User blog comment:Pencil-/Red Dead Redemption II (LEGIT)/@comment-5034454-20120807201417/@comment-10278667-20120809004935

I've always thought that continuing Jack Marston's story (following him as a gangster in the 20s/30s) would be a good GTA game, as I've always wanted a Prohibition/War on Crime era GTA game.

However, when speaking of a new Red Dead game, I couldn't bear a spin-off or a what-if scenario. John Marston's death, however unfortunate, was the perfect end. He didn't have any aspirations aside from being a rancher, so continuing his story by way of playing him after the assault on his ranch, would go against everything he said he wanted during the story.

I think, where Red Dead is concerned, the Marston story is over. We can't continue with Jack as the West is over, and John's dead. I'd hate a prequel because we know what's going to happen. I think the only good direction Red Dead can go is to give us a new story, a new setting, and a new protagonist. It would have to take place before the events of Redemption, but it wouldn't be a prequel. Maybe there could be references to Dutch's gang and their actions and that.