Game entry

Red Dead Redemption

2010 · Action-adventure, Action RPG, TPS, Sandbox · PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 · Rockstar Games

After 3,625 duels settled by the community, Red Dead Redemption stands no. 103 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,833 ELO points and 61% of wins. Of the 100 duels that pitted it against Mass Effect, it has won 57 and lost 43. In its strongest family it holds position no. 4 out of 146 (2010).

World rank

no. 103 =

ELO score

1,833

Wins

61%

Duels played

3,625

Join the debate · 39

About Red Dead Redemption

A modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts. Marston sets out to hunt down his old gang mates for the government, who have taken away his family. Along his journey, he meets many characters emblematic of the Wild West, heroism, and the new civilization.

The community says

Honestly the pacing has real issues early on, ngl, but the last act still hits harder than most games manage in their entire runtime.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,833 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Mass Effect 57% 100 duels played · 21 points behind
against Mass Effect 2 47% 98 duels played · 15 points ahead
against Max Payne 55% 92 duels played · 103 points ahead
against The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 56% 88 duels played · 96 points behind
against Horizon Zero Dawn 49% 83 duels played · 15 points ahead

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Around this spot

The games Red Dead Redemption sits between in the world ranking.

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The standing

Where Red Dead Redemption ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Red Dead Redemption stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 4 out of 146 (2010).

Where Red Dead Redemption ranks
Ranking	Position	Games competing
World ranking	103	5,035
Action-adventure	17	329
2010s	40	2,050
2010	4	146

The community

The debate

39 comments

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HaileyKnight

Honestly the pacing has real issues early on, ngl, but the last act still hits harder than most games manage in their entire runtime.

QuestRunner25

Yeah the last act thing is real, I remember thinking the same, and honestly it's rare that a game saves its best material for last instead of frontloading everything.

ArcadeMaster

Coincido en parte, aunque con mis 40 horas jugadas el ritmo inicial se me hizo pesado de verdad, no solo un problema menor.
gdicki

Compared to Mass Effect 2, the pacing philosophy is almost opposite, one drip feeds you plot every mission, the other makes you ride in silence and think. Both work, but only one gets called boring for it.

CritWolf

Et niveau rythme justement, qui préfère vraiment se faire distiller l'histoire mission par mission plutôt que de rouler en silence ?
EmileWarden

Marston alone justifies the rank. Best written protagonist of that era, easily.
Arcade_Hoeger

Bref, this game gets praised for atmosphere but the mission design is stiff and dated, and that alone should keep it out of a top tier.

Peltier8

Le mission design daté n'empêche pas l'ambiance de porter le tout, largement.
ArcadePhoenix

Je l'avais installé sur les conseils d'un ami qui n'arrêtait pas d'en parler au travail, et deux semaines plus tard c'est moi qui en parlais à sa place.

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