Red Dead Redemption 2 Fan Makes Interesting Discovery While Cleaning Out the House They Grew Up In

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A Red Dead Redemption 2fan found something very interesting in their childhood home. It’s an old photo that might look familiar to anyone who has played Red Dead Redemption 2.

Rockstar Games, a development studio known for their attention to detail, is excellent at recreating real-life locations as the setting of some of its games. This is seen heavily in the Grand Theft Auto series, which primarily features fictionalized versions of real major cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, and Miami, as settings. But Rockstar also drew inspiration from real locations in Red Dead Redemption 2, whose five states—Ambariono, New Hanover, West Elizabeth, Lemoyne, and New Austin—are all based on real states in the U.S. Even though the game doesn’t feature modern recreations of these places, there are a few locations that are still recognizable.

A Reddit user named pablopolitics shared a discovery they made while cleaning out the house they grew up in. They found what appeared to be an old photo of a plantation. However, the plantation shares a striking resemblance to the Braithwaite Manor in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Many of the replies pointed out that what pablopolitics found was a photo of the Oak Alley Plantation, a popular tourist attraction in Vacherie, Louisiana. The plantation is a popular filming location, with various productions, such as TV shows, movies, and music videos, being shot there. It was also one of Rockstar’s primary inspirations for the Braithwaite Manor in Red Dead Redemption 2, which is why it looks so much like it. The level of detail Rockstar Games put into the recreation of Oak Valley is nothing short of impressive. Some might even mistake the game for real life if they didn’t know any better. Unlike the manor