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"I played all day and couldn't afford anything decent, " Jim Sterling, a known reviewer, said on his YouTube video . "I ended up spending a lot of the money I was earning on a tin of beans." Four months later, new problems have cropped up, despite the game's economy chugging away like an old-timey steam engine. And the newest update has left players frustra

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week, Reggie discussed the great success that the Switch has been enjoying, but also a couple of recent shortcomings of the system. One major one being: Red Dead Redemption 2 isn’t on

The not so glamorous practice of crunch is one that has reared its head and come into the spotlight more than ever over the past year. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Anthem specifically have been called out for having particularly rough development periods, though there are many other examples. In a recent interview with Kotaku, Co-Founder Marcin Iwiński and Cyberpunk 2077 Director Adam Badowski highlighted that CD Projekt Red, a studio that actually has a notable reputation for crunch within the industry, is taking steps to ensure the work-life balance of the developers there is more sustainable and that crunch isn't mandat

In Red Dead Redemption 2 , of course, we meet a Colm O'Driscoll very early on, and he soon proves to be a bit of a… well, let’s just say that he doesn’t ingratiate himself to players. Our protagonist’s nemesis and rival gang leader was never going to be the community’s favorite character, but we’re taking things all the way to the extreme h

Red Dead Redemption 2 's online beta officially released on November 27th (with a steady stream of access depending on when you bought the game and which edition you purchased), and after having months of bugs, economic woes, and users abusing the system, the latest update has rolled out, but users say it fails to fix many of the game's issues such as griefing and a broken econ

The latest update aims to fix this, allowing players to parley after only one death, among other changes, but killing someone first in self-defense currently marks you as a hostile target, painting your icon red on the map and letting other players know you're not to be trusted. According to a report by Eurogamer , " visit the following page cause of this aggression is partly because it's so easy to kill: why take the chance someone else will shoot you when you can shoot them firs

The moral of the story? As vast and engrossing as the game is (and here's our in-depth guide to bonding with your horse in Red Dead Redemption 2 to prove it), let’s not lose touch with reality over it. Or pretend to have done, so you can hound unfortunate souls online who really don’t know what you’re talking about and are getting a little sca

For both Sony and Microsoft, when you compare their baseline consoles to their 4K counterparts this Black Friday, there's a delta of $200 for both. On the Xbox side, the One S is $200 less than the One X and you'll likely get to pick up a bundle that includes a game of some sort. For PlayStation, the decision is a little bit harder to make. While the PS4 Slim will come with Marvel's Spider-Man for $200 less than the PS4 Pro, the 4K Pro variant will include Red Dead Redemption 2 and keeps the price at $

Talking with Eurogamer , he explained that he’s doing his best to take the whole thing in his stride. After all, it’s "just online trolls having fun," as Colm put it. Nevertheless, with anything like this, there are always those people who can’t let a harmless joke be a harmless joke. Like the person who simply messaged Colm, You’re on my list of [redacted] to shoot on si

In addition, the in-game economy is still fractured, and baked beans are still more valuable than gold rings. Players originally resorted to hunting to pick up the slack, but with the new update, the hunting rewards were slashed in half, from $10 to around $5, likely to force players to spend real money in the game's premium market that includes, among other things, emoticons that will set you back hundreds of dollars in the game's regular cash, or a lot of gold bars. And defending yourself against hostile players nets you your own bounty, making you a prime target to lose all your hard-earned mo

"We’re known—let me be humble for a moment here—we are known for treating gamers with respect...And I actually would [like] for us to also be known for treating developers with respect." Iwiński stated. He went on to say that "We’ve been working toward it for some time already...but we want to be more humane and treat people with respect. If they need to take time off, they can take time off. Nobody will be frowned upon if this will be requested." Badowski also highlighted that there are personal motivations for this change as well: "We are getting older, and most of the people who are responsible for crunch, they have families, little kids, and they feel exactly the sa