Much like Grand Theft Auto V in 2013, the online component for Red Dead Redemption 2 will roll out shortly after the main game deploys on 26th October. Scheduled to release in November 2018 as a public beta, Rockstar Games is promising “a new online connected experience set against the backdrop of the Western’s enormous open world”.
According to the developer, it’ll build on the original Red Dead Redemption’s multiplayer component, and will blend “narrative with competitive and co-operative gameplay”. You’ll be able to enter the online space with friends or alone, and much like Grand Theft Auto Online the experience will constantly evolve with new content.
As mentioned earlier in the article, this will start out as a “public beta”, with the firm warning that “there will inevitably be some turbulence at launch”. In fact, it added that it’s looking forward to its community sharing ideas and helping it to fix “teething problems” come release. It’s a slightly unorthodox approach for such a blockbuster brand, but when has Rockstar Games ever followed trends?
[source rockstargames.com]
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I guess only rockstar can get away with this huh
Bethesda's doing something similar with the Fallout 76 beta, but somehow I think Rockstar will pull it off much better.
I’ve got low expectations due to that GTA Online was pretty bad for a long time and still has one of the worst setups I’ve seen. The way you access individual modes and the party system is very clunky which leads to bad load times.
Just like GTA V, the dlcs will be for the online mode probably. That’s sad because Undead Nightmare was so awesome.
@PS_Nation my concern aswell.
i fear that the moment rdr online gains momentum,they will leave the SP behind like gta v.
I'm totally fine with this. I plan on playing the hell out of the SP first anyways.
@b1ackjack_ps I imagine just people who own RDR2.
I just hope it doesn't delete your created characters again. GTA Online had numerous problems when it went live but that one was the worst. I can imagine the s**t storm if that happened again.
I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into Red Dead Online. Hopefully I'll still be playing it 5 years later like I do GTA Online.
I avoided GTA-V online as it seems such a money sink and looking at Rockstar income seems to confirm that. But the single player campaign was great value. I really hope they will stick with that formula with Red Dead and not put all the game in the online part. TakeTwo could make even the main game a complete grind fest looking for micro transactions to speed up play.
Isn't "teething problems" the best part of their online?
High hopes R* have learnt a lot from their first real live online game, looking forward to see the BR mode
@jdv95 @OmegaStriver @PS_Nation
Same, to be honest. I'm very cautious about this game due to how GTA V went. While I liked GTA V's story mode well enough, I found it really lacking in content and it was pretty obvious they were diverting resources to supporting the online platform. From day 1, this has been my biggest concern with RDR2.
Not to mention that the first RDR was such a legendary (if not buggy) game that I just fear they won't be able to capture the same magic. The fact they seem almost scared to show us anything about the game only confirms that.
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