Red Dead Redemption 3: THIS Is The Perfect Setting

Rockstar's series is synonymous with the Old West, but there's another age of outlaws to discover...

by Ewan Paterson
Red Dead Redemption 3 Empire of Sin
Paradox Interactive/Rockstar

Red Dead Redemption 3 is ages away. Like, actual years. In fact, if the gap between Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead 2 is anything to go by, we could all be waiting close to another decade for the third game to come around, with GTA 6 the focus of Rockstar's attention for now.

Even so, that hasn't stopped fans from speculating on what a possible third entry in the Red Dead series might entail. The prevailing consensus at the moment is that any follow-up to Red Dead 2 should venture even further into the past, finally spotlighting the golden age of outlaws during the old west, and the Van Der Linde Gang at their peak. The last two Red Dead titles have been more revisionist in tone, taking inspiration from the likes of The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven as the wild west came to a close, so it's understandable as to why fans are clamouring for something different.

But, in the spirit of wanting something a little bit 'different', let's go one step further. The original Red Dead Redemption concludes all the way in 1914, with war engulfing Europe and the United States on the precipice of a radical economic transformation. The old west was dead and buried, and civilisation beckoned, but this wasn't the end of the age of outlaws. It was essentially a new beginning, and one that that shares a lot in common with the old west, making it a perfect destination for Red Dead to venture to next...

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.