Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5168 Ratings

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  1. khain
    Oct 31, 2018
    3
    Fantastic atmosphere and visuals, great voice acting and generally an impressive technical achievement.

    As for the rest, clunky gameplay with some bizarre ergonomic choices, and a game that represents the pinnacle of what Rockstar have been creating for years : an excessively scripted experience where choices and consequences don't seem to matter. You will be given the freedom to go    Fantastic atmosphere and visuals, great voice acting and generally an impressive technical achievement.

    As for the rest, clunky gameplay with some bizarre ergonomic choices, and a game that represents the pinnacle of what Rockstar have been creating for years : an excessively scripted experience where choices and consequences don't seem to matter. You will be given the freedom to go anywhere and kill anyone, but god forbid you want to approach a mission in a different manner than what's been planned.

    I've been reading in places that things get better later in the game in that regard. That's nice. Maybe Season 12 of the Knight Rider remake will be awesome.

    Add to that the classic Rockstar things that always irk me such as locking content behind certain missions or steps of the storyline, and at no point do I feel like I'm able to play the game the way I want. I'm being forced to follow a very particular sequence of events and every situation must play out in a very particular way.

    Just not my thing - it just amounts to a very frustrating experience as far as I'm concerned. I can understand the praise, though.    … Expand
  2. PokerStar
    Nov 2, 2018
    3
    Disappointing. Like most of us I think the hype and anticipation and clever gameplay trailers Rockstar released and overwhelming positive critic reviews led me to buying this the second it was released but the user reviews tell the real story. This is a game that promised so much and I really really want to love it. If I’d written a review in the first day I would have given it a 10 butDisappointing. Like most of us I think the hype and anticipation and clever gameplay trailers Rockstar released and overwhelming positive critic reviews led me to buying this the second it was released but the user reviews tell the real story. This is a game that promised so much and I really really want to love it. If I’d written a review in the first day I would have given it a 10 but now, about a third of the way through I give it a 3. It is beautiful to look at and things one cinematic camera mode are great - to begin with. But the gameplay and controls are a massive let down. I kidded myself that it would take a bit of time to get used to and whilst that’s true it doesn’t mean it isn’t a poor experience overall. Gunplqy is clunky. Searching and looting slow and clunky. You have to hold a button for a second each time. Should be an option to skip the animation and just loot. And if it’s about realism then who loots a drawer in a robbery slowly and takes one item out at a time? Arthur can’t move quickly in combat situations, take cover quickly and basically react like a controllable character some of the time. Most of the hyped interactions with NPCs are boring hello and goodbye situations or antagonise and fight situations often where the NPC starts the fight because you said the wrong thing twice or walked into them but you end up either dead or wanted for a crime after beating them up. The controls are all over the place so sometimes I ended up shooting someone by accident. In fact a lot of the time you’re doing the wrong thing because Arthur isn’t standing in exactly the precise right spot. Overall it feels like an interactive movie where you get to push buttons to make some decisions and to move the story along rather than a video game. I like open world games and Zelda: BotW, Assassins Creed Odyssey, even Far Cry 5, have been much more fun to play for me in the last 12 months.… Expand
  3. cwisnom
    Nov 2, 2018
    4
    The game may be expansive, ambitious, and artistic, but it is also a joyless slog to play through. The number of cut-scenes (admittedly de riegeur these days, and the least glaring of its errors), "gameplay' consisting of walking with a companion (on foot or horse) for long periods of time while they talk, or other similarly uninspired activities, there is almost no FUN to be had playingThe game may be expansive, ambitious, and artistic, but it is also a joyless slog to play through. The number of cut-scenes (admittedly de riegeur these days, and the least glaring of its errors), "gameplay' consisting of walking with a companion (on foot or horse) for long periods of time while they talk, or other similarly uninspired activities, there is almost no FUN to be had playing the game.
    The rare moments of actual action, or even basic navigation, yield controls that feel mawkish and awkward, even compared to the game's 8 year old predecessor., and light years behind the standards set in current AAA tittles, giving you the feeling that even getting to the sweet spots of the game won't be fun. Add to that a system of "cores" and stats that seem far overcomplicated, especially for this type of an action game.

    I'm left giving up after 5 or 6 hours, not from any frustration but with the overwhelming sense that this is not an enjoyable activity, while RDR1 was ridiculously fun to play.

    One is left with the feeling that Rockstar was overwhelming intoxicated with their great artistic vision, and somewhat condescending to gamers that they should sit back and enjoy their incredible tale. Truth be told, even the story and the conversation isn't particularly impressive, and you can't even garner much interest or empathy for any of the characters from even a narrative perspective.

    For a game with such universally stratospheric critical scores, it seems that professionals are ignoring that simple, visceral sense of fun, whether it's a shooting action sequence or even an enjoyable way to stroll around or ride your horse. All I can say as a user is there was no joy or fun from playing this game, and that's really unusual with the typical high quality games we get today.    … Expand
  4. 4DaLulz
    Nov 4, 2018
    4
    Red Dead Redemption 2 is a beautiful looking game, supported by clunky controls and a slow paced story that will ultimately not keep you playing.

    It looks absolutely amazing in the GFX department and the sound direction is almost flawless but again the chunkiness let's it all down. 4/10
  5. Kraenee
    Nov 10, 2018
    4
    Why not such a great rating? The world is Amazing, immersive and an absolute masterpiece. The acting is incredible and the story line is interesting. All of this doesn't matter however when the controls are equally horrible. The character actions are not smooth like pretty much any game out there and definitely not as smooth as AC odyssey. This ruins the immersion of this beautiful game.Why not such a great rating? The world is Amazing, immersive and an absolute masterpiece. The acting is incredible and the story line is interesting. All of this doesn't matter however when the controls are equally horrible. The character actions are not smooth like pretty much any game out there and definitely not as smooth as AC odyssey. This ruins the immersion of this beautiful game. Much of the time you will feel frustrated because of the clunkyness of the controls especially during action scenes. It's almost like you feel disconnected from the avatar. The Avatar is also slow as in it's like playing a 70 year old man. Because Rockstar can't seem to get it together with controls and clunkyness of their game's characters so this will not be fixed anytime soon if ever. What's worse is they don't allow the player to fully customize the controls themselves and reassign the buttons. Deadeye requires to push both sticks in but the problem is you could find yourself crouching as well because the left stick pushed in is also the crouch... The movement stick is good for walking forward but not running because you have to push a button for that... the LB is used for taking out your gun but it's also used for inventory wheel so you can accidentally pull out your gun on people.. the whole scheme is just horrible and I quit playing after 40 hours. Also your Avatar grows hair faster than Big Foot and it seems the overall time in the game could be slowed down by double of what it is. I tried fishing, hunting, robbing some of the wonderful story line and is great but I just got tired of the BS controls ripping me out of the immersion and went back to AC odyssey that is actually fun to play. I think rock star really messed this up and it's sad. It would have rated this a 9 but the controls are what we use to interact with the game and should be considered the foundation of the user end experience not an after thought. It would be like getting a Lamborghini and finding out the brake peddle is for the dome light, the steering wheel controls the mirrors and so on... still an amazing car but...… Expand
  6. Trash2Live
    Nov 6, 2018
    4
    The game looks great but after 20 hours of gameplay I'm done. Everything about this game feels tedious with the same RS clunky controls they've been using since GTA3. This game is great if you were looking for a solid hunting simulator but it's incredibly low on fun and action.
  7. Mackero
    Nov 26, 2018
    3
    Rockstar have only shipped 1/2 the game so I can only give a max of 5/10.

    Losses 1/2 a point for the grind that gets in the way of playing the game - brush you horse, shave your face, remember to sleep and eat. Losses another 1/2 for the significant AI bugs that prevent progress on some missions, and in some cases result in in forced fail. (Also very poor service from Rockstar not to    Rockstar have only shipped 1/2 the game so I can only give a max of 5/10.

    Losses 1/2 a point for the grind that gets in the way of playing the game - brush you horse, shave your face, remember to sleep and eat.
    Losses another 1/2 for the significant AI bugs that prevent progress on some missions, and in some cases result in in forced fail. (Also very poor service from Rockstar not to have patched these yet).
    Final mark off, for Rockstar one shot killing my horse and stealing all my money as part of the story.    … Expand
  8. Robman181
    Nov 5, 2018
    4
    This game is beautiful, organized, and offers amazing storytelling. It’s also boring, clunky and overrated.
  9. skaz001
    Nov 30, 2018
    2
    Very, very tedious. Poor combat system. The whole premise, which if you played the first installment (which is a better story and combat system) is to wander around the wilderness looking fish and hunting for bears.
  10. Ave_Fenix
    Nov 7, 2018
    4
    Overrated ...... Overrated
    There are better games out there I don't understand how God Of War has 94 and this game 97 seriously.
  11. Sto108
    Oct 30, 2018
    4
    Игра очень сырая, во многих местах лагает, баги просто ужас. Графика вроде и фпнтастическая но парой очень плохая. Бесит непонятная прокачка лагеря. Где Русский язык, и мне пофигу на политику rock star , а как 1с обосрасиль это же прото феноминально досих пор нельзя купить физическую версию.Игра очень сырая, во многих местах лагает, баги просто ужас. Графика вроде и фпнтастическая но парой очень плохая. Бесит непонятная прокачка лагеря. Где Русский язык, и мне пофигу на политику rock star , а как 1с обосрасиль это же прото феноминально досих пор нельзя купить физическую версию.
  12. TixyLix
    Nov 1, 2018
    4
    Crap combat, crap controls, crap story, really slow and boring, the world is pretty barren and every story mission is about shooting waves of enemies...

    RDR2 sucks.
  13. Tsuhong
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    Management on consoles causes sadness, changing day and night is very bad. after 6-8 hours of play it gets boring :(
  14. Nattyboy
    Oct 29, 2018
    1
    I honestly loved the first one and couldn’t wait for RDR2 but I could barely get past the tutorial without turning it off. I then completed chapter 1 and moved on and I can honestly say it doesn’t get ANY better.
    It stays the same pace, from walking, talking, horse riding is god aweful I’m sorry but I don’t like games where I’m mashing the A button for 10 minutes straight just to get to    I honestly loved the first one and couldn’t wait for RDR2 but I could barely get past the tutorial without turning it off. I then completed chapter 1 and moved on and I can honestly say it doesn’t get ANY better.
    It stays the same pace, from walking, talking, horse riding is god aweful I’m sorry but I don’t like games where I’m mashing the A button for 10 minutes straight just to get to my quest, then when your at the quest you have to ride 10 minutes more. I just want to shoot people and move onto the next mission. Oh and the sheep herding mission. REALLY I almost shot all my sheep before herding them into town just to make it more fun.

    The bounty system is also terrible I went broke just to keep playing mission without getting killed instantly I mean the game is a terrible version of rpg.    … Expand
  15. garviand
    Oct 29, 2018
    1
    No amount of story and graphics can make up for clunky mechanics and boring gameplay. Instead of playing this game, watch an 80-hour cowboy movie.
  16. Xavilin
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    El doblaje a sido el motivo que no lo quiero ,paso de leer parrafadas y perderme escenas de accion.
    Un juego de 10 tiene que gustar a todo el mundo
  17. Stinky_Winky
    Oct 26, 2018
    4
    The star of the show here is the open world itself. Everything else is just so mundane, tedious and boring. The game world itself is another technical marvel from Rockstar. The world is packed full of neat attention to detail. But that's pretty much all it has going for it. Every game has a tutorial level. Tutorial levels usually last 5 to 10 minutes and then you get stuck into the actualThe star of the show here is the open world itself. Everything else is just so mundane, tedious and boring. The game world itself is another technical marvel from Rockstar. The world is packed full of neat attention to detail. But that's pretty much all it has going for it. Every game has a tutorial level. Tutorial levels usually last 5 to 10 minutes and then you get stuck into the actual game. Well, in Red Dead 2 the tutorial level is 2 and a half to 3 hours long. So it takes forever to get going. And when you do finally get going its pretty boring stuff. Travel from point A to point B do something like kill some baddies, repeat. But when you go from playing Grand Theft Auto V and having thousands of vehicles to travel across the map in, to all of a sudden being given a horse, and only a horse, it is very tedious. You spend most of the time tapping the sprint button zoning out waiting to get to the next objective. The objectives are the same as always. And get this, if you don't build up a relationship with your horse it won't run as good as it can, it will slow down and won't be as loyal. You have to care for your horse by brushing and cleaning it and feeding it etc. It's a Tamagochi! You even have to take care of your character by having a candle lit bubble bath and shaving. I can't even be bothered to shave in real life let alone worry about shaving a virtual pixelated character. Outside of the slow burning story of running from point A to point B shooting some baddies and repeat. They have tried to pack the world out with filler items like mini games. You can play cards, a knife game where you put your hand on the table and try stab between your fingers with a knife, go hunting and hunt animals and skin them, or go see and show etc. These filler mini games are the equivalent or arm wrestling, tennis, golf and going to the cinema in Grand Theft Auto V. And let's be honest, how many times did we do those things? Options are nice to have don't get me wrong, but Rockstar's mini games aren't what keep us playing their games is it. Graphics wise it isn't much better than Grand Theft Auto V. It has HDR support but the only thing that really stands out is things like street lamps in the night. I'm playing on a 65" 4K HDR Premium TV btw. I've played the game on Xbox One X and the standard Xbox One. The Xbox One X is native 4K and looks like quite good. Not the sharpest 4K game i've ever seen, but not the worst. It looks pretty dreadful on the standard Xbox One. Very blurry and fuzzy. Both version suffer poor performance. Both versions stutter slow down and drop down to as low as 22fps, even the Xbox One X. So both versions can get pretty choppy. The story is also pretty boring. It's just so slow and takes hours to get going. Then when it does get going its nothing special and nothing we haven't seen before in movies.… Expand
  18. Sipuli69
    Oct 26, 2018
    4
    Stable 21 fps for that true cinematic experience. GTA V with horses, so nothing new, basically played this game for few hundred hours few years ago, but hey, at least horse testicles got a lot of attention in the studios, so that's what matters.
  19. Cheesie_Wotsit
    Oct 26, 2018
    3
    Grand Theft Auto V DLC mixed in with Assassins Creed 3. That's what i've gotten from this after 10 hours of play. Won't bother finishing it as i'm bored now. Too grindy and not much going on other than the usual stuff that we've already played in a Rockstar game a million times over already. Runs poorly with bad frame rate dips and clunky controls.
  20. Grubleguri
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    This is so pretty. Can say anything on graphics.

    On menus, layout, missions, linearity and moving of character its very bad. If you have played AC Odyssey, Just Cause, Fallout or Farcry you will notice a big difference in how smooth and easy the character moves in those games compared to this. Its clumsy/clunky and incredible slow. im sitting reading online while moving joystick up    This is so pretty. Can say anything on graphics.

    On menus, layout, missions, linearity and moving of character its very bad.

    If you have played AC Odyssey, Just Cause, Fallout or Farcry you will notice a big difference in how smooth and easy the character moves in those games compared to this. Its clumsy/clunky and incredible slow. im sitting reading online while moving joystick up waiting for character to get to its target. There is so much "overriding" by developer that it doesnt feel like Im playing a game but following a very detailed and scripted first day of school..... Press that button, go to excactly that spot, mount horse, get off horse, follow X, carry X.......

    It took 6 hours before I could do something close to freeroam/sandbox and even then, after 6 hours tutorial, the missions are full of following someone in slowest speed possible and cutscenes.

    No good overview over missions and no idea what you are doing in fistfights. The buttoncommands change so in a fight your sitting watching bottom left of screen to see what button they want you to push.

    Menusystem is from the 90s and its not thought through very well. You pause the game 50 times an hour to eat, drink fix weapon and its not very smooth.
    Cant say i ever have played a game that was this tedious and annoyingly slow....

    Played a few hours more and it only gets worse. If its not enough follow people in general, the missions are full of this following with controls from hell.
    The best part is that you normally have to press aimbutton several times before game reacts.
    Surprisingly bad game that spent millions on marketing and people think this is good because they see ads all over the place. Sheeps.    … Expand
  21. SwordRPG
    Oct 26, 2018
    2
    Bad open world, bad loot system, bad game.. Drops under 28 FPS When will this ridiculousness end?
  22. Interpol_kun
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    The first RDR wasn't a good game, and it's successor has the same flaws and problems.

    First of all open world is bland and empty. Yes, it made as a decoration for your riding from mission to mission. And yes, the game has gorgeous views, but it just so shallow that the graphics can't make it better. Empty world, lack of exploring and feeling of the artificial world. Even GTA 5 feels    The first RDR wasn't a good game, and it's successor has the same flaws and problems.

    First of all open world is bland and empty. Yes, it made as a decoration for your riding from mission to mission. And yes, the game has gorgeous views, but it just so shallow that the graphics can't make it better. Empty world, lack of exploring and feeling of the artificial world. Even GTA 5 feels more alive.

    Second, the overall Rockstar's problem: you need only a few hours to experience almost everything in the game. It has no deep progression and after a few hours you will start thinking "Why am I doing the same things over and over?".

    Third, realism doesn't matter. It's just made for nothing. You can starve and stop caring about all of your bars, and it will slightly affect your gameplay.

    Fourth, the NPC behaviour is not as good as it was promoted. It's the same fake as it was with the "new revolutionary Skyrim system". Just a shame because it's not a big difference between the last GTA.

    I can honestly say that the game has a fake promotion campaign altogether with media overhype. Yes, Rockstar is a big studio, but it shouldn't be the primary reason to give the game such high ratings.    … Expand
  23. TheSituation
    Oct 26, 2018
    1
    GTA 5 + COWBOYS + Horses + 4K= RDR2
    Sincerely expected more
    Feels I'm playing a GTA 5 DLC with 4k and mod of horses and Cowboys
    Some are fooled with the HYPE and put a high rating.
    I'm not, this game is a mod of GTA 5 that simple.
    The game will bore two months for sure.
  24. sentetic
    Oct 26, 2018
    1
    I am disappointed this game. Rockstar make again same game. I wanna new gameplay
  25. Loginwhy
    Nov 27, 2018
    4
    This is the last Rockstar game I will purchase.

    I've had most of the rest of their games, and now fatefully RDR v1.2. The pent-up demand is what sold this game, NOT THE CONTROLS. The controls are horrendous. Simply horrendous. It's as if they did zero tuning/updating to the main core mechanics of movement/item pickup/weapon aiming or prior R* games and simply bolted on additional    This is the last Rockstar game I will purchase.

    I've had most of the rest of their games, and now fatefully RDR v1.2. The pent-up demand is what sold this game, NOT THE CONTROLS. The controls are horrendous. Simply horrendous. It's as if they did zero tuning/updating to the main core mechanics of movement/item pickup/weapon aiming or prior R* games and simply bolted on additional convoluted controls. Want to pick something up? Look around in a circle and walk back and forth and then maybe. Not always, for sure, but sometimes it is simply maddening. Even the controller scheme reference in the settings menu is irritating as it flashes between schemes/scenarios way too fast to make a mental snapshot.

    Want to play poker, dominoes, or any other mini game? Be prepared to sit through repetitive time-consuming animations that suck the joy out of the process. I question if I expect too much detail in the scripted actions shown, and the answer is decidedly mixed. Some actions are highly detailed, others not so much - when it seems they could have been easily. The graphics of the physical world are great and plentiful, and with a variety unmatched by other open worlds. But - we play games for the fun and interaction. The controls spoil everything.

    Want to start the next mission? Of course is in two towns over and requires riding there. Realism? Definitely. Belong in a game? No - it's just sooo boring and repetitive. Of course you can use Cinematic Mode, but you WILL be attacked along the way, and if your destination is a town, you can bet your horse will run into someone and get you a bounty needlessly, which in turn will lock down anything you wanted to do in that town until you pay off said bounty. That is if Cinematic Mode actually takes you to where you set your waypoint and not somewhere entirely different...

    When following a NPC and avoiding detection/danger (which you will do A LOT), it is not always clear what the next action or location is to be as everything is scripted up to exactly where you have to walk to trigger the next process, which leads to replaying (at least there is finally a way to replay shorter sections/checkpoints of a mission or the ability to skip completely after three failures - a nice touch!). However, the score criteria on missions is unknown until you have completed the mission, giving you little chance to get a gold rating without playing through in its entirety at least twice.

    And then there is saving your progress. Why is it saving is not allowed most of the time in this game? Some of these missions are so scripted (and boring!) that the inability to save is almost criminal. The Epilogue starts off being comprised of doing the most mundane and boring tasks that take forever and ever - and you can't quit because you can't save! It will finally autos save, but there is a caveat with that if you choose to load a prior point in the game and it prompts you to Autosave: if you allow the save it overwrites what you want to keep, and if you turn off the Autosave feature it will delete your last autosave anyway! Maddening!

    Camera auto-leveling: Why, oh why, can't I dictate where my camera is pointing and when? Automatically resetting my view is a constant battle, and most FPS games moved past several years ago!

    I realize this is a rambling review... There is just so many things wrong with this game that ruins what could have been a masterpiece - that I keep going back and adding sections to this diatribe. RDR2 Online is available to play (in beta) starting today. Don't care. There are other games to play that are actually fun.

    One last parting thought: Ever wonder why some games are rated as excellent by the critics, but the user reviews are much more lackluster? Reeks of fanboy/financial incentives...?    … Expand
  26. Dnslx
    Jan 6, 2019
    4
    A good, but not excellent looking pseudo open world game, that has a poor game play and very bad control scheme. The degree of details is sometimes unbelievable. Also unbelievable is why the developers didn't put the effort in designing at least a playable control scheme.

    I very often had the feeling that I am playing a re-skin of GTA V - this game is nearly 6 years old! There were    A good, but not excellent looking pseudo open world game, that has a poor game play and very bad control scheme. The degree of details is sometimes unbelievable. Also unbelievable is why the developers didn't put the effort in designing at least a playable control scheme.

    I very often had the feeling that I am playing a re-skin of GTA V - this game is nearly 6 years old! There were games around 2000 that had better game play. The beautiful looking world does not respond or interact to players actions. Most of the time the player feels like the environment just there to look good. Weather does not have any effect on the players actions. Everyone who played games like Zelda BOTW knows what it means, if it is raining and you are trying to make fire. What about moving slower in snow? In RDR2 the weather does not have ANY effect on the environment.

    Also the realism is a big problem in this game. Every review addresses the realism as the best part of this game and I think it is not. There are many situations were the realism is very close to reality, but the problem with too much realism is that you get very sensitive for things that do not act like in reality. There are several examples for this: riding on your horse for some time will make Arthur stow his guns in the saddle. Now if you jump of the horse you will instantly have your guns on the back again, but if you get into a gun fight while you are riding and you jump of the horse, you have to pick up all your weapons by your self!!! Another thing for example is that if you go to the receiver at emerald ranch to sell you plundered stuff in the night, he will stand in its shop but the interaction menu tells you you have to wait until tomorrow to be able to sell things... why is he even in his shop when he does not buy things from you????

    I don't want to get too much into detail here since everything is already mentioned in the other reviews. In my opinion this game is no that innovative as it is presented by Rockstar and the bigger review websites. Most of the game is very retrogressive. For each mechanic in this game there are other games that do those mechanics way better! It is too slow, too time consuming and in no means rewarding for the spend time.    … Expand
  27. gentlebenno
    Nov 26, 2018
    4
    This game is probably the most disappointing since Mass Effect Andromeda. It's astonishing how this game is rated as a 97. I mean, not ALL the critics could have been bought off by Rockstar. I think it's because of the overall quality of games in 2018. Go ahead and look up the top five rated games of 2018, and then contemplate the future death of console gaming. So if you're a critic,This game is probably the most disappointing since Mass Effect Andromeda. It's astonishing how this game is rated as a 97. I mean, not ALL the critics could have been bought off by Rockstar. I think it's because of the overall quality of games in 2018. Go ahead and look up the top five rated games of 2018, and then contemplate the future death of console gaming. So if you're a critic, I mean you have to give at least one game each year a 9 or 10, right? I guess? After all, the game does LOOK great, doesn't it?

    Rockstar seems to have banked on two themes to make this game a success. 1) Make the game look exceptional (and after all, the game does LOOK great). 2) Up the violence and mayhem to the point where you the player murder/rob/beat/terrorize so many innocent people it makes you feel like a card carrying member of the Waffen SS (for Rockstar, FYI, that's not a good thing).

    That's about it. They ignored everything else and it shows.

    I knew something was deeply wrong with this game after I got done with the five hour intro/tutorial and I realized I didn't care about anything. The game does LOOK great after all. The combat is a lot of fun and at times even electric. But in general, I don't, like, FEEL anything while playing this game. The characters all are bland, cookie cutter, uninteresting blobs. The story reads like a five year old's choose your own adventure drawing of the Old West.

    You don't get to make actual decisions that impact the plot / scope of the game. You're a complete spectator in somebody else's game script. The bounty system is asinine. You can kill 20 lawmen, go pay your own bounty that same day in the same city, and then walk around and converse with cops that same day and even though they acknowledge they hate you, nothing happens. Okay, it's a video game, but is this the level of acceptable reality Rockstar was aiming for in an open world game that's supposed to be so realistic you have to remember to brush your horse?

    Between the lack of player agency, the bounty system, and the constant button mashing, it's like Rockstar made a game that looks like it's 2018, but with all the game mechanics and weak story for something made in 2004. It's baffling that they still think this level of overall quality is acceptable for a AAA game. And they'll still probably made a criminal amount of money anyways. So what do I know.

    After a while I only kept playing this game because I paid full price and wanted to feel like I'd gotten my money's worth. If I'd paid like $20 for this game I'd likely have put it down after about 15 hours and never played it again. At times the game is barely playable. Definitely would not recommend it to anybody.    … Expand
  28. hbomb1970
    Jan 4, 2019
    2
    One of, if not the most, boring games I have ever played. 90% of it is watching the game and not playing it. And when you are playing it, it's mostly a horse riding simulator. I cannot fathom why so many people love this game. The graphics are amazing. Beyond that it sucks rocks.
  29. Danthrax07
    Apr 22, 2019
    0
    This game is the definition of "tedious". It's a huge let down from the first and not fun to play. The only reason people like it is because they are excited about the developer, Rockstar. Which is understandable since they are the makers of GTA. This game is so overhyped it's unreal. It's not worth your time. Boring.
  30. pomperi
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    This game is nothing more than a boring movie. Clumsy controls with stupid button combos. The game does not create a sense of freedom.
  31. toolander
    Dec 9, 2018
    4
    I waited for this game for 8 years. And not like passively waiting, but actively waiting. Checking at least once a month if there were any news. That’s how much I loved RDR, which was a gloriuos game where the story was great, shooting was fun, doing chores and helping strangers was fun as well. Lots of great memories. It was the perfect mix between fun and reality. This game, however, isI waited for this game for 8 years. And not like passively waiting, but actively waiting. Checking at least once a month if there were any news. That’s how much I loved RDR, which was a gloriuos game where the story was great, shooting was fun, doing chores and helping strangers was fun as well. Lots of great memories. It was the perfect mix between fun and reality. This game, however, is all reality and no fun. You spend most of your time doing chores. Everything is overly complicated, which would be fine if you weren’t limited by the controls, so you end up shooting someone instead of saying hello. Just bringing up your weapon requires planning, and the characters movement are very difficult to control. The story is insanely boring, missions are planned out from start to finish so you feel like you might as well watch a movie. I think the main problem is that Rockstar have stopped making fun games, they’ve substituted fun for realism. The games are now trying to be smart, but end up being just boring. This applies to the GTA series as well, which hasn’t been fun to play since GTA:SA. And let’s face it, RDR was always just GTA in the wild west. In GTA III, the main character couldn’t even speak! Compare that with this game, which is all a bunch of useless dialogue. You feel like you’re watching a crappy movie, with plain characters.… Expand
  32. chazzy2501
    Dec 5, 2018
    4
    This game lacks fun, there is no mischief at all, it takes itself so seriously. A tedious slow walk of handholding that never picks up the pace. I don't care who shot who, I didn't see it, I didn't know them, I don't care. Right now I'd rather shoot you, strip naked, get drunk and argue with a horse.

    So far, go here click the thing, no click and hold the thing, take only that thing,    This game lacks fun, there is no mischief at all, it takes itself so seriously. A tedious slow walk of handholding that never picks up the pace. I don't care who shot who, I didn't see it, I didn't know them, I don't care. Right now I'd rather shoot you, strip naked, get drunk and argue with a horse.

    So far, go here click the thing, no click and hold the thing, take only that thing, go here, slowly or crouch slowly. You can go anywhere as long as it within 10 feet of the hidden rails.

    I'm an hour in and playing on rails is not fun. Shoot that small blurry person over there, not that one. Getting hit, who knows where that came from? (slow look left , then boat turn right) who is that? Is that grizzly rifle toting person my guy or their guy? Who knows? Ooops guess it was mine, start again with the walking simulator. .

    Wow time to make a decision here is 2 AND ONLY 2. slow walk to guy a or b no hint as to what either will do so really it's flip a coin. An open world game with linear paths and binary choices. wow, just wow.    … Expand
  33. Russkiy_Hockage
    Nov 29, 2018
    1
    Where to begin...
    Firstly, the game is terribly boring.
    Secondly, the game is sooooo stretched.
    Third, disgusting optimization.
    And what kind of discrimination, why the Ultimate Publishers get the beta test before those who bought the regular edition.
    GTA 5 I have forgiven, but this was the last drop. This is the last game I bought from Rockstar.
  34. waffle247
    Feb 16, 2019
    0
    With it's horrible controls & slow gameplay it feels like you're playing through mud. The missions are all on rails & the story is just there to frustrate the player. This was a completely awful experience from start to the very finish, or at least until the middle of chapter 6 which is all I could stomach of this. The NPCs are unlovable, peppered with the usual Rockstar profanity &With it's horrible controls & slow gameplay it feels like you're playing through mud. The missions are all on rails & the story is just there to frustrate the player. This was a completely awful experience from start to the very finish, or at least until the middle of chapter 6 which is all I could stomach of this. The NPCs are unlovable, peppered with the usual Rockstar profanity & disdain for any kind of civil behaviour. Every plot point is off kilter, every story is at odds with the "player 1 is a hero" ideal. If you try to do the evil play through you will find it equally jarring as there are forced points of "being the hero" moments.

    I'm giving it a 2 instead of a 0 simply because the graphics are very pretty at times however there are plenty of glitch moments that highlight how little work went into polishing this horse turd. If you've managed to avoid it so far, keep going. I was unable to complete the last chapter as it was so annoying to play.

    If I ran Rockstar I would, genuinely not just trying to start an argument or annoy people, review the work put in by all the people who made this & ask them some serious questions about their future at the company. I feel like this game was designed to destroy Rockstar's reputation & annoy their audience. Honestly I'm very disappointed & saddened by how this game turned out. I would also analyse the so called "professional critics" reviews & ask many of them if they actually played the game as giving this game more than 70% raises a lot of questions about how they rate games.    … Expand
  35. Gargantula
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    I must say, to put this game above let's say Witcher 3 or last Dragon Age is beyond me.

    Sure the game looks great, but the story is boring and linear as hell, the controls clunky, it is one of the least open "open world games" I played.

    Very dissapointed, the game still deserves 5/10 but I have it 0 because it definitely doesn't deserve 9.7
  36. Timur92
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    Game had dumb design choices that seem to be made by someone with a mental dissability, like the bounty system and saving. Missions cannot be canceled, autosave is terrible. Expect tons of bugs as well.
  37. djball
    Mar 10, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Big beautiful world, incredible lighting, smooth acting, solid story, 8/10. Then you realize..... seriously GOD AWFUL slow motion game play, broken controls, broken inventory, and utterly USELESS rpg elements. Next you're gonna ride a LOT of horse, that is actually NO FUN TO RIDE at all! The controls are horrible, I mean horrible tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap! Then you're gonna ride that broken horse long distance for stupid fetch/kill missions. Maybe you will search Orchids for 7 days, wow awesome hat to go with that fancy useless revolver. You can't even drop crappy weapons from your inventory, so they just clog up that frigging clumsy wheel. Simply ridiculous on so many levels for such an expensive production. Game play 0/10… Expand
  38. drj_062290
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    I created a profile here just to give my two cents about RDR 2. In one word - disappointing! From a visual/graphics standpoint, it's stunning and extremely well done but unfortunately, that is the only positive thing I can say. There was a lot of care and craftsmanship put into building the world. I wish I could say the same about the actual gameplay!

    I got midway into chapter 2 and    I created a profile here just to give my two cents about RDR 2. In one word - disappointing! From a visual/graphics standpoint, it's stunning and extremely well done but unfortunately, that is the only positive thing I can say. There was a lot of care and craftsmanship put into building the world. I wish I could say the same about the actual gameplay!

    I got midway into chapter 2 and stopped playing because I found the gameplay and storyline very boring; it gets off to a slow start and continues at a snail's place. Now, slow doesn't necessarily mean bad if the story and/or characters are engaging, but I personally didn't find the story or characters captivating at all, which makes the game fall flat on its face. Characters are blah and the story is repetitive at best.

    The controls are clunky and there's such an emphasis on replicating real life, that playing the game becomes a chore - seems like a common thing I've read in other reviews here and it is 100% true. You have to feed and groom your horse constantly or it will lose health. You have to wear the appropriate clothing for the weather or you lose health. And those are just a few examples. While true to life, those details add no substance to the game and honestly make it less fun. Hunting is cumbersome, and not worth it considering how tedious it is (ex: you can only use certain weapons to kill certain animals or you destroy the meat), and how little money you make. And the little money you come across early in the game, you're supposed to give to the camp.

    The inventory/weapons management system is confusing. Actual combat and gunplay - which I was really looking forward to - were probably the biggest letdown of all. My biggest criticism regarding combat is that it's overly complicated, not straightforward. I found myself hesitant to commit crimes and actually have fun in the game because I was forewarned that the bounty system sucks, frankly. Once there's a bounty, it doesn't go away until paid off, which wouldn't be so bad except that money is hard to come by.

    I was really pumped about this game and I found myself disappointed. Maybe at some point when I have nothing better to do (and no better games to play), I'll give it another shot and try to force myself through the story to see if it gets better. To be fair, I am only on chapter 2. But the fact that I'm saying that means that RDR 2 massively undelivered, at least in my opinion.

    I had a friend who bought the game, only to return it a few weeks later because it was so disappointing. I am only keeping the game because I got it as a Christmas present and didn't spend my own money. There are definitely better games for the price. Wildly overhyped. Sadly, I don't recommend it.

    Not sure where all these 9/10 and 10/10 reviews are coming from because it's very flawed, far from perfect. Either those reviewers are drunk, or they played a different game.    … Expand
  39. SmashGames
    Nov 13, 2018
    1
    Look I'm going, to be honest, and not hop on the bandwagon, the game is simply boring. The graphics and voice acting are good but the story is so boring. The game forces you to grind way too much, like why do I need to brush my damn horse.
  40. Mcrifles
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    HORRIBLE controls, slow fps when gun fights start and now all the weapons that used to be accurate are ALL junk. it takes several shots to kill players with headshots from a not too far distant. you have to be at a rocks throw distance to kill players with a one head shot. when you are rifles distance away it now takes several shots. the ai's are stupid as hell, when you try to defend yourHORRIBLE controls, slow fps when gun fights start and now all the weapons that used to be accurate are ALL junk. it takes several shots to kill players with headshots from a not too far distant. you have to be at a rocks throw distance to kill players with a one head shot. when you are rifles distance away it now takes several shots. the ai's are stupid as hell, when you try to defend your self in the towns you end up becoming a criminal and when you try to clear out the gang hideouts sometimes you become the criminal if an AI escapes and tells the sherrif. the horses movements are extremly clumsy and when you call them they never come to you, you have to run half the map to reach your horse. this game is fastly moving towards a GTA wannabe, next thing they will add is flying carriges and overly explosives weapons. which they already did by adding the explosive bow and arrow. what a stupid thing to add especially when playing in a pvp match or a free for all map where spaces are limited or tight someone uses an explosive arrow and its not even a fun fight. its just stupid. the people making these games are obviously just implimenting the same crap that was added to the GTA series. What a waste of money. for some nice things, the games graphics are nice to see when you arent in a gun fight and the animals in the game act very cool. the rest of the game sucks… Expand
  41. talonps1
    Nov 24, 2018
    3
    Like everyone says, graphics and environment are stellar, very good but again like everyone else says, this game is boring; there is no getting around this fact. Eye rolling cut scenes you HAVE to endure because there is no skip, controls have not improved at all (like I'm playing Red Dead Redemption and if you're a fan like I am you'll notice this right away), constant losing items,Like everyone says, graphics and environment are stellar, very good but again like everyone else says, this game is boring; there is no getting around this fact. Eye rolling cut scenes you HAVE to endure because there is no skip, controls have not improved at all (like I'm playing Red Dead Redemption and if you're a fan like I am you'll notice this right away), constant losing items, forget trying to aim with 100 rabbits running around you taking your aim off your intended target, horse jumping for no reason or you just falling down and grunting because hey, why not huh?
    In short, price might be a few dollars more than the game is worth but the bottom end buy is kinda worth it. Now, a score of 3 reflects the fact this game is not complete. We've now entered the time big game studios will sell you a finished game (BF5, RDR2, etc) but it is not, where you buy on a promise of future release of portions of the game which translates, the consumer will be screwed more and more as time goes on.
    Save your money, wait for it to go bargain basement because it will. Maybe $35.99 is a fair price. In fact, join the growing voices that are not purchasing AAA titles anymore until the game makers (like EA Chief Creative Officer Patrick Söderlund called customers ignorant...and yet you still buy their game. How beta are you people?) stop screwing over their customers.
    Up to you. Look at the score...almost HALF of the reviews are RED.    … Expand
  42. Steve223
    Nov 1, 2018
    2
    Graphically and technically brilliant. Gameplay a chore fest takes ages to do anything simple, even looting. Travel feels like a slog and the controls and handling feel like they are from a game 20 years ago not matching any of the recent AAA third person games such as MGSV or AC.
    You have to eat, wash, even make coffee and clean your horse, I don't want to do chores in a video game to    Graphically and technically brilliant. Gameplay a chore fest takes ages to do anything simple, even looting. Travel feels like a slog and the controls and handling feel like they are from a game 20 years ago not matching any of the recent AAA third person games such as MGSV or AC.
    You have to eat, wash, even make coffee and clean your horse, I don't want to do chores in a video game to relax
    Overall huge disappointment    … Expand
  43. guitarfred
    Jul 13, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mean Bugs....an that still in July 2019. Gameplay with Handbrake on. Unrealistic crafting sytem, but a great story and narrative. I think the game does not want to be a game but a movie.… Expand
  44. kesboy
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Terrible game, controls are awful, boring gameplay, I don't normally write reviews but I feel very angry with all the hype used to get people to buy this game.. Am shocked by the total lack of integrity show by so called professional reviewers. Looking forward to cyberpunk 2077, I suspect it will be 10 times better, Rockstar are all mouth and no trousers, as usual..
  45. chris9540
    Nov 3, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Good:
    1. It looks nice I suppose though its not better than any other AAA open world game I've played in recent years
    2. Collecting Bounties are fun but they are just a fetch quest.
    3. The cores system combined with the food is nice however it quickly became apparent that it was better to manage it through tonics and just eat to keep at the right weight.
    The Bad
    1. The story. i'm almost done with chapter 2, so far i dislike the people the game has me interact with and i'm already hoping the gang fails. I dread going to that stupid camp full of horrible people asking you to do there work for them
    2. The combat. Boring cover based shooter but without proper aiming, think a less imaginative gears of war one
    3. The World. Empty and not in a good way. In a why does every town feel like there's no one there way. There's just a few people to sell you stuff and normally one person just saying or shouting the same few sentences over and over again and as there is only life in the towns you hear it a lot
    4. Riding my horse around to get to somewhere has quickly become the most boring thing i have done in a game. I'm not a fan of holding A for 20 mins for 5 mins of game play the another 20 mins of holding A to get back to civilisation and any thing to do, its just boring
    5. No reward for exploration, I've spent about five hours riding around exploring the world and my main memory of it was just sitting there holding A for hours with nothing much to do there are some people in the world that wanted help but that quickly became repetitive and boring again.
    6. I don't like playing the bad guy, i thought you where actually going to be seeking redemption like in Red Dead Redemption 1" this leads to many thing that I see as options being completely ignored because i have no interest in them, also my character isn't very nice. I find it hard to play a game where I dislike the person I play as.
    7. Nothing ever really gets explained properly. For instance in Chapter two there as a quest to get a legendary bear. you can chose to go after it or leave it( The games way of telling you that pictures of animals on the map are locations where you can find legendary ones). I want after it killed it then chucked it on my horse and spent 20 mins holding A to get back to town to sell it for some major money to find that no one wanted it. OK I thought to camp it must be a crafting thing. Lets hold A and go there. Nope no one hear wants it, by this point i'm starting to think it just a game object and doesn't have a use so i look online find there's a trapper that can be found in 3 different locations. the next 3 hours is spent holding A looking for him. That's just not fun game-play for me

    Other Issues

    There where a few glitches but I expect that. Mirrors went crazy at one point. Game objects kept going black at certain angles.

    You can climb up but as far as I can tell you cant climb down leading to some annoying deaths

    I think you're meant to bond with your horse but they have stats so there treated like changeable parts and as soon as I find a better one I swap. Give me a horse close to the beginning that has the potential to be one of the best horses in the game if i stick with it then I might care but until I find one that's maxed out whats the point i'm going to sell it as soon as i find a better one

    You may find different but i just find it a bit boring. It has the sense of a tech demo to it, arr look how big and beautiful our world is with it's "immersive" animations and story telling.

    Hopes

    Online. its all its got left, I hope it plays like a full on MMO with character creation, fast travel, ability to join the law or a gang, you're own camp with people you recruit rather than that horrible dutch guy and his mates. I was looking for a full on single player game that I could spend hours doing stuff in. I got a sparsely populated horse riding simulator with an arcade combat system and I'm now hoping for a full online game because unfortunately there attempts at a single player experience haven't really worked. At least not for me. It feels like an really badly written 80 hour cowboy movie where all the extra time is spent just watching one silent person sit on a horse and ride around    … Expand
  46. mitokio
    Jan 25, 2019
    1
    Coming off 120 hours of AC Odyssey (where I had to stop because I was doing really menial tasks, even though I enjoyed it), I am shocked at slow and dull this is. This is not open world. It's so structured and the tasks so boring, the character controls so poorly designed. Looks great, but this is not a video game in any sense. It's almost a game of QTE pretending to be a video game.
  47. pjmccartney
    Jan 3, 2019
    1
    My disappointment in Red Dead Redemption 2 stems from the assumption that the sheer extravagance of its excesses bears some sort of inherent artistic value. You're just left with a labyrinthine chore of an open world that repeatedly undermines its own intent.

    RDR2's gorgeous expanse is irredeemably cheapened by a mistaken belief that "more" equates to "depth." All of the detail is    My disappointment in Red Dead Redemption 2 stems from the assumption that the sheer extravagance of its excesses bears some sort of inherent artistic value. You're just left with a labyrinthine chore of an open world that repeatedly undermines its own intent.

    RDR2's gorgeous expanse is irredeemably cheapened by a mistaken belief that "more" equates to "depth." All of the detail is wonderful and beautiful to experience and look at, but once the novelty wears off, a creeping, empty joylessness settles in instead. Throwing in pointless **** is not what makes a virtual world feel like a lived-in experience. RDR2's selective realism shatters all illusion that its obsequious fetish for detail contributes to immersion in its story.    … Expand
  48. blade23
    Nov 1, 2018
    1
    Apparently you're not allowed to point out how anti-consumer Rockstargames is with this game on this website(my review got deleted), however you are allowed to give this game a 10 in the first 2 hours of it's release and justify it with "it looks nice".
  49. peedeezee
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    I feel like the game critic industry scammed me into buying this game. Everyone said it had its dull moments, but the 10/10 scores made it seem like other aspects of the game made up for this. No, they do not. THIS GAME IS BORING, CLUNKY, AND NOT FUN.

    Cons - Every single action requires a button press/hold. It's a worse version of QTEs - Every single action requires a button    I feel like the game critic industry scammed me into buying this game. Everyone said it had its dull moments, but the 10/10 scores made it seem like other aspects of the game made up for this. No, they do not. THIS GAME IS BORING, CLUNKY, AND NOT FUN.

    Cons
    - Every single action requires a button press/hold. It's a worse version of QTEs
    - Every single action requires a button press/hold. It's a worse version of QTEs. I say it again because of how repetitive it all is. There's nothing immersive or realistic about pressing buttons
    - The game is full of chores. Each of course involves a bunch of Slow-Time-Events (STEs)
    - What are these running controls
    - I can't enjoy scenery while riding my horse because my thumb is stuck on the A button rather than the camera.
    - Horse is slow, along with everything else
    - Combat is clunky, making all the slowness leading up to it not worth it

    Don't get scammed out of your time and money    … Expand
  50. SammyHauguth
    Jan 26, 2019
    1
    The game would be perfect, if it wasn't for the difficulty to get 100% progression, like these ridiculous challenges that is not a challenge at all, it's just time consuming...
  51. snake923
    Nov 22, 2018
    4
    ok overall, buggy, no improvement from GTAV which is disappointing, story is just ok, cut scenes are rough and editing was done poorly. Game is very linear in play style. finish the game before exploring a ton.
  52. JameTKoke
    Nov 28, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is gorgeous and the story was good, until the end. Arthur dies and you become John Marston. Arthur was interesting, John Marston is an annoying, hen-pecked smuck, who we already know, dies badly in the first game. I have no interest in exploring any further as John. The controls are clunky and the micro-management is boring as hell. You're carrying too many weapons and the control wheel is a PIA. I should of waited until this hit the bargain bin.… Expand
  53. Serafina
    Dec 4, 2018
    4
    THIS IS A RED DEAD 2 ONLINE REVIEW

    Visualy the game is incredible the guns feel nice to use the horses wile a little stupid and magnetic to trees are fun to ride. But just like with gta5 people will group up to kill and greif anyone for no reason and unlike gta 5 theres nothing you can do about it no pasive mode or any protection from greifers. They kill you and your horse just to do it    THIS IS A RED DEAD 2 ONLINE REVIEW

    Visualy the game is incredible the guns feel nice to use the horses wile a little stupid and magnetic to trees are fun to ride. But just like with gta5 people will group up to kill and greif anyone for no reason and unlike gta 5 theres nothing you can do about it no pasive mode or any protection from greifers. They kill you and your horse just to do it the law doesnt even get involved in red dead online.    … Expand
  54. davidpole23
    Feb 25, 2019
    1
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  55. Kacak321
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad game.....................
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  56. Miska_Moloka
    Jan 26, 2022
    0
    Add Russian voice acting. Otherwise, this game is like a horse ass watching simulator. It is not possible to play with subtitles. In the meantime, zero is the best estimate for such projects.
  57. VincentWarte
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    Terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible bounty system. Rockstar, seriously, why did you have to destroy this game with such a terrible bounty system?
  58. webassaigame
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    This is most boooooring game in the world. 99% of game stupid horse ride... endless game.
  59. ExcuseMePrinces
    Dec 28, 2018
    0
    It's realistic but to a fault. The game is just beyond boring. You're literally going to spend half your playtime riding around on a horse. The world looks nice, but when you're forced to admire it for 50 hours in order to get through the game, that's unacceptable. Combine that with the ridiculous online microtransactions, and this is one of the worst games I've ever played. Avoid!
  60. amsterdream
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Huge aim lag / input lag. Terrible auto-aim. Playing is so uncomfortable. Rockstar hello, this is 2018 year, none 1998. When you fix this?
  61. Dyrael
    Oct 28, 2018
    0
    A movie is more real than this game without sluggish and clunky interactions. I doubt there is any movie fan boy loving to see an actor repeatedly opening drawers thousands of times or walking 10 mins just to talk with somebody, but you have to do these stupid things on your own in this game! What's wrong with RockStar?
  62. GAGMR
    Oct 28, 2018
    0
    This 'game' has done nothing but piss me off in it's design and gameplay elements. The graphics are literally too detailed where you can't make anything out, there are no markers so you can't find anything you need without looking at your map, the compass barely helps and the game itself isn't even a game. It's a fricking simulator. The honor/outlaw system is broke. A guy attacks you,This 'game' has done nothing but piss me off in it's design and gameplay elements. The graphics are literally too detailed where you can't make anything out, there are no markers so you can't find anything you need without looking at your map, the compass barely helps and the game itself isn't even a game. It's a fricking simulator. The honor/outlaw system is broke. A guy attacks you, you beat his ass and suddenly you're the bad guy. Riding your horse is annoying as hell. They either never stop moving when you wanna stop or they slow down when you wanna keep moving. The camp system is even more annoying. You gotta keep going back to your camp to get quests and to turn in supplies but you CAN'T FAST TRAVEL! FFS, I don't have time to spend 30 minutes running back and forth to do this stupid crap, just let me fast travel you crappy game! Your horse is never around when you need it, either. I spent 30 minutes trying to find my horse only to steal someone elses by accident, then I got a bounty and had to reload. Then later when I just finished a storyline quest that afterwards, even though there were NO WITNESSES I suddenly had a bounty. So, of course bounty hunters kept coming and my bounty kept getting higher & higher to the point where I had to just shut the damn game off to end this stupid charade where the asses just kept coming after me. It's annoying as hell when I am trying to do something but the game just keeps shoving **** in my face forcing me to do what it wants me to do instead of what I want to do.

    This game has only enraged me in it's bad design and gameplay. Stupid hype, stupid fake reviews, I should have never bought this trash. It's not fun, it's annoying and just serves to make me angry.    … Expand
  63. MetaTheJoker
    Oct 28, 2018
    1
    Great visuals and good story BUT gameplay is very slow and very bad.
    Framerate is superslow (even on the oneX).
    Side missions are boring and simple things u wanna do takes so much time.
    Bounty systhem is very broken.
    Also is the game full of bugs, starting at the beginning in the tutoral.

    Very poor excecuted game that should be the game of the year.
  64. excelsi0r
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    Cannot ride a buffalo and pick up a lady of the night. ZzZzZz....huh...o, just riding to the next town while typing this......Could've at least made it more fun, like The Wild Hunt or something...ZzZzZz....almost to town....almost....ZzZzZz...

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  65. megabear
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    The game is overhyped and I suspect the critics were influenced to make the game better than it seems. The controls are a major issue in this game as others have pointed out, and the game seems good at first, but quickly fades as you enter into the meat of the game. I have no idea why so many left perfect 10 score here, so I will balance it with a 0 of my own
  66. Multipleman
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    After putting 16+ painful hours into this disappointing sequel I’ve come to the conclusion that it is not playable. The game is pretty to look at. No, it’s not the most beautiful game in the world. But it’s up there. The writing is ok if you can actually hear or read any of it. Unfortunately half the time you’ll be missing important story segments because rockstar loves to bombard you withAfter putting 16+ painful hours into this disappointing sequel I’ve come to the conclusion that it is not playable. The game is pretty to look at. No, it’s not the most beautiful game in the world. But it’s up there. The writing is ok if you can actually hear or read any of it. Unfortunately half the time you’ll be missing important story segments because rockstar loves to bombard you with pop ups and tasks while characters are blabbing their hearts out. How can you do 3 plus things simaltamiously is beyond me. The music is ok. Nothing to write home about. The map Is large. Too large for its own good as there’s too too much empty space with nothing to see or do. The biggest fault of this game is the controls. Whoever came up with the over complicated controls and cumbersome menus needs a solid punch in the neck. And to top it off the controls are very heavy and nonresponsive. Worst controls I have every experienced. The worst! Expect constant failed missions and missed goals and unintentional wanted levels! This is unexeptble especially coming off of recent great like Horizon ZERo dawn or God of War. After putting 16+ painful hours into this disappointing sequel I’ve come to the conclusion that it is not playable. The game is pretty to look at. No, it’s not the most beautiful game in the world. But it’s up there. The writing is ok if you can actually hear or read any of it. Unfortunately half the time you’ll be missing important story segments because rockstar loves to bombard you with pop ups and tasks while characters are blabbing their hearts out. How can you do 3 plus things simaltamiously is beyond me. The music is ok. Nothing to write home about. The map Is large. Too large for its own good as there’s too too much empty space with nothing to see or do. The biggest fault of this game is the controls. Whoever came up with the over complicated controls and cumbersome menus needs a solid punch in the neck. And to top it off the controls are very heavy and nonresponsive. Worst controls I have every experienced. The worst! Expect constant failed missions and missed goals and unintentional wanted levels! This is unexeptble especially coming off of recent great like Horizon ZERo dawn or God of War.… Expand
  67. Ozzyosbourn
    Oct 27, 2018
    1
    Простой и повторяющийся геймплей, ужасные места, скучные второстепенные миссии ... все дают высокие ноты, возможно, для рок-звезды
  68. legeon13
    Oct 28, 2018
    0
    The first RDR wasn't a good game, and it's successor has the same flaws and problems.

    First of all open world is bland and empty. Yes, it made as a decoration for your riding from mission to mission. And yes, the game has gorgeous views, but it just so shallow that the graphics can't make it better. Empty world, lack of exploring and feeling of the artificial world. Even GTA 5 feels    The first RDR wasn't a good game, and it's successor has the same flaws and problems.

    First of all open world is bland and empty. Yes, it made as a decoration for your riding from mission to mission. And yes, the game has gorgeous views, but it just so shallow that the graphics can't make it better. Empty world, lack of exploring and feeling of the artificial world. Even GTA 5 feels more alive.

    Second, the overall Rockstar's problem: you need only a few hours to experience almost everything in the game. It has no deep progression and after a few hours you will start thinking "Why am I doing the same things over and over?".

    Third, realism doesn't matter. It's just made for nothing. You can starve and stop caring about all of your bars, and it will slightly affect your gameplay.

    Fourth, the NPC behaviour is not as good as it was promoted. It's the same fake as it was with the "new revolutionary Skyrim system". Just a shame because it's not a big difference between the last GTA.

    I can honestly say that the game has a fake promotion campaign altogether with media overhype. Yes, Rockstar is a big studio, but it shouldn't be the primary reason to give the game such high ratings    … Expand
  69. CoolMamo
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    Red Dead Redemption 2 was unenjoyable for me mostly due to the following reason: its N O T melee
  70. polirol90210
    Oct 27, 2018
    1
    Boring gameplay, nothing new in the game mechanics. Everywhere marketing and advertising.
  71. CleanseOver
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    Não é bom, ponto final. Precisa de uma evolução maior do que a ele propõe, além de o jogo não ter atingido tudo o que a maioria dos jogadores queria, GTA 5 continua na frente facilmente.
  72. Pandazmo
    Nov 2, 2018
    0
    RDR 1 was a good game BUT this is totally different. It looks nice nice - yes, BUT is awful to play. Main character is slowest man in earth and makes playing very hard. Gun fighting is awful too and slow moves does't help. I really wanted to love this game BUT why on earth did you spoiled it. Have you even test it? There are too many bugs and in some missions you have to kill yourselfRDR 1 was a good game BUT this is totally different. It looks nice nice - yes, BUT is awful to play. Main character is slowest man in earth and makes playing very hard. Gun fighting is awful too and slow moves does't help. I really wanted to love this game BUT why on earth did you spoiled it. Have you even test it? There are too many bugs and in some missions you have to kill yourself because of the bugs and start over. Bounty system sucks, controls are weird, story already told etc. I've already sold it because games are suppose to be fun and not irritating. Game experience was like looking bad movie and hope it will end soon. I'll definitely take my time to check Rock Star games properly before buying in future.… Expand
  73. Vovandemort
    Oct 31, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rockstar, stop feeding people the lack of voice acting. Invest and finally make the voice of the country where you deliver your product. Play your own games with subtitles. Give full Russian localization.… Expand
  74. jdclement
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Worst game I have ever played. The cinematics hold you hostage, the characters are god awful and annoying, and the "tutorial" is 2 hours long. They even force you to play a 1 hour "tutorial" for red dead online. If I could return this piece of **** I would. How has Rockstar not updated their game mechanics in 16 years? **** awful game. Good thing they paid all this critics for raveWorst game I have ever played. The cinematics hold you hostage, the characters are god awful and annoying, and the "tutorial" is 2 hours long. They even force you to play a 1 hour "tutorial" for red dead online. If I could return this piece of **** I would. How has Rockstar not updated their game mechanics in 16 years? **** awful game. Good thing they paid all this critics for rave reviews, it isn't the least bit misleading.… Expand
  75. iMetaCritic
    Oct 27, 2018
    1
    No. Absolutely not. 98? The story is not even good..... The mechanics and stripped right out of GTA V not new engine, nothing.
  76. silverhog
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    Makes me sad that everyone is blinded by the hype to see that this game is just any other boring, empty open world game. its only redeeming factor is its production value and detail, but then this shouldnt be anything but the best considering the amount of resources and money rockstar has
  77. Bobobeee
    Nov 9, 2018
    1
    Completely and utterly over-rated. Nowhere near what was advertised. Slow, clunky movement and the menus are just a mess. Easy to select wrong weapon, kill someone on accident, etc, etc. Missions are boring and slow. It looks pretty but that's it, the gameplay is horrible. Slow walking, you can't even run most of the time, you're just stuck trying REALLY HARD to look like a badassCompletely and utterly over-rated. Nowhere near what was advertised. Slow, clunky movement and the menus are just a mess. Easy to select wrong weapon, kill someone on accident, etc, etc. Missions are boring and slow. It looks pretty but that's it, the gameplay is horrible. Slow walking, you can't even run most of the time, you're just stuck trying REALLY HARD to look like a badass cowboy. I regret spending $60 on this junk, this is not a good game at all. It moves like molasses, combat is herky-jerky and bad, and the controls are some of the worst I've ever seen.… Expand
  78. SuperJamaican
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    Game is over hyped to the max. Not rock star quality if you ask me. They got greedy and rushed the game out before the online was ready whivh means one and done. This is not the xbox way online is a priority, not just gun game, but need online gun game.
  79. ElKamio
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    Dieses Spiel macht einfach keinen Spass. Die Steuerung ändert sich andauernd. Die Menüs sind mehr als hakelig und unbequem. Viele Situationen sind nicht nachvollziehbar. Sinnloses umherreiten und vorallem zurückreiten.
    Instant kills durch Tiere ausserhalb des Bildschirmrands.
    Man wird mit Textboxen erschlagen links oben ne Meldung inne Mitte unten Untertitel, Rechts unten inne Ecke wird    Dieses Spiel macht einfach keinen Spass. Die Steuerung ändert sich andauernd. Die Menüs sind mehr als hakelig und unbequem. Viele Situationen sind nicht nachvollziehbar. Sinnloses umherreiten und vorallem zurückreiten.
    Instant kills durch Tiere ausserhalb des Bildschirmrands.
    Man wird mit Textboxen erschlagen links oben ne Meldung inne Mitte unten Untertitel, Rechts unten inne Ecke wird angezeit das ein Knop gedrückt werden. Unnötig nervig und kompliziert.

    Warum keine verdammte Syncro ? Definitv am falschen Ende gespart !
    looten ist extrem angsträngend. Warum wird das mitnehmen von einzelnen Waren begrenz ? Den Whisky kannst du nicht mehr tragen aber 3 Flaschen Rum schon.
    Was für komische Statusanzeigen habt ihr euch da denn einfallen lassen.. Kerne und Ringe, ganz toll.

    Ich laufe in den ersten Spielminuten durch eine Stadt, werde von sonnem Typen angequatsch, der haut mir eine rein - 15 Sekunden später hab ich ein 90 Dollar Kopfgeld, 90 Dollar... soviel habe ich im ganzen Spiel noch nicht gesehen... 90 Dollar. :D haha

    Zu oft, nervt und frustriert das Spiel einfach nur.. habe es in 4 Spielstunden bestimmt schon 10x ausgemacht, weil ich keine Lust mehr hatte.. oder Angst das der Controller im TV landet.

    Die Grafik ist sehr Hübsch... aber das wars... Online hat kein Inhalt, die Story is ne Katastrophe.    … Expand
  80. BlakeHREW
    Oct 31, 2018
    1
    Русофобская игра без пиревода. Без пк версии. Заслуживает только 1 бал.
  81. Mrderik
    Nov 1, 2018
    1
    Нет игры, нет оценки, привет от пк-боярина.
  82. Pollas
    Feb 12, 2020
    0
    Despues del Zelda BOTW, el juego mas overrateado de la historia.
    Aburrido, lento, personajes con comportamientos subnormales, historia estupida, cuotas feministas y todo lo peor que puedas imaginar en cuanto gameplay.
    Paisajes inutilmente bonitos es lo unico destacable, porque hasta la musica es mala.
  83. PinkyDemonTR53
    Mar 12, 2020
    0
    leş. a tuşu bozuldu bu oyun yüzünden. grafiklerde ps4 proda çok daha iyi. god of war varken bunu oynayan kerizdir.
  84. batiatus
    Jan 7, 2021
    4
    Fallowing in footsteps of GTA V, another step back in Rockstars once awesome gaming entries. Unoriginal and boring. 4 stars for graphics.
  85. Broyax
    Sep 21, 2021
    0
    Rocktarte démontre encore une fois qu’il ne sait pas faire un TPS correct, y compris dans la suite de son jeu de western à la mords-moi-le-noeud. Le maniement est en effet ici d’une lourdeur sans précédent, non seulement en raison des commandes mal pensées et mal disposées mais surtout à cause du personnage lui-même : on a toujours l’impression de diriger péniblement un semi-remorqueRocktarte démontre encore une fois qu’il ne sait pas faire un TPS correct, y compris dans la suite de son jeu de western à la mords-moi-le-noeud. Le maniement est en effet ici d’une lourdeur sans précédent, non seulement en raison des commandes mal pensées et mal disposées mais surtout à cause du personnage lui-même : on a toujours l’impression de diriger péniblement un semi-remorque sévèrement imbibé et chargé ras la gueule…

    Il faut constater l’inertie de ce gros con d’Arthur Morgan qui met trois plombes pour accomplir la moindre action… y compris fouiller un cadavre (en maintenant Y) ou bien une commode (en maintenant… X ?! -cf les commandes pensées en dépit du bon sens le plus élémentaire !). Il faut le voir marcher à 0,5 à l’heure et tenter de courir… à 2 à l’heure ou bien… recharger ou changer de flingue… putain !).

    Son canasson est un vrai tocard et e retrouve logé à la même enseigne : pour faire avancer ou tenter de faire cavaler cette bourrique, c’est une purge ! et ce n’est pas tout, car il faut aussi nourrir le gars, laver le bourrin, nettoyer les flingues… et puis quoi encore ? on hallucine… Dans ces conditions, dire que le jeu est ‘lent’ (!) tient d’un doux euphémisme : il se traîne le cul comme un escargot en PLS (position latérale de sécurité après une cuite).

    Car l’histoire,les dialogues à n’en plus finir, les cinématiques pour un oui ou pour un non, tout cela n’avance pas d’un poil de cul ou si peu… Monsieur Morgan et son équipe de bras cassés ont tous deux de tension alors que les missions extrêmement scriptées, dirigistes et psycho-rigides n’offrent aucune liberté d’action.

    Une attaque de train ? si tu colles pas au cul de l’un tes collègues, il se fait refroidir et t’es bon pour recommencer du point de passage. On hallucine. Et bien sûr, si le jeu n’est pas vilain graphiquement, on attend toujours une optimisation X|S… qui ne viendra jamais sauf pour repasser à la caisse, car chez Rocktarte, on est des rapaces confirmés. Et toujours pas de doublage français non plus… évidemment.

    Alors, soit-disant… un monde ouvert, ce machin ? cette blague ! le didacticiel, il dure 50h ou bien…? on se fout de notre gueule, chez Rocktarte ? Quant à la chasse par exemple, c’est le truc le plus mal fait qu’on ait jamais vu… sans compter les QTE qu’on peut certes convertir en maintien de touche mais tout de même… et d’ailleurs, on passe son temps à maintenir des touches dans cette merde, au fil des scripts pourris ici et là.

    Bref, on l’a compris, ce gros paquet de merde (qui s’étale sur… 123 Go !) et qui ne te laisse jamais sauvegarder est le jeu le plus lourdingue, le plus endormi et le plus casse-couilles que la terre ait jamais porté ! je lui pisse à la raie et lui chie dans le cou, point barre.    … Expand
  86. symmetriebruch
    Apr 28, 2019
    1
    i´m just glad i picked this up for cheap this must be the most overhyped piece of software ever. i wouldn´t call it game. it´s more of a very beautiful riding simulator. it should get some points for technical achievements and a few for the writing and the characters in general. maybe it would be halfway decent as a western series if you cut out the 95% riding next to people and readingi´m just glad i picked this up for cheap this must be the most overhyped piece of software ever. i wouldn´t call it game. it´s more of a very beautiful riding simulator. it should get some points for technical achievements and a few for the writing and the characters in general. maybe it would be halfway decent as a western series if you cut out the 95% riding next to people and reading text.
    theres not much to play here which is kind of a crucial omission if you want to make a game. the animations are so painfully slow with seconds of startup frames for almost anything you do. wanna run with more than one person around? froget that you´ll be bumping into them racking up bounty on your head. also the controls and menus are redicoulous i can´t imagine what they were smoking when coming up with this nonsense. you wanna find cover? great let´s make the take cover and leave cover button the same button so that 90 percent of the time you´ll be climbing on top of something you were planning to take cover behind which leaves you exposed to gunfire and liable to get killed immideately. you might wanna load your game after dying but hold on we can´t have that you might think you saved your game in a specific state but you´d be sadly mistaken about that you´ll be put kind of in the general area from where you saved if you´re lucky.
    so on my way back to where you actually saved you come across a legendary animal for hunting put the pelt on your horse and on you go. io then saw that my bounty hunting target was the ways as well so lasso the guy and put him on your horse but wait. we can´t have you have 2 things on your horse no no you have to leave the legendary pelt somewhere in the middle of nowhere for the first half the game theres no quick travel and even then it´s pretty useless so 95% of the time youll be riding around doing nothing. most of the game feels like tedious work why would you want that when playing a game?    … Expand
  87. 010101010100
    Dec 13, 2021
    0
    Returned it after less than 4 hours. good graphics, bad controls, bad missions, bad gameplay. The missions are basically just following someone slowly on your horse. The story mode is mediocre with online being unplayable. online is P2W, so people who just spend money in the game want to make everyone else feel like they wasted their money too. Any game that shows me on a map to OP P2WReturned it after less than 4 hours. good graphics, bad controls, bad missions, bad gameplay. The missions are basically just following someone slowly on your horse. The story mode is mediocre with online being unplayable. online is P2W, so people who just spend money in the game want to make everyone else feel like they wasted their money too. Any game that shows me on a map to OP P2W players that are trying to hunt me down is a terrible game regardless of anything else. i’d rather play a game that has no map at all. i expected more out after dropping money for the ultimate version. rockstar’s whole business model is more of a cashgrab than mobile game companies.… Expand
  88. emoninja
    Aug 11, 2020
    0
    Online gameplay is attrocious, especially after the August 10th 1.21 update. In general, it feels as though this game's online component is neglected and underappreciated by Rockstar Games. The updates are few and far between over the past 2 years compared to Grand Theft Auto Online, Red Dead doesn't get the light of day, but Grand Theft Auto is the golden child. I've tried to advocateOnline gameplay is attrocious, especially after the August 10th 1.21 update. In general, it feels as though this game's online component is neglected and underappreciated by Rockstar Games. The updates are few and far between over the past 2 years compared to Grand Theft Auto Online, Red Dead doesn't get the light of day, but Grand Theft Auto is the golden child. I've tried to advocate for Red Dead Online, even convinced some of my friends to get an X Box so we could play together. But after this most recent patch, it's clear to me that there is no care or concern for the game by the developers. I feel like a fool for believing this was a worthwhile outlet for my time. I was wrong.… Expand
  89. PittenZak94
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Truly the best game I have ever played. Dialogue, sound, visuals, story, gameplay, all are great.
  90. Yefe71
    May 17, 2021
    0
    İts not a game ,its legand

    main character:10/10
    story telling:10/10
    gameplay:10/10
    others:9.5/10
  91. Azura_xv
    Jul 26, 2021
    0
    Gameplay 0/10Trash
    Most Overrated game
    Characters is okay
    Story is okay
    Soundtrack is okay
  92. Parangaritiwi
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    Trash horse simulator, overrated garbage with critics so biased towards Rockstar studios.
  93. Akira47rus
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    Идиотизм, если я из россии то хрен тебе а не игры, вот это отношение, супер!!!
  94. SocratesGoneMad
    Jul 5, 2022
    0
    I'm not a huge Rockstar fan. So it really surprised me when this ended up being one of my favorite games I've ever played. The writing is just so good, possibly the best out of any game I've played. This leads to excellent characters that make you really care about the world. Just a masterpiece.
  95. osprey
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    I absolutely loved RD1 and never got tired of playing it. I was so excited to play this game and at first was struck by the beauty of the world and the quality of the voice acting. Love how real the horses are and how they behave exactly like real horses. The first game was full of fun things to do and surprises to find in the wilderness. This game has none of that. The constantI absolutely loved RD1 and never got tired of playing it. I was so excited to play this game and at first was struck by the beauty of the world and the quality of the voice acting. Love how real the horses are and how they behave exactly like real horses. The first game was full of fun things to do and surprises to find in the wilderness. This game has none of that. The constant maintenance of your character your horse and the camp are tedious beyond belief. The controls are ridiculously convoluted and you can't stay out of trouble no matter how careful you are. The game crashes or locks frequently and everything you try to do is ruined by the weakness of your character. I fail constantly and as for objectives to get a gold, forget about it. I am so sad that the game I love so much has become one I freaking hate. The four points are for the beauty of the game and the things that they did right, everything else has ruined this game for me. I will pass it on to my son and see if he can wring any fun out of it and maybe show me where the fun is. Biggest disappointment since Mafia 3. Update, my son hated it too!… Expand
  96. francegame
    Dec 10, 2019
    2
    An empty and boring world. Simulator of idiot on a horse. Poor quality graphics. Boring and uninteresting tasks.
  97. DylanHall
    Aug 25, 2020
    0
    Can’t even play the goddamn online. Rockstar fix this, it’s been a couple of days and I can’t do anything as my game keeps disconnecting every one or two minutes
  98. LuHi06
    Sep 27, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This abomination of a video game cannot be enjoyed at all. I don't even know where to start with this awful freaking piece of junk. The game plays itself and is so easy it could be played on a wiimote with its such basic controls. You can't play a mission without doing exactly what it says. When you come out of cover all you have to do is shoot and the opponent is dead. It has such a slow start and the rest of the story isn't interesting until someone dies. Not to mention that it is a disappointment compared to Red Dead Redemption (2010). The controls are clunky and the online feature is impossible to play without getting shot within 30 seconds of respawning and that isn't the community's fault, that's the games fault. The side missions are impossible to play without getting bored at least once. The honor system does nothing except change the way you freaking die. Arthur's voice is annoying and his character isn't compelling unless you watch multiple youtube videos of some quotes without context. Those youtube videos make Arthur look like a good man when in reality, every mission ends in a shootout. That brings me to my next point, the missions are literally all the same. If you skip every cinematic, then there's a shootout. If you don't skip every cinematic, you are super bored up until the point where you have to murder a bunch of lawmen, innocent people, honest working men or degenerate scum. This stupid sixty dollar waste of plastic that has no replay value and in a word is poopy . The story is so repetitive that i could summarize it by saying it's stupid bandits that make awful decisions and rob people so they can try to go to a Caribbean country to evade the law. In conclusion, this is just an unnecessary mess of a console game that you don't need to play. (I know my points are all over the place but as I said i don't know where to begin with this game.)… Expand
  99. bub37
    May 1, 2023
    1
    Один бал, потому что бесит, что рокстар не разрешает локализации. Я не знаю английский язык и мне хочется окунуться в сюжет полностью, а не читать титры. У нас отлично переводят игры и прятно играть, например Метро, Киберпанк, Ведьмак. Мне не нравится политика Рокстар и поэтому один бал!Один бал, потому что бесит, что рокстар не разрешает локализации. Я не знаю английский язык и мне хочется окунуться в сюжет полностью, а не читать титры. У нас отлично переводят игры и прятно играть, например Метро, Киберпанк, Ведьмак. Мне не нравится политика Рокстар и поэтому один бал!
  100. tobivv
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    Every animation takes ages, the gameplay loop is mostly riding around listening to conversations, combat is meh. Graphics are amazing though
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Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 33 out of 33
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  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 18, 2018
    100
    Unquestionably 2018's best game, and an all-time open-world masterpiece. [Christmas 2018, p.89]
  2. BaziCenter
    Nov 2, 2018
    100
    It doesn’t matter if you are gamer, a human being, or an alien from another planet; Red Dead Redemption 2 is a title that you just can’t miss. The bar set by RDR2 is so high that even Rockstar itself will probably have a hard time raising it. One of the best releases in the history of digital entertainment.
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  3. The Sydney Morning Herald
    Oct 29, 2018
    90
    While it has some notable but minor flaws, it's hard to argue that Red Dead Redemption 2 is not a masterpiece. The end result of the meticulous detail, wonderful writing and stunning looks is an open world that sets a new bar for believability, and a time and place I can't stop thinking about or wanting to be a part of.
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