Red Dead Redemption 2

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  1. Xrayplayer
    Mar 26, 2021
    8
    A great game with some stupid flaws you need to get used to it to enjoy some of the best open world content you have ever seen.

    The controls are a little bit heavy and some of your movements and actions are very slow, the map is very huge with almost no fast travel you will riding your horse around the map a lot although there's a lot of things to do and discover but the lack of fast    A great game with some stupid flaws you need to get used to it to enjoy some of the best open world content you have ever seen.

    The controls are a little bit heavy and some of your movements and actions are very slow, the map is very huge with almost no fast travel you will riding your horse around the map a lot although there's a lot of things to do and discover but the lack of fast traveling is very annoying.

    The story is amazing the shooting machines are great and fun and I love the how many things you can do in this massive open world game with beautiful graphics, despite the flaws there's many hours of enjoyments.    … Expand
  2. MrTaquito11
    Nov 15, 2020
    8
    El mapa es hermoso, las misiones son muy entretenidas, los gráficos uff hermosos, el multijugador no es tan bueno, pero sin duda la historia es buenísima.
  3. bigfatbalse
    Dec 9, 2020
    8
    The campaign is amazing. It truly feels like the life of an outlaw from the early 1900's, constantly on the run, always unsure what is to come. The online mode, though, is very lack-luster. There is little to no feeling of being an outlaw that is on the run, but rather the life of a bounty hunter or mercenary. This is not a major problem to me, as the campaign easily makes up for this.
  4. cpss86
    Apr 10, 2022
    8
    Game is obviously awesome in many aspects, however, after some time playing it I find it boring and frustrating. Most particularly traveling from one place to another is painful I know that after some time you can actually use quick travel option, but you can only do it from your camp.
  5. Imapigtoo
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    A great, if not the greatest cowboy simulator ever made. It's a Rockstar game and naturally it has a great story to boot, only this time does the world feel way more interesting to explore and way more interactable. You actually have things that you can do in the world besides riding your horse or driving your car from mission to mission, an element that has been sorely lacking in previousA great, if not the greatest cowboy simulator ever made. It's a Rockstar game and naturally it has a great story to boot, only this time does the world feel way more interesting to explore and way more interactable. You actually have things that you can do in the world besides riding your horse or driving your car from mission to mission, an element that has been sorely lacking in previous titles which made it worth playing more than once for me, which is a feat that has NEVER been achieved in a previous Rockstar game in my opinion.

    It also has all of these beautiful graphics and meticulous animations, which may be a downside for some people but I was willing to put up with it. The attention to detail is also INSANE, though maybe not worth achieving at the expense of people who worked on the game.

    But of course it ain't perfect, I'm not sure any game is, I think the key issue has to be with the missions; They're fine the first time around, but after playing them again or dying once you start noticing how restrictive they are structured, there's also a LOT of them; they sacrificed probably 8 or 7 years off of their worker's lives to make a chapter dedicated to an island, there's also a lot of dumb trailing stuff and too many "collect **** to do the heist mission" missions.

    So yeah, for future titles (that are never going to be made), they can afford to make the main storyline shorter and in return make the missions and set pieces more substantial. As much as I enjoyed the open world "crafting and collecting things" concept I think there's ways of making that feel more substantial and a bit less mundane. Also, don't torture people in order to make a game.    … Expand
  6. Zachpac
    Aug 30, 2021
    8
    The best video-game in recent years..

    The visuals are jaw-dropping. Outdated controls. Realism. Objectives in missions feel repetitive (like shoot bad guy, take (so on, so on) from A to B. Character development is pretty solid here. A saddening, tugging on your heartstrings ending.

    Overall, the best western game ever created.
  7. Antonette_87
    Nov 7, 2021
    8
    RDR2 es un juegazo por su mundo abierto, historia, personajes, arsenal, detalles, la cantidad de armas y animales que hay, lo malo es que muchas misiones de la campaña son CANCER, y su jugabilidad deja mucho que desear, es super largo sin necesidad alguna, y por culpa de esto ultimo se hace repetitivo y te hace pensar que pierde tu tiempo aún así le tengo que dar un 9 por como de BIEN estaRDR2 es un juegazo por su mundo abierto, historia, personajes, arsenal, detalles, la cantidad de armas y animales que hay, lo malo es que muchas misiones de la campaña son CANCER, y su jugabilidad deja mucho que desear, es super largo sin necesidad alguna, y por culpa de esto ultimo se hace repetitivo y te hace pensar que pierde tu tiempo aún así le tengo que dar un 9 por como de BIEN esta hecho el mundo y su 1000 y un detalles que tiene… Expand
  8. Amir7scorpioN
    Dec 11, 2021
    8
    i have waited so long for this game to come out because i loved the first game
    and it was worth it!...well...kind of...
    The game is good, maybe even great but definitely not excellent because it has so much potential but its like there is less freedom than the original RDR! lots of small problems that makes the game un-fun at some point...still played it for 800 hrs so what do i know?    i have waited so long for this game to come out because i loved the first game
    and it was worth it!...well...kind of...

    The game is good, maybe even great but definitely not excellent because it has so much potential but its like there is less freedom than the original RDR!
    lots of small problems that makes the game un-fun at some point...still played it for 800 hrs so what do i know? i had a great time playing this game but it could be excellent!    … Expand
  9. Kermito_San
    Dec 20, 2021
    8
    What many games struggle to create is immersion. Leading the player to completely believe, feeling and enter the universe that the game tries to create. Red Dead Redemption 2 does that better than any other games I have played.
    It is not easy to merge the player with the character he's playing but Red Dead Redemption 2 those that great. Most of the credit for that is the world-building    What many games struggle to create is immersion. Leading the player to completely believe, feeling and enter the universe that the game tries to create. Red Dead Redemption 2 does that better than any other games I have played.
    It is not easy to merge the player with the character he's playing but Red Dead Redemption 2 those that great. Most of the credit for that is the world-building that has been made. There are so many details in the world that are astonishing, from the incredible graphics to the animals' sound and behavior, everything feels way too realistic for a videogame.
    In a rapidly changing America, where there is no more room for outlaws, Arthur and the rest of the crew are trying to find time and money to reach for a better place and spend the rest of their time living by income.
    I played a lot of games and in most of them, I struggle to remember most of them. Take Dark Souls, for example, one of my favorite games; I can cite the name of Solaire, Sigmayer and Lautrec easily... but then I struggle to remember or even find other characters, but I can easily tell you all the names of the Van der Linde crew. As the player progress in the game, bonds with the characters are created, and not only with Arthur Morgan, the protagonist of the story but with all its main characters.
    The game is very fast-paced: the story, the gameplay, and the character development are fast which fits well with the specific timeline Rockstar games decided to take for this episode of the Red Dead series.
    Another great aspect of the game is the music. Both the soundtracks and the original songs are incredibly well performed and fit the atmosphere so well, making the game much better in parts where it kinda fell down.
    In fact, I found myself spending too much time riding a horse instead of doing something fun like shooting, and most of the quest requires you to ride a horse before doing the fun part, which feels like an unskippable cutscene that nobody wants to see.
    That is the main problem with this game. There is too much filler between fun shooting parts and tedious horse riding. One of the most fun parts was Chapter 5 because for almost its entire duration it was fighting and shooting, but storywise it was horrible. Chapter 5 doesn't make any sense to the previous part of the story and has no meaning whatsoever; it could be just completely deleted and the story would still make sense.
    I also don't like how the story continues after a certain part. In the most climax moment, where everything is set and done and you are certain that is the end, the story just keeps going for no reason other than letting the angry and sad player have what they have been lusting for. It's the exact opposite of what The Last of Us 2 did and I think Rockstar didn't want to risk having to deal with a lot of angry players like Naughty Dog had to, even though it meant to make a great game less great.

    8.3 / 10 Kermito San    … Expand
  10. Kalcool12
    Dec 1, 2022
    8
    | Turning a game into an Experience |

    The game is fantastic, with graphics that will definitely test how time manages with the future of video games, and a story is perfectly woven together that makes me surprised they managed to pull this game off. There's a web of stories and conflicts and relationships and enemies and storylines to follow that should make it jarring for the    | Turning a game into an Experience |

    The game is fantastic, with graphics that will definitely test how time manages with the future of video games, and a story is perfectly woven together that makes me surprised they managed to pull this game off.

    There's a web of stories and conflicts and relationships and enemies and storylines to follow that should make it jarring for the player, yet never does it become incomprehensible. The tone of the game is consistent throughout, never feeling like it's too much or too little. However, The most impressive aspect of the game, to me, is how the story doesn't serve the game, rather the game serves the story.

    The gameplay is slow. That is a gripe I have with the game, with *way* too many missions where all you do is... follow. It really halts the game down and makes it hard to get into at first. But in that same vein, there's a reward, with a shootout or a chase or something that adds to the excitement of the game. And the story is levitating it all, wondering what's gonna happen next or what the characters will do.

    Again, the game is slow. It's a bit too slow, and there is a chapter in the game that just felt completely unnecessary, but as an experience, it surpasses those flaws and by the end of the game, you'll want to play it again.

    I know the intro may be boring, but it gets better. Trust me.

    OH and the open world is AMAZING. Second-best in any video game, behind Breath of the Wild. However, it's an open-world that feels more alive than any video game out there.    … Expand
  11. HammieFlap21x9
    May 18, 2023
    8
    Amazing story! Only gripe would be the mission approach, way to linear for directions. Also this has been said to death, the online.
  12. Sawten
    Jan 31, 2023
    8
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  13. Trivial_Man
    Apr 1, 2023
    8
    I hope that the game designer, who thought it was a great idea to forcibly take away or change weapons from the player at the beginning of almost every mission, fell off his dick or fell ill with infertility so as not to give birth to more of the same "geniuses".
  14. ManHoof
    Jul 29, 2023
    8
    A very high-quality and cool game. The realism is quite high. The plot is interesting. Live game world. There is something to do in the game even without the main storyline. The disadvantages are subjective and not critical.
    The game is too casual, yes, this is the framework of the genre, but for me personally, such a low difficulty reduces my interest. Sometimes the fetch quests are annoying.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

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