Red Dead Online has barely been out a week, but it's already showing the same signs of longevity as its predecessor - GTA Online - did back in the day. This is despite the various issues present with the game's economy, the glitches and all the rest, but still, it's fairly evident that everything that made GTA V's multiplayer so successful is present in Red Dead - for better, or for worse.
By now, it's all too likely that players are looking for ways to become the fastest (and richest) gun in the old west, and though there are a myriad of frustrating, laborious grind-driven ways to make cash in Red Dead Online, one of the most consistent (currently) involves PVP combat. The game currently boasts two dedicated PVP playlists, Showdown Series and Showdown Series (Large), and if you've been playing Red Dead since Online hit, chances are you've attempted at least one of these playlists.
Red Dead Online's PVP combat is as unforgiving as its economy, and though it's not difficult to get to grips with, there are a select few ways to take your game up a level and not just cope with the demands of one-shot kills and random weapon spawns, but to dominate the competition altogether.
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.
