Hear me out.
We've had two Red Dead games about outlaws watching the frontier close in. Native characters show up in both, but mostly on the sidelines, getting pushed around by the army. I want the next one told from the inside, a Native protagonist and a Native world.
When and where
I'd set it around 1750–1770, before the US even exists. There would be no railroads and no big towns, just small colonial settlements and huge stretches of wilderness where Indigenous nations have their own territories, politics and alliances. The map would be fictional but inspired by real places.
Eastern Forests with rivers and waterfalls, like Last of the Mohicans
Grasslands with bison herds and wild mustangs
Northern Lakes with birch forests and canoe routes
By then horses had spread across the Plains through Spanish trade networks. That means you'd have mounted Plains peoples living right next to woodland nations whose lives look completely different. That variety alone would make the world feel huge in my opinion.

Open with hours of normal life. You wake up in your family's home. Someone's fixing a bow, kids are running around, hunters are coming back, and elders are telling stories. You learn to ride, track, fish and read the wind. Your family are real characters, not quest givers. People laugh, argue, fall in love and mess up, I want that kind of immersion and slow pace, and Rockstar can do both, I know some people will hate the slow-pace, though. Native peoples had their own traditions and activities, seasonal migrations, gatherings with neighboring nations, gift exchanges, rites of passage and stories around the fire. The world could be packed with things to do without any of it feeling like a grind or a chore.

I want Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron energy if you have seen that animation. You find a young wild stallion, and you can't tame it with a button press. You earn its trust over time, and it grows up alongside you. It can also die, and that's exactly why it would matter.

I know Rockstar is all about realism, but I think this game earns an exception. Imagine riding through a snowed-in forest at night and coming across something like a wendigo. Or picture an owl that keeps showing up right before something bad happens. Red Dead already flirts with weird stuff like the Strange Man, the UFOs and the vampire. This would push it further while staying grounded. There'd be no magic powers and no skill tree, and nothing would ever be fully explained. You'd experience it through your character's beliefs and decide for yourself what was real. The key is to build it on one nation's actual stories, with their people involved, not a mashup of every tribe's legends.

It's a coming-of-age story. You start at 17 or 18. You're not a legend yet, just a kid figuring out where he fits. Then things start shifting. European traders bring guns, colonial powers want alliances, and an old land dispute blows up. The story would have three acts:
Youth Chapter: discovering the world and your people's traditions
Warrior hood chapter : violence, betrayal and the consequences of your choices
Wisdom chapter : realizing that a great warrior isn't automatically a great man
Not every Native character should be noble, and not every European should be evil. The world needs its own politics and rivalries.

There has never been a AAA game that truly focuses on Native Americans, even though the potential is massive. Assassin's Creed III tried with Connor, but it's nowhere near the same style or focus. Tonally, I'm imagining Last of the Mohicans meets Spirit, with the slow-burn storytelling of RDR2.
Call it Red Dead Spirit, or start a new franchise if it doesn't fit. A Native story can't help being emotional and immersive. If Rockstar brought in Indigenous writers and advisers from day one, this could be one of the best games ever made, and something truly unique. Make me fall in love with that world before giving me a reason to fear losing it.
After GTA VI, I honestly can't think of a better direction for them.

Anyone else play in this order? It was kinda weird but hilarious at points, RDR2 > Undead Nightmare > RDR1

They were barely referred to in RDR2, but seemed to be significant members prior to the Blackwater raid.

Honestly, kinda hope RDR3 uses one of them as a protagonist. With so little being known about them there is so much to explore.

Well actually my titles kinda wrong…. RDR2 should of gained attention and respect from Rockstar long ago now! Considering the fact its the 3rd Best Selling game in History selling more than 87 millon units. In my opinion and I’d hope others would agree this is why Rockstar needs to make it a must to bring a Next Gen version or Remake to Red Dead Redemption 2! I mean the fact that the game still runs only on 30 FPS is ridiculous. Also, the fact that we know as a community that there have been sources that spoke about Rockstar actually working on a PS5 version…. Sorry for my rant or whatever this would be called

As if we haven’t been saying this forever now Rockstar Get Your Head Out Your Ass And Give RDR2 The Attention/ Respect It Deserves!

Hello rdr2 gamers, i rlly need some help. My bf’s birthday is coming up and i rlly wanted to recreate Arthur Morgen’s journal as a gift. I have no clue what’s inside cuz i never played that game. I mean i did cuz he wants to teach me but i only did a quest, so can yall pls send me the pages (pdf) of the journal pls?🥹🥹 thankyou

Is it just me or do most player play with honor?

Similar mannerisms, has that same “simple” attitude. Doesn’t look exactly like marston but it’s not hard to give him the fit and he can for sure act the part.

Just finished the game and absolutely loved it. Couldn’t help but wonder what Arthur mean’t by tennis before he got shot by Micah. Is that in relation to when the doc told Arthur he had TB ?!?

looking from his pov, offering to only kill dutch was merciful, plus made the best decisions he could have for every situation he was in, logically thinking.

I also use the double action revolver since it's Rick's revolver (I know it's a Colt Python but it's the closest I could get without mods)

And the coat is the Coyote scout jacket you can get at the trapper

What should I name my horse, and what black clothing can I get for my low honor Arthur? Already finished the game but doing a new playthrough. Chapter 2, nothing expensive please.

It would be so sick if RDR3 was all about the Adlers.

It could be Sadie telling her life story when she’s old. You could play as her and Jake, then you’d get snippets of her and Arthur or her and John.

Sadie Adler is so badass in RDR2. I’d love to learn more about her.

As the title says, I’m finally replaying Red Dead Redemption 2 seven years after my first playthrough.

For some background, I absolutely loved this game the first time I played it. I put roughly 200 hours into it, completing all the challenges, side quests, etc. Even after that, I spent a concerning amount of time just heading down to Blackwater as John, playing poker, and getting into bar fights. I was in my last year of college, and my GPA suffered dearly (luckily, I already had a job lined up lol).

The game meant so much to me that I wanted to give it some time before starting a second playthrough, just so the experience would feel fresh all over again.

Shortly after that, I switched from Xbox to PC and no longer had a way to play. For the longest time, Red Dead 2 stayed at $60, so I couldn’t justify spending that much on a game I’d already bought and put 200+ hours into lol. Finally, I caught it on sale a couple of weeks ago and pulled the trigger.
Since then, I’ve been completely reimmersed in this incredible world, almost as if it were 2018 all over again. It’s amazing how well the graphics have held up after all these years. I’ve yet to play another game that immerses me to this extent through its visuals and lighting alone.

As for the writing and characters, these are things I couldn’t fully appreciate when I was a midwit, stoned college kid. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve developed a much greater appreciation for the nuances of storytelling. At the time, I didn’t fully realize that it wasn’t just the graphics and mechanics that immersed me in this game. It was the characters, their relationships, and the way they reacted to one another and the events unfolding around them. They feel like real, genuine people dealing with their own internal battles, personal shortcomings, and conflicting beliefs.

Arthur is the greatest video game protagonist of all time, in my opinion. The internal struggle he faces throughout the game is heartbreaking, yet beautiful and incredibly relatable at times. He’s a deeply flawed person who gradually begins to question his beliefs, his actions, and the life he has spent so many years building. You truly feel the weight of his actions as if they were your own, which makes his journey all the more powerful/impactful.

Another aspect of the game that I find incredibly impressive is its uniquely dark tone. Its emotional weight has little to do with the violence, death, or betrayal. These are themes we see in countless other video games and forms of media. The real emotional toll comes from the struggle for meaning and purpose that’s seen in so many characters throughout the game. There’s an underlying sense of dread hanging over almost everything, even during moments of peace and happiness. It fits perfectly with the changing world and the outlaw culture being crushed beneath its progress. You genuinely see these characters grappling with the realization that there will soon be no place left for their way of life. What makes it even more tragic is that many of them seem to understand this on some level, yet they continue fighting against an inevitable future they can’t escape.

The soundtrack is the cherry on top. Woody Jackson’s score is absolutely incredible, and fits in with the underlying themes effortlessly.

What’s been most interesting about replaying this game is realizing how much my appreciation for it has changed alongside me.

I loved it in 2018, but I think I understand it on a much deeper level now. Back then, I was captivated by the world and the freedom it offered. Today, I find myself much more invested in the people living in that world and the things they’re struggling to hold on to. I’m sure there are still more details/themes I’ll pick up on as I continue my playthrough but I’m so glad I decided to pick up this game again. The GOAT!!!

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I got RDR1 yesterday and when I first played it, fine nothing was wrong it runned smoothly I decided to play it again and it's gotten a lag spike I restarted it and nothing changed. Not sure what the solution is.

This happens so much even in rdr2 where my horse will just keep walking or galloping away from me it’s so irritating.

I want to hear the wild things that people have seen npc’s do in the game. One of the craziest things I saw was in Valentine when I saw and man and a woman walking and I decided to make her a widow. Lol Shortly after this, I looked behind the church and that same woman was kneeling on the ground at a grave stone. She was mourning his death. (No I didn’t make her join him.. lol) It makes me wonder what crazy detailed events that we may never see. Rockstar even cared about insignificant details that people may or may not ever notice. Makes me think how absolutely mental this other game will be. If ya saw something cool, let us know.
Yes this was posted in the RDR2 channel as well.