RDR2 Player Just Solved The Game's Biggest GTA 5 Mystery
A notable Red Dead Redemption 2 player has solved a mystery that connects the Wild West simulator to Grand Theft Auto 5. Rockstar Games' two open-world crime franchises deconstruct American culture, though GTA takes place in the modern day while RDR takes players back to the American frontier. Many fans believe in a Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption connection, and one clever player has found the theory's strongest evidence yet.
Many fans have drawn connections between Grand Theft Auto 5's The Truth side mission series and Red Dead Redemption 2's unusual Geology for Beginners mission chain. The GTA5 missions, only playable as Michael, explore a religious cult called the Epsilon Program that believes in conspiracy theories, multiple realities and alternate timelines. Red Dead Redemption 2's Geology for Beginners questline, meanwhile, introduces the player to an anachronistic stranger named Francis Sinclair. The Stranger mission sees the player locate and photograph ten different rock carvings that seem to portray futuristic events. These two questlines have inspired a GTA 5 and Red Dead time travel theory that connects Rockstar's beloved franchises into a single narrative.
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Well-known Rockstar Games YouTuber Strange Man has discovered evidence that connects Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2. The theory suggests that RDR2's Francis Sinclair is actually the son of Carpa Tom, who appears throughout GTA 5's Truth side-story. The end of the Geology for Beginners Stranger questline sees Francis Sinclair appear as an infant, with his mother explaining that Francis' father Tom had recently died. The adult Francis, who kicks off the quest, is dressed
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