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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

Kashima2711d ago (Edited 2711d ago )

GTA V all over again?

Kreisen2711d 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.

poppinslops2711d ago (Edited 2711d 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.

smolinsk2711d 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.

poppinslops2711d 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!

Kreisen2711d ago (Edited 2711d 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.

poppinslops2711d ago (Edited 2711d 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 :(

kraenk122711d ago

@poppinslops

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

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ChiefofLoliPolice2711d ago

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

-Foxtrot2711d 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

Movefasta19932711d ago

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

smolinsk2711d ago (Edited 2711d 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?

ChiefofLoliPolice2711d 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.

smolinsk2711d ago (Edited 2711d 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.

ChiefofLoliPolice2711d 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.

OB1Biker2711d 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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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May: RDR2, Deceive Inc., Crime Boss: Rockay City and more

All titles release May 21.

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-Ghost6d ago

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog

- Red Dead Redemption 2 | PS4
- Deceive Inc. | PS5
- The Sims 4 City Living | PS4
- Crime Boss: Rockay City | PS5
- The Settlers: New Allies | PS4
- Stranded: Alien Dawn | PS4, PS5
- Cat Quest | PS4
- Cat Quest II | PS4
- The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame | PS4
- Watch Dogs* | PS4

PlayStation Premium | Classics

- 2Xtreme | PS4, PS5
- G-Police | PS4, PS5
- Worms Pinball | PS4, PS5

shinoff21836d ago

They gotta do better on the premium side for sure. Where are any of those jrpgs from the ps1 Era. Come on Sony.

jznrpg6d ago

Most of the Sony JRPGS have been released. Square has a ton that could be ported over but they would need Squares involvement.

VenomUK6d ago

Crime Boss! I know it hasn't reviewed well but I love the eighties action movie vibe of the trailer but didn't want to risk any money on it so this is a great way for me to play it.

Exvalos5d ago

I don't know why Sony is not getting some of the legendary ps1 games from square like parasite eve, xenogears, brave fencer musashi

outsider16246d ago

Looking at this list, i gotta ask what is even the point of premium?

raWfodog6d ago

I'm good with just my PS+ Essential

GamerRN6d ago

I have premium, and I'm also wondering why I have it

Xeofate6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I think there are a ton of good games on Premium, and don't sleep on the movie collection if you like 90's and 2000's movies, the selection is stacked with classics and gets updated pretty regularly.

Abnor_Mal6d ago

G-Police is a game I have fond memories of and will definitely download to replay. I remember controlling your helicopter was a bit difficult and would make my hand cramp having to press all the shoulder buttons to go up and down and I think yaw left and right.

The next game they should add to Classics is Colony Wars, and I wouldn’t mind replaying Nightmare Creatures. I’d also like to replay Black, PSI Ope: The Mindgate Conspiracy.

Redgrave6d ago

Nightmare Creatures, Deathtrap Dungeon, Urban Chaos

TheColbertinator5d ago

Colony Wars, G-Police, Black and PsiOps were all amazing games. Such creative games from a golden age.

DefenderOfDoom25d ago

I would love to play Black again on a higher difficult setting . Black was so fun to play!

MrBaskerville6d ago

G-Police is nice. But might be among the hardest games I've ever played.

Bathyj6d ago

G Police.
I almost want to upgrade for that.

But let's face it, there's no way the game has held up.

MrBaskerville5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

You can just buy it, you don't need premium.

And it's still good, but there's a couple of early missions that are extremely tough. But they don't really make games like this anymore.

DarXyde5d ago

2Xtreme was the first game I ever bought for PS Plus (I still have the PS1 version somewhere).

Game is awful, but it's stupid fun. Like Thrasher: Skate and Destroy.

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hiroyukisanada6d ago

Man.... Premium has been a massive letdown but this is the only month they don't have a single thing for me. Oh well. I've gotten my money's worth so far and still need to finish up Rebirth and Rise of the Ronin then I'll hop back in to Relink and Helldivers after that.

hiroyukisanada5d ago

I should clarify that I was referring to the Classics catalog, in particular. Only 1 PS1 game I've loved is the Legend of Dragoon and the Tekken/Soul Caliburs on PSP

Petebloodyonion6d ago

RDR2 is a win for Sony and Crime boss is a good fit to help promote a struggling game
but we're far from what was removed this month (including Horizon Zero Dawn)
https://www.pushsquare.com/...

crazyCoconuts6d ago

Yeah I was hoping burning shores would have been added now that it's a year old vs. the base game being removed.
I wouldn't be surprised if both MS and PS continue to either walk back the quality of games in the sub services or increase the price, since it's now clearer to them how cannibalistic these services are

isarai6d ago

The game deserves to struggle, it's garbage

Petebloodyonion5d ago

Indeed it's bad but it does offer incredible Hollywood star power so for free it might draw a crowd while giving a boost to this game.
Just remember Fallout 76 was the biggest turd and yet there are now tons of ppl playing it.

shinoff21835d ago

When I seen video on this game I thought Holy sht this is gonna be awesome. Then the footage continued and I seen what type of game it was going for. Was so disappointed. Would've loved a gta style game not from Rockstar,like we had back in the day some studios trying. I'm all about being different but a little gta clone idea been cool with.

Yui_Suzumiya5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

To be fair, I'd play Crime Boss before GTA any day. I mean I have no interest in either but just for the celebs I'd pick Crime Boss, lol

JL29306d ago

How is a 6 year old game a win for anything? Anyone who cares has already played it.

Petebloodyonion5d ago

Simply because ppl do play it!
As much as I don't like it GTA V always managed a boost of ppl when it was offered on Game Pass or PS+.
NOW RDR 2 was never offered on a subscription service.
Again the point isn't about will hardcore gamers play the game because we already played it. it's about having a huge star power game never offered on service that will make casual ppl subscribe to it.

MrBaskerville5d ago

You are aware that new people are born every day? All the 5 year olds probably didn't play it when it released.

But I guess you played every game ever released, which is quite impressive.

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seanpitt235d ago

A 6 years old game is a win? Yes it's a masterpiece but I am sure most of hardcore gamers have already played it! I doubt it would be shifting ps plus extra subs if there was a native ps5 version or 60fps option then maybe

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6 Games That Genuinely Deserve A Current-Gen Upgrade

Games such as Mad Max, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Batman: Arkham Knight desperately deserve a modern-day revisit.

thorstein34d ago

Mad Max is underrated. Such a fun game.

Cacabunga33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

RDR2 still looks astounding on PS4 Pro. i cannot imagine how it could look with a next gen upgrade.

JonTheGod33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Probably not very different.

No idea why this article is highlighting recent beautiful graphically-advanced games and saying they need current gen makeovers. They already look better than most new releases; just compare Arkham Knight and Suicide Squad!

exputers33d ago

I see what you did there.

Yi-Long33d ago

It's obviously never gonna happen since Sony killed the game and studio, but Driveclub. Even in its current state, 10 years after release, it still puts many competitors to shame ...

Demetrius32d ago

I'm not into racing games but yeah I even looked at gameplay of that sometimes

redrum065d ago

It's a shame they cancelled the game. Definitely the best racing game I've ever played on Playstation. Just got GT7, but it feels so slow and less arcade-y, which is to be expected of a sim racer of course, that I just enjoy it less.
Driveclub also graphically looked insanely good for its time. I wonder what a Driveclub 2 would look like for the PS5.

Demetrius32d ago

Mad max ikr! Far cry primal, it amuses me how ubisoft just left ac unity hanging, sadly most of the good staff left from rocksteady while being forced to make that abomination smh