I don’t think those are the main issues, but I feel like their presence in tandem with the poor reception of Red Dead Online has a lot to do with the game’s relative silence. I was among the few who were excited beyond belief to relive my own childhood: the allure of being a bandit once again with my pals online was too much to bear. But, upon arrival, I immediately felt Red Dead Online was lacking in a multitude of facets. With all these varying intentions converging, Red Dead Redemption 2 became an out-of-place mixture that couldn’t tell the difference between complicated and simplicity. Intending on making the game feel as real as possible, Rockstar also made it far too and time-consuming and complex to do anyth
What sets Charles Smith apart is how principled of a character he is. Life isn’t the easiest for Charles since he’s both African-American and Native-American. Despite these hardships, he tends to always stick to his morals. That being said, he also isn’t afraid to get messy when the situation calls for
The faster we approach its one-year anniversary, the less we even hear about the game. False reports of a story DLC made fans excited, though still very little attention was drawn to the game. It’s ironic to see more news and excitement surrounding DLC content for GTA Online than any of Red Dead ‘s updates, which tend to get mocked and ignored. What happened? You would think a game ripe with fantastic graphics, awesome gameplay, and a spellbinding narrative would be enough for players to be immersed, yet it appears this very immersion is what has elicited so much―or, should I say, so little—backl
He doesn’t get a lot of characterization in the first Game Community, but the prequel does a solid job of making the player hate his guts. He sides with Micah during the standoff at the end of Arthur Morgan’s story, and runs away after the Pinkertons drop by. Good riddance to you, traitorous Bill William
As one of the strongest and most consistent publishers in today’s market, the company has always been infinitely better and often masterful at something completely different: telling a story. Proving it time and time again, the writers at Rockstar frequently deliver a narrative that can stand next to each year’s best movies, and serve as an example as to why video games are just as capable at delivering an iconic story as any other medium. While both Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have delivered on that front in recent years, Rockstar has all but completely abandoned something that they did better than anyone else: story
Similarly, Red Dead Redemption 2 seems to fight its own nature. Perhaps, more accurately, I’m constantly fighting my own nature as a gamer while playing it. Small mishaps always pulled me out of the game, like bumping into pedestrians in Saint Denis would automatically get me wanted, which obviously turned into bloody shootouts every time. The serious nature of the game and its story belied no actual seriousness when presenting topics of immense depth. Rockstar’s attempt at making one of the most realistic games falls flat due to awkward button placement, cumbersome menus, annoyingly constant random events, and a slowly-paced st
Josiah Trelawny is on and off member of the Van Der Linde gang. This means that loyalty isn’t one of his defining characteristics. Josiah will usually leave the gang for long periods of time, only to come back when he was a new profitable
What hasn’t been said about John Marston yet? While John is the main protagonist of the first game, he takes a supporting role in the game’s sequel. As a young naive member, John does make questionable decisions here and th
Molly O’Shea is Dutch’s lover throughout the story. She ends up spending most of the game just lusting over Dutch. Since Dutch constantly ignores her, Molly ends up becoming very irritating with her constant complai
Therefore, it’s clear that he’s kind of selfish. To make matters worse, many of his planned missions will end up going south, especially the Riverboat heist. His personality also tends to be annoying to most players. Many players don’t miss him when he disappears for large portions of the g
Westerns have been a staple of entertainment for decades and when a genre like that is explored for that many years it begins to birth tropes that permeate through multiple films. One of these tropes is the story marking the good guys with white cowboy hats and the outlaws with black ones. In Red Dead Redemption 2 , Micah Bell who’s a primary antagonist sport a white hat throughout, and Arthur Morgan who’s the main character and protagonist of the story wears a black one. This is meant to play with player’s preconceived notions of Westerns and foreshadows the events of the game opposit
It becomes apparent throughout the game that the relationship between Hosea Matthews and Lenny is meant to mirror that of Arthur and John Marston. Both Lenny and John are the younger members who look up to and admire the older men who have been with Dutch for several ye