When it came to GTA Online, interactions with other players were... difficult. You could shoot at each other, interact with a few gestures and drive around, but that was about it (unless you forked out the extra moolah for a yacht).
Red Dead Online can change this for the better though. Considering the single player is placing such a massive emphasis on being able to interact with everyone, be it with the tip of your hat or the raising of your firearm, it makes perfect sense to translate that approach to the multiplayer too. Obviously it'll be a lot more combative (that's just the way multiplayer works), but hopefully with a varied selection of servers Red Dead Online could let players interact in a meaningful manner, rather than becoming a perennial vacuum of antagonistic behaviour.
It wouldn't be without combat of course - the defining image of the Old West was built on the idea of duels, and so players should be able to do just that. The idea, however, is that Online should evolve into an open platform where caution is rewarded, and toxic behaviour is dealt with. That's how you develop a new community.
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.
