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  1. Feb 13, 2021
    0
    I love how metacritic is the most ... agreeable to me.. which is weird. cause i made my account today cause i didn;t want to let archeage see the **** light of day... but it won't change

    checked RDR2.. cause ofc.. its beautiful.. but....... OMG its BORING! . I spent money on it.. so you don't have to.. but uh... Yea.. i guess... its beautiful enough.. If you like a working artbook BUT
    I love how metacritic is the most ... agreeable to me.. which is weird. cause i made my account today cause i didn;t want to let archeage see the **** light of day... but it won't change

    checked RDR2.. cause ofc.. its beautiful.. but....... OMG its BORING! .
    I spent money on it.. so you don't have to.. but uh... Yea.. i guess... its beautiful enough.. If you like a working artbook
    BUT **** .this is supposed to be a game. Beautful stories , amazing.. nice characters

    AND i need to "Ride" for 20mins for 1 mission...
    THE WORST PART

    listen its a new world. You are supposed to tell me where to go , what to do and why. that or leave me and promise that the game acutally has **** to do..
    this.. was pointless ... someone up in the manger position thought "hey ,people are digging this freedom thing , america **** yea" and then it turns out you have the freedom to choose which mission you will do

    you see.. freedom only has a point if it offers you something. In real life. YES.. you need freedom the cause world is amazing and being a slave is ****.
    IN A GAME? **** im playing and i haven't lived in this world. i dont want to be free. Tell me what to do. where to go what to achive.
    The "player choice" comes down to "Choose A or B" .... Yea exactly. Why choose , what will happen. I don't konw. neither did the devs.
    Good **** luck.

    also the positive reviews "its a piece of art" THEN HANG IT IN THE **** MUSEUM YOU PIECE OF SOY LATE VEGAN ****
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  2. Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Bought a game on the new Xbox. The graphics are good. But character models are not modern.
    Gameplay is horrible. I played for almost 10 hours. I feel like that was a waste of my precious time.
    I refunded the game immediately. Normally I don't do that. If I was bored I close the game and continue later. But in this one, I didn't feel like I accomplished something good. This is not a game.
    Bought a game on the new Xbox. The graphics are good. But character models are not modern.
    Gameplay is horrible. I played for almost 10 hours. I feel like that was a waste of my precious time.
    I refunded the game immediately. Normally I don't do that. If I was bored I close the game and continue later. But in this one, I didn't feel like I accomplished something good. This is not a game.
    This is a horse riding and cinematic simulation game. There is a lot of mechanics and details. A lot of details. but they are not suitable for games. Not fun. I am not having fun.
    I have experience playing games for 20 years. I played many titles. But I will skip this one.
    Because for me it is unplayable. lacking fun.

    It is a good game. But this is not the best game all the time. Not even close to it. Especially it is so far from it.

    With all those fancy graphics, cinematics, mechanics..... this is not a good game.
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  3. Dec 30, 2021
    1
    Must play eh? Must play in order to break up with your girlfriend back in 2019.

    This game is ADEQUATE, as best as I could find positive, and that was ONLY in terms of graphics. We've been waiting 8 bloody years for GTA 6 All we received was a stupid cowboy game, with boring storyline and plots, a GOD AWFUL remake of the GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas, and some more ads about
    Must play eh? Must play in order to break up with your girlfriend back in 2019.

    This game is ADEQUATE, as best as I could find positive, and that was ONLY in terms of graphics.

    We've been waiting 8 bloody years for GTA 6 All we received was a stupid cowboy game, with boring storyline and plots, a GOD AWFUL remake of the GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas, and some more ads about uninteresting stuff coming up.

    I did NOT enjoy this game because they could have spent that time and money on making g-GTA6 more interesting than this dumb unnecessary sequel to some dumb cowboy game.

    Sci-fi elements and cringe Easter eggs, ugly characters, and Masochist Protagonist, I couldn't ask for worse if that game was instead made by goddam Bethesda Studios instead.

    Disappointing and boring. 1 out of 10.
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  4. Jan 15, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. nowadays kids just care good graphics in gaming, if you look at every single review the first thing everyone talks about is this game's graphics. I'm now saying they're bad but it shouldn't be the thing people care about first thing when they want to play a game. this game is really just the same boring R* feeling game with having no difference with RDR 1
    everyone just talks about details and stuff that don't matter.
    also, R* just loves to make a "good" character and then kill them off. like wtf, both Arthur Morgan and John Marston are **** dead wtf is wrong with R*
    they just want people to suffer from their **** games
    anything after GTA IV was disappointing from R*
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  5. Feb 3, 2022
    0
    игра супер просто улет.Купил ее по фулл прайсу игра в нее каждый день,игра учит многому в все те кто ее хейтит неклалифицированные геймеры
  6. Feb 4, 2022
    0
    The devs or RDR2 made one big mistake: they confused realism for immersion. THIS IS WRONG.
  7. Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Das vielleicht langweiligste "Spiel" ähm... ich meine interaktiver Film EVER!!!
  8. Mar 15, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The appeal of rockstar games' gameplay just misses me completely. These games are story driven and built so children with limited capacity will still be able to complete them.
    Every rockstar game feels the same. Like I'm watching a crappy movie but holding a controller, and the movie frequently pauses requiring me to hit the "I'm still playing button".
    The worst part is I got very excited for a western game. Only to realize it's just GTA set in the wild west. Same terrible gameplay. Thank you for those that told me to turn auto aim off, it allllllmost felt like I was playing and the game wasn't just playing itself. Even still, miserable I stuck with this as long as I did. Whenever I tried to stop I kept getting told, don't worry, it gets better.

    Lol nope. It doesn't.
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  9. Mar 16, 2023
    0
    Biggest cinematic walking simulator there is on the market. You play videogames to escape reality so why have they do everything so slow... we demand innovation do something creative no one did befor but NOOOO! If you want a good sleep a cure for your "Insomnia" then go ahead and "play" RDR2.
  10. Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Horribly clunky controls paired with overly hostile npcs that punish you for defending yourself makes for an unenjoyable single player experience. The multiplayer is ruined by E.A grade greed the same as gta . Don't give these jokers any money if they just want to be EA clones.
  11. Dec 20, 2018
    4
    The game is amazingly boring. You move at a pace that is roughly 7/10s the speed of a normal human in all situations except for the 1 second gunfights where you apparently take all that stored speed and stop time to kill 9 people in a fraction of a second. The entire game is basically following someone on a horse at walking speed while they tell you stories you probably aren't going to listen to
  12. Mar 22, 2019
    4
    This game is not even fun. At all. I'd rather just live real life. I'd rather go to work than play this game. I literally fall asleep with controller in hand, lol.
  13. Jan 29, 2019
    4
    4/10 because of SO much wrong with this game.

    If you enjoy this game, it would be graphics and story. I hate this game to the point that i wish i didnt purchase it in the first place. First of all, the horse sucks. It looks pretty but it SUCKS. You constantly trip over rocks, crash onto trees and things dont really feel right with them horses running on the map. Especially when you
    4/10 because of SO much wrong with this game.

    If you enjoy this game, it would be graphics and story.

    I hate this game to the point that i wish i didnt purchase it in the first place. First of all, the horse sucks. It looks pretty but it SUCKS. You constantly trip over rocks, crash onto trees and things dont really feel right with them horses running on the map. Especially when you have to ride them for 10-20 minutes to almost every mission pointed destination, which leads to the second biggest issues of this mediocre game. In what way it makes sense to you that fast travels are only located in towns and camps while most of the time you're nowhere near them? And why would it be fun that almost every time you go to a mission it literally takes a more than 10 minutes ride while the horse controls are so terrible that you crash and fall over every possible objects in the way. Cant take off your goddamn mind for a second with the horse things. Extremely annoying. Last but not least, the gunplay and mission freedom are so outdated and limited. If you played other open world games in 2018 or even 2017, you know what i'm saying. I dislike GTAV and i thought this would be different but what a lesson have i learned. Same terrible gunplay and limited mission freedom. You must do EXACTLY whatever the missions tell you or it fails, accurately(i wish the horses have that accuracy so it wouldnt be that pain of an arse).

    However, I must be fair, there's one thing i particularly like about this game - hunting. The hunting feels very good and i think its the only thing that makes me less angry with the game. Story is OKAY. Graphics are impressive but a good game is never about graphics.

    Totally not recommended. If you're on the fense, i suggest you wait for sale, get it at around $20.
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  14. Dec 6, 2018
    4
    RDR2 is incredibly gorgeous and a technical marvel but I really didn't have very much fun with it. I logged over 60 hours and I played through the main story- I feel like of those 60 hours I probably had fun for less than 5 of them. If you had asked my opinion around the 10 hour mark I probably would have given the game a near perfect score. But as the game kept going, and going, and goingRDR2 is incredibly gorgeous and a technical marvel but I really didn't have very much fun with it. I logged over 60 hours and I played through the main story- I feel like of those 60 hours I probably had fun for less than 5 of them. If you had asked my opinion around the 10 hour mark I probably would have given the game a near perfect score. But as the game kept going, and going, and going I found myself becoming progressively more annoyed by the clunky mechanics and repetitive mission formula. The gunfights happen frequently and they all feel exactly the same. There's no progression in the mechanics and the enemies never change. The story mode gives you plenty of money so there's no real reason to do the side quests, plus there's really nothing worth buying anyway. I wish I had never bought multiple guns because all they do is take up inventory slots and make switching between them a chore.

    It's hard for me to give the game a bad score because it's such an impressive open world- but really it wasn't much fun and my 60 hours would have been better spent doing something productive.
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  15. Dec 16, 2018
    1
    Incredibly easy and repetitive. Just walk around tapping aim and shoot, everything dies, no need for taking any cover. Graphics are par at best compared to other new releases. Incredibly buggy.
  16. Feb 18, 2019
    0
    For Genre: Action Adventure - RDR2 is boring as hell !!! Fortunately, I didn't buy it as preorder.
  17. Feb 23, 2019
    4
    I won't repeat what has been said already about the controls, clunky mechanics, chore like gameplay, generally boring, insane bounty system etc.

    What I have not read is how badly this game suffers with a lack of any kind of motivation system or character development. You are given everything you need from the beginning and do not develop after this point. All the weapons are essentially
    I won't repeat what has been said already about the controls, clunky mechanics, chore like gameplay, generally boring, insane bounty system etc.

    What I have not read is how badly this game suffers with a lack of any kind of motivation system or character development. You are given everything you need from the beginning and do not develop after this point. All the weapons are essentially the same and the upgrades are extremely limited. There is little to no point in doing anything. No point in doing any of the side activities as there are no decent rewards that make the game any more enjoyable. Where are the special weapons? Perks? Infinite ammo? Enhanced abilities? Anything at all besides slightly increased cores which are meaningless seeing as you have a thousand healing items on you at all times anyway. Besides advancing the story there is no reason to invest time into this game, it simply disappears down a black hole. When you can have the exact same experience with a game that you can have watching it on YouTube, you know something is very wrong.

    Another personal gripe is the lack of enemy variety. It's only ever guys with guns and a couple of wild animals. I get that it is wild west realism but there is no requirement to approach any situation differently. All shootouts always play out in the same way (and the shooting is horrible). Where are the heavy guys or wagons with Gatling guns or steam powered giant spiders? It's all just so tedious and uninspired.

    Other people have already written about the multitude of things wrong with this game better than I ever could so I will conclude with this: RDR2 is the gaming equivalent of apple Hubba bubba. Great for that first fleeting hit and very quickly dull and disappointing. The praise this game has received is nothing short of baffling and a sad indication of the wider population's inability to think independently or critically.
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  18. Aug 5, 2020
    4
    Good graphics plus utterly boring as **** game play do not make a good game. Sorry.

    I bought this game to check out the wild west but so far I have been in a blizzard for at least 2 hours. After watching about 15 minutes of cut scenes with game play sprinkled in between, if you can call it that, I have someone shouting orders at me over and over to hitch my horse on the post. Did
    Good graphics plus utterly boring as **** game play do not make a good game. Sorry.

    I bought this game to check out the wild west but so far I have been in a blizzard for at least 2 hours. After watching about 15 minutes of cut scenes with game play sprinkled in between, if you can call it that, I have someone shouting orders at me over and over to hitch my horse on the post. Did anyone think maybe the player isn't interested in hitching his horse on the post in a VIDEO GAME. Anyway now we sit and watch for a bit more and then there's a gun fight. With possibly the worst control scheme I have ever experienced I manage to wield my gun and take out some people who I have no idea why we are killing and then we explore the house they were living in. We find out they killed some guy and I go to check out the barn and then some guy jumps on me and after an extremely drawn out fight I have to interrogate him by choosing whether to talk to or hit him.

    Now all of that done with, some more cut-scenes and now we are free to do as we please. Wild west here come. Or so I think. That however won't be the case because there's missions to be done. In fact it would seem the game is primarily about doing missions. So we start the next mission. Now we are walking/riding at nought miles an hour trying to shoot a bow while our character cant keep the bow still to save his life. Oh and then the aim-assist kicks in when the target starts moving. Which is it going to be noodle arms or auto aim? Keep in mind this isn't while it's drawn back just holding it he can't keep it still. He seems to be able to hold the gun still just fine. So now I've killed the deer with no help from the wildly inconsistent controls and now I have to wait for my horse to return while I hold the deer on my shoulder. Wouldn't you just wait until your horse returned and then pick it up? What's the point in making an open-world game where you utterly on rails and the game play is utterly laborious? Do Rockstar only play their own games so they've never heard of a thing called an RPG? Don't they realise players aren't horses and don't need to be led by a rope to their hitching post? The environments and graphics are good but what's the point if you can't actually explore them of your own volition. This is too much like GTA with cowboys instead of the open world exploration game it should be with actual freedom. Seriously so much work and effort into this game so I can what, hitch the horse to its post?
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  19. Jan 6, 2019
    2
    This game is shockingly boring for long stretches. It's not just the time spent riding from one place to another that's boring, most missions are a grind that are barley padded by hack-y dialogue as well. The shooting mechanics are impressively clunky as well. Unless you have endless time to waste in order to be genuinely entertained 5% of the time, you should save your time
  20. Jan 19, 2019
    4
    Graphics are good..well, that's it basically. Highly overrated. Red Dead redemption ONE is much much better
  21. Dec 25, 2018
    2
    boring long horse-riding simulator
    instead of telling 20 hours story, they forced you to ride horse 25 hours and there we have a 45 hours of story content.
    gunfight is super lame, clunky and animations are worst of 2018 games
  22. Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Sorry but I have to give this the lowest score.
    I was hunting for 3 hours, and on my way back to town and I get jumped by a rival gang. For some reason the character randomly put away ALL the weapons I had equipped so before I even got a chance to flee, I was dead. This happened frequently. Hunting takes a while. It's fun but getting **** on the way back to town is not.
    When you die the
    Sorry but I have to give this the lowest score.
    I was hunting for 3 hours, and on my way back to town and I get jumped by a rival gang. For some reason the character randomly put away ALL the weapons I had equipped so before I even got a chance to flee, I was dead. This happened frequently. Hunting takes a while. It's fun but getting **** on the way back to town is not.
    When you die the game takes away ALL your pelts and reloading an earlier save does not get them back.
    Not to mention "Dead Eye" works when it wants to. I rarely bothered with it because it rarely worked. I remember I had to restart the console during a main story mission just because it wasn't registering me mashing R1.
    Also your character is a klutz, I have never played a game where I accidentally robbed someone while trying to mount a horse.
    On the topic of crime, why do NPCs randomly shoot at me unprovoked, but when I shoot back it's a crime? Another thing happened where I literally walked by a corpse(no guns equipped and no mask on) and was reported for murder. Also, the game won't let you carry more than one bear pelt for realism, yet the moment you commit a crime the police arrive in seconds. That's **** ludicrous. It's a game, let me carry at least 3.

    All this sounds amusing, until you realize this happens CONSTANTLY. It's funny the first time it happens, but gets old fast. I broke 2 controllers playing this game and I have NEVER done that before.
    Rockstar damned near killed their staff making this game but for some reason I am not allowed to keep my pelts when I save the game? How on **** earth is losing 3 hours of progress because the game rolled the dice fun? That's simply bad design.
    There was another game I wanted to play this week, and I wasted a week of my annual leave playing this trash heap. I simply refuse to play again.
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  23. Nov 16, 2018
    4
    Wonderfull world, weather effects, sunsets, sunrises, birds, horses, foxes etc. But this is not a fun game, this is interactive boring movie with animal reference guide and awkward controls/inventory/crafting.

    P.S. I'm a big fan of RDR. But this game is a great disappointment.

    P.P.S. It's necessary to eat, but it's not necessary to go to the toilet, this is strange. Waiting for patches.
  24. Nov 14, 2018
    1
    I can't understand how anyone could give this game a positive review. I guess if you like riding your horse or wagon endlessly to repetitive musac; or listening to dull cowboy dialogue; maybe crappy, clunky controls are your thing? This is like playing a CGI movie where you push a button every so often to make sure you're still paying attention like a defensive driving class. I justI can't understand how anyone could give this game a positive review. I guess if you like riding your horse or wagon endlessly to repetitive musac; or listening to dull cowboy dialogue; maybe crappy, clunky controls are your thing? This is like playing a CGI movie where you push a button every so often to make sure you're still paying attention like a defensive driving class. I just finished Odyssey and it was incredible... RDR2 is just bad all the way around. Expand
  25. Nov 15, 2018
    4
    I was excited for the prequel given that I'd played the first a number of times. Unfortunately I am not impressed. The controls are old and sluggish, the loading times obscene and the game completely devoid anything you could call fun or engaging. I agree with others that RDR2 feels more like a movie you should watch than a game you can play. After an hour to install and patch, i spentI was excited for the prequel given that I'd played the first a number of times. Unfortunately I am not impressed. The controls are old and sluggish, the loading times obscene and the game completely devoid anything you could call fun or engaging. I agree with others that RDR2 feels more like a movie you should watch than a game you can play. After an hour to install and patch, i spent another hour holding X and listening to plot. When i tried to save my progress it refused (FYI the missions can be long and you cant save during) so i was forced to replay the first hour again before finally being set free. After I'd spent 3 to 4 hours having zero fun and listening to folks bang on about a bad heist I gave up. FYI Rockstar: no one ever has described the notion of getting food, changing clothes, washing yourself and your horse as "fun".

    It is however a gorgeous looking world and i suspect there's a good plot in there somewhere. Unfortunately 4 hours of not fun is enough for me Im afraid. I might pick it up again one day when its in a bargain bin and i consider picking out hats to be a fun and engaging activity.
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  26. AA2
    Feb 2, 2019
    4
    Where do I start? First what comes to mind is that this game is really slow and boring. My fingers literally start to hurt after I've raped the x button to make my character run or my horse go faster, because if you don't then it will take you hours to get from one point to the other. And what is up with holding the x or square button for a few seconds to even start interacting with stuff?Where do I start? First what comes to mind is that this game is really slow and boring. My fingers literally start to hurt after I've raped the x button to make my character run or my horse go faster, because if you don't then it will take you hours to get from one point to the other. And what is up with holding the x or square button for a few seconds to even start interacting with stuff? Sure the world looks real and beautiful but it's way too big. Only because you have the technological progress to create massive open worlds doesn't mean that you have to create a real life simulator. If I wanted to spend 15 minutes to get from one point to the other I could walk my dog in real life. I still have a private life, I don't have the time to spend hours on this game. I can only do 2-3 missions at a time after I come home from work because this game is so fricking sloooow. I'm actually forcing myself to play this game. I really want to like RDR2 but it's a pain. Another thing that comes to mind is that at times this game super realistic, like you have to cut your hair, trim your beard, eat, drink, take care of your horse and your gang members but when you accidentally run into a pedestrian he ir she dies and the people standing by accuse you of murder and you get a wanted level. WTF? I can't tell you how many times I paid off my bounty.
    Once again this case shows that big budget or open world doesn't always mean that it's going to be great. Unfortunately we live in a society that got used to the mentality "the bigger the better". But this time Rockstar went beyond normal proportions. I'm disappointed. I even told myself that I won't buy open world games any more.
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  27. Jan 26, 2019
    4
    A great simulation of a boring world that hates you.

    I'm only 55% through the story, but I'm struggling to find motivation to play any more, and have been for a while. A game should be exciting and rewarding, not tedious. If I wanted to play dominoes, go fishing, play poker, cook food, do chores, ride a horse for hours on end- over and over, clean a horse, clean my weapons, run
    A great simulation of a boring world that hates you.

    I'm only 55% through the story, but I'm struggling to find motivation to play any more, and have been for a while.

    A game should be exciting and rewarding, not tedious. If I wanted to play dominoes, go fishing, play poker, cook food, do chores, ride a horse for hours on end- over and over, clean a horse, clean my weapons, run errands for a bunch of miscreants, talk endlessly to npcs, etc etc, I would be doing those things in real life, not trying to escape that boring cr@p by playing video games.

    This game is a huge slow burn time waster with very little payoff or challenging gameplay, there is no satisfaction for any achievements, no real progression, no real incentive to do anything in the game. I keep going back and trying again because I paid good money for this game, but after an hour or two I reach a point where i just cannot force myself through the mindless tedium of travelling to the next objective.
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  28. Jan 27, 2020
    4
    The game is painfully boring.

    Great graphics, but at this point being wowed from the graphics are not what I consider as a strong contender for GOTY.

    Clunky control, every good gaming design practices are buried deep down for the sake of realism, so much of that it takes realism away from me.

    I didn't feel a thing for the story.

    Over-hyped product. Period.
  29. Feb 4, 2020
    2
    The game is extremely boring, takes you for ever to do anything. is just gta 5 in the wild west but without the freedom and the entertainment that gta series provide.
  30. Mar 17, 2020
    1
    I can not understand how any "game expert" would give this game a score of 97!

    A 97 score game should be ground-breaking, ahead of its time, introduce a fantastic gameplay. I've been playing video games since early 90's I have seen first hand ground-braking games such as GTA, Zelda and Resident Evil and I can guarantee you RDR2 has NOTHING of that. The game story line is extremely
    I can not understand how any "game expert" would give this game a score of 97!

    A 97 score game should be ground-breaking, ahead of its time, introduce a fantastic gameplay. I've been playing video games since early 90's I have seen first hand ground-braking games such as GTA, Zelda and Resident Evil and I can guarantee you RDR2 has NOTHING of that.

    The game story line is extremely repetitive, the controls are clunky, full of gameplay flaws and with a inventory system so bad that it seems it was designed by a 7 year old. There's absolutely no excuses for the developers came up with something so clunky in the late 2010s! I must only believe that they haven't tested the game before releasing it.

    If this was just the average game I would have given it a 4 or 5 but due to the massive hype (and price!!) I was expecting a masterpiece, I was so disappointed with the final result that I need to give this game one 1 point.
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  31. Mar 25, 2020
    0
    GTA del oeste, en algunos momentos aburre y mucho. Que bueno que no gano el GOTY 2018.
  32. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Amazing graphics, sound design and voice acting doesn't save RDR2 from being one of the worst gaming experiences I've ever had.

    RDR2's gameplay, mission design and UI is bad – but the story is by far the worst part. The game's repetitive, slow and depressing story basically spends 60 hours moving in circles only to recycle the themes from the first game. Major disappointment.
  33. Nov 10, 2022
    1
    Could not get into this game. Tried playing 2 different times and could only get a few hours in. I know some games take more time to develop but the gameplay was just okay and not good enough to keep me interested.
  34. Nov 13, 2018
    3
    First of all, this is a excellent game in terms of tech, but when we dive in the the game design, it's a mess. Simply too many regressions.
    I have give RDR 2 score 3 out of 10 for the following reasons.
    First of all, the control is simply dispointing. It takes forever for the character to respond to my control input. When trying to fire your weapon quickly. I need to pull trigger twice,
    First of all, this is a excellent game in terms of tech, but when we dive in the the game design, it's a mess. Simply too many regressions.
    I have give RDR 2 score 3 out of 10 for the following reasons.
    First of all, the control is simply dispointing. It takes forever for the character to respond to my control input. When trying to fire your weapon quickly. I need to pull trigger twice, first was for fireing, seconds was for reload the second round. I can't reload last check point if I didn't commit suicide. The save game and load game options are so hidden in the menu. I can't remember how many time I need to call my stupid horse so I can fetch weapon, since getting off horse doesn't gurantee the weapon is with me. The list goes one.
    Second, this game is advocated for being realistic. I don't see a lot realism in the game. Let's take a look how stupid the lawman is in this game. If I ran into others on the horse, the law man shoots me. If ganster shoots me, lawman ignore. If I figth back, lawman shoots me. If lawman is fighting ganster and gets killed, other lawman saw the body of the lawman. Yes, you guess it, they will shoot me. And in this wild west, it seems lawman has telephones and portal so once I became wanted, they can be emerging from anywhere from the maps. Are you kidding me? I can't tell how many time I have been chased out of Saint Denis for those morrons, so I wouldn't be able to start a mission. And I can't buy a weapon in the store because they are locked? That's the realism I got, even I am rich as hell.
    Third, the horse is stupid as stupid. I have to get the horse brush through main mission, otherwise I can't even brush my stupid horse? That's really nice design there, especially considering the pace of the game is so slow. And the only reason the horse can be killed, is very apparently that, it will be needed in the end game. So they can bring more sentimental thing in the game.
    Four, I found it very hard to justify for the cost to develop this game. 8 B and 2000 people worked on it for eight years? That's what we got? Not happy about that. It's still very hard for me to believe to add the black border like a movie, they have been over work for a few monthes, and redid all the cg. Because the design team feels like it. That's the feel of movie? That's ridiculous to me.
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  35. Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Ironically unoriginal and disappointing. If this is your first time playing a Rockstar game, then have fun. For those who have played the original, at least, there's no innovation here. Tedious and dull.
  36. Nov 16, 2018
    1
    the laggiest game ever atm. greedy publisher. plastic world. stop feeding the rockstar troll.
  37. Nov 12, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS AHEAD! so i got caught out, I did all the treasure hunts and gold generating methods i could find (excluding cheating) during the story. Then as the people who have finished will know Arthur dies and you then play as John. When Arthur dies, even though Arthur hands John his bag you will loose any contents Arthur has (for me about 15 gold bars among other valuables). This also means you cant go redo the any of these hunts. After contacting Rockstar support asking if this is by design, they confirmed yes it is and your not supposed to retain anything you've worked for before Arthur dies. So for a game that's pushing the story mode you get screwed over when you finish. You are far better off by not finishing the game.

    snippet from rockstar support "I understand you are disappointed with the ending of the game. I know that the fact that you cannot play Arthur anymore didn't bode well with many players. However this is as per game mechanics and we have no control over it. We do appreciate an honest feedback from our players. Thank you for it.

    If you are disappointed with RDRII's ending I would suggest you to please play Mass Effect 3."
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  38. Jan 17, 2019
    0
    this is my message to Rockstar:

    I just purchased the Ultimate Edition of RDR2 and I'm extremely dissapointed in the graphics of this game. Had I known the game was going to look like this (not even close to GTA5) I would have never purchased it. After spending hours trying to get HDR to work, I finally went online and saw the issue isn't isolated to me. So I followed others advice
    this is my message to Rockstar:

    I just purchased the Ultimate Edition of RDR2 and I'm extremely dissapointed in the graphics of this game. Had I known the game was going to look like this (not even close to GTA5) I would have never purchased it. After spending hours trying to get HDR to work, I finally went online and saw the issue isn't isolated to me. So I followed others advice and disabled HDR in the game.

    This did help the game's graphics a little, but it seems like it's blurry, too dark at many times, has a layer of graininess, and the motion blur or whatever that's going on seems to make things worse.

    I can't believe the step down from GTA5 graphics. This game was built for this gen platform yet it seems like many steps backwards.

    Are you guys trying to fix this, or is this what I'm stuck with. The game play seems to be fun, but these graphics literally hinder me from seeing animals, sometimes people, etc. and truly make this a very unpleasant experience.

    There response and closed the ticket as resolved:

    Thank you for contacting Rockstar.

    We understand you are still experiencing graphical issues with Red Dead Redemption 2. I completely understand your frustration with this issue since the game is newer than GTA V and should have updated looked graphics with little to no issues.

    We are aware of players experiencing issues with HDR and graphics with the PS4 and are currently looking into it. We sincerely appreciate your patience while we look for a solution to this hindrance.

    If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us again.

    Best regards,

    Keelia K.
    Rockstar Support.

    This response was on 1/16/19

    Nearly 3 months from the release date. Pretty much every review site says this is the greatest game for the ps4. That's a big fat lie. I have spent more time adjusting display settings than actually playing the game.

    It would be nice if game reviews were honest and quit misleading people.

    Yes, the gameplay is fun, when you can see what you're doing. And on the ps4 PRO that isn't a whole lot.

    Or maybe Arthur is half blind and I just haven't made it that far in the game?
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  39. Feb 8, 2019
    3
    Ok so I figured..."hey its a Rockstar game, I love GTA, its been talked about for a long time, they had red dead 1 to fix all the problems and work out all the bugs....It has to be good right?" Wrong. I am so disappointed in this game. I feel like I was tricked and a victim of good marketing. The only reason Im giving it 3 is because its clear they spent a lot of time on the world. TheOk so I figured..."hey its a Rockstar game, I love GTA, its been talked about for a long time, they had red dead 1 to fix all the problems and work out all the bugs....It has to be good right?" Wrong. I am so disappointed in this game. I feel like I was tricked and a victim of good marketing. The only reason Im giving it 3 is because its clear they spent a lot of time on the world. The graphics really arent any better than any other PS4 game out there, the controls are very frustrating and really I could go on and on, its just boring. I waited until the weekend to buy this game expecting that I would have a hard time putting the controller down. that wasnt the case.

    I have had free cheap PS plus games Ive downloaded for free that hooked me more than this game. I was playing the other night and I literally feel asleep. Its so bad Im going to be really hesitant to buy the next GTA when it comes out.

    Its like GTA without pretty much everything that made GTA fun. You will literally be riding around on a horse and forced to walk at a slow pace during most of the missions and a bunch a BS dialog. If you read through the reviews even the people that gave it 5 stars still have things to complain about...why are you giving it 5 stars haha? Have you not played any number of other games? I was expecting it to be ranked up there with...Fallout 4...The Last of Us...Horizon Zero Dawn...Titanfall 2 and so on. Not even close.

    Ive had the game for a total of 2 weeks and this morning after setting the morning aside to play it and give it one last chance I decided Im returning it this afternoon. I sat through the most boring BS missions i have ever played in a Rockstar game and that was the last straw. I shouldnt be wanting to put the controller down and do other things an hour after starting this up on a weekend morning.

    I was wondering why I didnt see anyone on my friends list ever playing it and now I know why. Dont fall for the marketing. Save yourself. The Bottom line is that this game is just flat out BORING.
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  40. Nov 15, 2018
    4
    I'm torn with this game on some parts it's brilliant but in other ways it's tedious. The mechanics feel old and annoying as do some of the quests I felt it should have been called Red Dead Rescue instead. Trying to seletct a weapon from your horse is such a joke that the game wheel should have been redesigned. Still prefer overall the previous Red Dead as it's central character andI'm torn with this game on some parts it's brilliant but in other ways it's tedious. The mechanics feel old and annoying as do some of the quests I felt it should have been called Red Dead Rescue instead. Trying to seletct a weapon from your horse is such a joke that the game wheel should have been redesigned. Still prefer overall the previous Red Dead as it's central character and story was better done. 2018 is for me the most overhyped year in games by going with a lot of the scores games got this year. Expand
  41. Nov 26, 2018
    0
    Literally one of the worst games I've ever played. Got bored of this **** game after a day of playing. If this is truly the best the industry has to offer, the gaming industry is in gigantic trouble and needs to gets its head of its own ass.

    Played on Xbox One X.
  42. Jan 3, 2019
    0
    From its slavish conceit of realism, compulsive bigness, and astounding disinterest in telling a story worth the several dozen hours it demands, Red Dead Redemption 2 fails to justify its own excessive existence.

    My disappointment in Red Dead Redemption 2 stems from the assumption that the sheer extravagance of its excesses bears some sort of inherent artistic value. You're just left
    From its slavish conceit of realism, compulsive bigness, and astounding disinterest in telling a story worth the several dozen hours it demands, Red Dead Redemption 2 fails to justify its own excessive existence.

    My disappointment in Red Dead Redemption 2 stems from the assumption that the sheer extravagance of its excesses bears some sort of inherent artistic value. You're just left with a labyrinthine chore of an open world that repeatedly undermines its own intent.

    RDR2's gorgeous expanse is irredeemably cheapened by a mistaken belief that "more" equates to "depth." All of the detail is wonderful and beautiful to experience and look at, but once the novelty wears off, a creeping, empty joylessness settles in instead. Throwing in pointless garbage is not what makes a virtual world feel like a lived-in experience. RDR2's selective realism shatters all illusion that its obsequious fetish for detail contributes to immersion in its story.

    The core design of the game's mechanics continuously contradicts itself as it tries to find its own identity. Despite being a game about outlaws and the "wild west," you are on rails for the vast majority of the main story's missions. The colossal world, while beautiful to look at, offers no meaningful interaction despite its excesses. In its haste to give me everything, Red Dead Redemption 2 finds purpose in absolutely nothing.
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  43. Jul 5, 2019
    3
    100Gigs later and this game is more boring than Skyrim. Red Dead 2 feels like a game that I'm not aloud to play. I was so bored by the time I made it to the actual camp that I shot an old man who's carriage broke down. Mission failed. I then put on my bandanna and shot him again - Mission failed. In the end I just helped him get his horse back. Made it into town, I couldn't get my100Gigs later and this game is more boring than Skyrim. Red Dead 2 feels like a game that I'm not aloud to play. I was so bored by the time I made it to the actual camp that I shot an old man who's carriage broke down. Mission failed. I then put on my bandanna and shot him again - Mission failed. In the end I just helped him get his horse back. Made it into town, I couldn't get my gun out. Walked into a store, couldn't get my gun out. Sometimes the character was walking around slowly, couldn't sprint. Arthurs prostitute friend was being manhandled. I went over there to confront him. I point my gun at him but wasn't aloud to shoot him. I pointed my gun in the air and fired off a round and mission failed. Did the mission again and this time when he completed his dialogue and started walking away, the grey dot turned red and I shot him in the back of the head - mission failed.

    Then a guy shows up, a witness. Says he's seen Arthur before and I had to chase him down. The guy ends up hanging off the edge of a cliff. I go to put on my bandanna but can't. I want to shoot him but I can't. I try to walk away but I'm stuck in an invisible box so I can't just leave this guy. In the end I press O or X or whatever to kill him.

    I go back into town. I now get my gun out and start shooting up the place. I racked up a $300+ bounty. During the firefight the game goes full Ubisoft. Just an endless wave of spawning enemies rushing me in the saloon. I died.

    Respawned without my hat and went back to camp. Chose a mission and went back into town to sell a horse. I just shot up this town but ok whatever because realism. I went back into the saloon and nothing. So ok...

    Sold my horse and bought a new one. Went hunting for a bear with the guy. Killed a rabbit and cooked it at a campfire. Then went to sleep. Then in the morning started hunting the bear. The bear showed up during a cut scene. Shot it in the face then chased after it but mission failed because I went to far away from the guy.

    I closed and deleted the game. Went back to playing Farming Simulator 19. That game is more action packed and rewarding than Red Dead 2.
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  44. Jan 11, 2019
    3
    ok so the game graphically looks stunning and the amount of detail is never seen in a game before, and it does create a great western atmosphere... overall in that department the game is indeed a masterpiece, also in terms of how it runs, it's not perfect (encountered a couple of glitches but not game breaking). Unfortunately this is where the good ends, the game play is painfully slowok so the game graphically looks stunning and the amount of detail is never seen in a game before, and it does create a great western atmosphere... overall in that department the game is indeed a masterpiece, also in terms of how it runs, it's not perfect (encountered a couple of glitches but not game breaking). Unfortunately this is where the good ends, the game play is painfully slow this can't be denied, for example in my last session i hopped on the horse for about 10mins to ride to a mission, then watched a 1min cut scene and then another 10min ride to the mission location where i did a 30sec duel.....that't it, that's the mission 20mins horse riding and 30sec game play.

    controls and managing the game menus are questionable. basically if you want to recover your stamina by drinking coffee... you have to press L1 and then R1 a couple of times and then choose the camp (where there is a little animation) then press another button to brew the coffee and then another button to drink it....hahahaha.

    They have implemented a lot of details that really hurt the pacing...looting enemies is a real chore, there is a 10sec animation every time you loot a dead body. looting a cabinet inside a building takes a solid 15-30sec with all the animations. Having a bath takes 1-2mins with all the animations....etc i get what they are trying to do...but maybe market the game as a western simulator the next time and perhaps also don't make it a sequel to one of the greatest games ever made....make it a new IP.

    I can go on and on about clunky controls, over the top horse care mechanics...unbalanced bounty system, unbalanced economy...etc overall this game is benefiting from professional critics too scared to slam a sequel to one of the most beloved franchises in gaming and the fact that people waited for it too long that all those flaws are ignored.
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  45. Jan 5, 2019
    2
    This is so boring until a point i start to watch drama while playing it. This is not a "chill game", it's absolutely boring.
  46. Jan 14, 2019
    4
    Controls are awful and movements are clunky. Mashing X to ride your horse is extremely annoying (same for running on foot), the button for interacting with things and people is the same for aim which will get you in a huge mess with the town people. The police is just out right massively overly aggressive and ruins everything.
    Too much micro managing.
    You have to rely on the auto-aim
    Controls are awful and movements are clunky. Mashing X to ride your horse is extremely annoying (same for running on foot), the button for interacting with things and people is the same for aim which will get you in a huge mess with the town people. The police is just out right massively overly aggressive and ruins everything.
    Too much micro managing.
    You have to rely on the auto-aim because aiming yourself is broken.
    Worst of all, the multiplayer is not worth spending any time on and is structure simply to facilitate microtransactions. Micro transactions is the entire focus and purpose of the multiplayer.
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  47. Mar 27, 2019
    2
    Honestly one of the most boring games I've ever played. If you survive the intro, congrats just hours more tedious work to go.
    Online, man i spent longer trying to login to GTAV than playing RD2 Online. No sustenance there for you either.
    Whoah Boy, just my opinion.
  48. Jun 26, 2019
    0
    - Boring lame chorefest
    - Clunky gameplay
    - Unbearable input lag
    - Horrifying interface
    - Unnerving AI

    Great graphics tho.
  49. Nov 14, 2018
    1
    DE LONGE um dos piores jogos que joguei nesta geração, controles confusos e sem resposta, história rasa, personagens sem carisma, mundo pobre. Esqueça esses críticos que deram nota 10, se deixaram levar pelo hype. Quase dormi jogando, o jogo é uma tortura psicológica, e sobre o realismo? O jogo se auto sabota MUITAS VEZES nesse aspecto, só é real QUANDO ELE QUER,. Eu jogo para sair doDE LONGE um dos piores jogos que joguei nesta geração, controles confusos e sem resposta, história rasa, personagens sem carisma, mundo pobre. Esqueça esses críticos que deram nota 10, se deixaram levar pelo hype. Quase dormi jogando, o jogo é uma tortura psicológica, e sobre o realismo? O jogo se auto sabota MUITAS VEZES nesse aspecto, só é real QUANDO ELE QUER,. Eu jogo para sair do mundo real chato e monótono, não para entrar nele novamente (e de forma piorada). Horse Simulator define esse jogo. Expand
  50. Jan 20, 2019
    2
    **** game, dudes giving it more then 8 should reconsider their life, really
  51. Mar 5, 2019
    0
    Overhyped trash that got a higher score than God of War cause of the shills of this industry but still could not even win the Game of the Year award because truth be told, it wouldn't have deserved it. Rockstar have lost their edge and San Andreas is still to this day their best game they ever created.
  52. Feb 4, 2019
    0
    Absolute hot steaming garbage. It looks nice but that's about it. The movement is impossibly slow, the animations for everything make the game move at a pace of a snail in molass. The story is dragged out and the outdated Rockstar mission design (at complete odds with the open-ended nature of the rest of the game) is jarring to say the least. Repetitive encounters, no fast travel, and theAbsolute hot steaming garbage. It looks nice but that's about it. The movement is impossibly slow, the animations for everything make the game move at a pace of a snail in molass. The story is dragged out and the outdated Rockstar mission design (at complete odds with the open-ended nature of the rest of the game) is jarring to say the least. Repetitive encounters, no fast travel, and the promised NPC interactions are just a bunch of endless regurgitated dialogue. And don't get me started on the shooting mechanics... clunky and unwieldy. Expand
  53. Nov 3, 2018
    3
    Im not sure how this game has such a high rating as it does at the moment (7.6) other places 9.7/10 .. anyways.. Rockstar made a beautiful game, the open world is amazing .... However.. They have added way to much to the game such as,, Core Temperature , have to watch your Weight ..... have to bath yourself.. Im sure there is a point somewhere in the game that you have to tweezer yourIm not sure how this game has such a high rating as it does at the moment (7.6) other places 9.7/10 .. anyways.. Rockstar made a beautiful game, the open world is amazing .... However.. They have added way to much to the game such as,, Core Temperature , have to watch your Weight ..... have to bath yourself.. Im sure there is a point somewhere in the game that you have to tweezer your butthole... .. its NO longer fun to play... It just becomes a simulator for life back in 1890.. An having to travel with your horse for 15-20 minutes at a time is miserable.. You got to have FAST TRAVEL... jeezz... i waited for this game for years an years.. just to ride the damn horse for 90% of the time. come on ppl... why did this roll out the door like that.. Dont you have testers?? Expand
  54. Nov 4, 2018
    3
    I do not recommend it. There's crazy hype around the game. I unfortunately got caught in it. But it doesn't deserve it, because it's lacking the most important aspect of any video game: It must be fun.

    The game is a painfully slow chore to plow through. The pace is extremely slow, interaction with the environment is clunky at best. I get that the developers tried to create a simulation
    I do not recommend it. There's crazy hype around the game. I unfortunately got caught in it. But it doesn't deserve it, because it's lacking the most important aspect of any video game: It must be fun.

    The game is a painfully slow chore to plow through. The pace is extremely slow, interaction with the environment is clunky at best. I get that the developers tried to create a simulation first and foremost. However, that doesn't mean a fun and engrossing gaming experience.

    Believe me, I tried and just couldn't go on. It's a wonderfully crafted game, very in-depth, lots of possibilities. But it quickly becomes a hassle and frustration takes over.
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  55. Nov 24, 2018
    0
    Critics have praised the attention to detail, quality of graphics, and size of the world. The game is visually incredible. What the "Pro" reviewers failed to point out are major flaws that you don't see until you have put a bit of time into the game.

    The controls are barely tolerable. Your character is forced to walk geriatric speeds in camp, buildings, and missions. This is the
    Critics have praised the attention to detail, quality of graphics, and size of the world. The game is visually incredible. What the "Pro" reviewers failed to point out are major flaws that you don't see until you have put a bit of time into the game.

    The controls are barely tolerable. Your character is forced to walk geriatric speeds in camp, buildings, and missions. This is the beginning of the frustrations. Moving on from that you have the lack of no real fast travel. The other faster methods of travel are often minutes away. Riding the horse gets old, especially with it's affinity for going directly into trees.

    Half the missions are formulaic: take a long ride with heavy exposition from the NPCs, who are also **** at you for not going exactly the right pace. Get to a token shoot out. Return to camp. This is interspersed with too many cut scenes. The over arching story is good but it's dragged out twice as long as it should be. A lot of the missions don't need any skill at all, just press X or O when the game tells you, follow the rails to the end goal.

    The side missions are a mixed bag. Poker, Dominoes, Blackjack, just aren't worth playing because of how little they pay out and how long they take. Hunting is okay but it gets overly complicated with the game requiring you to craft special arrows and hit the animal at the perfect spot for the perfect pelt. Bounties are fun, fishing is fun. Looting turns into a chore. Holding X for 2 seconds each time and lining up your character just right so you see the dialog box gets old FAST. Doesn't help also when NPCs are around rushing you.a

    My eyes were telling me this game is incredible. However every time I put down the controller I didn't feel much of an urge to pick it back up. If anything the game feels more like a second job than a fun time. You literally would need a notepad/to-do list to be able to complete some of the challenges. Rockstar forces you to play the way it wants. Which is to take in the world ALL the time, whether you want to or not.
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  56. Nov 3, 2018
    4
    c'est d'un lent...... pff
    même les jeux atari 2600 sont plus réactif...
    c'est sur c'est beau mais franchement, aucune logique dans les touches et qu'est ce que c'est lent. même un tank et plus réactif et les gunfight .... Aucun plaisir de faire ce jeu. Autant je comprend que des personnes aiment ce jeu, mais de la a ce que les critiques de jeux vidéo mettent des notes de folies . Je
    c'est d'un lent...... pff
    même les jeux atari 2600 sont plus réactif...
    c'est sur c'est beau mais franchement, aucune logique dans les touches et qu'est ce que c'est lent.
    même un tank et plus réactif et les gunfight ....
    Aucun plaisir de faire ce jeu.
    Autant je comprend que des personnes aiment ce jeu, mais de la a ce que les critiques de jeux vidéo mettent des notes de folies .
    Je ne comprend pas, les mêmes défauts serait dans un autre jeu, ça ne passeraient pas.
    Mais pour rockstar ça passe.
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  57. Dec 28, 2018
    0
    This game suffers in all regards except for visuals. That cannot carry what is essentially the biggest disappointment for me in all of video games. To be honest my expectations weren't all that high to begin with. This is just sad, all the poor video game design choices that could be made, were made.
  58. Feb 4, 2019
    0
    A beautifully realised, but utterly boring, case study in how too much emphasis on realism oft comes at the expense of enjoyment. You can only gaze at the vistas so many times before you want the horse to just hurry the f**k up and get there already.
  59. Mar 26, 2019
    0
    I don't get how everyone thinks this game is good?
    It is the most boring game I've ever played. It reminds me of th Back to the Future game only with better graphics. It is overly boring, the characters are crap, it tries WAAY to hard to be pc. The wanted meter etc is terrible, for a game that is meant to be so good, the bounty hunters appear out of nowhere, the missions are too easy,
    I don't get how everyone thinks this game is good?
    It is the most boring game I've ever played. It reminds me of th Back to the Future game only with better graphics. It is overly boring, the characters are crap, it tries WAAY to hard to be pc. The wanted meter etc is terrible, for a game that is meant to be so good, the bounty hunters appear out of nowhere, the missions are too easy, basically paint by numbers garbage. There is not one endearing character in the game, and I frickin loved John Marsden in the first one. The controls are crap, if you don't shoot anyone in a mission where there is multiple people to shoot, they will eventually all die anyway. If i wanted taken by the hand in a western I would watch Clint Eastwood. This is basically a movie you have to press buttons with sometimes, that takes 60 hours to watch. And the story isn't very good. But give it a ten because the horse has balls that dangle less in cold weather and you can make coffee. The most boring things ever in real life. Big effing wow. Total garbage. Waste of £50.
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  60. Nov 23, 2018
    1
    This game is boring. The graphics are very good but the story is too slow. I'm going to play COD, it's the best game.
  61. Feb 21, 2019
    0
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  62. Dec 23, 2018
    4
    It feels like the game keeps punishing me. Didn't I pay for this? One lucky shot after getting legendary hides and the game takes them. The game design is creepy and controlling. I'm an adult and my time is valuable. Wasting it grinding only to have it taken away by chance is lame. So much is good about this game but me and my friends agree it is unplayable. It feels like work.
  63. Nov 26, 2018
    3
    Firstly, I would start rating metacritic, as the same score (3).
    The score of this game is manipulated. Probably developers and their family are voting too and this is not nice (This is dishonest !!!)
    RDR 1 is a 9, and when the store finishes you will give 10! RDR 2 is a 4 or 5. Ok to play, but the game is slow, sometimes appears that you are watching a movie...long journeys showing
    Firstly, I would start rating metacritic, as the same score (3).
    The score of this game is manipulated. Probably developers and their family are voting too and this is not nice (This is dishonest !!!)
    RDR 1 is a 9, and when the store finishes you will give 10!
    RDR 2 is a 4 or 5. Ok to play, but the game is slow, sometimes appears that you are watching a movie...long journeys showing beautiful graphics (I don't care. I play capitalism2, aoe2, production line with horrible graphics and will give a 10 for all of them...)
    This game feels like grinding in an open world... So the score should be 4 or 5, but with the score fraud, I will give a = 3. Ok, I bought the game this time, but I will not trust anymore reviews by any game of yours Rockstar! you won this fight but not the war Rockstar.
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  64. Jan 24, 2019
    4
    Super slow paced and heavily scripted, with average graphics, clunky mechanics and a confusing, choresome health and stamina metering and maintenance system. I want my money back.
  65. Oct 4, 2019
    4
    I didn’t even play through the end because... I was bored. There are plenty of things to do like hunting and angling and much more other things. I never played such a realistic and wonderful game. It was interesting in the beginning and I was fascinated by the visuals but after 5 hours of exploring I got bored. Now I am at 70% of the story and am tired. This would be a 97 game if it hadI didn’t even play through the end because... I was bored. There are plenty of things to do like hunting and angling and much more other things. I never played such a realistic and wonderful game. It was interesting in the beginning and I was fascinated by the visuals but after 5 hours of exploring I got bored. Now I am at 70% of the story and am tired. This would be a 97 game if it had GAMEPLAY. but it doesn’t unfortunately. At least ok a console. Now a year later the Game is going to be released on pc and I wonder how this game is going to look like on ultra settings.
    But I would not buy this game for a full price again. The whole hype around this game last year ended in disappointment for me personally. PS i did not play rdr online yet. My Experience only relates to single player story mode. Have a nice day
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  66. Nov 20, 2020
    4
    I had no fun during my entire playthrough - everything felt like a chore. Controls are just terrible and make you wanna pull your hair out.
    This game requires no skill. If you find fun in pressing a button and watching an animation this may be a game for you.
    Graphics and engine features are the only good things here.
  67. Nov 25, 2018
    1
    Depressing story line, plenty of random events that kill you for no reason, and game play mechanics that are so frustrating that routine things are difficult to accomplish. "Life sucks, everyone is a jerk, and bad things happen for no reason" should be this game's motto. The game is visually beautiful and takes realism to a whole new level. But it is not "fun." You will not haveDepressing story line, plenty of random events that kill you for no reason, and game play mechanics that are so frustrating that routine things are difficult to accomplish. "Life sucks, everyone is a jerk, and bad things happen for no reason" should be this game's motto. The game is visually beautiful and takes realism to a whole new level. But it is not "fun." You will not have "enjoyment" playing this game. Last time I checked that's what games were supposed to be for, but RDR2 is not built for your enjoyment or your fun. It is built to teach people who are looking to unwind from a stressful day at work that life could actually be a lot more painful and stressful than they thought possible. After playing RDR2 for a weekend I'm actually looking forward to going back to work on Monday. Expand
  68. Nov 26, 2018
    1
    Game was not what I exspected. Beat the whole game in 3 days could not wait for it to end. Hated it, but i paid for it so I had to beat it. Last rockstar game I ever buy.
  69. Nov 28, 2018
    4
    Rockstar have managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory... I absolutely adored the last red dead game completing it several times, this title has lost its way... The new character is fairly anonymous, and the gameplay has several critical flaws. It is cumbersome and slow to play, thus tasks in the game become a chore rather than a pleasure. It breaks down to 5% shooting 10% cutRockstar have managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory... I absolutely adored the last red dead game completing it several times, this title has lost its way... The new character is fairly anonymous, and the gameplay has several critical flaws. It is cumbersome and slow to play, thus tasks in the game become a chore rather than a pleasure. It breaks down to 5% shooting 10% cut scenes and 85% riding very slowly across a beautiful / massive map. The shooting is too easy, and horse riding ruined by a stamina bar that stops you having a good gallop (unless you want to hit x repeatedly, which on such a giant map is annoying). Accessing the weapons/items is a complete mess, as is looting which takes ages. Even in the menus the game requires you to hold a button 3 seconds rather than press it the slowness pervades everywhere, and its deeply irritating. The game is so easy that there is no satisfaction to playing it. Once complete you are left with a beautiful sandbox with no toys in it. Buyer beware this is flawed. I really wanted to enjoy this game, but it left me swearing and frustrated. Expand
  70. Dec 21, 2018
    4
    10/10 graphics but very boring game idk how this game hit 97 points by critics
  71. Feb 23, 2019
    4
    I created an account just so I could cast my vote for this game. As such, I won't repeat what has been said here ad nauseum except that what a disappointment this game is to play. I remember having so much fun just goofing off in the original RDR, but the fun factor has been greatly diminished in RDR2 with the broken bounty system and the extreme micromanagement--don't forget to pet yourI created an account just so I could cast my vote for this game. As such, I won't repeat what has been said here ad nauseum except that what a disappointment this game is to play. I remember having so much fun just goofing off in the original RDR, but the fun factor has been greatly diminished in RDR2 with the broken bounty system and the extreme micromanagement--don't forget to pet your horse every so often. Gimme a break.

    But yeah, the graphics sure are stunning--probably the best I've ever seen. That alone accounts for the high score of 4.
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  72. Jan 26, 2019
    3
    As a long time gamer, I have searched the planet for an honest review site that tells me the things I want to know about a game. My search has bore little fruit. Time and time again I have been taken in by "professional" reviewers. Is there anything more frustrating than being completely excited for a game you just spent 60 bucks on only to get home and realize an hour in that you haveAs a long time gamer, I have searched the planet for an honest review site that tells me the things I want to know about a game. My search has bore little fruit. Time and time again I have been taken in by "professional" reviewers. Is there anything more frustrating than being completely excited for a game you just spent 60 bucks on only to get home and realize an hour in that you have been had? The latest con job I fell victim to was Red Dead 2. Even after reading the amazing positive reviews for this dud, I still wasn't convinced. Like you, I have had my heart broken so many times before. Then I heard the South Park Kids, Stan and Kyle, talk about the game on an episode. WOW! I was all in. Bought it the next day. My thinking was that the writers of SP must have loved the game themselves to plug it on the show. Wrong!
    Let's start with the few positives I can give you about this yawn factory. It's a beautiful world full of realistic and detailed scenery. It has good voice acting, for the most part and the game mechanics are not terrible but also nothing new. There, that's the positives, and that's it. Anyone who tells you anything different is either a paid reviewer, a complete liar or someone with very, very, very low expectations when it pertains to gaming.
    There are only a few things I need to know before a game purchase. Is it something new? What is the level of difficulty and most importantly, is it fun? Lets take them in order. Is it something new? Emphatically the answer is a resounding no. It is more of the same quests you find in just about every game you play these days. What is the level of difficulty? This is hard to answer because most quests seemed like more of a chore than an exciting activity, but as a Dark Souls loving, repeatedly dying, rise to a challenge gamer, I found it incredibly easy. At this point you might be saying to yourself, "this doesn't sound too terrible", and you would be right in that assumption if it weren't for one more thing. It is not fun. It is un-fun. It is boring. It is a pointless endeavor of lack luster travel time. You spend the majority of your time on your horse, galloping for what seems like endless hours only to finally reach a destination that requires you to do some simple task as part of a quest, that takes 3 seconds to complete. Then its back in the saddle again, to return to where you started, for another boring quest preceded bu the worlds longest horsey ride. This flaw supersedes all another details of this game. I hesitate to even call it a game. Games are fun or exciting or at least make you curious as to an outcome. Not this piece of garbage. It is absolutely one of the most boring 25 hours I have ever spent on a game. What added insult to injury is the lure of activating the fast travel option, which essentially only leads to more horse play. Wrap all this up with multiple hunting quest that suck, daily chores of western life that are too boring to even suck, and the realization that you just wasted 60 bucks on a "game" that you will never play again. Save your coins, gamer buddies, Sun Bros and newbies alike. This one is a never touch, for sure.
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  73. Sep 8, 2019
    3
    I was wondering why my friends don't take sites like this seriously, i boot it up and take a look at the first positive review for this game and few below, and then i understood. So horse genitals changing their size=quality?
    I don't know what kind of drugs people are on when they write these reviews but they're surely bad for their mental health. The rest of reviews below were just
    I was wondering why my friends don't take sites like this seriously, i boot it up and take a look at the first positive review for this game and few below, and then i understood. So horse genitals changing their size=quality?
    I don't know what kind of drugs people are on when they write these reviews but they're surely bad for their mental health. The rest of reviews below were just simple statemants with out any explanation, looks like Rockstar employees are biggest fans of their game :)
    As for the game itself, details in background are usually something you look at when you're bored of the game, as for this game they're it's selling point, if they wanted to show us graphics they could as well make interactive screensaver. Red Dead Redemption 2 is simply a rehash of the first game storywise, gunplay is pretty shallow and outdated,ported straight from the previous generation of consoles, menu system is simply a twister for fingers, music and graphics are both average at best.
    Gameplay is slow as all hell, it takes ages to get from point a to point b, you usually end up screwed over by "realism" either that would be getting shot in a bizzare way or your horse trips on invisible rock or stick. Missions are boring and exhausting, you either have to do some chores or simply go all the way back to some point on the map from where you just come from, isn't it fun?It's not...
    When you finally get yourself to the shooting parts of the game you just end up dissapointed and bored, you've been expecting some western movie action? Too bad you're up for some slow and shallow shooting gallery straight up from tutorials in fps games with dated shooting mechanics.
    Game itself isn't complex in any way it's simple and pretty casual in pretty much everyway.
    There's also a multiplayer which is one of the worst things about this game, you either have to pay those greedy bastards or straight up grind by replaying the same mission over and over for weeks, to buy basic crap.
    Overall the game is horrible, i've seen rockstar white knights on the internet using this game as a proof that rockstar isn't just another greedy company, but i don't see it, singleplayer mode is terrible and multiplayer is simply grindfest and pay2win. Don't recommend it to anyone unless you have no respect for your wallet.
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  74. May 15, 2022
    1
    I don't understand the great reviews of this game. So overly complex that I hated it as soon as the tutorial was over. A stamina meter is not just a meter but it has a core too!?? And the horse has 2 meters, but they disappear when he's trotting just right so you have no idea how you horse is doing. Why? The multiple, multiple tonics and their specific and complex effects was horrible. TheI don't understand the great reviews of this game. So overly complex that I hated it as soon as the tutorial was over. A stamina meter is not just a meter but it has a core too!?? And the horse has 2 meters, but they disappear when he's trotting just right so you have no idea how you horse is doing. Why? The multiple, multiple tonics and their specific and complex effects was horrible. The way you select weapons while holding L1 and then your Left stick to navigate to the proper item using R2 or L2 to cycle through them. And the battle is still happening the hole time. Arthur moves so slowly in camp it's ridiculous. I've never seen a character move so slow and clunky and unnatural before. I was forced into a fight and killed a guy and then I'm wanted and I planned on being a good guy the whole game, and now I'm wanted? Why? The final straw was this: I'm riding my horse back to the overlook after running away from Valentine as a wanted man, and another horse and carriage crashed into me and my horse dies. I'm in the middle of nowhere with no transportation. That's not fun Rockstar! I did not enjoy the 15 hours I played this game! I highly recommend skipping it! The world looks great, I'll tell you that. That's why I gave it a 1 and not a 0. Expand
  75. Sep 24, 2019
    4
    Inherently just very boring. Story is probably Rockstar's best effort, but their pursuit of realism results in one of the dullest open worlds in a videogame. Combat is just as bad as any other Rockstar game, movement is slow and tanky whether on foot or horseback. Numerous pointless animations can make a dominoes game last two in game days and you'll find yourself stranded without a horseInherently just very boring. Story is probably Rockstar's best effort, but their pursuit of realism results in one of the dullest open worlds in a videogame. Combat is just as bad as any other Rockstar game, movement is slow and tanky whether on foot or horseback. Numerous pointless animations can make a dominoes game last two in game days and you'll find yourself stranded without a horse in the middle of nowhere on multiple occasions. Expand
  76. Nov 26, 2018
    4
    Too slow a game. Honestly, I know it's realistic like the actual time period, and it's not grand theft auto (also by rockstar) or far cry / other open world 3rd person shooters where you can fast travel, but riding on a horse takes forever, and you can barely run, and picking up items takes minutes at a time. I know it's realistic, but I sure don't have the time to do every little actionToo slow a game. Honestly, I know it's realistic like the actual time period, and it's not grand theft auto (also by rockstar) or far cry / other open world 3rd person shooters where you can fast travel, but riding on a horse takes forever, and you can barely run, and picking up items takes minutes at a time. I know it's realistic, but I sure don't have the time to do every little action without being able to do it quickly. It's a video game, let me skip some tedious stuff... Quit it after 3 hours. Played the first and beat it, enjoyed story, but also ridiculously slow travel time on horse. Expand
  77. Nov 7, 2022
    1
    I have just reached chapter 3 and I can't get myself to keep playing. The world is beautiful and Arthur is very likeable. The tale that the game is weaving is nothing short of impressive. However, the gameplay if you can even call it that is insulting. The gameplay aspect to this game is probably made for four year olds. We need a new word to describe how scripted this game is, becauseI have just reached chapter 3 and I can't get myself to keep playing. The world is beautiful and Arthur is very likeable. The tale that the game is weaving is nothing short of impressive. However, the gameplay if you can even call it that is insulting. The gameplay aspect to this game is probably made for four year olds. We need a new word to describe how scripted this game is, because "scripted" is no longer enough, this game takes it to a whole new level. Every fight I have had is mind numbingly easy and scripted. I bet I can get my 60 year old mom to "beat" a few missions for me while I enjoy the story. Expand
  78. Dec 6, 2018
    1
    WOW. where to begin. I gave it 1 one for its awesome graphics and for no other reason. They should offer refunds for people that expected red dead and go ARK the quest for more money a time wasting horse sh*t simulator were everything is micromanaged. even taking a bath. GFO Rock Star refund me you destroyed your IP with greed and ample stupidity. I will NEVER buy anything you make again.WOW. where to begin. I gave it 1 one for its awesome graphics and for no other reason. They should offer refunds for people that expected red dead and go ARK the quest for more money a time wasting horse sh*t simulator were everything is micromanaged. even taking a bath. GFO Rock Star refund me you destroyed your IP with greed and ample stupidity. I will NEVER buy anything you make again. EVER PERIOD! The law system is trash. the economy is trash, the general mechanics are trash/ That coming from someone that bought the ultimate edition and already uninstalled it what next you going to make people go to a tree to poop? I can un-experience this game. If you want a game that does not value the time or money of their customer THIS GAME IS IT! Graphics are great everything poop. Help a guy of the ground after a brawl you you were not in you get murdered. help a lady being attack you get murder (by the law) defend yours and you go broke and maybe get murder. the never arrest you every office like kicking a post is a death sentence. MENTALLY RETARDED! Experience curve is the worst in gaming hands down. If this was a restaurant I would suggest it for people looking for a night of fasting. FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL.. HATE HATE HATE LOATH ENTIRELY. Expand
  79. Mar 25, 2019
    1
    Sry this is not a Game where you Can have fun with it. it is a Movie. Graphic is good but the gunplay etc. is Bad.
  80. Feb 18, 2019
    4
    Looks good, but very slow-paced story and just a bit boring....nothing to get too excited about to be honest...It is worth playing but don't expect an amazing game as they claim it to be......it is an OK game...I traded this with 4 friends and played other games.....not even one of them made so much progress and got bored just like i did.
  81. Dec 8, 2019
    0
    Since the game's release I have always had this error in multiplayer mode: 0x20010006... I can't play even 10 minutes without being disconnected
  82. Dec 7, 2019
    0
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  83. Jan 3, 2019
    4
    A good single player but, tis is only a part of the game: The online (Red Dead Online) game feels like a mobile game, like a pay to win game. I won't buy it again.
  84. Jan 12, 2019
    4
    This is just a long and tedious game of follow the leader on your horse while being forced to listen to long conversations about details/characters that you'll quickly lose interest in. About half way through you'll be mashing the button to try and make your horse go faster and skipping the lengthy and boring cut scenes just to get the game over with. Free roaming around causing troubleThis is just a long and tedious game of follow the leader on your horse while being forced to listen to long conversations about details/characters that you'll quickly lose interest in. About half way through you'll be mashing the button to try and make your horse go faster and skipping the lengthy and boring cut scenes just to get the game over with. Free roaming around causing trouble is fun but every mission starts with a long ride across the map and the afterward cut scene takes you as far away as possible from the start of the next mission resulting in more endless rides across the map. The game had potential but the more I played it the less fun it was and the more I dreaded trying to finish the game. Rent or borrow if possible, but skip the purchase. Expand
  85. Mar 11, 2019
    4
    You know the game's gonna be great when majority of positive reviews are basically people praising the game for minor details such as size of horse genitals.
    The game starts slowly, while playing you'll realise how slow and dragged on the game is, game takes about 20 hours to finish, but let's be real for a second, if it wasn't so slow anyone could finish it in less than 10 hours.
    The
    You know the game's gonna be great when majority of positive reviews are basically people praising the game for minor details such as size of horse genitals.
    The game starts slowly, while playing you'll realise how slow and dragged on the game is, game takes about 20 hours to finish, but let's be real for a second, if it wasn't so slow anyone could finish it in less than 10 hours.
    The story is nothing special, basically Red Dead Redemption 1.5.
    People seem to praise graphics but they're just blurry.
    Hype over actual content and quality of the game, that's basically all Rockstar games made after GTA IV.
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  86. Jul 6, 2019
    0
    single player was ok but online is easily the worst game i've ever played in my life. broken, pay to win, auto aim...ew.
  87. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo horrível, gameplay travada, sonolenta, linear em vários casos(apesar do game ser openworld) e sem desafio algum. Só mais um jogo que tenta ser bom apelando pra gráficos e que tenta trazer através do seu cuidado aos mais pequenos detalhes algo de empolgante mais que acaba é estragando toda a fluidez e diversão que o poderia ter tido se fosse apenas "mais centrado e direto ao ponto" Expand
  88. Sep 3, 2019
    0
    The first twenty hours boring and realism bad online very, very bad and the fans is **** sons if ****
  89. Oct 27, 2019
    0
    Playin on the line. Idol in my camp. Sitting in my table and then the game kicked me out it said disconnected for being idol to long. no stars
  90. Nov 15, 2019
    3
    This game makes me sad, the open world is beautiful and amazing, but the story missions are laughable at best. The game gives you an option to turn the compass off but it punishes you. If the game tell you to "park in a secluded area" you might think that you can park at pretty much everywhere in a forest? WRONG! you need to park in one specific small area. do you want to stealth around?This game makes me sad, the open world is beautiful and amazing, but the story missions are laughable at best. The game gives you an option to turn the compass off but it punishes you. If the game tell you to "park in a secluded area" you might think that you can park at pretty much everywhere in a forest? WRONG! you need to park in one specific small area. do you want to stealth around? do it the exact way the game tells you too. The game world is beautiful for the first while until you realize just how scripted it is. The game punishes thinking out of the box, you must play the open world how they want you too. Expand
  91. Rpn
    Nov 22, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game starts off great......but then.......the bad controls kick in and ruin the whole gameplay experience......not to mention the story's last few acts being nothing but drawn out crap to make the campaign a little longer Expand
  92. Dec 7, 2019
    0
    Many many bugs and lags, always kiks from game.
    Alfa version of game. Game haven't optimisation.
  93. Dec 15, 2019
    0
    Потерять 850$ за 10 минут игры, будучи убитым 6 раз от выстрелов законников, которые появляются внезапно за твоей спиной и стреляют очередью из 7ми пуль с меткостью 100% ? Спасибо, дайте две !
  94. Dec 22, 2019
    4
    This just shows you that users have more accurate ratings than critics. User reviews were higher for original, which I totally agree. While critics reviews gave "2" a higher score, totally disagree. I gave this game a 4 and would give the original a 9. Everything that was great in original has been removed and replaced with terrible content. What are these critics thinking?
  95. Feb 5, 2020
    0
    Boring gameplay, Auto-aim shooting, long cutscenes, unnecesary tedious tasks that count as gameplay. This game's hype was based on mediocre and bad gameplay. Don't buy.
  96. Jan 16, 2020
    0
    Bunch of bugs, no animal spawn, costant crashes, more and more bugs after each update, instead adding new content they add more clothes... Rockstar selling game in beta stage for full price. ROCKSTAR FIX YOUR GAME.
  97. Feb 13, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story mode is great, online has been hopelessly broken with no fix in sight, Rockstar has not addressed multiple in game issues. Expand
  98. Feb 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uma história muito emocionante, gráficos lindos mas pena que no online esta repleto de bugs e frequente mente cai devido a Erro do jogo e não contem seção privada e um alto nível de nerfar as coisas no jogo como os animais assim impossibilitando caçar vários animais Expand
  99. Apr 15, 2020
    0
    One of the most boring game i've ever played. Games are supposed to be fun; and rdr2 is not. The walking is so slow, also you ride the horse 50% of the game. Highly overrated
  100. Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game is nothing like the original. So boring! I got the most expensive version of this game with all the extra content. Why? Because I love Red Dead! I almost couldn’t finish the game, but I figured since I paid for it then that’s the least I had to do.
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97

Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

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