Funny though that last year Slant awarded the first Red Dead Redemption with the title of the second best game of all times.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Review Thread
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Shame to hear R* is stubbornly clinging to their unfun and clunky gameplay mechanics, but I'm mostly buying the game to spend the weekend wandering the forests and fields with headphones on, curtains closed and the HUD turned off then probably forgetting about the game altogether sometime next week and all the atmosphere praise sounds like I'll get exactly what I'm looking for, so I'm not particularly disappointed by the news or anything like that.
It absolutely deserves criticism, though.
It absolutely deserves criticism, though.
I'm getting this tomorrow, but lots of these reviews are confirming some of my concerns with the game tbh.
That's probably for the best though, rather than going in expecting it to be mindblowing.
That's probably for the best though, rather than going in expecting it to be mindblowing.
It has already 22 reviews that are 95 or below that's nearly as much as Breat of the Wild who has 27. So forget about 97. In my humble opinion...
The only real mention I saw in the Kotaku review in regards to the first-person perspective said it is "impressive and often overwhelming".
I have to say that Eurogamer review is convincing me to not buy it. I want to love Rockstar's games but they are always so lacking in gameplay and fun to me.
I'll wait for your impressions.
I'll wait for your impressions.
There's like 70+ reviews. Check OpenCritic and Metacritic.
Click on "View All Reviews"
EDIT: Sorry I thought you meant in metacritic... I think OP is awol
already a thread about all versions
https://www.resetera.com/threads/red-dead-redemption-2-df-analysis-read-op.76899/
I must be in the extreme minority because I've never had a problem with how these games control.
It was admittedly a little funky in GTA4 but after that I felt they achieved a pretty good balance between the weight and physics of the character and playability. I'd honestly be disappointed if their gameplay felt like something out of a Naughty Dog game. (Which I love but for entirely different reasons)
It was admittedly a little funky in GTA4 but after that I felt they achieved a pretty good balance between the weight and physics of the character and playability. I'd honestly be disappointed if their gameplay felt like something out of a Naughty Dog game. (Which I love but for entirely different reasons)
Most of the big name sites already reviewed it and only Edge left I believe, if it gets a 10 from them then it's going up to 98, either way it isn't dropping to 95.
I don't think I've seen the term "SJW" used so much before.
Sheessh, some people are legit bonkers!
Thanks, I just spoke with a mate who has a copy and he thinks it is maybe tap once and hold? he is checking for me later.
More like, extreme majority. If it was such a big problem, then GTA 5 wouldn't still be one of the best selling and most played games out there. And the online mode is all about gameplay.
Agree to disagree. This is why 7 is seen as average and 5 is seen as shite. Strongly disagree...
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Die Zeit, a German, weekly newspaper of record, writes,
If you understand German, you can read the whole write-up here.
It is "a monumental narrative" and "exceptional violent". It feels, according to Die Zeit, like a Great American novel and the game also refers to Iñárritu's The Revenant and Jarmusch's Dead Man, and draws parallels to Melville's Moby Dick in regards of Arthur's relationship to Dutch. The newspaper praises the corporality (heavy footsteps, moving fur in the wind, rattling spurs, etc.) of Arthur that has never been seen before in that genre. They also draw a connection to Cormac McCarthy's novels in regards of RDR2's immersion and presentation of the West. They highly praise the nature and landscapes and compare those panoramas to transcendentalists like R. W. Emerson, and that RDR2 is the video game of Natural Writing that tries to win back the lost experience of nature. Die Zeit also praises the complexity and atmospheric depth of the game.
If you understand German, you can read the whole write-up here.
The reviews of GTAIV did not accurately reflect the general concensus of most players, and how the game is regarded today, which only revealed itself after extended play. There was a clear schism between it's gameplay and narrative that didn't work - and whilst it's physics were more advanced than GTAV in many ways, it was markedly less fun to play. Which is why Rockstar dialled them back. It isn't one dude's opinion the reviewers got it wrong.
They got it right for V though. That game is incredible, with some convoluted and laborious design choices. I just wish the script was better. That's my major fault with these games. If I had faith in RDR2's script, I could overlook some clunky mission design.
A lot of the time when people say controls are "clunky," they really just mean they dislike weighty physics and animation priority.
No that's not why we see 10s thrown around like candy (we don't), and has nothing to do with the 7-10 review scale.
You really don't remember how bad the media was during IV's release do you? I'm not even talking about reviews if you watched the podcasts or vids they did around the time it released they said everything but "it cured my cancer". There's a reason to this day it's still looked at as one of the most embarrassing times for the media and it's not because of the score.
That's not the media which is what I meant by this industry. Sorry I should have been more clear there.
Uhm?
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/all/filtered?sort=desc
The game so far has a higher metascore than Breath of the Wild.
Outside of Max Payne 3 I've always found the shooting in their games average at best, gets the jobs done, but I'd love if they could hit the Max Payne 3 high again. The movement I only really have a problem with in GTA4,cars feel like boats and walking in tight spaces could get kinda awkward.
Slant, Kotaku and Polygon reviews regarding controls and fighting have ruined all my hope to see the Rockstar formula evolves for this game. Anyway, still a day one pruchase, to enjoy a gorgeous monthly balad before Hitman 2.
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Man, the GTA crew in this thread are making discussion impossible.
If you don't know about the critical uproar surrounding GTAIV and the subsequent backlash, the that's your ignorance, it's not our responsibility to educate you.
If you don't know about the critical uproar surrounding GTAIV and the subsequent backlash, the that's your ignorance, it's not our responsibility to educate you.
Yeah, controls definitely aren't an issue for Rockstar games, although they are unique in many ways.
I probably am in the minority liking 4's vehicle physics over 5, though. :)
