Red Dead Redemption 2 is an action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. RDR2 serves as a prequel to the first game. I have not played the first game. The story follows outlaw Arthur Morgan. Arthur must deal with the decline of the Wild West whilst attempting to survive against government forces, rival gangs, and other adversaries.


+ Visually RDR2 is probably the most beautiful game I have ever played.
+ The game ran without any issues for my system. Never experienced a crash and ran smooth as silk @1440p.
+ Bounty hunting is really fun in RDR2. I wish there was more of that.
+ The first 20 hours of the game I was pretty immersed in the game.


- Lack of a character progression system.
- The map is too big and empty. Traveling between locations is a tiresome task.
- The story is boring and too long. In my opinion the game should have been half as long. I was literally forcing myself to finish this damn game. With the money Rockstar is making you would think they would be able to hire some fine writers to compose a compelling story.
- Money is meaningless. After a certain point in the game (happens pretty early) you just have more money than you can ever hope to spend. Not to mention all the weapons feel exactly the same.
- Dull and repetitive combat and story missions. The combat at the 60h mark is exactly the same as on the first hour. 95% of the story missions follow the same formula: every mission ends with either A) a shootout until all enemies die, or B) you run away on your horse while shooting enemies chasing you down. In the later parts of the game I had to switch to first-person mode to have ANY sort of variation in combat and story.
- Numerous plot details are left unexplained and ambiguous.
- Horse controls are absolutely horrendous.
- Fast travel is very limited and poorly executed.


Unsatisfactory experience.
RDR2 is an okay game for about 20h, but then becomes a chore to play and finish as you grow tired of the game mechanics and realise how bad the story really is.
Is it worth the full price? No. If you must, buy RDR2 at a discounted price.


I should also mention that I only played the single-player mode. I bought this game for that. I have not touched Red Dead Online nor am I interested in it.