As predicted, Rockstar has wheeled out a fantastic trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. The video introduces us to Arthur Morgan, an outlaw who rides with the famous Van der Linde gang. We assume this means that the game won't feature multiple heroes like Grand Theft Auto V.
So what else can we learn from the trailer? Well, we’ve now got confirmation that the title is – as expected – a prequel, due to the appearance of a younger Dutch. This would also suggest that there’s still a possibility of John Marston making a cameo appearance – or maybe even more.
Otherwise, the wildlife seems to once again play a huge part in the game, as we see various animals across the outback. And one scene shows some kind of train heist taking place – could that be a system in the full game? We’ll need to wait until Spring 2018 to find out.
Will you be riding off into the sunset next year? Saddle up in the comments section below.
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Superb trailer. Colour me extremely excited.
Not the best of trailers, I burst out laughing at some of those Andromeda-esque facial animations, and the janky mess of that horse trotting in at around 26 seconds
Nice. I think this is a must buy.
I did like the 'Product Not Yet Rated' message at the end. Hmm, defo going to be a PG13.
Yup, it got me all excited. I really can't wait to ride my steed across Rockstar's beautifully created map and meet all kinds of wonderful and weird characters.
@gmxs Come on, "Andromeda-esque" is waaaaaay overboard. I didn't think there was anything particularly wrong with them?
Hmmm not to keen on this Morgan guy
@SuperSilverback Why? He likes you.
Of course everyone or nearly everyone will buy this, if you don't you need to reconsider your life choices!
Anyway the trailer is great and all but I was hoping for a little bit more gameplay! The game doesn't need one to sell but oh well a man can dream
Looks so good. I loved hearing the twangy electric guitar theme return from the RDR. I am happy it is a new character and not Marston. I felt like his story was told in a satisfactory arc in RDR.
Can't wait! I've been meaning to go through Red Dead Redemption again, but the delay of RDR 2 gave me some more time to get it to it. I'm definitely gonna play it before this comes out though.
RDR 2 is going to be one of the best of this generation hopefully!
Updated with a bit more info.
It got Bows n arrows,
I'm in.
Yeah, this is gonna be excellent, isn’t it?
@gmxs you need your eyes check out.do you wear glasses
This is my most anticipated game and can't wait but was expecting a bit more of a reveal than this tbh. Oh well...
the trailer looked great but I'm not overly excited for it tbh
When did everyone become obsessed with facial animations?
It looks very pretty but they didn't show anything THAT exciting imho. The bow and arrow is the one little thing that made me happy Looks like a solid western AAA game.
And lol @the facial animations comments guys!
Nowt wrong with the facial animations, in my opinion. The animation on the lady talking about trust was excellent.
@ShogunRok @get2sammyb Chances of this coming packaged with a remastered original?
I'm really hoping it does since I totally missed out on the first game.
I want see the bears facial animation. When I skin it.
@Kidfried I doubt it. Unless I'm mistaken, that guy at the end is the same Dutch from the first game, and he looks quite a bit younger. Bonnie is probably a little kid when this game takes place, if she was even born yet.
@Simon_Fitzgerald It's possible but I'd be surprised if it did. Rockstar could remaster the first game separately at a later date and make a killing off it.
Native 4k 60fps facial animation horse mocap or no buy
I haven't played any of the earlier games so I understand that my opinion doesn't really matter, but I wasn't blown away or anything like I was expecting to be. I thought the Mafia 3 trailer was 10x as good, but the reviews on that were so mediocre I completely lost interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgq38j9xDc
There's nothing here I haven't played in Uncharted or watched in Westworld. I'm sure the game will be fine, but I'm not getting excited from the trailer.
I thought the Sons of Anarchy meets Preacher FC5 trailer was more interesting as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdaoe4hbMso
Maybe they just want to start off slow, save the good stuff for later?
Oh, and I thought the graphics were fine, no problem with any of those. Nothing stellar, nothing bad, just fine.
Certainly would buy - whether Rockstar had released this trailer. The previous game was one of the best last gen titles and still popular today - its arrival on BC seemed to garner more excitement than a lot of the new releases (and before anyone says anything 'derogatory' about that and 'xbox' games - I am also referring to ALL games that released on ANY platform at that time). Point is, it was a fantastic game and I can't wait for this.
Still not sure about the 'title' if its a prequel. Could they not have found another 'R' word like Red Dead Revenge, Red Dead Revolution, Red Dead Renegades...
@rjejr
"There's nothing here I haven't played in Uncharted or watched in Westworld."
If thats your logic then why bother gaming at all. Everything you play will draw inspiration from something, whether you've seen it or not.
Great to finally see something on this game. If it's story is as good as Redemption, I think this will be a must buy. That's without considering what the gameplay will be like.
Between this, Spider-Man, and (hopefully) Kingdom Hearts III, 2018 is gonna be great.
@FaultyDroid Wasn't talking about playing it, was talking about a trailer getting me excited or not. Most games I know in advance if I'm playing or not b/c they are a lost always all retreads anyway. But when a company gives a 2 day heads up for a trailer, rather than just releasing it, well I expect to be impressed by the trailer. Has nothing to do w/ how the game will play out. I've almost never seen a movie trailer that gave me a fair representation of the movie. I keep watching movies, I keep playing games, my response to the trailer is my response to the trailer, not the game or movie. Some are better, some are worse.
@rjejr Thats fair enough. I think its R*'s approach to tease everything before release, for maximum hype, though this does wear thin & has the potential to fall flat.
I much prefer a trailer to drop out of nowhere, that creates more buzz IMO than if were expecting it.
Can't recall how far through RDR1 I got before it became boring. I spent time online which was fun for a while. I bought the Red Dead Nightmare or whatever it was called - same thing, fun for a while. I was hoping to get hyped for RDR2 but it didn't happen, not with this trailer. It didn't help that it was a mess and seemed to have more camera switches than the Bates motel shower scene ((77 camera angles, 50 cuts) Yes I did film studies ))
@Simon_Fitzgerald @ShogunRok Yeah there's no way they're bundling them. If they do a remaster you'll be buying it separately!
@nathanSF Great Film stealing $40,000 and getting away in a car is crazy.
Norman Bates: It's not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?
Marion Crane: Yes. Sometimes just one time can be enough
Looks sweet. I enjoyed the first one so much, so I'm excited for this.
Loved RDR! But this seems just so... unexciting. I guess I just had to high expectations for this. And have to agree with @BAMozzy, the title is just weird this time. But I guess to use it and add «2» or «II» will sell more copies...
@ShogunRok His voice just annoys me haha. It'll probably be fine once i have the game
I thought it was great but it doesn't matter. They could've shown some home video footage of a Rockstar intern wandering around some sand dunes in chaps and a stetson, I'll still be buying it.
Looks to have multiple state locations with snow, mountains, plains, and swamps with gators. Looks like another excellent game map to explore from R*.
@get2sammyb LOL rockstar pass up an opportunity to make money on the same game twice? I don't think so... It's the only explanation for it not being remastered by now and not even being on PC for that matter, I think it will be bundled in some sort of legacy edition and then sold separately at a later date. Just my two cents, I could be wrong but I just have a nagging feeling this is how it will play out lol
All over this game. Can't wait for some RDR2 action.
Mind, it does back horrible memories of my 70% complete corrupted PS3 savedata for RDR that for some reason wasn't backed up on the cloud.
Would totally pay for a PS4 remaster of the first one. One of my favourite games of all times.
On topic. This trailer neither interested massively nor put me off in any way whatsoever. The story, which I enjoyed was secondary to the gameplay. I just loved the setting and the whole look and feel of the game.
If this is anything like the last one, I'm in..... I'm in no matter what to be honest. It's Rockstar after all.
Bad facial animation? ... man these characters look like perfectly animated supermodels compared to RDR's.
It reminds me of how I initially thought RDR had the ugliest looking characters of any game at the time when I played it last gen. 😆 Marston's contorted and scarred mug, he looked like he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. And Bonnie was no prize either. But you know what? They grew on me and I loved that game. After a while the character models just seemed to fit for the game — kind of rough and grubby looking.
Anyway, can't wait to play RDRII. I feel like it'll be epic.
Shame, I was hoping for a RDR1 remaster/port announcement too. Hopefully Rockstar will announce that before RDR2 releases or shortly after.
Anyways, looking forward to gameplay videos of the sequel.
@Number09 I always wondered if she was the mother of Frazier and Niles Crane. It would explain their chosen careers.
I'm hyped!! Trailer looks awesome. Setting, graphics and facial animations are what I expected. The map and gameplay must be in line with GTA 5's quality because they're creating an online experience like GTA Online in a RDR setting. Rockstar learned with GTA 5 and given experience will be applied to RDR Online.
Regardless, I'm buying this game. Never played any of the previous games and still kicking myself for not playing RDR when it came out. I'm hoping a remaster gets released before RDR2 so I can get in the RDR-vibe before starting part 2. Would be a shame if I had to play 2 before 1.
Note: Not interested in playing it on my PS3 or PS-Now.
Come on Rockstar, make it happen!! My money is counting on you!!
@FaultyDroid "I much prefer a trailer to drop out of nowhere, that creates more buzz IMO than if were expecting it."
And then there's no hype, so you can't really be let down. Well half the internet will be let down anyway b/c that's the way people on the internet react to everything, but that's on them. Now I do like advance notice for a big thing, like a live conference or a 45 minute Nintendo Direct, something live on Twitch I'd like a day b/c it's live, but a 2 minute trailer? Just drop it.
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