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Red Dead Redemption 2 Might Have 3 Protagonists

And so begin the inevitable leaks regarding Red Dead Redemption 2. While we're sure dozens of fake leaks will start pouring in soon enough, what we have here today has a chance of being legitimate

Kashima3432d ago (Edited 3432d ago )

GTA V all over again?

Kreisen3432d ago

That would suck. You cant tell a good personal story if you have multiple protagonists. GTAV was pretty much a comedy so it didnt really matter.

poppinslops3431d ago (Edited 3431d ago )

The best cowboy stories have multiple protaganists - The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a time in the West, the Magnificent Seven, The Wildbunch, Unforgiven, Westworld, The Hateful Eight... You're wrong!

Red Dead 2's map will be HUGE - travelling from one side to the other on horseback will take a long time, which tends to ruin a story's pacing... having multiple protagonists is a practical solution, one that allows players to switch personalities and playstyles, as well as geographic locations.

smolinsk3431d ago

No no and just no. You have to relate to that one person to make it special, emotional, going hunting, building the character up, living the tuff life, you and your horse, the loneliness, you against the big world. Jumping around switching between 3 can also make some kind of a story, just not a great one, not an emotionally one, we saw that in gta 5, boring story. This is a not a film.

poppinslops3431d ago

Plenty of great videogames have multiple protaganists - personally, I thought GTAV's story was better than IV's, Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Frye twins were terrific and The Witcher 3 is my favourite current-gen game... People like you are why CoD hasn't evolved in over a decade, and let's face it - you're all still gonna buy Red Dead 2, so suck it up and GET WITH THE PROGRAM!

Kreisen3431d ago (Edited 3431d ago )

You give some classics as examples yet all those films would be worse off if they were reimagined in videogame format. For example how would you go about redoing the classic last duel in Good bad and the ugly if you had to play with all 3 protags through the whole game?
And you can solve the huge map travel problem by simply implementing a fast travel system......... just like pretty much every open world game nowadays has.

poppinslops3431d ago (Edited 3431d ago )

And what about the games I listed? Would they have been better off as single player experiences? R* have already told one of the best 'lone star' stories around, which makes the outlaw ensemble the next logical step...
If you want to just play as one character, you can do it in Red Dead Online - no fast travel though :(

kraenk123431d ago

@poppinslops

Way to be a rude ass...btw COD also had multiple protagonists.

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ChiefofLoliPolice3431d ago

Sorry gonna have to disagree with you there. You can tell a good story with multiple protagonist. GTAV is different then RDR.

-Foxtrot3431d ago

Not liking the sound of that. I didn't think it really worked for GTAV...especially when it came to buying things and how you had to keep switching to purchase certain character things.

Do you honestly believe Red Dead Redemption would have had a fantastic story if you could switch between other characters.

Just comes off like GTA: Red Dead

Movefasta19933431d ago

GTA Red dead because you switch between characters that you don't even know. WOW

smolinsk3431d ago (Edited 3431d ago )

Ohh no please no. Hated that in gta 5, couldn't really get it to the story and the feel of it all because of you had to relate to 3 persons. What's the point of building up a character then, going hunting feeling related to the character, Doesn't work Rockstar, so please no. Any way to start a petition on that?

ChiefofLoliPolice3431d ago

No and I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Storywise RDR is stronger then GTAV. People seriously need to calm down. Already jumping to conclusions god.

smolinsk3431d ago (Edited 3431d ago )

Excaly because in red dead you had one character and in gta 5 you had 3, so there you go. You answered your own question.

The thing here is olso that is is becoming some kind of a RPG with building up a character and relate to that character, that does not work in any way with 3 characters.

ChiefofLoliPolice3431d ago

Sounds awesome. People need to quit jumping to conclusions. Great stories can be told through the eyes of multiple protagonists. Storywise RDR is stronger then GTA. I have no doubt that they can pull off a great story with three protagonists.

OB1Biker3431d ago

I didnt even play GTA because I dont find the story / characters interesting but multiple playable characters sounds good to me. Nothing wrong with it. Even TLOU was the story of two characters.
Actually in an open world wild west it sounds awesome and very interesting to tell a story shifting from different points of view

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Turns Into Elden Ring in New Mod, Featuring Uncle as Final Boss

Red Dead Redemption 2 mod turns the game into Elden Ring, adding spells, boss fights, and Uncle as the final boss.

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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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TheDreamCorridor185d ago

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

jznrpg185d ago

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

SethNW184d 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.

ZeekQuattro184d 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.

jznrpg185d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya179d ago (Edited 179d 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.

victorMaje185d 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_P184d 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.

RedDevils184d ago

Wish they make another Manhunt or Bully.

gold_drake184d 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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Storm23189d ago (Edited 189d 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.

neutralgamer1992189d 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

YodaCracker189d ago

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

Storm23188d 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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