Red Dead Redemption 2 Reviews: 9 Early Reactions You Need To Know

7. Parts Of The Original Red Dead's Map Are Included

A very small thing to take into account, but because RDR 2's timeline places the game 12 years before the original, its location actually overlaps with that game's world map, too.

You'll have to delve into RDR2's leaked map to see the full ramifications of this (I'm staying spoiler-free for now), but there are parts of the map; certain homesteads, cities and towns, that are under construction in RDR2, only to be finished in the first game.

Yes, the second game takes place before the first, despite being numbered as a "part two". It's a thing.