Red Dead Redemption 2

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  1. 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
  2. Italo2004
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    Just perfect Amazing graphics The best narrative ever maded And the performance capture excellent
  3. UltiDK
    Sep 21, 2019
    8
    Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't a masterpiece, but it still a great game, that you need to get.
    The story is the highlight of the game, with many great and memorable characters. There's a lot of emotional moments throughout the game All of the voice actors did a great job. The world is also absolutely stunning, and the graphics are among the best i've ever seen in a video game. The soundtrack    Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't a masterpiece, but it still a great game, that you need to get.
    The story is the highlight of the game, with many great and memorable characters. There's a lot of emotional moments throughout the game All of the voice actors did a great job. The world is also absolutely stunning, and the graphics are among the best i've ever seen in a video game. The soundtrack is also amazing.

    Now, the gameplay really doesn't live up to the standard the story and graphics sets. Shooting pretty much just consists of pressing the aim button, after which the game instantly pretty much aim-locks on an enemy. This means that the shooting gets boring because of how much it helps you. Even the melee and stealth is very simple. Also, like in pretty much every other Rockstar game, the missions need to be completed in an exact way. You never get to choose your own approach, and the mission objectives are very specific. However, when exploring the open world, you'll get to spend your time doing other things, such as fishing, hunting, playing cards and just exploring. These things are actually pretty well put together, however the fishing and hunting quickly gets repetitive. It really feels like Rockstar's attention was on making a very detailed game instead of making good gameplay, with beards automatically growing, and of course, the infamous horse balls that shrink in the cold.    … Expand
  4. Jay21
    Sep 21, 2019
    9
    one of the best games I have ever played on this generation and one of the best stories!!
  5. Samovar_1
    Sep 21, 2019
    10
    Игра шедевр. Огромный открытый мир, куча заданий(причем интересных),хорошый онлайн,сюжет классный,проработка до мельчайших подробностей абсолютно всего,и многое другое.10/10
  6. dzoniblejz
    Sep 20, 2019
    10
    Best game i have ever played. In one word - masterpiece. Story and graphics are on highest level,open world is so great and alive that will never get you bored. Only thing that i found frustrating were controls,but everything else is 10/10. Such a lovely experience.
  7. MagiCPSG
    Sep 20, 2019
    10
    The most immersive open world game ever made at that date. Everything in this world is so credible and realistic, and Arthur Morgan is a touching character, I really loved RDR2. Thanks Rockstar, i'm not a fan of GTA but RDR is really the kind of games I love.
  8. egoBorder
    Sep 19, 2019
    7
    When a game is this close to perfection it's hard not to be embarrassed to complain. Unfortunately this game suffers badly from bloat, and the longer it goes on, the more tiring it gets. And boy, DOES IT GO ON.

    On a technical level the game is beyond impressive. I was initially seduced by the experience of Red Dead Redemption 2 because its world is so rich. For the first 10 to 15    When a game is this close to perfection it's hard not to be embarrassed to complain. Unfortunately this game suffers badly from bloat, and the longer it goes on, the more tiring it gets. And boy, DOES IT GO ON.

    On a technical level the game is beyond impressive. I was initially seduced by the experience of Red Dead Redemption 2 because its world is so rich. For the first 10 to 15 hours, that richness was tantalizing.

    But once the slow, deliberate pace of the action and story of this game become obvious the world's richness becomes obnoxious. Everything in this game wears out its welcome and the maddening thing is that simply cutting out 10% of the content would have given the player more breathing room. Rockstar's design philosophy often involves taking control away from the player, and it creates a problem where taking on a mission is a crapshoot as to what a player can expect.

    As for the story: the characters are rich and deep, the voice acting is just superb, and the presentation and direction are expert. But the material just isn't that great. They're thieves and the law is after them. That's all. It takes itself way too seriously despite a great deal of characters making some pretty dumb choices. And again, everything just moves at a glacial pace.

    This game is a roller coaster, and despite how thrilling some parts are be sure to stay strapped in for the duration and watch your hands.    … Expand
  9. Ychiffygon
    Sep 18, 2019
    10
    Simplemente el mejor juego de la generación, el juego es completamente increíble de principio a fin, un diseño increíble, personajes fantásticos
  10. romanistaalen
    Sep 18, 2019
    10
    One of the best games ever created if not the best. There is no perfect game, but if there is one which deserve a perfect score, then it's Red Dead Redemption 2. This game is art. It's so immersive, fun and you can see quality on every corner. Every aspect of the game is on the highest level. This is not the game that you rush, or play with fast pace. I have only one complain. You can'tOne of the best games ever created if not the best. There is no perfect game, but if there is one which deserve a perfect score, then it's Red Dead Redemption 2. This game is art. It's so immersive, fun and you can see quality on every corner. Every aspect of the game is on the highest level. This is not the game that you rush, or play with fast pace. I have only one complain. You can't impact on the story, wich character will live ect.. Also i would like option for harder difficulty. For me this game is ahead of time. With the Witcher 3 it's the best game of the generation for now.… Expand
  11. CyberneticState
    Sep 17, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My review is only for the single player as I have not played the online (as I have no interest in Red Dead Online). Also, I never played the first game
    After spending well over 120+ hours on this game's single player over the last 2 and a half months, I can say that RDR2 is a good game, but definitively not a 10/10 perfect game. I hardly take mainstream reviews seriously these days. I still watch them from time to time, but I take what they say with a grain of salt.
    The Pros:
    • Great single player campaign.
    • Great characters with incredible voice acting and all 15+ members of the Van der Linde gang have missions that you get to do with them to get to know them better.
    • Interactions between NCPs outside of missions. This is one of the first open world games that I've seen where NPCs will interact with each other outside of missions in unique ways every time when compared to other open world games where NPCs will remain static doing the same thing repeatedly outside of mission. The random interactions between gang members combined with the missions makes none of the members of the gang feel like throwaway characters.
    • Incredible graphics with amazing attention to detail. This by far the most detailed AAA game I have ever played. From the detail in combat (i.e. bullet holes in humans and animals, bleed out kills, gore, carcasses & corpses decaying over time, etc.) to the other details in free roam gameplay are all incredible.
    • Great variety of weapons, horses, clothes, and other miscellaneous items & features to customize your character.
    • Consumable items in your inventory to restore your health and special ability, which is the deadeye mechanic.
    The Cons:
    • Bad control scheme and bad button mapping. I seriously don’t understand why RDR2 STILL uses Rockstar’s outdated control scheme. The standard fps control scheme did improve my experience and make the controls more tolerable. The controls are tolerable at best, and frustrating at their worst.
    • Bad input lag which severely affects the game’s movement and aiming. The movement and aiming in this game are slow, clunky, and stiff.
    • The free aim is a joke, and the snap in and out of cover auto-aim takes all the skill out of shooting. Yes, you can change some setting to make free aim more tolerable, but even after playing around with the setting it still didn’t feel as good as the aiming in other games.
    • Flawed wanted system.
    • Flawed honor system.
    I would have given the game a 9/10 if it wasn’t for several little things. Little things matter and they add up.
    This list is a list of little things that I had complaints about, and it is not a full list, I’ve written down all the things that I could think of now writing this review:
    • No horse insurance. You can spend hundreds of dollars buying a horse, customizing it, and spend time bonding with it to improve its stats, and all it takes to lose it permanently is death. I heard that Red Dead online has horse insurance, so I don’t understand why the single player can’t have it.
    • Weapons being locked until you reach a certain point in the story.
    • Your character always holstering your two equipped long arms in your main horse every time you mount it and having to re-equip them every time you dismount.
    • The non-existent stealth mechanics outside of missions.
    • Having to get out of cover and/or having to tap R2 again after firing to rechamber a round into the barrel chamber of your weapon.
    • Missions being very linear and restrictive in the way that you can approach them and handle the combat scenarios.
    • Flawed inventory system that could be improved.
    • Animals not always appearing in the area that they are marked on the open-world map.
    • Some animals being so rare to the point that the standard version is more legendary that the legendary version (i.e. grizzly bear, moose, panther, armadillo, etc).
    • QTEs to free yourself from a predator’s grasp instead of a button mashing sequence.
    • Restrictive slow movement in camps/safe zones which does nothing but slow the pacing of the game for no reason.
    • Camp chores being useless filler content. You can get honor a lot faster by going into town and greeting every NPC you see.
    • Slow start to the game.
    • Slow looting and interaction with items. This one is more subjective, but I have to say that the detailed looting animations look cool the first couple of hours, but after 40 hours, they get tedious and annoying.
    • The number of things that need maintenance in this game. The sheer number of things to maintain in this game start to get in the way of having fun.
    You would think that I hate the game for the sheer number thing that I complained about, but the thing is that underneath all the flaws, there is the potential of an incredible game. All in all, an 8/10.    … Expand
  12. Lonit
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Truly a masterpiece. Still play it to this day especially since the multiplayer keeps recieving updates.
  13. NeroN7F
    Sep 15, 2019
    10
    One of the best game ,which I ever played.Great story ,amazing graphic performance ,beautiful landscapes.You must try this game if u have an opportunity
  14. mssiol
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
    everything in this game at the top quality, amazing story and characters building, graphics and gameplay everything literally at top level
  15. LooTheLou
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
    Never before have I played a game that reacts to everything that you decide to do (which are MANY ways to do so) in such a way that Red Dead Redemption 2 does. RDR 2 is an outstanding masterpiece that makes the player experience what took place before RDR1. Rockstar proved, as always, they can further improve upon their existing formulae/IP plus reinvent and reimagine the worlds they soNever before have I played a game that reacts to everything that you decide to do (which are MANY ways to do so) in such a way that Red Dead Redemption 2 does. RDR 2 is an outstanding masterpiece that makes the player experience what took place before RDR1. Rockstar proved, as always, they can further improve upon their existing formulae/IP plus reinvent and reimagine the worlds they so carefully create. DO NOT MISS OUT: PLAY THIS GAME.… Expand
  16. Poolbert
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    2 major issues! You cant defend yourself, even unarmed. You have a knife, you have fists. You can use either to fight. Both result in murder, even if you are attacked. I was attacked by 4 people with guns, got shot twice, punched them, but i get a bounty. That means be evil, its the same consequence as surviving and helping.

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

    When you save, you may be put on the other side of. What the heck!! I cant see what im typing! This site is even worse!    … Expand
  17. Roo182
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not a 10/10 game. It's a good game, some parts of it are indeed great, but it's not groundbreakingly outstanding. I loved the open world, the characters and a lot of the story. But I found myself bored stupid a lot of the time riding from point to point (a lot of back and forth). The hunting/fishing etc didn't interest me but can see how it does for others (not a bad thing). But I am just not a huge Rockstar guy. That 2nd last chapter with John on the ranch. SNORE.… Expand
  18. ForKapital
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    It’s a marterpeace.Everyone should play this game.Thank you RockStar! It’s a pity there is no localization.
  19. Stubbedmytoe
    Sep 13, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game would be cool if they didn't nerf all the things that made it fun, not to mention everything they want you to play is locked behind an insane amount of gold to buy the pass, and then the highest level PAYS you back the gold, so the only point of it is so you pay cash for the gold and rockstar gets to keep the cash you just spent to get that, it's really shows you how little they care about the game and how much they want to squeeze money out of it's players before it dies out, **** rockstar for ruining the game by taking everything fun out and making it a big **** you pay me… Expand
  20. tiziano
    Sep 12, 2019
    10
    I'm a CGI student. After this game I choose my objective. I'll go to Rockstar. It is my Goty.
  21. 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
  22. FenjaminBoster
    Sep 11, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rockstar Games is considered one of the most top notch dogs in gaming right now, and I can't disagree. The latest titles that have come out (RDR 2, GTA V) have been fixing each other mistakes for each other, but they both have a common problem. Gameplay. The gameplay in these games are really lacking in opportunity. For example, you have a box of random pieces of lego that you can build anything out of (MGSV) and on the other hand you have a lego set your mom just bought you for your birthday which looks freaking awesome (RDR2). You first build the store set and you feel it wasn't very fun because you didn't have control of wether you could put a piece in or not. And the instructions are always babying you. Now you begin to play with the big old box of lego pieces. You build a cool ass spaceship, then you turn that spaceship into a cool ass car, then you turn that car into a cool ass building. Do you see what I'm going with, do you understand me you turd.

    There are many redeeming qualities about this game like the best graphics to ever be put in a form of media, the immensely engaging story that seems like it was ripped from an oscar and academy award winning film. And the actors in the game suit their role very good, sometimes. And some of the actions scenes that unfold are really not that bad. This game is very good but it has problems similar to some of the recent games rockstar has been putting out.

    I give red bed refriction two a 8/10 for not sucking donkey dick.

    Thank you for nakey jakey inspiring me to make this review,
    check out his very humble channel down here
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSdma21fnJzgmPodhC9SJ3g    … Expand
  23. Daltonbros
    Sep 11, 2019
    10
    One of the best games i ever play...good game play... Excellent graphics... Good story.
  24. ItGeraltOfRivia
    Sep 10, 2019
    8
    Интересная игра, но лично для меня временами скучновата была, анимации собирания, разделивание туш это конечно хорошо, но если бы сделали возможность ее отключить было бы еще лучше(
  25. PenguinFRomaAM
    Oct 27, 2018
    10
    Наверное нет таких слов чтобы описать все мои чувства, которые я испытал, проходя эту игру. Это приключение навсегда запало мне в душу и в большинстве своем это из-за прекрасного главного героя. Артур Морган один из лучших, если не лучший, персонаж из игр. Если вы сомневались покупать эту игру или нет - не сомневайтесь. Берите и даже если вы не пройдете ее полностью, я думаю она все равноНаверное нет таких слов чтобы описать все мои чувства, которые я испытал, проходя эту игру. Это приключение навсегда запало мне в душу и в большинстве своем это из-за прекрасного главного героя. Артур Морган один из лучших, если не лучший, персонаж из игр. Если вы сомневались покупать эту игру или нет - не сомневайтесь. Берите и даже если вы не пройдете ее полностью, я думаю она все равно вам понравится… Expand
  26. Indrars546
    Sep 9, 2019
    10
    Я так рад что этой игры нет на пк и токсичные уёбки не смогут в неё поиграть
  27. zGoldenOG
    Sep 8, 2019
    9
    oque dizer? realmente não sei, um jogo que sua história tocou minha alma,personagens fortes,cheios de personalidade,cheios de carisma e individualidades. Sem comentários. Universo perfeito.
    Não é um 10,por causa do seu online.
  28. 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
  29. Loress
    Sep 6, 2019
    10
    Esse jogo é perfeito só não dou mais nota porque não dá, gráficos espetaculares, jogabilidade muito boa e realista, história maravilhosa e várias outras coisas que fazem esse ser um dos melhores se não o melhor jogo da geração ele só tem um ponto ruim que é seu modo online mas não vou diminuir a nota por isso
  30. Odh
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    Some of the best graphics I have ever seen at the time of writing this, great open world that seems alive, good storyline, so why only a 7? Well, I was a bit bored at times and many sidequests were tedious. Dutch's gang while interesting, I didn't want to to be tethered to them, which I felt like I was through a large enough portion of the game. Also its more of the same in gameplay fromSome of the best graphics I have ever seen at the time of writing this, great open world that seems alive, good storyline, so why only a 7? Well, I was a bit bored at times and many sidequests were tedious. Dutch's gang while interesting, I didn't want to to be tethered to them, which I felt like I was through a large enough portion of the game. Also its more of the same in gameplay from Red Dead Redemption, which is fine, but I was more impressed with RDR1 at the time it came out where all these things seemed more new and interesting. This is a bigger, prettier new game, but it doesn't do enough for me to be an all time great game, where the fist RDR just wowed me more at the time.… Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#2 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Metascore
97

Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

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