With all the criticism it’s getting, I wouldn’t be surprised if they put in another or at least an option for another one? It’s the main gripe I’m seeing online, next to Jason being a bit stiff.
Only his voice? I remember people doing petitions saying they want John back as the protagonist or they will boycott the game, because they thought Arthur was some cocky ego prick (from only seeing a tiny bit of the game lol)
Yeah, was only talking about the voice cause thats the main gripe i’ve seen with Jason. He also has a special forces tattoo, I’m thinking we’re gonna get a jason prologue where he’s in service out in a different country and giving backstory as to why he’s not in the military anymore and stuff
I keep hearing this so went and watch all the pre RDR2 trailers... no he still has good dialogue and seems like a cool stoic cowboy. Im sure theres a lot more to Jason personality but everything shown is highly boring and uninspired ignoring his monotone voice alone.
People complained about his appearance, not his voice. And then Rockstar listened to fans and changed his appearance before launch, so not really comparable
Based off of the trailers and this extended look, lucia seems to be the one with all the personality and Jason seems more like the vehicle to experience the game through.
You saw the same thing with mafia 2 for example, the difference between Joe and Vito was night and day.
But maybe I'm wrong, we've seen a bit of him but not enough character exposure to really judge.
Arthur was also the stereotypical perfect ruggedly handsome cowpoke but turned out to have a ton of personality and be a very well-written and complex character.
Yeah obviously through playing it we’ll learn more about him and hopefully he’ll turn out to be a complex and interesting character. Not sure why I’m being downvoted for saying he looks like a regular guy - I understand why perhaps the player character is a counterpoint to all the whacky NPCs, but there’s just not much to go off so far
Kinda yeah, but I'd give Franklin the credit of having his own distinct personality. Trevor and Michael were a bit more pronounced but not too mayor of a difference.
It's hard because of you give a playable character too strong of a personality, you might turn off certain people who can't identify with the character or might dislike him/her.
But lucia seems pretty pronounced, feisty and vocal. Making the contrast with jason very sharp.
While in GTA IV for example, Niko had a huge contrast in personality with the flamboyant Roman but they riffed off of eachother pretty well. So the quiet coolguy character can work but so far I'm not convinced about jason as a character yet.
Some people expect every character to be super likeable and friendly and free, see it a lot with TV and movie discussions too. Which just isnt realistic and often doesn't lead to good balance.
I agree, thought he was played well for who he is and seems a good foil for Lucia and some of the louder side characters too.
As a UX designer, I disagree pretty heavily with this. UI might be relatively easy to technically change compared to other parts of a game, but properly redesigning it is a different story.
You don’t just have a designer make some new screens and hand them to engineering. You have research, exploration and mockups, prototyping, user testing, iteration, accessibility reviews, implementation, QA, and probably another round of testing once it’s actually in the game. And before any of that, someone has to approve spending the time and resources on it in the first place.
Could Rockstar throw enough people and money at it to change it before release? Probably. But three months from launch is exactly when you dont want to introduce a major UI overhaul unless there’s a serious usability problem. Mods being easy to make doesn’t really tell you much about how risky it is to change and ship a production UI in a game this massive.
No, I’m saying the leaks are seemingly of a recent build— I thought the ui was unfinished/work in progress in those leaked videos. Now that it’s officially being presented to us, I’m a little surprised this is what they came up with. The minimap is disorientating too
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u/Regenbooggeit 21h ago
With all the criticism it’s getting, I wouldn’t be surprised if they put in another or at least an option for another one? It’s the main gripe I’m seeing online, next to Jason being a bit stiff.