RDR3 Fan Map Looks Like A Perfect Prequel, But Is Missing One Key Location
16.11.2023 - 18:17
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A fan-made map would make the perfect setting for a hypothetical , even if it leaves out iconic locations from the two previous games. Of course, no one knows anything about at this point in time, but it is believed to be in development at Rockstar. Whatever it turns out to be, it'll have to differ significantly from the previous two games. Since and have basically taken the van der Linde-Morgan-Marston saga as far as it'll go, will have to go elsewhere for inspiration.
Thankfully, there's basically infinite potential for another game in the western canon. There are so many different time periods and historical events to draw on, so many different regions yet unexplored, and so many characters whose tales need to be told. and barely scratch the surface of the wide variety of stories possible in an open-world, western setting. Rumor has it could be many things, but this one map suggests the perfect new direction for the series.
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A fan-made map posted to the Subreddit by user _RealityBoat shows a speculative setting for, taking place further to the west than the previous games and leaving cities like Blackwater and Strawberry behind. Where and take place in territory roughly corresponding to the real-life Great Plains region, Texas, and some of the northernmost Mexican states, with brief forays as far east as Louisiana and Virginia, _RealityBoat's proposal takes place only in the westernmost parts of New Austin (Texas) and West Elizabeth (the Great Plains region), expanding northward into Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico, and westward into California.
In the comments, _RealityBoat goes on to explain that their pitch would have to be framed as a prequel to the previous two games, taking place at least several decades prior. That would mean leaving out iconic characters like Dutch van der Linde, Arthur Morgan, and John Marston, at least in anything more than a cameo or passing reference.
It'd also mean skipping major locations central to the plot. This concept for would steer clear of the city of Blackwater, where the Pinkertons are headquartered and where the van der Linde gang's bank robbery goes wrong prior to the beginning of. But given the precedent and set, and the opportunities created by this fan-made map, that might not be such a bad thing.
One way or another, will almost certainly be set before and . In fact, was already a prequel to , so if the third game was set even further back in time, it'd only be continuing a series tradition. But both games are set at the very tail end of the Wild West era, when even formerly free territories are lobbying to be incorporated into the United States, and the government is breaking up the last