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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So people are buying the same Red Dead Redemption 2 pass for the third year in a row?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

As a player, they certainly are not, unless they're brand new players that have never seen it before (not sure how many of those there are). I'm not sure the game even lets you unlock the same pass twice.

What's happening is that the game is so dead (because Rockstar deliberately killed it, to be clear) that Rockstar is announcing this pass again as if it's brand new for the third year in a row. It really seems like they just have these announcements on some sort of auto trigger that keeps triggering every year around the same time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Game has option that people can buy. I tend not to buy extras that games try and sell me, but why is this something to give a shit about?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably a stupid question, but what does a game pass do? I'm old and crusty, and the games I like doesn't involve them..

[–] glimpseintotheshit 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's in the article:

"The Red Dead Redemption 2 Halloween Pass 2 was originally released on Thursday, October 28, 2021. Rockstar reissued it in 2022, and now it’s being sold to Red Dead Online players for a third time, available until Monday, November 6. There are 15 ranks in the western game’s Halloween Pass 2, as you progress through them you unlock new outfits and wearables. "

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I read that and I still don't know what the fuck I actually get with my purchase.

I know with other games, it basically just unlocks a separate tier of things you can unlock, assuming you actually play during the time period those things are offered if it's not simply tied directly to some XP system. I've not seen that kind of system in RDR2 though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Just cosmetic bullshit

[–] glimpseintotheshit 3 points 1 year ago

It's 15 ranks that unlock outfits and wearables. Really don't know what else to tell you or what kind of answer you're looking for.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They have a history of amazing games but also of milking gamers and shameful cash grabs (like the GTA script remaster etc.). I wonder who do you consider the overall best developer nowadays?

I'd vote for Larian - they do everything right. Naughty Dog would also be high in my ranking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I would vote for Larian these days. I'm not ready to play BG3 yet, but Divinity Original Sin 2 was so good that I don't even need to second guess it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ghost Ship Games

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their last amazing game was gta4. We got a great single player with great single player DLC.

Gtav was ok but after beating it once I never went back to it. And I ignored online after the first few months, which were the only great times of gtao. We didn't get a single story dlc.

Rdr2 is filled with potential for native single player DLC content, but instead they did nothing with it. I would so pay for single player DLC, please do it, take my money!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 1 year ago

I totally agree. I actually had to force myself to finish GTA V, though I absolutely loved GTA IV and GTA SA.

For me, it comes down to characters and story, and GTA V's characters were unlikable and the story felt uninspiring. I even didn't particularly care about the choice at the end, and I think they missed a huge opportunity to have a DLC expand on Franklin and Trevor. But in the end, I hated playing as Michael, Franklin disappointed me, and Trevor needed more content.

I really liked Niko and CJ, they had interesting arcs that really fit with the theme of the setting they're in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And they'll sell it next year too if people keep buying it. That's how business works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Rockstar has some personal vendetta against their own hit.