Red Dead Redemption 2 | Reveals New Plot, Multiplayer Online Mode Microtransactions, Will it be Like GTA Online?

Red Dead 2 Online Mode is Going to Have Microtransactions

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most anticipated games of 2018. Rockstar has been making gamers go crazy by releasing new images and trailers for Red Dead Redemption 2. Gamers have been excited to experience the US as a Cowboy. Rockstar has released a lot of info about the single-play mode, but they haven’t said anything about the online mode other than that it will exist. Rockstar Games has posted a new teaser of sorts for the much-anticipated open-world western Red Dead Redemption 2 Gamers . This comes in the form of a Wanted poster for Dutch Van Der Linde, the leader of the Van Der Linde gang at the heart of the story. Dutch was one of the central antagonists in Red Dead Redemption 1, while his role in the sequel–which is a prequel to the first game–will see him playing a bigger part.

Red Dead Redemption 2 launches on October 26 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A PC release is rumoured, but Rockstar has made no official announcement as of yet.

Red Dead Redemption 2 to Feature Microtransactions

GTA Online is the most popular feature of GTA right now bringing thousands and thousands of players every day back to the game, even though the game came out years ago gamers are still playing the online mode thanks to Rockstar’s frequent updates that bring cars, clothes, and new business to the game. In a investors call Take-Two Interactive’s CEO Strauss Zelnick said that all of their future games are going to feature an online mode and probably microtransactions. If you didn’t know Take-Two is Rockstar’s publisher so that means Rockstar games are going to feature microtransactions. Zelnick said, ” We’ve said that we aim to have recurrent consumer spending opportunities for every title that we put out at this company. It may not always be an online model, it probably won’t always be a virtual currency model, but there will be some ability to engage in an ongoing basis with our titles after release across the board.”

Will Red Dead Redemption 2 Online be Like GTA Online?

GTA online has been a massive success for Rockstar, so it makes total sense for them to implement something similair in Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar could easily add a multiplayer mode to Red Dead 2 that keeps bringing players back and in turn generating a lot of money thanks to microtransactions. Imagine if you could go to a lobby of 20 people on Red Dead 2, and then you use your horse to get to town. Like GTA Online, the main city is chaotic, people killing each other and shooting at civilians getting chased by the authorities. 

Red Dead Online is planned for launch in November 2018, initially as a public beta, with more news to come soon. As with most online experiences of this size and scale, there will inevitably be some turbulence at launch. We look forward to working with our amazing and dedicated community to share ideas, help us fix teething problems and work with us to develop Red Dead Online into something really fun and innovative. Rockstar

Hollywoodreporter is reporting on the new plot revealed

Josh Bass, art director at Rockstar San Diego, and Aaron Garbut, director of art at Rockstar North, caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to offer exclusive information about the hotly anticipated game and the gang of outlaws at the core of its story.

“Dutch’s presence loomed over the original Red Dead Redemption, and his influence on events was a big inspiration for the setting and direction of Red Dead Redemption 2,” Bass tells THR. “We all wanted to know more about him and the gang — what was it like riding in that gang? What led them to the events of the original game? What happened to them along the way?”

Fans of the original will remember Dutch van der Linde, the leader of his eponymous gang, as the primary antagonist in a story about the last days of the Wild West frontier. Other familiar faces crop up in the sequel as well, including former playable protagonist John Marston, seen in Red Dead Redemption 2 as a much younger member of the gang he will one day hunt down.

“In Red Dead Redemption 2 you get to see that gang, including Marston, at the peak of their notoriety and at the very moment things begin to fall apart,” says Bass. “This story focuses on Arthur Morgan, Dutch’s most trusted enforcer. Adopted into the gang by Dutch when he was a young boy, Arthur considers the gang to be his family — Dutch has given his life some much‐needed purpose, and the gang has served as the one positive and constant in Arthur’s life.” Hollywoodreporter

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