Red Dead Redemption 2

Some frustrating systems and a predictable mission structure end up serving that story well, though it does take patience to get through them and understand why. Red Dead Redemption 2 is an excellent prequel, but it's also an emotional, thought-provoking story in its own right, and it's a world that is hard to leave when it's done.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a breathtaking game that exhibits quality of the highest calibre in almost everything it does. To call it not only one of the best games this generation, but simply one of the greatest games ever made, wouldn’t be an exaggeration in the slightest. It demonstrates how to tell an engrossing, tightly written, and masterfully paced story in a rich, dense, and unbelievably immersive world, and paves the way for other games in the future to follow suit.

It is also an examination of honor and morality in a man who is callous and hardened. There are even times when it explores and embraces downtime in the same way a Studio Ghibli does, practically begging players to savor the vistas, watch wildlife, and enjoy the ride. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game where you can tell how much effort, sacrifice, and time went into it, and the people behind it deserve proper compensation and as much credit as possible.

Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't just a great game. It's a game that sets an impossibly high new bar for how open-worlds can be handled. Its depiction of late 19th-century America feels both historically accurate yet abundantly open-ended, slow-paced and yet alive, grim and yet majestic. It makes the original Red Dead Redemption feel like a warm-up, the doodles on the page before the real thing has come to life.

Just how good is Red Dead Redemption 2? Over the past few years, I’d argue the only games that deserve to be considered at this same ultra elite level are GTA 5, Metal Gear Solid 5, and The Witcher 3. This is a stone cold 5/5 classic that combines brilliant writing – Rockstar’s Houser brothers deliver another affecting, scythe-sharp script – amazing tech, and one of the most boldly structured plots to ever grace a triple-A title.

It is impossible to live up to hype and expectation. Red Dead Redemption 2 has been heralded as Game of the Year since it was announced. No matter what Rockstar did people were going to be watching this game with eager eyes to see if it could possibly top the tales of John Marston. I can safely say this is one of the best, if not best game of 2018. Possibly even the generation. There is simply so much care put into this world.

The astounding thing about RDR 2 is that there’s not only a staggering amount of story, side quests, and places to explore but that it’s all high quality and doesn’t feel tacked on. The high level of craftsmanship in this game is evident in all its aspects, and it’s genuinely one of the best games of this generation of gaming.

From the way it runs in to Red Dead Redemption, to the cast of characters and varied missions and seemingly endless side content, there’s just so much good here that it far outweighs any of the bad. What’s more, is that our review of Red Dead Redemption 2 only included the single player portion of the game. With the world being such a shining star here, we’re incredibly excited about the possibility of what Red Dead Online will offer and how it can extend this already massive game into something even greater.

Few worlds are as well-realised as the one Rockstar has created for Red Dead Redemption 2. Thanks to some wonderful scripting and stellar performances, the characters you randomly meet in the wild are captured as well as the ones you spend most of your days around camp. How do you follow Red Dead Redemption? You make Red Dead Redemption 2.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is likely to go down as the best game of the generation. Rockstar has outdone themselves, delivering one of the biggest, richest, most engrossing open world games ever made. Whether you're an action fan, RPG fan, open world fan, or just want a great story, RDR2 has something for everyone.

The years spent shaping Red Dead Redemption 2 into what it is has been worth it. Rockstar hasn’t just created a video game; it has created as close to a living, breathing digital world as can be. It’s not so much something that you play, it’s something that you visit and experience. Something you willingly get lost in. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the result of years of blood, sweat and tears. And it shows, making getting yourself absorbed in it feel all the more special.

Red Dead Redemption 2 stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Grand Theft Auto V as one of the greatest games of the modern age. It’s a gorgeous depiction of an ugly period that’s patient, polished, and a huge amount of fun to play, and it’s combined with Rockstar’s best storytelling to date. Even after finishing the lengthy story I can’t wait to go back and play more. This is a game of rare quality; a meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era.

Arthur Morgan’s personal tale of questionable loyalty, deception, and yes, ultimately, redemption never ceases to be an epic one full of moments that are organic and therefore engrossing. Surely the intent of any sandbox game is to make you feel like its environments and cast of characters continue on with or without you in it. Red Dead Redemption 2 delivers this wish fulfilment in spades, setting you on a crusade throughout the American Frontier you likely won’t forget.

This place Rockstar has crafted; the dewy plains, the flowery meadows, the snowy mountains, the swampy Bayou; the density of Saint Denis -- all of it. I just wanted to exist as one with it and feel alive within it. And that’s what I did, and continue to do. Horseshit-riddled streets and all. Rockstar, my dusty old hat is off to you. You’ve made this old videogame cowboy a very happy camper.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a triumph in world-building, character craft and downright skulduggery. Being bad has never felt so good as Rockstar toe the realism line while still keeping their sharp, trademark tongue in cheek. It's the keen attention to detail where Rockstar succeeds and this outlaw prequel comfortably outperforms their best works and in time, I believe, will be regarded as a once in a generation game.

Red Dead Redemption 2 es una obra maestra del videojuego. No es perfecto, pero esa imperfección es la que nos hace poner los pies en la tierra para entender que los techos están para batirlos, y Rockstar lo ha hecho. No solo es el mundo abierto más vivo al que nos enfrentado nunca, es que todo lo que ahí sucede fluye de una forma orgánica, natural; donde además de decirse cosas, se cuentan historias.

No innova en prácticamente ningún aspecto, ni quiere revolucionar el género, simplemente es Rockstar intentando el más difícil todavía, volviendo a superarse, ofreciéndonos el juego más ambicioso de todos los tiempos. Uno que merece ser vivido por cualquier amante de este arte y entretenimiento, que nos vuelve a demostrar, una vez más, que su único límite es el cielo, que esta obra nos ha permitido en varias ocasiones acariciar.

Red Dead Redemption 2 es un videojuego absolutamente asombroso en todos los sentidos. Hay pocos reproches que hacerle a una aventura que nos deja un héroe para el recuerdo, Arthur Morgan, y uno de los grupos mejor escritos y más apasionantes de descubrir: la banda de Dutch van der Linde. Rockstar vuelve a fijar un listón altísimo para los mundos abiertos, y no sólo en la faceta jugable, sino también en la narrativa y en la sonora y visual.

Red Dead Redemption 2 un juego técnicamente espectacular, bien realizado y una joya visual pulida hasta el mínimo detalle: una obra maestra en todo sentido. Al mostrar una excelente calidad de escritura de las escenas, con diálogos precisos, tramas bien desarrolladas y uno de los mejores mundos abiertos hasta la fecha, Rockstar Games nuevamente impone precedentes y se alza como creador de las obras más exitosas e influyentes en el medio de entretenimiento interactivo.

La mayoría de niños de mi generación ya no jugábamos a indios y vaqueros, no teníamos sombreros, ni tocados de plumas, ni revólveres de plástico, ni caballos con mecedoras bajo sus rígidas patas de cartón piedra y melena de lana. Pero, incluso sin esa mochila nostálgica a la espalda, el western es un género con unos rasgos visuales y narrativos tan fuertes que es capaz de atraer hacia sí a cualquiera que se cruce con él.

Zwar kann man sich nicht von seinen Arcade-Wurzeln lösen, die einem immer wieder ihr GTA-Lächeln schenken. Und manchmal will man diesen Arthur Morgan noch freier spielen, will mehr Fragen stellen und entscheiden können. Aber all das verfliegt im Kontext dieser unheimlichen Anziehungskraft von Dramaturgie und Spielwelt. Red Dead Redemption 2 ist ein ausgezeichnetes Abenteuer, über das wir noch in vielen Jahren sprechen werden. PS: Feuer brennt auf Ku-Klux-Klan.

Was sich alles in der Geschichte von Arthur Morgan anstellen lässt, sprengt hier jedoch jeglichen Rahmen. Red Dead Redemption 2 ist vielleicht nicht der Spielplatz, den GTA-Fans bei jedem Release von Rockstar erwarten, dafür aber der Spitzenreiter eines völlig eigenen Genres. Und hierbei fällt mir nahezu nichts ein, was Red Dead Redemption 2 großartig besser machen könnte.

Dan et Sam Houser ont été visionnaires en choisissant le nom de leur studio : aujourd’hui, les rockstars du jeu vidéo, c’est bien eux. Ils se trouvent tout là-haut, parmi les constellations, à un niveau que même les grands noms de l’industrie ne pourront probablement jamais atteindre. En un claquement de doigts, ils sont capables de révolutionner un genre qui n’avait plus connu pareille onde de choc depuis… GTA : San Andreas ; ce n’est pas un hasard.

Jamais plus pénible lorsqu'il enchaîne les dialogues à cheval, jamais plus grand lorsqu'il s'attarde sur un échange de regards, Red Dead est un jeu-somme démesuré qui essaie de gommer les artifices de jeux vidéo derrière un photoréalisme poudre aux yeux, et qui se prend pourtant les pieds dans l'étrier en de multiples occasions. Aussi épuisant que brillant, ce grand bluffeur mérite quoi qu'il en soit toute votre attention.

Plus qu'un jeu (imparfait dans son gameplay, parfois redondant mais tellement généreux), Red Dead Redemption II est une épopée, née des plus grands chefs-d’œuvre cinématographiques du genre, se nourrissant perpétuellement de grands sentiments pour nous retourner jusqu'à un final étonnant et logique à la fois.

Red Dead Redemption 2 apresenta-se como um sério candidato a jogo da década. Trata-se de um experiência rica, num mundo que poderia perfeitamente ser o nosso e onde a nossa imaginação viverá durante largos meses. Sinto que muito ficou por dizer sobre um dos títulos obrigatórios desta geração. Vais passar horas a pensar no que fazer, mesmo quando não estás de comando na mão.

Red Dead Redemption 2 non è solo un capolavoro sotto tutti i punti di vista: è una pietra miliare del genere. Un titolo capace in un solo colpo di settare nuovi standard, di mettere in campo una sceneggiatura senza paragoni e di assottigliare la distanza che separa videogiochi e cinema, ma senza mai mettere in secondo piano il gameplay.

Red Dead Redemption 2 — лучшая игра в открытом мире из всех существующих на сегодня. И, разумеется, это лучшая игра Rockstar. Самая взрослая. Самая красивая и продуманная. Огромная, но почти без лишних элементов. Это не «GTA про лошадей». Это новый уровень для студии, важный шаг в ее развитии, и в развитии видеоигр вообще. В нее нужно играть, если вы любите видеоигры. Такое я заявляю очень редко.

Red Dead Redemption 2 огромное, дорогое и размеренное приключение, в которое не играешь, а получает в нём реалистичный жизненный опыт. В игре очень много свободы, она позволяет почувствовать себя настоящим мерзавцем, Робин Гудом или праведником со стволом. А красивейшие декорации проработанного и богатого на детали открытого мира способны погрузить в себя на десятки переполненных драматичными, жестокими и забавными событиями часов.

Szczerze, gdyby dało się wystawić więcej niż 10, dałbym więcej niż 10, bo to najlepsza gra akcji w otwartym świecie, z jaką kiedykolwiek miałem do czynienia. Na tę chwilę nic nie ma dla mnie startu do tej produkcji. I bardzo zazdroszczę Wam, że począwszy od jutra będziecie mogli się nią delektować, podczas gdy ja mam już wszystkie karty dawno odkryte. REWELACJA!