Red Dead Redemption 2 Fan Shows What the Gang Would Look Like in Old Age

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The critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has seen its fair share of fan art and memes since its release in 2018. One fan's decision to combine the two has resulted in a comedic fan edit consisting of Red Dead Redemption 2's cast being considerably aged up through the use of FaceApp.

Since Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prequel to Rockstar's trailblazing original, a lot of the characters players see appearing in both games naturally look younger. However, Reddit user Saltypapers has been using the AI software FaceApp to digitally age up the Van der Linde gang, and the results are both interesting and hilarious.

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The Van der Linde gang, led by Dutch Van der Linde, kickstart a lot of the outlawed action in both Red Dead Redemption games. The rough and tough cast undergo a lot of hardships and live outside the law, so it is naturally unlikely any of them would live to old age. Therefore, this artistic effort gives fans a look at how well the gang suits old age. Player character Arthur Morgan is first to be given the «elder» treatment; the warm face and brown beard that accompanies the 36-year-old hero has been replaced with long and silvery face hair with plenty of textured wrinkles. Such a jarring effect in-game would potentially ruin Arthur's fearsome status and epic roasts in RDR2, but it makes for an accurate insight into just how Morgan would look in his twilight years

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Digitally aging these characters has caused plenty of people to comment on similarities between other RDR characters. One user noted that an older John Marston looks uncannily like Uncle from Red Dead Redemption 1, leading to discussion about