User blog comment:AJ1776/Is it true?/@comment-1265875-20120621203522/@comment-1265875-20120622153704

AJ, I'm not gone, I'm just not here as often.

I have some life issues that are making it hard for me to edit here properly, so I've taken a break. We still have Hoibbes and 2ks4 as active members and I see them here every time I've come by lately. The site has not been abandoned, it just doesn't have the activity it used to.

And I already answered the question about R* re-using characters. They aren't known for it, so I can't really think of a game where they've done it. Hell, Max Payne isn't even a recurring R* protagonist since the first two were developed by a Finnish outfit by the name of Remedy Entertainment (the guys who are doing Alan Wake now) and only the 3rd installment was developed by an R* studio (all 3 were published by R*, tho'). I hear that a slightly older, college-bound Jimmy Hopkins might return for Bully 2, but everything about that game is a rumor at this point.

I think you are underestimating the importance of John's stint with Dutch. It is the underpinning of everything that happens in Redemption. If there had been no Dutch's Gang, there would be no Redemption, so it could be made into a very significant and expansive game/story.

And you're on your own in your dislike of Undead Nightmare. In an industry saturated with zombie shite, R* really did that right. Especially the way they dovetailed it into the story of the main game.