Remember folks, no matter how good the graphics are, it is only a game.
There is no questioning that Red Dead Redemption 2 has been a huge commercial and critical success.
It broke records with its opening weekend sales of $725 million, making it the most successful opening weekend in
entertainment history.
Also, with 81 official reviews in on
Metacritic, the game has an average of 97%, meaning it has been inundated with full 10 out of 10 scores.
Nobody is disputing that RDR2 isn't a landmark achievement in the medium of gaming, but apparently gamers have absolutely no problem in getting the pitchforks out for anyone who doesn't keep in line.
Out of the 81 reviews on Metacritic, 80 of them are described as "Positive", with just one review described as "Mixed", and that review comes from Steven Scaife on
Slant Magazine, who still gave the game a solid 7 out of 10.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the comments section under the review quickly became toxic, ranging from people telling Scaife to "Kill yourself", and another intimidatingly pointing out how easy it would be to find out where he lives.
Scaife told tech mag
Quartz that since posting the review "some people have attacked him on his personal accounts, including a threat sent to his Facebook".
It should also be noted that Scaife's review was posted on 25 October, a day before the game was available to the general public, so those commenting were reacting to a review of a game that they hadn't even played yet.
JOE's own review of the game can be found
here, but it should be noted that while the vast majority of the reactions have been overwhelmingly positive, there has been some negative traction growing online since the game's release.
It is possible to like something AND find fault with it, just in case that wasn't already clear...
https://twitter.com/riontweets/status/1057509761917349888
https://twitter.com/xMettx/status/1056993322013728769
https://twitter.com/PaulTassi/status/1056943867004702722
https://twitter.com/Xyger1337/status/1057050046254829568
https://twitter.com/kbiegel/status/1056293137205780486
