Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21344 Ratings

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  1. Yorkikun
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    Juego bueno pero empieza muy lento, hasta el 50% de avance... recién ahí empieza la diversión y la historia empieza agarrar forma.
  2. KasperNyvang
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    The story is good.
    But this is the usual Rockstar game where you look at the minimap and see where it tells you to go.
    I will admit that sometime i like that type of gameplay, but it would have been nice to see them try out something new.
  3. Theremainingpie
    Jun 27, 2020
    7
    I wanted to love this game but i find the whole think to be slow and dull at times. Online is supper fun and actually is my favorite part. playing with people online and then going back to riding a horse in between every quest for like ten minutes is frustrating. The quests are ok but they always start out slow and doing something on accident and restarting has made me turn it off moreI wanted to love this game but i find the whole think to be slow and dull at times. Online is supper fun and actually is my favorite part. playing with people online and then going back to riding a horse in between every quest for like ten minutes is frustrating. The quests are ok but they always start out slow and doing something on accident and restarting has made me turn it off more times than i could count. At the peak moments of the story and at dumb side quests is where this game shines and i wish i could have skipped or sped up a good 55% of it. its worth playing but i regret buying it full price.… Expand
  4. CrocBain
    Dec 9, 2020
    7
    10/10 story game with a 3/10 online portion. Such a shame. Rockstar clearly doesn't care about their image as they further ruin what makes the western genre appealing to most of us who like it. Microtransaction city is a full time stay as you work your slave job to try to have a little fun.
  5. arakui
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    RDR2 Is one of the better games of 2018. While it is an absolute groundbreaker in terms of the story and the unparalleled attention to detail, the gameplay feels rather cut-and-paste, it shares many similarities with games like GTAV and other rockstar titles. Gameplay can also feel rather clunky at times, with Arthur and John often turning slowly. Graphics are without a doubt a 10,RDR2 Is one of the better games of 2018. While it is an absolute groundbreaker in terms of the story and the unparalleled attention to detail, the gameplay feels rather cut-and-paste, it shares many similarities with games like GTAV and other rockstar titles. Gameplay can also feel rather clunky at times, with Arthur and John often turning slowly. Graphics are without a doubt a 10, obviously- the visual fidelity of the world is simply incredible. RDR2 Online, however, falls flat on its face. R* have opted to go with the GTAV approach and have filled the online system with microtransactions, making the online on the verge of a pay to win system, with better weapons and guns either costing gold bars or amounts of money that would take an absolute age to gather by implemented means, with players being vastly underpaid for their time in missions.… Expand
  6. DackoPlays
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    Let me start by saying here's how I rate certain aspects of the game. Story-9 Graphics (for its time)- 10, and gameplay- 3/10.
    I find the story and graphics of this game to be very impressive, and as someone who views the story as the most important thing in games like this, that's saying something.
    But the gameplay is embarrassingly bad in my opinion. I have no desire to play this    Let me start by saying here's how I rate certain aspects of the game. Story-9 Graphics (for its time)- 10, and gameplay- 3/10.
    I find the story and graphics of this game to be very impressive, and as someone who views the story as the most important thing in games like this, that's saying something.

    But the gameplay is embarrassingly bad in my opinion. I have no desire to play this game again just because of how it is played. Making no real improvements from GTA v. The shooting just doesn't feel that good, moving around doesn't feel good, neither does riding a horse after the newness has worn off. I just don't see how it could be rated as high as it is with its gameplay issues.    … Expand
  7. RedDragon1240
    Mar 14, 2021
    7
    I had very high expectations on this game and tbh it didn't deliver. I really don't understand why is this game so overrated.

    The Good: - Graphics are outstanding. This is by far the best looking open world game to date. - Level of detail. The world is massive, beautiful & very much alive. It is filled with content. - Story, The story is good...just good. Kind of predictable and not    I had very high expectations on this game and tbh it didn't deliver. I really don't understand why is this game so overrated.

    The Good:
    - Graphics are outstanding. This is by far the best looking open world game to date.
    - Level of detail. The world is massive, beautiful & very much alive. It is filled with content.
    - Story, The story is good...just good. Kind of predictable and not the masterpiece a lot of people say it is.
    - Voice acting. The acting is pretty good.

    The bad:
    - Controls and mechanics. This game has the worst controls of the past generation by far. They are clunky and frustrating. They made me just want to finish the game ASAP. I'm not playing this game again.
    - Pacing. The pacing of this game is terrible. The first half of the game can get pretty boring at times. Then it get's better but meh. It just has bad pacing all along.
    - Fast Travel. You will be traveling by horse A LOT. Fast Travel is very limited and sometimes useless. You will lose a lot of time traveling from one place to another wich results in getting bored.
    - Saving. This game autosaves but if you start a mission guess what! You can't save in the middle of it. Really Rockstar? Can't save in the middle of a mission? What is this? 1991?
    - Realism. This is something I think a lot of people like and I can't see why. The game is filled with detailes and...reality. You have to cook and eat, otherwise you will lose skills. You have to hunt for food. You have to prepare coffee. Taking items is hard cause the character actually takes them. This just makes the game slower and it affects the overall pacing.
    - Secondary missions. A lot of them are pretty boring. Just go from A to B and watch cinematics with NO ACTION AT ALL. Again, bad pacing and boring.
    - Bugs. The game has some bugs. Secondary missions disappear and then appear again. Can't tell when can you access them for real. I lost some secondary missions due to this bug.

    All in all it's a good game but absolutely not the masterpiece a lot of people say it is.    … Expand
  8. tommydlbass
    Jan 6, 2021
    7
    El perfecto simulador de cowboys. La historia es muy, muy buena, aunque un poco apresurada en los últimos compases y genérica. La jugabilidad y realismo de este titulo es demencial, sin decir que está lleno de secretos que descubrir. Un gran titulo que desgraciadamente cae en su propia trampa haciendo algunos segmentos muy pesados o con un gunplay bastante repetitivo, o limitando la tomaEl perfecto simulador de cowboys. La historia es muy, muy buena, aunque un poco apresurada en los últimos compases y genérica. La jugabilidad y realismo de este titulo es demencial, sin decir que está lleno de secretos que descubrir. Un gran titulo que desgraciadamente cae en su propia trampa haciendo algunos segmentos muy pesados o con un gunplay bastante repetitivo, o limitando la toma de decisiones haciendolo un juego totalmente lineal, pero con mil actividades que hacer. Si queréis algo refrescante alejado de los típicos mundos abiertos este es vuestro juego.… Expand
  9. Dmitry_Shefer18
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сюжет местами скучен, смерть Артура невероятно крутой момент, главная проблема этой игры, фаст тревел, вернее его практически отсутствие, если взять гта, то ехать до задания на машине это интересно, но скакать пол игры на лошади реально скучно, в игре много приятных моментов, я не жалею времени потраченного на игру, у игры классная свободна игра, много интересных побочек… Expand
  10. FrySP
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    A mi la verdad no me gusto es un juego que es muy pesado de jugar y la verdad no es divertido, fue un verdadero dolor de huevos acabarlo que la verdad a la mitad de la historia estaba cansado de que se cambiaran de lugar. por alguna estúpida razón Rockstar pensó que que era una buena idea poner el mismo botón de dialogo y de apuntar lo cual es un error de diseño muy grave .No me gusto elA mi la verdad no me gusto es un juego que es muy pesado de jugar y la verdad no es divertido, fue un verdadero dolor de huevos acabarlo que la verdad a la mitad de la historia estaba cansado de que se cambiaran de lugar. por alguna estúpida razón Rockstar pensó que que era una buena idea poner el mismo botón de dialogo y de apuntar lo cual es un error de diseño muy grave .No me gusto el juego y me pareció una perdida de tiempo.… Expand
  11. PEREDOZZ
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    Игра - скучный шедевр. Шедевр в том плане, что это техническая революция. Игры графонистее и проработаннее не было никогда. А скудность. Игры в её сюжете и однообразных миссиях. 4500 точно не стоит
  12. Henrysharpo1066
    Jul 9, 2020
    7
    Rockstar make great open worlds but boring games inside those worlds. People hail this game as a masterpiece and I have to disagree.

    Controls/Gameplay Controls feel awkward and clunky and aiming without the auto aim is just as annoying, without deadeye I’d be pulling my hair out. Arthur is unresponsive and laggy when inputting commands. Because of this playing the game can be very    Rockstar make great open worlds but boring games inside those worlds. People hail this game as a masterpiece and I have to disagree.

    Controls/Gameplay
    Controls feel awkward and clunky and aiming without the auto aim is just as annoying, without deadeye I’d be pulling my hair out. Arthur is unresponsive and laggy when inputting commands. Because of this playing the game can be very frustrating which stops me from wanting to actually play the game. On the flip side the horse controls feel pretty good, decent response times to button presses and turning doesn’t feel like your a WW2 warship. Graphics
    Everything in the game looks beautiful except for people and sometimes Arthur. Hair looks strange almost like a weird paint tool in photoshop was used, facial animations don’t show much emotion/ lips sink is pretty off and look kinda bad in close up shots. And I appreciate it’s hard to animate the hundreds of NPCs in game but it still ruins my immersion. I’d take 15 well animated characters over hundreds of poor ones any day. Weather effects and lighting make the game shine, the photo mode is a great addition and some landscape shots can look extremely lifelike. Story
    The story is one of the most important things to me in a game and lots of people think the story is perfect but I unfortunately have to disagree. I found the pacing off, the missions repetitive and not very interesting. I struggled to care for the characters as there is such a large cast, it’s difficult to get to know everyone. Hosea stood out to me and was my favourite aside from Arthur but even when he was killed I still didn’t feel much because you hardly spend time with these character outside of missions. And when the story took us to Guarma it just seemed like unnecessary padding. The voice acting is good, sometimes great. But even the best voice actor can’t make a clearly animated model feel like a real flesh and blood character you love. I also have an issue with how rockstar design missions. There’s no freedom in how you do things. It’s “Do this, go here, open this, shoot him, now go back here.” Even in Linear games such as uncharted or god of war, you have a choice of how to go about things, but here you have to follow rockstars instructions to the letter or you fail the mission. I got most of my enjoyment out of exploring the world and doing my own thing in game rather than the story. If I had to sum it up, rockstar have made their best open world to date and it is something truly amazing in that regard....but at a cost. A lack of polish on core game mechanics like controls, mission design and story pacing effect the game as a whole. And I find more enjoyment interacting with the world and it’s NPCs than the story or main characters. It took me a second attempt a year later with a fresh save to finish the game as I lost interest on my first play through.    … Expand
  13. SourApple
    Jul 19, 2020
    7
    Huge detailed open world. The game truly does make you feel like a gunslinger however it’s evolved around really slow gameplay and minor action compared to the original first red dead.
  14. Babageek
    Jul 27, 2020
    7
    Jeu un peu long super addictif mais très lassant au bout de 2/3 partit et un manque de nouveauté dans le Red dead online
  15. bergcamp101
    Sep 2, 2020
    7
    I cannot understand, how they put so much effort in graphics, but spoiled gameplay and AI... Also, the game is super easy, it doesn't challenge you at all. It just makes you crazy sometimes, when you're running in the street, bump into some guy, and all of a sudden - all citizens start SHOOTING at you. Bravo. Very realistic.
  16. PatMc1896
    Aug 1, 2020
    7
    Very enjoyable campaign actually was interested listening to the main characters, open world looked nice and gameplay was ok . Very disappointed in the way the online mode was handled as was hoping to jump on with many friends however everybody lost interest right from the beginning.
  17. Miracle973
    Sep 1, 2020
    7
    كسم دي لعبة اوفرريتيد و فانزها بضان نيك بس روكستار تعبوا عليها و انا حبيت ارثر فا هديها ٧ من عشرة
  18. AdamJMeta
    Oct 28, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Read Dead Redemption 2 is an average game. Good in some areas, but major flaws in others.

    * Good points
    Graphics - Some of the best graphics on the PS4.

    Game World - The game world is very immersive. Animals behave realistically. Towns feel very alive.

    Crafting/Survival - The game includes some basic crafting and survival mechanics which match the setting of the game.

    Story - The story is enjoyable and can be very thought provoking. I found it interesting how Dutch has this self-delusion that he is a visionary being oppressed by the system when in reality he's just a charismatic thief and killer. Eventually this delusion has major, and very logical, self-inflicted consequences on his gang.

    * Bad points
    Control - The game controls are frequently poor. Every action is sluggish, especially in combat. There really is no excuse for the controls being this bad, especially given the development time and resources.

    Weapon Selection Bug - Weapon selection seems bugged. Actions like skinning an animal cause a seemingly random weapon to be selected instead of the previous selected weapon. This will get you killed until you remember to check your selected weapon every time you do anything. But since no other game works this way (that I know) you will continue to forget this bug/feature.

    Tedious Mechanics - The game forces you to craft/cook every item you don’t buy, no way to stack and craft multiple items at a time. If you’re crafting ammo for example, you have to craft each bullet one at a time. If you wanted to make 100 bullets, you would have to craft each bullet one at a time!

    Crime System - Once spotted, lawmen never stop coming after you, their numbers are unlimited, and they are virtually psychic. Your only option is to try to outrun them. This should not happen. If you can’t kill all your pursuers, they should at least come in waves which give you a reasonable amount of time to escape.

    Lack of Stores - The game has an odd distribution of stores. For example; there appears to be only one wagon fence in the entire game. Traders, which have a number of unique items are poorly placed, requiring the player to spend a lot of unnecessary time traveling.

    Poor Instructions - The game has a number of unique mechanics that are poorly explained. Part of this is because the pop-up help appears in real time while you need to perform the action. What the game should have done is introduce the game mechanics in a non-critical way BEFORE you actually need to use them (this is game dev 101). In some cases the help is just wrong or incomplete, requiring you to go online to get the information you need. Gun duels are a primary example of this. Players should never have to consult third party sources for basic game mechanics.

    There are a number of other poor design implementations not mentioned here. However, despite the games problems I still recommend people give it a try if you like sandbox games or westerns. If good, responsive control is important to you then you may want to wait and pick this game up used or in the bargain bin.    … Expand
  19. simqbi
    Nov 27, 2020
    7
    lets start off by saying that this is in no way a bad game. it is good but not that holy grail that everyones talking about.ok now letsa goo
    1.realism
    yea the game is as close to life as you get. you have to brew your coffe , clean your horse and your guns, cook every individual piece of meat. but it never gains from it. why do you need 500 spiecies of animals when you only remember and    lets start off by saying that this is in no way a bad game. it is good but not that holy grail that everyones talking about.ok now letsa goo
    1.realism
    yea the game is as close to life as you get. you have to brew your coffe , clean your horse and your guns, cook every individual piece of meat. but it never gains from it. why do you need 500 spiecies of animals when you only remember and interact with 10.why create a bountywitnesswanted system when you even dont understand it,and the missions completly ignore it. what im saying is that it is impressive what they have created but its unnecessary.
    2.freedom
    this game is between minecraft like freedom in the open wolrd and a uncharted style missions.
    i think that the best example of this is the bank robbery mission because theres so many things that are complety diffrent in the open world.
    -you rob a bank wich is impossible
    -you get 2500 dollars wich is enought to buy every single gun and upgrade to the camp.
    -you dont get a state wide bounty
    -you dont get a wanted level-cops just kinda show up from diffrent directions.
    and if you run on your horse too fast you can even fail the mission wich is kinda funny.

    in conlusion:
    missions in this game want to be an uncharted like experience game tolds you what to do and if you attempt anything diffrent - mission failed
    open world wants to be like minecraft-it gives you tools and you make the stories but. it cant because
    everything cool is locked behind a missions. you dont wanna exprole because if something intresting was there it would of be behind a marker.
    and that is my main concern for this game. everything is just so scripted. [Link omitted per site rules]    … Expand
  20. The_Sifi_Turtle
    Dec 5, 2020
    7
    outstanding gameplay with amazing graphics and story. The multiplayer mode adds a lot of fun. The only thing is it's on the pricy side and you're going to need a good graphics cards and good storage.
  21. Crcx
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    Pretty graphics and dangling horse balls but also pretty boring - I have nothing against wild west and like roaming open worlds but after playing for 5h I didnt feel like Im having any fun, no sense of urgency, purpose and no emotional investment (which are essentiql to having fun when playing imo)
  22. GoatSimp69
    Dec 18, 2020
    7
    It's a good game, on a technical aspect and graphics aspect.

    To the game-play part? Well, not for me.
  23. BieliN
    Dec 25, 2020
    7
    I honestly didn't like this game very much.
    There were interesting moments, but it did not impress me.
    Pros for the graphics, sound. The plot is boring at times.
    I remember buying on the day of the premiere and I was terribly excited, but the game did not give me any unforgettable experience. Maybe my expectations were too high?
  24. Rekbond
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    Beautiful and detailed world, full of life and thing to discover. Fun gameplay, but some mechanics are a bit outdated. The first 2/3 of the game are amazing, you go around, interact with your gang, discover the world and enjoy the rich story. The last 1/3 is among the dullest and most boring repetitive things I had to seat through in a video game. The characters lose all their charm andBeautiful and detailed world, full of life and thing to discover. Fun gameplay, but some mechanics are a bit outdated. The first 2/3 of the game are amazing, you go around, interact with your gang, discover the world and enjoy the rich story. The last 1/3 is among the dullest and most boring repetitive things I had to seat through in a video game. The characters lose all their charm and the story suddenly becomes very boring. The missions are so far apart and they become tedious to finish. all and all, a 7/10. I can easily recommend it to everyone who enjoys a good open world, with an interesting story and fun gameplay, yet be ready for the dull experience of the last 2 chapters of the game.… Expand
  25. psyGressiw
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    Overrated. The beginning of the game is really well done. Feels like a good solid story going on, but after a while it starts falling apart. Missions feel disconnected from each other. About 40% of your in game time you spend riding on a stupid horse, there are some very limited and mostly useless fast travel options. I'm not even sure I'm going to complete this due to protagonist being aOverrated. The beginning of the game is really well done. Feels like a good solid story going on, but after a while it starts falling apart. Missions feel disconnected from each other. About 40% of your in game time you spend riding on a stupid horse, there are some very limited and mostly useless fast travel options. I'm not even sure I'm going to complete this due to protagonist being a totally unoriginal retard who is constantly pointed by surrounding people on what to do next. I'm literally feeling abused when playing this game. Nah.
    Ok, I've played some more in chapter 4 and it gets way better there, it clearly doesn't deserve 5. Would've raised to 8, but it only gets 7 as I wasn't able to see the last part of the professor quest, due to stupid situation when I was trying to get on coach but instead I threw random dude off his horse who was practically invisible, and after getting released from the prison, the quest never reappeared and the professor vanished.    … Expand
  26. frostfirestang
    Mar 5, 2021
    7
    Best cowboy game out there, however it does get old after 20 hours of play.
  27. ptyythoy
    Mar 24, 2021
    7
    I must say that this game is not a 10/10. This is a good review but it's not going to be one of the sketchy ones that automatically assumes that this game is the holy grail of all games. This is the best game I've ever played. I log on very often excited to play once again in this very realistic open-world game. There are many pros and cons to this game. One pro being this game is veryI must say that this game is not a 10/10. This is a good review but it's not going to be one of the sketchy ones that automatically assumes that this game is the holy grail of all games. This is the best game I've ever played. I log on very often excited to play once again in this very realistic open-world game. There are many pros and cons to this game. One pro being this game is very lived-in. But one con being too much immersion. Now, don't get me wrong, immersion is great but sometimes it pushes it too far. For instance, if you want to loot dead bodies it's a 3-second animation to loot a single NPC. This is fine until you shoot a bunch of O'driscolls at a camp and decide to loot them. It takes a solid 2 and a half minutes looting a couple of bodies. Another con would be the weapons. The weapons themselves are great, but cleaning them every time you shoot something can get quite annoying. I'm quite sure there are plenty more problems with immersion, but I'm not going to list them all In this little text box. The story overall is great. But if you played the first game you pretty much know what the ending will be. The entirety of Rdr1 was about hunting down old gang members like dutch. You learn that such betrayed the gang in Rdr1 so the first ending was quite predictable. The honor system is probably the worst thing I've ever seen. You can go on a bloody murder spree in Saint-Denis and then lose all of your honor and then greet some folk on the street and regain your horrible reputation. Earning money is hard compared to GTA 5 (Another Rockstar title). So, overall it's a great game with a lot of cons to it. I'd give it a 7.… Expand
  28. Azeemo99
    Sep 23, 2022
    7
    Many claim it to be perfect, but in truth it is slow and time consuming, with minimal depth in gameplay. All enjoyment is weighed upon the beauty and realism, which is reflected both in the world and the storytelling. One of the best open world games for sure, but it really doesn't compete in the gameplay department, which is first and foremost what a game should strive to do.
  29. Souhaibl
    Oct 12, 2021
    7
    Not the best his a normal game but i don't say im not liked no the story is very good and the best character
  30. Jucuy
    Dec 3, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 技术细节什么的非常优秀，满分，下面是关于剧情和游戏玩法的一点吐槽，因为真的太憋屈了不吐不快：

    在圣丹尼斯逗留了好多天了，实在受不了这个破烂剧情了，一百多年前的米国是有多开放呀，傻子都特么能出来当土匪？老子还特么不能选！硬生生看着这群傻子作死犯蠢！地图跟任务的衔接生硬至极，玩得憋屈死了，一盘散沙完全看不出这个蠢逼犯罪团伙有任何比别的帮派更值得活下来的点，刻画最刻薄的歧视癖农场主老太婆都比你们这群白莲花有气性，人家不过把你们一个小孩抓过去过过少爷日子，你们牛皮啊直接冲过去二话不说杀别人全家，没看过西部片的还真以为西部牛仔就是你们这群恃强凌弱乌合小瘪三呢    … Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#2 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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97

Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

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