RDR-what are your view?

What are your views on RDR, do you think it's a great game. Imo it is and I can see myself playing for hours. The story is good so far

only done 10 % of the story. It's shows it's a better game to the likes of Mafia 2. Don't get me wrong Mafia 2 is a good game but the story in that game isn't great imo. The best games involed you until you finish the game.

It's fun and that all what matters

i quite like the game. ive spent bout 10 hours in-game and nearly done half the game. the multiplayer is great aswell cause theres always some1 to play with :)

I enjoyed my time with RDR but honestly after finishing the game I had no urge to go back and play more.

It doesn't have the repeatability of a Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age or even an Alpha Protocol.

I thought it was pretty good. But far too over hyped. The novelty of Rockstar games tends to wear off long before the game is finished. RDR was no exception.

I thought it was pretty good. But far too over hyped. The novelty of Rockstar games tends to wear off long before the game is finished. RDR was no exception.

keech

I really enjoyed RDR. The story line was unique, I liked the voice over and the ending certainly took me by surprise. Top 3 games of 2010 for me.

It's overrated to the extreme. With that said, the campaign was fun, and shooting bad guys was fun for a while.

Iv spent over 200hours on multiplayer, not sure how many on single player so i guess you could say i like it:D

I didnt really like RDR that much. I mean, it has a huge enviorment. But it's empty and nothing to do. And the missions are mostly riding your horse and stuff.

It's overrated to the extreme. With that said, the campaign was fun, and shooting bad guys was fun for a while.

turtlethetaffer

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It's overrated to the extreme. With that said, the campaign was fun, and shooting bad guys was fun for a while.

lasseeb

That's not to say it was bad, though. It was very fun while it lasted.

RDR was great.

Twas quite the emotional ending for me. I absolutely love the game to the fullest extent of my heart

The story been good and I am getting it for my birthday

I really liked it, but it's far from my GOTY. As good as the graphics and atmosphere were, the gameplay was too easy, the world felt fairly empty (there were plenty of grinding/fetch quests to do, but no compelling reasons to do any of it ), and I had some big problems with the story and characters.

John Marston was a really inconsistent character. For all of his talk about redemption, hanging up his guns and settling down with his family...he really had no problem with killing immense numbers of people for the flimsiest of reasons. Also, for all of his badass-ery, he lets every other character in the game walk all over him, even if their quests won't help his main goal, and even if the people he's working for are clearly evil. That's not even to mention the inconsistency between him being a good guy in the story and a complete prick in the gameplay, if you play him that way.

As for the other characters, you usually didn't see them enough to form any sort of bond with them, and those that you do grow to like tend to completely disappear after a few quests (why couldn't I visit Bonnie at any time during the game?). The villains are the same - there isn't much build-up to them, so there wasn't much distinguishing them from the typical enemies you gun down by the hundreds.

These wouldn't be too bad in most cases, but since the important part of RDR's story seemed to revolve around Marston's bond with his family (who you don't even see until late in the game)...it just made the first three quarters of the story feel like meaningless filler. But I liked the last part of the game (at least until the 'second' ending, which seemed like a really bad move on Rockstar's part).

Okay, that sounded more negative than I'd hoped. I don't think it was a bad game by any means, but I have too many major complaints for me to think of it as a truly great game.

Red Dead Redemption is a great game and in my opinion it deservedly won so many of this year's awards. Maybe the overall quality package of RDR will be used as a benchmark, so other devs can try to emulate with their own creations.

I found the whole exeperience really quite underwhelming. The novelty of deadeye wore off pretty quickly, riding my horse in the middle of nowhere felt like needless padding out between missions and most of the characters didnt really float my boat. I felt the exact same way about GTA4. I might just call it quits with Rockstar games. No denying they are great achievements, but jsut not for me.

I think RDR, along with GTA: SA and GTA: VC, are the best works Rockstar has to offer.

I really liked it, but it's far from my GOTY. As good as the graphics and atmosphere were, the gameplay was too easy, the world felt fairly empty (there were plenty of grinding/fetch quests to do, but no compelling reasons to do any of it ), and I had some big problems with the story and characters.

John Marston was a really inconsistent character. For all of his talk about redemption, hanging up his guns and settling down with his family...he really had no problem with killing immense numbers of people for the flimsiest of reasons. Also, for all of his badass-ery, he lets every other character in the game walk all over him, even if their quests won't help his main goal, and even if the people he's working for are clearly evil. That's not even to mention the inconsistency between him being a good guy in the story and a complete prick in the gameplay, if you play him that way.

As for the other characters, you usually didn't see them enough to form any sort of bond with them, and those that you do grow to like tend to completely disappear after a few quests (why couldn't I visit Bonnie at any time during the game?). The villains are the same - there isn't much build-up to them, so there wasn't much distinguishing them from the typical enemies you gun down by the hundreds.

These wouldn't be too bad in most cases, but since the important part of RDR's story seemed to revolve around Marston's bond with his family (who you don't even see until late in the game)...it just made the first three quarters of the story feel like meaningless filler. But I liked the last part of the game (at least until the 'second' ending, which seemed like a really bad move on Rockstar's part).

Okay, that sounded more negative than I'd hoped. I don't think it was a bad game by any means, but I have too many major complaints for me to think of it as a truly great game.

Planeforger

Could not of said it better myself. The games narrative was to be blunt, bad. It's always been the case with every Rockstar game. The stories always feel far too disjointed. Even if all you do is the main story and ignore all the side missions, every character eventually fades into the background never to be seen again after you finish all the missions for them.

I always felt Rockstar games are very fun. But also felt every game Rockstar makes needs to be about 15-20 hours shorter than they always are. The gameplay just never holds up for the entire length of the game. I always lose interest in every game they make about 2/3rd's the way through. To this day I think the only GTA game I finished was GTA3.

It was fun for the first few hours. Great voice acting and shooting but it just got boring for me.

I thought it was a very good game, but not great. The story was really lacking, and the gameplay itself was pretty meh. When I'm gathering up different types of plants just to give myself something to do, that's not a Game of the Year contender, I'll tell ya that.

I really liked it! The ending is awesome! It is probably my favorite sandbox game. I had a blast playing it!

MP is also cool, especially if you have friends who will ride alongside you to sunset!