Poll: Is Red Dead Redemption Overrated?

[viperthejedi]

I love RDR and it is definitely not overrated. Whatever that really means. How can something be overrated really? If people like it then they like it. There are always going to be people that don't like it and the game doesn't appeal to them. But to call it overrated because a major of people like playing it is a bit silly.

 

[TheDuckbunny]

Like most others have said, perfect scores don't neccesarily mean perfection. Nothing is. But to me and those reviewers the experience was flawless, even though the game might not have been.

 

[Matt Brunwin]

I think it is overrated.. everyone was saying how amazing and awesome it was, i bought and played it, the horse riding got dull and boring, the combat just felt like gta with a slow-mo thing.. basically, very pretty game, a very good idea, but the gameplay just isnt as good as everyone says it is.. as for the multiplayer, it was glitchy and clearly rushed and not tested fully..

 

[tlozoot]

I found a lot of problems with it personally. Most of the content in the game didn't have a purpose, so there was little sense of progress or accomplishment for, say, spending an hour hunting, skinning and selling pelts.

The combat was functional but otherwise average and the missions were painfully linear when compared to the otherwise sandbox structure of the game.

The story, while having a phenomenal ending, was otherwise just Marston playing errand boy for about 25 hours. Until the ending ranch missions, it was just paced at a meandering plod.

It was still a good game though, in my eyes. The characters were fantastic, the world was beautiful, and the ending was touching, but I was expecting a lot more from all the hype surrounding it.

 

[Thimblefoot]

I think the story and character of John Martson are overrated. Martson pissed me off becuase of his attitude, constantly reminding me of how he "would rather not be doing this", and how it was "not his choice." It ended up making me not give a shit about what he was doing becuase he himself had no interest.

The story itself seemed to drag on forever as well, especially at Mexico.

Spoiler

Your chasing Williamson for a few hours, and when you get to him, it's just a short chase scene which results in a quick death, in fact, for me, the president shot him (forget hs name). Just didn't like how it drags it out, then rushes it when you actually FIND Bill.

Many other things I dislike, but there is no point listing them because nobody cares

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I think it is.

I got to the last few missions of Mexico, and never bothered finished the game.

On the other hand, I've beat GTA IV almost 3 times. Gonna be 4 when the complete edition launches. And I've done each of the DLCs once.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I've never really been into Rockstar's open world games. The only Rockstar game I ever liked was Oni.

 

[jowo96]

Yes it is, it starts way too slow, the choices that you are suposedly allowed to make aren't (as of yet atleast) available outside of missions or side quests and there isn't really that much that I felt drove me to play it.

So I did think it was over hyped for what it was, it wasn't a terrible game but it didn't hold my interest for very long.

 

[LazerStallion]

I only read reviews on Destructoid while ignoring the scores and watching Zeitgeist reviews on youtube. The majority of commercial reviewers (your igns, gamespots, etc) are absolutely terrible. If you think it's overrated it's not the game's fault, it's the critics.

That's a very good point. Critics definitely stroked it up a bit much, like with any big release. I loved the game, but I do think it's overrated. The story, immersion, and aesthetics of the game were awesome; but the gameplay felt a bit bland at parts.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I do not believe it could be considered overrated simply because any positive review the game has received has mentioned the technical problems (that is the glitches and whatnot) and the uninspired combat. The thing is, what the game does right in terms of atmosphere and pacing and narrative execution is sufficient excellent to overcome these flaws for most.

 

[omega 616]

Nothing will ever be "perfect" because perfection is not the same thing to everyone. All the time I have spent so far has been extremely enjoyable. What more can you ask for?

I have a new question, why is it that every time something nice comes along that is enjoyed by many people there will be people who it doesn't fully appeal to who call it over rated, and (I know you are not doing this OP, but it still happens) bash those that do like it?

I think if they took out some of the things I hated about it then, I would like it but still not that much, it annoyed me too much. I think they bash you 'cos it's something to do.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

thought RDR was great. It took me maybe 35 hours to finish, but it NEVER dragged, and the missions were varied enough to keep things interesting. The story was also excellent.

There were no babysitting missions like in GTAIV, and the stranger missions were all interesting enough that I wanted to do them.

There's a ton of things to do if you WANT to drag out the playing time, but even if you don't, there's still plenty of gameplay to be had.

The controls are never clunkier than in GTAIV, and are usually much better. There is a little ambiguity about who you can shoot or what you can take....until you actually learn to PAY ATTENTION.

Also didn't encounter any more bugs than in most other games.

 

[twistedheat15]

I think ppl put too much focus on the rating system. A game with a score of 10 or a one with a score of 7 don't matter much as long as it's fun to you. Most of the rating isn't so much based on "this game is perfect" but rather compared to all other games of it's genre as a whole and rates the innovation of the game compared to the industry. There are plenty of games with great scores that everyone seem to hate, like FF13 where a majority of ppl treat it like it has leprosy. In the end it just matters how much fun you have in it, I found the game Alpha Protocal to be pretty damn fun despite it's low scores. Nothing that I'd wanna keep playing for hrs but it was worth the gamefly trip, and the play through.

 

[Woodsey]

The story is, mostly because the pacing is dreadful and the ending section isn't handled overly well.

It gave me plenty of playtime though and it was pretty good fun.

 

[Treblaine]

I have not played it yet.

I'm holding out for a PC release due to what I've heard about the controls I know would be solved with a PC port.

Particularly being unable to aim or look around while galloping on a horse (why is gallop not mapped to a shoulder button?) also the aiming system I'm not a fan of, the lock onto a single pixel and headshot. I like to aim myself with a highly precise control like with a computer mouse.

 

[mchoueiri]

Yes, it is.

It does nothing revolutionary, it merely does things better than they have (for the most part) been done. But one would hope that would be the case. It still suffers from all the standard Rockstar issues (dragging a solid 15-20 hour game out to 40, lengthy travel sections that serve no purpose but to stretch time, somewhat... bad multiplayer, etc.) and it really is basically GTA4 with horses, down to the basic structure and progression of the story, right down to the "three islands" structure of the world map.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, and I had a great deal of fun playing it as much as I did.

But it doesn't deserve to be remembered as one of the best ever, which it seems to be. It's a progression, a refinement, not a next step.

I think your right when you say it does nothing brand new. But it tells a story really well and the game makes you really believe the setting your in. I feel they way they set up the story is really well done. Also I understand some parts of the game seem like they don't need to be there at all. Thought every part made sense in the scope of the story. No game is perfect but I thought RDR was a well crafted world with a story that dragged me in and a world that has so much to do in it that I am still playing it.

 

[Treblaine]

I think ppl put too much focus on the rating system. A game with a score of 10 or a one with a score of 7 don't matter much as long as it's fun to you. Most of the rating isn't so much based on "this game is perfect" but rather compared to all other games of it's genre as a whole and rates the innovation of the game compared to the industry. There are plenty of games with great scores that everyone seem to hate, like FF13 where a majority of ppl treat it like it has leprosy. In the end it just matters how much fun you have in it, I found the game Alpha Protocal to be pretty damn fun despite it's low scores. Nothing that I'd wanna keep playing for hrs but it was worth the gamefly trip, and the play through.

Yeah, here is Proof of how wrong score-aggregates can be:

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/kung-pow-enter-the-fist

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2

Just look at the discrepancy between Critic and User score. The Kung pow numbers hurt me the most and has me convinced 99% of movie critics are stuck-up humourless snobs and also game critics seem to be all fan-pandering superficial jocks.

I played MW2 last night and it is DEFINITELY a sub 80% game. Yes, I completed the whole mess in 4 hours without even rushing for a muddled and unsatisfying anti-climax. Oh gaawd, the ending credits were cringe-worthy, makes COD4's self-referential rap song seem subtle and sophisticated in comparison.

 

[Mookalakai]

Perfection is obviously a subjective standard for all things, but I don't think RDR is overrated because I don't really hear people praising that often. Most people like it, and admit it's pretty good, but I don't think I ever hear anyone hailing it as the key to immortality. In terms of the game's flaws, the controls kind of suck, which is pretty much how all of Rockstar's games are. I still like it.

 

[icame]

I hated this game with a passion. I already explained why in like 5 Paragraphs on someone else's thread about the game. This game is flawed in so many ways.

 

[cordeos]

Red Dead is a definite improvement over GTA 4 which i had alot of problems with. My major complaint about Red Dead is that every character in the game has some BS annoying as hell personal philosophy that they just HAVE to tell you about. It gets so annoying, rockstar needs better writers.