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[kraspkibble]

the only thing i'm disappointed about is the length of time between announcement/release.

 

[ninjablade]

It's a video game.

i like my realistic video games to be realistic as possible, including story.

 

[TWrecks310]

I'm dancing around my house right now.

RIP to all fall 2017 games though.

 

[LordBaztion]

They choose the worst name possible.
It is going to be a sequel, isn't it?

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Guess I'll never get my Bass Reeve-esque cowboy.

Hopefully the multiplayer aspect has some form of character creation.

 

[Corpekata]

If this is a prequel how would having a female in the gang make sense? Unless Rockstar retcons their own story to shoehorn one in? Unless I missed something... was there a female member of the gang?
Of course this is assuming from the picture this may be story before John is you know...

Abigail (John's wife) was a member of the gang.

Of course, she was also like a young prostitute, so uh, that might be hard to integrate into the game.

Though it's clear in RDR we're hardly meeting the entire gang (especially since there's 7 people in the image and we only met 5) so there really isn't much story to retcon given we never got the full picture anyway.

 

[Horns]

Welp. Now I know what my most wanted title is now.

 

[mocoworm]

No PC. No care

You will care. You will care that it is not on PC

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I really don´t think the protagonist is in that picture.

I think the middle guy (maybe John Marston) is one of 3 protagonists we can play as. Similar to GTA V's character switching system.

 

[Inferno313]

Imagine the protagonist actually ends up being female? The ban graveyard would be a wasteland.

Why would there be bans?

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Onwards to the historical accuracy discussions! The "Wild West" idea is probably the most historically inaccurate and exaggerated period in US history. Life aint a John Wayne flick

Except Bass Reeves'.

 

[Arex]

I hope they do an ultra / very high setting 1080p PS4 Pro version. I don't need 4K

 

[Floody]

Considering that there's no way they don't try and replicate GTA Online's business model, as that makes so much money. I'm wondering what they are going to do, to make people want to part with their real money for Rockstar bucks? GTA was pretty easy to implement as you can buy cars, bikes, boats, planes and a ton of other stuff and it all makes sense in a modern setting, but a western setting won't really have that going for it, will it just be crap like different colored saddles for your horses.

 

[BigEmil]

Lol they know you WILL double dip 😂

That's why PC announcement later

 

[randomengine]

I will be in tears if this comes to NX, but not PC. Laughing tears.

 

[Audioboxer]

this political correctness is now in the game industry?? LOL, please, stop this. This is about American Old west, Wild West, where the society was dominated by man. Of course you will see more male cowboys then cowgirls.

For god's sake, STOP PLEASE>

It's not political correctness at all. It's more ignorance to how the market is skewed and what Rockstar will be aiming for. I mean every dev wants maximum sales but when you spend what they do on development you don't just want silly sales, you need them.

See what I wrote on the last page. It's sadly wishful thinking to think they can just do a female cast and sell what they need to sell.

It's nothing to do with realism around male and female cowboys, it's about hard sales to young men that need to reach 6~10 million to make a profit.

 

[Spirited]

Well guess I won't be getting this game then.

 

[butman]

Gen of Dreams!

 

[GlamFM]

Feels so good

 

[BronsonLee]

Not to mention Sleeping Dogs 2 which has a black protagonist

Oh you son of a you tricked me

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I don't know what's funnier/more sad: The people complaining about people wanting diversity, or people acting like women haven't been half of the population since forever.

I guess with the way history and entertainment have conveniently forgotten an ungodly amount of female and minority representation beyond whores/slaves, I can't be too mad.

 

[kraspkibble]

I'm dancing around my house right now.

RIP to all fall 2017 games though.

they'll be fine. this will probably get delayed to 2018.

 

[ActWan]

Why are everyone so sure that a PC version is coming?
Most GTAs came out to PC eventually so it was a no brainer to know a PC version is coming then.
But now? Seems unlikley to me. RDR never came out on PC.

And it's called Redemption 2 because it's probably a prequel to Redemption. Plus it will sell more that way

 

[ponpo]

A female character would probably be a bit odd 'historically' but iirc an actual large amount of cowboys / outlaws were black, so in [current year] and with 7 characters it is legitimately surprising that there isn't one, assuming those are 7 protagonists or whatever.

 

[Ladekabel]

Excited!

Hopefully we get to know more about a possible PC version. I would definitly play it on PS4 but PC would be preferable choice.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Very happy this was announced, but I do have some grievances with the suspected cast.



Be excited for it. No one is telling you, you cannot be excited.

I'm fucking thrilled for it. Been waiting for this announcement for a long while.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

what a time to be alive, it sucks that we have to wait till next year (barring any delays).

gonna order whatever CE they come up with, day zero

 

[EvilKatarn]

Why are some of you acting like there's some crazy multiplayer focus here?

The game’s vast and atmospheric world will also provide the foundation for a brand new online multiplayer experience.

This is what it says. Read it. Learn to read. Please read.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

this political correctness is now in the game industry?? LOL, please, stop this. This is about American Old west, Wild West, where the society was dominated by man. Of course you will see more male cowboys then cowgirls.

For god's sake, STOP PLEASE>

Oh, I thought this was going to be fictional story but are you saying this going based on true events?

 

[jett]

scorpio is getting zen dude.

There's no chance of that.

 

[Zombie James]

Abigail (John's wife) was a member of the gang.

Of course, she was also like a young prostitute, so uh, that might be hard to integrate into the game.

I really need to replay RDR. I don't remember any of these details.

Rockstar pls remake the game.

 

[Drazgul]

Fuck whoever keeps deciding to delay the PC version.

 

[twobear]

yes, but that is nothing compared to man in terms of numbers.

so what you're saying is that there's actually nothing unrealistic about having a woman outlaw

 

[DemoCracy]

Holy Mother of God !!!!!
I congratulate PC master race

 

[Quonny]

i like my realistic video games to be realistic as possible, including story.

So how would you do health/damage in this game?

Because lol @ waiting 5 seconds for bullet wounds to magically disappear or popping a pill to recover all your health. And all those auto-aimed headshots. Realistic game.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

this political correctness is now in the game industry?? LOL, please, stop this. This is about American Old west, Wild West, where the society was dominated by man. Of course you will see more male cowboys then cowgirls.

For god's sake, STOP PLEASE>

a) no it wasn't
b) it was also full of black cowboys and mexican cowboys.

The wild west demographic was not the same as the spaghetti western demographic.

I'm fucking thrilled for it. Been waiting for this announcement for a long while.

good.

 

[oti]

So how many copies does RD2 need to sell for Top Spin 5 to happen? Give me a number.

 

[SDCowboy]

So do we know what the cast is yet? Is it early Marston or something?

 

[wesleyshark]

They picked the right name. No one cares about Revolver. Let it go, guys.

This

 

[The Artisan]

what's with you and mentioning how old you're gonna be? i'll be 31 by then so what?

you're 31, but you probably got a wife and a young family right?

i'm getting older but i'm still a broke asshole.

 

[SlickShoes]

Releases just before Scorpio, developed for PS4 and Xbone primarily, PS4 Pro support minimal.

Online barely functional at release, comes out two weeks later though and get's a pass by every reviewer because it's a rockstar game.

2019, 4k ports of the original game for PS4 Pro Xbox Scorpio + PC release.

Online to be held back by current gen consoles in player count and world details, microtransactions galore, horse insurance etc.

 

[viHuGi]

They choose the worst name possible.
It is going to be a sequel, isn't it?

yes man such bad name, a name that alone will help the game sells >30m copies, really bad.

 

[GravityInsanity]

3 reason why it's not coming to PC yet:

1. Pirating
2. Need time to work on the best version.
3. Mods

 

[FF Seraphim]

Abigail (John's wife) was a member of the gang.

Of course, she was also like a young prostitute, so uh, that might be hard to integrate into the game.

God I forgot all about that...
Yeah that would actually be really hard to implement without catching some heat.

 

[The Albatross]

Amazing.

Not as enthused about the "New online experience!" but whatever.

Also, regarding posts about "Where's the female character," or what have you, the initial promo material for Red Dead Redemption had no mention of any female characters either, and then the game gave us one of the best female characters of any game in Bonnie McFarland, so hold onto your knapsacks. The 7 characters in the promo poster may not be the playable characters.

They choose the worst name possible.
It is going to be a sequel, isn't it?

Gonna be hard to do that as a direct sequel because one of the guys in that shot looks to be Bill Williamson, who is dead at the end of RDR.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Why are everyone so sure that a PC version is coming?
Most GTAs came out to PC eventually so it was a no brainer to know a PC version is coming then.
But now? Seems unlikley to me. RDR never came out on PC.

I dunno, I can't imagine them not doing it. it was kind of a different time when RDR came out and didn't have a PC version. The PC market has expanded hugely and their last game sold very well on the platform.

 

[Incandenza]

honestly if they had a female in there. it would ruin it for me, it wouldn't be realistic at all, just a very unlikely scenario.

Yeah, a female Wild West outlaw? Who can shoot guns? Impossible!

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Ha, no PC version again? That's just cruel R*
Well, guess I don't have to be excited for this game, not that I was to begin with

 

[Trigker]

Feels so good

Rofl

the sass is real

 

[FelipeMGM]

Feels so good

Its not called Redepmtion 2 tho

EDIT: that was hard to remember