Why did this game sell so well?
Why did this game sell so well?
John Wright
Camden Jones
Rockstar games can not only buy marketing in form of adds, but also in form of celebrities, which means that big AAA companies literally pay people to play their games either on Streams, Youtube videos or mention it in interviews and other outlet platforms.
Matthew Sullivan
It's fun and by the same guys as GTA. And it's predecessor was well received.
Nicholas Richardson
Because it's RDR2, there's no way it wasn't going to sell well. Anything made by Rockstar nowadays is a guaranteed cash-cow.
Sebastian Ross
Because muh graphics and realism. Normies will buy anything if it has decent realism and "simulator" aspects.
Jose Sullivan
Only real answer these days, in combo with this:
Before they sold, because they were actual good games. The industry changed. It has "legacy" companies and "legacy" franchises now which sell on name alone, which affords them bigger marketing, which nets more sales, which affords better graphics, which nets more sales, which builds the legacy, which affords bigger marketing, which...
Gavin Price
Because contrary to Nintendo/v/, people really like Rockstar games and not every game needs to have some fat midget with a red hat in it to sell well.
it's also a sequel to RDR1, a game most normies thought was GoTG last gen.
Daniel Reyes
That reminds me, a normie roommate of mine bought the game and never even played it.
He only had a normal Xboner so perhaps it was for the better...
Xavier Davis
It was a good game
Chase Martin
>great story
>great characters
>great graphics and soundtrack
>wild west theme
>shooter
>gta like open world
>Rockstar
It has everything to appeal to both casual masses and actual "gamers"(couldn't find a better word, but i'm referring to people that consider gaming their main hobby, so they are always aware of whats going in the industry and know lots of less popular/niche games)
Xavier Howard
Because the first game sold well. This isn't rocket science.
Adrian Price
it has everything except good gameplay to be honest
Connor Sanchez
I was watching The Daily Show on Comedy Central when the TV told be to buy it so I did.
Thomas Scott
What coat is that boah?
Mason Torres
Seeing this meme tells me that most people shitting on this game haven't played it. It's gameplay is not the problem and never was. The gameplay (gunplay/combat/content) is actually pretty fucking good compared to most open world games. The problem is how sickeningly linear the missions are. The Rockstar formula is just growing exhausting for me personally. If I didn't have a huge boner for Westerns (considering how underused the setting is in vidya), I woulda dropped this game like I did GTA V.
It's a great game and all, but god damn, i've been playing Rockstar games since I was in high school, i'm 24 years old now and it's just getting old. I find myself avoiding missions most of the time just to fuck around and do the kino side content like hunting, robbing houses etc.
Shotgun coat, aka the best coat in the game
Andrew Ramirez
>sequel
>takes place before the last game
Nathan Sanchez
>there's a black shotgun coat
WHAT THE FUCK, WHERE?! I USED A FUCKING GREEN SHOTGUN COAT THE ENTIRE GAME AS A SUBSTITUTE TO A BLACK ONE.
DID IT GET PATCHED IN OR SOMETHING? CAN I FINALLY COSPLAY AS ANGEL EYES?
Jayden Miller
Cause it was a good game
Lincoln Barnes
>didn't do the time travel strangers mission which which completely destroys the concept of past/present
Wew lad
I guess you can. Be warned though, it's more of a dark grey than outright black. It's more noticeable in doors where the lighting is completely different. Outdoors however, it looks black. There is another black shotgun coat in Rhodes (part of the gambler outfit) that has patterns on it and there's a black frock coat (shorter coat than the shotgun coat) that's black at one of the train stations general stores (Drover outfit)
Cooper Evans
Correct answer
Kevin Powell
What would you guys like story wise if they were to make another RedDead? Also, anyone else holding out for a remaster of the first game as a DLC, with a more flushed out epilogue at that where you don't just kill the guy with no buildup?
Bentley Miller
Cope harder PC turds
Noah Miller
Another prequel but an entirely new story. The Dutch gang has been fleshed out enough. Maybe something more of a traditional western story of revenge where you don't belong to a gang.
Anything really, can't really fuck up a Western given how many references there are and how devoid of Westerns vidya is in general. As long as they fix the fucking wanted system this time (I swear, Rockstar is getting progressively worse with their wanted systems, shit is way to fucking strict) it will be kino
>Also, anyone else holding out for a remaster of the first game as a DLC, with a more flushed out epilogue at that where you don't just kill the guy with no buildup?
Wait, how the fuck did RDR1s epilogue have no build up lmao.
Jayden Carter
>Those South Park episodes that were basically comedic ads for RDR2 with a dumb Manbearpig story attached
Isaac Rivera
Because it just so happened to be Game of the Generation along with Nier Automata.
Ayden Butler
white people love their horse and empty land simulator
Jaxson Gutierrez
Because it's fun? I don't know what to tell you.
Julian King
>Because it's fun
Logan Reed
Because it's a Rockstar game and has a big open world.
Kayden Anderson
The Rockstar Fanboy Checklist:
>go back to Fortnite
>zoomer
>you have ADD/ADHD
>I never had a problem/it's on you
>your opinion doesn't matter
>nitpicking
>contrarian
>nobody complains about x
>graphics>gameplay
>the horses are better than RDR1
>the controls are better than RDR1
>muh realism
>muh immersion
>lol cope
>seething
>Rockstar sold x amount of copies
>angry PC gamer
>nintendie
>"stop liking what I don't like"
>10/10
>masterpiece
>online review scores
>reddit spacing
>it's only the beta
>it's not a twitch shooter
>it's a single player game
>regurgitated Dutch memes
And their personal favorite:
>you didn't play the game
If you think you're arguing with a fanboy, simply resort to this checklist, call him a fanboy, then ignore him. Watch him cower and recoil as he's been found out.
Daniel Collins
I mean you just get the random ass mission and go kill the guy. I think it would be better if it weren't just some stranger mission and was drawn out a bit more, like the RDR2 epilogue. Like imagine if killing Micah was just some random mission you find, it wouldn't be as good.
David Davis
This game actually has the worst controls and gameplay of any game I've ever played. This is one about the game that you CANT defend. You just can't. Only a paid shill would go that far.
Adrian Howard
Because it's secretly a porn game disguised as an open world game
>play in first person
>go to the nearest town
>find a whore or any cute woman
>start following her
>she starts to get nervous and remarks about you following her
>eventually runs away
>chase her and try to lead her out of the safe town
>tie her up, put her on my horse
>take her to a cabin in the woods
>untie her
>start jacking off
>beat her and push her around
>tie her up once more
>O - Antagonize
> cut her throat
>climax
No game has made me cum harder than RDR2
James Phillips
2019... I am forgotten.
Chase Gonzalez
Because it wasn't on PC.
Juan Gomez
The entire game was building up to it though. You go through all of that as John only to get fucked over in the end. Having you play as Jack and track down his fathers killer is all you really need. The guy retired, it doesn't make sense to have another wild goose chase hunting him across Mexico like you did John's gang.
The guy was just living out like an oridnary cowpoke after retiring and leaving the Pinkerton Agency
Dominic Garcia
Well I just did and the controls were fine for me. They're weighty because that's the type of game it was meant to be. If you want some weightless game where you're double jumping around the map then go play Halo or something. This game clearly wasn't for you.
Hunter Cook
It's not a bad game. It's the most solid open world title made so far. The guns feel great, the story is good, the graphics are fantastic and the immersive features don't get in the way of gameplay.
If you hate it, it's just because you're not a fan of the Rockstar brand of open world gameplay and that's perfectly fine but it is by no means a bad game.
Leo Garcia
He wasn't with the Pinkerton Agency in RDR1.
RDR1 was rushed as fuck though towards the end. I agree with that other user.
Lincoln Green
Curious question but why does Yea Forums never discuss Rockstar games? I mean, they do when they release (because no matter how much Yea Forums shit talks them, they will always buy them out of the massive hype behind them), but then they just stop getting disussed. Even old classics that San Andreas.
I mean, you go to literally any other gaming community and they're among the most talked about games there. But on Yea Forums, you're lucky to get 1 or 2 threads on them at any given time
Lincoln Robinson
go play Shadow of the Colossus.
Easton Gonzalez
I can't remember what he was with, whatever the fuck he was with then, the point remains the same.
Because Rockstar games usually commit 1 or more of the following cardinal sins on Yea Forums
1. Not be a Nintendo game
2. Doesn't have anime tiddies
and here's the biggest one
3. Completely fuck over PC gamers which are the majority of gamers on Yea Forums
Jason Peterson
funny cowboy shoots the gun in the old western zone fighting agaist the law and other criminals a timeless classic for the ages
Michael Wright
not enough wahoo ping ping
Caleb Gomez
>San Andreas is considered an "old classic"
Holy shit, the fucking zoomers are unironically taking over
Easton Howard
It is Rockstar. They have a HUGE word of mouth in the videogame industry.
Only thing they did during the 2 year gap between anouncement and release was releasing 3 main trailers, 2 gameplay ones and a launch one. The only marketing they did was in the last month of waiting.
Cooper Sanders
It's a Rockstar game.