Red Dead Redemption 2: 8 Things It Must Fix From GTA Online

Can Red Dead Online avoid GTA Online's worst feature?

by Ewan Paterson
Red Dead Redemption 2 Online
Rockstar

Red Dead Redemption 2 is shaping up to be another legendary release in Rockstar's grand catalogue of legendary releases, but to say that the studio have gotten everything right during their existence would be letting them off lightly.

Grand Theft Auto V - what many would consider to be the jewel in Rockstar's crown - was a triumph when it released in 2013. It also wasn't without its issues, with the game's multiplayer mode, GTA Online, falling afoul of criticism as it gradually developed into a cash cow of monolithic proportions.

Rockstar lent continuous support to GTA's multiplayer component, but as the years went on, the studio found it difficult to provide genuine reasons for why players should stay invested. Updates amounted to little more than glorified adverts to invest in Online's virtual currency, which had kept the game's DLC 'free' from start to finish, and for those who opted not to, it soon became apparent that gameplay had devolved into a repetitive grind.

Red Dead Online can change all of this though, by learning from both the good and bad of its predecessor, and taking notes from the community. Here’s what needs to change to make it genuinely worthwhile.

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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.