Red Dead Redemption 2 hidden cutscene suggests massive cut content

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Red Dead Redemption 2 has a cutscene hidden within the game files that reveals a large section of content that was cut from the Rockstar sandbox western, a fascinating find that leaves us wondering what else may have been trimmed from the open-world game, as we also continue scratching our heads over a possible GTA 6 release date.

As you may recall, Red Dead Redemption 2 contains a side mission called A Fisher of Fish, whereby Arthur Morgan meets an angler named Jeremy Gill, who challenges him to catch a variety of rare and unique legendary fish from around the RDR2 map. In the game as it was released, the quest is really only possible to complete once the narrative switches to the epilogue, and you begin playing as John Marston, since many of the fish are found in the Blackwater and New Austin regions which, as Arthur, are effectively inaccessible.

However, a cutscene unearthed in the archives of RDR2’s PC version seems to show that Arthur, originally, would meet with Jeremy Gill and be tasked with catching a fish in Rio Bravo, the desert settlement buried deep in New Austin’s centre. This suggests that, contrary to the released game, Arthur would have actually been able to travel to Blackwater and New Austin, the areas from the first Red Dead Redemption, and complete missions there without being chased and almost certainly killed by the lawmen that otherwise constantly patrol.

Remember, if you try to cross into Blackwater as Arthur in the actual game, infinitely spawning and unerringly accurate bounty hunters will almost immediately gun you down, making the map from the first game essentially inaccessible. The hidden cutscene implies this was not, however, initially the case, and that the world map and potentially