Players calculated eight hours to farm one but you were charged a whopping 12 just to paint the basic revolver black. There are two types of currency – Dollars and Gold Bars – with the latter taking more time to grind due to the low payouts of missions. The presentation and overall writing received some praise, but problems began almost immediately. There were also free roam activities for those who just wanted to explore the world with their horse. After escaping prison to exact revenge for a murder one didn’t commit, players could get into shoot-outs, complete story missions, and even make decisions that affected their honor. Set one year before Red Dead Redemption 2, Red Dead Online presents many of the same open-world elements as the single-player campaign. So why is Red Dead Online in trouble? Why did players hold an in-game funeral for it recently and what is Rockstar doing to fix things? Plus, it follows the uber-popular Grand Theft Auto Online. You’d wonder how it’s possible, especially with Red Dead Redemption 2 selling 44 million copies as of May 2022.
Since its release as a public beta in November 2018, Red Dead Online has been, well, struggling.
