Red Dead Redemption 2 Review Thread
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Crazy reviews. It joins Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey as the best reviewed games of the generation!
This gen has been crazy good quality wise and there's still a year or two left!!
This gen has been crazy good quality wise and there's still a year or two left!!
Having spoken to a few Rockstar devs over the years, they are aware of this and feel strongly about it too, but "fixing it" is not as easy as it sounds (rebuilding your entire animation and response pipeline; which is vast, intricate and dense). Compare how many full AC games it took to iterate on their control schemeFrom the Slant review:
Amazing gif btw, with the guy getting up in the background - only just noticed that
The honeymoon period rarely lasts longer than 2 months in my opinion. The gaming community is never as united as the reviewers are.
I think the review is excellent but that quote had me double check it. I mean, come on.
From the Slant review:
Why this reaction? This seems like a legitimate complaint based on previous Rockstar games.
Of course I haven't played the game yet and maybe they actually adressed these concerns.
I'm not sure what your point is. If there is a much smaller sample size that plays on a more powerful console, then it is much more likely for that score to skew in a higher direction if the game is loved by most. That's just how stats work.
If John plays RDR2 on Xbox (because he owns only an xbox) and gives the game a 10, but Jim played it on PS4 and give it a 9, does that mean the xbox is better just because someone that likes the game less happened to play on a PS4? You can't quantify that unless the reviews specifically mention that the game is a 10 on Xbox One X, and the same reviewer says the game is only a 9 on PS4 Pro.
I'm not sure if you're trying to make fun of that paragraph, but it sounds very much in line with what I expect from R* and open world games in general. Seems like a very valid position.From the Slant review:
I think the reaction is saying "wow, sounds as bad as ever" with a grimace
Parody because they don't agree with people? This is quickly becoming the Uncharted 3 "8" for no reason.
I pity people who get emotionally engaged and angry at those 10% of the reviews who are not giving this game a 9 or 10/10.
Serious question: Why does it matter so much for you that a game that is this universally praised by 90% of the reviews, don´t get a better score with the rest? It´s not like they kicked your dog or anything.
OT: Seems like the game is getting the score everyone, including me, was guessing in beforehand. I´m really looking forward to play it tomorrow. I value sleep too much to stay awake tonight just for a game.
Serious question: Why does it matter so much for you that a game that is this universally praised by 90% of the reviews, don´t get a better score with the rest? It´s not like they kicked your dog or anything.
OT: Seems like the game is getting the score everyone, including me, was guessing in beforehand. I´m really looking forward to play it tomorrow. I value sleep too much to stay awake tonight just for a game.
It has happened to Breath of the Wild, and it will keep happening. History will repeat for this game, and other games scoring more than 95 in the future. We need to do something about this.
I expected similar bs and so did you. On we go.*Wakes up, enters RDR2 Review thread*
Oh fuck noo noooo noooo I'm getting Breath of the wild flashback now where you also couldn't call your horse outside stable. I hated that. Made horses a chore to the point where I stopped using them :[
Ok then, send the game to me! i promise i'll have fun!
he does not deserve it!
honestly i would agree with all those scores, far off the average doesn´t mean a thing in times where scores are a little too high in general.
haven´t played RDR 2 yet but whew, hopefully, that doesn´t mean i will be disappointed in RDR 2 too
critics these days are throwing around 9s and 10s, often the games are overrated in the grand scheme of things
From the Slant review:
Several reviews state the same.
Heck, one of the best paragraphs of the Kotaku review is about how the gameplay is clunky and it's fine.
Yea what's the deal with this? It's it how these threads normally go?
Gave me alarm bells as well as I was one of the few that was luke warm on RDR1.
I'd should mean that tho don't you think?
From the Slant review:
Eww, the controls in GTAV are god awful. Won't be picking this game up for a few years probably. I need to accept Rockstar games are not for me, no matter how much praise they receive.
I was on the verge of buying the game.
This might have convinced me otherwise.
Boy, this is 2015 all over again, isn't it. A major Sony exclusive title that's not open world, vs a major third party, open world game for GOTY winner.
Could have gone for the best version by getting the X! But enjoy the pro is a solid console.
Seeing people losing their minds over a less positive than most reviews, like the reaction some have in here to that Slant review, is always funny, haha.
From the Slant review:
Sounds like a Rockstar game alright. Is the SP really 60 hours? RDR's story and mechanics basically stalled after about 5.
If anything, more reviewers should adopt this line of scoring...
I'm more so disappointed than anything since this is their 5th game with this engine and still can't improve such an important aspect of the game.
Preach. It's irrational, and toxic to get mad at reviewers for their opinions, especially when they are well thought out and written. If someone says "red dead 2 sucks" but never plays it, then yeah, don't listen to that person. But if someone takes the time to review something and put a lot of thought into it, I completely respect that.
As I noted in my review, that first 10 hours was a slow burn. I was feeling real rough in the beginning.
All I have been seeing is complains regarding the character feeling as heavy as GTA 5... No comments on shooting control scheme as you mentioned yet.
From the Slant review:
There actually doesn't seem to be anything click-baity in the Slant review. If a games controls don't click with you it can really hamper your enjoyment of a game.
GTA IV, RDR and GTA V all felt clunky to me I terms of character control, so it doesn't seem outrageous to point out if Rockstar still haven't improved in this area.
I know it's very difficult to do, but at the same time MGSV has been out for a few years now. It's time for other open world games to catch up.