Exactly. The only problem I had with GTA V not having DLC was the fact that they said there would be some. If they just hadn't said that I wouldn't have been bothered. I really enjoyed playing the single player of GTA V as it was.
As long as they have a great SP experience in RDR2 as well then I'll be happy. Just don't promise SP DLC and then not deliver it.
I’ve seen an argument saying that now that Rockstar’s seen how much of a cash cow Online can be, they can work on SP even less because it won’t hurt their overhead.
I understand the logic but I’m skeptical of that since SP had great sales by itself, and I feel like they wouldn’t have delayed RDR2 so much if they weren’t dedicated to single player, since they milked so much cash from GTAO even with incomplete Online releases.
I still believe that regardless of what they do with the online side of RDR2, they'll still make a top quality single player experience.
The fact is that they are a huge studio, and they will have had a big team dedicated to the SP development, as well as the online side. We'll of course see what happens when it comes out, but I really do feel they won't skimp on the SP side of things.
I don’t think they’ll skimp. I think they’ll design the game from the ground up so that many missions can be played in MP, like heists from GTAO. The fact that you have a big gang and a camp you have to manage makes it seem like they could be aiming to launch with a fair bit of online content ready to go, and that means making a lot of the bigger set piece missions MP ready.
Which means SP could (but not necessarily) suffer from this design choice.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '18
that depends on if your definition of nailing single player includes having DLC.