Why Red Dead Redemption 2 Is The Least Replayable Rockstar Game

DualShockers Writes "How can a game that's so good be so hard to play again?"

[Abear21]

Yup, always shoot the horse instead of mount it and dip in and out of cover when I don’t mean to. This is most games though and after an hour it’s fine. RDR2 replay is just waiting on that 60fps patch that’s seemingly never coming.

[TheEnigma313]

The game was good but the controls were horrendous

[MinnesotaFatts]

Yep. Rockstar has this weird fixation on making controls as realistic as possible to the detriment of being, you know, FUN.

[REDGUM]

Hahahahahaha

[myfathersbastard]

I actually just loved this lol started replaying it, got 15 or so hours in and stopped. It’s a great game. The first time you play it it’s all new and you (at least I did) went full role playing mode and just lived in the world. But now it’s so slow, and I was more in the mood to shoot some dudes and play cowboy for a bit.
Prob just wasn’t in the mood to really dive deep again.

[Elda]

One of those games that most folks on this site seems to like but I just couldn't get into.

[MinnesotaFatts]

The campaign is FANTASTIC and better than most of what's gotten pumped out by Hollywood in the last several years, but I understand if you hit a barrier for entry. Rockstar is weirdly fixated on hard-scripted mission progression and realism in how their character models move and interact, and it muffles the FUN aspect of the gameplay.

[Elda]

I hear you I tried it for 6 hours & it just wasn't my cup of tea.

[itBourne]

Realistic? Game controls like Killzone which everyone bitched about... Then add the twice as baffling button combinations... but its Rockstar right, can still control like a ps2 game and all is okay... honestly who picked out the control schemes, like square to open a door but triangle to open the gate, but circle to open the dresser, i dont even know to be honest because it makes zero sense

[seanpitt23]

I would definitely play it again if they did a ps5 version.. I can't play it on my PS4 pro now with being spoilt with 60fps this generation

[andy85]

Kinda see it myself. I can go back to any GTA, even the PS2 ones and play through happily. From a technical standpoint it was outstanding but nothing makes me want to play it again.

[Inverno]

You can say that just about any open world game these days. What suffers is the story cause if you want to replay that you'll hafto deal with the open world stuff all over again. The only solution is adding in an option to allow to play through the story as if it were a linear game. Shouldn't be much of an issue cause most story in open world games feel completely and usually are disconnected from the open world experience portion of a game.

[anast]

I have around 600 hrs in this game. The GTA series is the least replayble to me. Once a PS5 version comes out I will play it for 600 more.

[AuraAbjure]

600 hours? Wow that's a huge amount. That's like 4 years of putting in several hours every week.

Game on 🎮!

[anast]

I played the game for about 3.5 years. 600 hours isn't much considering there are around 30, 600 hours in 3.5 years. I wish I had more time to game actually.

[Dandalandan117]

Definitely the best game Rockstar has ever developed. It might be slowly paced especially in the beginning, but the attention to detail in this game is staggering.
I would definitely replay this game if they would release an update for the PS5.

[jznrpg]

Great game. Takes a bit to get used to the controls like the first game but once you do it’s really damn good. I’ll replay it one day for sure

[MinnesotaFatts]

I really with there were more endings alongside the ones we got.

[Owlbert]

Every time I try and play this game on console,the servers get more and more broken,we gave up and played splinter cell on 360 😎✌️

[Northpoint]

For me it's not the controls - there's just no replay value. What is there to do after you're done. They should make the player hunt to feed the family. Make money to upgrade the house, buy horses, expand the space to player's choice.

[KillBill]

Funny that my son has just gotten back into the game and is having a blast. Can't say the same for his adventures in the first title.

[jznrpg]

The first game was the best imo.

But a younger person going to an older title with lesser graphics doesn’t always appeal to them.

My son loved some jRPGs I had him play but some were just too dated for him to get into but this was 15 years ago when he was still a kid.

[Northpoint]

There's really no replay value after completing the game. I wish RS would incentivize players to continue the game by hunting food for the family. Protect them from criminals/looters, and animals. Buy guns for your family so they can arm themselves. Hire sheriffs or security guard to protect your home while you're away making money/gambling etc. Spend money upgrade the house and space so you can collect horses. Build better fences. A post mini-game like this would work for me instead of the whole create your character and play online.

[anast]

This sounds like too much fun, R* would never consider it.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I'd say a majority of Rockstar games are piles of unplayable trash

[MrSwankSinatra]

Im literally 2 hours away from 900 hrs lol, i definitely got my moneys worh