Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

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

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

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

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

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

    WHY?

    Why do I get punished ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    colinsmall34Nov 3, 2018
    7
    Fair review of RDR2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Unfortunately, the graphics and such don't make up for everything annoying and boring in this game. I'm only replaying the story just for the trophies and not because I want to, unlike the previous RDR game. Give me a way shorter condensed story and I'd recommend it, but way too much of a time investment for not enough of a payoff to recommend. But hey, good thing RDR3 is coming soon as rockstar doesn't take a decade to make sequels to their games!!! Oh, wait.......    … Expand
  25. basques35
    Jan 15, 2022
    5
    Such an overated game. Yes the story is awesome, but this game does not deserve all the hype it got over time..
  26. ArkadyWeis
    Nov 2, 2018
    5
    Это странная игра. В ней нет музыки, нет песен, нет героизма, нет настоящего увлекательного экшена. Главный герой двигается очень медленно. Все происходит очень медленно. Мало что цепляет. Не самая лучшая картинка и ощущение открытого мира (пространство слабо ощущается). Такое впечатление, что игру заранее готовили под онлайн, под медленный онлайн. Я ожидал накала страстей, диких квестов,Это странная игра. В ней нет музыки, нет песен, нет героизма, нет настоящего увлекательного экшена. Главный герой двигается очень медленно. Все происходит очень медленно. Мало что цепляет. Не самая лучшая картинка и ощущение открытого мира (пространство слабо ощущается). Такое впечатление, что игру заранее готовили под онлайн, под медленный онлайн. Я ожидал накала страстей, диких квестов, ярких персонажей, а пока что все очень ровно и лениво. Наверное у кто-то знает, почему все так)… Expand
  27. Scottkaiser
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Feels like a yearly update instead of a game that was anticipated for years. The controls are sluggish, the facial animation is directly from 2008 and the gunplay is nightmarish. But it looks nice, has a good soundtrack and tons of bland sidequests. And the story seems kinda nice but I am not yet finished. The Rockstar-Formula for Open World Games wasn't good in GTA IV and has hardlyFeels like a yearly update instead of a game that was anticipated for years. The controls are sluggish, the facial animation is directly from 2008 and the gunplay is nightmarish. But it looks nice, has a good soundtrack and tons of bland sidequests. And the story seems kinda nice but I am not yet finished. The Rockstar-Formula for Open World Games wasn't good in GTA IV and has hardly improved since then. The game isn't bad but doesn't justify the hype at all.
    All the other recent overhyped titles like God of War, Breath of the Wild, Spiderman were criticized for numerous shortcomings but at least they played well. Here? Criticism seems forbidden. Critics who pan it will probably get death threats again. You get the feeling that instead of using their crunch time to polish the game Rockstar bribed critics and installed bots in major boards so it looks favorable. Time that could have been used to make the game an actual improvement and fun to play.    … Expand
  28. Saltycracker
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    The story telling of the game is top notch and the atmosphere is great, but I bought this game after sinking tons of time into the original Red Dead so that was expected. What was not expected was just how completely awful the controls and mechanics of this game are. The gun fighting felt clunky and underdeveloped, gunfights without cover are pointless because the enemies demolish you,The story telling of the game is top notch and the atmosphere is great, but I bought this game after sinking tons of time into the original Red Dead so that was expected. What was not expected was just how completely awful the controls and mechanics of this game are. The gun fighting felt clunky and underdeveloped, gunfights without cover are pointless because the enemies demolish you, NPC's start fights with you and shoot if you accidentally get in their way on the road, the main character needs to play fetch and do chores after every mission, and the home camp is apparently completely incapable of doing anything for themselves. The worst part is that I will bet the cost of the game that once online comes out single player won't get a single update to fix the clear and present issues. As is, this game deserves nowhere near a 97 rating and it is pretty clear how and why it is getting that kind of rating.… Expand
  29. maximumoverdriv
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Too much hype for this one, but understandably so considering Rockstar's track record.
    There is nothing in this game that can save it from the really slow and all around bad gun/gameplay.
    I don't get it how big studios like Rockstar can screw up the most important part of a game, but I guess in this day and age it doesn't matter to people that much as long as the game looks good. When    Too much hype for this one, but understandably so considering Rockstar's track record.
    There is nothing in this game that can save it from the really slow and all around bad gun/gameplay.
    I don't get it how big studios like Rockstar can screw up the most important part of a game, but I guess in this day and age it doesn't matter to people that much as long as the game looks good.
    When you compare the gameplay to likes of God of War or Horizon Zero Dawn it's like night and day.
    To me the gameplay is the most important part of a game, everything else comes after.
    If I'm not having fun with the controls and gameplay it's game over.
    But don't get me wrong, RDR2 is probably the best looking game I've ever played,
    running through the night with only a lantern on your back and the moon bursting behind the clouds to light your way is surely a sight to be seen, but having said that; the facial animations are really not on par with the otherwise good looking details of the game.
    Another really negative thing is the pacing of the game which really drags on and on and on and on.
    All in all; if you can get over the slow and bad gameplay and the slow story progress buy it, if not, well go play something else like God of War.    … Expand
  30. JDS2010
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Few hrs in & the game just feels boring. It tries to be as realistic as possible with keeping tabs on my weapons, my horse, eating etc it just feels like a chore. Atm the hunting portion is the only thing I like. I hope it gets better.
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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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