The embargo has been lifted and the biggest outlets are finally ready to reveal their thoughts on
Red Dead Redemption 2, which will finally launch tomorrow for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. As expected, Rockstar has managed to rise to the challenge once again and created an immersive, deep, and straight impressive experience that's comparable to giants like
Grand Theft Auto V and the first
RDR.
With an average score of 97% on Metacritic (with 50 reviews counted so far) and OpenCritic (with 61 reviews),
Red Dead Redemption 2 is officially the highest-rated video game of 2018 surpassing
God of War, Celeste, and
Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition (all sitting at 94%). That's not all, as the Rockstar sequel is the best-reviewed game since Nintendo's two juggernauts that debuted last year.
Yes, with its current score,
Red Dead Redemption 2 joins the likes of Nintendo's
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,
Super Mario Odyssey and Rockstar's own
Grand Theft Auto V (in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One edition) as the most praised games of this generation of consoles. Be sure to check out the epic tale of life in America’s unforgiving heartland's first official verdicts down below:
Windows Central - 100 / 100
IGN Italy - 100 / 100
GamingTrend - 100 / 100
Areajugones - 100 / 100
Stevivor - 100 / 100
The Digital Fix - 100 / 100
Attack of the Fanboy - 100 / 100
Game Informer - 100 / 100
TrueAchievements - 100 / 100
Game Informer - 100 / 100
Telegraph - 100 / 100
PlayStation Universe - 100 / 100
Game Debate - 100 / 100
GameSpew - 100 / 100
COGconnected - 100 / 100
Digital Trends - 100 / 100
GamesRadar+ - 100 / 100
IGN - 100 / 100
We Got This Covered - 100 / 100
Gameblog - 100 / 100
DualShockers - 100 / 100
Press Start - 100 / 100
Twinfinite - 100 / 100
IGN Spain - 100 / 100
Hobby Consolas - 99 / 100
Wccftech - 97 / 100
GamePro - 96 / 100
Critical Hit - 95 / 100
Destructoid - 95 / 100
Xbox Achievements - 95 / 100
Metro GameCentral - 90 / 100
VideoGamer - 90 / 100
Shacknews - 90 / 100
Gamers Heroes - 90 / 100
GameSpot - 90 / 100
Cubed3 - 90 / 100
New Game Network - 82 / 100
Slant Magazine - 70 / 100
America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will be available on October 26, 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.