The goal of a Rockstar game is to capture the essence of a time and place and then find strong, interesting personalities with that, he said. In preparing for this and all of its games, Rockstar does a lot of research to try and find a way to tell stories that help bring the gameвЂ™s mechanics to life, he said. There are millions of people from every background, ethnicity, age and gender playing our games now, which is awesome, and everybodyвЂ™s perception is equally valid вЂ“ but we have always tried to tell stories that are interesting about conflicts our characters face.вЂќ Our goal in every game is to find the right set of characters for the story that weвЂ™re telling. Our favorite characters are not weak or strong, or good or bad, but combinations of both. вЂњAll of our games have featured strong and weak female characters, strong and weak male characters, and a range of races and sexual orientation, just like the worlds we are depicting,вЂќ he said.вЂќThat being said, we have been able to use the game mechanics, especially, the gang camps, to delve deeper into more of the characters with this game so it helps us make all of the characters more nuanced and interesting than was possible in the past, simply because you can spend much longer with them, and can learn more about them. While Rockstar has at times come under fire for its depiction of women in previous games, Unsworth said he doesnвЂ™t think those criticisms are entirely valid. вЂњWho were these people ten years prior to вЂRDR1?вЂ™ Was there perhaps some revisionist history in MarstonвЂ™s recollection of how things played out? We also tried to remain flexible and allow our characters to evolve somewhat with the actors вЂ¦ When youвЂ™re shooting and recording over a period of years, you start to see things in the performance that you werenвЂ™t expecting which sparks new ideas and some characters begin to shift in a different direction, which is almost always a good thing.вЂќ Marston isnвЂ™t the only one who shows up in the original вЂњRed Dead Redemption.вЂќ On top of that, Rockstar Games had to contend with the other returning characters. вЂњThis is as much a family as a gang, offering a sense of belonging and purpose that a lot of these individuals desperately need, whether they admit it or not.вЂќ вЂњThese are mostly misfits who have been marginalized in some way, either by society as a whole or on a more personal level, and DutchвЂ™s anarchic, anti-establishment rhetoric is a compelling draw,вЂќ Unsworth said. What did Dutch see in them? What made them decide to stay in the gang? And perhaps most importantly, how does all of this impact the memberвЂ™s relationship with Arthur and everyone else in the gang. The team had to know why each of the gangвЂ™s members was drawn to gang-leader Dutch. вЂњA big cast of main characters was an advantage in many waysвЂ¦it gave us a broad and varied set of perspectives and personalities to draw from and helped create the story we wanted вЂ“ a gang on the run that functions as its own society, but it also created a lot of complexity,вЂќ Michael Unsworth, senior creative writer on вЂњRed Dead Redemption 2,вЂќ told Variety.В вЂњWe knew we needed a diverse and interesting mix of characters for DutchвЂ™s gang and the challenge with any big ensemble cast like this is making them all stand out in some way and feel distinct from one another without descending into stereotype.вЂќ ThatвЂ™s just one of myriad challenges the team faced in working to give life not just to their central character, but to make each of the gangвЂ™s 23 members feel like heroes in their own stories. People who played the first game will know MarstonвЂ™s story, or at least think they do, and that could be limiting to the writers. But itвЂ™s also a bit of a challenge, a good challenge to have.вЂќ ItвЂ™s exciting to have him back playing as a different character.

вЂњWe had to be careful not to John it up too much,вЂќ вЂњRed Dead Redemption 2вЂќ producer Rob Nelson said, referencing John Marston who was the beloved central character in вЂњRed Dead Redemption,вЂќ but is one of 23 meaningful characters in - and notably not the one controlled by players - in prequel вЂњRed Dead Redemption 2.вЂќ

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