Red Dead Redemption 2: Discussion & Speculation (Part 1)

[bilala21]

Zello: I Know Right

 

Arabia: For real?

 

Kirsty: Oh my Marston? "Best New Line of 2017"

http://imgur.com/a/5iap5

 

The perfect RDR2 Cover

[Dee-account-with-1kbans]

 

R* has to say something soon because the "leaks" are coming out in full force now

What Leaks?

 

do you not know what quotations imply?

[BLOOD]

Ouch you got me again. Sorry

[Zello]

Take-Two should just merge all the marketing teams across the company instead of marketing teams for each labels there should be one unified department doing all things marketings well even though if they do all the distributions and sales and even some publishings. At one time they owned a label known as Take2 Productions.

No thanks I don't want to see Ronnie2k and LD2k running the marketing team for R*

[Arabia]

Zello: I Know Right

 

Arabia: For real?

 

Kirsty: Oh my Marston? "Best New Line of 2017"

 

Yep, it can't be argued really. Unless he knows someone at Rockstar and he's just passing information down to us.

[BLOOD]

Zello: who are Ronnie2K and LD2

 

Arabia: No Problem.

[Zello]

Zello: who are Ronnie2K and LD2

 

Arabia: No Problem.

Ronnie2k and LD2k are responsible for Marketing for 2k and 2ksports at least I think so they're more like community managers

Edited May 11, 2017 by Zello

[otachi]

Hahahhaha......That was well played.

[BLOOD]

 

Zello: who are Ronnie2K and LD2

 

Arabia: No Problem.

Ronnie2k and LD2k are responsible for Marketing for 2k and 2ksports at least I think so they're more like community managersAlright. 2K is actually split into two sub-division labels: 2K Games and 2K Sports. It used to include 2K Play which is now more quiet. Anyway it seems like 2K Games is getting a new president since the group creation 12 years ago. It will be cool to see a great and respected veteran takeover.

 

Edit: A CD Projekt exec getting hired to run the label will be cool. Plus, like CD i dont think 2K Games ever made multiplayer component to their titles except for online-centric EVOLVE.

Edited May 11, 2017 by BLOOD

[NikosUncle]

What if Wild West online is better than RDR2

[Arabia]

What if Wild West online is better than RDR2

 

From the description of the game in the news article it seems kinda shallow, lacks any sort of single player content, and is being developed by a Kickstarter team.

 

 

Competing against Red Dead Redemption.

Edited May 11, 2017 by Arabia

[Spider-Vice]

What if Wild West online is better than RDR2

That's not even an option tbh. Even if RDR2 is Online focused or whatever they do these days with GTAO, no way this project will beat a triple A creation.

[Arabia]

 

What if Wild West online is better than RDR2

That's not even an option tbh. Even if RDR2 is Online focused or whatever they do these days with GTAO, no way this project will beat a triple A creation.

 

IF it even survives until launch.

 

All Rockstar have to do to absolutely crush this game's existence is post an RDR2 related newswire article.

[BLOOD]

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

 

Edit: $11 million will be the Best PR stunt from any company ever! for a game needing $200k plus.

Edited May 11, 2017 by BLOOD

[Dee-account-with-1kbans]

What if Wild West online is better than RDR2

what if a kickstarter mmo rehash is better than a r* game? ehhh chances are pretty low

[TheOriginalGunslinger]

 

PS4.

 

Excited about Red Dead Redemption 2 but I'm really hoping us God of War fans get that release date at E3 otherwise my reaction would be...

I don't wanna spoil too much but rumor has it Kratos has a brother stronger than him...

(Doubt that's true though)

 

Kratos had a brother named Deimos and we already killed him in a previous game. lolHaven't played God of War in years so my memory is far off. lol Edited May 11, 2017 by TheOriginalGunslinger

[Arabia]

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

 

I may be in the minority here, but I'm excited as to how Rockstar are going to handle RDO :>

 

So that sounds like a cool idea :>

 

You know... You're cool Blood.

[Jason]

Well it sounds like it's one of your now typical open world survival games that seem to be getting announced or released every month now - albeit this one is trying to have more of a PvE/social sort of element to it rather than "kill or be killed", but that's not an entirely new concept to these type of games either with games like Conan Exiles and Ark. The issue with these games is never the ideas but the execution, they all launch very early as an early access game and are riddled with bugs, balancing issues and a massive lack of content and because they're always small teams and they can't put out new content fast enough and players lose interest and never come back.

[BLOOD]

 

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

I may be in the minority here, but I'm excited as to how Rockstar are going to handle RDO :>

 

So that sounds like a cool idea :>

 

You know... You're cool Blood.

Haha i dont know if that a complement but cheers.

 

Edit: 5 studios i want Take-Two to buy just for the IPs and amazing talents:

 

1. Undead Labs

2. Daybreak Game Co.

3. Gearbox

4. TellTales

5. 60% in THQ Nordic

 

They can afford these buys with just the cash flow coming from GTA Online.

Edited May 11, 2017 by BLOOD

[Arabia]

 

 

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

I may be in the minority here, but I'm excited as to how Rockstar are going to handle RDO :>

 

So that sounds like a cool idea :>

 

You know... You're cool Blood.

Haha i dont know if that a complement but cheers.

 

 

It is it is!

 

I never understand the business lingo though D:

 

However, you do have informative ideas/opinions that I tend to learn from.

[Zello]

 

 

R* has to say something soon because the "leaks" are coming out in full force now

What Leaks?

 

From all the R* Insiders on this forum

 

Did I tell you we're making a documentary about them?

 

Part 1 of our interview

 

Zello: So how did you come in contact with your R* source?

 

R* Insider : It was through a mutual friend of mine in New York, I was in New York one weekend last summer and decided to pay him a visit. He said he knew a guy at that works at Rockstar and that I should meet him. Well I ended up spending a couple more days in New York y'know going to Time Square, the met, and really got to know this guy well. Eventually one night we show up to some house in Brooklyn I have no idea what we're doing here my source says he wants to introduce me to someone special. The place is absolutely beautiful it has an upstairs and a downstairs and then I look up I hear a voice "Gonna get a Cheeky Nandos with the Mandem." It was Dan Houser.

 

Zello: And it was at this point that you saw Dan Houser naked?

 

R* Insider: I was like wow. This is amazing

Edited May 11, 2017 by Zello

[J.Dillinger Blackheart]

 

 

 

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

I may be in the minority here, but I'm excited as to how Rockstar are going to handle RDO :>

 

So that sounds like a cool idea :>

 

You know... You're cool Blood.

Haha i dont know if that a complement but cheers.

 

It is it is!

 

I never understand the business lingo though D:

 

However, you do have informative ideas/opinions that I tend to learn from.

RDO has me excited AF tbh. The Story? ehh....

[RedDagger]

http://gtaforums.com/topic/887141-wild-west-online-pc-mmo/

 

I made a thing for wwo

 

just so y'all can keep its discussion alive after this topic moves on

[Jason]

 

 

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

I may be in the minority here, but I'm excited as to how Rockstar are going to handle RDO :>

 

So that sounds like a cool idea :>

 

You know... You're cool Blood.

Haha i dont know if that a complement but cheers.

 

Edit: 5 studios i want Take-Two to buy just for the IPs and amazing talents:

 

1. Undead Labs

2. Daybreak Game Co.

3. Gearbox

4. TellTales

5. 60% in THQ Nordic

 

They can afford these buys with just the cash flow coming from GTA Online.

 

 

Those two would be awful. Daybreak has no IP's worth a damn these days and all their best talent is long gone, and Gearbox has spent the last couple of years muddying their own reputation with poor decisions and poor games.

[BLOOD]

 

 

 

Arabia: Take-Two should fund the game in exchange for a 60% stake managed by R*

I may be in the minority here, but I'm excited as to how Rockstar are going to handle RDO :>

 

So that sounds like a cool idea :>

 

You know... You're cool Blood.

Haha i dont know if that a complement but cheers.

 

Edit: 5 studios i want Take-Two to buy just for the IPs and amazing talents:

 

1. Undead Labs

2. Daybreak Game Co.

3. Gearbox

4. TellTales

5. 60% in THQ Nordic

 

They can afford these buys with just the cash flow coming from GTA Online.

 

Those two would be awful. Daybreak has no IP's worth a damn these days and all their best talent is long gone, and Gearbox has spent the last couple of years muddying their own reputation with poor decisions and poor games.

Daybreak gives them: EverQuest, Planetside, H1Z1, Star Wars licenses, LoTR Online among others.

 

Gearbox: sole ownership of Borderlands, Duke Nukem and Homeworld.

 

Edit: THQ Nordic will give them a greatest clout in Europe with IPs including Darksiders, deBlob, Destroy All Humans, Sing, MX vs ATV, The Guild, Rock Manager, Red Faction, among many others. All these can be turned around and many into blockbuster titles and the platforms especially mobile and switch.

Edited May 11, 2017 by BLOOD

[Father Girth]

TellTale would be a black spot on their roster too. Garbage engine, garbage "gameplay", and pathetic narrative "choices".

[BLOOD]

TellTales is the King of Adapting anything. And it bring Take-Two closer to Hollywood.

[Jason]

Daybreak gives them: EverQuest, Planetside, H1Z1, Star Wars licenses, LoTR Online among others.

Gearbox: sole ownership of Borderlands, Duke Nukem and Homeworld.

 

They don't get Star Wars, EA has that. I doubt that them publishing LOTR:O gives them the LOTR lisence either, and H1Z1 is a worthless IP for a studio to buy for, they might as just make their own battle royal game, Planetside and Everquest are games with a lot of legacy but these days they don't carry any weight at all, and Daybreak basically car crashed their way through Everquest Next's development and got it canned. Gearbox's Duke Nukem and Homeworld have the same problems.

 

Borderlands is a popular franchise, but not worth buying a company over. It's easier just to start a new team unless you're getting one for cheap (ie what happened when THQ collapsed), the only exceptions are teams of extraordinary talent who are putting out special games which is what happened with studios like BioWare and what EA have been trying to do with Rockstar for donkeys years now.

[Father Girth]

You're right BLOOD, they do adapt everything. And do a piss poor job of it as well.

[BLOOD]

Jason: If Take-Two buys THQ Nordic tomorrow for $400 million it will be the biggest gaming news for the next few weeks and ironically i read that they were going to buy the original THQ back in 2003-some ten years before it went bankrupt- but made a u-turn and acquire a company now as TDK Mediactive. Heck they also get this Tiny Racers-esque game:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Bang_Racingand most of their franchises will be great movie adaptations.

 

 

Edit: Take-Two will rather sell to Apple or CBS than to it to chief rivals Activision Blizzard and EA. Plus Zelnick is the single-largest shareholder that why the company will never let any of it key talents go whether it the Housers over at their crown jewel label R* or Ken Levine and Sid Meiers over at the 2K Group.

Edited May 11, 2017 by BLOOD