At the time of writing, Red Dead Online is a disaster. Following the release of the game's latest update, the virtual world has become a nightmarish hellscape -- and not in a fun way, like in Undead Nightmare. Players are reporting all kinds of frustrating and frankly insane issues -- and that's only if they can actually log in without the game cutting their connection.
Some say that the open world is suddenly barren -- NPCs, animals, and other players don't even spawn. Others are posting clips of horses catching fire, and various other creatures simply falling from the sky. But not all of the newly introduced bugs are quite so comical. Some players can't even shoot their guns, while others are finding themselves trapped in scenery. All in all, it's a complete mess.
Rockstar's yet to comment on any of this, but hopefully it's able to do something sooner rather than later -- especially since the Red Dead Online community's patience was already wearing thin prior to this latest update.
[source polygon.com]
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Played every day since the update and the only issues I've had is disconnections. The world has been absolutely teeming with animals for me.
Edit* I've turned it on for the first time today and there's a new update, the one I presume is the game breaker. Dreading going back to it now.
Wow this is shocking! I just believed that RD online was as well supported as GTA online. Had no idea. Big Yikes Rock*
Funny thing is R* wouldn’t dare allow this to happen to GTA Online, their number one money maker. It’s no surprise to see their standards slip on RDR Online, bet they feel obligated to support the game but would rather fully focus on GTA Online instead.
I noticed the women - Karen, MaryBeth, Tilly and co in camp are now in nightwear late nights and early mornings.@Col_McCafferty @Apostatemage you seen this? And of course there's the weapon locker which is much more realistic and convenient. The satchel is arranged well now. The pause menu cursor is now on your last option chosen.
Since the patch my horse no longer appears, no animals, Harriet has vanished, can't start any missions and my camp is forever being pitched but never actually turns up. So yeah, pretty much useless at the moment.
@ApostateMage Yeah, it's that one. Good luck.
@ApostateMage yet that's the update that breaks the game. I recently started getting back in to it. This has now put me off.
Since the big update last week I’ve had numerous disconnects - including a blue screen one that returns you to PS4 home - sometimes my horse doesn’t spawn, bounty boards not working, handheld catalogue not opening, unable to access wardrobe at my camp, I could go on. Thing is I love playing in this world Rockstar have created, I just wish they’d sort out all of the issues, some of which have been going on for ages.
Red dead online feels like a massively wasted opportunity. I just wish you could have a private game with your posse. Id even take half xp for anything done on a private game world.
Absolute cowboys allowing this to happen.
I played this for a while with 3 buddies and absolutely loved it. But the became boring pretty fast. The world is beautiful but the missions are repetitive and monotonous.
It's just the online game, I'm guessing. If so, then so be it.
Red Dead Connection.
Blue screened on me twice and didn't see any wildlife. You know something's wrong when you don't see a single alligator in the Bayou.
I figured the animal spawning would be messed up with this patch, but instead everything was messed up. After almost 2 years what should be a well polished game is instead a useless 103GB on my hard drive.
@MaccaMUFC this is pure speculation
Here’s rockstar in a nutshell...
Probably done it so people abandon the game and switch over to GTA Online instead.
Typical, they give a 50% bonus for the trader role and then all the animals disappear and you can't spawn the camp either.
Aren't we glad they abandoned those horrible single player DLC plans they touted ahead of RDR 2's release...heaven forbid,we might've gotten an RDR 1 remake with Undead Nightmare...the horror!
Irony is,I'm afraid to delete RDR 2 just like GTA V-only because if I went to reinstall them to continue the story modes I'd baulk at downloading their online bloatware these days!
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