It certainly cannot be said that Rockstar Games does not know how to surprise the players and, a few weeks after the arrival of the incredible trailer 2 of Grand Theft Auto 6, here is the software house returns to leave everyone speechless with a Package of content for Red Dead Online. Yes, we are talking about the multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2 which had been abandoned for some time and which, for some reason unknown to us, has returned to be talked about with what seems to be the first of a series of interesting updates.
Curious to know more about these Strange stories from the Westwe have redeemed the game on our PlayStation and went back to the wild West.
Rockstar, what do you want to tell us?
You probably be wondering why so much clamor due to the addition of a handful of missions in a continuous development title such as Red Dead Online, given that a similar event is completely ordinary in GTA Online. Well, the answer is very simple: For some years now, Rockstar Games has interrupted support for the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2, which over time continued to propose the old contents rotating.
So let’s talk about a completely unexpected eventwhich according to someone could even act as a teaser for something big arrival, like the increasingly rumored version for the latest generation console, including Nintendo Switch 2. Fans conjectures aside, therefore, this update It may not actually have arrived by chance And it is more than understandable that he is receiving such attention from the community.
Sometimes they come back
Access to the new volume 1 missions of stramba stories from the West is really simple, since Rockstar did not want to put specific stakes, but he preferred to make these content available immediately to any Red Dead online owner, even those who are starting the multiplayer experience for the first time. Just go to thepost Office or recover the mail from the camp to get your hands on the letter which, in fact, guarantees the possibility of starting any of these activities, in the order that is most preferred.
The author of the letter is not exactly a stranger, as long as you have played Red Dead Redemption 2. Let’s talk about Theodore Levinthe writer protagonist of some secondary missions, who returns here to ask our character to conduct a series of investigations in order to come to the head of four terrible mysteries. Taking a look at the description of these missions, it almost seems that the development team has confused with the dates and exchanged the beginning of July with the end of October. In fact, we are talking about a sort of horror anthology, which offers four themes well known to horror enthusiasts. But let’s proceed with degrees and analyze each of the proposed activities, since they all are based on very different gameplay mechanics.
Strange stories of the plague
Strange stories of the plague is the first of the list and, in all probability, even the one most played by the owners of Red Dead Online. This story brings us to Armadillowhere something unusual seems to be happening. According to the voices
reached the ears of Levin, A disease is transforming people into zombies. Our goal is to recover some of these corpses, so they can be analyzed. The mission, which marks the debut of the infects in Red Dead Redemption 2, is much more complex than it may seem. If the undead are all in all easy to manage due to their slowness, the real problem is represented by exponents of a sect That they venerate these creatures and will target anyone who dares to approach the city too much. Since the mission takes place at sunset and the light conditions are not the best, it is therefore very difficult to be able to extricate themselves between zombies and skilled snipers hidden everywhere. Despite thehigh challenge ratethe activity is very funny and also lends itself to being re -mounted several times, perhaps trying different approaches.
Strange stories of science
The next stop is the tenuta Braithwaitewhere we do not find infected but something much worse. In this place, in fact, a crazy scientist managed to create a di robot diwhich are wandering for the armed estate up to the teeth and attack on sight with machetes or arches combined with incendiary arrows. In this case, the players must explore the key places of the area in search of peaceful robots and servants to be rescued, in the meantime eliminating all these tin warriors.
However funny, also given the presence of unique enemies, This mission is perhaps a little too difficult even if played at a normal level. The main problem is the resistance of robotic creatures, which before going down require an exaggerated amount of lead, especially if compared with their aggression, which leaves very little room for maneuver.
Strange stories of Bayou
Of the Quartet of missions just arrived in Red Dead Online, Strambe stories of Bayou is the one we consider weaker. If in other cases there are any dynamics that make the activity different from the classic missions of the Rockstar online title, this adventure in Paludosis land of Lagras It certainly does not stand out for originality. Once on the site, all you have to do is give the hunt for the swamp monsterwhich is then nothing more than a sort of changed bandit that smears a nice pump rifle and who, in the darkness of the night, appears in the eyes of the player like any other enemy.
Not only that, since the structure of the mission is very repetitive: all you have to do is follow the goal, stopping from time to time to eliminate groups of outlaws that hide in the swamp to grasp by surprise those who hunt the monster. Only at the end, does it start A sort of boss fight in which you have to damage the creature until it stuns it, so as to pack it properly and transport it until the writer’s camp.
Strange stories of the barbarism
To close the circle there is stramba stories of the barbarism, which is the ultimate certainly not least. To tell the truth, This fourth mission of the additional package is the one that most amused us And that is set in a way to actually make it replayed numerous times. This shipment brings the player
in that of Tall Treeswhere it seems that a researcher ended up among the clutches of a group of bandits on which he was investigating. Obviously they are not normal sgherri and the one that begins as normal research ends very badly: Our hero is in fact surrounded and captured by the banditswhich leave him on the ground, at night, with the completely empty inventory. Thus starts a survival mission in which a very large area must be explored in search of resources and weapons with which to survive up to the final meeting. Being all dark, we must basically follow the various sources of light, to which correspond to small camps in which silently eliminate the bandits and find something useful. We also noticed that, starting the mission several times, it happens to start from different areas, an element that allows you to play following different paths.
And upgrade tempo?
This return to the wild West was therefore very pleasant, although it has rekindled in us an even more intense desire to be able to see an updated version of Red Dead Redemption 2, so that the latest generation hardware can be used to eliminate some flaws such as i very long loading timeswhich sometimes also make the trivial access to menus such as the weapon shop heavy.
It would also be the case to give a wealth to some mechanics such as the waiting time between the start of one mission and the othersince waiting even 11 minutes to be able to start another stramba story, a huge waste of time can be. In short, this upgrade would take us just and who knows if between one volume and the other of these stories, which will almost certainly have a following, it will not really arrive as the rumors suggest.