимать по несколько кнопок одновременно для выполнения каких-то простейших действий. Чтобы восстановить здоровье едой надо зажать Tab, нажать R, выбрать мышкой нужную еду и отпустить Tab. R* серьезно, вы не смогли придумать ничего лучше?

    Сочетание плохого управления с поломанной системой сохранений является убийственной для игры. Мало того, что вы легко наделаете глупостей с таким управлением, так еще и не сможете загрузиться чтобы это исправить. Игра просто дает игроку второго шанса. Можно заново начать миссию из меню, но только для ачивки лучшего ее прохождения, на сюжет это уже никак не влияет.    … Expand
  97. Dextrac
    Nov 11, 2019
    5
    Это хорошая игра, сюжет очень проработан, графика просто отпад, геймплей на высшем уровне, есть ооочень много всяких мелких и незначительных заданий.
  98. ChikinOnFrydai
    May 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game isn’t inherently bad, but the story is actually really good... until chapter 5 that is. One chapter 5 starts the game becomes just mindless shooting with no real rhyme or reason to it. And I wouldn’t necessarily complain about this if the shooting and cover mechanics were good, but they’re not. The shooting and cover mechanics both feel extremely outdated, clunky, and repetitive. Overall I would recommend this game, it’s just not as good as everyone is saying.… Expand
  99. Lateron
    May 2, 2021
    5
    Очень люблю эту игру, купил без скидок и не жалею совсем, она стоит своих денег и даже больше, учитывая цены на другие игры и тем более цены на новое поколение. В 2019-ом году я наиграл приблизительно 300 часов и ещё 300 часов в 2020-ом году, но потом рокстарам захотелось как-то обновить свои сервера, и с тех пор не работает ни РДР онлайн, ни ГТА онлайн, ничего не работает, куда не пиши иОчень люблю эту игру, купил без скидок и не жалею совсем, она стоит своих денег и даже больше, учитывая цены на другие игры и тем более цены на новое поколение. В 2019-ом году я наиграл приблизительно 300 часов и ещё 300 часов в 2020-ом году, но потом рокстарам захотелось как-то обновить свои сервера, и с тех пор не работает ни РДР онлайн, ни ГТА онлайн, ничего не работает, куда не пиши и как не жалуйся, по этому за половину игры я ставлю половину оценки.… Expand
  100. OvoxRubenxovO
    Feb 15, 2020
    5
    Grafik Top, Steuerung präzise, Sound toll ... aber mir viel zu weitläufig und die Story packt mich nach 6 Stunden 0,0
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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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