UK Sales Charts: Red Dead Redemption 2 Shoots Back to the Top

Gta5 still going strong I see

RDR is boring. Dead boring and with controls ripped from Surgeon simulator. I just don't understand how it's so acclaimed and successful.

Game of the generation! Can't wait to start my 2nd playthrough. I never saw a panther amongst a whole lot of other animals, I never saw this encounter at the General Store in Valentine but saw it on Youtube, some people never found the creepy siblings at Aberdeen Pigfarm, I did. This is what we're talking about!

@Neolit Right, like you I'm happy to be in Group 1 along with the whole lot of critics who gave it 10 and consumers making it stay top 3 since launch. I can only feel sorry for the 10 people in Group 2

RDR2 is amazing. The weighty controls suit it perfectly. I can understand why it is so acclaimed and successful.

Just to balance out @themcnoisy's point of view.

@QualityGeezer Yep, still stronger than most titles since 2013/14, graphically, gameplay and online.

Just happy to see a predominately single player game top the charts, but man was RDR2 a chore to play.

I think I would’ve loved it a lot more if you could’ve taken out 20-30 hours of filler, as the main narrative is incredible.
RDR1>RDR2 for me.

RDR2 is nothing more than a poor man's Splatoon.

@Neolit Same here, to think I played it thoroughly for 2 months exclusively till early January, and didn't see everything amazes me!
And yea haha GTAV is on it's own planet right now.

@themcnoisy i'm almost finished it and didn't find it boring at all, given that this is my first Rockstar game since the original GTA i loved every minute so far and don't want the credits rolling just yet so taking my time with it!

I am one of the people who got tired of RDR2 fairly quickly, it looked amazing but its just not my type of game. Whilst I can appreciate its achievement, I If I have some game time I am more likely to reach for something like OutRun 2. I am really enjoying RE2 though.

@themcnoisy I'm with you, I think there is a great game buried underneath some really bad ideas described "immersive" and the sluggish controls and complete lack of freedom in missions. However as is there are far too many issues and by the time I got to chapter 4 I'd had enough of them and its time wasting. Judging by my local CEX plenty of others agree as there are a ridiculous amount of copies of the game being traded in and it'll probably need it's own section soon

I still like first RDR more.

@Fight_Sora_Fight same her. I nearly gave up at the final third as I was bored shi#less. Was glad to finally Finnish it and get shot of it. Glad I played and completed it but I won't ever get it again.

Huge fan of rd2, loved the world, the story and Arthur Morgan might be my favourite gaming protagonist ever!! @carlos82, my local CEX has tons of God of war, GTA5 and practically a whole shelf of uncharted 4s. Doesn't mean they aren't all great games

@R1spam I know but there seems to be a disproportionate amount of this game in particular. It was more a reference to what I've seen a few people post about the likes of Spider-Man and God of War being traded in because they are linear as opposed to open world games which apparently are played forever.

Ok who thought it would be good idea to release Far Cry New Dawn and Metro Exodus on the same day?

@R1spam God of War is a short game with no online for anyone to keep their copy. GTA 5 has been out for many years now.

@carlos82 Hehehe I think there is a great game buried underneath the short 7hr average-dlc-length campaign of RE2, and it's sure to get thrown off the charts in a few months and go on to win the most traded-in game of all time maybe.

Read Dead at no.1 and GTA and no.10. I like that.

@TheArt haha touche, awww I missed you. At least somebody round here doesn't take me too seriously 😉

You say 7 hours but after I've beaten all variations of the story for unlockables, Hunk, Tofu and the upcoming free DLC it'll be a bit longer than that 😛

@carlos82 Lol but that's like every game out there's Completionist category on HLTB. Example, Dishonored DotO is a DLC yet, it's Completionist category is at 12hrs whilst RE2 is 10hrs.

@themcnoisy The only thing missing from Surgeon Simulator was horses