On the fence about buying

[Setorrs The Lollygagger]

Are the bug mostly resolved? Can I even get into the game or the rockstar launcher bugs out?

[MONZUN]

don'T buy it. the game is a piece of trash. i so far have only played red dead online so i can only speak about rdo but rdo is one of the buggiest games i'Ve ever seen.. half the game is bugged. the moonshiner role is completely broken. the bounty hunter role is completely broken and even impossible to progress past level 0 for ppl that got the bounty hunter license for free like me.

the game is full of bugs. it was much better before the moonshiners patch. after, it bugs out everywhere.. i've had sudden peformance problems where my framerate locks to 25fps, i've had several infinite loading screens etc.. everything happened after the moonshiners patch, it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it up completely

[Setorrs The Lollygagger]

Originally posted by MONZUN:

don'T buy it. the game is a piece of trash. i so far have only played red dead online so i can only speak about rdo but rdo is one of the buggiest games i'Ve ever seen.. half the game is bugged. the moonshiner role is completely broken. the bounty hunter role is completely broken and even impossible to progress past level 0 for ppl that got the bounty hunter license for free like me.

the game is full of bugs. it was much better before the moonshiners patch. after, it bugs out everywhere.. i've had sudden peformance problems where my framerate locks to 25fps, i've had several infinite loading screens etc.. everything happened after the moonshiners patch, it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it up completely

I'm only interested in the single player story, online doesn't interest me that much.

[Hello]

Havent done much of rdo, but the singleplayer is some of the most fun I've had in a game since breath o the wild. After the tutorial, I didnt touch the story for about 30hrs, and that's only exploring HALF the map. Recently started with the story and it's amazing. While the mission design could definitely be better, its still incredibly entertaining. Do be warned the beginning is VERY slow and can take up to 5 hours, but once youre out if the mountains the game really opens up.

As for bugs, I've only encountered a few crashes. I'm playing in a ryzen 5 240pg and 5700xt, and I did have to update the drivers to get the game working.

I'd highly reccomend getting it if you liked gta v or breath of the wild, just remember that it only gets better after the tutuorial.

[MeadWolf]

I could tell you that I have played only SP so far, had some of the bugs on release and these have all been resolved with the last big patch/update. However, people seem to be having vastly different experiences even on similar hardware setups. Compounded by the fact that many people on forums have the tendency to outright lie about specs and performance the only way you will find out if the game will work for you is to try running it and take advantage of steams refund policy if it does not work.

[Tinkuwu]

Get it if you enjoy singleplayer

Online can be fun if you have friends to play with.

[Erynar]

There are definitely bugs, but overall, it's quite playable. The worst problems are with the online stuff. The single player stuff is _way_ more stable. Some folks do still have problems though. The last update had a lot of fixes - https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/360040486473/RDR2-Title-Update-1-15-Notes-PS4-Xbox-One-PC-Stadia - so they're clearly working their way through the issues, but there are also plenty more to fix.

If you want the game to be as stable as possible, then wait to pick it up. They really should have waited longer before releasing the PC version (though a lot of the bugs also apply to consoles apparently), but they didn't. There's a good chance that things will work well enough for you in single player though.

[Dallon Avery]

Remember that you can always get the game and play for two hours, after which Steams guarantees a refund. This way you can make your own impression of the game and decide if it deserves to stay in your library.

[Thunder Six]

I've been on the fence as well. I keep adding it to cart and removing it. I'm not much into GTA. If it's anything like that well I will pass this up. If you want a Western play Hunt:Showdown.

[Erynar]

Originally posted by Thunder Six:

I've been on the fence as well. I keep adding it to cart and removing it. I'm not much into GTA. If it's anything like that well I will pass this up. If you want a Western play Hunt:Showdown.

If you haven't played RDR1, you can get it for much cheaper (though it's a PS3 or Xbox 360 game rather than a PC game, unfortunately), and while it doesn't look as good, and they've certainly tweaked some stuff with RDR2, RDR1 is still pretty representative of RDR2. So, you might want to pick up RDR1 first. The main downside is that you'd be stuck playing it with a controller, but it's a very good game, and as long as you have the appropriate console, you'd get a good game for less money. It's also likely to give you a different perspective on RDR2 if/when you do pick it up. And if you don't like RDR1, then you spent less money than you would have spent on RDR2 to find out whether it's a game series that appeals to you.

[Setorrs The Lollygagger]

Originally posted by Erynar:

Originally posted by Thunder Six:

I've been on the fence as well. I keep adding it to cart and removing it. I'm not much into GTA. If it's anything like that well I will pass this up. If you want a Western play Hunt:Showdown.

If you haven't played RDR1, you can get it for much cheaper (though it's a PS3 or Xbox 360 game rather than a PC game, unfortunately), and while it doesn't look as good, and they've certainly tweaked some stuff with RDR2, RDR1 is still pretty representative of RDR2. So, you might want to pick up RDR1 first. The main downside is that you'd be stuck playing it with a controller, but it's a very good game, and as long as you have the appropriate console, you'd get a good game for less money. It's also likely to give you a different perspective on RDR2 if/when you do pick it up. And if you don't like RDR1, then you spent less money than you would have spent on RDR2 to find out whether it's a game series that appeals to you.

Played RD1 on my old Fat PS3 and loved every second. Haven't had a chance to get a ps4 and was estatic that RD2 was coming to pc.

[Erynar]

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

Originally posted by Erynar:

If you haven't played RDR1, you can get it for much cheaper (though it's a PS3 or Xbox 360 game rather than a PC game, unfortunately), and while it doesn't look as good, and they've certainly tweaked some stuff with RDR2, RDR1 is still pretty representative of RDR2. So, you might want to pick up RDR1 first. The main downside is that you'd be stuck playing it with a controller, but it's a very good game, and as long as you have the appropriate console, you'd get a good game for less money. It's also likely to give you a different perspective on RDR2 if/when you do pick it up. And if you don't like RDR1, then you spent less money than you would have spent on RDR2 to find out whether it's a game series that appeals to you.

Played RD1 on my old Fat PS3 and loved every second. Haven't had a chance to get a ps4 and was estatic that RD2 was coming to pc.

Then you'll probably love RDR2. How well it will work for you is an unknown though, because plenty of people have no problems with it, whereas plenty of other people have lots of problems. The worst problems are online though. So, if you're just interested in single player, you'll probably be fine. You should probably either pick it up now while it's on sale or wait until next summer when it will probably be on sale for more (and presumably be more stable). Unfortunately though, we really can't say how well the game will run for you, because it's different for everyone.

[Neurodivirgin]

works pretty well for me. played 50 hours of it so far and i'm barely done with the story. no idea what people are complaining about

[Tinkuwu]

Originally posted by cass:

works pretty well for me. played 50 hours of it so far and i'm barely done with the story. no idea what people are complaining about

Mostly complaints about the online mode. It's got quite a few bugs.

Though my bounty hunting missions got fixed from one of their updates.

[Neurodivirgin]

Originally posted by 『Ｖ』Tinkuwu:

Originally posted by cass:

works pretty well for me. played 50 hours of it so far and i'm barely done with the story. no idea what people are complaining about

Mostly complaints about the online mode. It's got quite a few bugs.

Though my bounty hunting missions got fixed from one of their updates.

the only real complaints i have is that the character creator sucks (can't change gender on an existing character, you can't trim beards like you can with arthur) and that it's a lot of grinding, but i havent run into any bugs

[Serbian Bean Soup]

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

Originally posted by MONZUN:

don'T buy it. the game is a piece of trash. i so far have only played red dead online so i can only speak about rdo but rdo is one of the buggiest games i'Ve ever seen.. half the game is bugged. the moonshiner role is completely broken. the bounty hunter role is completely broken and even impossible to progress past level 0 for ppl that got the bounty hunter license for free like me.

the game is full of bugs. it was much better before the moonshiners patch. after, it bugs out everywhere.. i've had sudden peformance problems where my framerate locks to 25fps, i've had several infinite loading screens etc.. everything happened after the moonshiners patch, it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it up completely

I'm only interested in the single player story, online doesn't interest me that much.

Singleplayer is a really good atm. I have barely met bugs. Most bugs I meet are in RDO.

Performance has gotten better but still not perfect. I would say go for it. Singleplayer alone makes it worth it. Immersion is amazing, the amount of detail they have put in is astonishing. It's a slow game but you will most likely like it. For me this is their best game since GTA San Andreas. Sadly, I have never played RDR1 but heard that it's a masterpiece as well.