Red Dead Online: 7 MAJOR Issues Rockstar Must Address

Is Red Dead Redemption 2 repeating GTA Online's biggest mistakes?

by Ewan Paterson
Red Dead Online
Rockstar

Red Dead Online - or at least its beta - has finally launched this week, and fans are understandably excited. GTA Online proved to be one of the most successful (and lucrative) experiments in Rockstar's history, and though it certainly had its issues, players were more than willing to let them slide, with the mode affording most a large amount of freedom to do what they want, when they want, how they want.

So, with that in mind, the million dollar question on everyone's lips must surely be whether or not Rockstar have managed to recapture the same appeal of that mode with Red Dead, and the answer - at least currently - isn't yes.

Yes, Online is still in the earliest of stages, and it took months for GTA's multiplayer to get to its absolute best, but there are a whole number of concerns that have emerged in the wake of its first day, and some sound worryingly similar to the issues that plagued GTA Online during its later years.

It's early days, but given GTA Online's track record, there is cause for concern...

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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.