An "Gaming" Journalist says Red Dead Redemption 2 should be in modern era

[Avnger]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

Something, something, welcome to the DANGER ZONE.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

A sci-fi western ala Firefly would be awesome. Basically the early years/centuries of a terraformed planet.

Damn, I would play the crap out of that. Good shout.

 

[CaitSeith]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

 

[Kyrian007]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

Gamergate, really? But the article doesn't have a feminist viewpoint or mention accessibility or inclusivity like all "teh SJW's" are always going on about. So what in the article could the GGators possibly care about?

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

Gamergate, really? But the article doesn't have a feminist viewpoint or mention accessibility or inclusivity like all "teh SJW's" are always going on about. So what in the article could the GGators possibly care about?

A games journalist with an unconventional opinion. See, because they aren't "real gamers", and are thus wrong-thinkers who're bringing down the industry with their massive yet irrelevant pull.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Wouldn't that basically make it GTA? Unless whoever wrote that means modern era rural areas, kind of like Far Cry 5.

This. In either case, such a game exists on both counts. Far Cry 2-5 and GTA (pick one).

 

[Kyrian007]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

Gamergate, really? But the article doesn't have a feminist viewpoint or mention accessibility or inclusivity like all "teh SJW's" are always going on about. So what in the article could the GGators possibly care about?

A games journalist with an unconventional opinion. See, because they aren't "real gamers", and are thus wrong-thinkers who're bringing down the industry with their massive yet irrelevant pull.

Gamergate was about game journalists? All I heard was complaints about the feminazi SJW's.

 

[Trunkage]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

Gamergate, really? But the article doesn't have a feminist viewpoint or mention accessibility or inclusivity like all "teh SJW's" are always going on about. So what in the article could the GGators possibly care about?

A games journalist with an unconventional opinion. See, because they aren't "real gamers", and are thus wrong-thinkers who're bringing down the industry with their massive yet irrelevant pull.

Gamergate was about game journalists? All I heard was complaints about the feminazi SJW's.

I thought it was about gamers being dead or some such. By feminazis

 

[Kyrian007]

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

Gamergate, really? But the article doesn't have a feminist viewpoint or mention accessibility or inclusivity like all "teh SJW's" are always going on about. So what in the article could the GGators possibly care about?

A games journalist with an unconventional opinion. See, because they aren't "real gamers", and are thus wrong-thinkers who're bringing down the industry with their massive yet irrelevant pull.

Gamergate was about game journalists? All I heard was complaints about the feminazi SJW's.

I thought it was about gamers being dead or some such. By feminazis

Wait, now I'm remembering. Women and their SJWs were saying gamers are dead. And the ggators were fighting to keep the women and minorities out of gaming to keep it alive... or something like that.

 

[CaitSeith]

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In any case, the OP has been more of a complain about a journalist than a discussion about a game. Unless we start discussing what a modern version of Red Dead Redemption could do different to GTA (or something like that), I don't see why this thread shouldn't go to the Game Industry Discussion forums.

 

[Erttheking]

I?m guessing every other person already said this but that game already exists, and it?s called Grand Theft Auto.

Westerns aren?t westerns when the time frame is removed.

*Cough*

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NewOldWest

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceWestern

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CattlePunk

 

[Avnger]

Wouldn't that basically make it GTA? Unless whoever wrote that means modern era rural areas, kind of like Far Cry 5.

This. In either case, such a game exists on both counts. Far Cry 2-5 and GTA (pick one).

God forbid we have two different games explore similar things right?[footnote]This is conceding your completely unsubstantiated idea that a more modern RDR would be exactly like GTA[/footnote] I mean once we had the first Medal of Honor game, no other WW2 shooter should never have been made; the sheer idea of someone daring to think otherwise makes me upset at their stupidity.

edit: On a bit less sarcastic note, see errtheking's post above.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

God forbid we have two different games explore similar things right?[footnote]This is conceding your completely unsubstantiated idea that a more modern RDR would be exactly like GTA[/footnote] I mean once we had the first Medal of Honor game, no other WW2 shooter should never have been made; the sheer idea of someone daring to think otherwise makes me upset at their stupidity.

edit: On a bit less sarcastic note, see errtheking's post above.

I didn't say it would be EXACTLY like GTA. But the differences I think would be so minor as to not justify purchasing it. Blood Dragon was like that, gameplay-wise. Sure, it was hella funny, but the game played almost exactly like a somewhat stripped down Far Cry 3 with neon lights attached to everything. Sorry, but for me, that's not enough.

 

[maninahat]

I?m guessing every other person already said this but that game already exists, and it?s called Grand Theft Auto.

Westerns aren?t westerns when the time frame is removed.

GTA is mostly set in a city, and even when it isn't, it still is all about gangster and heist tropes rather than wild west ones. So no, it wouldn't be GTA if you set a western game in the modern day. Stylistically, Red Dead and GTA are a million miles apart.

Also, Westerns are Westerns, regardless of the time frame. The article gives No Country for Old Men as an example. You've also got things like Hell or High Water, or even A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (and for reference, that's also an Iranian romance movie about a vampire hipster). I've just watched Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missouri, and whilst I wouldn't call it a Western, it very nearly is. Location isn't super important either; The Good the Bad The Weird is in 1930s Manchuria, and Kekexili: Mountain Patrol is set in modern day China. They are unquestionably Western movies, even without being set in the actual west era or location. Western as a genre embodies a mix of aesthetics, tropes and plot lines, it is not a strict rule book of how to tell a story. It's sort of like saying Noire stories can only be set in Urban America, whilst having never heard of a little thing called Casablanca.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

AN gaming journalist?

Seriously?

Well at least we know who won't be getting work as a writer themselves any time soon...

 

[Rangaman]

Do you want Gamergaters? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET GAMERGATERS!

The funniest thing, that article had been without comments for over a year, and suddenly a new bunch of complains appeared out of nowhere since two days ago. In fact, where did the OP hear about it in the first place? I think you're right, sir. This thread seems GG-bait.

Can we move this to Game Industry Discussion please?

Gamergate, really? But the article doesn't have a feminist viewpoint or mention accessibility or inclusivity like all "teh SJW's" are always going on about. So what in the article could the GGators possibly care about?

A games journalist with an unconventional opinion. See, because they aren't "real gamers", and are thus wrong-thinkers who're bringing down the industry with their massive yet irrelevant pull.

Righto! TO THE MINISTRY OF LOVE WITH THEM!

 

[kasperbbs]

Basically you take out the humor out of GTA V and you have yourself a modern RDR, personally i prefer things as they are.