Red Dead Redemption 2: 10 Ways Rockstar MUST Do Single Player DLC
They're seriously not going to do a Sadie DLC?!
Red Dead Redemption 2’s online mode was ugly step sister to the story mode when the game first launched. Initially described as a beta, even when fully finished it left a lot to be desired. Since then, there’s been several updates and improvements, but it still feels a way off the calibre of going solo as Arthur Morgan.
More updates are planned though, as Rockstar is relying on Red Dead Redemption 2’s online mode to be the money spinner Grand Theft Auto Online has been. Like Grand Theft Auto V, despite huge sales and critical acclaim for single player, Rockstar have recently confirmed that no solo DLC is planned at all.
It feels like there’s a lot to still be explored, either by breaking out of the canon or delving into some of the side characters.
With the sales figures of GTA and RDR2 plus GTA Online printing literally millions for Rockstar, the possibilities are endless. They could easily produce a DLC to rival Mass Effect’s Citadel Party or The Witcher III’s Blood & Wine, but they seem to want their DLC to be as quick and cost effective as possible.
If they ever change their minds though, Red Dead’s world has a lot of potential.
10. Explain What Happened In Blackwater
Another massive possibility for the third (technically fourth but no one counts Red Dead Revolver) game in the series is that rather than forward with Sadie, they could go backwards, still with Arthur and John. The events of Blackwater inform most of Red Dead Redemption, but we only ever hear about it, and never quite get the full story.
If Rockstar can build the narrative around that and make the Blackwater job the finale, then there’s certainly enough intrigue for it to be an entire game on its own. Knowing the ending to a story makes it infinitely less interesting though, and two prequels in a row going further and further back will start to hit diminishing returns.
All character development from the two current games would be reset again, and while there’s intrigue, there likely isn’t enough content for a full game. As a DLC though, it seems tailor made.
Literally tailor made, in fact.
While Red Dead Redemption 2 hardly lacks for content, it feels like the Blackwater job is being deliberately kept in the shadows, as if to be explored later.
With solo DLC apparently off the table, it feels like a strange move.