Hot take: RDR2 is the greatest game of all time, yes or no?

[PickleArmy]

Leave online out of the picture, rate story mode. I want to hear everyone's opinion. I think from a technical and story standpoint, RDR2 is undefeated by a long shot, I strongly believe no other games come close to red dead. For me there are very minor bugs sometimes, but nothing game breaking or unbearable. The only unbearable thing I have experienced in RDR2 would be gambler challenges. Let's set my opinion aside, what does everyone else think?

[MAXE]

Both yes and no ..

Yes: The graphics, sounds, npcs in the singleplayer story mode

No: The multiplayer mode wich is limited p2p and destroyed by cheaters, you cannot even opt out on pvp if you just want to enjoy the pve content with a friend.

[A very spicy burrito]

Whilst the game is good, it is not the best. Metal gear solid 3: Snake eater is far better story wise.

In other words, no.

[CamoVecmin]

for the single campaign.. YES!

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Yes and no,
I thought Witcher 3 Wild Hunt plus the 3 DLC was the all time best epic game ever but RDR2 earns the same. Amazing brilliant game.

[LeftPaw]

Fake news. It's a horse simulator and not a game.

Answer is NO, it's not the greatest game of all time by a long chalk, but it night be the prettiest.

[anton]

probably the greatest details wise. definitely not greatest in terms of base gameplay like gunplay/missions/story

its the best game to slowly walk around town through rain and mud while smoking a cigar and getting a haircut. put it that way

[JuiceWSA]

RDR2 is the best game I ever played and one of the most economic. At 3000hrs (and still playing) I think I got my money's worth some time ago. No other game in the history of me has ever even gotten close to those kinds of numbers.

Looking through my Steam List there's a distant contender at 1000, but the next one is about 40<---and that was a couple of playthroughs. Most gather about 20 and done.

RDR2 is like the Energizer Bunny... and still going...

[xPotatoMilk29]

Imo its the best. Surely many games are also great in terms of story, graphic, gameplay, nature, sidequests and overall content. But Red Dead Redemption 2 is almost perfect in any section. There are no big problems imo. Surely other games are also very strong in certain sections but they lack then in either gameplay/graphic/dialogues/nature/sidequests/ world or what ever yk. since red dead is so bright and without any downsided (sure you may not like the setting or the game at its self - but that doesnt reduce the overall quality of the game) its the best game of all time.

[Plummy]

Late to the party, but glad i found this gem, only half way through chap 3, and i'm taking my
time and loving it, played a lot of games, will put in top 5 10/10.

has anyone seen Gavin?

[CrEaToXx]

One of the greatest for sure. But it's buggy as hell...like virtually all console ports.

But nevertheless it is a great example for immersion, decent rpg elements, a well made storyline, and gameplay/sandbox galore. The only thing that could be better is the arcade action focus and instead make it more survivalish/hardcore. But nothing mods can't fix. It has an online feature, so the arcade approach does make sense to keep players entertained.

But can it rival Fallout 4 peak modded? Or Skyrim? Or Starfield? Even the top throne in regards to arcade action on PC is unrivaled by L4D2(all personal opinion of course). Ok, Starfield may be the worst Bethesda game in comparison to previous FO/ES titles. Kingdom Come did a great job, but had only minor mod support, and not enough sandbox/gameplay elements for prolongued gameplay. But from a gameplay pov FO4 peak modded is certainly Nr. 1.

RDR2 takes the top spot for the amalgation of immersive RPG(which Bethesda games of newer date lack) with lots of gameplay and a decently huge map, but it falls short to FO4 due to it's unpolished state, zero updates and DLCs(which the game totaly deserved), fewer decent mods, and virtually zero support by the developers/publishers. Which is a shame. So imo, ladder wise:

1. FO4
2. RDR2 and Skyrim
3. Starfield
4. Kingdom Come, Far Cry Primal

Of course I was taking only decently moddable RPG/Sandboxers with huge maps into account. GTA series has a top spot as well, but is old, and Neon Punk is a game I've played before and the copy paste is strong in that one. Witcher III would be worth mentioning, but I never got warm with it, because there was no 1st person support.

[DogMeat]

I adored the first game. It took me a long time to finally get around to this sequel (prequel) for a number of reasons.

It is absolutely an amazing game, and its up there as one of the greats, but it has a lot of flaws.

I hate the save system. This happened to me multiple missions in a row: Mission goes sour. Either due to my fault or the game being awkward. No option to reload a checkpoint... so I let enemies kill me to force it. Then the game would count my objective as complete and remove the enemies who were attacking me.

There was even a point where I completed a section of a mission violently, because I thought I had to. When I saw an honor hit I realized there were options. I blew myself up with dynamite to force a checkpoint reload.

The game respawned the enemies... but... get this... considered me to have completed the objective. I basically 'stealthed' the mission by killing myself.

The game does not want to challenge you, and if you have the slightest issues it seems to help you out or even offer the option to just skip a section (never did).

Its also far too concerned at times with being cinematic. It does offer some awesome choices and freedom, but I ran into missions that were absolutely railroaded like it was The Order: 1886.

Lot of glitches with clothing too. Usually only crops up after extended play and quitting/restarting the game seems to fix it. Coats start acting like shirts with sections missing.

Don't get me wrong, I think the positives far outweigh the negative... just pointing out the game isn't perfect.

[Bwoah]

For me the single player is one of the best.

[Kalvash]

I'm really struggling to finish it tbh.

[Man o' War]

Hard to say.

Back in the day when I was a kid it was a flat line about a centimetre long trying to combat a square ball bounced across a TV screen.

Oh what haldyon days, such simple fun.

[Schuetze_Klaus]

No