Blood Borne
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This is bait.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 is, quite simply, the greatest achievement in gaming, and possibly the best game ever made
Moogle11
Banned
I wouldn’t go quite that far in my praise, but I really did love it and rate it as one of my all time favorites for sure.
Just meshes with the way my gaming tastes have evolved as I’ve gotten older. I more often just want to veg out, relax and far lost in a virtual world and soak up the atmosphere, enjoy the story, lore and characters etc. I still mix in some pure gameplay focused stuff, but I rarely want to play things that are very difficult or have a lot of complex systems etc.
RDR2 was great for just getting lost in the Wild West and I loved the characters and story.
Just meshes with the way my gaming tastes have evolved as I’ve gotten older. I more often just want to veg out, relax and far lost in a virtual world and soak up the atmosphere, enjoy the story, lore and characters etc. I still mix in some pure gameplay focused stuff, but I rarely want to play things that are very difficult or have a lot of complex systems etc.
RDR2 was great for just getting lost in the Wild West and I loved the characters and story.
CormacMcNulty
Banned
Don't know about the 'simply greatest' comments but it is in my 3 favorite games of the genaration along with Bloodborne and Disco Elysium.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
Krappadizzle
Member
LaughingStock
Member
Bad controls. Too slow gameplay. Too restrictive missions. Apart from that, it's an amazing game.
angrod14
Member
Technically it's a very accomplished game, there's no denying that. Impressive graphics, animations, etc.
When it comes to the other departments, though, I found it terrible. It's just so... BORING. Boring gameplay, boring dialogues, boring pacing, boring side missions, boring automated shooting. It tries so hard to be a Western Simulator instead of just trying to be a GAME first and foremost. You have to constantly be monitoring and maintaining everything: your provisions, your crib, your health and stamina, your horse's health and stamina, your weapons, your ammo, your hair, your beard, your outfit, your higiene, your nutrition, your reputation, your interpersonal relations, etc. Fucking hell, I already have enough of that shit in real life, why would I want to also deal with it in my fucking games? Where's the fun factor in that? Am I supposed to be in awe of how "realistic" it is?
It's pretentious to the point of no return.
When it comes to the other departments, though, I found it terrible. It's just so... BORING. Boring gameplay, boring dialogues, boring pacing, boring side missions, boring automated shooting. It tries so hard to be a Western Simulator instead of just trying to be a GAME first and foremost. You have to constantly be monitoring and maintaining everything: your provisions, your crib, your health and stamina, your horse's health and stamina, your weapons, your ammo, your hair, your beard, your outfit, your higiene, your nutrition, your reputation, your interpersonal relations, etc. Fucking hell, I already have enough of that shit in real life, why would I want to also deal with it in my fucking games? Where's the fun factor in that? Am I supposed to be in awe of how "realistic" it is?
It's pretentious to the point of no return.
Papacheeks
Banned
um, nope.
Plays like a a rockstar game from years ago holding your hand in how it does missions. Also on console at least the delay with lag on controls is a big turn off. The density of the world is what is super impressive.
Plays like a a rockstar game from years ago holding your hand in how it does missions. Also on console at least the delay with lag on controls is a big turn off. The density of the world is what is super impressive.
manfestival
Member
Never indicated otherwise.
Stuart360
Member
Yeah i agree with most of that.
I dont think they were trying to be pretentious as such though. They just got this idea to make a super realistic, super indepth, wild west simulator, when all people wanted was the next Rockstar game.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
It's a marvellous technical achievement but as a game, it's complete shit.
GymWolf
Member
It surely is the biggest technical miracle for the current console generation by a long shot, it shows how much you can achieve with a crapload of well spended money\time\manpower\talent.
People can hate the controls, the shooting (the aim\cover mostly, because hit reaction, ragdoll etc. are top prime tier), the hyper-realism, the shitty mission design and how slow it is at times, but it remains an incredible game with the more believable living breathing open world ever made even with his silly logic flaws sometimes.
General plot is soso but arthur morgan and his story\performance are probably the best we had during this gen in any triple A games.
Eagles in the sky actually hunts rabbits and other small animals on the ground like you see in some documentaries and when you rob someone and they toss you a coin you can actually intercept that single coin with a well placed and timed throwing knife, this is the stupidly insane level of microdetails this game has, and these examples are stuff that 99,99% of players are never gonna notice.
People can hate the controls, the shooting (the aim\cover mostly, because hit reaction, ragdoll etc. are top prime tier), the hyper-realism, the shitty mission design and how slow it is at times, but it remains an incredible game with the more believable living breathing open world ever made even with his silly logic flaws sometimes.
General plot is soso but arthur morgan and his story\performance are probably the best we had during this gen in any triple A games.
Eagles in the sky actually hunts rabbits and other small animals on the ground like you see in some documentaries and when you rob someone and they toss you a coin you can actually intercept that single coin with a well placed and timed throwing knife, this is the stupidly insane level of microdetails this game has, and these examples are stuff that 99,99% of players are never gonna notice.
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Controls like ass, your debunked
DeaDPo0L84
Member
It was my biggest personal gaming disappointment of 2019. Went all out and bought the super duper deluxe edition and literally had to force myself to beat it.
MrS
Banned
With all that I said, I still don't hate it either. Arthur's arc was really phenomenal barring the Guarma section. Don't think I've ever had so much dislike for a character as I had for Micah. Graphics and little details in the game are beautiful too. There's a lot to like and a lot to dislike, sadly.Im with you on every single word you said and i still love the game
Yoboman
Member
It could easily be my favourite game ever if they didn't botch the gameplay so bad
So... It's people like you gave Lion King remake it's box office...
What achievement? They more often then not make you fail your mission if u go 10m left or right from tight corridor they allow you to move.
It's scripted, insanely linear with restrictive, half baked gameplay.
And when you play outside story missions... surprise, surprise...open world is just there to find scripted sequences n to look good with no systemic gameplay at all... The only systemic thing in RDR2 is disappointment.
It looks amazing and first half of the story is decently written n that is all there is to this game.
What achievement? They more often then not make you fail your mission if u go 10m left or right from tight corridor they allow you to move.
It's scripted, insanely linear with restrictive, half baked gameplay.
And when you play outside story missions... surprise, surprise...open world is just there to find scripted sequences n to look good with no systemic gameplay at all... The only systemic thing in RDR2 is disappointment.
It looks amazing and first half of the story is decently written n that is all there is to this game.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I enjoyed it while playing high on weed. Chill game to horse around.
But nah, the game is very good but the gameplay and mission design could be better.
But nah, the game is very good but the gameplay and mission design could be better.
nemiroff
Gold Member
Took me three months to get through the slow introduction, I almost gave up because it was like wading through glue.. But after I finally got through that I found one of my best ever gaming experiences, especially when free roaming not caring about what to do next.
With that said, even if it didn't affect my general feeling about the game, I did kinda "notice" the tank-like controls.. I understand R*'s choice, but surely there could be some kind of optional way to "speed things up a bit"..
With that said, even if it didn't affect my general feeling about the game, I did kinda "notice" the tank-like controls.. I understand R*'s choice, but surely there could be some kind of optional way to "speed things up a bit"..
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Krappadizzle
Member
Granted I'm not disappointed, but I actually have the Official Domino's Set. It's nice as fuck, I just don't really know how to play..But my wife knew how much of a fan I was of the series so she got it for me as a gift. Have you tried playing RDR2 on your new GPU? I HATED the console version, but I straight up adore the PC version.
smallpotatosan
Member
i don't know man. after 20 hours in, i was bored. but consider i had a good time in the first 20h. it still worths the price and hype.
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Naked Lunch
Member
Red Dead REVOLVER is still better than both Red Dead Redemptions combined...so no.
Perrott
Gold Member
I'm with you on this one, OP. Haters gonna say it's fake.
KingXtreme81
Member
I completely agree. I've been playing games since 1985 so I've seen, played and experienced a lot, and RDR2 is the one I would put atop all others. Up until its release I would not have been able to confidently say that about any game. It wowed me in ways no game ever has, and I find myself thinking about it ever since I beat it. I only wish I could erase my memory of it so I could experience it fresh all over again.
My undisputed GOAT of all games, no doubt about it.
My undisputed GOAT of all games, no doubt about it.
Werewolfgrandma
Banned
Play the game as you are controlling a person and not a character. I loved pretty much everything about the game. Literally kept the same horse from beginning to end. Zero horse res either.
LarknThe4th
Member
Spectacle and scope arent a replacement for general genius level design and control
RetroRibosome
Member
I just couldn’t get into it unfortunately.
RasAlGhoul
Member
That’s a hard no OP.