User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Red Dead Redemption Sequel/Spinoff idea/@comment-170.65.128.6-20150127222614

Yeah, I mean your idea is cool and all, but the whole jist of Red Dead is that it's their Wild West Franchise. Redemption pushed it as far as they possible could without leaving the Genre, they are right on the very cusp of the end, which is of course a major theme of the game. If they go forward in time, it wont be Western anymore, it wont be Red Dead, it will be Prohibition Era GTA. Which again, is an awesome idea, just not in this franchise.

Since they did the end of the Cowboy era, they should rewind and do one at the start of the wild west era, immediately follow the end of the Civil War. Then the trilogy would see the start of the western era, the height of the western era (revolver, in the 1880s) and the end of the western era.

As a history buff, I would find the name Red Dead Reconstruction hilarious, but that wouldn't work on a video game, maybe something like Red Dead Revenge? A story based around seeking revenge for wrongs done during the war?