Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5168 Ratings

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  1. gnadenlos
    Nov 1, 2018
    7
    The main problem is, that it's not a real open world game. If you focus on the main story, like many reviewers and some users do, you will experience a linear and scripted game with almost no freedom. Every time you try something different the missions will fail.

    Controls aren't very good, so it's also hard to recommend the game for that linear story experience. The separate and real    The main problem is, that it's not a real open world game. If you focus on the main story, like many reviewers and some users do, you will experience a linear and scripted game with almost no freedom. Every time you try something different the missions will fail.

    Controls aren't very good, so it's also hard to recommend the game for that linear story experience.

    The separate and real open world part is done quite well, but it doesn't have enough interesting and coherent/interlocking elements to keep you motivated very long. If you remove the linear story and high production value, it's the usual open world stuff, we've known for years, mixed with light survival elements.

    So what you will get is an average to good open world sandbox for maybe 15-20 hours of random fun and a separate, very scripted and cinematic game with high production value. Both parts have average gameplay and problematic controls. The only highlights and reasons to play the game are its great graphics, atmosphere and story.    … Expand
  2. crnppscls
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    I just seems redundant now, leaving my review. Everything has already been said.
    Probably the best world that has been created in a videogame but maybe a little shallow when it comes to the actual content.
    Once you get past the graphical awe, which is possible for you teen 10/10 people, there are some really bad flaws. It's just so awkward and clunky and tbh my little pony companion app    I just seems redundant now, leaving my review. Everything has already been said.
    Probably the best world that has been created in a videogame but maybe a little shallow when it comes to the actual content.
    Once you get past the graphical awe, which is possible for you teen 10/10 people, there are some really bad flaws.
    It's just so awkward and clunky and tbh my little pony companion app could have been released separately.
    Maybe the online will do it justice (pun intended) but until then it's just so samey, mundane and expected.
    It's ok but i'm not impressed at all with the mechanics and the campaign as a whole    … Expand
  3. G4BE
    Nov 11, 2018
    7
    Here we have 2 games in 1: a wonderful open world, 10 star, and a frustrating linear story and push button to continue, 4 star. The scripted story requires to press A, holding A else the mission fails. No freedom to get out of the script, worse than Telltales's stories. Many instances this game will treat you as an idiot with a mental age of 4 years. So if you wish have fun, play the openHere we have 2 games in 1: a wonderful open world, 10 star, and a frustrating linear story and push button to continue, 4 star. The scripted story requires to press A, holding A else the mission fails. No freedom to get out of the script, worse than Telltales's stories. Many instances this game will treat you as an idiot with a mental age of 4 years. So if you wish have fun, play the open world, but do not play the fishing, and buy a hammer and place on the A button to follow the story as the useless dialogues on horseback while watching tv. The fishery? This activity requires that you damage the right joystick gear or have corns on the big toe by turning very and quickly. Forget it.

    Warning: when your horse, even on autopilot, stumbles on a tree/rock and falls, hold on and do not throw the hammer on the TV. The horses do not see trees in this game.

    I believe that reviews writers do not play this game for over 1 hour. They did review about the demo or the trailer. Impossible to give 100 score to that game after you play it.

    Numbers: 70% of the story, 60% fun, threw the control on the wall 20 times, broke 3 TVs, and was arrested 1 time for throwing the console out the window and breaking a car. I have fun.    … Expand
  4. mikeyoung
    Nov 5, 2018
    7
    Entertaining game in parts but way too much time spent travelling between locations. Looks great but last one was more fun.
  5. Feriatus
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    It's not a bad game but the gameplay is an outdated one. It by no means a 10 out of 10:

    - "Realism" is annoying. I hate watching Ioot, skin and cook animations 100 times. - Parking a horse or picking up something is frustrating as you have to stand in the exact right position to do so. - 75% of the game time it takes riding to the destination to play the game a bit. - The cover    It's not a bad game but the gameplay is an outdated one. It by no means a 10 out of 10:

    - "Realism" is annoying. I hate watching Ioot, skin and cook animations 100 times.
    - Parking a horse or picking up something is frustrating as you have to stand in the exact right position to do so.
    - 75% of the game time it takes riding to the destination to play the game a bit.
    - The cover system, menu system and controls are retrograde    … Expand
  6. ponux
    Nov 5, 2018
    7
    Visually superb (except cutscenes), good (not amazing) characters/writing, great music but this game isn't 97/100
    I'm 25 hours in (chapter 4) and so far:
    - too much horse (~ half of the game is about riding your horse from A to B... really?!) not allergic to it but that's simply too much - slow animations (walking in camp, picking up stuff or when stuff happens during missions) and slow    Visually superb (except cutscenes), good (not amazing) characters/writing, great music but this game isn't 97/100
    I'm 25 hours in (chapter 4) and so far:
    - too much horse (~ half of the game is about riding your horse from A to B... really?!) not allergic to it but that's simply too much
    - slow animations (walking in camp, picking up stuff or when stuff happens during missions) and slow pace in general. Interesting bet but doesn't really trigger anything outside of frustration and boredom.
    - game forces you to play the good guy - rewards you by doing so (discounts in shops, no bounty hunters to harass you - which is a good thing as most of them are magical bounty hunters with teleporting abilities) and punishes you if you don't; go make $100 with robbing a train and you'll get a $200 bounty. You can pay it or go to jail for 2 minutes to repay those $200 (and the killing 17 persons). Reality simulation often has its limits.
    - clumsy controls (the wheel thing.. misleading tutorials etc) and frequent collision glitches (horse+tree... horse+rock... horse+dude walking on the street etc). Very 2008.
    - gang life: you do 95% of the heavylifting for a gang of 20 persons.. wtf. Don't get the point of buying camp upgrades and/or give more money. After 20+ hours of gameplay you don't really get WHY you're doing all this for them
    - it's not original. if you played RDR1 and Far Cry 4 or 5 you won't be lost to say the least.. Not really a pb if it's your first Rockstar game. It's the more Rockstar game ever made.
    - most importantly this game isn't super fun to play which imho is the biggest pb here. It's Far Cry/GTA funny maybe 50% of the time.. the rest is frustration of horse riding, reloading some checkpoint and retry some (very scripted) mission, chores, taking your stuff before leaving your horse etc RDR1 was more fun. GTA5 (campaign) is more fun.

    It remains interesting to play and enjoyable overall but 7 ouf of 10 it is. Not 10.
    A fun online experience may bump it to 8.    … Expand
  7. Picklock
    Nov 4, 2018
    5
    Great looking game backed up by clumsy, overly complicated, and slow character controls. Even further backed up by 15fps every time a gunfight happens or seeing a vista (not cool when the environment is the best part of the game). Controller mapping so watered down that there are multiple actions linked to a single button depending on what you are doing at the time or standing next to.Great looking game backed up by clumsy, overly complicated, and slow character controls. Even further backed up by 15fps every time a gunfight happens or seeing a vista (not cool when the environment is the best part of the game). Controller mapping so watered down that there are multiple actions linked to a single button depending on what you are doing at the time or standing next to. Don't worry, you don't need to bother remembering them, they know it's rubbish so there are HUD elements all over the place to remind you which buttons do what.

    I never knew there were so many tattle tales in the late 1800's. I can't even shoot my gun into the air in jubilation without it being considered assault... I clear out a gang hideout, someone was able to get away and run crying to the sheriff, that's right, a criminal ran to the sheriff when things went bad for him. It only took the sheriff and a posse 30 seconds to show up and kill me. Might as well just add stars like GTA with cowboys rappelling out of choppers they arrive on the scene so fast. I respawn in the forest to find I have a $50 bounty constantly nagging at me as it takes over the map's cursor icon. Did people actually talk so damn much back then? Everyone has SOO much to say it just comes off as regurgitated story filler. Can they please shut up, or do I really just have to kill them to end the mind numbing back stories each NPC demands the need to share?

    This "game" is hyper-reality overload, in all the bad ways. It's apparent they took so long on this game because it's absolutely full of unwanted features and bloat, which do not add anything of value in my eyes, but only retract from what would have been an amazing experience. I feel like I just took on a second job I have to slog through.

    Why is it so hard to get excited to play this game?    … Expand
  8. thagrait1
    Oct 31, 2018
    6
    I’ll give it credit for how outstanding the visuals are. The hard work that went into that deserves its praise.

    Aside from that, this game is not fun. It is boring. The controls are terrible. You do dumb tedious things constantly that are not fun. I don’t understand the appeal to this game at all.
  9. Saints
    Oct 30, 2018
    6
    Red Dead Redemption 2 is an amazing game that is plagued with an outdated control scheme and a bounty system that needs some understanding.

    Save a few exceptions, in gaming controls are paramount. A perfect score with this wretched classic Rockstar control scheme is mind-boggling. In 2001 Rockstar graced the world with Grand Theft Auto 3 and this control setup. We tripped over ledges,    Red Dead Redemption 2 is an amazing game that is plagued with an outdated control scheme and a bounty system that needs some understanding.

    Save a few exceptions, in gaming controls are paramount. A perfect score with this wretched classic Rockstar control scheme is mind-boggling. In 2001 Rockstar graced the world with Grand Theft Auto 3 and this control setup. We tripped over ledges, fell off buildings, ran into fences. This isn't 2001. This isn't the PS2-era. Controls have greatly evolved. Should we just accept it cause we've used this mess for so long?

    Here are some basic issues that anyone playing will experience with the controls:
    -RT to Aim... but only sometimes, and sometimes it just shoots
    -Walking, Riding on horseback, or on a coach becomes a spam the A button simulator
    -While riding and spamming A, add in LB to open a menu + RB to change pages + R-stick in the direction to highlight + RT/LT to cycle items let go of LB to select - really? I haven't had to do this much hand yoga since I've played Monster Hunter on the PSP.
    -RB to take cover, but sometimes you climb on top of cover with RB... completely exposed for the world to see!
    -Animation queues can be painfully long after a button press, so your actions can be very slow to initiate.
    -Getting the target for looting isn't always easy and you may need to re-approach again and again

    In addition to the control scheme comes the Wanted/Bounty system. It can be exceptionally touchy, and not so clear. For example while riding and trying to avoid an everyday bystander, you go out of your way to avoid them but due to the controls inadvertently bump into them. This could easily lead to assault, with a witness that runs off, which then escalates because you try to chase them down to prevent it being reported and well... even more chaos ensues. Suddenly you have an outrageous bounty on your head, which wouldn't be so bad if making money in the game was a bit easier (which it is not), or if the bounty decayed over time (which it does not). So you're left as a Wanted Man only to ensure that your debt to society will grow way faster than the funds in your pocket ever could.
    So anytime there is an incident occurring with a potential bounty? I just close the game and hope the last auto save wasn't too long ago.

    After closing the software sometimes I come back right away, but it seems each time I close the game because of this, the break I take grows longer. I'm still hyped enough to push on, and hope to finish it, but it is starting to feel like I'm punishing myself to a degree.

    The world is absolutely beautiful and so incredibly engaging. Everything you've seen and possibly read about it cannot do it justice. It's quite unreal how this world can be so real!
    This afternoon while living the real life, I saw a squirrel by my car outside and immediately wanted to get my bow... because RDR2 genuinely fooled me for a moment! However, the flock of birds I saw later in the day didn't fool me, but I still thought of Red Dead.

    Still, as beautiful as this world is, I cannot forgive Rockstar for these controls. If Mega Man or Mario played like this, there would be pitchforks and fire... Rockstar might just need a good slap to look at this outdated control scheme. Beautiful, realistic, and fantastical... but 10/10? Naaaaaaah.    … Expand
  10. Awesum
    Oct 29, 2018
    6
    Open world is not as open as BOTW or minecraft nothing revolutionary. Cannot steal as many things as in GTA. NPC will give you a wanted status because of clunky controls. Hunting is pointless as if you do some missions your hunted animals disappear. This does not diserve 97% rating from critics as this is not up to par with open world greats such as the witcher skyrim BOTW or evenOpen world is not as open as BOTW or minecraft nothing revolutionary. Cannot steal as many things as in GTA. NPC will give you a wanted status because of clunky controls. Hunting is pointless as if you do some missions your hunted animals disappear. This does not diserve 97% rating from critics as this is not up to par with open world greats such as the witcher skyrim BOTW or even minecraft. No one should be shooting at you over a $7.50 bounty. And the camp and getting to know all of the stupid friends aurthor has is very dumb and time consuming. I wish i could return this game but i bought the digital edition and the game doesnt actually start until you get off of the mountain. I cannot believe it took rockstar 5 years to com out with this overrated game.… Expand
  11. paulraised
    Nov 11, 2018
    7
    This is insanely overhyped by both gamers and the media. The game is good, but there are severe issues. Graphics are one of them, of course poor console hardware is to blame, but they should not be parading this thing as the holy grail of graphics, because it's not. When and if, a PC version is released we can discuss it.
    The other big issue I have is the characters. They are not    This is insanely overhyped by both gamers and the media. The game is good, but there are severe issues. Graphics are one of them, of course poor console hardware is to blame, but they should not be parading this thing as the holy grail of graphics, because it's not. When and if, a PC version is released we can discuss it.
    The other big issue I have is the characters. They are not likeable, these are felons and criminals. Even if you like the western theme, Rockstar seems to have a fixation with crime that is not healthy at all. Good stories can be about thieves in the old west, but this is not one of them.
    Third and last, the strategy of early console release to force people into buying the game twice should be denounced heavily.    … Expand
  12. dj5150
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    Ok, for those of you who haven't played it yet, here's my honest take without a bunch of obvious observation.

    What I feel while playing (25 hours in): -I frequently wondering what i should do next (doesn't feel smooth for a good story) -obviously, i'm enjoying it given the time i've spent on it -no real drive to go run a side mission to get $25 after you've made a few big heists    Ok, for those of you who haven't played it yet, here's my honest take without a bunch of obvious observation.

    What I feel while playing (25 hours in):

    -I frequently wondering what i should do next (doesn't feel smooth for a good story)
    -obviously, i'm enjoying it given the time i've spent on it
    -no real drive to go run a side mission to get $25 after you've made a few big heists
    -highly scripted with boring cut scenes that i'd like to skip (something I can do in other games.
    -when the action starts, im constantly looking at directions (go shoot from that window etc...)
    -right now i feel like making THE big heist seems pointless since I have yet to find a way to upgrade/spend the money) this is a big downside unless it changes later on.
    - the characters are the closest thing to feeling like im living as a gunslinger, but just when i think there is a growing bond between characters, the next encounter with them is like we hardly know each other.
    -yes the game play mechanics are odd, but i can deal with that. Wish the shooting was more satisfying...
    -just when i get used to my horse and its trusting me, it gets killed and doesn't come back to life like my character does.
    -looting is annoyingly slow and that same old problem of being in just the right place to click loot/take

    i'd give it a 7.5/10. Its enjoyable and has a little something for everyone's taste, but I was expecting more given the time that it took to make it.

    Maybe it will ramp up and clear some of these issues by the time im done...hope so!    … Expand
  13. Yugakhan
    Nov 14, 2018
    6
    Best looking game I have ever played and the most boring game i have ever played. I feel asleep in my chair two times playing this game but after the first 5 hours it takes off. you get used to the controls and find the rhythm of the game. Most games are like playing a movie but this game is like playing a book.
  14. JonCR
    Nov 3, 2018
    7
    The game is made very well - it has great graphics and detailed environment. The glorifying reviews make you think it's a must play for everyone - but it's not. It's suitable for GTA5 and western genre fans. If you're more into fast-paced shooters like Doom, Wolfenstein, Far Cry or adventure games like Last of Us, Tomb Raider, Evil Within 2 and Uncharted, then RDR2 will be extremely boringThe game is made very well - it has great graphics and detailed environment. The glorifying reviews make you think it's a must play for everyone - but it's not. It's suitable for GTA5 and western genre fans. If you're more into fast-paced shooters like Doom, Wolfenstein, Far Cry or adventure games like Last of Us, Tomb Raider, Evil Within 2 and Uncharted, then RDR2 will be extremely boring for you. The story and gameplay are simply too slow, gunplay is clumsy and you'll need a lot of time to get into it and actually see any progress in the story. I know that the reviewers try to make you think that it's not the case with RDR2, but I feel that it is, just like it was with GTA5 for example. So if you have a job, kids and only want to shoot something up before going to bed every night, then this game is not for you, unfortunately.… Expand
  15. theirrelephants
    Nov 10, 2018
    5
    The open world is great, the graphics are pretty, the writing is unmitigated trash. The two good parts about the game mentioned above are ruined by the HORRIBLE fps drops. Why is this even on consoles if they can't optimize it to work?

    I didn't think they'd be able to replicate RDR 1, and I was right, but it's still sad.
  16. Drienfyctigcent
    Nov 1, 2018
    7
    The game is good, maybe even great but definitely not excellent as many people say it is. Many aspects are astonishing and excellent like the wildlife, the amount of detail put in the world and in the things that you can do, the exploration, the well written story, the charachters etcetera. That alone is enough to make the game fairly enyojable and does do a lot for the total experience.The game is good, maybe even great but definitely not excellent as many people say it is. Many aspects are astonishing and excellent like the wildlife, the amount of detail put in the world and in the things that you can do, the exploration, the well written story, the charachters etcetera. That alone is enough to make the game fairly enyojable and does do a lot for the total experience. However, many aspects of the game lack that same attention to detail, such as lack of a proper fast travel system (not the one currently in game), the tedious and overly slow animations, and most importantly the absolutely terrible, terrible controls. I will elaborately explain how the controls bring down the game.

    The controls are of the most clunky, messy, delayed and annoying kind I may have ever experienced. Not only does this, combined with slow animations, make simple actions a chore, such as walking around in your camp or picking up items/searching areas, but it ruins the combat system. The controls make the combat system miserably bad and ruin the game to a great extent for me personally. The clunky controls make aiming at enemies incredibly frustrating and hard to do in free aim. This means you are forced to choose lock-on, which is a very unsatifsying way of shooting enemies and makes it feel as if the game is playing itsself for you. That is not fun.

    Another blow to the combat system is the delayed and slow animations. This will make you perform an action which the character carries out so slow or delayed, you think you didn't press the according button or push the joystick all the way so often you will either do it again or adjust your charachter by performing another action. However the game will register all these actions leading up to Arthur doing anything but that which you want him to do, and there you go, you screw up and get killed or injured badly. Another example: the game's abundant focus on the need to lock onto things, so that it can decide whether or not to give you the options to carry out an action on a person or an object, also means that you will often have to look at something, press L2 and then another button to carry out an action of choice. Not only is this intricate when trying to combine multiple actions in a hurry, it also ruins the combat system because the game often goes its own way and doesn't know what you want to do in a firefight. Like when you try to shoot an enemy but the game locks onto your horse because it is onscreen at the same time and near the enemy. By the time you can react to this you get shot dead. Great. Rockstar could and should easily be able to patch something like this, and I truly hope they do so that they can allow us players to enjoy the game as intended, fighting the enemies rather than the controls.    … Expand
  17. MetaMind
    Oct 31, 2018
    5
    DULL, DULL... is Arthur... he is a dullard... noting interesting about him whatsoever... well into Chapter 2 and NOTHING memorable has happened other then excessive horseback riding and accidental shooting of folks because the "interact with folks" button is the SAME BUTTON as shoot... what-the-heck??? Very, very disappointed. I was killed, failed a mission, returned to camp, and MY TENTDULL, DULL... is Arthur... he is a dullard... noting interesting about him whatsoever... well into Chapter 2 and NOTHING memorable has happened other then excessive horseback riding and accidental shooting of folks because the "interact with folks" button is the SAME BUTTON as shoot... what-the-heck??? Very, very disappointed. I was killed, failed a mission, returned to camp, and MY TENT WAS GONE... what-the-heck? and what a miserable way to get access to the map... some menus you'll need to back out with 4-5 button pushes just to return to the game... ugh!... and can I PLEASE skip the overlong skinning scenes... I simply don't want to hunt because I know it just slows down the slow tempo even more. there doesn't seem to be a way to brake my horse, which results in me running over or past folks... went from a 6 to a 5. absolutely nothing wow.
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    BORING... I played about 8 hours (after the initial 2 hour mostly QuickTime session) and found nothing interesting or compelling. You end of at a camp and stroll around looking for something to do. Go into town, have a little scuffle, go to the stores where you don't have nearly enough money to buy anything useful, go back to camp, stroll around. Doesn't come close to Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, and even Shadow of the Tomb Raider in terms of intriguing. Not looking for crazy action, just something that engages me to want to play... will try for a little longer to see if something interesting happens that is more than just running errands.    … Expand
  18. 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 98 rating and it is pretty clear how and why it is getting that kind of rating.… Expand
  19. dirtybaker1331
    Oct 29, 2018
    7
    Huge fan of Rockstar. Love Red Dead 1 and all of the GTA's. Been hyped for this game for a long time.

    The graphics are stunning. Great attention to detail. Story telling is well done and organic. Love the fact that *Spoiler Alert* John Marston is in the game! That really helps. Once you get passed the graphics, you see a game that is more of a chore to play and not THAT fun.    Huge fan of Rockstar. Love Red Dead 1 and all of the GTA's. Been hyped for this game for a long time.

    The graphics are stunning. Great attention to detail. Story telling is well done and organic. Love the fact that *Spoiler Alert* John Marston is in the game! That really helps.

    Once you get passed the graphics, you see a game that is more of a chore to play and not THAT fun. The auto aim makes the game very easy, especially since you can mark your spots and slow down time. The mundane animations are a huge time suck. Do I have to watch this guy skin EVERY animal with such detail? Do I have to wait +5 seconds to search a through a drawer...twice over? Do I have to ride a horse 5-10 minutes to the destinations before every mission? I appreciate realism in a game, but there is a fine line when it comes to this and having fun. There are many times you can not sprint to the destination because you must listen to some type of story. This is important obviously to follow a story, but also exhausting. Let's get to the action!

    The controls are fine. I like diving in and out of cover max payne style. I'm still only on Chapter 4 so there is much to see. I'm sure fast travel will be more accessible. My early impressions are that this game is one of the best looking games and has a immersive story. This is a game though and to me is lacking in the fun department. I give this game a 7.5-8.0 rating. Definitely not a 10.    … Expand
  20. PoorManStanding
    Oct 30, 2018
    7
    Ehh, want to give this game an 8 but I can't make myself do it because that would be wrong. When companies and news articles say, "this game is gonna be 2x the size of the prequel" do not get your hopes up. If you like running with a horse for 10 min from county to county, this is the game for you.

    The only thing this game has for you is attention to details, story and graphics. But    Ehh, want to give this game an 8 but I can't make myself do it because that would be wrong. When companies and news articles say, "this game is gonna be 2x the size of the prequel" do not get your hopes up. If you like running with a horse for 10 min from county to county, this is the game for you.

    The only thing this game has for you is attention to details, story and graphics. But everything gets blown away when you find out that this game becomes unrelenting and tedious to some extent. So much so that you will get annoyed and angry at the game mechanics this game has to offer.

    This game really disappointed me when I was getting **** game mechanics like fast traveling, horse riding, and the GOD DAMN BOUNTY HUNTERS RUINING MY GOD DAMN EXPERIENCE BY SHOWING UP RANDOMLY AND SHOOT AT ME. I know what you are going to say, but because of the robbing that you must do in order for you to progress at the game makes it much harder to pay your bounty because you are broke and gave everything to the camp so you could upgrade it.

    Fast traveling from camp works only one way and not back. If you need something from the camp, expect 2-3 min of horse riding which also gets tedious after awhile

    Ohh and bugs, lots of bugs. Worse than GTA V.    … Expand
  21. Amihan
    Oct 27, 2018
    5
    Only playable on the Xbox One X, if you have the Xbox One S or the original Xbox One then don't bother as it runs terrible with low fps
  22. Deez_Nuts
    Nov 7, 2018
    5
    This game should be called The Sims Western Version or Gta 5.5, I'm kidding lol.
  23. HotLawyer
    Oct 31, 2018
    6
    I'll give it a 6 out of 10. The visuals and audio are fantastic. However, the travel time is overly burdensome, even with cinematic mode on. Shame to have to play 20+ hours before fast travel is available. The major problem I have with the game, aside from online multiplayer not being available for at least a month, is the following:

    I believe the most important aspect of a video game    I'll give it a 6 out of 10. The visuals and audio are fantastic. However, the travel time is overly burdensome, even with cinematic mode on. Shame to have to play 20+ hours before fast travel is available. The major problem I have with the game, aside from online multiplayer not being available for at least a month, is the following:

    I believe the most important aspect of a video game is that it must have the option where, if I can get good enough at the game, I can make a living playing professionally. Examples of these include: League of Legends, Dota 2, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Fortnite, CS GO.

    This game does not have that possibility, so it's basically just time invested for no potential monetary return.    … Expand
  24. Starmia
    Oct 26, 2018
    5
    Playing a Rockstar game is like playing a blast from the past, similar to playing World of Warcraft. All the old gaming mechanics that have been left behind by most for decades, like twitch-reflex challenges coupled with checkpoints that you have to keep retrying, reams of quest text, and being penalized for going off of designated paths during escort missions instead of being able to pickPlaying a Rockstar game is like playing a blast from the past, similar to playing World of Warcraft. All the old gaming mechanics that have been left behind by most for decades, like twitch-reflex challenges coupled with checkpoints that you have to keep retrying, reams of quest text, and being penalized for going off of designated paths during escort missions instead of being able to pick your own route, are here and kicking. Hi there 1996!

    These things are "old fashioned" because games these days use a lot of super interesting stuff about psychology to stay engaging, and older games just didn't. They keep you in the same general frame of mind throughout most of the experience, and if you have to change to feeling more tense or more relaxed, it's a gentle transition with lots of signals. On the other hand, Red Dead Redemption 2 is all over the place. You'll be sitting through a 10-minute horse ride sequence with everyone talking and talking (I know it's supposed to be 'character development', but seeing another set of rolling foothills in another video game just isn't interesting anymore, no matter how pretty they are now), and then suddenly you'll need to instantly have the controller in your hands and shoot five guys really fast or you'll die -- and if you die, you have to watch THE ENTIRE CUTSCENE OVER AGAIN! This was sadistic years ago, and moments like these in games got panned universally by critics. Now it just looks like whoever is running Rockstar has a vendetta against the way that modern games act, and is forcing their philosophies down everyone's throats and power tripping off of it.

    Also, I'm sorry, but the scriptwriting in Rockstar games is just plain insulting. They make some of the most mature, violent games around, and they have some of the best camera cinematics, great music, great understanding of technique. But the characters all sound very game-y, saying things like "shucks" and other stereotypical 'Western' words a little too often to be believed. The prime example is when Penny Arcade made fun of your friend in GTA4 asking if you want to go see the strip joint with the "Big American Tee Tees!" I mean, who talks like that? Who actually says 'big american' anything in a sentence? Usually people are more subtle, indirect, joke around a little bit. There's adultness, nuance, signs of life experience. I found the characters in RDR2, and indeed most Rockstar games, to be lacking any signs of adult life experience, and thus impossible to believe.

    For a *good* example of an old sandbox series that's been revitalized, I'd suggest checking out AC Odyssey, which I've also been playing. If any Rockstar devs read this, please give it a try. I loved the "Prince of Persia" quest near the start of the game, where you visit places around the world and then a mysterious character tells you about their past. It's pretty quick to finish, and despite talking about some really farfetched and heady things, the NPC sounds truly wise and grizzled throughout, instead of sounding like a caricature. On the other hand, pretty much everyone in RDR2 is a really obvious caricature.

    Also, AC Odyssey shows how to modernize an old game's interface to new standards - let a player walk and climb anywhere, why do you need terrain barriers when making things inconvenient is good enough? And most of all, streamline the quest system. What to do and where to go should be obvious and constant. It's 2018, why do we need to traverse the entire map twice just to talk to a quest giver? Receiving quests instantly (through the mail, perhaps?) is a shorthand that most players are fine with, that doesn't break most people's immersion.

    I hope it doesn't sound like I'm spending an entire review talking about another game. I'm just pointing out that in a lot of ways, RDR2 is a reboot of a pretty ancient video game, and it was also a chance for Rockstar to revamp and 'reboot' their storytelling style for the new, modern, 4K/HDR generation, and for all the new gamers who might be playing a Rockstar game for the first time. Instead they look totally incompetent to me, with dialogue that insults your intelligence and a core "game loop" that hasn't been updated since GTA1 basically.

    It also enrages me sometimes that all of the main gaming publications seemingly have to give these games good ratings "or else", because it destroys my trust in writers I like. When I get used to a reviewer's personality and trust their deep thoughtful opinions on something, and then they give the latest GTA/RDR a glowing review even though I don't think they actually liked it (for example, if it doesn't seem consistent with their personality for them to like it), I briefly hate the world and feel like everything's a lie, and I get upset that all the publications fall in line the way they do.

    Rockstar has some very talented people. But in general, they're a toxic "bad actor", made even worse because everyone acts like they can do no wrong.    … Expand
  25. Goo4you
    Nov 12, 2018
    5
    -Chasing The Witcher 3, they just went too far.-

    The creation of Red Dead Redemption 2 is a marvel of physical beauty, astonishingly true humanistic creativity and technical prowess I don't think we've EVER seen in a video game before... And I hope we never do again. There will be no doubt others that are going to do justice to graphical fidelity or how well the framerate works    -Chasing The Witcher 3, they just went too far.-

    The creation of Red Dead Redemption 2 is a marvel of physical beauty, astonishingly true humanistic creativity and technical prowess I don't think we've EVER seen in a video game before...

    And I hope we never do again.

    There will be no doubt others that are going to do justice to graphical fidelity or how well the framerate works (or doesn't), or how well unique things like combat mechanics work, I want to focus on the one thing that makes this game unplayable: The purpose.

    This is a game about playing a human life, and it has no place in Video Games ever.

    Rockstar is one of the most intuitive minded developers on the planet creating full worlds filled to the brim with things to do or places to see, even relationships to build (or destroy). RDR2 takes this so close to actual human life here that they quite literally flew too close to the sun and fell to the earth. And that is something not necessary in games, where the illusion of 'not-reality' takes precedent.

    There is just an absurd amount of interdependent mechanics to be found here that if you were to utilize them all, you might never leave. It becomes unnerving when personal hygiene can ruin a hunt (because you smell, bad) that eating (well or poorly) will affect your overall ability to survive, things like washing your horse can play a factor. And these are but a handful of things that ultimately make this game something akin to the Uncanny Valley and it's uncomfortable.

    As I wrote above, ever since CD Projekt Red's Witcher 3, there's been this unspoken charge to one-up it. Sometimes it misses the mark (Oh Hai AC Oddesy), other times they get damn close, but end up making something of their own (Horizon: Zero Dawn), RDR2 took it beyond that and is what ruined the game. It took it to "Ludicrous Speed" and lost itself because of it. It's a true marvel of video game development, and if you can get yourself past this you'll mine it for perhaps a life-changing experience, but I think because of how far Rocksteady took it, most will bypass it and never want to see it's ilk ever again.

    Still, if you DO want to play it on a console and want the absolute best experience (both in game and graphics), the Xbox One X is the best experience followed by the PS4 Pro and then both the original ps4 and finally the base Xbox One. I think though; this is a bridge too far.    … Expand
  26. ZEAFES
    Oct 27, 2018
    6
    I dont understand the hybe for such game its not bad by all means but it doesn't feel like a rockstar game for me at least
  27. Ali_Ahmed
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    It's a great game but it's really feels like GTA V with a lot of mods like a lot of people said, also the gameplay is pretty much the same as GTA V. The story is decent and really boring at times, also you stuck at a tutorial missions for at least 3 hours in the beginning of the game. The hunting which takes almost 50% of this game is really basic and really feels like FarCry games. TheIt's a great game but it's really feels like GTA V with a lot of mods like a lot of people said, also the gameplay is pretty much the same as GTA V. The story is decent and really boring at times, also you stuck at a tutorial missions for at least 3 hours in the beginning of the game. The hunting which takes almost 50% of this game is really basic and really feels like FarCry games. The map is really huge with few cities and huge empty green areas.
    Also WHY THE F*CK IS RUNNING ON 846P on the original XONE and the S and running on a native 1080p on the original PS4 and The slim considering the Xone s has better specs than the original ps4. I feel like this is Microsoft Idea to make it run like that on these two and make it run at a native 4K at the X.    … Expand
  28. TheDarker
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    I've seen several gameplays of this game, but ... it's a bit boring, it's a copy of Grand Theft Auto V, but only in the old west and instead of cars they are horses
  29. dypsomaniart
    Jan 19, 2019
    5
    Not Fun. In fact, this game punishes you severely for behaving like a damn cowboy.
    I play games to get away from boring reality. This game has boring, time consuming chores, boring slow fishing, boring slow card games, real time theatre shows, slow laborious hunting, slow ass horse riding to get anywhere, slow animated cooking, slow animated cleaning, slow walking in camps. If I wanted to    Not Fun. In fact, this game punishes you severely for behaving like a damn cowboy.
    I play games to get away from boring reality. This game has boring, time consuming chores, boring slow fishing, boring slow card games, real time theatre shows, slow laborious hunting, slow ass horse riding to get anywhere, slow animated cooking, slow animated cleaning, slow walking in camps. If I wanted to do any of that boring sh1t I would be actually doing it in real life, not playing video games.

    I'm only half way through and I have gone from enjoyment at the beginning, to boredom, to actively being frustrated continually while playing the game.
    Two guys picked a fight with me in a city, they opened fire with no provocation, I shot them, witnesses run screaming and 10 cops spawn in front of you down every street as you try and get away. finally escape with a $383 bounty now on your head, which takes approx 1000hrs to earn back looting people for .40cents at a time. finally pay off bounty, accidentally knock over random npc in the street and it all begins again.

    Yeah the graphics are pretty, but the gameplay is the least fun and satisfaction i have had from a game in a long time.
    I'm giving up on it for now. maybe they will patch it and make it a bit more enjoyable.
    Things it needs:
    Fast travel from anywhere.
    No bounty, or way more loot so it is not so painful.
    Better power curve- there is no progression after about 20%, you have everything decent.
    Skippable cutscenes and animations. Faster animations.
    More realistic police presence, the law is way too quick to the scene, coordinated, numerous and powerful.
    No button press and hold delays, tap in rhythm to gallop everywhere etc, just more user friendly controls.
    better inventory, everything is just so clunky and slow.
    They seem to have made all the worst, most boring everyday stuff more realistic and slow, but made the law telepathic and able to appear in force anywhere on the map in moments. It takes you longer to wait for your horse to get to you and mount up, than a full posse of lawmen to track you down, even though you are ten a ten minute ride from any town, and start shooting, and when you shoot back, it costs you a fortune, and the cops are suddenly everywhere.
    It's a frustrating game. You are apparently supposed to play like a good citizen, but the main story has you shooting up town after town, i just dont get the angle they are trying for. Confusing, aimless and frustrating.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. Furiousmike
    Nov 21, 2018
    7
    So... if I give popular game bad score it means I'm a hater who loves to hate popular games? If I give it good score I'm just a piece of sh't fanboy!? Apparently facts are something people don't understand. Well I don't give a flying f'ck so I'm gonna lay down some facts.

    In about 40 hours in to the game I woke up to a realization, that everything I've done so far wasn't very    So... if I give popular game bad score it means I'm a hater who loves to hate popular games? If I give it good score I'm just a piece of sh't fanboy!? Apparently facts are something people don't understand. Well I don't give a flying f'ck so I'm gonna lay down some facts.

    In about 40 hours in to the game I woke up to a realization, that everything I've done so far wasn't very interesting. Rockstar tried to go with more realism with this one and implemented some survival elements but the problem is that if you don't sleep or eat or clean yourself it doesn't really matter. You can't die of hunger. I didn't eat anything during 67 hours of gameplay just to see if something happens. So the "survival" elements are there just to annoy you. If you shoot an opponent in the chest three times the bastard still keeps running around. In my books, that's not realism.

    Gameplay is where rdr 2 doesn't shine. Arthur, your main character controls like a sack of snot. You move very slowly. You can't sprint in the main camp that works as a hub area that you can use to upgrade and restock your ammo and supplies, It's not tiny, the camp is actually quite a big area. This was a thing that almost made me quit. It's really that annoying so I tried to stay out of the camp as much as possible but you have to visit often to pick up missions. Shooting is allover the place. I can't hit anything. Had to turn on auto lock for aiming. Fast travel is very limited. You are forced to ride your horse almost everywhere. Horse controls aren't bad actually. It's fun to a certain point. After a while it just becomes a chore. Taking care of your horse is a big thing. You have to feed it and clean it so it stays healthy. Bounty system is a complete joke. Somebody attacks you out of nowhere and you can't defend yourself at all or you get a bounty. If you bump to somebody in a street, you get a bounty. If you kill somebody out in the wilderness there's always somebody to witness the crime. Doesn't matter if you shoot that one, another will pop out of nowhere so you have to kill that one too and it becomes an infinite loop. No matter what, you're going to get a bounty even in middle of nowhere.

    Very minor spoiler ahead!!!

    Story and characters aren't very interesting. Basic western story that has been told many times before. I must admit tho. Certain saloon scene where Arthur is drunk as a skunk and constantly looses his friend Lenny, is the funniest thing I've seen in games for years. I was laughing so hard I almost shat my pants.

    Graphics these days are a matter of taste. Everybody seems to like different things. This one looks very realistic. I can almost smell the horse sh't It's that good. The attention to details is uncanny. One thing that I don't like about this generation games is the color palette. Every game looks the same and colors are very dim or light or what ever. There seems to be very little of contrast and blacks are not blacks. Dark areas seem bright but they aren't?? Weird but I don't know how to quite describe it. Maybe it's a thing with hdr, I sure as hell don't know.

    This game was in development for 8 years. It really shows in the detail and graphics department but what's usually missing in games today is also missing here which is good controls. Some game play aspects like aiming and the bounty system do need a lot of tweaking. I have no idea why people are calling this game groundbreaking and saying that it has changed gaming forever. Everything that's in this game has already been done better elsewhere. Don't get too hang up on my score. I actually don't know if I should give it 3 or 9. It's a weird mix of awesome in few things and a lot of.. meh.. in everywhere else. So if you like slow paced game play in a bad third person shooter where you have survival elements that don't matter and you hate fast travel and like western theme and wanna watch horses balls shrink in snow storm, then this game is right up your alley.    … Expand
  32. MikaMikes
    Feb 5, 2019
    6
    RDR2 might be one of the greatest looking games every made, but it lacks the open and free feeling that I was hoping for. There is quite a lot of fun to be had, but the gunplay and mission design are not what will keep you coming back - and that's okay, I guess. There is a good chance that you will fall in love with it, therefore it is certainly worth the buy, but for many people - it'sRDR2 might be one of the greatest looking games every made, but it lacks the open and free feeling that I was hoping for. There is quite a lot of fun to be had, but the gunplay and mission design are not what will keep you coming back - and that's okay, I guess. There is a good chance that you will fall in love with it, therefore it is certainly worth the buy, but for many people - it's just a bit too boring.… Expand
  33. Squicker
    Jan 1, 2019
    5
    I'm a PC gamer but bought an XBox One X as a 4K bluray player, it came bundled with RDR2 so gave it a go after reading glowing reviews. But I cannot understand the praise, it's an OK game, nothing special.

    Pros: Well told story, albeit consisting of rather cliched western fodder Well fleshed out characters An incredibly well-detailed world, very strong in this area The animals in    I'm a PC gamer but bought an XBox One X as a 4K bluray player, it came bundled with RDR2 so gave it a go after reading glowing reviews. But I cannot understand the praise, it's an OK game, nothing special.

    Pros:
    Well told story, albeit consisting of rather cliched western fodder
    Well fleshed out characters
    An incredibly well-detailed world, very strong in this area
    The animals in the game are superbly realised and make the world feel truly alive
    Pretty good graphics for a console, doesn't seem too sluggish on XB1X in 4K HDR mode, but it's not as amazing as people are saying

    Cons:
    Game is not really open world, story is on rails as are the side-quests. If you go off piste you fail quests, you cannot apply any creative thinking to the problems. So rather a dull experience.
    Appalling control system; unintuitive, unresponsive, inconsistent use of controls, makes the game not worth playing for me. It's like playing something from 20 years ago on a PS2
    Silly and laborious systems for inventory, weapons selection and item use, you end up fiddling about so much with the menus that your objective has run off by the time you're ready to do what you need to.
    Endless cut scenes that take you out of the game and ruin the flow of play, you just think you are watching a bad 1970's cowboy film in Sunday afternoon
    Constant talking from all around you that prevents you just getting on with things. I really could not care less if some dumb broad thinks I ought to take a bath or not. It's just tedious small-talk that does not move the game on. Seriously, whoever wrote the script for this really needs to understand those two key story-telling maxims, 'less is more' and 'show not tell'
    Weak combat system that makes you avoid combat rather than actively embrace it
    The game is a horse-riding simulator. It's so dull; ride, ride, ride, then spend 2 minutes doing some boring activity, then ride, ride, ride back, as there's no decent fast travel system. So you just ride over the same boring dirt tracks over and over and over and over. Yeah we get it, you're a cowboy, you ride a horse. Wow. Big deal.
    Overly anal attention to detail about the most petty activities; picking weapons from a saddle bag, watching you skin the same animals hundreds of times over and over and over. You even have to make coffee to drink, seriously, this is the type of tedious activity I do at home before leaving for work, I don't want to spend my gaming time reliving the less exciting moments of my normal life. Playing this game is often like having a second job, but one that's actually less fun than my actual career.

    Main issue is the control system, it's so bad, I can't believe they released the game like this. I use an XB1 controller a lot on the PC as it's the best controller going IMO, so I am used to gamepads, but I have not seen a gamepad control system implemented this badly in decades.

    So a bit of a mixed bag, but if I'd paid for the game, I'd not be pleased. Can't see me moving to consoles for my gaming if this is the best that's on offer.    … Expand
  34. Kharnivore2099
    May 17, 2020
    5
    If games where given ratings based on how well they mimic movies and provide a cinematic experience, then RDR2 would have an easy 10/10 rating from everyone that had played it. Games are meant to be given ratings based on how well they play and fortunately for RDR2/Rockstar, many players and reviewers have forgotten this. It's currently sitting with some of the best scores possible, whileIf games where given ratings based on how well they mimic movies and provide a cinematic experience, then RDR2 would have an easy 10/10 rating from everyone that had played it. Games are meant to be given ratings based on how well they play and fortunately for RDR2/Rockstar, many players and reviewers have forgotten this. It's currently sitting with some of the best scores possible, while being fundamentally broken in many aspects...and that is almost hilarious.

    The game is arguably gorgeous and there is plenty to do; large areas to explore, lots of people to interact with, a vast array of animals to hunt and resources to collect etc. Unfortunately the main controls and general gameplay are as archaic and badly executed as you could make them. General movement/horse controls and basic inventory/weapon selection makes you wonder if they have learned anything since RDR1, or just any other game in the industry.

    Missions leave you stuck in the middle of nowhere without your horse or your equipment, which is probably a lesson in how important these elements are...but can be bypassed by a simple save and load to retrieve your horse. Getting on and off your horse seemingly resets Aurthur to whatever weapon it feels like. Walking around camps is a slow tedious chore. Poker games still last forever due to AI players being overly cautious, with very little payout for time wasted. Skinned animals drop into existence when an area is left and returned to. Dying just results in you being plonked somewhere nearby with a minor cash payment removed. it's all very shallow and either pointless, overlooked or poorly executed.

    That's just a few examples, but it's a small sample of how a product can actually be a beautiful looking polished turd. It just gets some points for being that polished visually and for cinematic effect...the problem is the polish isn't where the game needs it. It's certainly no GOTY if you actually like good gameplay.    … Expand
  35. widmowy
    Jan 6, 2019
    6
    It's a too long and boring game with really bad mechanics and not too well created characters. The excellent things - graphics and details. This is my very first Rockstar game I've been playing in and the last one at the same time. I'm not convinced that they are good.
  36. elihup
    Nov 14, 2018
    7
    I had a ton of hope for this game but was overall disappointed. At 2-3 hours in I noticed that the game wasn't fun, and was borderline a chore to play. I was able to make my experience better by solely focusing on the main story, but even then the game's faults were at times glaringly obvious. It took me about 60 hours to complete the main story.

    Pros: Beautiful world Great main    I had a ton of hope for this game but was overall disappointed. At 2-3 hours in I noticed that the game wasn't fun, and was borderline a chore to play. I was able to make my experience better by solely focusing on the main story, but even then the game's faults were at times glaringly obvious. It took me about 60 hours to complete the main story.

    Pros:
    Beautiful world
    Great main story
    Good Immersion

    Cons:
    You spend a ridiculous amount of time riding your horse from point A to point B.
    The horse has no intelligence and will run headfirst into a tree or jump off a cliff to its death.
    Game-play mechanics are clunky, especially in gunfights.
    Animations for looting, skinning an animal etc take too long.
    More often than not there is not enough time to loot enemies without failing your mission.
    Weapon load-outs get reset every time you ride your horse.
    Your active weapon gets reset every time you interact with an object.
    Overly scripted and offers very little choice.
    Situational restrictions on character actions break immersion.    … Expand
  37. daldis
    Dec 18, 2018
    6
    Red Dead Redemption 2 serves as just what you would expect a sequel of the first game to be, but slightly worse.
    Some of the things that are fantastic about this game are the graphics, sound design, music and world detail.
    the things i think the original Red Dead Redemption did better are the cover system and the story, these may seem like minor things but honestly it isn't acceptable    Red Dead Redemption 2 serves as just what you would expect a sequel of the first game to be, but slightly worse.
    Some of the things that are fantastic about this game are the graphics, sound design, music and world detail.
    the things i think the original Red Dead Redemption did better are the cover system and the story, these may seem like minor things but honestly it isn't acceptable for those things to be worse after 8 years.
    some of the things that are just outright bad about red dead are the wanted system (it is inconsistent and often times makes absolutely no sense), the world sometimes seems to large and barren and the gunplay gets very boring very fast    … Expand
  38. jed34
    Jan 8, 2019
    5
    Oh, how I wanted to love this game. I actually signed up to do reviews in Metacritic because of how blah I feel about the game. After 81 hours of playing, this is a game that feels like a chore more than anything else.

    - too much horse. I got the white Arabian and it is fast. The problem with the horse is that aside from walking it is the only way to get to around (sure there is a train    Oh, how I wanted to love this game. I actually signed up to do reviews in Metacritic because of how blah I feel about the game. After 81 hours of playing, this is a game that feels like a chore more than anything else.

    - too much horse. I got the white Arabian and it is fast. The problem with the horse is that aside from walking it is the only way to get to around (sure there is a train and stagecoach for city to city travel) but come on, do I really need to ride a horse for 5 IRL minutes so that I can go the next objective? Sure I get to see the "beautiful game", sure I can always stop and hunt or forage, sure there is always a chance at an ambush, race, or animal attack, but even with all of that. the travel feels daunting. I bet 20% of my game time has been riding a horse and doing nothing else.

    - slow and repetitive animations (walking in camp, picking up stuff or when stuff happens during missions). The game has no option to turn these off, so every time I pick up a plant I have to wait 1-2 seconds while the animation plays, same with every other action I do - and it adds up. If I forrage 1000 plants that is 16 minutes of IRL time watching the same animation at 1 second per animation, skin 100 animals that is 5 IRL minutes of watching the same animation (sure the animal in the scen and how the skinning is done varies but after the 20th time it all blurs into - I don't give a damn. Aside from the animations, the slow pace, in general, doesn't really trigger anything outside of frustration and boredom.

    - I feel like the game forces you to play the good guy - it rewards you by doing so (discounts in shops, no bounty hunters to harass you - which is a good thing as most of them are magical bounty hunters with teleporting abilities) and punishes you if you don't. The cost of being a criminal far exceeds the rewards.

    These are a few of the constant annoyances. However, the main problem is, that it's not a real open world game. If you focus on the main story you will experience a linear and scripted game with almost no freedom. Every time you try something different the missions will fail - and if you have to repeat the mission many are scripted and you can't skip the slow-ass ride from point a to point b because the NPC has some important story to tell you about how their balls hurt when they were riding wagons in the winter (I don't care). If you don't do the missions or follow the story, well then you get what I got - 80 hours of slowly realizing how laborious the game is and how unfulfilling it is to continue playing.

    In summary, RDR2 is an average game in an open world sandbox if you ignore the story and do whatever you want. However, doing whatever you want too early in the game limits you because you can't get some gear or rewards until you follow the storyline so then you end up with getting forced to follow the story just to get improvements you want. If you love the main story, the game provides maybe 15-20 hours of a very scripted and cinematic game with high production value. Both parts have average gameplay and problematic controls. The only highlights and reasons to play the game are its great graphics, atmosphere and story. Which for me was not enough to want to finish the game or keep playing, TBH even with my goal of not buying new games until I complete the ones I have, I will likely call RDR2 completed and not go back.    … Expand
  39. nateOstrike
    Dec 24, 2018
    5
    The best part of the game is the environment. It is very pretty and realistic. The problem is for me the game just gets a bit boring and the missions are too. The worst part, again for me, are the controls! Ahhh why so difficult!!
  40. Nebulhym
    Nov 13, 2018
    7
    A stunning game, for sure. But more importantly, so many missed opportunities. The worst for me is how clunky the controls are. Nothing feels natural, the game needs to explain every command and many times during the game.

    Then there's the world. it is beautiful, sure, but it was inspired by some of the world's most breathtaking locations, namely the American west. And to be honest,    A stunning game, for sure. But more importantly, so many missed opportunities. The worst for me is how clunky the controls are. Nothing feels natural, the game needs to explain every command and many times during the game.

    Then there's the world. it is beautiful, sure, but it was inspired by some of the world's most breathtaking locations, namely the American west. And to be honest, RDR2's locations never give you that awe. And before you say it's a game it's not the same, well many games have accomplished it, so this is not an excuse.

    Luckily, the writing is simply excellent. But even then, the quests never feel like a big deal, but that's not such a problem. I wish I had a bit more guidance in what i am supposed to do next but then, the writing more than makes up for that particular problem.

    As much as i hate saying this, I must admit RDR2 is way too overrated. it's clearly an excellent game but a new Witcher 3 this isn't.    … Expand
  41. Edgard86
    Jan 28, 2019
    7
    Prós: Gráfico lindo, ambientação incrível e boa dublagem (americana).
    Contras: Jogabilidade realista demais que chega a dar raiva, história lenta, missões sem graça e repetitivas, jogo da sono em vários momentos, muito longo e cansativo. 25hrs de campanha tava ótimo! GamerTag da minha jogatina: Edgard 86 no Xbox one X
  42. SeveringOcean
    Dec 20, 2018
    7
    This game is a fantastic single player experience that I'm sure you can read about in other reviews but the game is unfortunately marred by an online mode that is nothing more than a cash grab that's left a bad taste in my mouth and led to this review. I'd recommend you rent this game.
  43. PlayerTw0
    Jan 3, 2019
    5
    Red Dead Redemption 2

    RDR2 is a all round good game but after playing through the first chapter and a bit of the second i found that all be it a beautiful game its very very slow and in my opinion is not a £60 game and it`s better if you wait until the price drops.
  44. Zuganug
    Jan 11, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hope Rockstar really reads these users reviews and doesn't go by all of the biased early-review stories written by people who benefit from clicks. Possible spoilers here!!

    I was the biggest fan of RDR, had no real knowledge of that game before it came out, and don't even like to watch westerns. But the graphics, gameplay, characters and story all blew me away. Became my favorite game of all time, and I was early waiting years for a possible sequel.

    I pre-ordered the game like so many others, and like happens so often with other games, this was probably a mistake - not because the game is a total loss, but because it gives gaming publishers a pass for putting out a game that has serious gameplay issues.

    Anyway, my feelings echo many of the exact things others have posted; the visuals of the environment, weather, etc. - the immersiveness in the world of RDR2 is incredible. And *some* of the missions and characters are very engaging. The Lenny mission is possibly one of the best missions in a game, ever. Unfortunately, most of the other missions are much worse. They are too close to typical 'fedex' missions, and are very annoying at times due to the wasted time riding out to the mission, or riding back, or the mission requiring loading your horse which already has a valuable skin, etc. Just not thought out well. I also agree that the missions are 100% strictly scripted and it gets annoying real fast. Mission starts; I can't save, I don't know how long it will take, often I waste my buffs and hard earned ammo to kill people and then can't even loot the bodies.

    And possibly worst of all are the far-too-many Dutch "trust me I have a plan" (literally), doing stupid thing, "Arther you don't have faith", rinse and repeat.

    I still haven't finished, and though I'd love to do all of the missions and experience everything that was put into the game, all of the wasted time has just made it seem drawn out and now I'm just trying to get to the damn ending.

    Not a great effort overall in many ways and worse than it's predecessors.    … Expand
  45. TheHonestJack
    May 22, 2019
    6
    "More doesnt always mean better. If the new features dont improve the gameplay, they just end up being a bunch of **** between you and the stuff you wanna do in the game." -Lyle Rath

    Red dead 2 is big, impressive, and shiny, but it falls apart thanks to rockstars outdated game design; The huge open world is wasted on the painfully rigid mssions structure. Do an objective in the way    "More doesnt always mean better. If the new features dont improve the gameplay, they just end up being a bunch of **** between you and the stuff you wanna do in the game." -Lyle Rath

    Red dead 2 is big, impressive, and shiny, but it falls apart thanks to rockstars outdated game design;

    The huge open world is wasted on the painfully rigid mssions structure. Do an objective in the way rockstar didnt want you to? Failed mission. Get a little to far away from your gangmates as you slowly and painfully trot towards the mission area becuase you want to check out something neat off the path? Failed mission.

    The game still features Rockstars horribly outdated gunplay and cover system.

    Arthur and your horses feel like your controlling a shopping cart full of cinderblocks.

    Even the new micromanaging systems (horse care, gun maintainance, etc) dont make the game any more fun, they end up just feeling like chores.

    Red dead 2 tries too hard to be "impressive" and forgets to be fun.    … Expand
  46. Jrtlaktalk
    Jan 13, 2019
    5
    It deserves a perfectly mediocre score. Why? Singleplayer 10/10, and is worth getting if you want to play the story. However, if you want to play multiplayer, avoid this title. The servers are full of grievers, and Rockstar has no intention to actually stop this harassment. I guess these are the guys... oh wait... let me rephrase that to SJW lingo... I guess there are the 'them' thatIt deserves a perfectly mediocre score. Why? Singleplayer 10/10, and is worth getting if you want to play the story. However, if you want to play multiplayer, avoid this title. The servers are full of grievers, and Rockstar has no intention to actually stop this harassment. I guess these are the guys... oh wait... let me rephrase that to SJW lingo... I guess there are the 'them' that throws down the big bucks for a competitive advantage.… Expand
  47. comicmaster
    Nov 25, 2018
    6
    Its a great game dont get me wrong but non user friendly controls make simple action something you have to practice and its "realism" is actually tedious and bogs down this great game into an ok game
  48. lTio
    Dec 9, 2018
    5
    The visuals in the game are outstanding but that´s about the only thing that stands out in this game. It´s basically a horse riding simulator. I´m not joking, i´ve played the game for about 20 hours and 15 of them are riding my horse from point A to point B. The story is extremely frustrating and repetitive. Someone is in trouble, ride for 15 minutes, shoot people for 2 minutes, ride backThe visuals in the game are outstanding but that´s about the only thing that stands out in this game. It´s basically a horse riding simulator. I´m not joking, i´ve played the game for about 20 hours and 15 of them are riding my horse from point A to point B. The story is extremely frustrating and repetitive. Someone is in trouble, ride for 15 minutes, shoot people for 2 minutes, ride back for 15 minutes. Animations are slow so looting is a pain, the story is badly written. I´m up to a point where I do not want to play anymore but I will just so I can finish the story (which I am sure will disappoint as well).… Expand
  49. Bestpilotever
    Dec 9, 2018
    5
    If it wasn’t for the amazing graphics I would give this game a solid 2. It’s just soooooooooo boring. Goldeneye on N64 has better controls.
  50. Elmund
    Nov 17, 2019
    7
    Great game. Incredible experience and amazing story but is massively let down by it's horrific controls. Plays like a PS2 game at times and it's inexcusable from a company the size of Rockstar
  51. Balrock1230
    Mar 12, 2019
    7
    I quite don't get how the game got so much praised to haven, by all means, visually and technically it shows what video game development is capable of, but gameplay and story, well...
    First thing the game is huge to huge in my opinion and I wished there would be in general a change from big and empty maps to smaller one's full of life.
    Secondly its slow, sometimes painfully slow, I know    I quite don't get how the game got so much praised to haven, by all means, visually and technically it shows what video game development is capable of, but gameplay and story, well...
    First thing the game is huge to huge in my opinion and I wished there would be in general a change from big and empty maps to smaller one's full of life.
    Secondly its slow, sometimes painfully slow, I know the developer aimed for realism here, but do I need to see every movement from eating food, getting on the horse and so on and so on.
    Also I felt a lack of mission variety, most of them felt repetitive sprinkled with some unique missions here and there and some great side missions.

    Story wise, I loved Arthur and the change he was going trough the story, also the charm of the other characters where great, but the story itself and the pacing made me feel bored and on the end I went from mission to mission just to see how all ties together and that's it.
    Normally in other games I also try to get all collectibles, but in here I couldn't care less.
    The only one's what made me travel trough this huge world were bounties and hunting the legendary animals.

    I would say a good game in general and I personally just don't feel/get it    … Expand
  52. ElDavid
    Oct 11, 2020
    6
    While the game is fun in the open world, the story is sometimes really boring, repetitive and with lots of characters. I really liked playing the open world roleplaying. Also this game is too realistic, at points of stupidness, i get you want to show your engine, but i waste them into dumb **** like the horse. In general it is fun, but not enough to ride the horse for 60 hours
  53. RoumenSp
    Nov 30, 2018
    7
    Mixed bag.

    Pros: beautiful, realistic world, high level of details, good story.

    Cons: chore simulator at 0.5x speed, lack of character progression.
  54. AngryShark92
    Dec 3, 2018
    7
    I have loved every single rockstar game since GTA 3, and this game is no exception to the rule. You can tell that there was a whole lot of effort put into this title and it is understandable as to why it took so long to release. The vistas are gorgeous, the story and acting is excellent, and the amount of things you are able to do in the game are literally endless.

    Unfortunately, there    I have loved every single rockstar game since GTA 3, and this game is no exception to the rule. You can tell that there was a whole lot of effort put into this title and it is understandable as to why it took so long to release. The vistas are gorgeous, the story and acting is excellent, and the amount of things you are able to do in the game are literally endless.

    Unfortunately, there are some glaringly obvious flaws with the game, the two major flaws for me are: the incredibly awful pacing for the storyline, there were some really fun missions alongside some really boring tedious missions, and it was hard for me to keep my attention on it and keep playing it sometimes, the other major flaw is the absolutely abysmal character movement and cover system that leave a lot to be desired.

    + Excellent story
    + Great voice acting
    + Great soundtrack
    + Lots of side activities
    + Gorgeous world
    + Some really fun missions
    + Extensive list of animals, customization options, clothing, etc.

    - Awful pacing in story
    - Incredibly boring missions and side quests here and there
    - Abysmal and clunky character movement and cover systems
    - Post game epilogue and explorable areas are less than interesting
    - Controller mapping functions are in desperate need of a keyboard
    - Online is heavily geared towards microtransactions and has a ruined economy

    Overall, it is a great game, and a good effort put forward by Rockstar, but it is not their best effort. Felt more like a really long movie and less like a fun video game at some points. Looking forward to GTA 6.

    EDIT as of 12/03/18:

    Red Dead 2's multiplayer is schemed towards micro-transactions and gold bars, which act as the premium currency in the game. The economy is totally screwed, everything in the multiplayer has outrageous pricing scales, or is geared toward encouraging the player to relieve themselves of grinding duties and purchasing gold bars due to paywalls on certain items. Literally everything in the world is monetized and I cannot help but feel like this is incredibly greedy and a very scummy move by Rockstar or Take Two.

    Due to this greed present in Red Dead 2 online, my score has dropped to a 7. The consumers do not deserve this, and I believe Rockstar should be better than this, but what do my words mean compared to the illustrious amounts of revenue rolling in from online MTX. I am severely disappointed in Rockstar, and I want to believe this is just Take Two pushing this, but as of right now, I have minimal desire to return to this game now.    … Expand
  55. Evolvedsoul
    Nov 22, 2018
    5
    I don’t like this game ... beautiful with terrible controls I can’t play games with terrible controls slow walking around camp ,auto aim ,stupid ridiculous missions that break all of their own rules ,what a beautiful game they shouldn’t of made it though it feels kind of racist time period I don’t care for I wasted my money but I know people are going to buy it anyway they already haveI don’t like this game ... beautiful with terrible controls I can’t play games with terrible controls slow walking around camp ,auto aim ,stupid ridiculous missions that break all of their own rules ,what a beautiful game they shouldn’t of made it though it feels kind of racist time period I don’t care for I wasted my money but I know people are going to buy it anyway they already have don’t believe the hype it’s worse than you think I can go into detail but it’s a waste of time I shouldn’t of bought it I tried to get a refund but they said it didn’t fit the rules for return digital… Expand
  56. possubaus
    Dec 19, 2018
    7
    this game has to be the most overrated game this year if not ever made i think, its far from the best game ever made but its certainly not bad though.

    the story is probably the best thing in this game, great narrative, great characters and it has quite a few memorable moments but the problem i have with it is that its way too linear. sometimes i almost forgot that i was playing an open    this game has to be the most overrated game this year if not ever made i think, its far from the best game ever made but its certainly not bad though.

    the story is probably the best thing in this game, great narrative, great characters and it has quite a few memorable moments but the problem i have with it is that its way too linear. sometimes i almost forgot that i was playing an open world game. you have to do the missions in the exact way as the developers want you to do it and if you try to experiment you fail the mission. in one mission you have to sneak into a building but the only way to sneak in is to go the way that they want you to go. i tried going around the building to see if i could go inside through a window but of course i failed the mission as i didn't follow their rules.

    the graphics in this game are amazing and they did a really good job adding small details like horse balls shrinking in the cold. At the start of the game i was riding my horse and i saw a branch that was coming towards my face, i thought that i was just gonna clip through it like i do in a majority of games but the branch moved and swung for a bit and i was quite impressed by it. while the graphics might look really good they arent really interesting to look at as there isn't really anything special with the environment or artstyle that makes you interested to look at it unlike botw which has very nice geography and artstyle so its quite pleasing to look at.

    riding the horse is not fun at all. after a while it gets very repetitve and boring, all you do is smash A until you get to the location you need to go to but unlike botw the environment doesn't look interesting enough to make it enjoyable.

    the missions are fun enough but also quite repetative. a large amount of them are just "go there, **** up, kill everything". the ones that are different however are very linear and slow.

    while theres much more of the game and theres a few more issues i have with it i'll stop there as these are the biggest things with the game. its a good game i think but its way to repetitive, and it lacks freedom, even outside missions, overall i give it a 7/10    … Expand
  57. clarkaddison
    Mar 12, 2019
    7
    Going back to the game a couple months after release I`ve switched my score from 10 to 7. I think I got why too behind the hype around it. What it boils down to is watch a cut scene, travel somewhere, then kill a bunch of people with not a whole lot of difference in missions throughout the campaign. Still haven`t had the want to replay it like I did for Skyrim, Call of Duty 2, or Borderlands 2.
  58. Daniel_Campbell
    Dec 15, 2018
    6
    At first I read the reviews and thought, "This must be a groundbreaking game that will change the way we look at video games in the future." But then I played the game. It's good, for sure. I firmly believe the game is enjoyable and worth the price of admission, but it's a far cry from the perfect experience many reviewers have lauded it as. The plethora of systems is staggering and funAt first I read the reviews and thought, "This must be a groundbreaking game that will change the way we look at video games in the future." But then I played the game. It's good, for sure. I firmly believe the game is enjoyable and worth the price of admission, but it's a far cry from the perfect experience many reviewers have lauded it as. The plethora of systems is staggering and fun for the most part, but when the way you interact with those systems is so convoluted, it takes a lot of the enjoyment out of the game.

    An example; the simple act of healing is so involved that you need an actual tutorial to teach you how to do it. You have to hold a button, press another button, move the control stick in a specific direction, push yet another button to select the item you want to use, then release the first button. Something that should be so simple and second nature has been funnelled through an overly complicated and esoteric control scheme. I wish I could say that's the only example of poor design, but it's one of many. The clunky movement system, the AI unreliability, animation issues, bugs aplenty, the list goes on.

    I sound like I hate the game, but I promise I don't. It's a good time and enjoyable. It's worth paying the $60 just for the expansive environment and enjoyable activities. It's just that I couldn't in good conscience give it a perfect score like many of the reviewers that drink the Rockstar Kool-aid.    … Expand
  59. sorryrambles
    Nov 14, 2018
    7
    The controls drive me absolutely insane but this is an open world I enjoy exploring and am rather fond of the lack of fast travel and how immersive that is for me.
  60. wch4383
    Nov 15, 2018
    7
    I'm actually surprised by the high score of this game. I know when I purchased it, I did so for multiplayer, which is still not out. That is a big deal, because after the first couple of days, it starts to feel like I'm just playing Red Dead Redemption 1. It's improved, but basically exactly the same game. It has a great story, good visuals, believable characters, etc etc etc but I'm stillI'm actually surprised by the high score of this game. I know when I purchased it, I did so for multiplayer, which is still not out. That is a big deal, because after the first couple of days, it starts to feel like I'm just playing Red Dead Redemption 1. It's improved, but basically exactly the same game. It has a great story, good visuals, believable characters, etc etc etc but I'm still just completing missions and hunting aka exactly what I did with RDR1. I can't say anything bad about it, but until multiplayer arrives, I wouldn't suggest people do more than rent it, You won't be bored, there's plenty to do, but it's still just "go here and do this" missions.… Expand
  61. xdragon13
    Dec 8, 2018
    7
    The graphics, story, and overall presentation is a great experience. The traveling back and forth can get a bit repetitive and boring. The most annoying thing are the controls. The controls feel over complicated, and clunky.
  62. Loukanikos
    Apr 29, 2019
    7
    I was thinking it was the best page i ever played until chapter 4 developed...
    The story is good, nothing better than good.
    The hunting system is great, the better i ever played, there are sometimes more animals on the map than it should have but i thing its not too much unbalanced because some of them aren't easy to catch and they run if they see u coming, could be improved but is one    I was thinking it was the best page i ever played until chapter 4 developed...
    The story is good, nothing better than good.
    The hunting system is great, the better i ever played, there are sometimes more animals on the map than it should have but i thing its not too much unbalanced because some of them aren't easy to catch and they run if they see u coming, could be improved but is one of the best parts of the game.
    The fishing system is relaxing and cool but i think that takes too long to catch big fishes but i may be a bad fisherman (have to watch videos to see if im doing something wrong), but its also one of the best parts of the game.
    The gather system is good and varied.
    The crafting system is varied but not very easy to understand because of its many vendors, ingredients, i think it could be arranged in a better way but also its the best i ever seen and one of the best things in the game.
    All of those systems and other parts of the game are negatively compromised by the long animations (they should still exist but be skippable), there should be a hard mode with some options to choose like less loot, slightly less animals to hunt, necessity to eat and sleep and so on, all of this you could choose separately and not as a single thing like on farcry primal.
    The graphics are amazing, the weather, light is superb an also the architecture and map details.
    There are many glitches specially on horse when u try to jump something and u don't...
    The story is... well, i don't liked the major change who occurs i the end of chapter 6, its very... annoying in the post game.
    Some missions are great, other not at all like chapter 5 who appears to be taken from a farcry game, completely different from the previous chapters who looks like a more mature (and better) game.
    The weapons are excellent visually, really great, its variety and the fact they are not excessively more powerful than other is great. BUT the weapon system... god lord... they could have made as simple as farcry when u can store all weapons on your house and choose one of each to walk around and don't force you to search around dozens of different weapons every minute or even allow you to sell them what would be perfect (is that ask for too much?) this is the single most annoying thing on this game, without this problem this game would be much much better.
    Also physics are interesting, like walking on snow or mud is great but for example when you aim and between you and your target there is an object but you see that the projectile trajectory wouldn't pass trough that object but even so the shot hits it its frustrating.
    I would give a 9 but its frustrating and irritating when companies make very good games with small annoying problems who are never solved like The Witcher with the movement problem on console, that like they don't care about the costumer because the game is already a success and the are swimming on money.    … Expand
  63. Berellow
    Dec 1, 2020
    5
    One of my favourite games ever! The story is an absolute masterpiece!
    I recommend it 10/10.
    Although the online gameplay was full of glitches and bugs now is actually rlly better... Love this game
  64. maiconpl
    Dec 8, 2020
    6
    Os gráficos são incríveis, mas o jogo não prende. Joguei 4 horas e desisti.
  65. FadedInMN
    Dec 16, 2020
    7
    Another solid game from Rockstar, it doesn't miss many marks but online could have been a bit more fun.
  66. Patedus
    Mar 16, 2022
    7
    Overrated. Great story but that's really all it is... a great story in a big ass open world that revolves around a game that feels linear.
  67. Neelyry
    Dec 15, 2019
    5
    Slowest paced game i have ever played. Would have given it a ten if they didnt make it painfully slow. Beating this was a chore
  68. hoohoo
    Jan 1, 2020
    7
    Good game, but overrated. Not even in top10. It has severe UI problems. Slow actions, auto-aiming that causes one wrong button press to fail missions (ie. you shoot the person you were supposed to help or lasso them when you were supposed to lasso the horse etc). Wolfs start chacing you. Let’s turn the camera by force towards them, so you can’t see where you are riding and inevitablyGood game, but overrated. Not even in top10. It has severe UI problems. Slow actions, auto-aiming that causes one wrong button press to fail missions (ie. you shoot the person you were supposed to help or lasso them when you were supposed to lasso the horse etc). Wolfs start chacing you. Let’s turn the camera by force towards them, so you can’t see where you are riding and inevitably crash and get killed by the wolves. Beautiful, but looks do not cover what it lacks in mechanics. Even C64 had games that were better mechanics.… Expand
  69. tdebug
    Jun 1, 2022
    5
    Mechanics is overcomplicated with every button assigned to 4 different actions. It's like learning all the (often unneccesary) mechanics meant to be a part of the game, except is only every giving frustration. Some things are not polished and not fixed even in 2022, like missing tent on a mini-map and unability to rest in the own camp etc. But keeping in mind which button is it to pressMechanics is overcomplicated with every button assigned to 4 different actions. It's like learning all the (often unneccesary) mechanics meant to be a part of the game, except is only every giving frustration. Some things are not polished and not fixed even in 2022, like missing tent on a mini-map and unability to rest in the own camp etc. But keeping in mind which button is it to press and what will it do in this case, seems to be part of the fun, except it is not fun.… Expand
  70. flesy
    Dec 1, 2019
    7
    O jogo é bom mas tem muita coisa para melhorar, depois que eu zerei, o jogo perdeu toda a graça, não tem missões secundárias de alto nível para fazer, a maioria são bem chatinhas, só tem uma cidade grande o resto não se pode chamar de cidades pois a maioria só tem 10 edifícios e acabou, parece que os criadores ficaram com preguiça de fazer um jogo melhor, pois tinha potencial,

    As    O jogo é bom mas tem muita coisa para melhorar, depois que eu zerei, o jogo perdeu toda a graça, não tem missões secundárias de alto nível para fazer, a maioria são bem chatinhas, só tem uma cidade grande o resto não se pode chamar de cidades pois a maioria só tem 10 edifícios e acabou, parece que os criadores ficaram com preguiça de fazer um jogo melhor, pois tinha potencial,

    As mecânicas do jogo merecem 10 e os gráficos tbm, mas o resto deixou a desejar.    … Expand
  71. DausenMoore
    Nov 18, 2020
    7
    Very overrated. I pre-ordered it for both myself and my brother and neither of us play it. It's more of a cowboy simulator than a game lol. It's very slow and it controls you too much. That fact that you're forced to walk so often, you loot so slow, you can't complete missions in creative ways, etc.

    It's not bad, and graphically it's incredible, but it's simply not very fun.
  72. High_Ego
    Oct 31, 2020
    6
    Много насилия, крови. Удалили после ограбление поезда.
  73. LabiusMaximus
    Mar 6, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trivial spoilers only. Hard one to review because some aspects are clearly 9-10 and others 5-6.
    I've waited until I'm about 85% through the main quest to feel confident enough to give an opinion.
    I've played games since the mid 80s and was looking forward to this one for many years.
    An overall score of 7.5 is what I was thinking and that is the about the average score here.

    The 2nd RDR takes a darker turn in the series, noir at times. You are definitely a bad guy (who does some fishing on the side). Some of the consequences of your evil ways punctuate a general trend of failing to get "the big one" score, your team winnowed through attrition, betrayal and a feeling time is running out. You might think this storyline would be ripe for an atmosphere of tension (so necessary for the reward of relief or success), but it just fizzles out.

    This is part of a general feeling of a lack of reward in the game, which is a central aspect of gaming entertainment and psychology. (There are some real high points early on, however).
    It also lacks the irreverent humor of the 1st Red Read (eg the "films" aren't as funny, no calls such as "what have you been eatin'! or the actually funny side quests such as "flowers for a lady"). Some interactive elements (button sequences or mashing, common in the earlier Walking Dead series) seem dated and mechanistic, begging for a puzzle. The gambling side games aren't bad, but max bet is $5. That is tough when you have a 1000+ in the kitty. Again, the option for reward is limited. As said by others, you can put away a load of money, but there is not much to spend it on, so thousands end up with nowhere to go.

    SJW infused themes are unfortunately present. First, the mandatory head nod to diversity - you have a mixed black Indian, also a Hispanic in your team, the remaining white males diluted down with various women. That is in contrast to what the real mix would have looked like in the late 19th C.

    I was surprised to see blacks in the area that seems like a take on a mountain town in the north.
    Boilerplate modern media/college conceptions of racism appear in the southern area and of course it is one way street of white on black, (as per the doctrine, though so contrasting to the actual direction of discrimination and violence nowadays).

    Only one bad black guy (a bad debtor) appears as a side quest versus manifold white ones. There is also a "special person" in your crew, an unscrupulous loan/card shark. He gets off lightly. Even still, usgamer has a hit piece crying antishemitizm tropes, with the obligatory hollowcost reference. Such are the offended times we live in.
    You of course are not racist at all, just a mere mass murdering felon, which is a type of criminal lower down on the SJW totem pole than utterer of racial epithets.

    There is an absurd SJW moral moment in which you sally forth with the black Indian mesitzo to deal with some sickos who shoot bison for fun, instead of just to eat. So, of course, you murder them and social justice is served. To cap it off, at any time in the game, you can at will go shooting for shytz and giggles. That gets me thinking, has anyone tried to run down and dynamite a rabbit or coyote?

    The main story itself opens strongly then plateaus, with the odd high point, such as a bank heist, but a huge number of filler-like sequential gunfights in the middle of the game become boring through repetition and the story thusly disengaging. It is a chore at 85% completion. That said, the game is not short and it took couple of weeks of solid play and exploration to get to this point.

    The voice acting is generally of a good standard, though that of Dutch seems increasingly weak, annoying and melodramatic as the game progresses. Maybe this was intended. I swear its a fat guy doing it.

    Outstanding graphics, about a 9 and some aspects a 10. Truly beautiful at times.

    The background music is professionally engineered and contributory to immersion. Negro spirituals add a certain mood, but are disproportionate to the times and gringo folky tunes would be more apt (first such one encountered around 80% of the way through the main story).

    The design and faults in the control system detract significantly from the game, otherwise overall the game would be hard to rate under 8. The inventory wheel interferes way too much to feel properly "in the game". Often you can't take the weapons you intend to into a fight, you get the wrong one (eg varmint rifle in a shootout!, or the games overrides your choices).

    Movement is clunky and a bit buggy at times, such as getting stuck (not common), but not uncommonly comes a need to hover a number of times to correctly loot a body or cabinet.

    Despite all the carping, playing such a long game to 85% percent completion is itself an indicator of a pretty good game, which this assuredly is, but it is well short of a 10. It probably remains the best of close to best of 2018 in a sea of mediocre titles    … Expand
  74. zwireqq
    Oct 31, 2020
    5
    After 3 tries to finish this game I quit. I quit saying to myself this game is something extraordinary and worth finishing.
    This beautiful yet boring game Is nothing really revolutionary. Stale, repetitive missions, weak, spaghetti like main plot, dull characters and clunky rockstarlike gun play and controls.
    I'm really disappointed because visually this game is stunning but just bad    After 3 tries to finish this game I quit. I quit saying to myself this game is something extraordinary and worth finishing.
    This beautiful yet boring game Is nothing really revolutionary. Stale, repetitive missions, weak, spaghetti like main plot, dull characters and clunky rockstarlike gun play and controls.
    I'm really disappointed because visually this game is stunning but just bad experience with everything else aside visuals make me dont want to play it instantly.    … Expand
  75. Kokekan
    May 5, 2020
    5
    Any game where you have to eat or hunt to progress is too much like real life and defeats the point of a game! Beautiful graphics and story line but button layout is terrible and all the crafting is dull! No thanks, not for me.
  76. Akidoma
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Après 3h de gameplay....j'ai laissé tomber et ranger dans ma collection...puis je l'ai vendu 1 mois après.
    En soit, les graphismes étaient géniaux sur la One X mais niveau gameplay je n'accrochais pas.
  77. tjcrochet
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    Pros:
    3/4 of the story is pretty good.
    Gunplay is also really good. Graphics look stellar. The ending is pretty good. Map is perfect as well. Cons: The last 1/4 of the game is pretty **** Game is way too long. Controls are little **** especially when driving. Way too much unnecessary realistic **** A lot of mechanics feel like they had an opportunity to be fleshed out and really good but    Pros:
    3/4 of the story is pretty good.
    Gunplay is also really good.
    Graphics look stellar.
    The ending is pretty good.
    Map is perfect as well.
    Cons:
    The last 1/4 of the game is pretty ****
    Game is way too long.
    Controls are little **** especially when driving.
    Way too much unnecessary realistic ****
    A lot of mechanics feel like they had an opportunity to be fleshed out and really good but never ended up being fleshed out.
    Rockstar doesn’t know whether is wants to be an open world game or a linear game that holds your hand.
    A good portion of the game is nothing but horse riding.

    Summary: It had a lot of potential, but unfortunately it didn’t use that potential, and the game feels stretched out.    … Expand
  78. lukejones
    Dec 11, 2018
    6
    Read Dead Redemption 2 is one of the best games to come out thus year however it is not really a true open world game as it it very story driven and at times confusing
  79. Teverion
    Dec 30, 2018
    5
    A great technical compartment, fantastic single story but... multiplayer way worse than first game.
  80. ChubbyScorpio
    Mar 6, 2019
    6
    The story is fantastic, the graphics are beautiful, the initial game is what companies should be making. The online mode is rubish and it's very disappointing. It could use something like card games (Texas Holdem, Blackjack, etc.), regular team deathmatches, etc. It's just a crapbasket right now.
  81. Tomek7
    May 19, 2019
    6
    This game should have been a 9 but the controls and sudden unexpected glitches in gameplay killed all the fun for me! Other than that it is a very good game too bad I personally just couldn't handle the frustration and stopped playing it.
  82. Nerdcast
    Nov 23, 2021
    7
    Looks and sounds great but the game is kind of boring. It has a lot of layers to do and that is just not that fun to me. Also the world, even if its beautiful, its empty most of the time. I like this game in short periods and because it has good story and characters, but other than that is overrated.
  83. Stefan34
    Dec 12, 2019
    5
    Greatest game ever made and greatest protagonist ever made too Arthur Morgan you legend
  84. jsr88
    Jan 30, 2021
    5
    As great as it is terrible. Great story and ideas, but the tediousness often ruins gameplay. If all I do is push a direction button or hold the A button, then it's not making me feel like I'm interacting, I feel like I'm being tortured. Just because my character is undergoing hardship doesn't mean I have to. I've just turned it off several times because it wasn't fun at all. Also, doesn'tAs great as it is terrible. Great story and ideas, but the tediousness often ruins gameplay. If all I do is push a direction button or hold the A button, then it's not making me feel like I'm interacting, I feel like I'm being tortured. Just because my character is undergoing hardship doesn't mean I have to. I've just turned it off several times because it wasn't fun at all. Also, doesn't feel as open-world as it could when I cannot continue to loot/search during a mission because it fails, and I cannot come back afterwards.… Expand
  85. Nxbyte
    Aug 9, 2021
    7
    Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game which is heavily pushed by it's characters that make this depiction of 1899's America much more immersive, the game relies both on actor performances and set pieces to bring this wild west tale come to life, the campsite where all these unique personalities reside and come to life sells the experience even more, seeing them interact with each other, goRed Dead Redemption 2 is a game which is heavily pushed by it's characters that make this depiction of 1899's America much more immersive, the game relies both on actor performances and set pieces to bring this wild west tale come to life, the campsite where all these unique personalities reside and come to life sells the experience even more, seeing them interact with each other, go around their day to day lives and seeing their circumstances makes the events of the story all the more memorable and interesting.

    This is some of the best storytelling in videogames there is but despite all that it does come with it's own flaws and tedious elements that bog the game's pacing.

    For the first 4 chapters of the game i was completely immersed in the world and it's story but once chapter 5 arrived, i began to experience a huge disconnect from the story, thankfully it started to pick it's pace up once again towards the last 3 chapters of the game, unfortunately i cannot say the same about the mission design and structure.

    Playing missions exactly how Rockstar wants you to play them sucks all the fun, and this is one of the worst parts of the game.
    Do anything else but exactly what you're told to? Nope, Mission Failed.
    Attempt to find a creative way to sneak around in a stealth mission? Uh uh, Mission Failed.
    Try to experiment with the game's mechanics and find interesting and fun solutions that make the game more fun? You fool! Mission Failed.

    The linearity of missions becomes repetitive and really frustrating towards the endgame, creative missions become less frequent as you are subjected to shooting segments after shooting segments that it becomes less of a wild west cowboy simulator to a Gears of War/Call of Duty knock-off with broken aiming and a broken cover system that are somehow worst that the original.
    For being an open world game, it's linear mission design does not fit in as one that the world starts to feel more like a backdrop to the story campaign rather than a breathing world.

    The game's dedication to realism becomes it's own detriment, skinning an animal and seeing the attention to detail on the animations is novel at first but after the 30th time it starts to get annoying as you experience the downtime between the animation and gameplay, aspects like this really started to irritate me as the game progressed further and eventually i wasn't playing the game and the game started to play itself for me because it did everything for me, it aims my weapon automatically at the nearest enemy, it steers my horse for me and it stores my weapons on my horse, i'd prefer if the game at least required you to actually do something freely to not make it as repetitive as it is.

    By far the strongest aspect of Red Dead 2 is it's music, the battle themes are filled with action pumping bass and strings, the ambient chill music can make you forget all the tedious parts of the game and just make you focus on the incredible world there is to explore, and all the original songs just don't have a right to slap as hard as they do.

    Despite being all the issues i had Red Dead Redemption 2 stands as one of the best gaming experiences I've had in years, with such remarkable moments and greatly written characters that i can recommend this game to most people who are willing to go through all i've said.

    3/5 and a tall cowboy hat    … Expand
  86. Thejodjeremie
    Apr 20, 2020
    5
    I finished the game and did not enjoy it. I thought story was slow and boring. The gameplay was decent.
  87. aejones
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I created an account just to review this game.

    The good: beautiful game, a wealth of items and options for which to spend your time.

    The mediocre: the story, voice acting, gameplay were all hit or miss for me. I applaud the undertaking, but it really was like you're watching a C- movie a lot of the time-- cool for a video game, but not necessarily how you were planning on spending your time.

    And now, the bad: There is very little autonomy. Most scenes, even the most epic, are just "press B really fast!" or "let's do a punching match!" (where there is little to no skill involved). You also *must* ride for 5 minutes at a time to get to some of these missions, even though your entire task is "stay near the other character in the story." When doing some random task like shovelling manure or bailing hay, you have to walk. Finally, they do give you a few options to make a decision "kill the guy/spare him," but they are VERY few and far between. Maybe a dozen in 60+ hours of storyline gameplay? I guess I'm spoiled by Skyrim/Breath of the Wild, which were the last two games I played a significant amount of, but I thought this game was very disappointing.    … Expand
  88. DuncanMacLeod
    Apr 29, 2020
    6
    On a purely technical level, this game presents itself as a 10/10. The graphics, sounds, music, details, as well as the size and scope of the world that Rockstar has built here is unprecedented. Unfortunately, the game itself isn't all that fun to play. Firstly, there is a pervasive slowness and sluggishness across multiple aspects of the game. For starters, your character moves unusuallyOn a purely technical level, this game presents itself as a 10/10. The graphics, sounds, music, details, as well as the size and scope of the world that Rockstar has built here is unprecedented. Unfortunately, the game itself isn't all that fun to play. Firstly, there is a pervasive slowness and sluggishness across multiple aspects of the game. For starters, your character moves unusually slow, like he's carrying a refrigerator on his back. It also doesn't help that you spend the first hour of the game slogging through snow, slowing down your refrigerator-carrying character even more. Matters are made even worse when you spend the first four hours doing nothing but tutorial missions. Then the game assigns you boring and monotonous chores to do for your camp. The main storyline missions aren't all that exciting either as the lengths of these missions are often padded by the drawn out time spent traveling miles and miles on horseback. Sure, the scenery is pretty cool to look at once or twice, but by the 10-hour mark I was bored to tears. The missions themselves are ok at best, but there is an unusually high reliance on button prompts in order to perform, or really just watch, your slow character perform a unique action. This ultimately makes the missions feel like slightly interactive vignettes, rather than actual gameplay experiences. Outside of the main missions and the tedious side activities, there's a very limited number of things to do in this world. You can rob a bank, hijack a train, go bounty hunting, play some poker, and hogtie people and throw them off bridges. Unfortunately, once you've done each of these things a few times, the fun is over and there's not much more to do. It also doesn't help that this huge world is so low density and so it is mostly empty, inactive, and unexciting. Ultimately, RDR2 is a boring 1890s life simulator that emphasizes story, presentation, and the slow tedium of frontier life over making a truly fun gameplay experience.… Expand
  89. Killamanjoe
    Apr 22, 2020
    7
    I bought this game at a very high price and also had very high expectations. However, I honestly didn't enjoy the game as I thought I would. Everything just seemed soooo slow and until chapter 4 & 5 I wasn't really enjoying myself. It felt like a chore. I felt relief when I finished the game and was very glad I got 90% of the money I bought it for..

    I believe it is overrated.
  90. gattinkos
    May 1, 2020
    6
    At a beginning it was stunning game for me, i was consumed by its enviroment for 10+ hours, then the engine started to look very familiar, game continues to be more boring and boring. Feeling that there is oportunities for you to interract with AI but when you do, its just meh.
  91. ProfAmateur
    Jun 15, 2020
    7
    NEGATIVE:
    - The controls are very clunky
    - You kill many people (and animals) out of bad luck (and you get in trouble because of that)
    - Missions fail a lot, because of.. random reasons..
    - You are forced to do things, which you want to avoid

    POSITIVE:
    + Graphics
    + Reality-Aspect
    + Details
  92. Frank-G-Review
    Jun 14, 2020
    7
    This game is just not for everyone.
    This game is too realistically slow.
    Rather watching a good Western Movie instead.
    However, it is still a good game when u have plenty of free time.
  93. WorstPlace3039
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    the story was good but the multiplayer suck nothing to do but hunt and kill.
  94. Jb9797
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Best game I have ever played, by far! The character development and story line is sensational. You become so involved in the story and you feel so attached to the characters. Play all the way through and the story line gets 10x better every chapter, trust me.
  95. Lambda22324
    Mar 22, 2022
    5
    I tried enjoying this game...but failed. Not even sure why. It's beautiful, and big, and all, but felt boring to me
  96. CrazyBeard
    Jul 27, 2020
    6
    Seems like it may have an alright western story but the controls and game play are not that fun to interact with. The attention to detail is nice but the game always seems at odds with itself, forcing realism in some parts but not others.
  97. JJTommyMmJ
    Aug 24, 2020
    7
    rd2 have a good story but a bad online game, bad servers, dlc are like meee
  98. echo_john
    Oct 10, 2020
    5
    It wasn't just a game. It's a masterpiece. The best characters, the best protagonist, very well written antagonists.
  99. frankur72
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    Best Wild West game in recent years. If you want to feel like a cowboy and immerse yourself in the world of the game, you should definitely play
  100. Flouch
    Jun 6, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Red Dead Redemption 2 had the potential to be one of the greatest open world games of all time, but like many modern triple A games, it didn't know when to stop.

    The first half of the game is an absolute masterpiece. Every mission is jam packed with inventive design, interesting dialogue and delightfully fun gameplay. The story is beyond engaging, and is brought to life by extremely relatable and likeable characters. The open world is filled with a seemingly endless amount of exploration opportunities, fun side missions and ridiculous detail.

    This sounds magnificent, but then the second half starts. Missions are now about going from location to location and being subjected to one shooting gallery after another. The story itself takes a massive dip in quality as all the characters you came to love in the first half either are gone, or feel like they aren't themselves anymore. I guess you could argue that this dip is actually more of a thematic choice, but even if it does make sense, it was hard to stay engaged when most of what I loved about the game was being taken away.

    I still recommend Red Dead Redemption 2, however. That first half, the open world and the writing are so good, that you could easily look past the shortcomings of the second half.    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 0 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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