Game entry

Red Dead Redemption

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

Red Dead Redemption is ranked no. 294 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,765 and 61% of duels won.

World rank

no. 294

ELO score

1,765

Wins

61%

Duels played

3,580

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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 1,765 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Mass Effect 57% 100 duels played · 38 points behind
against Mass Effect 2 47% 98 duels played · 165 points behind
against Max Payne 55% 92 duels played · 4 points ahead
against The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 56% 88 duels played · 106 points behind
against Horizon Zero Dawn 49% 83 duels played · 10 points behind

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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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