Rockstar’s desperately trying to lasso fans back into its Wild West sandbox, with a recent Red Dead Online update adding new tasks and content – including the Quick Draw Club, a series of short snappy Battle Passes composed of cosmetics and other unlocks. And now it’s so eager to bring people back, it’s negotiated a deal with Sony which will remove the release’s PS Plus restriction.
Typically, players need an active membership in order to play online games on the PlayStation 5 and PS4, but until 26th July you’ll be able to trial Red Dead Online without a subscription. Obviously, you’ll need to cough up beyond the aforementioned date, but Rockstar is perhaps hoping that it can hook players during the trial period.
You can learn more about the Blood Money update through here; the overview is that it features a bunch of new mini-missions and events all over the Wild West. Have you been sucked back into Rockstar’s dusty sandbox? Reload your six-shooter and straighten your hat in the comments section below.
[source rockstargames.com]
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@Total_Weirdo
Depends if you actually play online or if the games appeal to you.
I was just thinking the other day I wish I'd hung on to my copy of Red Dead II, I still get the urge to play it from time to time, just for a wander around its world.
The online mode is great fun. It's not as immediate as GTA Online, but it is immensely rewarding when you get into it.
Good decision we need ps5 60fps patch plz
I enjoy RDR online as a way of staying in touch with a friend who moved to the states, but I do wish there was a great variety of group missions. The lack of bank jobs and train heists etc leaves such a gaping hole in the experience. I really don’t get why they’ve not been included.
@Total_Weirdo
There are people like that I have noticed. I sub for a year for $30 on black friday and I rarely play online.
FF7Remake alone was worth this year's subscription for me since I was planning on buying that for $30 before it came up on the service
I’d really like to get back into this game if they’d just add content that we’ve actually asked for! Property, bank & train robbery’s like the heists in GTA. Ability to own livestock and buy and sell.
must be because my PS Plus lapsed this month, they're pretty thoughtful really
@Gremio108 I'm exactly the same, wish I had hung onto it. Played it to death when it first game out but get the urge now to just dive back into that open world and just wander about,taking in the sights
@Total_Weirdo If a game appears on the Playstation Plus that i like... I would just rather buy it straight out instead of being hogtied to a subscription
Both Sony and Microsoft need to get rid of the online MP paywall full stop...the question needs to be asked more and more why we're being charged for online when they're bringing the same games to PC without the paywall. Maybe this is more an Xbox issue right now...but trust, Sony will be getting more and more multiplayer focused this gen...and all signs point to more games hitting PC...the question has to be asked sooner or later.
If they want to lasso fans back in, give this game a PS5 upgrade! I beat this game on the X1X when it came out and I’d gladly play it again on PS5 if it was 60fps.
I started playing RDO again yesterday and forgot how absolutely gorgeous it looks. I still think it's one of the best looking games to date. Can't wait for this gen's upgrade.
@Bleachedsmiles
The issue is there needs to be a replacement of lost revenue if that was to happen.
As of Dec 2020, PS+ had 47.4 million subscribers.
That's a hell of a lot of money to lose to remove the online pay barrier.
Rockstar have been doing this since FOREVER with every major update. People wouldn't notice cause they already have PS+. They are the only ones to constantly do this but don't get the credit for.
@blinx01 depends how much value you think plus has without an online multiplayer paywall. How many would still see the games and discounts still worth the subscription? ...hell, Sony could still be the odd one out and keep charging for cloud saves. But having content we've already paid for locked behind a subscription charge...when those games are getting released on PC without locked content... that's not right. Phil Spencer thanking Xbox owners for 20years of support...saying how they value them...so much they still charge them extra to play the same games they're releasing on pc without that paywall. It's not right. It's an archaic model now that needs changing.
I’ve been think about going back into RDR2, but it’s been so long, I’ve forgotten all the button combinations and gameplay mechanics that I think I’ll just end up getting ganked and not enjoy it. Need a refresher mode for 30 mins to get back into it.
Aww. At a glance I read that headline as "...something something Redwall Abbey something..."
It may as well be FTP with how atrocious the in game ecnomy, grind, and pricing is. RDO is alright, but the slow pace that makes the single player a masterpiece does not work for the MP. They need to speed up so many parts of the online as well and reduce prices by more than half if this isn't a FTP cash in. It's one with a price tag attached.
I'm not interested in RDO at all but I have had an itch to play the single player again. Just too busy with other games right now. Maybe when the next dry spell comes around in game releases.
How's about you wrangle me up some single player story DLC instead?
@TheArt Dont forget they dodge taxes like hell (if they even pay) and get payed by the UK taxpayer anyway even if they dont own the game.
@Flaming_Kaiser it's like you always go out your way to find something to be outraged about, you have this thing against big corporations eh 😆😆
@Total_Weirdo mine ran out a few weeks ago & I can't afford to resubscribe just yet
@TheArt Only if i really see something that annoys me especially with massive companies that get more praise then they deserve.
@Gunga I jumped back in a few days ago and ended up riding the train around the map a few times, enjoying the scenery.
Oh is there 2k quarterly update soon? Normally they only do things like this to boost player numbers so it looks good when they release the financials.
Switch off HDR mode if your playing on an LED/LCD TV and looks fab
R* need to give up on trash like this and gtao, both are just full of 12 year old with mummy's credit card and possible pedos who play 18 hours a day cheating their way up an imaginary ladder which at the top they think they'll find their bliss, R* needs to work on some original games or relegate themselves(they have already mostly) to being a second rate game dev who makes online games for the mentally ill.
Latest update probably the worst so far, 7 months for worthless boring missions, new currency that's no waste of time. Rockstar are now in my view the worst developer out there as it's been pretty clear for a while that they don't care what players are asking for and all they interested in is driving to micro transactions.
They enabled you to buy outfits only available from previous outlaw passes, but some cost 52gold bars, that would cost $20 USD if you were silly enough to buy the gold.
Can only imagine what's coming in the next GTA game.
Is not free! You pay! Why people insist in say that is fre?! You pay for multiplayer and as BONUS (maybe) you receive ***** games every month.oops: "good" games
(Sure sure)
And is not working free anymore.how about that until 26 july? Rockstar you are disapointing me
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