Red Dead Redemption 2

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8.7

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  1. TonyTheSonyPony
    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.
  2. ramob
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Boring. I’ve played for a week and even after that I’ve found this game nothing more than boring.
  3. dmedd6
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Yet another sequel that does disservice to its predecessor.
    Not a popular opinion, but Arthur Morgan is a weak character in a weak story that's all over the place and 20 hours too long. He has no agency, things just kind of happen to him and he doesn't really ever do anything about it. He just accepts that he has to do anything Dutch says without question, until the story reaches a    Yet another sequel that does disservice to its predecessor.
    Not a popular opinion, but Arthur Morgan is a weak character in a weak story that's all over the place and 20 hours too long. He has no agency, things just kind of happen to him and he doesn't really ever do anything about it. He just accepts that he has to do anything Dutch says without question, until the story reaches a drawn-out, incredibly predictable ending. I had such high hopes for this game, because I LOVE the first one.
    It gets the 4 points it gets from me because at times, it is quite fun to play. There's a lot of extras and immersion mechanics that rockstar clearly put a lot of time and effort into, and it is very innovative in lots of different ways.
    That said, the entire spirit of rockstar is absent here. Rockstar is sarcastic, irreverent, and purposefully politically incorrect. This is true of the GTA series and the original Red Dead. None of that is present here. RDR2 is dour, serious, self-congratulatory, and politically correct to the point of being anachronistic considering that the story takes place in 1898.
    Playing the game makes me sad, and I wish developers would get over this whole "we're not giving you what you want, we're giving you what you need" mentality and just make a game that's fun to play with characters that are fun to inhabit. You want me to be in a western cowboy shoot-em-up but you want me to feel bad about it? Screw you, guy. Real life is sad and bleak and unsatisfying, why does my entertainment need to emulate that?
    Also, I know I said the main story was too long, but I really, really wanted single player DLC where you could play as Sadie, Charles, Dutch, etc. They were all more interesting characters than Arthur. And they didn't have cartoonish Yosemite Sam voices and say "Sure-ah..." 8 million times.    … Expand
  4. Eltoroloco
    Jul 14, 2020
    2
    The game is bad... I mean if you want to waste is your time going around doing boring mission and hunting and crafting probably you don't know good games.
    Red dead revolver was a good game, I don't like the Rockstar philosophy of wasting hundreds of ho2doing boring stuff. The same goes with gta 5
    Bring us good games.
  5. ArisManimal
    Jul 21, 2020
    2
    the first game is one of my favorites ever, 10/10 masterpiece
    the second game has great presentation and more realism but the story, the pace and the gameplay are so slow and boring, feels more like a 1890s american life simulator than an actual 3rd person wild west shooter
  6. omniface
    Mar 12, 2021
    0
    a stupid game for dumb adults
    also a bad game for very good times

    pros
    none throw it out ten times over no offense

    cons
    bad gameplay
    very terrible title name
    most horrible game in the series
    even though the others are awful too this game is the worst
    garbage mechanics

    better yet dont throw it out return it to the store and get your money back
  7. Parangaritiwi
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    This game is absolute trash…. To keep it straight and simple; the story is cliche and generic, the characters are unmemorable, the animations are bad and never in sync with voice acting and the most important part, the gameplay, is clunky repetitive and 80% a horse simulator. Do not recommend!
  8. pinofas
    Nov 4, 2018
    4
    Outstanding graphics and Art direction. Awful game design.

    The game is just boring. You spend most of the time riding a horse from A to B pressing X repeatedly while listening conversations. At the beginning, it's ok. After playing it for 20 hours... it's just extremely boring. Controls are awful. Everything feels slow and clunky. Every single action, such as looting, has an animation.    Outstanding graphics and Art direction. Awful game design.

    The game is just boring. You spend most of the time riding a horse from A to B pressing X repeatedly while listening conversations. At the beginning, it's ok. After playing it for 20 hours... it's just extremely boring. Controls are awful. Everything feels slow and clunky. Every single action, such as looting, has an animation. That's cool at first. But then you realize why most videogames don't have this characteristic: it makes the gameplay extremely slow. I think Rockstar forgot this is a videogame after all, and videogames should be playables and fun. So, as I said, technically the game is outstanding. But videogames should have a good gameplay as well and RDD2 doesn't have it.    … Expand
  9. vlad2009
    Nov 12, 2018
    0
    это твак плохо что просста ни пирадать славами пачиму это игрв нету в компюторе ув миеня нету плаистайщн и что тепреръ я что долдин не играть в ету егру она полохая патачку ие нуте на комрптуктер фодресрт говориты что компарктер лущще паависитумушто таыща восим ппив а онн ниврёо т сваём фанатав рак звеезду выпостити редэдемшн на крпаруктер ато я не будду игрыл в выаше играэто твак плохо что просста ни пирадать славами пачиму это игрв нету в компюторе ув миеня нету плаистайщн и что тепреръ я что долдин не играть в ету егру она полохая патачку ие нуте на комрптуктер фодресрт говориты что компарктер лущще паависитумушто таыща восим ппив а онн ниврёо т сваём фанатав рак звеезду выпостити редэдемшн на крпаруктер ато я не будду игрыл в выаше игра
  10. peedeezee
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    I've never felt more scammed by a game before. All of the critics were going nuts for this game, calling it a masterpiece, and giving it flawless 10/10 scores. Reminded of recent games to get similar praise (BoTW, GoW, Odyssey), I pre-ordered digital...

    Red Dead Redemption 2 is overrated to the point that I think Rockstar forced critics to give good scores in exchange for early access.    I've never felt more scammed by a game before. All of the critics were going nuts for this game, calling it a masterpiece, and giving it flawless 10/10 scores. Reminded of recent games to get similar praise (BoTW, GoW, Odyssey), I pre-ordered digital...

    Red Dead Redemption 2 is overrated to the point that I think Rockstar forced critics to give good scores in exchange for early access. This game is undoubtedly a technical achievement in open world gaming, but IT HAS GLARING FLAWS that make it undeserving of the labels of perfection that are being thrown around.    … Expand
  11. Block5299
    Nov 12, 2018
    3
    Extremely overrated.

    80% of your time is spent traveling, long drawn out animations to inspect or collect loot, and excessive dialog. The other time is spent handling the delayed and buggy controls to operate Arthur which is incredibly frustrating. If you want to craft at a campfire, you have to manually create items one by one. You cannot craft x amount of items at once like any other    Extremely overrated.

    80% of your time is spent traveling, long drawn out animations to inspect or collect loot, and excessive dialog. The other time is spent handling the delayed and buggy controls to operate Arthur which is incredibly frustrating. If you want to craft at a campfire, you have to manually create items one by one. You cannot craft x amount of items at once like any other game. The only positive is that the world is interesting, graphics and physics are great but everything else kills this game.    … Expand
  12. SmashGames
    Nov 13, 2018
    1
    Look I'm going, to be honest, and not hop on the bandwagon, the game is simply boring. The graphics and voice acting are good but the story is so boring. The game forces you to grind way too much, like why do I need to brush my damn horse.
  13. sirbuff
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    There's no doubt that its a gorgeous game that pushes all sorts of technical boundaries. but what's fun about a game thats nothing more than a series of chores. cut your hair, eat food, set up camp, maintain camp, cook food, feed the horse, brush and clean the horse, buy supplies, oil your gun, and on and on. I literally feel like I have a bunch of work to do. And god forbid your horseThere's no doubt that its a gorgeous game that pushes all sorts of technical boundaries. but what's fun about a game thats nothing more than a series of chores. cut your hair, eat food, set up camp, maintain camp, cook food, feed the horse, brush and clean the horse, buy supplies, oil your gun, and on and on. I literally feel like I have a bunch of work to do. And god forbid your horse dies (extremely easy) in the wild. You have (not kidding) a 45 minute walk to get back to town. It's slow and mundane game play... but it is gorgeous and impressive at what rockstar has achieved... if only they focused more on fun.… Expand
  14. PROfanboy
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Moim zdaniem ta gra nie zasluguje na ocene 10/10.
    Widac, ze Ci, ktorzy oceniali zbyt wczesnie oceniali za wysoko.
    Ostatnie recenzje nie ciepia juz 10. Redaktorzy stowrzyli przez swoja wlasna glupote twora, ktorego ciezko bedzie kiedykolwiek przebic. A uwazam, ze na taka wysoka ocene nie zasluguje. 9/10 byloby ok, ale nie ze prawie kazda ocena to 10/10. To samo tyczy sie oceny graczy.    Moim zdaniem ta gra nie zasluguje na ocene 10/10.
    Widac, ze Ci, ktorzy oceniali zbyt wczesnie oceniali za wysoko.
    Ostatnie recenzje nie ciepia juz 10.
    Redaktorzy stowrzyli przez swoja wlasna glupote twora, ktorego ciezko bedzie kiedykolwiek przebic.
    A uwazam, ze na taka wysoka ocene nie zasluguje.
    9/10 byloby ok, ale nie ze prawie kazda ocena to 10/10.
    To samo tyczy sie oceny graczy.
    To co teraz kazda fajna gra ma miec ocene 10/10
    Glupota.
    Czy ta gra jest idealana ???
    Sami sobie odpowiedzicie na to pytanie    … Expand
  15. proneisntsupine
    Nov 17, 2018
    4
    This game reminds me a lot of Morrowind. Not in the sense that it has a rich lore and limitless replayability, but in the sense that it feels like it was made in 2002. The movement is clunky and cumbersome. The interaction controls are painstakingly terrible. The loading screens are long and the framerate choppy. The crime and bounty system makes North Korea look like a benevolent,This game reminds me a lot of Morrowind. Not in the sense that it has a rich lore and limitless replayability, but in the sense that it feels like it was made in 2002. The movement is clunky and cumbersome. The interaction controls are painstakingly terrible. The loading screens are long and the framerate choppy. The crime and bounty system makes North Korea look like a benevolent, forgiving regime. And the honor system completely kneecaps the best (and sometimes only good) part of Rockstar games; Going on a rampage.

    I should start by saying that I haven't finished the game (and probably won't). I got to chapter 4 (compendium says I'm 45% done with the story) in the story before completely losing interest. The story so far has been uninspiring and bland, with every 'twist' being cliche and stale. The story missions feel like extended quick time events, where you fail instantly for trying to do anything but strictly follow the script. Arthur Morgan, the player character, is an absolute moron that acts like a bipolar maniac in cutscenes, with little to no consistent characterization. Dutch, the gang leader, is a complete idiot, but keeps dragging Arthur and everyone else into his hairbained schemes and messing everything up. There are multiple points in the story so far where there is no choice but to get a bounty that you have to pay yourself, which feels needlessly restrictive and kills the RPG aspect of the game.

    Crime and punishment is another glaring problem. If an NPC so much as bumps into your horse in Saint Denis, you'll instantly get charged with unarmed assault and dozens of policemen will charge, guns blazing, to their deaths over your $5 bounty. Meanwhile, you can be shot at and run over by a carriage while the police sit there twiddling there thumbs. On top of that, bounties don't go away unless you pay them. This wouldn't be a problem, if having a bounty didn't open you up to constant attacks by magical teleporting bounty hunters and effectively prohibit you from doing any sort of missions in town. On top of the bounty system, there is also the honor system. The honor system disproportionately rewards you for acting as a good Samaritan, and punishes you for acting like an outlaw. It also penalizes you for shooting back when under fire, and then again for looting the corpse of your former assailant. The biggest problem with the honor system, however, is that it gives you a long term punishment for going on a crime spree, which has historically been the best part of Rockstar games.

    The biggest problem by far, however, is the utter lack of quality of life features present in RDR2. Apparently, at some point, somebody at Rockstar decided that immersion meant utter lack of QOL features. Movement is slow, and requires stamina that must be refilled manually through eating and sleeping (there are also long term debuffs for not regularly eating). The same applies to your horse, with the added annoyance that galloping requires you to tap X, thus seriously hampering the players ability to control the camera. When in buildings or your camp, you cannot run, and are instead required to walk at a geriatric pace until you cross the area threshold and can return to your still slow but not as slow running speed. There is no map-accessed fast travel, with the only ways to fast travel being from town to town with trains and coaches, or via your a map in your camp. Getting back to the camp is often a chore, in which you are in a constant battle with your horse to not plow head long into a nearby tree. The slow movement is made worse by the sheer amount of open space to cover in the world. Further QOL issues include only being able to hunt one large animal at a time, your weapons automatically unequipping when you get on your horse, and your ammo automatically reverting to standard.

    Now for the positives. Although the world has a lot of empty space, it is very expansive, with a wide variety of environments and a lot of NPCs, flavorless as the may be. The level of detail is incredible, with your clothes carrying over dirt and blood until you bathe or rest at camp. If you interact with NPCs at a homestead, you can return later and see actual impacts of what you did to them (if you shoot someone in the leg and come back, they may have a crutch).

    Overall, there's some really great potential in this game that is handicapped by some terrible gameplay design decisions, a poor story with bad characters, and technical limitations of the Playstation    … Expand
  16. Blackmeat
    Nov 29, 2018
    1
    Classic case of having incredible graphics but terrible gameplay, slow and boring horse riding sim.
  17. portmanteau
    Oct 28, 2018
    4
    I really hope they update with an option to forgo all the slow clunky stuff and experience the narrative on its own. I genuinely want to see the story, but have no interest in grinding slogs and grooming mechanics. It's like watching a thriller and they say "sir, we know where the terrorists are" and then proceed to make you sit through a realtime 40 min car journey and a stop at theI really hope they update with an option to forgo all the slow clunky stuff and experience the narrative on its own. I genuinely want to see the story, but have no interest in grinding slogs and grooming mechanics. It's like watching a thriller and they say "sir, we know where the terrorists are" and then proceed to make you sit through a realtime 40 min car journey and a stop at the petrol station. before you get there. Just because there's 60hrs of story doesn't make it good. if for most of that you're riding a horse for half an hour at a time.… Expand
  18. RustSucks
    Nov 1, 2018
    3
    I found it boring and simply didn't find anything fun about it. I've put about 10 hours in and the whole thing felt like a chore. Long transit times. Slow animations to do mundane things like search through a drawer or skin an animal or make coffee. Uninspired and repetitive game play. Outdated covershooter mechanics and environments. I'd rather be at work.

    It's super polished and    I found it boring and simply didn't find anything fun about it. I've put about 10 hours in and the whole thing felt like a chore. Long transit times. Slow animations to do mundane things like search through a drawer or skin an animal or make coffee. Uninspired and repetitive game play. Outdated covershooter mechanics and environments. I'd rather be at work.

    It's super polished and detailed and has a big open world. Whoever made this knows how to make games well. Just not how to make them fun.    … Expand
  19. kylejung
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Trash. Story mode is boring. Stupid targeting system. Online is sucks also. Do you want to see the feast of psychos? Play red dead redemption online.
  20. amsterdream
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Huge aim lag / input lag. Terrible auto-aim. Playing is so uncomfortable. Rockstar hello, this is 2018 year, none 1998. When you fix this?
  21. Spartan91
    Dec 27, 2018
    0
    Entirely overrated game. Good on the surface, but if you play for a bit you start to notice how lazy and bad most of the gameplay actually is. They should change the name to Riding simulation Beta. Although it once again shows that critics care far more about the hype and how the game looks than how good it actually is.
    If this was an Indie game it would be fine, but as a AAA title from a    Entirely overrated game. Good on the surface, but if you play for a bit you start to notice how lazy and bad most of the gameplay actually is. They should change the name to Riding simulation Beta. Although it once again shows that critics care far more about the hype and how the game looks than how good it actually is.
    If this was an Indie game it would be fine, but as a AAA title from a big developer a game where neither movement nor any other controls can be called working is a joke. If i didn't know better i wouldn't think that this was released in 2018. The whole experience is somewhere between boredom, and frustration over the broken mechanics, barely working controls and movement that shouldn't be from this decade. The only thing this game has going for it is the scale and beauty of the map. So if that's enough for you go for it, but considering how bad the riding mechanics in this game are the enjoyment is usually accompanied by a fair bit of frustration.
    The game might deserve 2 or 3 as a score but the way they sold and hyped it makes what you actually got just plain insulting. Don't waste your money on this pile of ...    … Expand
  22. AreYouSerious
    Nov 10, 2018
    2
    This might sound harsh, but at least I finished it, so I can give you an honest overall opinion. I'm also going to try and avoid open spoilers, so it may sound a bit convoluted if you haven't finished the game.

    I, like most it seems, struggled with the pace and controls at the beginning, but once Chapter 2 came along I "got into the groove" of the game. By then, I was still hot and cold    This might sound harsh, but at least I finished it, so I can give you an honest overall opinion. I'm also going to try and avoid open spoilers, so it may sound a bit convoluted if you haven't finished the game.

    I, like most it seems, struggled with the pace and controls at the beginning, but once Chapter 2 came along I "got into the groove" of the game. By then, I was still hot and cold on it - probably sitting around a 5/10. Then at some point I actually started to enjoy it, and I would have been 7.5-8/10. But then Chapter 5 happened - and from that moment forth, any enjoyment dwindled to the point of hatred by the time I'd finished it. At the end of Chapter 6 I was so pissed off, I really had to force myself to get through the excruciating Epilogue chapters (if I want RDR 1, I'd play it - I'm here to play number 2). I know it ties in, but I wanted to keep playing the "path" I was on.

    Pros:
    World - graphically amazing. Some parts (ironically Chapter 5) look jaw-dropping on a 4K set-up.
    Voice acting - absolutely top-notch.

    Cons:
    Everything else...
    Story - what story??? "Just one more job and we're going to leave." Job goes wrong... rinse and repeat for the entire game. I've never in my life heard the same lines repeated so many times, over and over again. Stupid writing, stupid unlikable (most of them, not all) characters.

    Mechanics - I got "used" to them, but never liked them.

    Gameplay - sorry, but the "realism" is BS, and ultimately boring. Feeding/maintaining yourself and the horse gets real thin by the half way point. And the "realism" card so many blind sheep seem to be pulling, is diminished by some really stupid writing (again, Chapter 5, particularly the very beginning).

    There is ZERO progression. The guns never get any better, the fights never get any harder, you don't learn or acquire anything new - there is absolutely no sense of achievement whatsoever. Again, rinse and repeat everything to the point of nausea.

    Side "incidents" started to repeat themselves by the end.

    You'd go into missions with your preferred guns, and the game would swap them out and force you to use what it wanted you to.

    Guns would disappear out of your inventory, and you'd have to buy them again.

    I could go on and on, but there's just too many issues to put down.

    The only mission I cared about was in Chapter 6 concerning the Native Americans, and they even managed to **** that up to with some really stupid story and gameplay-mechanic decisions.

    How this has been getting 10/10's from critics is totally beyond comprehension - unless Rockstar paid for them. Same with users, but some people can't see beyond their adoration for all things Rockstar.

    I expected so much more after GTA5 and RDR (1), so to say this was a disappointment would be a (sad) understatement.    … Expand
  23. Skptkit
    Oct 28, 2018
    4
    Not bad, but overhyped. Feels like a chore at some points. Graphically breathtaking. Game punishes you for not wanting to morally align as good. Gameplay...not so much. Big hat and no cattle.
  24. Aiden_Pearce
    Oct 28, 2018
    3
    a lot of frustration with the controls; but, more with saving in general. I guess i'm experiencing a glitch in that I'll save, turn off the ps4, return to the game and be several missions behind where I left off.. if I select dual wielding weapons, get on my horse, then pull because it defaults back to one weapon; it defaults and changes quite a bit. if you attempt to rob a train, alla lot of frustration with the controls; but, more with saving in general. I guess i'm experiencing a glitch in that I'll save, turn off the ps4, return to the game and be several missions behind where I left off.. if I select dual wielding weapons, get on my horse, then pull because it defaults back to one weapon; it defaults and changes quite a bit. if you attempt to rob a train, all hell breaks lose in a matter of seconds, and it's not at all realistic where handfuls of guys on horseback begin spawning; it goes GTA on you. it's an open world, yes, BUT it's very linear as far as missions and main story. the ragdoll crashes are absurd and you think there's no way your horse can't make it over this small rock (or around) and suddenly you're both on deaths door and react like you got hit by a bus. imo, the music is underwhelming. movement in general is weird in that i am unable to just slowly jog; or, i haven't figured it out.. it's like he walks very slow, or sprints. I had to switch to free aiming early on bc the auto aiming can be frustrating, if someone is closer to you and you pull your gun the auto-aim might have you auto target the guy that's further away; it's been very weird and has been easily a detriment more than an ''assist.'' One scenario I was leading someone to Strawberry and went to pull my bow on an animal, instead it auto-targeted the pedestrian I was helping, and he ran away screaming, I holstered the weapon instantly and tried to calm him down, but there was no such option and he just continued to run; i couldn't risk re-loading an earlier point bc i didn't know how much i'd have to re-play. Also, i don't like how ''poor'' the conditions of the animal pelts are; it seems like a lot of trouble for very little money; and after 25 hours of playing the game 99% of the time they've been in bad condition and ''poor.'' So far, i've sadly enjoyed playing poker the best.

    Playing as John Marston (and, that story) was far better, imo; so far. This is a nice world to ride around in for a while; and, i'll keep playing.

    This makes me just miss the first game.    … Expand
  25. morningland
    Oct 27, 2018
    4
    This game simply has terrible, clunky controls that seriously drag down the whole experience. Moving Arthur through the world feels like walking through a swimming pool. Why, in God's name, did they need to program him to walk at a snails pace constantly? And the gun play is clunky with a poor cover system that is NOT FUN. This is a serious issue in a western game. The clear issueThis game simply has terrible, clunky controls that seriously drag down the whole experience. Moving Arthur through the world feels like walking through a swimming pool. Why, in God's name, did they need to program him to walk at a snails pace constantly? And the gun play is clunky with a poor cover system that is NOT FUN. This is a serious issue in a western game. The clear issue here is that Rockstar focused more on how the world looked rather than how it PLAYED! There are so many plain stupid decisions in the game design here. Why did they program drawing your weapon and talking to someone on the SAME BUTTON! Why? Now if you meant to simply talk to someone you end up drawing your gun and starting a fight. They were so fixated on the realism of needing to eat and brush your horse that they failed to realize that drawing your weapon on someone should represents a massive decision in the game world and should therefore be programmed in a way that it almost impossible to do by accident. With games like God of War and Spiderman delivering amazing graphics, incredibly stories AND intuitive and fun game play, this simply isn't acceptable.

    I'm going back to playing Spiderman DLC in the hopes that they patch this game up and fix it's problems    … Expand
  26. GrumblyFun
    Nov 3, 2018
    4
    This is my first video game review on Metacritic so I apologize if what I say isn't consistent with the expected tone. After 30 hours of play-through, I can safely say Red Dead 2 is a perfect example of an over-developed game. The hair-splitting attention to detail is indeed unprecedented in modern video games and I commend the development team for their hard-work.

    But let's be honest,    This is my first video game review on Metacritic so I apologize if what I say isn't consistent with the expected tone. After 30 hours of play-through, I can safely say Red Dead 2 is a perfect example of an over-developed game. The hair-splitting attention to detail is indeed unprecedented in modern video games and I commend the development team for their hard-work.

    But let's be honest, video games aren't paintings to gaze and admire with deep-thought. Video games are about gameplay and player interaction, and Rockstar seriously dropped the ball there.

    Rockstar advertised Red Dead 2 as a successor both in spirit and narrative to the original Red Dead Redemption. Official trailers showed nail-biting train robberies, intense shoot-outs, and dynamic player environments in a seemingly limitless world to explore and engage.

    Except, the game is none of these things. Yes, the game is beautiful. Yes, the voice-acting and narrative is Oscar-worthy. But the gameplay? Sloppy. Unbalanced. Broken. Simply, not fun.

    In spite of being offered an inconceivably open-world to explore, Rockstar forces players to engage an environment ruled by a police state not unlike North Korea. Look at someone too long in Valentine? Bounty. Bump into someone? Bounty. Someone tries to rob you and you defend yourself? Bounty. Fart? Bounty.

    These bounties make it near impossible to complete missions and continue the story-line. Once killing a lawman, you can no longer surrender and are essentially banned from entering the most important and interesting areas of the game.

    Kill a few NPC and rob a horse and you'll have to spend 4-10 hours grinding away to find enough cash to pay off the bounty and play the game.

    This can't be a design flaw. After 250 million dollars in development costs, no doubt Rockstar intended the player environment to be exactly as it is.

    If you anticipate the game to play like a sequel to the first one, lower your expectations. This game plays like a job rather than something fun and interesting. Hard pass.    … Expand
  27. CyrusDrake25
    Nov 27, 2018
    2
    Beautiful. Gorgeous. Very well scripted and voice acted. For that it gets more than a zero. For everything else, the hours of frustration and time wasting... this game is more boring than sleep.

    Don't believe the hype.
  28. jnavarro1314
    Nov 22, 2018
    1
    decadente, es solo un GTA de vaqueros, en lo personal parece que solo quisieron que se viera bien, los controles son horribles
  29. jjonmetacritic
    Jan 31, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game simply isn't fun. The controls are terrible (hold to search, hold to this, double tap that). The missions are uninspired (rob a train.. so very original). The long horse rides at the beginning of each mission are torture (this is the same reason people hated the long sailing in wind waker). The main character don't make sense (you're a murdering, robbing outlaw but you also have an honor meter and you're expected to be a nice guy to everyone in town). If you actually commit crimes outside of the missions you'll have a bounty your head and you'll be killed over and over by the sheriff. Accidentally walk your horse over a cliff, you're dead. Run into a random gang on the road, you're dead. Wild animals, you're dead. You will die often, but not because it's hard, but because something is annoyingly broken or very poorly designed. You must do the quests exactly as instructed or it's game over. I wanted to like this game but there's nothing to like here except for nice graphics. Half the time it's like controlling a boring movie, and the other half it's playing a boring game. I've never been so disappointed in a game.… Expand
  30. GSA85
    Sep 25, 2019
    4
    Unfortunately, RDR2 is just an unimpressive game.
    I would love to enjoy this game, but all the times I try to play I quickly regret. The whole story is not fun or exciting. In general, the game is slow, repetitive and monotonous. All the player movement is a bit clunky, heavy and sometimes very frustrating and infuriating. In your gang camp looks like you are the only one working,    Unfortunately, RDR2 is just an unimpressive game.
    I would love to enjoy this game, but all the times I try to play I quickly regret. The whole story is not fun or exciting. In general, the game is slow, repetitive and monotonous. All the player movement is a bit clunky, heavy and sometimes very frustrating and infuriating. In your gang camp looks like you are the only one working, hunting, etc. (why...? are the others in holidays?). The AI is really bad. If you get caught by authorities you need to pay ALOT of your money and find dollars it's not easy in this game. One time authorities came to catch me because "animal cruelty": I was hunting some pigs to give to my camp...! The "bounty hunters" loves to appear in the worst moments, like when you are cutting an animal, so the only thing you can do is see your player taking shots and dying.
    Don't get me wrong, I'm 34 years old, already played thousands of games and thousands of game genres and this game is just boring. It's not about slow of fast, it's about the lake of immersing in the game, the lack of deeply of all characters. It's a beautiful world? Yes, it is. It's funny? No, it's not funny for sure. Boring is the best word to describe it. Maybe this game can be enjoyable for a 12 years old guy, with 10 hours of the day to play, simulating hunting and farming without any reason of goal. But well, if you are looking for something exciting, this game is just disappointment.    … Expand
  31. HPMHS
    Nov 13, 2018
    2
    To all smart guys here: Try to rob secret business in Valentine without having bounty. The lawmen re spawn outside the house immediately after you enter secret room. They will recognize you no matter what. Even through the wall. If anyone of you "saying about the new clothes, new horse, new hairstyle" can pull it off ??? Hell NO!!! It's impossible, even i was trying to drag their attentionTo all smart guys here: Try to rob secret business in Valentine without having bounty. The lawmen re spawn outside the house immediately after you enter secret room. They will recognize you no matter what. Even through the wall. If anyone of you "saying about the new clothes, new horse, new hairstyle" can pull it off ??? Hell NO!!! It's impossible, even i was trying to drag their attention away before robbing, on the other side of town, with some explosion. No result, cops re spawn just outside doc. office again. The game RDR2 has a big issues with realistic mechanics of bounty and lawmen in general. Even in the smallest **** hole cop's just keep coming, without any delay. It is not realistic at all!!! After you kill all 3 lawmen in Valentine for example, there should be time delay before new cops arrive. At least a time of actual horse riding from nearest village. But, hell no. Will make them re spawn endlessly just next to you!!! Are you serious Rock star??? But i guess they are in coma. No response from them.… Expand
  32. kstate878
    Nov 3, 2018
    3
    Honestly, past the hype train, I feel like I got robbed. Glad other users on here have seen this, since pro journos can't be trusted.

    Gameplay: First person really doesn't work well. Difficulty is laughable, even playing in first person with all aim assist turned on. Enemies take multiple hits, and you are a tank. There's lots of standing in the open and shooting at each other from 10    Honestly, past the hype train, I feel like I got robbed. Glad other users on here have seen this, since pro journos can't be trusted.

    Gameplay:
    First person really doesn't work well. Difficulty is laughable, even playing in first person with all aim assist turned on. Enemies take multiple hits, and you are a tank. There's lots of standing in the open and shooting at each other from 10 feet away, out of cover, shaving off health with multiple shots. Basically gives everything a very low energy, low pressure feeling even with all assists turned off, so that you feel no excitement. The whole experience just feels like a chore. Free aim is terribly clunky, and hit detection is something they still haven't got the hang of without lock on turned on. I'm a very mediocre gamer, and this was one of the easiest game I've played, and not in a good way. Enemies are identical in behavior and armament, and don't behave organically enough to justify the sameness on the grounds of "realism". Last but not least, a lot of boring riding through the same forested landscape. Its wants to be the Witcher but lacks the beauty, variety, and depth of the countryside. It also can't get off its own shaft, and constantly make you ride the same area and pause so the developers can jerk themselves and make you look at their masterpiece. Never though, did I have organic moment like in other games where I stopped to admire.

    Story:
    Bad. But I have a much higher bar for stories than most people, while my gameplay bar is about average. Still if you like HBO stuff more than say FOX or NBC, the story will disappoint. It's the same tragic tale as last time, with very inconsistently written characters. The dialogue is great in some cases, but the overall story is very lacking. The biggest issue is the attempt to paint Arthur as the good guy, vs just a likeable bad guy.

    When you murder 700 law abiding government officials, its hard to portray the guy as a classic hero, but try they do. To make it doable, the employ the laziest method ever, which is to make everyone else racist, and Arthur and his gang of barely literate horse thieves and prostitute feminists and equality centric. Why is it okay that Arthur is killing trains full of 18 year US Army personal just doing a job? Oh, because they are, every one of them racists, so now Arthur the murdering thieve is a nice guy do-gooder. Dumb + lazy writing. Makes me wish for Niko again. Didn't pretend to be a good guy any more than Scarface, so when he thinned out the ranks of the NYPD, it still made sense.

    Value for money:
    Low. They claim like 200 hours in bonus activity, but this isn't the case. You end the game with tons of money, with nothing in the game world to spend it on. Even if you did have something worth buying, you wouldn't be able to make it. All side activities pay very poorly. Robbing a store (banks are not robbable???) pays 30$, meanwhile the bounty you'll rack up escaping will be a minimum of 400$ bounty if you want to have any fun, and you can lose thousands if you die. Bounties pay nothing, like 80$ on average, and hunting fishing is boring (somehow the only viable option is with a bow, and you there are so many animals you can just ride up to them and dead eye, making it pointless to go looking) and pays very little. Stick ups pay 50 cents, and always go the same way. Poker games are limited to 5$, also making them pointless. I think the reason the post game feels so dead is to force people into online.

    Overall 3/10

    The dialogue and some of the mini quests gets it to 3, but the awful gameplay, lacking 2d story and the total pointlessness of doing money making mission post game keep me from going any higher.    … Expand
  33. Netz34
    Nov 5, 2018
    3
    To be honest... This is Most Overhyped Boring Game Ever...
    1. The Story was so SLOW
    2. The Gameplay was so Clunky 3. The Control was Horrendous, (Need 5 Sec to loot) (1 Minutes to Skinning) ?? 4. There's only a few memorable moment for this game... 5. SPOILER Your main Character is useless... They Died and replaced with John Marston... Every Clothes I buy, Every Horse I have it's    To be honest... This is Most Overhyped Boring Game Ever...
    1. The Story was so SLOW
    2. The Gameplay was so Clunky
    3. The Control was Horrendous, (Need 5 Sec to loot) (1 Minutes to Skinning) ??
    4. There's only a few memorable moment for this game...
    5. SPOILER

    Your main Character is useless... They Died and replaced with John Marston...
    Every Clothes I buy, Every Horse I have it's GONE, just to claim the Ending...
    What a WASTING GAME OF ALL TIME...
    Game meant to be PLAYED, not to be WATCHED...
    This is nothing more than Movie Cowboy Simulator... That's it...    … Expand
  34. Yorikkillall
    Nov 5, 2018
    4
    Да игра хорошая со стороны ролеплэй, но сюжет абсолютно не зависит от тебя, сюжет абсолютно линеен и твой выбор ни на что не влияет, хотя все так гордилис этим количеством строк диалога, ХОТЯ ИХ МОЖНО БЫЛО ВОВСЕ НЕДОБАВЛЯТЬ ТАК КАК СЮЖЕТА ВОВСЕ НЕТ, я разочарован в этой игре, будь моя воля я бы вернул и деньги и игруДа игра хорошая со стороны ролеплэй, но сюжет абсолютно не зависит от тебя, сюжет абсолютно линеен и твой выбор ни на что не влияет, хотя все так гордилис этим количеством строк диалога, ХОТЯ ИХ МОЖНО БЫЛО ВОВСЕ НЕДОБАВЛЯТЬ ТАК КАК СЮЖЕТА ВОВСЕ НЕТ, я разочарован в этой игре, будь моя воля я бы вернул и деньги и игру
  35. CandarianGaming
    Jan 3, 2019
    0
    My score is 0. It's a cinematic cut scene horse riding simulator. It has good graphics yeah it's a AAA game but gameplay wise it's the worst thing I've ever played. I honestly hate this "game"
  36. AshyBoy
    Nov 24, 2018
    0
    Don't make a mistake by listening to these 4/10 reviews. This game is an absolute masterpiece. I agree the controls can be laggy, but it is certainly not unplayable and in some instances be fun. This game is not for people who want mindless shooting and fun. It's for people looking for a mature gaming experience, intricate detail in every possible thing in the game, and a masterclass inDon't make a mistake by listening to these 4/10 reviews. This game is an absolute masterpiece. I agree the controls can be laggy, but it is certainly not unplayable and in some instances be fun. This game is not for people who want mindless shooting and fun. It's for people looking for a mature gaming experience, intricate detail in every possible thing in the game, and a masterclass in storytelling. This is the only game which stuck in my thoughts weeks after completion.… Expand
  37. Steve223
    Nov 1, 2018
    4
    Amazing story/Graphics and world. But clunky mechanics and endless slow animations and chore gameplay, such as traveling back and forward between places. I could go on but to say disappointed would be an understatement, they really dropped the ball here
  38. cosminn777
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    Tedious.
    If I want real life experience I stop playing games. Why add pointless mechanisms like eating and grooming in game? I want to play a game not a simulation of real life.

    Remove tedious mechanism that try to simulate real life, this should be a game not a real life simulation.
  39. themiso
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    I really thought this is going to be an amazing game but it isn't. Really if I wanted to go Grocery shopping I would go in the real life. I mean .. games are supposed to be fun, since when is going to get some cans of beans in the grocery store fun? The game is slow, distances are too large, it isn't as fluid and organic as reviews suggest .. Controls are just terrible - I even endedI really thought this is going to be an amazing game but it isn't. Really if I wanted to go Grocery shopping I would go in the real life. I mean .. games are supposed to be fun, since when is going to get some cans of beans in the grocery store fun? The game is slow, distances are too large, it isn't as fluid and organic as reviews suggest .. Controls are just terrible - I even ended shooting my own horse instead of comforting it .. Wish I could return this game. Btw I liked games like Tomb Raider and Uncharted, but this is like all the bad elements from GTA V with better graphics. Nice to look at, but not so fun to play.… Expand
  40. AnEarthling
    Dec 3, 2018
    0
    The single player part of this game is one of the best i've played in years and probably one of the best single player games of the decade. HOWEVER the multiplayer is one of the worst AAA multiplayer experiences. Rockstar has riddled this game with microtransactions and highly raising the price of literally everything and added a new currency (gold bars) that's extremely difficult to justThe single player part of this game is one of the best i've played in years and probably one of the best single player games of the decade. HOWEVER the multiplayer is one of the worst AAA multiplayer experiences. Rockstar has riddled this game with microtransactions and highly raising the price of literally everything and added a new currency (gold bars) that's extremely difficult to just get one, but hey don't have the hours to grind for a single gold bar? just buy it with your real world money even though you already paid $60 for the game itself. This game has became a complete grind fest, you can spend hours after hours grinding for money and gold and maybe after a day you'll be able to buy a single weapon or piece of clothing. People should not expect this as normal, it's disgusting that rockstar and take2 can get away with this.… Expand
  41. roccstarsux
    Feb 3, 2019
    1
    Wow what can i say, other than this game is just over all bad. Why does roccstur have the audacity to release such an unfinished mess. Why dont they play test their game? Why have near-impossible gold challenges, some of which are glitched and can't even be finished with a gold? Do they not even try to play test the story missions? Is it because they had 100 hour work weeks? Not to mentionWow what can i say, other than this game is just over all bad. Why does roccstur have the audacity to release such an unfinished mess. Why dont they play test their game? Why have near-impossible gold challenges, some of which are glitched and can't even be finished with a gold? Do they not even try to play test the story missions? Is it because they had 100 hour work weeks? Not to mention that the story itself is lacking, the only good thing that came out of the story was the characters, but the transitions into each chapter was so forced. Over all the story mode is fun when you avoid missions, but still they're are tons of glitches that'll never be patch because they now completely abandoned story mode for multiplayer because they have Microtransactions. Never support greedy developers.… Expand
  42. Bartosi
    Nov 4, 2018
    1
    Story and voice acting is great. Everything else is terrible. Game mechanics, terrible. Looting system, terrible. Everything disappears. People , loot, bodies. They put all this effort into giving every tree and rock the ability to trip you. So many bad controls and things that games years ago have done better. Mine is on eBay. I don't even care to finish it. How the quest system works,Story and voice acting is great. Everything else is terrible. Game mechanics, terrible. Looting system, terrible. Everything disappears. People , loot, bodies. They put all this effort into giving every tree and rock the ability to trip you. So many bad controls and things that games years ago have done better. Mine is on eBay. I don't even care to finish it. How the quest system works, terrible. Not open and free form. Have to do things exactly like rockstar orchistrates. In the most infuriating ways. God this game is bad. Every problem with this game has been solved with past games and their development team. Rockstar developers are c programmers at best. This garbage that is called a AAA polished releasable game is a joke .… Expand
  43. Ghana
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Terrible... wanted system is broken. And they called this REALISM? Jail for everything. I had a vary high honor (means i never did a crime), and captured a lot of bounties. Then, once i tried to Defend myself (from a bandit) - instant jail. Its a game about WILD WEST (!), not Russian law system simulator! Why all that praise?! Every critic and journalist: “100/10!!!!”... WTF?!
  44. njr2019
    May 28, 2020
    0
    All kinds of useless settings go without saying, the task is also a lot of repetition, a large world but very empty, mandatory increase in the player's game time, the most intolerable thing is that when the task is completed, there is a scoring system. Online games also have great disadvantages, such as plagiarism of PUBG, etc.
    I really doubt what I've been doing for years.
  45. Naeboshi
    Oct 27, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра шикарная с точки зрения графики, но за отсутствие русской локализации и тупой ориентир на зарабатывание денег не заслуживает больше чем 3 из 10.… Expand
  46. hotglaceon
    Oct 28, 2018
    3
    Behold one of the most boring games in existence. Hype is literally all it has.
    if you want more Red Dead Redemption, just play Red Dead Revolver.
  47. ajgamer
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    bad. way too boring and slow. over hyped for sure. i wasted my money. gameplay is bad , world not so bad. bounty system is unplayable
  48. Sabrewulf1
    Jan 11, 2019
    0
    I will keep this short and sweet. Rockstar as one of the greediest publishers on earth, decided to put predatory paid microtransaction into this game AFTER release so that its score reviews were not negatively affected. This practice has now become commonplace.

    Game review websites that also obtain revenue from these publishers were in a no win situation as public pressure over mtx was    I will keep this short and sweet. Rockstar as one of the greediest publishers on earth, decided to put predatory paid microtransaction into this game AFTER release so that its score reviews were not negatively affected. This practice has now become commonplace.

    Game review websites that also obtain revenue from these publishers were in a no win situation as public pressure over mtx was to big to ignore. Now, these websites and gaming media giants can ignore the mtx in games if they release the review BEFORE the mtx comes out.

    If you want to verify this practice, then look at the review dates of all the the so called pro critics reviews, then look at the date of the mtx release in the game.

    This practice fundementally CHANGES the game and consumers should be entitled to a FULL REFUND.    … Expand
  49. parasybr
    Mar 22, 2019
    0
    Get ready to ride a horse for hours all leading up to one of the worst endings I have ever experienced. I really wish I could get back all the time I wasted. Not even going to bother with the epilogue.
  50. mishi631
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    I'll start off by saying it's impossible to take game reviewers serious these days. Who are these people? A game rated at 97 should be so groundbreaking and awesome - so flawless and polished - whoever made it deserves to be deified. At that rating we're talking wonders of the world - something only the gods could do better - an event of historical proportions.
  51. devilatthedoors
    Nov 20, 2018
    1
    The graphics are great but gameplay is slow, laggy and buggy. Good reviews and metascore was bought with money, not great game experience. I am still waiting for something polished like Witcher 3.
  52. Ryzpmnmvs
    Nov 14, 2018
    4
    Игра безусловно сделана отлично, проработанный, красивый мир, с кучей деталей, но... на этом все, кроме красивой картинки мира в игре больше ни чего нету, не смотря на ее проработанность играть в нее не возможно, она скучная, я стал засыпать после 1 часа игры, ни персонажи, ни сюжет, ни экшен, ни чего не цепляет и я лично не могу понять кого вообще эта игра может зацепить кроме лютыхИгра безусловно сделана отлично, проработанный, красивый мир, с кучей деталей, но... на этом все, кроме красивой картинки мира в игре больше ни чего нету, не смотря на ее проработанность играть в нее не возможно, она скучная, я стал засыпать после 1 часа игры, ни персонажи, ни сюжет, ни экшен, ни чего не цепляет и я лично не могу понять кого вообще эта игра может зацепить кроме лютых фанатов вестерна, она пуста не смотря на свою высокую детализацию мира, это худшее что делали Рокстар за все время!… Expand
  53. cooperman2016
    Dec 18, 2018
    4
    This is one of the biggest dissapointments in games (for me personally) First off the positives - The game looks amazing on every level , probably the best on the PS4 pro,though HDR needs turning off to prevent blurry graphic but when you do this everything looks fine. Next the music is also high quality and the SFX of the guns ect excelent.The small details in the world and variedThis is one of the biggest dissapointments in games (for me personally) First off the positives - The game looks amazing on every level , probably the best on the PS4 pro,though HDR needs turning off to prevent blurry graphic but when you do this everything looks fine. Next the music is also high quality and the SFX of the guns ect excelent.The small details in the world and varied wildlife to hunt and strangers to meet I cannot find fault. The acting is also great especially the main cast. But here's my gripes , the story and pacing is so slow it killed any excitement I had. The better missions were few and far between and I stopped caring about Arthur, John or the rest of Dutch's gang. The gameplay just didn't feel responsive,in the missions its hard to describe other than it felt clunky. I really tried to love this game, I've been a Rockstar games fan since Gta 3 on PS2 and have enjoyed every single game they have released but Red dead 2 is the first I have disliked. To sum it up it looks amazing but is just too realistic, lacks fun and the stories a bore… Expand
  54. Radm2000
    Nov 25, 2018
    3
    Very slow and lagy game. i waited to complete at least 20 hours to give an honest review . it just boring, the way animation,controllers, voices and movement works is extremely frustrated maybe it's not ment to be fast paced but that idea is poorly implemented . but to be fair its a good horse riding simulator
  55. Saus76
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    This is a game that sacrifices everything that makes a game great in the name of graphics and silly gameplay mechanics.

    Beautiful looking game but the gameplay is so poor, slow and boring that its really hard to get through it. I bought a ps4 pro bundle with this game included and felt I needed to complete it, which I did. The game did start to get good about 30 hours in but it only    This is a game that sacrifices everything that makes a game great in the name of graphics and silly gameplay mechanics.

    Beautiful looking game but the gameplay is so poor, slow and boring that its really hard to get through it. I bought a ps4 pro bundle with this game included and felt I needed to complete it, which I did. The game did start to get good about 30 hours in but it only last 2 or 3 hours. Then I thought I finished it and it kept going.    … Expand
  56. gablin
    Nov 20, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People who are rating this 9-10 are out of their damn minds.

    Controls are janky and awkward with cover fire functions being clunky during intense firefights that require you to move from cover to cover seamlessly. The AI is quite stupid. And the rules of the world are heavily skewed against you in an infuriating way. A man shoots you? You knock him out, cool you're wanted for murder. The AI is clumsy and tend to blame you for crimes including crimes other AI commit right in front of the supposed witness. On top of all that, they are all knowing when it comes to actual crime and unless you wear a mask, somehow complete strangers will identify your exact name.

    That's not even the worst part. The worst part is the story.

    Lazy, repetitive story. Nobody in their right mind would follow Dutch throughout the entire campaign. It literally makes no sense and all loyalty the characters supposedly have are never established so the player doesn't understand or feel what they feel. Nothing goes right since day 1, why would anyone believe Arthur's gang holds Dutch in such high esteem? Dutch keeps saying the same lines over and over for 5 chapters "this is the last score", "this is the last time", Jesus I wish Rockstar had a shoot yourself button in this game. I can't even count how many times I heard that line. The effect, is that you aren't following the mentality of the protagonist Arthur's disillusionment of Dutch because it's been painful clear he's a moron since chapter 1. It's like watching your stupid friend take 5 days to realize 1+1=2. Maybe somebody out they considers that riveting storytelling, but what makes good stories memorable are the ones where you are mentally in the character's mind. And Rockstar made that damn near impossible. The writing is so spectacularly bad, it's almost impressive. The fact that they have the audacity to make the player sit through endless chapters of the same moronic characters doing the same moronic things, saying the same moronic lines over and over again only in different locations is crazy. And the fact nobody seemed to notice or mind is pretty amazing.

    The game itself is beautiful, and the small bits in the actual open world are great. In fact, do yourself a favor and don't play the story. just roam the world, explore and stay in chapter 1 because it's just irritating disappointment from then on if you follow the story.

    If you do follow the story, just play until chapter 4 and watch the rest on youtube. I'm not sure what happened around chapter 5, did Rockstar just throw in the towel and give the game to another studio? Whoever worked on the last 2 chapters, deserves to be fired it was so bad. Felt like a dumber version of Far Cry for a good 2 hours.

    Don't let the good work of the artists trick you into thinking the core content of the game is actually any good. The story should have been shorter and tighter instead of the meandering and meaningless journey it actually is. A polished turd is still a turd.    … Expand
  57. Vinchezio
    Nov 29, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. RDR2 - good graphics, interesting story!
    RDR2online - farming! GOLD! This is not Freetoplay game WTF!!! boredom -------    … Expand
  58. Ben200056
    Jun 1, 2019
    1
    Trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash
  59. Hahn
    Aug 30, 2019
    4
    Beautiful graphics, excellent voice acting, lots to do.

    Terrible gameplay. I've wasted too much time in this game riding a horse. 60 hours of gameplay is nothing when 75% of it will be on the back of a horse tapping x and steering.
  60. bmwman1383
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    totally trash
    i didnt like it at all
    no fun
    poor rockstar i hate this game
  61. Bouchey
    Jul 14, 2020
    2
    I don’t return many games under complaint but I had to with horse simulator 5000 (RDR2). Honestly the pace of the game is so slow I put it down to pick up a book (Good Omens) as that was far more intense.
  62. Hgxhjncd
    Aug 15, 2020
    0
    Неудобная хуйня лиссмпшомапдтсвврдьсведдиппоооттслалалалаововочряючбрябпрыжыжнжыжнвжныжныжняжря
  63. LongPlayingDM
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Waste of money.

    I've played virtually every RPG video game since 1981. Rarely have quit before finishing at least one run through. This is one I’ll never finish. I play/DM D&D in a group that has played since it came out in 1974. In 46+ years of DMing the most memorable campaigns and are those where I’ve set up the plot framework and let the players write the story and flesh in the    Waste of money.

    I've played virtually every RPG video game since 1981. Rarely have quit before finishing at least one run through. This is one I’ll never finish.

    I play/DM D&D in a group that has played since it came out in 1974. In 46+ years of DMing the most memorable campaigns and are those where I’ve set up the plot framework and let the players write the story and flesh in the details by their actions and choices. DMs running “dungeon crawls”, and inflexible scripted rat maze adventures quickly found no one wanted them to DM. I’m also a writer. No author wants readers to stop and never finish their book. We all strive for "page turners" that readers can't put down.

    .

    1. RDR2’s titanic failures start with its rat maze plot that Players have no influence over. Two alternatives to ONE ending? That’s inexcusable when RPGs like Witcher 3 have 36 possible endings and good reasons to play it many times.

    2. Missions are also inflexible scripted rat mazes, hence I stopped doing them in Chap. 2. They are like never ending poorly written tutorials. Chap. 2’s attack on an outlaw base is a perfect example. You’re forced to go in close handicapped with senseless tactics but you better keep your fellow outlaws alive or you fail and the mission restarts. I’ve since easily taken that base by myself using sensible tactics.

    I refused shake down Thomas Downes, a sick farmer, for his debt to Strauss. “My” Arthur is trying to redeem himself with a very high honor and would secretly pay the gang for Downes’ debt but that option is not allowed. You can’t mold Arthur they way YOU want. I resent that. I refused to do the mission but one time (while chasing a wild horse) I strayed too close and triggered it. I refused to follow through, got the failed mission message and the mission restarted.

    I armed Arthur with preferred guns for a mission but the first cutscene put the inferior scripted guns back. Tried run to my horse to get the guns I wanted, BOOM, failure message pops up and am back to mission start. It’s literally like trying to control the outcome a bad movie by pushing the channel changer’s fast forward and reverse buttons. You have no control over how any of these missions play out.

    3. The Challenges are tedious, boring, time consuming and not worth it. Why? Arthur can never get the ultimate reward for doing them, Legend of the East outfit. I decided to get that outfit after abandoning the fun less missions. At least “I” could control that. I challenged myself to do them without getting bounties. NOPE! Can’t do that either! Some challenges require going into forbidden areas where an invisible sniper instantly kills you. It’s stupid!!! You only get the outfit at the game’s end when you can safely enter those areas at time when the outfit’s usefulness is moot. Why bother?

    4. You can’t live a gang free life or have a love interest. I found a small empty cabin, moved in intending to complete the challenges and never return to the gang. One day one of them rode up and asked if I was coming back. I wanted to say “No!” but that response was not a dialogue option.

    5. Controls are crap! Some of the worst ever and that’s true whether using keyboard/mouse (me) or PS 4 controls (my son). Horses refuse to turn when you want them to, crash into trees, boulders, wagons, etc. Real life horses don’t do that. I rode horses all through my childhood and early adult life. Never once did one ram anything.

    6. Aiming guns … how much worse could it be? That tiny little white dot often gets lost in the background making it impossible to aim and Dead Eye doesn’t help find the dot either.

    7. Picking stuff up … POORLY done. You have to activate the tracking feature to even see items that can be picked up and then make wonky maneuvers just to position yourself for a pickup.

    8. Getting to stuff you need in your saddle bags is VERY cumbersome. Where are the quick slots? I would have loaded them with horse reviver, horse stimulator, and tonics to refresh Arthur’s health, stamina and dead eye to keep him and horse alive when on life support from a surprise ambush, but to have to dig around to find that stuff ends in fatalities.

    9. The bounty system is fatally flawed. Wonky controls and deliberate game scripts force unwanted fights. Ride or walk by someone while trying to talk friendly to them you will find RDR2 game script causing you to veer into and collide with the guy causing him to immediately start firing at or punching Arthur. At other times Arthur suffers unprovoked attacks when fighting back is clear self-defense. It doesn’t matter. Fighting back is never self-defense and ALWAYS gets a bounty. Dumb.

    Even the graphics are a fail. Rockstar refuses to fix the ERR_GFX_STATE error. Workaround ruins graphics quality. It deserves my 0.    … Expand
  64. Amazingmao
    Oct 30, 2018
    1
    As a cinematic experience this is a masterpiece. Immersive and gorgeous.
    But as a video game this is the most abysmal experience in the past 10 years.
    A video game is expected to be fun and entertaining, not always realistic. RDR2 on the other hand focus entirely on realism and forego any fun, that it feels only as fun as doing chores in real life. Gunplay suffers from this, as in    As a cinematic experience this is a masterpiece. Immersive and gorgeous.
    But as a video game this is the most abysmal experience in the past 10 years.
    A video game is expected to be fun and entertaining, not always realistic.
    RDR2 on the other hand focus entirely on realism and forego any fun, that it feels only as fun as doing chores in real life.
    Gunplay suffers from this, as in favor of realism, the game makes you feel like a toddler trying to operate a firearm while dueling against a seasoned gunslinger.
    Story also suffers from this, as every small bit of plot point is separated by literal hours of riding your horse across the county, cooking, skinning animals and so on.
    If you turn off the game, go out the door and simply live real life, you'd have more fun than playing this game.
    The best parts of this game can be experienced by watching youtube videos of the cutscenes, that's about all the positive things the game has to offer.

    To put it in a simpler term:
    The game was marketed as Ace Combat, but what you actually get is Flight Simulation X.

    Unless you're excited about going through all the same annoyance of real life in your game, it would be more advisable to steer way clear of RDR2, and save your money for an actual video game, and not some over obnoxious real life simulator featuring some cowboys.    … Expand
  65. DAOuser
    Feb 15, 2019
    0
    Como pasa con muchos juegos de mundo abierto, el atractivo de los gráficos y "los pequeños detalles" se pasa rápido, dejándote con un coñazo de película interactiva que dura 60+ horas.

    En mi opinión, a Rockstar se le ha ido la olla con el tema del "realismo" y ha llenado el juego de tareas y detalles innecesarios y enervantes, que junto al ritmo lento y pausado, y a la torpe    Como pasa con muchos juegos de mundo abierto, el atractivo de los gráficos y "los pequeños detalles" se pasa rápido, dejándote con un coñazo de película interactiva que dura 60+ horas.

    En mi opinión, a Rockstar se le ha ido la olla con el tema del "realismo" y ha llenado el juego de tareas y detalles innecesarios y enervantes, que junto al ritmo lento y pausado, y a la torpe jugabilidad, controles, etc., hace que la diversión de estar jugando a un videojuego se esfume para dar paso a la pregunta: "¿es que estoy viendo una peli de vaqueros?".

    Al diseñar un juego, no se puede perder de vista la jugabilidad. Por buena que sea la historia, los personajes, los gráficos, la ambientación... lo que cuenta es si te diviertes y entretienes jugándolo. Si encuentras el resultado final aburrido, por mucha calidad que presente en otros aspectos, y por más que quieras que te guste el juego, sigue siendo aburrido.    … Expand
  66. Tompsontoonz
    Oct 28, 2018
    0
    I'm about 20-25 hours and while adoring the packaging I find it difficult to appreciate its contents.
    I'll explain.
    Net of superlative graphics, the game presents approaches that clash and screech each other in a paradoxical way. You make me a slow game, perhaps cumbersome, full of tricks from a real simulation that requires a certain dedication? There wallowing. Every evening I camp,    I'm about 20-25 hours and while adoring the packaging I find it difficult to appreciate its contents.
    I'll explain.
    Net of superlative graphics, the game presents approaches that clash and screech each other in a paradoxical way.
    You make me a slow game, perhaps cumbersome, full of tricks from a real simulation that requires a certain dedication? There wallowing.
    Every evening I camp, I prepare food, packs projectiles, I wash constantly and I take care of the horse as if it were my son.
    But why do I immerse myself in this magnificent philosophy in a skeleton that in disguise is still an arcade? Why propose a world so vast without any plant really from gdr?
    The dead eye takes away all fun in the long run and the assisted aim is even worse. Can I take it off? sure, if to aim was not an agony. Is it an agony because the PG is a beginner? Then I would stay there, but this would mean that the pg evolves into experience and maybe at the level x is released dead eye and aim assist.
    Can you make me a sketchy temperature / clothing system? I adore. But then let it be an accessory of a real looting, in which I buy clothes that give me adrenaline stats, vitality, strength, etc. Is not it credible with the world?
    Why help a comrade out of prison by killing a whole town and then pay a fee and go back there is a smile? No, and for charity it should not be, it's a video game.
    Then the world.
    Cross and delight.
    Never seen anything so beautiful. Never seen greater missed opportunity.
    The one mission philosophy for time is absurd for this scaffolding and, even if we want to follow a strong narrative choice in which it is a story, what I have to live, not a narrative of mine, is standing in a bad state.
    Already experienced many experiences in which the mission x that could be between point A and B of a principal (solitary or non-hyper narrative) can not be triggered because I have to do the mission chosen at the time and only that.
    Examples? I collect debts and I remember that on the path between one and the other there was a bounty. Can I do it to break and give better rhythm? No. On the contrary if I pass the npc that I will magically find there are not and will only spawn at completed debts mission.
    Or. I'm going to do a robbery to a diligence and in the path known an NPC asking for help. I approach. I can not interact. Is it more consistent with the fact that the mission is being carried out? Maybe. Is it fun / fulfilling? No.
    I was playing today again at TW3 for example. I'm carrying out a mission and in useful points the NPC in front of me always asked me the choice "do you want to continue or come back later?". Or anyway I could leave the npc halfway also starting the following step and going to hunt a monster and then come back wanting. Those to the cd projekt are naive that do not think of certain dynamics? No, on the contrary it is just thinking about the fun of the player who made the game flexible. At Rockstar they made a game for pure onanism, emphasizing choices of gameplay because "integrity" when they had to stand with their feet on the ground and think that the gamer must also have fun.
    And be clear, sometimes with rdr2 I enjoy it. But at times.
    I eat my hands every single time open the map for example. I open and I see an exterminated and beautiful thing with ... one, maximum two, three counters. Why? What is it really for? Eight years and I do not have an Indian faction to do separate missions, or a corrupt police faction or anything else to keep a varied rhythm? The old and buggy Skyrim had stupendous wizards, thieves, murderers line quest and the thing kept him more alive than ever. Now sure, I do not say to deliriously losing the compass of the main story but for God it's all a voyage of beautiful fractured horseshoes. And furthermore, where to sell an item I have a receiver far from the other. Do you use trains, stagecoaches or fast travels? All right, but then we're admitting the damage.
    And the few missions?
    Two random.
    Secondary. Bounty hunt.
    Ride 10 minutes to Strawberry. A casual encounter of a woman in search of archaeological finds. Nothing special. I arrive and take the poster. Another 7 minutes on horseback. Dude in a cave. Shoot ralenty to disarm it. End of mission. Time of action. 40 seconds. Maybe.
    Primary. Robbery at home.
    10 minutes on horseback. Arrival and companion that suggests me diversion him and I sneak. Shooting in any case after 5 seconds. Killed everyone in just 2 minutes. End.
    A mission in an open world AAA almost in 2019 can not be reduced to a single action. It is unacceptable.
    Else. Last but I would have to myriads to mention. The wanted system . A disaster.
    Ah, last but not least. R2 interaction? Option speaks, phrases of circumstance. Offensive option, shooting. Wow. The only thing worth noting is the great work in making 6000 different answers. Same on animations.
    Here, the animations are the litmus test of the game. Cosmetics    … Expand
  67. Freebird1984
    Oct 30, 2018
    1
    The Rant begins

    CLUNKY in the controls, this itself is an unforgivable clumsiness that in my 30 years of gaming I would compare to BART VS THE SPACE MUTANTS on NES. I have beef with the teasing open world view and the linear game play that comes with it. I also want you to remember my review when you are transported to the moon while walking through camp, yes you can't run in your own    The Rant begins

    CLUNKY in the controls, this itself is an unforgivable clumsiness that in my 30 years of gaming I would compare to BART VS THE SPACE MUTANTS on NES. I have beef with the teasing open world view and the linear game play that comes with it. I also want you to remember my review when you are transported to the moon while walking through camp, yes you can't run in your own camp, you must walk slow, a zero gravity slow like Neil Armstrong on the moon. I hear his voice while walking through camp. "That's one small step...." You are forced to walk back and fourth through camp like this to do tedious tasks such as shave,Eat, put money in a piggy bank, help shop for groceries...every anointing task of your life is here, i'm sure later there is a mission where you must wipe your crack clean. The missions are annoying things I want to skip over to get to the rest of the game...that doesn't exist. Enjoy driving a wagon, you will be doing it for hours, don't get you wagon stuck either, your painful and I mean painfully slow wagon. Careful in town too, if you accidentally bump into someone with the clunky controls the whole town may find you in contempt and shoot you too your death. Oh I almost forgot, your hat falls off all the time, if you play through the game you will spend hours on switching and swapping your hat, i'm serious. The actual content of play makes me wonder if I would enjoy a game with a constant button sequence to press more than this. The realism is terrible too, they actually show dead deer being hung on a gambrel without being gutted. You ride with an ungutted deer 5 miles back to camp and start to butcher it without gutting it. I think the Devs must have lacked some real world experience to say the least. The hunting is a complete joke and waste of time. I also wish to condemn the horse riding itself as it is clunky and you hit something and go flying and have to pick up your hat before getting back on.

    I am a Rockstar fan boy, I played GTA on ps1 as a teenager, I love in depth games with expansive RPG characteristics like Final Fantasy, Castlevania Symphony of the night, Metroid, Ogrebattle, I love long games, hard games. The days of Rockstar getting by on taboo subject matter and atmospheric bliss are over, the games have changed again and this linear boorish style is not coming along.I'd rather play GUN for ps2 or Sunset riders for SNES, Blood Brothers, Gunsmoke for NES, I would much rather play the original GTA with Birdseye view than this. There are better games than this that came out this year like Mega Man 11, Mega man X collection, COD or the last few years, XCOM, Mario Odyssey. If you have played BOTW it renders this abomination unplayable. I think I will go play Castlevania for NES to wash this hideous taste out my mouth.

    (The struggle is the glory)    … Expand
  68. at1080pony
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    Extremly overyped game. I love open world games and even horse riding in video games, but this game does too much wrong to be a good game. The pseudo realistic stuff like eating, caring about your horse, cleaning your guns etc sounds cool but isn't fun. The controls are awful and last gen. Walking is either too slow or too fast. Shooting mechanics are mediocre at best and complete trashExtremly overyped game. I love open world games and even horse riding in video games, but this game does too much wrong to be a good game. The pseudo realistic stuff like eating, caring about your horse, cleaning your guns etc sounds cool but isn't fun. The controls are awful and last gen. Walking is either too slow or too fast. Shooting mechanics are mediocre at best and complete trash compared to other games. Graphics are good but not breathtaking like Horizon Zero Dawn or The Witcher. Horse riding isn't fun because of the controls and constant button mashing, theres a left stick for running and riding, USE EM ROCKSTAR! Until the end of chapter 4 the story is boring. Chapter 5 & 6 arw great, but that's not good enough. Overall RDR2 is an okay game, but nothing special and absolutely overyped by the media. I had more fun with Horizon Zero Dawn and The Witcher, two open world games with lower metascores.… Expand
  69. davidapple
    Nov 2, 2018
    1
    It's not a fun game. It's a slow movie. The experience of playing the game is remarkably similar to the experience of watching walk-though videos on Youtube while holding a controller. The 60 hour claim boils down to traveling, long cut scenes, set pieces that require unskilled user input. Players have no choice but to follow the script so there no emotional engagement. A slow, old manIt's not a fun game. It's a slow movie. The experience of playing the game is remarkably similar to the experience of watching walk-though videos on Youtube while holding a controller. The 60 hour claim boils down to traveling, long cut scenes, set pieces that require unskilled user input. Players have no choice but to follow the script so there no emotional engagement. A slow, old man character using 'Dead Eye' to shoot a patient queue of bad guys while rare guns appear on the floor... is directly copy/pasted form Max Payne 3 and it's 'Bullet Time' system released 6 years ago. Beautiful open world, shame there's absolutely no fun to be had in it.… Expand
  70. markwatson
    Dec 27, 2018
    0
    What an absolute piece of rubbish. I played this for a day and the control system is a waste of time, input lag and arbitrary contextual controls make the game literally unplayable. I will never buy another Rockstar game again. Why are reviewers giving this a 10? I spent half an hour riding my horse somewhere to kill a bear and then when it charged me I couldn't draw any weapons. It killedWhat an absolute piece of rubbish. I played this for a day and the control system is a waste of time, input lag and arbitrary contextual controls make the game literally unplayable. I will never buy another Rockstar game again. Why are reviewers giving this a 10? I spent half an hour riding my horse somewhere to kill a bear and then when it charged me I couldn't draw any weapons. It killed me and when I spawned it had gone. On the way back there was a woman trapped under a horse, I pressed the button to interact with her and shot her in the head. On the same journey I was jumped my the opposing outlaw family and yet again couldn't draw or fire any weapons. The control system is the problem the actual gameplay could be at best described as serviceable. There was an opportunity to elevate this artform to match that of the very best cinema of literature, but the fundamental component of what makes it what it is fell short. God of War will (or at least, should) mop up the GOTY awards because it's an actual game.… Expand
  71. solairedontcare
    Oct 30, 2018
    0
    This game is garbage and the critics reviews of the game speaks volumes as to the sorry state of video game press. Nobody wants to be the guy who calls such a hyped up game for what it is: garbage. Play the game and tell me I’m wrong. Bounty system: broken. Controls: god awful. Pace: objectively boring.

    The graphics are real nice, if you’re into that sort of thing. But the actual    This game is garbage and the critics reviews of the game speaks volumes as to the sorry state of video game press. Nobody wants to be the guy who calls such a hyped up game for what it is: garbage. Play the game and tell me I’m wrong. Bounty system: broken. Controls: god awful. Pace: objectively boring.

    The graphics are real nice, if you’re into that sort of thing. But the actual game part of the game is straight garbage. Period.    … Expand
  72. hat_enthusiast
    Nov 4, 2018
    0
    The are not enough hats in this miserable excuse of a game. Absolutely wack.
  73. samah101
    Nov 2, 2018
    0
    I bought this game digitally through PSN, and man! what was that ?!
    one piece of an advice to my fellows gamers "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE"
    Pros : High Production values . Cons : (I will only mention a few of many here ) 1- Very very bad controls 2-shooting is not fun (I enjoyed shootings in some games like Uncharted and TLOUS and Battlefield but maan! isn't this game suppose to be    I bought this game digitally through PSN, and man! what was that ?!
    one piece of an advice to my fellows gamers "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE"

    Pros :
    High Production values .

    Cons : (I will only mention a few of many here )
    1- Very very bad controls
    2-shooting is not fun (I enjoyed shootings in some games like Uncharted and TLOUS and Battlefield but maan!
    isn't this game suppose to be a cowboy game when shooting is the main focus thing and most polished element in the game ?!!
    shooting is not fun and the aim assistant is just ridiculous (I know I can remove it but still controls suck any time you try to shoot without it )
    the red eye is just too powerful and ridiculous .

    They should have copied uncharted shooting mechanism if they cant invent a proper one for the 3rd person view
    and copied battlefield or call of duty shooting mechanics for the 1st person view.

    3- camera ffff... camera transition between 3rd person to 1st person is not smooth and it suck and the 1st person view is just too clunky. (the transition made the screen disappeared for like milliseconds which killed for me to switch during shootouts ) and the first person gone is just the worst

    their are many other cons I will not mention here because the above were enough to make me stop playing the game,

    I don't understand the 10s that the game have got its 6 at best..
    Reviewers either stupid and just follow the hype, or they are just greedy bastards who just got paid...

    it make no sense and no excuse for rockstar to not develop a proper shooting mechanism with all the billions of dollars they make)

    and one last thing; RAGE engine is just SUCK!! while the landscapes looks beatiful, the character models and character skin is just BAD... with all the billions they made they should by now developed and engine like EA's forstbite engine or even better !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    $60 in the trash..    … Expand
  74. YoDadaHo
    Nov 3, 2018
    0
    For 90% of this game it is little more than a movie or walking simulator. During the 10% of the game that is legitimate gameplay, said gameplay is very bare bones, clunky, and simply boring. It also is very unengaging because there is absolutely no challenge. Having said that, the game environments, and character interactions are a bit more detailed than what you'd find in other games.For 90% of this game it is little more than a movie or walking simulator. During the 10% of the game that is legitimate gameplay, said gameplay is very bare bones, clunky, and simply boring. It also is very unengaging because there is absolutely no challenge. Having said that, the game environments, and character interactions are a bit more detailed than what you'd find in other games. However, as the holy word once said, graphics without gameplay is dead. Most of this game is spent riding a horse listening to some character ramble some uninteresting and poorly written exposition while you wait for the chance to actually do something that amounts to more than just pressing a button and watching the character go through some drawn out animation to do something mundane. Even after fast travel is unlocked, much of the time during missions is spent riding a horse while someone rambles some boring nonsense. When you finally happen upon those rare instances where you get to play the game part of the game, you realize it has the depth and detail of an Atari game because they didn't bother to give those parts of the game any attention at all. It's uncreative and lacking of anything beyond the very basic mechanics necessary to make a game and said mechanics have no polish at all.

    This game is like decorative food. It has very little substance, if any, but it's incredibly ornate with plenty of detail. It's a waste of your time at best and there is not one hypothetical person I could, in good conscience, recommend this game to.    … Expand
  75. Nikko9
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I bought this game, because I thought it was as least as good as the original RDR, but the truth is that this game is a complete crap, They put a lot of money for advertising this game, and looks like it worked out good for them. This game is the worst thing I've played since "Hitman".
    Do not buy this piece of s*it, it's not worth even 5$ and it has nothing to do with the original RDR.
  76. FrostyFeet97
    Jan 16, 2019
    4
    Its not a bad game but its not my cup of tea. I was expecting more from this game. The Graphics are amazing, Gameplay is okay, But some mechanics are triggering me quite well. Its not a bad game but I just dont like. I played it for about 10 hours and then stopped.
  77. Pateet
    Feb 8, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Every aspect of this game is slightly broken. The inventory rearranges itself while selling items, the auto-aim focuses on random objects sometimes, ammo in inventory disappears randomly, quests don't get removed from the quest log on completion and the horse falls down regularly.

    The game has no quality of life functionality. There is no way to sort the inventory or rearrange items.

    Rockstar also broke the first rule of RPG design, which is to never strip a player of their progression permanently. In the story you will come to a point where most of your items are removed for the sake of cheap emotional thrills. There are a lot of creative avenues they could have followed to reintroduce these items and money while maintaining the story, but they didn't bother, which lead to feeling that I wasted my time in a game that at times was heavily focused on collecting items.

    This game has great potential but is marred by an incomplete release and bugs. Rockstar tried to deliver the bare minimum in a beautiful package and it shows.    … Expand
  78. moemoe
    Nov 2, 2018
    3
    First couple of hours are fun, then it unfortunately gets very repetitive. The story is kinda lame and the slow paced gameplay adds to it. Graphics are great and the level of detail too but when compared to the Witcher 3 this game sucks in terms of story and things you can do. People in your gang quickly get very annoying, the whole hunting and crafting too. Too repetitive, too few uniqueFirst couple of hours are fun, then it unfortunately gets very repetitive. The story is kinda lame and the slow paced gameplay adds to it. Graphics are great and the level of detail too but when compared to the Witcher 3 this game sucks in terms of story and things you can do. People in your gang quickly get very annoying, the whole hunting and crafting too. Too repetitive, too few unique things to do. Controls feel clunky, Horseriding annoys me too. Why you have to hammer down that X-Button to get that f****** horse moving and keep holding it down to follow somebody for ages is beyond me. Also picking up stuff, crafting etc is tedious because it takes so long. Is this the way the game is supposed to be immersive or what? Just like it was in GTA V, fun for a couple of days until you´re truly regretting all the time you spend basically doing nothing.… Expand
  79. whumber
    Dec 3, 2018
    4
    I was pretty excited about this game based on all the hype, but I just can't bring myself to play it any longer. To start with, the game might as well be called cowboy chore simulator 2. It seems like this game is really targeted at people that really love Euro Trucker Simulator but want more horses. This aspect is cute for the first couple hours but beyond that I just dreaded starting upI was pretty excited about this game based on all the hype, but I just can't bring myself to play it any longer. To start with, the game might as well be called cowboy chore simulator 2. It seems like this game is really targeted at people that really love Euro Trucker Simulator but want more horses. This aspect is cute for the first couple hours but beyond that I just dreaded starting up the game and I find I'm unable to play for more than 20 minutes at a time before I'm desperate to do something else. Then there's the controls. Holy crap, how did this pass QA? These are seriously the worst controls I've seen since Superman 64. Rockstar should be humiliated by this. Finally, I can't stand any of the characters. Seriously, I've never before hated the entire cast of a video game, maybe it gets better in the 2nd half of the game but unless that involves the death of every major character and an entirely new cast around the halfway point then no thanks. I can't remember ever dreading playing a game before, it seems like others really enjoy this game and that's great but for me this is one of the worst games I've ever played; I'd rather reorganize my garage than play this game again. On a positive note it's relatively pretty.… Expand
  80. Dyrael
    Oct 28, 2018
    0
    If real equals fun, then we don't need games. This game is full of redundant details including real life eating drinking walking bathing simulation. Come on! I have to experience all these boring stuff in my life, that's why i don't expect to deal with these things after i open my console. The gaming industry is going to crazy in these days as it just continually publishes movie like realIf real equals fun, then we don't need games. This game is full of redundant details including real life eating drinking walking bathing simulation. Come on! I have to experience all these boring stuff in my life, that's why i don't expect to deal with these things after i open my console. The gaming industry is going to crazy in these days as it just continually publishes movie like real life simulator rather than fun games.… Expand
  81. DMBSWT
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    This game really annoyed me on so many levels, I gave up after maybe 4 hours of tediousness.

    It looks nice when you stand still but that's about it, when you move it's nothing but an eye hurting blur. The controls are the epitome of cumbersome, which makes you make mistakes all of the time and that's really bad considering it is already sooOOo slow. You have the option to skip cut    This game really annoyed me on so many levels, I gave up after maybe 4 hours of tediousness.

    It looks nice when you stand still but that's about it, when you move it's nothing but an eye hurting blur. The controls are the epitome of cumbersome, which makes you make mistakes all of the time and that's really bad considering it is already sooOOo slow. You have the option to skip cut scenes, but that isn't an instant skip, it's a few seconds if a black loading screen that is almost as long as what you are skipping. There is no skill involved either, you press auto-aim then fire in combat, that's it- often I had something blocking the way too, between my gun and the enemy, forcing me to move from cover. I was too bored to be in any way immersed in the story, didn't catch my attention at all.

    All in all, a mind numbing experience beginning with a very slow 2 hour intro/tutorial- (I was already thinking I could never replay it at that point).

    I was hoping this game would be amazing, it's not, it's awful.    … Expand
  82. ZephonLux
    Oct 31, 2018
    1
    i can't believe Rockstar spend 8 years making this boring game. There is no creativity in it and so disappointing. Development resources should be used in more creative work.
  83. Voidlust
    Nov 7, 2018
    0
    If you like watching paint dry and having your opinion spoon fed to you by games media and YouTubers, 10/10 . For those of us in the real world.... not so much.
  84. DazSavage
    Oct 29, 2018
    2
    An utterly beautiful and deep game with the beginnings of great beleivable character development... utterly ruined by controls that are overly complex. There's too much frustrating and superfluous detail which does nothing but stand in the way of the fun. The horse system is stupid. There's a crafting system that requires combinations of animal pelts but nowhere to store anything evenAn utterly beautiful and deep game with the beginnings of great beleivable character development... utterly ruined by controls that are overly complex. There's too much frustrating and superfluous detail which does nothing but stand in the way of the fun. The horse system is stupid. There's a crafting system that requires combinations of animal pelts but nowhere to store anything even though you have a large camp. So I ended up just selling my hard hunted perfect skins because I needed room... so I don't even know how the crafting of some high end kit would be even possible. The horse steals back all your rifles every time you sit on it so you always end up in fights with the wrong weapons in hand and if you try to sort out your weapons every time you get back on the horse (which is advisable) you end up pulling out a gun in an area where you shouldn't because it's impossible to even look at a weapon without it then being drawn. You push one button to draw a weapon but then you need another button press to raise the weapon and then another to actually open fire... at which point you realise that the horse stole back your guns and the reason your not firing back is that you're unarmed!
    This control scheme is obviously being kept so as to link with GTA 5 and allow players to go from one to another more smoothly. There's no way this scheme would ever have been chosen otherwise because it's simple unusable. There's even some things that are only comfortably achieved if you have three hands.
    I have struggled through about 20 hours now and have always ended my session in a rage quit because I'm always failing mission s or dying due to the game's overly complex system. In one case the horse stopped in front of a door I needed to go through. The horse will not move for you! So I placed the injured man I was rescuing on the ground so I could get back on the horse to move it away and suddenly the guy dies. Not only was this a mission fail but also for no reason everyone in town immediately assumed I had killed him and went for the lawmen. Not very realistic.
    Red Dead 2 is too busy wowing us with how detailed it is to remember that the gamer is looking for some fun and escapism... but here I am just waiting to make a hundred bullets one by one, each with animation. Or waiting for my horse, or waiting to get from A to B because the hopeless fast travel doesn't even do properly the little it tries to. Everything is waiting and waiting... and then even more waiting.
    This is a cowboy simulator not a game.
    My score was a 2 out of 10 due mainly to complete disappointment.
    It's like finding the perfect restaurant, being served amazing food and then being told you have to eat blindfolded while wearing boxing gloves... you will be annoyed, especially when everyone else is getting their control systems right.
    KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID.    … Expand
  85. zelloxy
    Nov 2, 2018
    0
    It truly is a beautiful game both technically and artistically. But on the other hand, the gameplay is plain boring. I wouldn't call it a game, I'd call it an art demo or simulator. If you like exploring and tedious travelling, sure this is for you, bot if not I would not recommend it.
  86. Jam292
    Oct 31, 2018
    0
    Spent hours hunting and collecting a horse load of perfect pelts and exploring. killed what was getting close to my last kill of the session when the carcass fell into a stream and I had to chase it a lasso it out of the stream which I thought was pretty cool....But, it lead me straight into an unforgivable flaw. The stream was on the border of the northern edge of the Blackwater provinceSpent hours hunting and collecting a horse load of perfect pelts and exploring. killed what was getting close to my last kill of the session when the carcass fell into a stream and I had to chase it a lasso it out of the stream which I thought was pretty cool....But, it lead me straight into an unforgivable flaw. The stream was on the border of the northern edge of the Blackwater province where you are wanted dead or alive and I had unwittingly crossed over to lasso the carcass our of the stream, I got an alert so no problem, I'll just quick get the pelt and high tail it. Well, didn't happen. Somehow a team of 5 or so marshalls was on me in a flash and I'm armed with hunting weapons, varment rifle and bow. No cover at the stream so my pistol wasn't enough, I died. No probs right? Just $10 or so penalty.....And about 20 perfect pelts stored on my horse............And the auto save fires immediately after death........Totally unforgivable. It has soured my entire experience… Expand
  87. buddyspade
    Nov 4, 2018
    0
    This game is dry. The same things over and over and over and over and over. Hunt , mission, hunt mission , hunt , mission. The game looks visually okay, considering I play on a pc at 4k the only thing that is annoying is the blur that they gave the ps4 pro version so that it could maintain a decent frame rate. There is just not much to do . The story is a no thrills standard western storyThis game is dry. The same things over and over and over and over and over. Hunt , mission, hunt mission , hunt , mission. The game looks visually okay, considering I play on a pc at 4k the only thing that is annoying is the blur that they gave the ps4 pro version so that it could maintain a decent frame rate. There is just not much to do . The story is a no thrills standard western story nothing special. I cannot believe how hyped this game was, and after playing it and buying the ultimate edition I wish I had saved my money and not bought it. There is just not enough to do. Half the buildings you cannot even go in. Rockstar says that it is so realistic, yet 75% of the buildings cannot be entered. And you can be in the middle of nowhere shoot someone and the cops come lol it is like a western town with GTA V cops . A total mess. Same stores every town, same guns in the stores in every town , no variety at all. Within 3 hrs you can purchase every gun in the game.… Expand
  88. javaprof
    Oct 31, 2018
    0
    This game is very boring game. It has a lot of game mechanics from dont satarve and mount blade but new mechanics are not good real survival or rpg game only gta like mechanics good tatally boring game.
  89. Xelluse
    Oct 29, 2018
    2
    Single player Korean MMORPG-like game in Cowboy setting....
    One of the most boring games in last 2 years...
  90. Nero77710
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    When realism gone too far.
    You have to take care of way too many things, you normaly find in one of the 100 survival games.
    I wanna play a videogame, not babysit my shar.
    But on the plus side, the graphics are really good and the gunplay feels meaty... if you find something where you have to use a gun.

    Realism dosn't make a game better in any way or shape.
  91. ntmera
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    Wish I could get a refund for this game. Feels like the character has arthritis. Slow moving game/movie. Not fun. The story has at least been interesting.
  92. Retmixone
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    Хочу передать привет Алеше Шевцову!

    А игра из себя представляет кусок Мойшиного говна который пролежал за диваном более недели
  93. NikolayNikolay
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    This is the most racist game in relation to the Native Americans. Dear creators of Rokstar, you are chauvinist pigs, for your crimes against minorities in the face of American Indians and African Americans you should be brought to justice and put in jail.
  94. BlakeHREW
    Oct 30, 2018
    0
    Игра шляпа, механика хороша, движок шикарный, но ничего интересного в игре нет.
    Управление убогое даже для консоли.
  95. Jefe65
    Nov 2, 2018
    0
    WTF! "Darkies" ??? He's complaining because he has to share space with the darkies? I'm less than an hour into this and I get hit with Darkies?! I'm 53 y/o AA gamer yes damnit! I want to play the new high rated game and I get hit with "Darkies" in the first effing hour? Not tenderfoots, not scouts, not hired hands, not scoundrels, murderers, mercenaries or random low lifes but effingWTF! "Darkies" ??? He's complaining because he has to share space with the darkies? I'm less than an hour into this and I get hit with Darkies?! I'm 53 y/o AA gamer yes damnit! I want to play the new high rated game and I get hit with "Darkies" in the first effing hour? Not tenderfoots, not scouts, not hired hands, not scoundrels, murderers, mercenaries or random low lifes but effing DARKIES! ARE YOU EFFFING KIDDING ME!… Expand
  96. frobro16
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    This is all in single player:

    • Characters are 1 dimensional and often don't fit within the premise they are given (an outlaw hiding from authorities isn't going to be going on murder sprees) • Controlling your horse, your weapons, your character is infuriatingly clunky, slow, and non-responsive • Using "fast travel" can lead to game breaking errors regularly • Lack of    This is all in single player:

    • Characters are 1 dimensional and often don't fit within the premise they are given (an outlaw hiding from authorities isn't going to be going on murder sprees)

    • Controlling your horse, your weapons, your character is infuriatingly clunky, slow, and non-responsive

    • Using "fast travel" can lead to game breaking errors regularly

    • Lack of inventory involves spending a horrendous amount of time trying to improve with minimal benefit

    • Gun play must have been pulled from Red Dead Revolver, it's slow, unwieldy, and requires aim assist

    • Forces players to move at severely reduced speeds to artificially lengthen game, there is only about 13 hours of actual game play, but you are forced to move through the game slower in order to make it seem longer to beat.

    • There is a never-ending supply of empty tasks that serve no other purpose than to fill time and continue to slow the player down

    This game severely lacks the creature comforts or polish of a AAA title in 2018. it's boring, empty, repetitive and if I could I would gladly get my money back if I hadn't gotten the electronic download. I would not recommend this game to anyone who plays games for enjoyment of story, environment or elements of play.    … Expand
  97. elitoness
    Nov 25, 2018
    0
    most overrated game ever
    So much disappointment by all this (marketing) fake hype
    if the people really think this is the a perfection they clearly know nothing about video games. Nothing but NOTHING is new or original This is super boring . The story, missions, mechanics are sooo normal Even the graphism and the maniability are very average THIS IS the biggest disappointment in the    most overrated game ever
    So much disappointment by all this (marketing) fake hype
    if the people really think this is the a perfection they clearly know nothing about video games.
    Nothing but NOTHING is new or original
    This is super boring . The story, missions, mechanics are sooo normal
    Even the graphism and the maniability are very average
    THIS IS the biggest disappointment in the video game history . PERIOD !!!!    … Expand
  98. JetANTIRDR2
    Nov 3, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Спасибо рокстар! Даже когда она выйдет на ПК я её не куплю, я её скачаю с торрента. #АНТИРОКСТАР… Expand
  99. Tritonio
    Jun 11, 2020
    0
    I only played the online game. I've played a bit of the single player and it seems boring as well but I don't care enough to continue, I just wanted to play the online version anyhow.

    The controls are crap. Action is slow and tedious. The graphics aren't bad but there are way nicer games than this. The music is forgettable. Microtransactions in a very grindy game are a cash-grab.    I only played the online game. I've played a bit of the single player and it seems boring as well but I don't care enough to continue, I just wanted to play the online version anyhow.

    The controls are crap. Action is slow and tedious. The graphics aren't bad but there are way nicer games than this. The music is forgettable. Microtransactions in a very grindy game are a cash-grab.

    Just a boring game overall.

    Some aspects of it are above average, and that's the best thing I can say about the game.    … Expand
  100. djball
    Jan 23, 2019
    4
    Big beautiful world, incredible lighting, smooth acting, solid story, 8/10. Then you realize..... seriously GOD AWFUL slow motion game play, broken controls, broken inventory, and utterly USELESS rpg elements. Next you're gonna ride a LOT of horse, that is actually NO FUN TO RIDE at all! The controls are horrible, I mean horrible tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap! Then you're gonna rideBig beautiful world, incredible lighting, smooth acting, solid story, 8/10. Then you realize..... seriously GOD AWFUL slow motion game play, broken controls, broken inventory, and utterly USELESS rpg elements. Next you're gonna ride a LOT of horse, that is actually NO FUN TO RIDE at all! The controls are horrible, I mean horrible tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap! Then you're gonna ride that broken horse long distance for stupid fetch/kill missions. Maybe you will search Orchids for 7 days, wow awesome hat to go with that fancy useless revolver. You can't even drop crappy weapons from your inventory, so they just clog up that frigging clumsy wheel. Simply ridiculous on so many levels for such an expensive production. Game play 0/10… Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

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