When it was first announced, fans had high hopes for Red Dead Online. Red Dead Redemption 2 had provided one of the most unique video game experiences of all time, and there was a belief among fans that Rockstar would transplant the same kind of immersive realism to the title's multiplayer setting.
Just as it was with GTA V's multiplayer though, progress on Red Dead Online has been slow and somewhat meandering. The introduction of roles breathed new life into the title in 2019, but updates since have proven few and far between.
In the meantime, GTA Online has received near constant support from Rockstar, with update after update providing a myriad of clothing, weapons, vehicles and missions for players to purchase and partake in.
The same level of support is nowhere to be seen with Red Dead, despite it being the newer title, and the one that possesses the most potential.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
