October marks the 9th anniversary of the announcement trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. At that time, some were quite skeptical and expected a failure.
GameRoll_ collected some player comments: "It's funny that people thought Arthur Morgan would be a terrible protagonist, and Leslie Benzies' departure from Rockstar would ruin the game."
"Does anyone else think this game will be completely unimpressive compared to previous Rockstar releases due to Leslie Benzies leaving? Because that's how it seems. The DLC for GTA V was uninteresting, and this trailer looks just as uninteresting. The company can't lose its best developer and still continue to release the same level of product"
"Looked okay. I asked myself: \"Imagine this isn't Rockstar. What would I think of the trailer?\" And it was just \"ok\". No hype, no disappointment"
"Leslie Benzies' departure from Rockstar will affect the quality of the game. He had a huge impact on the success of Rockstar Games, and he's no longer with them"
"I'm so disappointed. The main character seems completely tasteless. What the heck? I'll still buy it on day one. Westerns are my favorite movies, and RDR was the game of my dreams, but this trailer didn't impress me at all."