A Red Dead Redemption 'Remake' Has Been Quietly Overlooked This Entire Time

For years now, fans have been begging Rockstar Games to remake Red Dead Redemption in the style of Red Dead Redemption 2. Quick reminder: It already has.

We should all know by now that Rockstar doesn’t take requests. Gamers have been begging them for updates on Grand Theft Auto VI for what feels like an age, and when a new reveal does go live, it’s always when the studio considers it to be the right time.

So you can beg, and beg, and beg, but Rockstar isn’t going to remake Red Dead Redemption just because people are asking for it. It technically already has, and it’s likely to be the best you’re going to get. Well, at least for the next couple of decades.

Red Dead Redemption Players Eager For A Remake Already Have One In A Way

No, we’re not talking about the 4K “remaster” update the game received a couple of years ago; we’re talking about a game within a game.

A first-time Red Dead Redemption 2 player by the name of ImportanceTurbulent8 recently made a post on the Rockstar subreddit, proclaiming that the epilogue genuinely feels like “a whole nother game.”

After it hands the reins over to John Marston, Red Dead Redemption 2 starts setting the stage for the original game’s story without delving too deep into it.

You get free roam of the map you’ll have been exploring for hours, but this time as John, who gets access to new and unfinished side-quests.

One of the comments on ImportanceTurbulent8’s post said the epilogue “basically leaves us with a Red Dead 1 remake prior to the RDR1 story. It’s amazing.”

They’ve got a point. The map of Red Dead Redemption 2 features several locations from the first game, but obviously rendered with more detail thanks to the game’s updated RAGE engine.

Sure, it’s not a full-on remake because again, it doesn’t encroach into Red Dead Redemption’s story, but it’s basically the next best thing.

GTA VI is obviously Rockstar’s main priority at the moment, though we’d imagine addressing the rapidly unionising workers will be a close second…

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After that, it’s unclear what project the studio will latch onto next. Red Dead Redemption 3 (as it’s currently being called) is a good shout, but a new entry in the Bully series could also be on the cards, or perhaps a new L.A Noire.

What Rockstar is unlikely to do is revisit some of its previous games and give them a fresh coat of paint. It also won’t outsource this kind of project to any other team either, especially after the disaster that was Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.

Basically, Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV, Manhunt, Bully, etc., are all firmly lodged in the past. Perhaps a quick remaster or new-gen port could surface, but for the most part, it looks like Rockstar’s content with letting sleeping dogs lie. We’d love to be wrong, though.

In the meantime, Red Dead Redemption 2’s epilogue will have to suffice as a Red Dead Redemption remake.