Summary
WhileRed Dead Redemption 3seems like a faraway prospect, there are many questions as to what the game could end up looking like. A lot of this discourse focuses on the single-player setting and narrative for the project, yet the online mode of the title is more than worthy of debate.
The multiplayer mode ofRed Dead Redemption 2, known asRed Dead Online, was an ambitious but short-lived foray by Rockstar, with some fans hoping for a more robust online mode inRDR3with greater longevity.Red Dead Onlinewas always going to struggle against the backdrop of the massively successfulGTA Online, andRed Dead Redemption 3needs to borrow one heavily rumored roleplaying feature thatGrand Theft Auto 6may introduce to its own multiplayer offerings.
While rumored, Rockstar has not confirmed that official roleplay servers will be built intoGrand Theft Auto 6’s online mode.
Roleplay servers have become a surprising staple of recent Rockstar releases, with the immersive and breathing worlds that these titles usually possess being the perfect staging ground for multiplayer RP. While RP communities have existed as far back asGTA 4, it wasGrand Theft Auto 5that really brought this mode of play to the forefront of the gaming industry.
GTA Onlinehas been a massive success for Rockstar and has contributed greatly to the continued relevance ofGTA 5as a whole, withonline streamers making roleplay more popular and accessible in recent years. RP inGTA Onlineallows players to move away from the uncontrolled chaos of the base game, creating their own characters with unique backstories, personalities, and jobs, that they then act out on a given server.
There is still a huge amount of entertainment and storytelling value in RP gameplay, with the success of roleplaying inGTA Onlineleading many to believe thatofficial RP servers will be built into the multiplayer mode ofGrand Theft Auto 6. This would make RP widely available across platforms while making the framework of these servers much more thorough, and there is no reason that this cannot extend toRed Dead Redemption 3.
Of course,RP has its own place inRed Dead Onlineas much as it doesGTA, but the lack of continued support for the former has meant that the full potential ofRed Deadroleplay has not yet been seen. If anything, the Old West setting of theRDRfranchise is much more conductive of roleplaying scenarios when compared toGTA, and official RP servers in the nextRDRgame could breathe huge amounts of life into the title’s multiplayer.
While traditional free-play should still be available in the nextRed Dead Online, built-in RP servers would open up a huge avenue of gameplay possibilities, with players being able to work their way up through a variety of warring outlaw factions or even different branches of law enforcement. With some circles of fans seeingthe small window of post-launch support forRDR2’s onlineas disappointing, official RP servers in the next game akin toGTAwould be the perfect step forward to make up for this.
Red Dead Online
WHERE TO PLAY
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life across frontier America.Forge your own path as you battle lawmen, outlaw gangs and ferocious wild animals to build a life on the American frontier. Build a camp, ride solo or form a posse and explore everything from the snowy mountains in the North to the swamps of the South, from remote outposts to busy farms and bustling towns. Chase down bounties, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run your own underground Moonshine distillery, or become a Naturalist to learn the secrets of the animal kingdom and much more in a world of astounding depth and detail.Join millions of fellow players in the American West, and experience a world now packed with years’ worth of new features, gameplay and additional enhancements.
