The Best Stranger Encounters in Red Dead Redemption

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It is accepted that Red Dead Redemption can now be looked back upon as a relatively revolutionary addition to the now saturated open-world genre of games. The at the time staggering level of world-building detail, combined with an intricate passion for the game's narrative, fostered a truly immersive and memorable videogame depiction of the Wild West in its twilight years.

To compliment its critically acclaimed main story, the world of Red Dead Redemption was additionally saturated by swathes of side content for players to enjoy. Of all this wide-ranging side content to be experienced within the gunslinging frontier, the diverse and memorable Stranger missions of Red Dead Redemption undoubtedly provided some of the best gameplay and stories that the game had to offer.

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Stranger missions within Red Dead Redemption are optional side-stories that the player will likely organically stumble across throughout the varied landscapes of New Austin and Northern Mexico. These missions would often contain multiple separated sequences that would carry a shared narrative across several missions, culminating in what is more often than not a bizarre or disturbing conclusion.

To gain an indication as to how popular these compelling mini-narratives proved to be with players, the Stranger mission type also featured very prominently in the game's critically acclaimed follow-up Red Dead Redemption 2. With some of the first Red Dead Redemption's Stranger missions providing morbid foreshadowing, and even carrying over plot elements to the sequel, some Stranger missions inevitably stand a cut above the rest.

One of the earliest Stranger missions that players are likely to come across within