Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21344 Ratings

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  1. DogeWowIsBack
    Mar 11, 2019
    4
    You know the game's gonna be great when majority of positive reviews are basically people praising the game for minor details such as size of horse genitals.
    The game starts slowly, while playing you'll realise how slow and dragged on the game is, game takes about 20 hours to finish, but let's be real for a second, if it wasn't so slow anyone could finish it in less than 10 hours.
    The    You know the game's gonna be great when majority of positive reviews are basically people praising the game for minor details such as size of horse genitals.
    The game starts slowly, while playing you'll realise how slow and dragged on the game is, game takes about 20 hours to finish, but let's be real for a second, if it wasn't so slow anyone could finish it in less than 10 hours.
    The story is nothing special, basically Red Dead Redemption 1.5.
    People seem to praise graphics but they're just blurry.
    Hype over actual content and quality of the game, that's basically all Rockstar games made after GTA IV.    … Expand
  2. kadim19rus
    Mar 20, 2019
    4
    Скучная уже к середине. Прицеливание с геймпада сделано через жопу. Даже у battlefield 1 лучше прицеливание и удобно стрелять.
  3. LostBoyzHUN
    Apr 25, 2019
    4
    ennyit ér számomra . .
  4. skfr
    May 19, 2019
    4
    très déçu... je vais pas épiloguer des tas de gens l'ont déjà fait ....
  5. ll4mat
    Apr 3, 2020
    4
    Single player is great but playing online is a fu***** disaster.
    Countless bugs making it nearly impossible to play that game online.
  6. Hahn
    Aug 30, 2019
    4
    Beautiful graphics, excellent voice acting, lots to do.

    Terrible gameplay. I've wasted too much time in this game riding a horse. 60 hours of gameplay is nothing when 75% of it will be on the back of a horse tapping x and steering.
  7. NathanDTS
    Sep 24, 2019
    4
    Inherently just very boring. Story is probably Rockstar's best effort, but their pursuit of realism results in one of the dullest open worlds in a videogame. Combat is just as bad as any other Rockstar game, movement is slow and tanky whether on foot or horseback. Numerous pointless animations can make a dominoes game last two in game days and you'll find yourself stranded without a horseInherently just very boring. Story is probably Rockstar's best effort, but their pursuit of realism results in one of the dullest open worlds in a videogame. Combat is just as bad as any other Rockstar game, movement is slow and tanky whether on foot or horseback. Numerous pointless animations can make a dominoes game last two in game days and you'll find yourself stranded without a horse in the middle of nowhere on multiple occasions.… Expand
  8. GSA85
    Sep 25, 2019
    4
    Unfortunately, RDR2 is just an unimpressive game.
    I would love to enjoy this game, but all the times I try to play I quickly regret. The whole story is not fun or exciting. In general, the game is slow, repetitive and monotonous. All the player movement is a bit clunky, heavy and sometimes very frustrating and infuriating. In your gang camp looks like you are the only one working,    Unfortunately, RDR2 is just an unimpressive game.
    I would love to enjoy this game, but all the times I try to play I quickly regret. The whole story is not fun or exciting. In general, the game is slow, repetitive and monotonous. All the player movement is a bit clunky, heavy and sometimes very frustrating and infuriating. In your gang camp looks like you are the only one working, hunting, etc. (why...? are the others in holidays?). The AI is really bad. If you get caught by authorities you need to pay ALOT of your money and find dollars it's not easy in this game. One time authorities came to catch me because "animal cruelty": I was hunting some pigs to give to my camp...! The "bounty hunters" loves to appear in the worst moments, like when you are cutting an animal, so the only thing you can do is see your player taking shots and dying.
    Don't get me wrong, I'm 34 years old, already played thousands of games and thousands of game genres and this game is just boring. It's not about slow of fast, it's about the lake of immersing in the game, the lack of deeply of all characters. It's a beautiful world? Yes, it is. It's funny? No, it's not funny for sure. Boring is the best word to describe it. Maybe this game can be enjoyable for a 12 years old guy, with 10 hours of the day to play, simulating hunting and farming without any reason of goal. But well, if you are looking for something exciting, this game is just disappointment.    … Expand
  9. Clownypants
    Nov 20, 2019
    4
    Paid reviewers cannot be trusted. I loved RDR1, completed every little task and achievement and hated to see it end. RDR2 was an absolute chore to get through and I was glad when it was finally over. If you so much as look at someone cross-eyed, they will pull their gun and you had better run. Try to defend yourself and the whole town will crash down on you with endless waves of lawmenPaid reviewers cannot be trusted. I loved RDR1, completed every little task and achievement and hated to see it end. RDR2 was an absolute chore to get through and I was glad when it was finally over. If you so much as look at someone cross-eyed, they will pull their gun and you had better run. Try to defend yourself and the whole town will crash down on you with endless waves of lawmen and search parties. Paying off your bounties was optional in RDR1, but not here. What kind of outlaw goes to the Post Office and pays his bounties? This makes exploring significantly more difficult and much less fun. In addition, the storyline is crammed with Hollywood's usual woke nonsense - 'strong' women, sad Indians, racist southerners, and even a jab at capital punishment. This was a bloated mess of a game; pretty to look at, but not much fun to play.… Expand
  10. jmherron61
    Dec 22, 2019
    4
    This just shows you that users have more accurate ratings than critics. User reviews were higher for original, which I totally agree. While critics reviews gave "2" a higher score, totally disagree. I gave this game a 4 and would give the original a 9. Everything that was great in original has been removed and replaced with terrible content. What are these critics thinking?
  11. NukeTv
    Jan 23, 2021
    4
    Au delà de l'aspect technique, ce jeu est nul. Ce n'est même pas un jeu vidéo, c'est un film interactif. La physique du personnage est atroce, la lenteur est déconcertante, la mécanique de shoot est nulle, la liberté est inexistante ce qui est un comble pour un monde ouvert, le fait qu'on puisse passer les missions ou les pnj qui agissent à votre place est une insulte au jeu vidéo. LeAu delà de l'aspect technique, ce jeu est nul. Ce n'est même pas un jeu vidéo, c'est un film interactif. La physique du personnage est atroce, la lenteur est déconcertante, la mécanique de shoot est nulle, la liberté est inexistante ce qui est un comble pour un monde ouvert, le fait qu'on puisse passer les missions ou les pnj qui agissent à votre place est une insulte au jeu vidéo. Le craft du camp est juste une blague. Le scénario est chiant et prétentieux. Sans parler du mode online qui est inutile. Chasser et pêcher ne servent à rien alors qu'on nous vend un cowboy simulator. Donc quitte à être extrémiste, il aurait fallu inclure des mécaniques de survie. Ce jeu est juste une belle carte postale pour casu.… Expand
  12. anykey_
    Feb 20, 2021
    4
    It's boring, sad, hard. It is not possible to play because of the boringness of everything. An extended movie about cowboys, with a bunch of mechanics that were used in previous games from RockStar studios.
  13. qwertyrevenge
    May 5, 2020
    4
    Minor spoilers(very minor, should not really matter to anyone, but be warned if you don't want to know anything about the story)

    I really liked the first RDR and really hoped that this would be a great game. I did dredge through this monotonous snooze-fest of beautiful scenery and was just left with the annoyance of time wasted with no payoff. The annoyance that hit me first in the    Minor spoilers(very minor, should not really matter to anyone, but be warned if you don't want to know anything about the story)

    I really liked the first RDR and really hoped that this would be a great game. I did dredge through this monotonous snooze-fest of beautiful scenery and was just left with the annoyance of time wasted with no payoff.

    The annoyance that hit me first in the game is that while it has amazing attention to details, it's in all the wrong places. Like the horse testicles are modeled, but no one bothered to have even a cursory glance at how horses behave. You really can't ride a horse off a cliff, unless there's a lot of trust to begin with. Also, you can't ride a horse into a tree, even if you wanted. In RDR 2, the horses will run into trees and off cliffs, even if you have just stolen the horse. This is just stupid and immersion breaking. It's like the devs have never actually seen a live horse, let alone interacted with one in any capacity. Also, the movement of there character movement is nicely physically modeled but they control like they are walking on stilts.

    The story was also just phoned in. The same story arc is told several times with minor variance. The characters are mostly at least adequately written, but the story does not reflect these characters in any way and forces and even requires them to behave in a very different manner than what the characters would reasonably do. The story also drags on and on with not a lot of story to tell. This is not up to Rockstar's usual standards.

    The gameplay is clunky, not a deal breaker, but nothing to write home about. The less said about the horses, the better.

    The worst thing about the game is in its pacing. It does seem like a giant middle finger pointed at the player. Most of the time is spent going from from point A to point B. There's also an astounding amount of busy work that's neither challenging or fun. The absolute low-point for me was a house-building sequence, where you just tapped a single button for several minutes, what engaging gameplay. There are some high points in the game but they are few and far between. The mission lengths were also all over the place with no real indication, whether the mission would be a shorter thing or 1 hour ride-to-several-places. Not that the missions couldn't be partitioned in a way since most of the long missions are spent just going to somewhere, slowly. The completely arbitrary mission lengths would not be so annoying, if you could save in the missions and not having to play a boring riding sequence again if you want to go to sleep or something.

    All this being said, RDR 2 has a good game in it, but it's just buried under a huge pile of pretentious disregard for the medium. Then again, the single player story might just be a lazy throw-in for a cash-grab multiplayer.    … Expand
  14. dariasevsk
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Не очень понятен восторг по поводу этой игры, та же гта5 в другом сеттинге, да, красиво, но очень-очень скучно
  15. norvegg616
    Aug 2, 2020
    4
    Всратая стрельба, унылая графика, невнимание к деталям, ужасная "неуклюжесть" персонажа, еще и этот убогий лаунчер от рокстар. ...проблем у игры навалом. Её хочется полюбить, но она не оставляет шансов для этого. Множество сильных механик и элементов ломаются о недостатки игры. Опять наебался, поведясь на отзывы и хвалебные песни блогеров. 2 косаря на ветер. Спасибо, пидорасы!Всратая стрельба, унылая графика, невнимание к деталям, ужасная "неуклюжесть" персонажа, еще и этот убогий лаунчер от рокстар. ...проблем у игры навалом. Её хочется полюбить, но она не оставляет шансов для этого. Множество сильных механик и элементов ломаются о недостатки игры. Опять наебался, поведясь на отзывы и хвалебные песни блогеров. 2 косаря на ветер. Спасибо, пидорасы!
  16. dmedd6
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Yet another sequel that does disservice to its predecessor.
    Not a popular opinion, but Arthur Morgan is a weak character in a weak story that's all over the place and 20 hours too long. He has no agency, things just kind of happen to him and he doesn't really ever do anything about it. He just accepts that he has to do anything Dutch says without question, until the story reaches a    Yet another sequel that does disservice to its predecessor.
    Not a popular opinion, but Arthur Morgan is a weak character in a weak story that's all over the place and 20 hours too long. He has no agency, things just kind of happen to him and he doesn't really ever do anything about it. He just accepts that he has to do anything Dutch says without question, until the story reaches a drawn-out, incredibly predictable ending. I had such high hopes for this game, because I LOVE the first one.
    It gets the 4 points it gets from me because at times, it is quite fun to play. There's a lot of extras and immersion mechanics that rockstar clearly put a lot of time and effort into, and it is very innovative in lots of different ways.
    That said, the entire spirit of rockstar is absent here. Rockstar is sarcastic, irreverent, and purposefully politically incorrect. This is true of the GTA series and the original Red Dead. None of that is present here. RDR2 is dour, serious, self-congratulatory, and politically correct to the point of being anachronistic considering that the story takes place in 1898.
    Playing the game makes me sad, and I wish developers would get over this whole "we're not giving you what you want, we're giving you what you need" mentality and just make a game that's fun to play with characters that are fun to inhabit. You want me to be in a western cowboy shoot-em-up but you want me to feel bad about it? Screw you, guy. Real life is sad and bleak and unsatisfying, why does my entertainment need to emulate that?
    Also, I know I said the main story was too long, but I really, really wanted single player DLC where you could play as Sadie, Charles, Dutch, etc. They were all more interesting characters than Arthur. And they didn't have cartoonish Yosemite Sam voices and say "Sure-ah..." 8 million times.    … Expand
  17. Thalesman
    Apr 23, 2022
    4
    O Jogo é bom mais incrivelmente chato, combate sem muito desafio, armas não fazem diferença nenhuma.
  18. mmikkel
    Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Amazing graphics, sound design and voice acting doesn't save RDR2 from being one of the worst gaming experiences I've ever had.

    RDR2's gameplay, mission design and UI is bad – but the story is by far the worst part. The game's repetitive, slow and depressing story basically spends 60 hours moving in circles only to recycle the themes from the first game. Major disappointment.
  19. ConsumerPro
    Jul 22, 2020
    4
    Yes this games graphics are beautiful, yes this game has compelling and well written characters and yes this is probably the most detailed game I have ever played. However this game suffers from being far to long and repetitive. I normally would like a really long game however there needs to be some feeling of progression i.e. unlocking new items.The controls and shooting are stillYes this games graphics are beautiful, yes this game has compelling and well written characters and yes this is probably the most detailed game I have ever played. However this game suffers from being far to long and repetitive. I normally would like a really long game however there needs to be some feeling of progression i.e. unlocking new items.The controls and shooting are still outdated since rockstar refuses to update them. There is a such thing as trying to make a game too realistic, so many of the survival and side mechanics are just annoying and can ruin enjoyment. You can no longer have the fun you could in red dead 1 (i.e. lassoying someone up) as someone will just see you and will inform the lawman. This game just went way to far in the realism department and it ruined a lot of the fun for me. To conclude, this game could have been great but they ruined a lot of the fun with over tedious animations and mechanics. This makes me genuinely worried about GTA 6.
    pros:
    -great graphics
    -well written characters
    -excellent detail to small things
    -interesting story for most of the game

    cons:
    -far too long story
    -no progression such as unlocking new skills or items
    too realistic (i.e. having to eat, feed you horse, drink other elixsars)
    -animations can be too slow and tedious
    -shooting (mainly aiming) does not feel good
    -controls that should have been updated a long time ago
    -hat constantly fall off
    - animals have different conditions (which just makes hunting more annoying)
    -constantly unequips weapons and puts the on your horse    … Expand
  20. Moutch
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    Extremely beautiful and polished game, but also hollow and boring. I had a hard time finishing it, I just did not have fun.
  21. dhananjay12
    Oct 15, 2021
    4
    in short, the most boring game I have ever played. Slept on the couch too many times. Not going to buy a game just on reviews without watching a gameplay video on how engaging the Game really is.

    The Graphics were indeed the best.
  22. dm222
    Dec 23, 2020
    4
    They did a good job with the story, and world, but this is not a game, it is an interactive movie, follow X, go to Y, click Z for 10 minutes

    Controls are the worse Ive ever experienced, slow, and unresponsive, my controller lost years of life me clicking so hard... Missions were too easy and you had to go though 30 minutes of nonsense stuff before starting o really play each mission.
  23. BuckyMcNut
    Feb 20, 2021
    4
    THE MOST BORING GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED! Rockstar is clearly more interested in what they can do instead of what they should do. Love playing a game to do in game manual labour, and the act of playing this game feels the same. I play games to have fun, not slog through boring quest after boring task. Wish I could get a refund.
  24. datonelildude
    Nov 29, 2021
    4
    Objective Pros:
    -Sound design, graphics, voice acting
    -Other developers throw words around like “a breathing living world” when describing their open world games but fail to deliver. Rockstar is the first to actually achieve this with their game world in RDR2 Subjective Pros/Cons: -Story is good but unfortunately also piles the responsibility of being a good cowboy to fulfill the    Objective Pros:
    -Sound design, graphics, voice acting
    -Other developers throw words around like “a breathing living world” when describing their open world games but fail to deliver. Rockstar is the first to actually achieve this with their game world in RDR2

    Subjective Pros/Cons:
    -Story is good but unfortunately also piles the responsibility of being a good cowboy to fulfill the “Redemption” part of Red Dead Redemption 2 which can be boring. Let me do outlaw stuff in a game about outlaws Rockstar, without bounty hunters coming after me after I’ve escaped the law or after death. Do anything bad = having to pay ridiculous amounts of money to clear your name. The game dissuades and discourages you from playing it like past Rockstar open world titles
    -Terrible pacing. The game is just simply too long and the story doesn’t get interesting until the end of Chapter 3. By then I’d put over 30 hours into this game. It shouldn’t take 30+ hours to finally get into a story. And even when I finally got into it, I just couldn’t be bothered to finish the game due to the boring minute to minute gameplay
    -Realism Schemalism: There’s attention to detail and then there’s obsession with detail. RDR2’s realism is too much that it actually ends up getting in the way of enjoying the game as a game. Get ready to trade in your real life responsibilities and chores for digital video game ones… including, but not limited to: tapping X/A on your controller to get around anywhere on this overly large map (Larger than GTA V and that game had cars, planes, Jets, etc… and fast travel isn’t unlocked til later in the game), feed Arthur, bathe Arthur, refill your health, stamina and dead eye core, contribute to the camp’s fund box, wear the appropriate clothes for the appropriate weather, bring food back to camp, feed your horse, pat your horse, brush your horse, buy horse reviver before long trips because your horse can die, get stranded in the middle of nowhere and be forced to walk up to 10 minutes because your horse has a maximum whistle hearing range, clean your guns, equip your guns from your horse because you can’t carry all your weapons on your person because… realism… hooray. It’s not fun, it’s tedious for the sake of being tedious and slow.

    Objective Cons:
    -Bad/clunky controls
    -If you played the original Red Dead Redemption, you already know how the story ends so the story doesn’t carry as much weight


    Let me preface this by saying I’ve generally been a lifelong fan of Rockstar Games and the Open World experiences they create. After playing the masterpiece that is Red Dead Redemption 1, I had high expectations for Red Dead Redemption 2. Those expectations were not met, but more importantly, neither were the expectations I’ve come to expect from a Rockstar Open World game. For as long as I can remember, Rockstar Games have emphasized and prioritized player freedom into the core design of their open world games. Red Dead Redemption 2 seems more interested in showing off how realistic a game can be and telling its slog of a story rather than on what the player can, or what the player wants to do. No, I wasn’t expecting something like GTA but I expected something more along the lines of the first Red Dead Redemption. The prequel was more grounded in reality than the likes of something like GTA but it still knew it was a game and still let you have your fun within the open world. In contrast, Red Dead Redemption 2 actively feels like it punishes the player for trying to play the game like you would any other past Rockstar Game… it feels more restrictive. This game doesn’t ask you to play it, it asks you to live it. Unfortunately, most days I simply want to come home and escape the mundane and monotonous aspects of life by playing a video game that lets me escape. Red Dead Redemption 2 only confronts the player with more chores and responsibilities, and unlike other games, doesn’t even try to gameify the responsibilities. Albeit digital, chores still feel like chores. Overall, a game that has the potential to be this boring and dull gameplaywise can never be considered a 10 by anyone that considers themselves a fan of the vide game medium.    … Expand
  25. Haannss
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    This has been my greatest disappointment of PS4 generation. I've played it on 2022 on a PS5. Maybe for that reason the graphics didn't blow my mind, comparing to more recent games. But that's not the problem. Graphics are good even now, and it's easy to understand that back on the day it was released people thought they were amazing. The problem is that once you let the graphics aside,This has been my greatest disappointment of PS4 generation. I've played it on 2022 on a PS5. Maybe for that reason the graphics didn't blow my mind, comparing to more recent games. But that's not the problem. Graphics are good even now, and it's easy to understand that back on the day it was released people thought they were amazing. The problem is that once you let the graphics aside, there's nothing else into this game.

    First of all, the controls feel slow and clumsy. That makes the experience uncomfortable, and the feeling doesn't go away after hours and hours of gameplay: you never get used to it. Besides, many actions require stupid button combinations that other games solve in a much simpler way. C'mon, why would I need to hold L2 while I choose an action with another button just to choose what do I want to say to an NPC? Instead of changing to the dialogue menu, as everybody else does? That's not innovative, is making complex a simple thing. The same goes for the menus. I've seen simpler menus to choose what magic, among all, do I want to use on FFVII Remake, for example, than to choose what medicine should I use on RDR2.

    And here cames the worst: the game is terribly boring. It's like the creators didn't want you to play it, but just to sit down and watch it like a film. I really love single player narrative games, but most of them (Horizon saga, GOW, Uncharted saga, ...) try to involve the player to PLAY a story, giving that "play" part the importance it deserves. Here, it's more like if you have to make a constant effort to let the anti-player-quality-of-life mechanics pass. For example, if you fail a mission, you will start it again from the very beggining, because there is no autosave during missions, nor any chance to manually save your progress. Now, think of a mission that lasts, let's say 40 minutes, where everything gets more difficult during the last 10 minutes. You'll have to repeat every part, including cinematic sequences (some you can skip, some you can't). That doesn't make the game more difficult -just more tedious.

    When it cames to the story, I think it's well told, but the rythm is too slow. It's just as if there was the intention to make it long with content that is not that interesting. That makes the story interesting at some key moments, but too irregular. I didn't feel close to the characters at all, but this last point could be just me, and with no doubt the anti-plyer-quality-of-life mechanics I talked about didn't make me be in the best mood to feel close to anything in the game.

    To sum up, I had really high expectations for this game because of the high rating, the GOTY and all, and it totally let me down. I tried to enjoy it, really tried it because once you spend the money you want to make it count, but I ended up focussing on finishing it as quick as possible to pass to a more enjoyable game.    … Expand
  26. hxDaan
    Feb 21, 2022
    4
    Just really boring to me. Online with a friend was fun for a few hours but also became really boring after that
  27. JustPlayer
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    This, of course, is a very beautiful thing. There are many details in it. The world of the game is big and rich. BUT. But it's more like a movie. Very unhurried. There is not a lot of basic gameplay in it. It is clearly better than the first part. In which in general 90% of the time there were dialogues and movement from point A to point B. And then again conversations. Two or three shots.This, of course, is a very beautiful thing. There are many details in it. The world of the game is big and rich. BUT. But it's more like a movie. Very unhurried. There is not a lot of basic gameplay in it. It is clearly better than the first part. In which in general 90% of the time there were dialogues and movement from point A to point B. And then again conversations. Two or three shots. And the successful completion of the mission. In this series of gameplay more. But it is still not enough.… Expand
  28. juliogf
    Nov 26, 2018
    3
    Firstly, I would start rating metacritic, as the same score (3).
    The score of this game is manipulated. Probably developers and their family are voting too and this is not nice (This is dishonest !!!)
    RDR 1 is a 9, and when the store finishes you will give 10! RDR 2 is a 4 or 5. Ok to play, but the game is slow, sometimes appears that you are watching a movie...long journeys showing    Firstly, I would start rating metacritic, as the same score (3).
    The score of this game is manipulated. Probably developers and their family are voting too and this is not nice (This is dishonest !!!)
    RDR 1 is a 9, and when the store finishes you will give 10!
    RDR 2 is a 4 or 5. Ok to play, but the game is slow, sometimes appears that you are watching a movie...long journeys showing beautiful graphics (I don't care. I play capitalism2, aoe2, production line with horrible graphics and will give a 10 for all of them...)
    This game feels like grinding in an open world... So the score should be 4 or 5, but with the score fraud, I will give a = 3. Ok, I bought the game this time, but I will not trust anymore reviews by any game of yours Rockstar! you won this fight but not the war Rockstar.    … Expand
  29. sud
    Nov 8, 2018
    3
    Gets Very Very Very Boring Riding a Horse.the Game mode is Fine,but. once that has been completed,the game gets Dull,unless you like a Horse riding sim. it seems ROCKSTAR is Herding up Some Cash Cows.you put the game on play it for twenty minutes,then turn it of. Cue the MICRO transactions.Gets Very Very Very Boring Riding a Horse.the Game mode is Fine,but. once that has been completed,the game gets Dull,unless you like a Horse riding sim. it seems ROCKSTAR is Herding up Some Cash Cows.you put the game on play it for twenty minutes,then turn it of. Cue the MICRO transactions. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$… Expand
  30. PuckMan
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    Is this a Rockstar game? Where's the fun? Where's the humour?

    Controls are a mess. Characters are boring and miserable. Game feels so and clunky, kinda reminded me of The Order 1886 and The Evil Within 2. User interface is terrible. What the hell are those itty bitty black and white icons? My health? Dead eye meter? No idea. The game doesn't want you to have fun. You have to do    Is this a Rockstar game? Where's the fun? Where's the humour?

    Controls are a mess. Characters are boring and miserable. Game feels so and clunky, kinda reminded me of The Order 1886 and The Evil Within 2.

    User interface is terrible. What the hell are those itty bitty black and white icons? My health? Dead eye meter? No idea.

    The game doesn't want you to have fun. You have to do what the game wants you to do how the game wants you to do it, which usually involves chasing after someone and tying them up or shooting them before they run away otherwise you are punished with game over and long boring re-load screen.

    So much busy work. Everything feels like a chore.

    Mediocre graphics, good but very underwhelming.

    Anything good? Big open game world to explore with lots of detail and things to see and do but the game is ruined by focusing on dull simulation instead of fun gameplay.    … Expand
  31. Cheesie_Wotsit
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    Grand Theft Auto V DLC mixed in with Assassins Creed 3. That's what i've gotten from this after 10 hours of play. Won't bother finishing it as i'm bored now. Too grindy and not much going on other than the usual stuff that we've already played in a Rockstar game a million times over already. Runs poorly with bad frame rate dips and clunky controls. Just watch someone stream it.
  32. Skydog
    Dec 30, 2020
    3
    The single player is a 10/10. That’s out of the way..

    Rockstar needs to GIVE UP doing online modes. They are terrible and suck so bad.
    As a trophy hunter it makes these games unfun and almost unplayable.
    0.5/10 for the online portion.
  33. Aiden_Pearce
    Oct 28, 2018
    3
    a lot of frustration with the controls; but, more with saving in general. I guess i'm experiencing a glitch in that I'll save, turn off the ps4, return to the game and be several missions behind where I left off.. if I select dual wielding weapons, get on my horse, then pull because it defaults back to one weapon; it defaults and changes quite a bit. if you attempt to rob a train, alla lot of frustration with the controls; but, more with saving in general. I guess i'm experiencing a glitch in that I'll save, turn off the ps4, return to the game and be several missions behind where I left off.. if I select dual wielding weapons, get on my horse, then pull because it defaults back to one weapon; it defaults and changes quite a bit. if you attempt to rob a train, all hell breaks lose in a matter of seconds, and it's not at all realistic where handfuls of guys on horseback begin spawning; it goes GTA on you. it's an open world, yes, BUT it's very linear as far as missions and main story. the ragdoll crashes are absurd and you think there's no way your horse can't make it over this small rock (or around) and suddenly you're both on deaths door and react like you got hit by a bus. imo, the music is underwhelming. movement in general is weird in that i am unable to just slowly jog; or, i haven't figured it out.. it's like he walks very slow, or sprints. I had to switch to free aiming early on bc the auto aiming can be frustrating, if someone is closer to you and you pull your gun the auto-aim might have you auto target the guy that's further away; it's been very weird and has been easily a detriment more than an ''assist.'' One scenario I was leading someone to Strawberry and went to pull my bow on an animal, instead it auto-targeted the pedestrian I was helping, and he ran away screaming, I holstered the weapon instantly and tried to calm him down, but there was no such option and he just continued to run; i couldn't risk re-loading an earlier point bc i didn't know how much i'd have to re-play. Also, i don't like how ''poor'' the conditions of the animal pelts are; it seems like a lot of trouble for very little money; and after 25 hours of playing the game 99% of the time they've been in bad condition and ''poor.'' So far, i've sadly enjoyed playing poker the best.

    Playing as John Marston (and, that story) was far better, imo; so far. This is a nice world to ride around in for a while; and, i'll keep playing.

    This makes me just miss the first game.    … Expand
  34. Molec_man
    Aug 18, 2020
    3
    Not Impressed. It's just not for me.

    The Graphics are great, but the game is a chore. If you want a game that you can play 12 hours a day and feel like you are in an alternate grind of a life, this is the game. It is a massive chore and very slow... even walking... with very little reward for spending all that time away from the real world. Hell, you could probably be much more    Not Impressed. It's just not for me.

    The Graphics are great, but the game is a chore. If you want a game that you can play 12 hours a day and feel like you are in an alternate grind of a life, this is the game. It is a massive chore and very slow... even walking... with very little reward for spending all that time away from the real world. Hell, you could probably be much more successful in the real world investing that time more than you could ever be in this virtual world. Really boring to me.    … Expand
  35. psylife
    Oct 18, 2020
    3
    This game is a genuine chore to play. Sluggish, repetitive, and ultimately tedious, the game essentially consists of an endless concatenation of Ad nauseam back and forth trips to various shoot-out locations, intertwined with shallow mini-games and telegraphed action prompts. The cowboy simulator aspect is superficial and redundant since it is not required in order to survive or progressThis game is a genuine chore to play. Sluggish, repetitive, and ultimately tedious, the game essentially consists of an endless concatenation of Ad nauseam back and forth trips to various shoot-out locations, intertwined with shallow mini-games and telegraphed action prompts. The cowboy simulator aspect is superficial and redundant since it is not required in order to survive or progress the story. On a more positive note the game is gorgeous - perhaps the best looking game of the generation - and the care and attention to detail must be praised. Characters, scenario, and overall immersion are above and beyond anything I have played in a long time ; but when it is all said and done, I have found that for all of its greatest aspects, it was never enough in redeeming the mediocrity, boredom, and tedium I had to endure in order to reach the end credits.… Expand
  36. Dukery
    Nov 7, 2018
    3
    Pros: Very good visuals. You can sell the game if you have disk version.
    Cons: Extremely boring gameplay. Only reason I played through (yes I did) was the story which I wanted to know. After that there is no reason to replay. So in the end (after selling it) it cost me 10€ for the playthrough what is kinda ok.
  37. themiso
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    I really thought this is going to be an amazing game but it isn't. Really if I wanted to go Grocery shopping I would go in the real life. I mean .. games are supposed to be fun, since when is going to get some cans of beans in the grocery store fun? The game is slow, distances are too large, it isn't as fluid and organic as reviews suggest .. Controls are just terrible - I even endedI really thought this is going to be an amazing game but it isn't. Really if I wanted to go Grocery shopping I would go in the real life. I mean .. games are supposed to be fun, since when is going to get some cans of beans in the grocery store fun? The game is slow, distances are too large, it isn't as fluid and organic as reviews suggest .. Controls are just terrible - I even ended shooting my own horse instead of comforting it .. Wish I could return this game. Btw I liked games like Tomb Raider and Uncharted, but this is like all the bad elements from GTA V with better graphics. Nice to look at, but not so fun to play.… Expand
  38. Dohmein
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    Gorgeous game that I have waited for forever but I am let down. I love the slow pace but there are times when you want to go. You cannot. I saw a random crime taking place and jumped off my horse - got the gun ready and watched behind a rock (25 feet from my horse) they started to ride off quickly and i wanted to follow, kill or whatever -- call my horse it takes me literally 50 secondsGorgeous game that I have waited for forever but I am let down. I love the slow pace but there are times when you want to go. You cannot. I saw a random crime taking place and jumped off my horse - got the gun ready and watched behind a rock (25 feet from my horse) they started to ride off quickly and i wanted to follow, kill or whatever -- call my horse it takes me literally 50 seconds to get on my horse and start past the carriage I was watching that was feet in front of me. They were long gone. Things like this happen alot. The game controls are clunky and counter intuitive. Its a Rockstar game so I get the hype but this game is seriously in need of polish. No way that this game should be in the same breath as games like AC Odyssey, GOW and Spiderman. They are worlds better than this in every regard. This will look great but how long does that hold you? I want great game play - fluid controls. Forget a shootout where folks are behind you. I have been in three so far and have nearly killed myself or my horse while doing so. You cant keep moving tapping some silly button and focus on shooting while you fall off a cliff you cant see because you are aiming or trying to. Its a mess. This game for me is a 4 max. Everyone of my friends who game actually took time off with anticipation for this game like many people around the world did out of the 6 that did only one guy actually likes the game. That is shocking. Highest rating is a 5 because it looks so nice the rest is crap. I will finish the story but never touch this one again there is no need its a hot mess once you get over the visuals.… Expand
  39. Hyperborean
    Dec 18, 2018
    3
    Rock Star makes another closed world game. There is an open world until you play an actual mission and then the world closes and rockstar holds you by the hand and makes you do everything they want you to do in the order they want you to do it. Lame.
  40. NandaTunes
    Apr 28, 2019
    3
    I really tried liking this game, but I don't have any strength left to actually finish the game. I've been playing for 30 long hours of never-ending chores, riding my horse and tapping x. I feel actually sad. The graphics are stunning, the voice acting is great and I like some of the characters, but the game is just too long ad boring.
  41. praisethesun11
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    Very pretty game with an extremely generic open world and bland combat. If you thought cowboys didn't have a whole lot to do, then you were right.
  42. moemoe
    Nov 2, 2018
    3
    First couple of hours are fun, then it unfortunately gets very repetitive. The story is kinda lame and the slow paced gameplay adds to it. Graphics are great and the level of detail too but when compared to the Witcher 3 this game sucks in terms of story and things you can do. People in your gang quickly get very annoying, the whole hunting and crafting too. Too repetitive, too few uniqueFirst couple of hours are fun, then it unfortunately gets very repetitive. The story is kinda lame and the slow paced gameplay adds to it. Graphics are great and the level of detail too but when compared to the Witcher 3 this game sucks in terms of story and things you can do. People in your gang quickly get very annoying, the whole hunting and crafting too. Too repetitive, too few unique things to do. Controls feel clunky, Horseriding annoys me too. Why you have to hammer down that X-Button to get that f****** horse moving and keep holding it down to follow somebody for ages is beyond me. Also picking up stuff, crafting etc is tedious because it takes so long. Is this the way the game is supposed to be immersive or what? Just like it was in GTA V, fun for a couple of days until you´re truly regretting all the time you spend basically doing nothing.… Expand
  43. Gette
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    Game is slow, controls are complex and clunky, character faces look blurry on pro it feels like Mafia 3... wait, other than the eyes(Mafia 3 eyes look really creepy), the face actually is blurrier than Mafia 3... the horror. Horizon zero, Odyssey, Spiderman, or even AC origin look better.

    And frame rate problems right at start it cannot keep a stable 30 fps. There is also no fast    Game is slow, controls are complex and clunky, character faces look blurry on pro it feels like Mafia 3... wait, other than the eyes(Mafia 3 eyes look really creepy), the face actually is blurrier than Mafia 3... the horror. Horizon zero, Odyssey, Spiderman, or even AC origin look better.

    And frame rate problems right at start it cannot keep a stable 30 fps. There is also no fast travel. Would give a solid 6.5 but no such opinion.

    Edited: After several hours of further playing, I decide this game doesn't deserve 6.5

    It's still using an outdated faction system that is roughly 20 years ago like BG2.

    When a lich or some rando casts arcane spell, the mage guild gives not a damn. When you cast it, they teleport to your face right away.

    It's the same with RDR2. There're hundreds of ways getting you become wanted. You may fight back against some hostile mob then become wanted in town. Shoot some bandits or lion in wild and you become wanted. It's skyrim chicken and horse reporting the dragonborn all over again.

    At least in Oblivion, npc would become criminals when they commit a crime. RDR2 is basically Skyrim where guards don't do nothing against thugs.

    Mask doesn't work well either, the faction armor in New Vegas was way better.

    And skyrim with *low end enb without texture mod" actually looks better than RDR2...

    But the immursion, horse testicle shrink! You get to do hundreds of chores just like real life!
    I've enough, walking in camp is atrocious. RDR1 was better than this.
    It's like forcing skyrim frostfall, ineed and some other immursion animations mod for every action unto a huge open world where walking is insanely slow.

    3.5    … Expand
  44. MrJoobJoob
    Nov 21, 2018
    3
    I tried to like it, but RDR2 is a complete mess.

    -- the worst input lag I've ever seen in a AAA game. This makes traversal a chore and has ruined my experience of the game. I haven't come across an activity that is inherently fun yet, and the main two parts of the game (traversal and shooting) are both below average -- boring, simplistic combat. Auto aim + snap cover + slow mo    I tried to like it, but RDR2 is a complete mess.

    -- the worst input lag I've ever seen in a AAA game. This makes traversal a chore and has ruined my experience of the game. I haven't come across an activity that is inherently fun yet, and the main two parts of the game (traversal and shooting) are both below average

    -- boring, simplistic combat. Auto aim + snap cover + slow mo mechanics, and none are done well. Visually it looks great but there's no depth, even compared to games over a decade old. It's essentially the combat (both in execution and complexity) the 1999 N64 classic WinBack.

    -- unintuitive controls and bad UX. Who thought it was a good idea for "punch" to use the same button as "talk" depending on context?

    -- mechanics aimed at realism/immersion that serve instead to pull me out of the game. Having to cook, shave, and brush my horse isn't immersive, it's just annoying.

    -- deliberate time-wasting mechanics such as long animations, no fast travel, long conversations with NPCs while you hold X to gallop, slow walking in camp, etc. Literally all over the game, too many to write down. At least half of my experience was following a minimap indicator of where to go, which I consider a waste of time.

    -- they implemented an honor system, yet so often in the game's main story they have me being an explicitly bad person. I want to be a noble gunslinger and the game forces me to be a murderer of innocents. Then, after being forced to murder people in a heist and beating a farmhand to within an inch of his life, Arthur is portrayed as being "conflicted" with his violent nature.

    -- the game design seems fixated on creating a "realistic" cowboy experience, yet within one hour you're gunning down dozens of men. At least 3 dozen men in the intro alone, then another 20 in a mission where you break someone out of jail. The term "ludonarrative disonnance" was made for this game.

    All in all, yes the game looks great and the detail is impressive, but it feels like a chore to play and is full of questionable game design. I would go so far as to say it's a bad game.    … Expand
  45. zoob_m
    Jan 9, 2019
    3
    this game fundamentally misunderstands the reason we play video games: the fact that they are gamey and unrealistic. the result is a game that is not at all realistic and is very much still gamey, but just feels infuriating and confusing to play. if you don't want to traverse at a snail pace, side quests quit themselves. if you try to talk to someone, you might end up pointing a gun atthis game fundamentally misunderstands the reason we play video games: the fact that they are gamey and unrealistic. the result is a game that is not at all realistic and is very much still gamey, but just feels infuriating and confusing to play. if you don't want to traverse at a snail pace, side quests quit themselves. if you try to talk to someone, you might end up pointing a gun at them instead. a tiny mistake can dump all of your money into paying your bounty, with literally no way to recover. cheat codes would make this game tolerable. let me add $1k to my wallet so I don't have to deal with tiny mistakes making the game a slog. how did dying lose me money while keeping my bounty anyway?… Expand
  46. clinfor
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    It crashed multiple times on PS4 Pro even after downloading 3 patches. As for the game itself it is very boring and clunky. The character movement is not natural at all. Regarding the story mode it looks like it was a rushed release like God o War: out of place cutscenes and out of place missions
  47. Eadmond
    Nov 13, 2018
    3
    First of all, this is a excellent game in terms of tech, but when we dive in the the game design, it's a mess. Simply too many regressions.
    I have give RDR 2 score 3 out of 10 for the following reasons.
    First of all, the control is simply dispointing. It takes forever for the character to respond to my control input. When trying to fire your weapon quickly. I need to pull trigger twice,    First of all, this is a excellent game in terms of tech, but when we dive in the the game design, it's a mess. Simply too many regressions.
    I have give RDR 2 score 3 out of 10 for the following reasons.
    First of all, the control is simply dispointing. It takes forever for the character to respond to my control input. When trying to fire your weapon quickly. I need to pull trigger twice, first was for fireing, seconds was for reload the second round. I can't reload last check point if I didn't commit suicide. The save game and load game options are so hidden in the menu. I can't remember how many time I need to call my stupid horse so I can fetch weapon, since getting off horse doesn't gurantee the weapon is with me. The list goes one.
    Second, this game is advocated for being realistic. I don't see a lot realism in the game. Let's take a look how stupid the lawman is in this game. If I ran into others on the horse, the law man shoots me. If ganster shoots me, lawman ignore. If I figth back, lawman shoots me. If lawman is fighting ganster and gets killed, other lawman saw the body of the lawman. Yes, you guess it, they will shoot me. And in this wild west, it seems lawman has telephones and portal so once I became wanted, they can be emerging from anywhere from the maps. Are you kidding me? I can't tell how many time I have been chased out of Saint Denis for those morrons, so I wouldn't be able to start a mission. And I can't buy a weapon in the store because they are locked? That's the realism I got, even I am rich as hell.
    Third, the horse is stupid as stupid. I have to get the horse brush through main mission, otherwise I can't even brush my stupid horse? That's really nice design there, especially considering the pace of the game is so slow. And the only reason the horse can be killed, is very apparently that, it will be needed in the end game. So they can bring more sentimental thing in the game.
    Four, I found it very hard to justify for the cost to develop this game. 8 B and 2000 people worked on it for eight years? That's what we got? Not happy about that. It's still very hard for me to believe to add the black border like a movie, they have been over work for a few monthes, and redid all the cg. Because the design team feels like it. That's the feel of movie? That's ridiculous to me.    … Expand
  48. Radm2000
    Nov 25, 2018
    3
    Very slow and lagy game. i waited to complete at least 20 hours to give an honest review . it just boring, the way animation,controllers, voices and movement works is extremely frustrated maybe it's not ment to be fast paced but that idea is poorly implemented . but to be fair its a good horse riding simulator
  49. RustSucks
    Nov 1, 2018
    3
    I found it boring and simply didn't find anything fun about it. I've put about 10 hours in and the whole thing felt like a chore. Long transit times. Slow animations to do mundane things like search through a drawer or skin an animal or make coffee. Uninspired and repetitive game play. Outdated covershooter mechanics and environments. I'd rather be at work.

    It's super polished and    I found it boring and simply didn't find anything fun about it. I've put about 10 hours in and the whole thing felt like a chore. Long transit times. Slow animations to do mundane things like search through a drawer or skin an animal or make coffee. Uninspired and repetitive game play. Outdated covershooter mechanics and environments. I'd rather be at work.

    It's super polished and detailed and has a big open world. Whoever made this knows how to make games well. Just not how to make them fun.    … Expand
  50. NoTalentHack
    Oct 30, 2018
    3
    I'm beyond frustrated with the horrible controls. Whenever I get into any "action", the game is basically over - not only is there no fine control, there's basically no control whatsoever - just button mash and hope for the best. But hey, the game is beautiful, right? But I'm afraid I'll never get to enjoy it - after I spend 3 hours or whatever traveling around, I end up almost literallyI'm beyond frustrated with the horrible controls. Whenever I get into any "action", the game is basically over - not only is there no fine control, there's basically no control whatsoever - just button mash and hope for the best. But hey, the game is beautiful, right? But I'm afraid I'll never get to enjoy it - after I spend 3 hours or whatever traveling around, I end up almost literally ripping my controller apart every time I get into a gun fight. For me, that's the opposite of fun - wish I'd saved $60 and just watched the YouTube videos for the graphics.… Expand
  51. kubabooba
    Jul 5, 2019
    3
    100Gigs later and this game is more boring than Skyrim. Red Dead 2 feels like a game that I'm not aloud to play. I was so bored by the time I made it to the actual camp that I shot an old man who's carriage broke down. Mission failed. I then put on my bandanna and shot him again - Mission failed. In the end I just helped him get his horse back. Made it into town, I couldn't get my100Gigs later and this game is more boring than Skyrim. Red Dead 2 feels like a game that I'm not aloud to play. I was so bored by the time I made it to the actual camp that I shot an old man who's carriage broke down. Mission failed. I then put on my bandanna and shot him again - Mission failed. In the end I just helped him get his horse back. Made it into town, I couldn't get my gun out. Walked into a store, couldn't get my gun out. Sometimes the character was walking around slowly, couldn't sprint. Arthurs prostitute friend was being manhandled. I went over there to confront him. I point my gun at him but wasn't aloud to shoot him. I pointed my gun in the air and fired off a round and mission failed. Did the mission again and this time when he completed his dialogue and started walking away, the grey dot turned red and I shot him in the back of the head - mission failed.

    Then a guy shows up, a witness. Says he's seen Arthur before and I had to chase him down. The guy ends up hanging off the edge of a cliff. I go to put on my bandanna but can't. I want to shoot him but I can't. I try to walk away but I'm stuck in an invisible box so I can't just leave this guy. In the end I press O or X or whatever to kill him.

    I go back into town. I now get my gun out and start shooting up the place. I racked up a $300+ bounty. During the firefight the game goes full Ubisoft. Just an endless wave of spawning enemies rushing me in the saloon. I died.

    Respawned without my hat and went back to camp. Chose a mission and went back into town to sell a horse. I just shot up this town but ok whatever because realism. I went back into the saloon and nothing. So ok...

    Sold my horse and bought a new one. Went hunting for a bear with the guy. Killed a rabbit and cooked it at a campfire. Then went to sleep. Then in the morning started hunting the bear. The bear showed up during a cut scene. Shot it in the face then chased after it but mission failed because I went to far away from the guy.

    I closed and deleted the game. Went back to playing Farming Simulator 19. That game is more action packed and rewarding than Red Dead 2.    … Expand
  52. Hikage
    Mar 23, 2019
    3
    I do not play games to feel the monotony of life. The aspects of games that are fun are the aspects that consist of the fun portions of real life without the tediousness of picking up a freaking jar or a box off of a desk or opening a cabinet to loot it ONE AT A TIME in the slowest loot animation on the planet.

    I do not like not being able to RUN IN MY CAMP or being BOTHERED BY SOME    I do not play games to feel the monotony of life. The aspects of games that are fun are the aspects that consist of the fun portions of real life without the tediousness of picking up a freaking jar or a box off of a desk or opening a cabinet to loot it ONE AT A TIME in the slowest loot animation on the planet.

    I do not like not being able to RUN IN MY CAMP or being BOTHERED BY SOME NAGGING CHARACTER that slows me down further from just getting the hell out of there.

    You wanna know why people haven't done what you have before? Because they came to the correction conclusion that too real, ISN'T FUN. You have taken aspects of many popular games that were successful and then added a tedious monotony thinking it would be fun and unique. Its not. Its slow, boring, and a waste of my time. You thought you were going to set the bar with a game by making it closer to REAL LIFE?! - REAL LIFE IS BORING!!

    Your forcing me to be completely reliant upon my horses inventory is annoying. The inability to fast travel is annoying. The inability for your game to remember my weapon load out once I leave my horse is ... well.. just plain stupid.

    Your open world is plain and its tired. This isn't new. None of its new. They didn't set the bar, they set an example that everyone before them already knew what not to do and, in their arrogance, thought they were being unique.

    Oh, and the controls are clunky slow garbage.

    Otherwise, Great game! - Hunting is fun - Story is interesting - Graphics are excellent.

    Would not buy again.    … Expand
  53. brucerecluse
    Sep 14, 2020
    3
    This has to be the worst Rockstar Game I have ever played. It is so slow paced. Terribly slow with everything you try to do. For an open world game, it is very restricted. You can't do this or that. The story is boring and does not really make much sense. Rockstar Games basically only has two mission types, you either chase someone all over the map, or you have to shoot a thousand enemies.This has to be the worst Rockstar Game I have ever played. It is so slow paced. Terribly slow with everything you try to do. For an open world game, it is very restricted. You can't do this or that. The story is boring and does not really make much sense. Rockstar Games basically only has two mission types, you either chase someone all over the map, or you have to shoot a thousand enemies. And after you shoot a thousand guys, you have to escape and shoot a hundred more enemies on your way out. And I hate the medal challenges after every mission. I'm not going to replay these missions to get gold medals, I mean it's good to have challenges but let me play the way I want to play without making me feel like a loser for mostly obtaining bronze medals. It doesn't tell you beforehand what you need to do anyways, so what the heck? Like how am I suppose to know to use my sidearms instead of my rifle, yet when the mission starts I'm holding my rifle. Shouldn't you start me out with the sidearms, so maybe I can get the hint?

    And the glitches and bugs in this game are terrible. The mechanics and game play sucks the living frustration out of you. You can't even control your horse. Your horse just decides how to ride through the woods and always ends up smashing into a tree or a rock. The shooting is kind of broken, you'll be dead on accurate with a gunshot, but the enemy will act like it didn't get hit. The cover system is a bit uneven, you'll go to cover behind a crate, yet you'll slide way over to a rock or something and be out in the open. There's the honor system, but who cares? I don't see it affecting much of the story, maybe just the ending, which isn't really much. The dead eye system is so slow and trying to move the eye around to hit multiple enemies always ends up taking too long and then it all just cancels out and didn't do anything and your meter is drained. Very annoying. Even the fishing mechanic sucks and I think they even fixed it some.

    I stopped playing this game midway when it first released and decided to play through again after a couple years to see if they fixed anything and not really. The game is just annoying and slow and frustrating. The only thing I love about this game is the actual world. It is gorgeous. And some of the side missions are actually pretty fun. Another annoying thing though, is if you mouth off to a pedestrian or accidentally bump into one, they will pull out a gun and fire at you, but if I pull out my gun in defense and shoot back, suddenly I'm the bad guy and have the entire law after me, what kind of logic is that?! Figure stuff out Rockstar! There is nothing rockstar about Rockstar Games anymore.    … Expand
  54. Snowplow707
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    Player movement is really killing this game for me' slow and clunky. Looks nice though.
  55. javer
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    I don't know but something is off in this game, game play is meh, the graphic are great, but not that great. Story is so so.... IT IS NOT THE BEST GAME EVER...FOR sure. It remember me Mass Effect Andromeda so yeah I'm comparing this game to Mass Effect Andromeda.
  56. hotstickyjam
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    ride horse for 15 minutes
    kill 3 guys
    ride horse for 15 minutes kill 4 guys ride horse for 15 minutes kill 2 guys you get the point. its a bit boring to me how wide everything is but i do have to compliment this games great depth and huge amount of content. the wild west isnt just a backdrop but actually integrated into the game and fluently incorporated the aesthetic. the music was    ride horse for 15 minutes
    kill 3 guys
    ride horse for 15 minutes
    kill 4 guys
    ride horse for 15 minutes
    kill 2 guys
    you get the point. its a bit boring to me how wide everything is but i do have to compliment this games great depth and huge amount of content. the wild west isnt just a backdrop but actually integrated into the game and fluently incorporated the aesthetic. the music was pretty generic, it didnt accomplish much or do anything innovative but it still sounded like what you would expect from a huge budget game like this so idk what these 10/10 reviewers are talking about with the soundtrack being out of this world. wasnt for me, pick it up if you want, but i was just bored as **** by the down time in the game    … Expand
  57. bobbyonji
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    How did this game get such great reviews? The graphics are great but they have stripped all that was the original Red Dead Redemption out of it. Rockstar has added so many BS features it reminds me of GTA San Andreas with the stamina etc and the story and gameplay are so slow, even the basic items like riding your horse and getting to where you need to go are snail nut sack slow. I am aHow did this game get such great reviews? The graphics are great but they have stripped all that was the original Red Dead Redemption out of it. Rockstar has added so many BS features it reminds me of GTA San Andreas with the stamina etc and the story and gameplay are so slow, even the basic items like riding your horse and getting to where you need to go are snail nut sack slow. I am a huge fan of the last one but this one pisses me off in so many ways. After this many years I expected a more enhanced Red Dead experience only to be let down in an epic way! For those of you that enjoy this slow trash cheers to ya but this..........… Expand
  58. RurouniMaickel
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jugando el Juego en PS4 PRO le falta mejor definición Gráfica y tiene bajones de fps. Por lo demás Bien… Expand
  59. Naeboshi
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра шикарная с точки зрения графики, но за отсутствие русской локализации и тупой ориентир на зарабатывание денег не заслуживает больше чем 3 из 10.… Expand
  60. Wilson_75
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    Massively disappointed with the visual quality on PS4 Pro. The game looks worse than any other game I have played on PS4. It is without a doubt the absolute worst looking game on PS4 Pro to date, that I have seen.
    And HDR is completely broken. And controls are buggy and unwieldy. And lighting on NPC characters look terrible.
    I would have expected this from an indy studio have their first    Massively disappointed with the visual quality on PS4 Pro. The game looks worse than any other game I have played on PS4. It is without a doubt the absolute worst looking game on PS4 Pro to date, that I have seen.
    And HDR is completely broken. And controls are buggy and unwieldy. And lighting on NPC characters look terrible.
    I would have expected this from an indy studio have their first crack at making games. NOT from R*, the Kings of game development.
    Sure, the game underneath is probably a masterpiece, but I have to sit and look at it and it looks like absolute GARBAGE.    … Expand
  61. hotglaceon
    Oct 28, 2018
    3
    Behold one of the most boring games in existence. Hype is literally all it has.
    if you want more Red Dead Redemption, just play Red Dead Revolver.
  62. chobobo
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    Completely oversold by "professional reviewers". Game would not be great even 5 years ago, let alone today. Gameplay is 10 years behind current games while story is boring and uninspired. And 60+ hours gameplay number comes from being forced to travel for 80% of the time.
  63. Gmjh
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    Incredibly dull. Graphics on the landscapes are excellent. Graphics on the characters is terrible.
  64. bedheadred
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    In trying to create a deep world, Rockstar has outdone itself in the worst possible way. At its surface, the game appears to have everything promised to fulfill a glorious sequel to Read Dead Redemption: beautiful landscape, rich lore, and endless unscripted fun. Instead, Read Dead Redemption 2 takes itself too seriously. Cinematic for the sake of cinema. It begs the question: In all ofIn trying to create a deep world, Rockstar has outdone itself in the worst possible way. At its surface, the game appears to have everything promised to fulfill a glorious sequel to Read Dead Redemption: beautiful landscape, rich lore, and endless unscripted fun. Instead, Read Dead Redemption 2 takes itself too seriously. Cinematic for the sake of cinema. It begs the question: In all of the countless hours it took to create this game, did anyone bother to actually play it? Games, after all, are supposed to be play.

    The controls of RDR2 may be the biggest surprise that I have experienced so far. If you think you are familiar with Rockstar controls after playing GTA V (and prior releases), think again. There is a lack of intuitiveness that can result in undesired consequences. In order to compensate for the overly complex controls that would be cumbersome, if not impossible, for one to fully grasp, there is an overlay that details different button actions.

    The potential issues with controls are amplified by relatively slow and arduous animations. At times, you are restricted in motion (i.e. unable to run, unable to pull out gun, etc.) and it is not clear when/why this occurs. There are numerous instances where the game resets (weapons, horse hitch location, etc.) that result in the player needing to constantly micro-manage inventory and re-adjust.

    The world is stunning at first glance. Graphically it may represent the peak capability of this console generation. The old adage “looks aren’t everything” comes to mind, because while the beauty will surely captivate you for hours, like all things it will begin to lose its charm in due time. The trees and the shadows cast from them are glorious — until your horse runs into them after you say ‘hello mister’ to a passing stranger and the camera’s re-direction causes you to instantly veer in the new direction. Try saying ‘hello’ to folk in town and see how straight you can maintain your horse. In stark contrast, consider Until Dawn, which maintained directional input through camera cuts, that is until a player stopped input all together, triggering the game to smartly re-adjust to the new orientation on the fly.

    It is a cumulation of oversights and questionable development choices that undermine a monumental creation. Just how many hours is a player expected to spend in doing mundane tasks such as shaving, bathing, and brushing the horse. How many times must you pick up your hat? How many times must you watch the same looting animation? Or eat the same meal (stew) at the same interval (god forbid you have seconds).

    The bounty system discourages, or even prevents, players from engaging in criminal activity. Yes, you are in a criminal gang. No, you may not gain money from doing things a gang typically does. Take for instance, looting a train. You may earn $100 from looting it. But you will have lost $200+ in the growing bounty that you must pay. Red Dead Redemption 2 takes it one step further than student loan debt in the U.S. - your bounty will actually carry through past your own demise - It only is resolved once the debt has been paid in full. The unbalance between reward & risk creates a sense of morality that Rockstar intents to bestow upon its gamers. Pick the role of noble Arthur, lest you find yourself a poor destitute as you bounce between cities getting killed or hauled away by bounty hunters.

    High on the heels of success in GTA V Online, Rockstar intends to re-capturing the elusive lightning in the bottle of substantial micro-transaction purchases on the backs of loyal gamers. Despite its lack of availability upon launch, make no mistake, this feature will surely become a primary focus for Rockstar and its parent company Take-Two Interactive. After all, there are executives with a fiduciary responsibility, and shareholders that want a return. The absence of any “Season Pass” or bundled DLC at a flat rate is striking considering the Ultimate version comes in at $99 MSRP.

    Ultimately, Red Dead Redemption 2 falls flat. It fails the simple test of: Is it fun? For those willing to overlook the numerous frustrations that could have easily been avoided, there lies an open-world Cowboy Western genre with no other competition in sight. For an average gamer looking for play, consider watching a Western movie, reading a Western book — you will have saved yourself 50 hours from a cinematic horse simulator, complete with a compelling cast & environment, and crippled gameplay mechanics.    … Expand
  65. RockSoldierTom
    Oct 30, 2018
    3
    I 100% completed first game and I had high hopes for this one. In a nutshell; gunfight gameplay is terrible, Arthur is way too slow it's not even realistic, 80% of the game is chores, honor system wants you to be a good guy or it will ruin your game experience. I used to love hunting in the first one, it has become boring as hell in this one because of sloooowww movements. Story is boringI 100% completed first game and I had high hopes for this one. In a nutshell; gunfight gameplay is terrible, Arthur is way too slow it's not even realistic, 80% of the game is chores, honor system wants you to be a good guy or it will ruin your game experience. I used to love hunting in the first one, it has become boring as hell in this one because of sloooowww movements. Story is boring too, nothing really happens. No thrilling mission. Yeah nice graphics though. But it's not even funny to look at the beauty of the nature because it's so long to go from point A to point B you don't want to go anymore.… Expand
  66. MathiasVoorhees
    May 3, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay let's stop the hype **** The controls are **** awful, the shooting is terrible, Arthur moves like a **** snail, your horse is the meanest bastard to control. Graphics are probably the best thing about it because the gameplay is atrocious. Let's not even talk about Sadie Adler. Let's stop the 10 out of 10, 100,000 out of 100,000, this game does not deserve it, the **** story is a joke, it has good moments, sure but the story overall is weak and I'm Goddamned certain if anyone else made this story they would be mocked and trashed. People say the world is immersive but I can never enjoy it for two minutes before some **** runs under my horse and the whole entire retarded police department of Saint-Denis goes after me or I push more than two people and immediately I must pay a 5,000,000 dollar fine for **** reasons.… Expand
  67. Ledford
    Nov 3, 2018
    3
    Im not sure how this game has such a high rating as it does at the moment (7.6) other places 9.7/10 .. anyways.. Rockstar made a beautiful game, the open world is amazing .... However.. They have added way to much to the game such as,, Core Temperature , have to watch your Weight ..... have to bath yourself.. Im sure there is a point somewhere in the game that you have to tweezer yourIm not sure how this game has such a high rating as it does at the moment (7.6) other places 9.7/10 .. anyways.. Rockstar made a beautiful game, the open world is amazing .... However.. They have added way to much to the game such as,, Core Temperature , have to watch your Weight ..... have to bath yourself.. Im sure there is a point somewhere in the game that you have to tweezer your butthole... .. its NO longer fun to play... It just becomes a simulator for life back in 1890.. An having to travel with your horse for 15-20 minutes at a time is miserable.. You got to have FAST TRAVEL... jeezz... i waited for this game for years an years.. just to ride the damn horse for 90% of the time. come on ppl... why did this roll out the door like that.. Dont you have testers??… Expand
  68. kstate878
    Nov 3, 2018
    3
    Honestly, past the hype train, I feel like I got robbed. Glad other users on here have seen this, since pro journos can't be trusted.

    Gameplay: First person really doesn't work well. Difficulty is laughable, even playing in first person with all aim assist turned on. Enemies take multiple hits, and you are a tank. There's lots of standing in the open and shooting at each other from 10    Honestly, past the hype train, I feel like I got robbed. Glad other users on here have seen this, since pro journos can't be trusted.

    Gameplay:
    First person really doesn't work well. Difficulty is laughable, even playing in first person with all aim assist turned on. Enemies take multiple hits, and you are a tank. There's lots of standing in the open and shooting at each other from 10 feet away, out of cover, shaving off health with multiple shots. Basically gives everything a very low energy, low pressure feeling even with all assists turned off, so that you feel no excitement. The whole experience just feels like a chore. Free aim is terribly clunky, and hit detection is something they still haven't got the hang of without lock on turned on. I'm a very mediocre gamer, and this was one of the easiest game I've played, and not in a good way. Enemies are identical in behavior and armament, and don't behave organically enough to justify the sameness on the grounds of "realism". Last but not least, a lot of boring riding through the same forested landscape. Its wants to be the Witcher but lacks the beauty, variety, and depth of the countryside. It also can't get off its own shaft, and constantly make you ride the same area and pause so the developers can jerk themselves and make you look at their masterpiece. Never though, did I have organic moment like in other games where I stopped to admire.

    Story:
    Bad. But I have a much higher bar for stories than most people, while my gameplay bar is about average. Still if you like HBO stuff more than say FOX or NBC, the story will disappoint. It's the same tragic tale as last time, with very inconsistently written characters. The dialogue is great in some cases, but the overall story is very lacking. The biggest issue is the attempt to paint Arthur as the good guy, vs just a likeable bad guy.

    When you murder 700 law abiding government officials, its hard to portray the guy as a classic hero, but try they do. To make it doable, the employ the laziest method ever, which is to make everyone else racist, and Arthur and his gang of barely literate horse thieves and prostitute feminists and equality centric. Why is it okay that Arthur is killing trains full of 18 year US Army personal just doing a job? Oh, because they are, every one of them racists, so now Arthur the murdering thieve is a nice guy do-gooder. Dumb + lazy writing. Makes me wish for Niko again. Didn't pretend to be a good guy any more than Scarface, so when he thinned out the ranks of the NYPD, it still made sense.

    Value for money:
    Low. They claim like 200 hours in bonus activity, but this isn't the case. You end the game with tons of money, with nothing in the game world to spend it on. Even if you did have something worth buying, you wouldn't be able to make it. All side activities pay very poorly. Robbing a store (banks are not robbable???) pays 30$, meanwhile the bounty you'll rack up escaping will be a minimum of 400$ bounty if you want to have any fun, and you can lose thousands if you die. Bounties pay nothing, like 80$ on average, and hunting fishing is boring (somehow the only viable option is with a bow, and you there are so many animals you can just ride up to them and dead eye, making it pointless to go looking) and pays very little. Stick ups pay 50 cents, and always go the same way. Poker games are limited to 5$, also making them pointless. I think the reason the post game feels so dead is to force people into online.

    Overall 3/10

    The dialogue and some of the mini quests gets it to 3, but the awful gameplay, lacking 2d story and the total pointlessness of doing money making mission post game keep me from going any higher.    … Expand
  69. KevinB915
    Nov 4, 2018
    3
    I do not recommend it. There's crazy hype around the game. I unfortunately got caught in it. But it doesn't deserve it, because it's lacking the most important aspect of any video game: It must be fun.

    The game is a painfully slow chore to plow through. The pace is extremely slow, interaction with the environment is clunky at best. I get that the developers tried to create a simulation    I do not recommend it. There's crazy hype around the game. I unfortunately got caught in it. But it doesn't deserve it, because it's lacking the most important aspect of any video game: It must be fun.

    The game is a painfully slow chore to plow through. The pace is extremely slow, interaction with the environment is clunky at best. I get that the developers tried to create a simulation first and foremost. However, that doesn't mean a fun and engrossing gaming experience.

    Believe me, I tried and just couldn't go on. It's a wonderfully crafted game, very in-depth, lots of possibilities. But it quickly becomes a hassle and frustration takes over.    … Expand
  70. Netz34
    Nov 5, 2018
    3
    To be honest... This is Most Overhyped Boring Game Ever...
    1. The Story was so SLOW
    2. The Gameplay was so Clunky 3. The Control was Horrendous, (Need 5 Sec to loot) (1 Minutes to Skinning) ?? 4. There's only a few memorable moment for this game... 5. SPOILER Your main Character is useless... They Died and replaced with John Marston... Every Clothes I buy, Every Horse I have it's    To be honest... This is Most Overhyped Boring Game Ever...
    1. The Story was so SLOW
    2. The Gameplay was so Clunky
    3. The Control was Horrendous, (Need 5 Sec to loot) (1 Minutes to Skinning) ??
    4. There's only a few memorable moment for this game...
    5. SPOILER

    Your main Character is useless... They Died and replaced with John Marston...
    Every Clothes I buy, Every Horse I have it's GONE, just to claim the Ending...
    What a WASTING GAME OF ALL TIME...
    Game meant to be PLAYED, not to be WATCHED...
    This is nothing more than Movie Cowboy Simulator... That's it...    … Expand
  71. Superflyguy
    Nov 5, 2018
    3
    I created an account just to post this.

    I bought RDR2 Friday and played maybe 15 - 20 hours over Saturday and Sunday. Toward the middle of the day on Sunday the "new game"ness effect wore off, and it finally became apparent to me that this game just isn't very much fun. It's repetitive and tedious, and frankly kind of sucks despite the gorgeous landscapes and visuals. Don't believe the    I created an account just to post this.

    I bought RDR2 Friday and played maybe 15 - 20 hours over Saturday and Sunday. Toward the middle of the day on Sunday the "new game"ness effect wore off, and it finally became apparent to me that this game just isn't very much fun. It's repetitive and tedious, and frankly kind of sucks despite the gorgeous landscapes and visuals. Don't believe the critics reviews. The negative and mixed user scores reviews are all spot on.

    As many have mentioned, the controls are inconsistent and confusing. The main character's movement speed is sluggish. Simple actions like tying up your horse horse are annoying to perform. There are animation sequences you can't skip for many basic actions like skinning animals, which get old really quick. The intro is long and boring and doesn't do a great job of introducing you to core game mechanics. There's little replay value because it's so boring sitting through the intro all over again. Every mission is the same: spend 10 minutes riding your horse, do your task for 5 minutes, spend 10 minutes riding back. Want to hunt? Ride your horse for 10 minutes, hunt for 5 minutes, ride your horse 10 minutes back. I kept expecting more mechanics to open up that would make the game more enjoyable. It never got better. The game is just tedious and dull. It's not fun to do mundane tasks over and over. It's not fun to spend 10 minutes riding your horse to get somewhere, do a task for 5 minutes, and ride your horse back 10 minutes tapping X over and over again.

    It's just not a fun game. Don't waste your money.    … Expand
  72. Block5299
    Nov 12, 2018
    3
    Extremely overrated.

    80% of your time is spent traveling, long drawn out animations to inspect or collect loot, and excessive dialog. The other time is spent handling the delayed and buggy controls to operate Arthur which is incredibly frustrating. If you want to craft at a campfire, you have to manually create items one by one. You cannot craft x amount of items at once like any other    Extremely overrated.

    80% of your time is spent traveling, long drawn out animations to inspect or collect loot, and excessive dialog. The other time is spent handling the delayed and buggy controls to operate Arthur which is incredibly frustrating. If you want to craft at a campfire, you have to manually create items one by one. You cannot craft x amount of items at once like any other game. The only positive is that the world is interesting, graphics and physics are great but everything else kills this game.    … Expand
  73. Lack_of_Luck
    Dec 7, 2018
    3
    Скучная, монотонная игра с незаслуженно высоким для нее рейтингом.
  74. grownman
    Dec 12, 2018
    3
    This game is astonishingly tedious. Arthur spends much of the game following other characters on foot or horseback. As a player your only interaction is to continuously hold down the X button to match the leader's speed and steer with the left stick. Weapon and item selection is clunky. As is accessing the map screen. I was convinced to buy this game after reading the glowing criticThis game is astonishingly tedious. Arthur spends much of the game following other characters on foot or horseback. As a player your only interaction is to continuously hold down the X button to match the leader's speed and steer with the left stick. Weapon and item selection is clunky. As is accessing the map screen. I was convinced to buy this game after reading the glowing critic reviews. How any reviewer could give RDR2 a score comparable to that given to great games such as God of War or Horizon Zero Dawn is beyond me.… Expand
  75. Karam89
    Jan 11, 2019
    3
    ok so the game graphically looks stunning and the amount of detail is never seen in a game before, and it does create a great western atmosphere... overall in that department the game is indeed a masterpiece, also in terms of how it runs, it's not perfect (encountered a couple of glitches but not game breaking). Unfortunately this is where the good ends, the game play is painfully slowok so the game graphically looks stunning and the amount of detail is never seen in a game before, and it does create a great western atmosphere... overall in that department the game is indeed a masterpiece, also in terms of how it runs, it's not perfect (encountered a couple of glitches but not game breaking). Unfortunately this is where the good ends, the game play is painfully slow this can't be denied, for example in my last session i hopped on the horse for about 10mins to ride to a mission, then watched a 1min cut scene and then another 10min ride to the mission location where i did a 30sec duel.....that't it, that's the mission 20mins horse riding and 30sec game play.

    controls and managing the game menus are questionable. basically if you want to recover your stamina by drinking coffee... you have to press L1 and then R1 a couple of times and then choose the camp (where there is a little animation) then press another button to brew the coffee and then another button to drink it....hahahaha.

    They have implemented a lot of details that really hurt the pacing...looting enemies is a real chore, there is a 10sec animation every time you loot a dead body. looting a cabinet inside a building takes a solid 15-30sec with all the animations. Having a bath takes 1-2mins with all the animations....etc i get what they are trying to do...but maybe market the game as a western simulator the next time and perhaps also don't make it a sequel to one of the greatest games ever made....make it a new IP.

    I can go on and on about clunky controls, over the top horse care mechanics...unbalanced bounty system, unbalanced economy...etc overall this game is benefiting from professional critics too scared to slam a sequel to one of the most beloved franchises in gaming and the fact that people waited for it too long that all those flaws are ignored.    … Expand
  76. HomerErotic
    Jan 26, 2019
    3
    As a long time gamer, I have searched the planet for an honest review site that tells me the things I want to know about a game. My search has bore little fruit. Time and time again I have been taken in by "professional" reviewers. Is there anything more frustrating than being completely excited for a game you just spent 60 bucks on only to get home and realize an hour in that you haveAs a long time gamer, I have searched the planet for an honest review site that tells me the things I want to know about a game. My search has bore little fruit. Time and time again I have been taken in by "professional" reviewers. Is there anything more frustrating than being completely excited for a game you just spent 60 bucks on only to get home and realize an hour in that you have been had? The latest con job I fell victim to was Red Dead 2. Even after reading the amazing positive reviews for this dud, I still wasn't convinced. Like you, I have had my heart broken so many times before. Then I heard the South Park Kids, Stan and Kyle, talk about the game on an episode. WOW! I was all in. Bought it the next day. My thinking was that the writers of SP must have loved the game themselves to plug it on the show. Wrong!
    Let's start with the few positives I can give you about this yawn factory. It's a beautiful world full of realistic and detailed scenery. It has good voice acting, for the most part and the game mechanics are not terrible but also nothing new. There, that's the positives, and that's it. Anyone who tells you anything different is either a paid reviewer, a complete liar or someone with very, very, very low expectations when it pertains to gaming.
    There are only a few things I need to know before a game purchase. Is it something new? What is the level of difficulty and most importantly, is it fun? Lets take them in order. Is it something new? Emphatically the answer is a resounding no. It is more of the same quests you find in just about every game you play these days. What is the level of difficulty? This is hard to answer because most quests seemed like more of a chore than an exciting activity, but as a Dark Souls loving, repeatedly dying, rise to a challenge gamer, I found it incredibly easy. At this point you might be saying to yourself, "this doesn't sound too terrible", and you would be right in that assumption if it weren't for one more thing. It is not fun. It is un-fun. It is boring. It is a pointless endeavor of lack luster travel time. You spend the majority of your time on your horse, galloping for what seems like endless hours only to finally reach a destination that requires you to do some simple task as part of a quest, that takes 3 seconds to complete. Then its back in the saddle again, to return to where you started, for another boring quest preceded bu the worlds longest horsey ride. This flaw supersedes all another details of this game. I hesitate to even call it a game. Games are fun or exciting or at least make you curious as to an outcome. Not this piece of garbage. It is absolutely one of the most boring 25 hours I have ever spent on a game. What added insult to injury is the lure of activating the fast travel option, which essentially only leads to more horse play. Wrap all this up with multiple hunting quest that suck, daily chores of western life that are too boring to even suck, and the realization that you just wasted 60 bucks on a "game" that you will never play again. Save your coins, gamer buddies, Sun Bros and newbies alike. This one is a never touch, for sure.    … Expand
  77. JoeAshCincy
    Feb 8, 2019
    3
    Ok so I figured..."hey its a Rockstar game, I love GTA, its been talked about for a long time, they had red dead 1 to fix all the problems and work out all the bugs....It has to be good right?" Wrong. I am so disappointed in this game. I feel like I was tricked and a victim of good marketing. The only reason Im giving it 3 is because its clear they spent a lot of time on the world. TheOk so I figured..."hey its a Rockstar game, I love GTA, its been talked about for a long time, they had red dead 1 to fix all the problems and work out all the bugs....It has to be good right?" Wrong. I am so disappointed in this game. I feel like I was tricked and a victim of good marketing. The only reason Im giving it 3 is because its clear they spent a lot of time on the world. The graphics really arent any better than any other PS4 game out there, the controls are very frustrating and really I could go on and on, its just boring. I waited until the weekend to buy this game expecting that I would have a hard time putting the controller down. that wasnt the case.

    I have had free cheap PS plus games Ive downloaded for free that hooked me more than this game. I was playing the other night and I literally feel asleep. Its so bad Im going to be really hesitant to buy the next GTA when it comes out.

    Its like GTA without pretty much everything that made GTA fun. You will literally be riding around on a horse and forced to walk at a slow pace during most of the missions and a bunch a BS dialog. If you read through the reviews even the people that gave it 5 stars still have things to complain about...why are you giving it 5 stars haha? Have you not played any number of other games? I was expecting it to be ranked up there with...Fallout 4...The Last of Us...Horizon Zero Dawn...Titanfall 2 and so on. Not even close.

    Ive had the game for a total of 2 weeks and this morning after setting the morning aside to play it and give it one last chance I decided Im returning it this afternoon. I sat through the most boring BS missions i have ever played in a Rockstar game and that was the last straw. I shouldnt be wanting to put the controller down and do other things an hour after starting this up on a weekend morning.

    I was wondering why I didnt see anyone on my friends list ever playing it and now I know why. Dont fall for the marketing. Save yourself. The Bottom line is that this game is just flat out BORING.    … Expand
  78. Exploding
    Sep 8, 2019
    3
    I was wondering why my friends don't take sites like this seriously, i boot it up and take a look at the first positive review for this game and few below, and then i understood. So horse genitals changing their size=quality?
    I don't know what kind of drugs people are on when they write these reviews but they're surely bad for their mental health. The rest of reviews below were just    I was wondering why my friends don't take sites like this seriously, i boot it up and take a look at the first positive review for this game and few below, and then i understood. So horse genitals changing their size=quality?
    I don't know what kind of drugs people are on when they write these reviews but they're surely bad for their mental health. The rest of reviews below were just simple statemants with out any explanation, looks like Rockstar employees are biggest fans of their game :)
    As for the game itself, details in background are usually something you look at when you're bored of the game, as for this game they're it's selling point, if they wanted to show us graphics they could as well make interactive screensaver. Red Dead Redemption 2 is simply a rehash of the first game storywise, gunplay is pretty shallow and outdated,ported straight from the previous generation of consoles, menu system is simply a twister for fingers, music and graphics are both average at best.
    Gameplay is slow as all hell, it takes ages to get from point a to point b, you usually end up screwed over by "realism" either that would be getting shot in a bizzare way or your horse trips on invisible rock or stick. Missions are boring and exhausting, you either have to do some chores or simply go all the way back to some point on the map from where you just come from, isn't it fun?It's not...
    When you finally get yourself to the shooting parts of the game you just end up dissapointed and bored, you've been expecting some western movie action? Too bad you're up for some slow and shallow shooting gallery straight up from tutorials in fps games with dated shooting mechanics.
    Game itself isn't complex in any way it's simple and pretty casual in pretty much everyway.
    There's also a multiplayer which is one of the worst things about this game, you either have to pay those greedy bastards or straight up grind by replaying the same mission over and over for weeks, to buy basic crap.
    Overall the game is horrible, i've seen rockstar white knights on the internet using this game as a proof that rockstar isn't just another greedy company, but i don't see it, singleplayer mode is terrible and multiplayer is simply grindfest and pay2win. Don't recommend it to anyone unless you have no respect for your wallet.    … Expand
  79. AndrewEvolution
    Sep 12, 2019
    3
    - Singleplayer is good but not great, some bugs and save game problems could make you mad
    - Phisics and mechanics in this game feels too slow and worst than GTA V, far from responsive or real
    - Online mode it´s DEAD and no updates until now made any difference, everything it´s +2x the price that is in singleplayer, lack of game modes and fun missions, everything it´s boring - The online    - Singleplayer is good but not great, some bugs and save game problems could make you mad
    - Phisics and mechanics in this game feels too slow and worst than GTA V, far from responsive or real
    - Online mode it´s DEAD and no updates until now made any difference, everything it´s +2x the price that is in singleplayer, lack of game modes and fun missions, everything it´s boring
    - The online world have less animals and NPCs to interact and some hackers that want to kill you every second, net connection it´s very laggy with low FPS and some falls    … Expand
  80. Artem666
    Dec 10, 2019
    3
    Rockstar games are dying. Rockstar kill games with online. The last good game was GTA SA. GTA IV was buggy. In GTA V, the plot was completely killed, for the sake of drawing money from the players. RDR2 repeats her fate. We need DLC's not for RDO!
  81. Maic
    Oct 28, 2019
    3
    Jogo que não empolga, lento e monótono. Nåo aguentei jogar de tão chato.
  82. Zazter
    Nov 6, 2019
    3
    I want to love this game. But after spending over 30 hours on it with at least 7 spent on useless animations I must admit defeat. It feels like Rockstar have sacrificed a lot of things for the sake of realism. On my wishlist for a patch is;
    - An option in the settings for shorter animations
    - The ability to cook all meat of the same kind at once - More responsive and faster aiming - Skip    I want to love this game. But after spending over 30 hours on it with at least 7 spent on useless animations I must admit defeat. It feels like Rockstar have sacrificed a lot of things for the sake of realism. On my wishlist for a patch is;
    - An option in the settings for shorter animations
    - The ability to cook all meat of the same kind at once
    - More responsive and faster aiming
    - Skip the animal rating, a pelt gets ruined if you use the wrong weapon or shoot it multiple times it's ruined if you do it right the pelt/carcass is perfect
    - Horses that doesn't fall because you rode to fast over a rock so small you didn't even notice it

    My wishlist for a future game is;
    - All of the above
    - Please, please, please let us as players be creative in how we choose to tackle issues in story missions

    I just wanted too love this game but I simply can't at the moment in it's current state    … Expand
  83. QuAc
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    This game makes me sad, the open world is beautiful and amazing, but the story missions are laughable at best. The game gives you an option to turn the compass off but it punishes you. If the game tell you to "park in a secluded area" you might think that you can park at pretty much everywhere in a forest? WRONG! you need to park in one specific small area. do you want to stealth around?This game makes me sad, the open world is beautiful and amazing, but the story missions are laughable at best. The game gives you an option to turn the compass off but it punishes you. If the game tell you to "park in a secluded area" you might think that you can park at pretty much everywhere in a forest? WRONG! you need to park in one specific small area. do you want to stealth around? do it the exact way the game tells you too. The game world is beautiful for the first while until you realize just how scripted it is. The game punishes thinking out of the box, you must play the open world how they want you too.… Expand
  84. Asketss
    Dec 26, 2019
    3
    Если кратко, кампании 10/10 с ее детализацией, НО зайдя в онлайн вы ощутите весь вкус говна который вам роки принесли на блюдичке. На час игры можно встретить багов больше чем за 300 часов в ДейЗ - постоянные вылеты, невозможность перейти в другую сессию, отсутствие любых животных кроме ворон, нереально багованые сюжетные миссии, дейлики которые невозможно выполнить и прочее тому подобнаяЕсли кратко, кампании 10/10 с ее детализацией, НО зайдя в онлайн вы ощутите весь вкус говна который вам роки принесли на блюдичке. На час игры можно встретить багов больше чем за 300 часов в ДейЗ - постоянные вылеты, невозможность перейти в другую сессию, отсутствие любых животных кроме ворон, нереально багованые сюжетные миссии, дейлики которые невозможно выполнить и прочее тому подобная срань… Expand
  85. Espantalho
    Feb 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uma história muito emocionante, gráficos lindos mas pena que no online esta repleto de bugs e frequente mente cai devido a Erro do jogo e não contem seção privada e um alto nível de nerfar as coisas no jogo como os animais assim impossibilitando caçar vários animais… Expand
  86. G3ra1
    May 4, 2020
    3
    I think that this game is very boring. I'll admit that it is a very beatiful game and út has a great game mechanic, bit I think that it's only a GTA V copy with western style. I should've made this game tó a GTA V DLC instead of a complete AAA game.
  87. SheikhMansour
    May 8, 2020
    3
    I've felt compelled to create an account just to review this game. Never have I felt a game's reputation is so undeserved and simply there because it's Rockstar, because it's a huge world and because it's a graphical masterpiece.

    It's boring as [choose a four-letter expletive]. I don't want to clean my horse, or go through three drop-down menus to find something that restores my stamina    I've felt compelled to create an account just to review this game. Never have I felt a game's reputation is so undeserved and simply there because it's Rockstar, because it's a huge world and because it's a graphical masterpiece.

    It's boring as [choose a four-letter expletive]. I don't want to clean my horse, or go through three drop-down menus to find something that restores my stamina core or my horse's stamina core. I don't want to be 'wanted' as a murderer for an event that nobody even witnessed in the middle of nowhere. It doesn't make sense. It's frustrating in how unintuitive everything is. From the controls to the game mechanics. Want to sell some of your invent to make some cash, well, you better get ready to take a four-hour horse-ride in cinematic mode to get to someone who will buy something off you that's supposedly of high intrinsic value like a legendary bear pelt. You can talk to every NPC, isn't that amazing? Erm, no, two sentence non-sequitur conversations where you have to defuse the situation if you dare get within six feet of the person you're talking to. Maybe Rockstar was onto social distancing several years ago. Well done to Rockstar for predicting social distancing and projecting it via time travel into the Old West of 1899.

    I'm done with this game and I barely started it. Please, save your money. Do not buy into the hype and do not buy this game with good money.

    I'm usually a huge fan of Rockstar games but not this one. There are far better open-world games where interactions with NPCs are far more meaningful and side-missions are more interesting than a cinematic set-piece with a bear after five minutes of following clues and a scent trail. There are also far more interesting action-adventure games, you know, the ones with action...and adventure... Not just a big world and impressive graphics.    … Expand
  88. fbc
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    After a spectacular beginning, All you can get is a bunch of endless repetitive and boring missions. The minigames are great, but dont take you any longer.
  89. UncleDan
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Compelling voice acting, albeit accompanied by a fairly predictable plot. The exploration is enjoyable with plentiful breathtaking moments. However, the experience is marred by clunky horse riding and shooting. Additionally, the way the lawmen react to the player's actions (and inactions) is completely illogical. The result was a playthrough that felt like a chore.
  90. screaming72
    Aug 10, 2020
    3
    Super jeu en hors ligne mais alors on line. . . Bourré de bug et quand ça bug pas des joueurs mauvais. . . . le service client rejette la faute sur le réseaux sauf que il est très bien enfin bon bref. . . Injouable en ligne limite. . .
  91. Felipefbf
    Aug 30, 2020
    3
    Amazing graphics, good history but frustrating gameplay. the controls are confuse and sometimes the game try to be so much real that becomes boring.
  92. MigTrindade
    Mar 18, 2021
    3
    O jogo é lindo e ultra realista de forma impressionante, mas igualmente chato e tedioso, foram 60 horas jogadas no lixo na esperança q o jogo tivesse qualquer coisa interessante e nada... Péssimo personagem principal, história muito mais ou menos com poucos pontos altos e muito... mas muuuito passeio de cavalo sem absolutamente nada de interessante acontecendo.
  93. SilarMaldon
    Jan 30, 2022
    3
    Easily the most overrated game of all time. Slow, tedious, boring and forgettable. Unforgettable only in that it is so frequently labeled far beyond any possible satisfaction of play. An undeniably beautiful game but who cares if it is not fun or engaging at all?
  94. Alfihurt99
    Mar 11, 2022
    3
    I can't say i have ever played a prettier game, but i have also never played a more boring game. The controls feels unbelievably bad. The story went too sh*t during the later parts.
  95. BH_Solly
    Dec 10, 2022
    3
    I'm in the middle of the game, playing on a desktop computer. There is a lot of tedium. Going from point A to point B frequently takes more time than the actual activity. The voice acting is absolutely awful. Arthur, the main character, sounds like a caricature from a cartoon or a sketch. Most of the others are no better. The accents are just plain wrong. Combat can be frustratingI'm in the middle of the game, playing on a desktop computer. There is a lot of tedium. Going from point A to point B frequently takes more time than the actual activity. The voice acting is absolutely awful. Arthur, the main character, sounds like a caricature from a cartoon or a sketch. Most of the others are no better. The accents are just plain wrong. Combat can be frustrating because in gun fights the the opponents are impossible to see. You need to die a few times to find out where they are.

    The visuals are decent although it's clear that there are a few templates that are applied repeatedly. The controls are decent although complex. Sometimes doing something correctly involves finger positions that are impossible for many humans. Also wagon driving at speeds faster than a slow walk is similar to driving the Batmobile in the Batman games. If the route deviates slightly from a straight line be prepared for the controls to be imprecise in the extreme.

    The story seems more like a random series of events than a coherent narrative. The dialogue ranges from inept to moderately interesting.

    I'm going to finish it. I bought it at a deep discount, but it's still enough of an investment that I feel like I have to.    … Expand
  96. Ranget
    May 1, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a pretty boring game where none of your actions never matter. Nice quality, but very boring in implementation shooting with every gun in the game being pretty much the same with every enemy being a damage sponge untill you start shooting in the head, then everything dies in one shot, and not forgetting the catch all in the form of "time stop" on command. Graphics in the game are very good, if you have a 3070/4060 cards or equivalents with 8gigs of g ram at the minimum. If you don't, you will get gta 5 on medium quality... And finally the story... With every single mission and side quest being go kill X amount of guys, 60-80% of which being just average people that are just doing their jobs, with a rare acception of plantation owners, kkk members and some bandits. Overall the member of a band and the band of selfish thugs itself are just another parasite on the face of the gameworld, that living a care free life at expense of people that they are exploiting around them. AND simultaneously thinking that they are the victims when they get what is coming to them because of their actions. Don't know how about the average player, but i am revolted by the idea of playing as a pathetic leech that thinks it is a victim...… Expand
  97. Kxrem25
    May 30, 2023
    3
    the game is good but this **** legendary bullgator is such a disgusting and scary beast it's on the swamp side It attacked me while I was chasing an animal because it was night in the game
  98. Grizzler
    Nov 3, 2018
    2
    Unbelievably slow paced to the point its baffling to see how anyone can see this as fun. With the added bonus of the characters leading you around by the nose to make sure you get all the story or else. Lets also not forget the pointless scoring system that constantly gives you bronze for not playing the game to their standards, while also not telling you what they expect till after the mission.
  99. Xelluse
    Oct 29, 2018
    2
    Single player Korean MMORPG-like game in Cowboy setting....
    One of the most boring games in last 2 years...
  100. Paulystan
    Mar 6, 2023
    2
    I appreciate my review goes against the standard worship of this game but...

    For all it's glory in areas of graphics, NPC characters, music etc, it is a vastly overrated game. The controls are clunky and unresponsive, there are moments where you lose most controls almost entirely as you are forced to slowly wander through overly long winded and largely boring conversations and    I appreciate my review goes against the standard worship of this game but...

    For all it's glory in areas of graphics, NPC characters, music etc, it is a vastly overrated game. The controls are clunky and unresponsive, there are moments where you lose most controls almost entirely as you are forced to slowly wander through overly long winded and largely boring conversations and exchanges. It suffers from laggy controls too which gets very boring when your trying to shoot a mountain lion etc. The main character is slow (very) and seems to stroll through the game (including fire fights) like a man who has smoked WAY too much pot. Additionally, the story is not at all gripping. You're a bunch of bad guys who have good hearts (as opposed to the other two options in the game of good guys with bad hearts or bad guys with bad hearts). The conversations you can have with people are 'she'll be right' and 'blah blah, hungry and lost in the woods' boring fillers. There is zero character customisation at the start. Arthur is... Arthur. He looks the way he does and sounds the way he does which, I hasten to add, has absolutely zero charm. He is not in the slightest bit lovable and more importantly, the way he talks and ideas he has makes him a sturdy beta character with very little desire to do actual good i.e. 'well alright I'll go and rescue my friend and colleague but only because another man who is lower ranked than me but a stronger leader with much higher moral integrity than me has said so'. It's pathetic. He is the epitome of a nonchalant wanker whose moral code is based on self and obedience. He has no fire in him, his story is boring. he isn't clever and because the controls are rubbish, he isn't fast, or a very good shot. He should have been dead a LONG time ago. I have repeatedly tried to get into RDR2 and every time I have failed. It is frustratingly slow, clunky and boring. Because of these issues, it's simply impossible to get into it, to feel energised, to enjoy the views, to find fun characters. I may try again sometime but I simply can't see why I will ever understand how this game has done so well for itself. Give me bug ridden Fallout, Witcher or Mass Effect any day of the week.    … Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

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