Red Dead Redemption 2 has won over 175 Game of the Year awards

Rockstar games writes:- Red Dead Redemption 2

Over 275 Perfect Scores and 175 Game of the Year Awards

The Highest Rated Game On PlayStation®4

[FunAndGun]

That's sad.

[TheSocietalAnomaly]

GoW extremist fans make me want to attack an amazing game... you guys, not just who I’m replying to, really need to shut the fuck up.

Story to story RDR2 and GoW are both 10/10. In EVERY other department RDR2 wins tho. Graphics, characters, gameplay, amount of enjoyable content, and voice acting.

There’s literally a handful of you, but Jesus Christ you’re so loud and obnoxious. Just look at actual ratings and sales, that tells you which is really overall the better, more complete game. I’m PS for life, but you guys are turning it into the new terroristic political parties.

[MrVux000]

"Graphics, characters, gameplay..."

Gameplay... seriously? Even the critics that 'gave out' 10s criticized gameplay of RDR 2.
And there are fair few of people (more than a handful, mind you) that are not blind to the flaws of RDR 2, especially on RDR reddit page.

[MasterCornholio]

There’s no need to throw a tantrum. Just relax they are both amazing games despite that some might think that one is better than the other.

[The Wood]

Burn a splif bro and relax. Also. . Did you consider the other toxic end who championed red dead just because gow was an exclusive on the opps platform. Goes both ways my friend. No hero's no victims

Also using the sales of a well established franchise to a single platform game as a metric for which game is more complete kinda nullifies your validity. Both games are great but neither tick everyone's boxes. Gow got the majority and more of the high profile sites nod for game of the year but that doesn't detract from red deads accomplishments and accolades.

[smolinsk]

The gameplay? What.. It's some of the worst seen in AAA games in a long time..

[tinchotin]

RDR2 is one of the worst games I've ever played. The story is meh. Beautiful graphics though.

35 years old, been playing all my life.

[sampsonon]

i wouldn't know. i was soo bored i had to delete the game because it was taking up too much space, and i wanted to down load an actual fun game.

[notachance]

so people can't have different opinion than you?

also what is this "new terroristic political parties"??? god, hysteric much just from some games?

[starchild]

He's right though. A lot of Sony fanboys do have the habit of trying to downplay any big, potentially successful multiplatform games. Especially if they have amazing graphics and the potential for very high scores and GOTY awards. These kinds of people are deeply emotionally attached to the brand and they need to feel that Sony exclusives are above everything, so they attack anything that seems to threaten that.

I don't know why we can't just acknowledge that they are both phenomenal games that have achieved extreme critical and commercial success and that they simply appeal to different kinds of tastes and leave it at that.

[nucky64]

societal, speaking of "loud and obnoxious" - you RDR2 apologists are worse than anyone.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Lol did you just say rdr 2 wins in gameplay over GOW smh you must like mediocre gameplay. GOW has better graphics,it’s characters were just as enjoyable and well written as rdr 2,GOW has more enjoyable content that was fun to play because of the way better gameplay and the voice acting was on the same level for both. Oh and GOW won the most goty awards this year

[Hydrazinezz]

Yet red dead and all rockstar products use ps2 controls for their games. If rockstar had controls that didnt suck absolute ass, im sure red dead online would be a hit. But look how that turned out. Rockstar needs help with those ancient controls, maybe someone from naughty dog can help them. They know how to make some third person shooting mechanics.

[Razzer]

"A lot of Sony fanboys do have the habit of trying to downplay any big, potentially successful multiplatform games. "

And a lot of other fanboys have the habit of trying to downplay any successful Sony game. You can make that argument against every platform's fanboys. You seem focused on Sony fanboys exclusively for some odd reason.

[DarkHeroZX]

@TheSocietalAnomaly

GoW won more awards and beat RD2 for GOTY. No one cares lol. The beautiful thing about the GoW fans is they can play both games on their platform of choice. But honestly neither are really all that comparable. Though the controls in RD2 are stiff.

[The Wood]

'And a lot of other fanboys have the habit of trying to downplay any successful Sony game. You can make that argument against every platform's fanboys. You seem focused on Sony fanboys exclusively for some odd reason.'

Totally noticed that. Wish dude would just plant his flag and stop using Sony fanboys to mask his preference. Every Sony exclusive gets downplayed and guess who has more exclusives to downplay. . . Sony. Go to any ps exclusive article and you'll find some kinda downplay from false concern to full trolling. . . It's not all Xbox fans though and no it's not just Xbox fanboys who partake in the bs but dude definitely sways towards the Xbox side more than Sony's. Not a fanboy but definitely not an innocent

[rainslacker]

Damn, maybe relax a bit. No need to get all uppity.

Everything you say is subjective, and I found RDR2's story rather boring, with no reason for the main character doing 90% of what he does. The game play was easy with the lock on aiming, and it actually got even easier as you leveled up and gained some stats. Graphics I'd say RDR2 has the edge, but GOW has moments which surpass it at times. Characters are much better in GOW, and most of the characters in RDR2 are pretty one dimensional, and seem to have no actual relevance to the plot except to set up game play scenarios and some antagonism. I found the content of GOW enjoyable start to finish. RDR had more content, but most of it was boring, and paced extremely slow for the story missions, and I'd say 3 out of 4 of the side task things were nothing but endless grind with no decent reward, or fetch quests, which seem to be too tropish for open world games nowadays. Voice acting I think was much better in GOW. RDR2 was no slouch in the story voice acting, but there was very little nuance to any of the characters, unlike GOW, where Christopher Judge knocked it out of the park...just like he did in Stargate SG-1, because it's hard to convey emotion with a quiet, stoic character.

That's my opinion, but I'm not against others liking RDR2. I'm not against RDR2 getting lots of GOTY awards. And I'm not against it getting perfect scores. But I do question publications that give it a perfect score, or glowing reviews, and outright say, "The game isn't fun".

@Star

"A lot of Sony fanboys do have the habit of trying to downplay any big, potentially successful multiplatform games."

Yeah fan boys are annoying. Kind of like when the Xbox fan boys were practically acting like RDR2 was an exclusive to their system because the X1X had native 4K. I guess it's a new class of exclusives. The adopted exclusive.

Although, in this case, it was against Spider-Man and puddles, and not really GOW, until the GOTY rolled around. That said, Spider-Man was more fun in the game play dept than RDR2, and I think it's story was much better, although it had flaws as well. GOW's story was better than both. Graphics were different in Spider-Man, but worked well with the theme of the game.

[King_Noctis]

Why? The game is great. I don’t understand people on N4G sometimes.

[MoshA]

Good thing God of War won more. Norse mythology requires way more ambition and effort than cowboys and horses.

[thedr904]

Really? It's hard to say which one requires more ambition and effort if you haven't worked on either game. Both games are phenomenal.

[goldwyncq]

What these people don't realize is that RDR2 had been under development for over 8 years, requiring the effort of all Rockstar studios collaborating as a single team. As a project, it's a far more ambitious undertaking than God of War was.

[The Wood]

@gold

You could argue God of war was more ambitious as it was a reboot and totally different from its predecessor whereas red was a sequel.

[Hungryalpaca]

He’s a PS4 fanboy. Anything that isn’t a Sony exclusive that’s popular he hates with a passion.

[King_Noctis]

“Norse mythology requires way more ambition and effort than cowboys and horses.”

You mean they had to make up new Gods, new mythology, as well as the new location for GOW, which have never existed before?

Wow....

[DarkHeroZX]

They didn't really make up any gods. Kratos is the only original one.

[thexmanone]

Never heard of God of War, Gears of war yes, God of War no

[BehindTheRows]

Which is funny, given God of War is older.

[Hugodastrevas]

Weird flex but okay

[Army_of_Darkness]

It appears that everything rockstar cramps out is gold! I personally haven't played rdr2 yet so I can't comment on the game, however it does look really good.

[Stanjara]

Yeah, my backlog is ridiculously vicious, but I plan to pick it up.

[goldwyncq]

It's Rockstar's best game by far IMO. A true masterpiece that pushes the boundary of what a game can achieve. Too bad it's being downplayed by a bunch of salty fanboys over here.

[tinchotin]

Looks good. Doesn't work.

[Hungryalpaca]

If it doesn’t work how did I beat it?

[Araragifeels]

Except the Red Dead Online which is trash that lack content.

[mkis007]

Ah it's Ezio of course. The guy was trying everything he could to get RDR2 to beat God of War for most GOTY awards. on the GOTY blog via Resetera. (would exclusively post RDR2 awards pulled from any website he could find) At this point God of War has over 190 though...

OT: I think the lustre of RDR2 wore off way fast, hence why God of War is winning the highest profile awards, as well as most of them.

[MrVux000]

Or people are starting to look thru those high scores, and see the game (RDR2) for what it is...a terribly flawed masterpiece.

The sad thing is, even R* are using those extra 45 GOTY awards, that came from minor Youtubers, Blogsites and half-dead media-outlets (seriously i could probably make a site right now and declare RDR 2 as GOTY and they would have counted my GOTY choice among those)...

Not to mention Ezio (and now R*) is desperate enough to use sites such as "GOTY.List" where some awards were even removed from GOW.

I'm all for loving a game, but this is straight up fanboyism.

[starchild]

Oh, the ol' some sites should count and some shouldn't spiel. What nonsense. No person's opinion is worth more than another when it comes to something that is ultimately subjective.

You do realize that many of those mainstream sites that awarded GOTY to God of War are the same ones that gave higher scores to Red Dead Redemption 2.

From my perspective Red Dead Redemption 2 is a masterpiece. It isn't "terribly flawed", it has minor flaws just as God of War does, but this doesn't stop either game from being amazing gaming experiences, provided one has the taste for the kind of game they each represent.

I don't understand why some of you care so deeply about which game received more GOTY awards. It really doesn't mean that much. It's just a few hundred people's opinions, but we've all got opinions. GOTY is just a popularity contest. And as most of us well know, just because something is popular among critics doesn't mean it's objectively the best or even the best for us.

[MrVux000]

"Oh, the ol' some sites should count and some shouldn't spiel. What nonsense. No person's opinion is worth more than another when it comes to something that is ultimately subjective. "

When it comes to GOTY? Absolutely disagreed. Review scores are review scores, but GOTY awards is something completely different. I mean how can you take any legitimacy from a site, that hasn't covered ALL of the major releases of the year? Or a site that pushes barely any gaming content? Or a site that has an infamous reputation?

"You do realize that many of those mainstream sites that awarded GOTY to God of War are the same ones that gave higher scores to Red Dead Redemption 2. "

And you do realize that those very-same mainstream sites, like to avoid public outrage? They played it safe (most of them at least) giving 9s and 10s, while quoting evident to STRONG criticism of the game in their reviews. Heck even RDR fans jokingly called them out on those things...

"it has minor flaws just as God of War does"
Well if clunky gameplay and immersion breaking bugs (missing campers for example) is "minor"... that's what most people talk about anyways, but that is without mentioning the story pacing and unoriginal (or better put, predictable) ending the game has. I can name only ONE flaw for the God of War, and that is lack of enemy/boss variety...

"I don't understand why some of you care so deeply about which game received more GOTY awards. It really doesn't mean that much. It's just a few hundred people's opinions, but we've all got opinions. "

Maybe because we are more passionate about our games then you are? Maybe because we like to see our beloved games achieve even more recognition then they already have? And its not only "few" hundred peoples opinions...

"GOTY is just a popularity contest."
If that were the case, games like Fortnite and PUBG would be winning the GOTY-s.

"And as most of us well know, just because something is popular among critics doesn't mean it's objectively the best or even the best for us."

You do know there are "reader's choice" included among those GOTY awards?

[mkis007]

Ya that goty list site was created to have a place where rdr2 could have the most.

1) they have a page of other awards to that completely goes against their "add nearly everything" rule.

2) goty blog which is more strict has gow at 193... why havent those been added?

[MrVux000]

Congratulations to God Of War, well deserved. ;)

[ClayRules2012]

Congratulations to Red Dead Redemption 2 =)

I love God of War, PHENOMENAL game by the folks at Sony Santa Monica. But Red Dead Redemption 2 “in my opinion” is an amazing game in its own right. I know there’s many here who don’t like it, and that’s okay. But many here do as well.

Regardless, glad to hear you enjoyed God of War.

[MrVux000]

Just to be clear...i have only mentioned God Of War, cuz of certain 'someone' hates its guts.

I also love both games, invested hundreds of hours into both...but RDR2 has plenty of flaws in comparison to GOW.

[Hydrazinezz]

I just dont understand how people say red dead redemption too is that great. Who the fuck is still playing it??? I beat the game, put 60-70 hours in, did all the side stuff, and have uninstalled it and will probably never reinstal it again. Online was trash, and without the dead eye system in the campaign the game would have sucked balls because of their shit ps2 stone age controls. It was a good game, but by no means was it a fucking masterpiece. Masterpieces last more than 2-3 months of hype.

[ClayRules2012]

I agree on RDR 2 having more flaws than God of War.

[goldwyncq]

The amount of salt in this comment section is hilarious :D

[Jin_Sakai]

What salt? PlayStation fans get to enjoy both God of War and RDR2.

[goldwyncq]

Because a multiplat game got overall higher ratings than a Playstation exclusive. Same thing happened when BoTW got critical acclaim two years ago.

[Ceaser9857361]

"Because a multiplat game got overall higher ratings than a Playstation exclusive. Same thing happened when BoTW got critical acclaim two years ago."

Lol! what a stupid comment. PS is very much doing well on exclusives front and third party titles are also doing really well on the PS4. Red dead 2 sold more copies on the PS4. So if you think salty is from PS4 side you are wrong...

[starchild]

The fact that's it's multiplatform doesn't stop many Sony fanboys from wanting to downplay it in an attempt to make the exclusive seem better by comparison. This has been going on for a long time. It has happened over and over. There's this strange need to put Sony exclusives on a pedestal over multiplats and exclusives on PC, Nintendo and Xbox. It has happened to the Witcher 3, the Tomb Raider games, the Assassin's Creed games, Red Dead Redemption 2 and many others and it will happen again to games like Cyberpunk 2077 and any other big high quality multiplat they feel threatened by. It's like clockwork. goldwyncq, you're exactly right.

[MasterCornholio]

GOW is still an amazing game despite RDR2 getting higher ratings than it. But GOW got more GoTY awards than RDR2. That’s something for PlayStation fans to be really happy about.

[goldwyncq]

Nothing wrong with liking one game over the other but dragging down other games to make the ones you like look better is just childish.

[Gatsu]

I don't know why people have to always bring up GoW in discussions like this, but yes I agree it's hilarious.

[King_Noctis]

Because we are on Sony site, and these people can’t stand the fact that other games beside Sony games can also be great.

[MasterCornholio]

@King

Nah this isn’t a Sony site. You just like playing the victim that’s all.

But if you really don’t like this place you could always go somewhere else. Nobody is holding you at gun point here.

:)

[goldwyncq]

Just fanboys being fanboys. If RDR2 was a PS exclusive then these kids would be worshipping it like a golden calf.

They're likely the same people who defended games like Knack and The Order 1886 just because they were exclusives.

[MasterCornholio]

@gold

Well there are fanboys of many types in this sites. That’s what happens when you have a website that invites all sorts of gamers to comment on the news that’s posted here.

But what I do agree with is that a game can be crap even though you enjoyed it. It’s sad to see people defend trash like Fallout 76, The Order 1886, Crackdown 3, Anthem among many others.

[Razzer]

"Because we are on Sony site, and these people can’t stand the fact that other games beside Sony games..."

Uh....RDR2 fans make conversations like these just as much about GOW as anyone else. You just read what you want to read like always.

"Nah this isn’t a Sony site. You just like playing the victim that’s all. "

Exactly. I don't think anyone whines and cries on n4g like noctis

[Hydrazinezz]

People still own xboxs in 2019?????? Why though?????

[fluxmulder]

Gotylist.com
RDR2 - 178

[Kabaneri]

The online is trash and the gameplay is from 2008, I loved the story but this game is too flawed to be GOTY.

[MrVux000]

2010*

[Kabaneri]

The 1st Red Dead wasnt that sluggish, this game controls like GTA4.

[theshredded]

Mastapiece of 2018. Easy prediction to be the highest rated game.

[Gatsu]

Well deserved! RDR2 is a masterpiece.

[ClayRules2012]

My favorite Rockstar game to date. Here’s hoping the rumors about Bully 2 are happening, I’ll go nuts lol.

[Thundercat77]

I liked God of War more and it won more GOTY than RDR2.

[ClayRules2012]

I did too. I felt like a total bad*** while playing as Kratos & throwing that axe again, and again, and again. It never got old.

[motorsport71]

GoW and RDR2 are both amazing games. GoW was my personal GOTY but this was a VERRRRRRYYYYYYYY close 2nd. Just appreciate the quality of single player games we're getting right now.

[brando008]

Awesome, I've been loving every minute of it so far

[DerekFlint007]

And (In my opinion) not a single one of them are deserved. I hated this game with a passion. It far outstayed it's welcome with its abhorrent control layout & appalling interface. Just trying to pick up an item, or top up your health is a horrendous chore. The best way I can describe this game, is that it's the best, worst game that I have ever played. Tremendous graphics & story, utterly wrecked by ghastly controls and dated mediocre gameplay and mismanaged pacing.

[sampsonon]

and i still think it's boring. i deleted it after 3 days. as much as i tried i was bored bored bored. great looking open world though.

[pyroxxx]

Gunplay is damn awful (think it is actually worse than GTA4 and 5 somehow) no matter what settings I try just feels a bit off,..,..Basic UI functions is the worse and unintuitive interface thing I ever experienced...
Love the story /substories, world, attention to detail,.. Almost wish the fast travel system was unlocked sooner ,.. and less cumbersome,..

[GoldeneyeOO7]

How?

[Tankbusta40]

This game just wasn't for me

[Playbey0nd]

The game is beautiful. It feels like a chore every time I pick it up. I’m just going to have to carve out the time so I can dedicate to finishing it but man- I can’t say it’s this perfect game everybody keeps heralding it as.

[FallenAngel1984]

Purely overrated

[AK91]

Well deserved

[Dirtnapstor]

This is not even an article...it’s a freakin tweet. Congrats to R* for RDR2, but I really don’t understand why the comment section turned into a battlefield?! GOW is phenomenal in its own right (better IMO).
This “news flash” was about RDR2.
Let a sleeping dog lie for goodness sakes.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Lol of course this was submitted by ezio he has done so much cheerleading for rdr 2 not just here but resetera too that it’s sad. Guess what ezio GOW won the most goty awards this year like I said it would so just get over it and move on. They are both great games but your unhealthy infatuation with rdr 2 is truly disturbing

[shammgod]

Now they are prepping to milk their fan base in the online portion of the game

[LOLcheeseORZ]

The game is amazing, not surprised.

[Mr Marvel]

This wasn’t even in my top 5 games last year.
Maybe I’ll give it another chance one day, but I just found it really boring to play.

[bujasem_89]

This is why we can't have nice things... Just look at your selves.

[darx]

Can't wait too see all the hipsters posting how the game isn't deserving. So hip!