Red Dead Redemption 2

[levcore]

This. Game. Just. Won't. End. Currently on Epilogue part 2 and i just want the game to finish lol, it goes on forever.

[NoFro]

I loved every minute of it. Was gutted when I'd done everything.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by levcore

This. Game. Just. Won't. End. Currently on Epilogue part 2 and i just want the game to finish lol, it goes on forever.

There are 5 or so main mission stories. Then the epilogue missions after that. Okay, that's cool you're on the epilogue missions. You're almost done then.

I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing RDR2 in 4K 60 fps on PS5 soon. Provided Rockstar updates it for PS5.

[levcore]

I just want it to end now, I've been skipping every cut scene for hours now and yet still it goes on lol.

[tcripe]

Originally Posted by levcore

This. Game. Just. Won't. End. Currently on Epilogue part 2 and i just want the game to finish lol, it goes on forever.

It took me about 70 hours to complete. That's nothing compared to many RPGs or JRPGs out there.

[evoll]

Originally Posted by tcripe

It took me about 70 hours to complete. That's nothing compared to many RPGs or JRPGs out there.

I agree, i had 150 hours in ac odyssey lol.

[Batman90]

Anyone hear anything about Rockstar allowing save while using cheat codes?

[Vincanws]

It must have taken me over 150-200 hours to 100% everything in RDR2 to get the plat trophy, which included ranking to lvl 50 in online. The grindiest time I've dedicated to a game.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by levcore

I just want it to end now, I've been skipping every cut scene for hours now and yet still it goes on lol.

So, what you're trying to say is you'll kind of be like Nicolas Cage from The Rock in your avatar when you finally finish the game?

[Bolo Seagull]

Originally Posted by levcore

This. Game. Just. Won't. End. Currently on Epilogue part 2 and i just want the game to finish lol, it goes on forever.

I was in the same boat. This was the first time I've ever "hateplayed" a game. Finishing it was just an exercise in masochism and morbid curiosity.

I didn't think they could top the boredom of some of the stupid things they make you do earlier in the game, like the date mission, but when you get to the epilogue and they have missions built around milking cows, shoveling manure, and mending fences I almost had to laugh with the developers in laughing at me.

[Mandalorian]

Even though this is my favorite game of the last console generation, I’ll say that I put it down for a while after beating it. I didn’t go through the rest of the epilogue until months later.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by KilloWertz

So, what you're trying to say is you'll kind of be like Nicolas Cage from The Rock in your avatar when you finally finish the game?

Yes! I've finally finished it now, thanks goodness. Onto Dragon Age Inquisition, which i bought at the same time as RDR 2 in mid September (both second hand).

[MrTwoArms]

Originally Posted by Mandalorian

Even though this is my favorite game of the last console generation, I’ll say that I put it down for a while after beating it. I didn’t go through the rest of the epilogue until months later.

You beat me. I just finished it on Saturday. Two days short of 2 years since it's release (I got it on release day). I haven't looked, but the amount of hours I spent playing this have to be ridiculous.

[eiknarf]

Yup
Thread bump

Get mad!


It’s been three years since I’ve played this, and I was excited to start it up again.

I thought it was “just OK” three years ago - But everyone was raving about it
- So I assumed it was because I played it immediately after The Last of Us (which is a perfect game as far as my tastes are concerned).

So I’m replaying it now as I’ve forgotten most of it, and it’s basically NEW again, but…. It’s still not great

The graphics and the integration between cut scenes and playable parts is phenomenal. The story is cool. But that doesn’t make a game. PLAYING the game and being set free makes a game (along with the controls and combat and melee attacks and ease of use). These controls feel clunky to me.

But this game feels like I’m constantly in “tutorial mode”. I have to constantly look at the bottom right corner of the screen to see what to do (hold L1 and press o) in order to interact with whatever I have to do. I want to be set free. Meaning, I want to learn what the controls do, what the buttons do, and then play the game and enjoy it. But every chapter is different and feels like you’re still learning.

I want to love this game. But when it’s off, I don’t feel the need to get back to playing like I did with so many other games that got lesser review scores.

6.75 out of ten

Red Dead Redemption 1 was stellar

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by eiknarf

Yup
Thread bump

Get mad!


It’s been three years since I’ve played this, and I was excited to start it up again.

I thought it was “just OK” three years ago - But everyone was raving about it
- So I assumed it was because I played it immediately after The Last of Us (which is a perfect game as far as my tastes are concerned).

So I’m replaying it now as I’ve forgotten most of it, and it’s basically NEW again, but…. It’s still not great

The graphics and the integration between cut scenes and playable parts is phenomenal. The story is cool. But that doesn’t make a game. PLAYING the game and being set free makes a game (along with the controls and combat and melee attacks and ease of use). These controls feel clunky to me.

But this game feels like I’m constantly in “tutorial mode”. I have to constantly look at the bottom right corner of the screen to see what to do (hold L1 and press o) in order to interact with whatever I have to do. I want to be set free. Meaning, I want to learn what the controls do, what the buttons do, and then play the game and enjoy it. But every chapter is different and feels like you’re still learning.

I want to love this game. But when it’s off, I don’t feel the need to get back to playing like I did with so many other games that got lesser review scores.

6.75 out of ten

Red Dead Redemption 1 was stellar

I too need to restart this. I played the beginning and played for a few days more, but then put it down and never went back to it.

[BladeRunner2007]

I made it to chapter 4. But then I never bothered with it again. That was more than 3 years ago lol. Maybe I'll finish it at some point by focusing on story missions only. Definitely ain't gonna bother with the platinum trophy. That one is just insane.

[Warm Gun]

Game is mediocre and Rockstar should feel bad. Last game of theirs I truly enjoyed was Max Payne 3. The controls and animations are night and day. He doesn't move like he has arthritis. I feel like it only plays that well because they had to be true to how Remedy's games played. When they do their own thing, there is always an overemphasis on realism, to ridiculous extents where every action is needlessly prolonged. GTA V and RDR 2 in many ways even feel worse in this regard than GTA IV. Also, default movement still being the walk? Get out of here with that shit.

Rockstar really needs to overhaul their mission structure. What's the point of an open world if every quest has to be done in such a linear way? Feels so 2002!

[eiknarf]

So why are the reviews through the roof? It got a 97 out 100 from professional reviewers and an 86 from people like us!!

Are people and critics afraid to give “a game by rockstar” a mediocre review? Are they the mafia or something?

[Mavrick]

The trouble with reviews is that they’re just one person’s opinion.

I would give any of the souls games a close to 0 score since I absolutely hate those types of games but I know they are almost universally loved. But I would give this hame an almost perfect score because I loved absolutely every aspect of it.

[eiknarf]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

The trouble with reviews is that they’re just one person’s opinion.

I would give any of the souls games a close to 0 score since I absolutely hate those types of games but I know they are almost universally loved. But I would give this hame an almost perfect score because I loved absolutely every aspect of it.

Well, playing this now, for a second time, it’s no doubt beautiful looking. And it’s absolutely NOT a 0 or 1 or 4… It’s a good piece of gaming - But it’s also not a 10 for me because it’s not as “playable” as you think. It’s more like I’m “doing things” than playing the game