Well this is a bit creepy. Numerous reports over on Reddit (compiled by GamesRadar) suggest that zombies are appearing in Red Dead Online. No, you read that right: pale, glowing green-eyed non-playable characters are occasionally popping up around the map.
The below example from Reddit user groats_active is perhaps the most striking find. If this woman ain't a zombie, then she's got one nasty case of swamp fever.
Players reckon these undead NPCs were added with the game's latest update, and that Rockstar is planning some kind of big Halloween event. At this point it certainly seems like a logical conclusion, although there's also speculation that the supposed expansion we heard about last month could actually be Undead Nightmare 2 -- a successor to Red Dead Redemption's excellent zombie-themed DLC.
As always, Rockstar remains secretive. If these "zombies" are the real deal and not some kind of incredibly weird bug, then surely the developer has something up its sleeve. We're just gonna have to wait and see whether these undead sightings become increasingly popular as we creep closer to the spookiest night of the year.
[source reddit.com, via gamesradar.com]
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That’s awesome, love it.
I've been toying with jumping back in, this might just be the push I needed
This might actually get me to play Red Dead online for the first time
I'd prefer single player DLC.
@RBMango me too but I've long since given up on Rockstar bothering with such a thing anymore
@thebakerswife That old man with the banjo who sits on his front porch all day was singing christmas songs last year. Easy to miss but a great addition.
@carlos82 It makes me sad, because their DLCs for GTA IV and RDR were fantastic. Three of the very best single player expansions from the last generation. Imagine what they could do with today's tech and storytelling capabilities.
A single player Undead Nightmare 2 expansion would be wonderful. If this is just online, then I'll give it a miss.
Probably just a Halloween theme timed event
I dug the zombie thing, but it'd be a nice change to give a few other spooks a shot (no pun intended!) say, a vampire themed dlc, or werewolves running amok! Just something to break the trend a bit.
A scary single-player DLC could be superb. The weather effects, so dramatic and beautiful in the main game, could be terrifying if turned to the dark side.
Only Rockstar could make zombies cool again.
Everything about the first Redemption was better than this one. I imagine Undead Nightmare will be no exception.
Funny being the R* big fan I am I never bothered with Undead Nightmare, it just didn't sound realistic to me after that serious story, so never gave it a chance. I'm yet to try out the new Frontier Pursuits, probably tonight.
@PressR2 RDR2 is so much better I'm not really looking forward to that rumoured remake of the first one.
Interesting. Online I just tend to play poker but maybe I'll go exploring and see what's what.
Ha amazing. Love it!
Nah...they are just the rotting corpses of everyone who played this game an abandoned it...
There's a few zombie corpses in the graves at the plagued town of Armadillo. Blueish skin, yellow eyes and horrible veiny hands. I waited until midnight in game to see if they would rise but alas they didn't. Something is definitely afoot, though.
I've also heard npcs conversing about sightings of a vampire in Saint Denis.
Alright, maybe I'll have to start red dead online after all 🤷😁
"''Member when rockstar/2k gave a damm about single player story dlc?! " "Remember Chewbacca",yeah I 'member!!
Its sad to see rockstar now totally geared towards grindy, monetization game mechanics built entirely around online live services.
@Robocod
To be fair, at least with GTA V and RDR 2, they built an epic single player game as well, and had the online as a way of making more money on top.
Rather that than stuff like Anthem and Fallout 76 which are just turds designed with as little care as possible.
Undead nightmare was soooo friggin cool. Id absolutely loooove a sequal. But please god dont let it be some limited time online thing. Just give us a true sequel
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