The storyline here is a prequel to the last Red Dead game, which I had thoroughly enjoyed, but that's pretty much where any similarities end. Know that this game and story goes long and deep. And I just loved it. The characters have a real depth and backstory that evolves at a perfectly timed pace. I got emotionally invested in them quickly both loving and hating them. And in the end, the story, or let's say stories, because Red Dead is so long and there are so many entirely different kinds of storytelling in all the chapters, the story is about the gangs' relationships with each other, in particular the leader of the gang Dutch, your character Arthur, and the young outlaw that Arthur takes under his wing, John (your character in the previous Red Dead Redemption, which is quite interesting in an of itself), who by keeping John's family safe and trying to get them to seek a different life, Arthur seeks to find his redemption. Though we are never really sure if Arthur knows that or not. He, like all the characters are, well, complicated to say the least. And of course being Old West outlaws, they are all clearly flawed people living on the edge of their sanity knowing that the law is looking for them Dead or Alive, and that they could well be found at any moment. You just feel the intensity of their situations. And Arthur is constantly faced with moral dilemmas, wanting to be an outlaw, wanting to be loyal to his friends, but also very much wanting to become a good man and do the right thing. Of which his leader and mentor Dutch, very much does not like, wanting the ruthless killer that he basically raised from a child to be the super-outlaw loyal partner that he had raised him to be. And the supporting characters all have a story depth too, like no video game I've ever played before. You'll love and hate them all, and you don't want to trust anybody. But in order to succeed in the game, sometimes you must. Betrayal is a central theme in this story and it will have you questioning what exactly that word entails and means. The game constantly challenges your sense of what's right and wrong. Many kudos to the the writers, and there certainly were a gaggle of them. This is truly a masterpiece.
Now, it's a Western in every sense folks. And I mean a classic one, very much influenced by The Oxbow Incident. And like those classic western novels, it takes its time to develop the the story. If you like space games, if you like fantasy games or super heroes, this might not be your cup of tea. There are some tap, tap tap parts, but it's not constant like a fighting game or something. But there is a lot of fighting and shooting. And Red Dead tries to make that as realistic as they can. The fighting is more about strategy than how fast you can hit the circle button. But I believe you'll love the actual gameplay no matter what kind of games you have been playing. I don't see how anybody wouldn't. And there is a lot of open world stuff, I mean a lot, for those of you like myself who are fans of that. One important skill that Arthur has to develop and teach is herbalism, which is fun, but it does slows things down for those of you who get nervous whenever you aren't hitting a button. And there's hunting and fishing which are also important at times. Arthur has to stop and eat, or his health stats drop. And the food he cooks will provide the most health. He can purchase food at grocery stores too, but they aren't as a replenishing. Still, you want to keep some in his saddle bags just in case you run into a long mission out in the mountains.
So, you have to learn to cook and use good sense in hunting. If you do, you will find several hunting grounds that are chucked full of docile game. It's best not to over hunt any one at a time because that way you know where the food is, if you do over hunt it, the game will seriously slow down the time it takes to replenish the animals. Herbs are used for all sorts of things, including making what you cook more replenishing, and especially making medicine. You will definitely need that at several junctions of the game too. So there is a lot more strategy and thinking required here than games that just go action sequence, cut scene, action sequence, cut scene, repeat. The open world stuff is stuff you actually have to do. And of course, cash is quite important too, which you mostly get by completing side missions where Arthur rides into town and is enlisted to help kill a man-eating bear, take out an evil outlaw, find a lost child, or the like. And there's always more to these missions than meets the eye. It's great stuff, right out of Kurosawa and the sixties saddle operas folks. And your main missions are going to take you everywhere form the turn of the twentieth century Dakotas to New York, to Kentucky, to New Orleans, to Florida, and all around the country. So it's definitely not all just robbing trains and outlaw camps all the time.
Now let's talk graphics. And I can wrap that up in one word. Wow!!! The characters and backgrounds look so real, especially the landscape and pastoral scenes in the mountains. I mean I really feel like I am fishing when I fish in the game. I believe these are the best graphics in any video game ever, bar none.
Red Dead Redemption 2 utilizes the most complex gaming engines available to date in the gaming universe. Top to bottom, you will continually do things that were impossible before and they have utilized the technology to come up with some just plain thrilling action sequence gaming, and the great thing is the action all fits perfectly within the story. You will want to succeed. And difficulty wise, they did a good job at setting the levels. I played it at normal and found that challenging at times, but it did allow me to really enjoy the story the first time with a good sense of being challenged. You set it at difficult, and things get even more real, you can't get shot and live. But you can take one or two hits on normal if they aren't point blank. And you alway have to be on the lookout for snipers. They can take you down with one shot on normal. You just always have to mind your surroundings. There are copperheads and rattlesnakes everywhere too, be careful lifting rocks or searching for herbs in tall grass.
Horses are very important too. You'll have to upgrade your horse as the game goes on to complete missions, though you will develop a relationship with some of them, particularly your first, and not want to sell or let them go. And yes you can drive a horse too hard and kill it. You actually have to treat the virtual horse like a real one. You feed it, brush it, and talk to it in order to calm its stress level, just like a real horse.
Oh and the music in Red Dead Redemption Two is memorable and just perfect for the game. A lot of care was taken to make this game sound good. So if you have some kind of speaker system hooked up to your monitor, you will get an enhanced gaming experience, I can guarantee that.
So I loved this game, the best I've ever played, but then I am and have always been a fan of Westerns. It was actually kind of hard to leave this world. There's plenty to do after you've completed everything to just keep up your homestead a make it thrive. I highly recommend this one.
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From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
America, 1899
The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
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Anyone that gives this game anything less than 5stars is looking for attention or trying to get someone to not buy the game for some sick twisted reason. The game is two disc because of all the lovely content and details it has so you’ll need about an hour to download all disc data to your console before playing. The game starts off in the snowy mountains and flows through missions of the first chapter without allowing you to roam free so be patient however you’ll arrive New hanover area where you can interact with your camp and do so many things besides missions. The game has taken realism to a whole another level, if you’ve just shaved your beard clean forget about putting it back like your typical video game but it will grow back in time. You also can buy horses and name them and groom them etc. Hunting is another level compared to GTA V, you can hunt any animal you see , skin it and put it on your hourse to sell or cook etc. There are bar brawls, bounty hunting, dominoes , barbershop visits...oh and did I mention you can gain weight like CJ in GTA san andreas. I’m still playing this game but this is definitely a must have game. After playing GTA V numerous times i must say that I’m enjoying RDR2 and my wife agrees too. The details are just amazing and too numerous to mention. You can interact with others around and have meaningful conversation outside of random lines of conversation in previous GTA games. There is a mission where all you literally do is get drunk and there is also being able to loot and search someone’s pockets after killing them. Rockstar did a TREMENDOUS JOB! I won’t be playing any other game for awhile and that’s including NBA 2k19! I’m gonna go back to play now....so all I’ll say is “HURRY UP AND BUY”!!!! 🤑💪🏽 (PSN : jrnorton8)
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Eduardo
Seguro será uno de los mejores juegos de la generación
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on October 28, 2018Platform For Display: PlayStation 4Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
Eduardo
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on October 28, 2018
PD: sentí mucha nostalgia al ver nuevamente a Abygail, Jack y John Marston en una de las primeras misiones :)
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EL VERDADERO JIN
El mejor trabajo por Rockstar hasta la fecha
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on October 29, 2018Platform For Display: PlayStation 4Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
EL VERDADERO JIN
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on October 29, 2018
Este juego es una obra maestra por donde se lo mire. Empezando con que nos muestra un mundo abierto tan vivo como pocas veces hemos visto en el mundo de los videojuegos, todas las personas que ves por ahí, tienen algún peso en cuanto a sus espacio personal y el respeto (O agresión) que debemos mostrar hacia ellos. Una cantidad de actividades por hacer casi enfermiza, y gráficamente estamos hablando de quizás el tope de la generación hasta el momento. Me ha encantado el sistema de caza y el como nuestro inventario de armas ocupa un espacio real en nuestra alforja, teniendo que agarrar de ella lo que vas a necesitar o de lo contrario, no podrías acceder a dicha arma. El lazo que forjamos con nuestro caballo supera a lo que vimos hace muchos años entre Wander y Agro en Shadow of the Colossus, pues hay que alimentarlo, limpiarlo, calmarlo cuando se asusta, y si lo tratamos bien, como recompensa nuestro compañero irá aprendiendo nuevos trucos y movimientos que nos facilitarán las cosas durante las misiones, el detalle mas importante (Para mí) en lo que se refiere a los caballos y para reforzar aún mas dicho vínculo, es que estos animalitos tienen MUERTE PERMANENTE, por lo que si en algún momento pierdes a tu compañero, con tristeza y todo habrá que despedirse de él e iniciar desde cero con uno nuevo.
Lo MALO.
Realmente hay muy poco negativo que yo pueda decir de este juego, quizás solo que al principio es tan abrumador, que tardaremos un poco en hacernos con todos los sistemas de los cuales debemos estar al pendiente y quizás hasta descuidemos algunas cosas al inicio, por ejemplo, yo al inicio tenía bajas las provisiones del campamento y tardé un poco en enterarme. Otro punto a tomar en cuenta es que este juego no es para todo mundo, esto no es un GTA, es una experiencia mas contemplativa, en la que todo se hace con mas calma y puede que personas que esperan encontrar un "GTA de Vaqueros" se podrían decepcionar.
Nota. El juego viene con 2 discos, uno para instalar y otro para Instalar/Jugar. La instalación dura casi una hora y hay un parche de 3.55 GB aprox.
Y si... viene con el clásico mapa del mundo que tienen siempre los juegos de Rocstar.
Totalmente recomendado, sobre todo si te gustó la primer entrega.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 9, 2019Platform For Display: PlayStation 4Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
Eduardo L.
Un nominado al GOTY
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on October 31, 2018Platform For Display: PlayStation 4Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
Eduardo L.
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on October 31, 2018
1. No compres armas en la tienda, guarda tu dinero;
2. Mejora tu campamento lo más pronto posible para desbloquear funciones, el viaje rápido entre ellas.
3. Utiliza la mira de las armas o los binoculares para analizar a la fauna, así conocerás la calidad del animal y qué arma es más efectiva para conseguir lo mejor de él.
4. Si quieres dinero rápido, busca las barras de oro y véndeselas al perista.
5. Conoce otras ciudades rápidamente utilizando el tren y más diligencias.
6. Consigue la funda para la segunda pistola lo antes posible. Los tiroteos se ponen mejor con ella.
7. Usa el deadeye fuera de combate para detectar flora, fauna y rastros. Usarlo fuera de combate no consume tu indicador.
Por último, para los qué buscan el platino de este juego, debo mencionar que les será pesado y hay trofeos perdibles. Espero que esto les haya servido, ¡Disfruten el juego!
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Jael B. V.
Justo lo que necesitaba para divertirme
Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on April 27, 2022Platform For Display: PlayStation 4Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
