Forget Red Dead Retribution, Rebellion, Revenge, Reciprocation or even Redintegration... it's just "Red Dead Redemption 2". Yes, Rockstar could have used another word starting with 're', but "Red Dead Redemption" has greater brand recognition than "Red Dead", we guess.
Rockstar has officially announced Red Dead Redemption 2 earlier today. The announcement is a more detailed version of the second teaser image that was published in the past few days. Instead of being mere silhouettes, the seven cowboys on the poster are now a tad more detailed.
Naturally, players have already swooped in to attempt to identify who these seven bandits could be, and if any of them have been seen before in the Red Dead franchise. That said, chances of any character returning from Revolver are slim, as besides sharing the same basic theme and the first two words in the title, it has pretty much nothing to do with Redemption.
One user in the comments, "XxdoctorpurpxX", provided the best and most plausible list of characters, from left to right:
- John Marston
- Unidentifiable
- Dutch Van Der Linde
- Unidentifiable (possibly new protagonist?)
- Bill Williamson
- Unidentifiable (90% sure that's Landon Ricketts)
- Unidentifiable
It's clear that Rockstar will be introducing some new characters in the sequel/prequel. In spite of the title suggesting a followup to 2010's Red Dead Redemption, the presence of John Marston rules that out, practically confirming this game as a prequel story (if it is indeed Marston). Either that, or the game will have two concurrent storylines running through different timelines.
