I originally bought this game on sale back in 2019, just for Red Dead Online since I used to only really play multiplayer games at the time. I tried it out for like only 2 hours and hadn't touched it at all up until late 2023, when I decided to play the singleplayer since I was stuck at home and off of work from a major jaw surgery, so I had nothing better to do. I still cannot believe I had missed out on Red Dead Redemption 2 for all these years... The heart-wrenching story, the masterfully crafted world, some of the best and most compelling characters I have ever known in any media... The scene between Arthur and Sister Calderon about, "taking a gamble that love exists, and do a loving act." Arthur sorrowfully telling Rain Falls, "You don't get to live a bad life, and expect good things to happen to you." The conversation between Charles and Arthur about having the time to make amends while you've still got the chance. These interactions changed my life for the better. It made me get off my lazy fatass and start being more productive by finally going to college, quit my dead-end job and find a fulfilling one instead, and start hitting the gym. I'm honestly not sure if any other game I've played, or am going to play, will match up to this absolute, marvelous masterpiece.

Единственное чего здесь не хватило - отсылки к Клинту Иствуду.

Полная рецензия: Я просто обожаю такого рода медитативные игры, когда основной медленный геймплей резко сменяется коротким, но ультрадинамичным экшеном. Великолепный открытый мир с кучей увлекательных побочных квестов и случайных событий. Только в этой игре ты, отправившись на основной квест, вдруг увидишь бандитов, которые грабят повозку. Ты берешь, убиваешь бандитов, сам грабишь эту повозку и едешь продавать ее диллеру, а потом на эти бабки идешь бухать и играть в покер, даже забыв про основной квест. И вот таких вариаций разного рода событий десятки. Даже просто изучать открытый мир, разные дома, места и тд просто ахуенно. Это я молчу про основной сюжет, который кидает нас из одной ситуации в другую, меняя обстановку и положения главных героев.

Отдельное спасибо за суперскую кастомизацию всего и вся и невероятно красивые пейзажи Дикого Запада.

Before I played this game, I completely misunderstood it. I thought it was an overrated walking simulator. I couldn't comprehend how so many people liked this game as much as they did. But now, after having the chance to play it myself, and pouring 72 hours into the game, I can proudly say this:

I get it. I finally get it.

Red Dead Redemption 2 feels like a game I want to endlessly write about, but I just can't find the right words to describe how phenomenal this title is. Everything about this game is amazing. This game is a result of over 8 years of dedication and passion put into it. It's a technical and artistic achievement by all means. It's one of the greatest videogames ever made, and I am happy that I was finally able to realize that.

I'd like to go more in depth of my thoughts on this game, but I am still grasping the fact that I even played this videogame. This is my first Rockstar game ever, so I hope to experience some of their other games in the future. I can say for sure that I'll be playing Red Dead Redemption 1 soon. Very soon. I'd also like to mention that this is the first time I ever log a game without actually finishing it. Yes, I've seen the ending of the main story, but I haven't finished the epilogue and haven't actually rolled credits on the game yet.

"May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crash of worlds"

There won't be any spoilers in this, I promise.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a "masterpiece" and according to its Microsoft Store card it won over 170 GOTY-awards. Well, I didn't even know that many awards existed, to speak frankly.

So how was my experience with it?
First of all, I had hated this game a couple of years ago and I had already abandoned it. My brother, however, got me back to it with one simple sentence: "Yeah, it's a long game, but you just gotta see the time back then. Imagine living there."

And that I did - and boy did that help me enjoying the game.

Here are my pro and cons about the game in a nutshell:
+ the visual presentation is incredible
+ the music and sound design is astounding
+ the characters (most of them) are well written
+ the voice acting is probably among the best I've ever heard in a video game (right up there with Naughty Dog games)
+ many of the side missions were pretty creative, but still the gameplay in it was boring (the story of Edith Downes is insane for instance)

- the mission design is soooo goddamn repetitive
- the mission design is way to lengthy and boring
- the map is too big with too little to explore (there aren't so many points of interest, I stumpled upon cool stuff randomly)

So what is the typical experience of RDR2?
This is the only thing that really bothered me. This game fells like a movie and I've looked at YouTube videos where people only edited together the cutscenes and wow... that is amazing!
The dialogue, the atmosphere, the surprising twists, so much cool stuff happens in there... But then there is the massive downside...

The game is WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to long and it's so stretched out and repetitive. Almost EVERY mission in this game plays like this:
1. You ride 3-5 minutes to a certain spot (if you do it with the cinematic camera, you only have to press the A-button to ride)
2. You start the mission and ride to another spot for 3-5 minutes (if not longer)
3. You arrive at the mission spot, get of your horse and usually start shooting 40-80 people down
4. You ride back to the original location (3-5 minutes again)

So I've spent 15 minutes doing absolutely nothing but just going into a direction where the game starts. Now if we multiply that by 50 missions (especially the epilogue 1+2 missions are really hard on that one, there it's even longer at times), we get 750 minutes of doing nothing but pressing the A-button. That's 12.5 hours...


And here is the easiest fix for people like me who are fed up with that system:
Dear Rockstar, why don't you let me skip the boring shit in between those missions? Why do you force me to press the A-button for 3-5 minutes straight and not let me skip this "long ass loading screen" in order to start the mission. This is honestly beyond insanity to me. I simply cannot understand that.

This feels so tedious and I'm really unhappy about that, because at its core there is a great game. The level of detail is great and Rockstar gifted us with one of the most realistic open worlds ever, but this time in between prevents me from ever touching this again.

I don't want to go into detail about the story itself, as I've mentioned above there won't be any spoilers. Nevertheless, there are so many missions and chapters that you could just cut from the game and it wouldn't make any difference:
Chapter 5 especially is nonsense
Epilogue 1+2 can be cut down to 2 hours (why do I have to milk cows now and press a button for it?)
Chapter 1 is also incredibly long, but in retrospect it's honest because it prepares us for what to come

So yeah... I will definitely never touch this game again or revisit it. I am glad that I've finished it today and I am currently not looking forward to GTA 6. But let's see, I just need a break... :D

Band of outlaws constantly fuck up across the USA and never listen to voice of reason.

So anyways, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a hige step up from the first game in alot of ways. Its a story that tackles many themes of Loyalty, Family, and Morality. Arthur Morgan is a man who has only ever been an outlaw his whole life and aspires to be much like his mentor dutch. Him and everyone in the camp show a beautiful found family connection with eachother. All of them fleshed out in not just story mode and cutscenes but from various interactions in the camp. We see how Arthur cares for each and bonds with them. Even previous protagonist John Marston is back, but he is almost nothing like how he was in the first game. Goodbye cold and impatient man, and hello a desperate husband and father trying to learn how to do right by his loved ones. New comer Arthur Morgan however in my opinion far exceeds anything we got from John. Arthur is a complex man struggling to figure out how he can help those he cares about while struggling with the morality of the actions he does as an outlaw in a country that no longer wants him. Arthur is shown time and time again to be a man with a good heart but with not always the best actions. As I played, I grew very attached to his character and his struggles. Nothing was ever simple for him nor his group as things always seemed to get worse. Through blind faith though they trust their leader Dutch Van Der Linde to rescue them. Dutch was even better than he was in the first game. Still as charming and clever as always but now we get to watch his slow decent into madness of what he eventually comes. Slowly it is all drip fed to use as the cracks of his character show more and more to the group and its wonderful. Elevated even more by the amazing voice work from the VA who brings an amazing unique voice that holds steady with charm in everything he says. Meanwhile also able to keep the same charismatic voice with more angry undertones as the more crazed he gets. The map for this game is beautiful with many different depections of the old USA. Instead of making a full on new map they chose to expand upon the old map giving us many new locations across the old borderlines of the previous game. Anywhere you go you can also run into folk in need of help or looking to start trouble. Helping to flesh out this already vast world with more character and charm. Vast as this world may be though, its a bit troublesome and tedious to explore as riding on the horse can take quite some time to get across, and some areas of the map do not have a stage coach near by to easily fast travel to. If you wanna get some places just be prepared to rapidly tap the run button for about 5-8 minutes. The music is also fantastic with some extra amazingly sang calmer western songs. It gets better even in battle as we get the most western like battle themes you can hope for. I loved the story but I will say there were moments I felt as though it dragged itself out and or did not give some characters more focused as they should have. This game makes a wonderful prequel for the first game however. Eloquently helping to expand upon characters and stories that will eventually effect characters in the first game. Id be okay with giving this game a hefty 4/5

The fishing in this game was pretty cool though, so ill give it like a 4.5/5

There's a lot to say about it. A proper review would be a full blown essay IMO, so this will be a bit long yet only a brief overview.

I had taken issues with the game's pacing, I personally roamed a lot and a lot in earlier chapters and extending beyond what the game's narrative recognizes. I reach Rhodes or Saint Denis then only later does the story introduce each town implying that it's my first visit. This ludo-narrative dissonance occurred frequently in other elements like mission resulting bounties that I easily pay off, but the story still states that I ought to avoid that town etc...
This compounds with some filler missions that prolong some chapters way too long for its own good, which affected me with a degree of fatigue. Although if there was only one thing that made me soldier on through it, it would be the story.

Now this narrative easily walks and picks a prime pedestal in the hall of fame, a best of all time in media overall. The struggle against the misfortune carried by time and agents of chaos, how it gives at times a matter-of-fact and unceremonious resolutions, and all too human motives and actions. I binged some westerns to hype myself for the game beforehand but RDR easily beats most of them without a sweat.
The characters, some polar opposites and some similar, and with our beloved Arthur Morgan make a fantastic cast. It is not to be told but to be seen.

Sequences whether in missions or in free roam are some of Rockstar's best strengths, from early on to the very end.

Music is a blend of the best western music I've ever heard and then more.

What bothered me might not bother you, and even though I'm far from a completionist I went up and beyond to enjoy the minutiae that only a few studios can partake in the effort let alone pull off. RDR2 is a monument of gaming and that can't be disputed.

Análise em PT-BR.
Na época em que joguei eu não sabia de informações sobre esse jogo, isso me fez amar ele mais ainda por ser uma experiência nova e incrível. Fazia bastante tempo que não via um jogo de mundo aberto me prender tanto quanto esse jogo, foi longos 15 dias voltando cansado para casa e me relaxando jogando red dead, gastei boas horas e bons dias jogando. Muitos detalhes, muitos animais e várias missões secundárias. Conteúdo para esse jogo não falta e gráficos também não. Gráficos incríveis e iluminação boa, gostei bastante da iluminação e da atmosfera do antigo velho oeste. A história é onde mais se destaca esse jogo, desenvolvimento impressionante dos personagens, você acaba criando laços com cada um do seu acampamento, missões incríveis como a do Resgade Ao Jack Marston, missão incrível que se passa dentro de uma mansão, nela eu percebi o quanto o jogo era incrível. Ao longo da história acaba acontecendo várias coisas onde eu não quero dar spoiler. Mas o Final desse jogo me quebrou de uma forma incrível, chorei bastante com o primeiro final, e depois continuamos a saga com John Marston ate o final do game. Vale a Pena jogar, meu 2° jogo favorito e com certeza um dos melhores, ou se não o melhor da história.

Sometimes I hear people say that a game is an experience, and it simply just is NOT a “game.” Despite Red Dead Redemption 2 not falling into the category of my all-time favorite game, this will forever hold the title of the one game that truly fits this narrative. From just a character perspective alone, I don’t think any franchise, outside of the modern God of War games, can really compete. Arthur Morgan and Dutch Van Der Line are, in my opinion, two of the most well-written characters ever. It doesn’t just halt at those two either, everyone in this game is of value. It’s just incredible work from Rockstar all around to take new faces and get you so attached in a matter of just a few chapters.

However, this beauty of a video game is not without its flaws. Even if chapters 1, 5, and the epilogues didn’t take away from my experience overall, it’s still a tedious chore to get through them. It’s fairly evident Rockstar got lazy for whatever reason with the epilogues, as it looks almost as bad as the original Red Dead does today. I noticed a plethora of bugs in the epilogue as well that simply never happened in my 80 hour play-through of the main story alone. Which is really unfortunate, because it’s the only serious issue I can think of. For me personally, Red Dead is the most emotional any game has ever made me. I’ve shed tears to games before, sure, but none harder than this. Arthur’s Last Ride may be the hardest I’ve ever cried in my entire life. Taking a brand new character nobody had any real attachment to and making you control him, which then alters your perspective of him and often makes you see yourself in him at times, is glorious work.

Simply put, despite my minor issues with Red Dead Redemption 2, I’d be a fool to give something that impacted me in such a way emotionally a less than perfect score.


Red Dead Redemption 2 in my eyes is a 10/10.

Okay I’ll catch you later then

Um prequel de Red Dead Redemption, o segundo jogo da franquia do GTA de cavalo consegue superar seu antecessor em todos os aspectos. Rockstar levou muito para tempo para polir cada aspectos da imersão desse experiência que possui, com toda certeza, um dos melhores protagonista de um jogo: Arthur Morgan.

A história é fantástica e sua progressão, apesar de lenta, é extremamente recompensadora e o elenco de personagem é cativante e cheio de vida. É fácil se sentir preso a narrativa proposta e querer saber mais desse mundo e dessas pessoas.

Claro, que o combate e as estruturas de algumas missões não são das melhores coisas, mas isso nunca impede de RDR2 ser o que ele é : Um dos jogos mais bem escritos de todos os tempos.