Red Dead Redemption 3 Needs To Be Another Prequel For One Obvious Reason

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There is one fact that proves why a future needs to be another prequel. Although there is no official confirmation that a third game is being developed, the enormous success of the series certainly sets the stage for it. Ignoring the potential of a prequel for the next installment could be a mistake, and creating something that is set any time after the first game, could be a huge risk in separating it from the rest of the series.

There are also a lot of big rumors around , alongside many ideas of possibilities of where the series will go. The speculation proves that another game in the series is highly anticipated, and the expectations set by that kind of excitement mean that the series needs to avoid abandoning any of its strengths. Following the tradition and acknowledging this one fact with another prequel could be the first step to creating another highly successful game.

and take place during a time when the Wild West is dying down, embodying the anti-Western. In both games, players can see the progression in civilization as time progresses between 1899 and 1911. Any games in the series that take place after this time period will not be the same, environmentally and thematically. For a future game to stay firmly rooted in the Western genre, it will need to take place during the height of the American Frontier, which players will know as the Wild West.

With the possibility of another Red Dead Redemption installment being in the works, this one important event needs to be playable in a prequel game.

Creating another game that is set after the first game could take away from the Western entirely. Characters like John Marston have witnessed the decline of the Wild West firsthand alongside the player, which is an interesting and capturing angle to approach. To keep players' attention and interest, Rockstar Games may have to increase the elements that make the series a Western. This can start with turning time back to when the American Frontier was the wildest in