Parent Game: Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Online

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Summary

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.


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Red Dead Online Reviews & Ratings

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Review by TLAHAN [user]
March 28, 2022

Very good and extensive western game, excellent coop, atmospheric western feeling. Good main story, apart from missions you can also do goodVery good and extensive western game, excellent coop, atmospheric western feeling. Good main story, apart from missions you can also do good side missions, you can play poker or search vor criminals, animals, collect many things etc.! Very good game. They could do even more but it's already a nice bug-free western game.

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Review by muldjord [user]
November 21, 2021

The game, even in 2021, is quite buggy. Timers that don't show. Dailies that don't activate once completed. The occasional crash. ServerThe game, even in 2021, is quite buggy. Timers that don't show. Dailies that don't activate once completed. The occasional crash. Server issues some days. But I can deal with all of that, as it has reached a point where I can at least enjoy the game for a couple of hours without issue.But the constant grinding for the several in-game currencies is a chore. And you literally feel forced to buy the gold using real-life money, to get to a point where the game starts to feel enjoyable. That's just a really anti-consumer move given that you just paid for the game. So a huge warning to anyone thinking about buying Red Dead Online: This game barely let's you unlock anything for the first 6 hours of gameplay. And even after that, you are incessantly encouraged to buy gold from their store, using real money, to unlock simple things such as horses and equipment.Rockstar might excuse themselves with: "Yes, you can buy gold, but you can also earn it in-game, so what's the problem? Just play it some more"... Well, balancing is the problem! Even getting the first initial 15 gold required to unlock the first specialist trait takes many, many hours! And you end up scrounging the internet for tips on how to speed it up. And there are tips that make is slightly more bearable. And those tips include "When you're done with a mission, don't deliver the bounty target until the timer is almost run out. That will give you the most gold". So you end up camping outside the sheriff's office for 10 minutes, doing NOTHING! You're just standing there, to max out the gold outcome.Some would argue that you can just spend that time on hunting some animals or similar. But it is just terribly designed! Hunting with a darn timer breathing down your neck is not my idea of a good time in a game. It's grinding at it's absolute worst. And Rockstar should be ashamed!And let me say this: You WILL be using those tips. Because delivering the bounty target right away, with 10 minutes left on the clock, will net you 0.08 gold. Waiting will get you 0.36! That's a significant difference.And it's just terrible that it has to be that way. It's designed to have the players spend more time in the game, without actually doing anything. It will boost the stats on Rockstars servers, making it look like more players are spending a lot of time in the game, even though they are just standing around waiting for timers to run out.And it's such a waste, because the game has a lot of potential. And in-between the grinding, it has moments of brilliance. If they would just balance it better, it would actually be fun. The missions are fun. And the chaos you can wreak is pretty fun too. It just feels like a chore to get even the most basic guns and outfits and whatnot.Opening that catalogue to look over the options is basically a huge poster of things you can't have for the first 100 hours of gameplay. With requirements being a mix of rank, gold, dollars and "weird blue things", most things won't unlock until you are incredibly far into the game. We're talking several hundreds of hours of grinding, for basic outfits and horses.I did a bit of calculation. 1 horse. ONE HORSE! Costs upwards of 25 gold. You can buy that gold, with 10 real-life dollars. So ONE HORSE costs 10 real-life dollars. Want an outfit? That's 10 more real-life dollars! Tally that up, and you'll have spend hundreds of real-life dollars, even to get the most basic things you want. But you can always play the game for hundreds of hours of course, so Rockstar is in the clear...And the worst part is, that this doesn't even net Rockstar more money in the end. Because I am loosing patience with the game. The constant grinding is demotivating me to the point of simply giving up. And I am sure I can't be the only one feeling that way. If the game was well-balanced, I might even consider buying some gold using real-life money. I actually wouldn't mind! But knowing that a horse costs 10 real-life dollars? No thanks... It's not worth it. It's just the worst of both worlds.Terrible!

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Review by Kostas101 [user]
November 17, 2021

I love the world of Red Dead Redemption, and living in it with other players is a very welcome addition, but unfortunately Rockstar GamesI love the world of Red Dead Redemption, and living in it with other players is a very welcome addition, but unfortunately Rockstar Games doesn't really care about it. It's fun for a while, there are some nice gamemodes, and the story is interesting for the most part, but the map feels empty... it's an enjoyable experience and it desperately needs more content.

90
Review by TJGaming [user]
February 22, 2021

I have around 400 hours in this game, mainly as I love the game as a whole. All roles are maxed out, and I have spent countless hours playingI have around 400 hours in this game, mainly as I love the game as a whole. All roles are maxed out, and I have spent countless hours playing missions, free roam events and with friends. It can get very boring at times, and has a huge lack of content, especially for veteran players.R* don't update the game much with DLC, and when they do, it can either be great (moonshiner and frontiers pursuits), or lacklustre (BH update and naturalist).The updates are actually quite good, and the Bounty Hunter "DLC" was very fun, but not DLC worthy, and not worth the 4 month wait.If R* can add heists, properties and more roles, then this game would 100% be a 10/10, but those probably won't be added until 2022 or later.In terms of gold bars, they are very easy to earn. Roles are locked behind gold bar walls, which you can buy for IRL money or grind. Doing stranger missions, free roam events, telegram missions and bounty hunts will all earn you gold. You can easily get hundreds of gold bars without spending money, I am currently on 405 gold bars without spending a penny.Overall, an incredibly fun game with not enough content, although I still love it

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Review by psmoon21 [user]
February 11, 2021

A great game that people do not appreciate.The first is not a gta, it has no city, no cars, with that it has all the content to createA great game that people do not appreciate.The first is not a gta, it has no city, no cars, with that it has all the content to create much more limited and it has not been on the market as long as gta.The game is not empty of people, only that a decision at the request of the players, rockstar made that the players cannot see each other unless they are very close and that makes it seem that you are alone in the world.Your content could be greater with more updates but there is precisely little to do. Most online games have fewer modes and things to do.Like every game and more if it is multiplayer it has its failures and bugs, the time to test the dlc is less than a normal singleplayer game and more with lots of players doing everything and trying to get some errors for their benefit.Micropayments as in gta v online are not necessary to get anything, everything can be achieved by playing.Roles, hunting animals, history missions, races, deathmatches, customization, there is no lack of content even though you can have many more things that will surely come.There are things that gta online has that are missing and should already be there, such as private rooms or being able to choose exactly which race or deathmatch you want to do instead of getting into a random one. Perhaps this is so so that you find players faster. But in this online, the loads go much faster than online, I don't know if it's the game or the servers.In addition, the game has been in its online version at 5 dollars, a very reasonable price and we have games for a long time and more if they decide to release it in the new generation and with that they put more content.

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Game Information
Release Date May 15, 2019
Publisher Rockstar Games
Content Rated M (Mature)
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Player Perspectives Third person
Genres Shooter, Simulator, Adventure
Themes Action, Open world
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia