Red Dead Redemption Remaster Needs To Happen For One Story Reason
A remaster of Red Dead Redemption would be a perfect opportunity for Rockstar Games to address one small narrative inconsistency. After the events of 2018's Red Dead Redemption 2, it didn't make much sense for Arthur Morgan's impact to not be mentioned in the first game, which takes place years after the second. Considering the fact that he's the reason John Marston's alive, a few lines of dialogue would go a long way in helping with continuity between the games.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2.]
The first Red Dead Redemption was released by Rockstar Games in 2011. It follows John Marston, an outlaw forced by the government to hunt his former gang in order to save his family. The game is now revered as a modern classic and further proved that Rockstar's formula — first mastered through the Grand Theft Auto series — could work in any setting. Seven years later, the developer released Red Dead Redemption 2, introducing players to the rest of John's old gang, and RDR2 is set 12 years before the first game.
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It was recently leaked that the Red Dead Redemption and GTA 4 remasters may have been canceled to allow the developer to focus solely on GTA 6. If Rockstar decides to come back to them in a few years, it could give Rockstar time to address Red Dead Redemption's most glaring plot hole: the lack of references to Arthur Morgan, RDR2's protagonist. Arthur was the one that gave John a second chance at life; so when replaying the first Red Dead, it feels a little weird for John to talk about his old life as if Arthur never existed.
Red Dead Redemption 2 — depending on the choice the player makes — ends with Arthur Morgan and John Marston on the
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