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RED DEAD REDEMPTION: Broken Online with Backwards Compatibility

"Although the offline portion of the game runs flawlessly with no severe bugs, the online portion of the game is essentially broken: NPCs such as people in towns, people riding horse & carriage along roads and enemies in gang hideout don't spawn leading to bugs including XP glitching; Other player's characters sometimes don't appear in the game and only on the minimap, and when they do appear in the game gun-fighting doesn't seem to negate health; Load times to connect to servers or respawning seem to be up to three times as slow." - GameTyrant.com

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darthv723273d ago (Edited 3273d ago )

Okay, so one can deduce that to play online, it is best to use a real 360. If you just want to play offline then xb1 is fine. I only have this on my 360 and its great so hopefully they get the online functionality sorted out. Or maybe that was part of the deal for RDR to get on the BC list...? It's rockstar's game so they could have some strange clause in there.

edit: ahh... well that explains things. I only play the single player portion myself.

TheHorseTamer3273d ago (Edited 3273d ago )

That is not true. The Xbox One BC is running on the same Xbox 360 online server as was already stated by Rockstar themselves. The RDR online server has been like this on Xbox 360/PS3. This is nothing but a click bait article.

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Question:  I’m having some general issues with Red Dead Redemption’s Online multiplayer mode on the Xbox One via Backward Compatibility.

Answer: We are aware of issues with RDR’s Online multiplayer mode on Xbox 360 and Xbox One via Backward Compatibility. Please note there is no difference in online play experience between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. https://support.rockstargam...

christocolus3273d ago

Thanks for posting this. It's actually been this way since last gen infact it seems all the bugs from last gen were ported over to BC. I hope Rockstar decides to release a fix this time around. the link below is helpful especially for those interested in mp.

https://www.reddit.com/r/re...

bloop3273d ago

RDR online never worked from day one. It's always been completely riddled with bugs and a total lag fest.

InactiveUser3272d ago

Just remaster the game (complete with Undead Nightmare). I'd rebuy.. looking forward to BioShock Collection in September.

CTxCB3272d ago

I'd love to see a remastered game, Red Dead Redemption is a beautiful game that deserves such a remake. The title of my article is MEANT to alert people that the online portion of the Backwards Compatibility for Red Dead Redemption is severely broken, if people are now buying the game to play online... It isn't purposely clickbait, I'm not entirely sure it even is... Especially when in the article it states the problem is with the Xbox 360 game.

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DARK_WOLF3273d ago (Edited 3273d ago )

This has nothing to do with BC. Its an issue on rockstars end and the same thing happens if u play native on 360.

CTxCB3272d ago (Edited 3272d ago )

You're right, it DOESN'T have anything to do with Backwards Compatibility... The purpose of the article is to alert people that there are these online problems (if they haven't played the Xbox 360 version since these problems really started to become serious). In that respect, it's easier to state "Broken Online with Backwards Compatibility", rather than "Broken Online with Xbox 360" because it'll just warrant unnecessary confusion, the wording I've used isn't a problem especially when the article clearly states the root of the problem is the Xbox 360 game.

EazyC3273d ago

Are developers supporting the newfound online presence on BC games by releasing patches and fixes?

Concertoine3273d ago (Edited 3273d ago )

I hear Red Dead is a hot mess in terms of code, basically a beautiful vase held together by band-aids. The online was incredibly easy to break, and probably impossible to fix for any significant amount of time.

Basically hackers exploited the nature of the NPC spawning system.

Goldby3272d ago

scooby doo bandaids, or hello kitty?

TFJWM3273d ago (Edited 3273d ago )

Why should they? BC is BC you usually don't patch 5+ year old games... I doubt they had anything to do with the BC release other than allowing MS to edit the code to allow it to work on the Xbox One.

CTxCB3272d ago

I think they try and should fix the online problems, purely because a ton of people are buying Red Dead Redemption for Xbox One either online, or via the Xbox 360 / One Marketplace... For example, Red Dead Redemption on Amazon has skyrocketed to 13th place on the Xbox 360 charts.

2pacalypsenow3273d ago (Edited 3273d ago )

Played it last night on PS3 online there were around 15 people playing and not a single issue.

Edit : I guess 6 people disagree that I played it on Ps3??

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CTxCB3272d ago

From my research, it seems like a problem that only affects the Xbox 360 game, I think it's probably easier for modders or something.

OpenGL3273d ago

I've heard that the 360 version is actually broken, which means that it is also broken on Xbox One since they're effectively the same.

CTxCB3272d ago (Edited 3272d ago )

The Xbox 360 game is broken online because of modders and such, and without work on Rockstar's end, it will continue to be broken. The Xbox One suffers these problems, because Backwards Compatibility is simply an emulation of the Xbox 360 platform... Same game running on the same server, same bugs / glitches, same modders.

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More Read Dead Voice Actors Hint at a Big Announcement

The voice actors for Arthur Morgan and Charles Smith have vaguely confirmed a claim by Rob Wiethoff (voice of John Marston) that big news related to the Red Dead franchise will be coming "before Friday."

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lukasmain12d ago

I hope it's a remake of the 1st game. But it's probably just the PS5 version of Red Dead Redemption 2

OtterX11d ago

I hope a PS5 upgrade launches on the same day as announcement & it costs no more than $10. I already bought the Ultimate Edition once, they got good money from me.

I stopped playing completely 2 years ago until they did 60fps. I really didn't expect it would take this long & I didn't want to start completely over on PC.

GamerRN10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

I've been waiting for 60 to finish the game myself

OtterX10d ago

hopefully we'll know by the end of tomorrow! *crosses fingers*

dmonee11d ago

My wish is that its optimized for current gen machines, with some sort of story expansion. Undead nightmare 2! My 2nd wish is that it just shadow drops on the day of the announcement!.

Lionsguard11d ago

Give me my RDR2 Undead Nightmare already.

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John Marston Voice Actor Teases "Exciting" Red Dead Redemption News

During a livestream on his personal Twitch channel, Rob Wiethoff (who voices John Marston in the Red Dead Redemption series) hinted at "exciting news" to be revealed next week. According to Wiethoff, the news will be announced "before Friday".

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jznrpg13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

PS5/Pro/Switch 2 version of RDR2 seems most likely. I’d love a RDR3 but that seems years away

Cacabunga13d ago

Id be happy for just a 60fps patch

OmegaSoldati13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Agreed, but at the same time RD2 came out in 2018. Could it be a remake of Red Dead 1?

Spoiler:

Marston died in the end of Red Dead and Red Dead 2 is set before that. Im curious now. What news could it be?

mkis00713d ago

I'm pretty sure the next game will be another prequel as the story really has no where to go as far as being a western after red dead redemption. The next game will end with the ferry boat incident.

Profchaos13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Their contracts are iron clas if they leak anything legit they are threatened with immense legal action.

My hopes for what this is are minimal its probably a meet and greet with the cast

I dont see why they would be involved in a upgraded version of rdr2 when the dialogue hasn't changed

thorstein13d ago

He seems to have been cleared to do this as he purposely picked up the game, streamed it, and made the announcement.

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50 Best PS3 Games of All Time

The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.

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darthv72118d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz149117d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga117d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero117d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga117d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g117d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor117d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos117d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv72117d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos117d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel1989117d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv72116d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans117d ago (Edited 117d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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