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Red Dead Redemption 2 Review - IGN

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game of rare quality; a meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era.

NecrumOddBoy2766d ago

Well GOW and RDR2 are gonna battle it out :) Great year!

chrisx2766d ago (Edited 2766d ago )

I had no doubt this would be a masterpiece....rockstar are top quality.I'll be spending over 100hrs on this easily!

TyrellCorp2766d ago

10’s are dropping everywhere! I cannot wait to get lost in the west all over again. Thank you R*!

nucky642765d ago

i don't think there are any "losers" in that fight - both are winners.

pody2765d ago

@chrisx

Just like the Rockstar developers did weekly! Good for you.

darthv722765d ago

hmm... axe vs gun.

What's that old phrase about bringing a knife to a gun fight....?

UltraNova2765d ago

So what happened to IGN's "too much variety" point docking policy?

Hmm

bouzebbal2765d ago

anyone can tell me why John Marston is on the cover? did i miss something?

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TiredandRetired2766d ago

Holy sh**, the horse's balls shrink in the cold! No one does detail like Rockstar.

UltraNova2766d ago

Shrinking horse balls I hear? Day 1!

TiredandRetired2766d ago (Edited 2766d ago )

You guys think I'm mocking, but I'm being serious! Who gets THAT detailed? haha

The detail in the game already looks insanely deep.... then you have shrinking testicles!

This game is going to be amazing and I doubt I'll play much else for the rest of the year.

franwex2765d ago (Edited 2765d ago )

The fact that they took time to design the balls was pretty detailed. Haha. They did design balls in gtav so R* is the only one that does balls.

rainslacker2765d ago (Edited 2765d ago )

I just kind of feel sorry for the person who had to program that, the person who had to draw it, the person who had to animate it, and then the game testers who had to spend countless hours testing if it worked properly....and then wonder what kind of research they had to all do to figure out if it was authentic and realistic.

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raWfodog2765d ago

It's Redder, Deader, and Redemption...ier :)

rainslacker2765d ago (Edited 2765d ago )

Guess there isn't too much Redemption for IGN to knock off half a point. Seems like R* hit the sweet spot of not overdoing it.

Nitrowolf22766d ago

We are almost there guys!!

Works gonna be a long one today lol

sander97022766d ago

I'm saying goodbye internet from now on, all I wanted to know is that tomorrow I will be playing the greatest game ever made to-date no hyperbole needed!

lxeasy2766d ago

My game of the year, I've been waiting WAY TOO LONG for this one!

Blu3_Berry2766d ago

While everyone else is waiting on the game to arrive, I'm just here waiting for that one clickbait review cause you know it's gonna happen from some off brand unknown clickbait reviewer.

TiredandRetired2766d ago

Well Slant Magazine already gave it 3 1/2 stars, 70 on Metacritic while there are currently 34 perfect 100s out of 50 reviews posted. A 97 Metacritic, that's insane!

sssb2766d ago

Yep 10 starting to appear everywhere :)

Relientk772766d ago

Damn, starting off really strong.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Turns Into Elden Ring in New Mod, Featuring Uncle as Final Boss

Red Dead Redemption 2 mod turns the game into Elden Ring, adding spells, boss fights, and Uncle as the final boss.

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GTA5 Has Sold Over 220 Million Copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Sold Over 79 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for Q2 of fiscal year 2026, and shared an update on the sales of GTA5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.

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TheDreamCorridor195d ago

You think Rockstar views Red Dead 2 as a failure because it didn't sell 150m copies?

jznrpg195d ago

3 billion or so in revenue not including online stuff I’m sure they don’t

SethNW195d ago

I am pretty sure they don't. It was profitable and made them a lot of money. Not GTA5 money but far from failure. Maybe it is lower priority franchise, due to being smaller, but that is about the lowest they would put it as. Only thing they do consider failure is RDR2 Online, unlike GTA5 Online, that RDR2 Online flopped. Hence why it got less support. And when it come to profits, sales for both combined don't come close to GTA Online microtansactions. Hence why everything very quickly got canceled and GTA Online was top priority, so no GTA6 for a long time, no DLC for GTA5, despite there being 5 DLCs planned, at least I think it was 5, give or take one. But as I see it, they needed to rejuvenate interest and all, hence why GTA6 eventually is getting made. But what they are really looking forward to is refresh of Online.

ZeekQuattro194d ago

Only in terms of the online aspect of the game. They didn't support it as much as they did GTA V Online. I remember people being pissed about that.

jznrpg195d ago

I own a few GTAs but never played them. I love Red Dead though

Yui_Suzumiya189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

Boring and overrated. Red Dead Redemption is pretty good though. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is my personal GOAT. We need more stuff like that from TooKyo.

victorMaje195d ago

I must be one of the few who are fine with the GTA6 delay. People treat that game like it’s the 2nd coming lol.

FIELDMARSHALL_P194d ago

My daughter asked me how I felt about I shrugged and said I don't care gives me time to finish up games I already have. It's all good let them make the best game they can.

RedDevils195d ago

Wish they make another Manhunt or Bully.

gold_drake194d ago

damn, thats a ridiculous number

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Dan Houser: RDR2 was "behind schedule" and "over budget so much I didn’t want to think about it"

Dan Houser opens up about Red Dead Redemption 2’s rocky development, calling it behind schedule, massively over budget, and full of pressure to prove doubters wrong.

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Storm23199d ago (Edited 199d ago )

The world they built is pretty amazing. Unfortunately, the game was mostly boring to me. I definitely had fun in some parts, but it didn't do it for me as a whole like the first one did. I loved RDR so much.

The budgets and time it takes to make games these days is out of control. Such a big risk. If a game isn't a huge hit, it is often it for a studio. Scary. I really miss the PS2 and PS3 days where studeios could make 4 games in a generation and take risks in making something new. And so many were using their own engines. Those were the days.

neutralgamer1992199d ago

Agreed. I love RDR but couldn't get into RDR2. The animations take forever and game slows you down on purpose. It won't let you have fun because R* want us to play the game they want to. I know millions love RDR2 and I even bought and own it. But just wasn't for me.

It's like comparing GTA4 to saints row 2. One game was about fun while the other was about realism and that's coming from someone who beat GTA4 many times. I much rather a game be fun to play than chase realism

YodaCracker199d ago

GTA IV’s realism is what made it so much more fun for me. I loved experimenting with the physics.

Storm23198d ago

I bought RDR2 also. Put 100+ hours into it and beat it our of respect for Rockstar and all the people saying it was the greatest game ever. RDR blew my mind but might also have been the best time in gaming for me personally. l loved that PS3 gen so much.

I am excited to see what GTA6 is like.

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