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Rockstar Should Totally Steal Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System for Red Dead Redemption 2

I feel like the title of this article is clear enough for me to not need to write anymore on the idea but I suppose I should explain myself better in case some of you don’t know about Shadow of Mordor’s nemesis system and how cool it could be in RDR2. A ‘Next Gen’ Feature …

ninsigma3356d ago

That could work really well actually!

generic-user-name3356d ago

It would probably work better in Red Dead than it did in SoM (and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way to SoM).

poppinslops3355d ago

How? Talion/Celebrimbor's 'immortal' nature was integral to the Nemesis system - not to mention their ability to return from the dead was a part of the game's story... I just can't see how R* would make something like that work with Red Dead - not unless they do another 'Undead Nightmare' style expansion.

To my mind, the only other franchise that's capable of successfully replicating the Nemesis system would be Highlander - a series based on the concept of resurrected 'immortals'... that, or a Dracula game where the player starts as a newly-minted vampire who must work his/her way through other, more powerful vamps (in the place of Mordor's Warchiefs) as means of gaining enough strength to defeat the Count (who, like Sauron, never really dies).

XXanderXX3356d ago

How about they pay Monolith Productions to use their tech instead of doing like a crooked apple tactic .

generic-user-name3356d ago

It's not the tech, it's the idea, Rockstar can make their own version of the nemesis system. Wouldn't be crooked at all. I mean, how many games have mimicked Arkham Asylum's combat? Are they all crooked too?

XXanderXX3355d ago

Combat is combat , but that Nemesis idea is something special and brings a whole new meaning to NPC & AI.

KingKelloggTheWH3355d ago

With all those gangs and stuff this could work wonders for the game...JUST imagine if we could all make our own gangs and other people could mess with them and try and get members to betray us? That would be AMAZING.

Hardiman3355d ago

I've been waiting for more developers to use variations of what the Nemesis System is and Red Dead 2 would be great actually. What Monolith Productions did was a true next gen idea made tangible. I love that game and am looking forward to playing it again on the Pro tomorrow, even if the upgrade for that game isn't eminence. It was a great looking game in it's own right so any upgrade is welcome in my book. Again I hope more developers expand on the idea that Monolith started.

Razzer3354d ago

please....someone steal it!

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GTA5 Has Sold Over 220 Million Copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Sold Over 79 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for Q2 of fiscal year 2026, and shared an update on the sales of GTA5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.

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TheDreamCorridor69d ago

You think Rockstar views Red Dead 2 as a failure because it didn't sell 150m copies?

jznrpg69d ago

3 billion or so in revenue not including online stuff I’m sure they don’t

SethNW69d ago

I am pretty sure they don't. It was profitable and made them a lot of money. Not GTA5 money but far from failure. Maybe it is lower priority franchise, due to being smaller, but that is about the lowest they would put it as. Only thing they do consider failure is RDR2 Online, unlike GTA5 Online, that RDR2 Online flopped. Hence why it got less support. And when it come to profits, sales for both combined don't come close to GTA Online microtansactions. Hence why everything very quickly got canceled and GTA Online was top priority, so no GTA6 for a long time, no DLC for GTA5, despite there being 5 DLCs planned, at least I think it was 5, give or take one. But as I see it, they needed to rejuvenate interest and all, hence why GTA6 eventually is getting made. But what they are really looking forward to is refresh of Online.

ZeekQuattro69d ago

Only in terms of the online aspect of the game. They didn't support it as much as they did GTA V Online. I remember people being pissed about that.

jznrpg69d ago

I own a few GTAs but never played them. I love Red Dead though

Yui_Suzumiya63d ago (Edited 63d ago )

Boring and overrated. Red Dead Redemption is pretty good though. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is my personal GOAT. We need more stuff like that from TooKyo.

victorMaje69d ago

I must be one of the few who are fine with the GTA6 delay. People treat that game like it’s the 2nd coming lol.

FIELDMARSHALL_P69d ago

My daughter asked me how I felt about I shrugged and said I don't care gives me time to finish up games I already have. It's all good let them make the best game they can.

RedDevils69d ago

Wish they make another Manhunt or Bully.

gold_drake69d ago

damn, thats a ridiculous number

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Dan Houser: RDR2 was "behind schedule" and "over budget so much I didn’t want to think about it"

Dan Houser opens up about Red Dead Redemption 2’s rocky development, calling it behind schedule, massively over budget, and full of pressure to prove doubters wrong.

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Storm2374d ago (Edited 74d ago )

The world they built is pretty amazing. Unfortunately, the game was mostly boring to me. I definitely had fun in some parts, but it didn't do it for me as a whole like the first one did. I loved RDR so much.

The budgets and time it takes to make games these days is out of control. Such a big risk. If a game isn't a huge hit, it is often it for a studio. Scary. I really miss the PS2 and PS3 days where studeios could make 4 games in a generation and take risks in making something new. And so many were using their own engines. Those were the days.

neutralgamer199274d ago

Agreed. I love RDR but couldn't get into RDR2. The animations take forever and game slows you down on purpose. It won't let you have fun because R* want us to play the game they want to. I know millions love RDR2 and I even bought and own it. But just wasn't for me.

It's like comparing GTA4 to saints row 2. One game was about fun while the other was about realism and that's coming from someone who beat GTA4 many times. I much rather a game be fun to play than chase realism

YodaCracker74d ago

GTA IV’s realism is what made it so much more fun for me. I loved experimenting with the physics.

Storm2373d ago

I bought RDR2 also. Put 100+ hours into it and beat it our of respect for Rockstar and all the people saying it was the greatest game ever. RDR blew my mind but might also have been the best time in gaming for me personally. l loved that PS3 gen so much.

I am excited to see what GTA6 is like.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Fans Mourn the Loss of Iconic Musician

Red Dead Redemption 2 fans took to social media to honor D'Angelo.

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Elda93d ago (Edited 93d ago )

I was listening to D Angelo when he debuted in 1995. He had some great songs from that period up in to the early 2000s. He was a talented Neo Soul musician. I never knew his music was in RDR. May he R.I.P.