The DLC Red Dead Redemption 2 NEEDS (That Rockstar Will Never Make)

When Red Dead Online takes off, there won't be stopping it.

by Ewan Paterson
Red Dead Redemption 2 Dutch's Gang
Rockstar

By now, it's fair to say that most who picked up Red Dead 2 on launch will have finally - at long last - completed the story. It spans over 60 hours in length, but it's so good that, even when you've spent that long exploring every nook and cranny (as well as having your heart ripped out by the story), you'll find yourself coming back for more.

In its current form, Red Dead Redemption 2 exists solely as a single-player experience, but that'll change by the end of the month. Red Dead Online - Rockstar's answer to GTA Online - will launch by the end of November, and looks set to be every bit the money-making behemoth its predecessor was, even without all fancy cars and gold-plated jets to invest in.

But that leaves Rockstar in a bit of a pickle, because Red Dead Redemption 2 had a genuinely magnificent cast, and one that shouldn't be forgotten about by the time the credits begin to roll. We all know how John Marston's story ends of course, and though single-player DLC is going the way of the dodo (save for the valiant efforts of Insomniac Games with Spider-Man's The City That Never Sleeps), there's a story evidently worth expanding on in Red Dead, and it all revolves around one character in particular...

SPOILERS AHEAD...

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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.