Why Rockstar Should Go Back To Making Story DLC

When Super Mario Galaxy launched on the Nintendo Wii in 2007, it was easily the best game in the series, but it was missing something — Yoshi. That's why when Nintendo made a direct sequel to the beloved title, they made sure to keep things relatively the same, but with everyone's favorite dinos


Following up the record-shattering Grand Theft Auto V was no easy task, but Red Dead Redemption 2 surpassed it with relative ease. Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar's parent company, stated that within the first eight days of its release, Red Dead Redemption 2 sold 17 million copies . That may not sound like a lot, but it's much more than what Red Dead Redemption sold in the 8 years of its existence. Intriguingly, not a mere five months after the game's debut, Take-Two Interactive's share prices dropped 20% with investors worried about the game's level of engagement. This highlights the reality plaguing Red Dead Redemption 2 : downplaying satisfaction. Intelligent investors knew that Red Dead Online was never going to be on par with its cash-grabbing cousin, GTA Onli

Look, I get it. GTA Online is a milestone in online multiplayer gaming. It gives you unparalleled action, an incredible amount of game types, and the creative freedom to come up with some pretty spectacular moments of gameplay. It has been running strong for nearly six years now, and new content is still being added all of the time. Despite all of this, online gameplay is not Rockstar 's best s


Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 took the action genre and injected it with steroids. The result was a high-octane romp that sees treasure hunter Nathan Drake as he searches for the lost city of Shambhala and the Cintamani Stone. Amid the heart-stopping action, players are chased through a city by an armored truck, fight abominable snow monsters atop the Himalayas, and even race through a train that's falling off a mountains


The Hitman game franchise features Agent 47, an international contract assassin for works for the International Contract Agency or ICA. Agent 47 eliminates high profile criminals for powerful and wealthy clients. The main focus of the game guides is to take out assigned targets. The game ranks the players on the way they accomplish the assassination and even rewards them with items and cash bonu


While the Pinkertons are scum, at least they come off as such. Micah Bell was a traitor through and through, and a large contributing factor to the gang's downfall. The outlaw was consistently feeding Dutch lies, and exacerbating his paran


Especially in the build-up to its release, Red Dead Redemption 2 was poised to be a game with no bounds. From the images and trailers I viewed consistently, the hype was as glorious as Grand Theft Auto V 's, maybe even bigger. Games like Nier and The Last of Us attained similar spells of immense hype, yet that same energy is still there. With The Last of Us 2 slated for release sometime later this year, the hype is ever-present and swirling, thanks to Troy Baker . Now, nearly a year into its life cycle, Red Dead Redemption 2 is faced with questions about quality. What could have been done better? Why has the hype all but dissipated? And what's with all the horse man


Admittedly, Nintendo did take a step back in the story department, relying more on the basic Mario formula compared to its predecessor, but outside of that, Super Mario Galaxy 2 improves on almost everything the original created. The almost-perfect seq


Lenny's primary weapon is a custom Cattleman Revolver which seems to proudly display his pride in his heritage and likely is a symbol of his father and mother's ability to overcome adversity as a slave. The custom weapon has both an ebony grip as well as a black steel fr


And sure, the fluid combat system is near-perfect and some of the most rewarding in modern gaming. Plus, there are fantastic character designs. Actually, now that we think about it, the Mr. Freeze boss battle— where he actually learns your patterns and adapts to your play style — was just the cherry on top of the c


Arthur Morgan's arc was unlike anything gaming had ever seen. Maybe a few characters had gone through complex changes over the course of several games in a series, but Arthur's starts and finishes in one epic ti


Heralded as one of the best video game stories of all time, Red Dead Redemption 2 takes you down a path of hardship, one that is unrelenting and pockmarked with violence. While your choices in the game may amount to nothing more than a morality meter, this doesn't quite affect the overall playthrough. And, with a variety of stranger missions and side quests to follow, there's still nothing more memorable than the experiences bequeathed in the original. One of the most fascinating mechanics in Red Dead Redemption 2 are random events, wherein the player can choose to assist an ailing passerby or ignore them. This, however, becomes a consistent nuisance as you travel throughout the wide-open sandbox. It's almost as if the game itself is trying to pry you away from your own experience at every t