Red Dead Online is a 2019 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games as the online component of Red Dead Redemption 2.
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13 Facts About Red Dead Online
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Red Dead Online received criticism at launch for its balancing of gameplay and in-game currency; later updates addressed the issues.
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Red Dead Online is the multiplayer component of the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2.
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Red Dead Online adds several new systems atop the single-player mode's gameplay.
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Red Dead Online introduces "ability cards", in which players can activate one active and three passive powers for their characters.
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Red Dead Online uses the Honor system from the single-player story, measuring how the player's actions are perceived in terms of morality.
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Red Dead Online was developed in tandem with the single-player story.
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Red Dead Online received criticism at launch for its in-game currency rewards for activities, with players complaining that they were too low for the cost of goods and upgrades.
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Kotakus Heather Alexandra wrote that Red Dead Online was "gamier" than its single-player counterpart, specifically in seeing the realistic towns transformed into deathmatch levels.
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Christian Just of GameStar felt that Red Dead Online carried most of the strengths of the single-player game, effectively fulfilling his childhood fantasy of cowboy life.
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Red Dead Online was nominated for Best Multiplayer Game at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards.
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Red Dead Online criticized the December 2020 update, perceiving Rockstar's favoritism to Grand Theft Auto Online.
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In March 2021, Alex Avard of GamesRadar+ wrote that Red Dead Online could "reach its true potential" if it continued to build upon the momentum of the previous year, though noted that the game's monetization system remained unbalanced.
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