A thought I always liked and wondered is what the open world of both Red Dead (not including Red Dead Revolver) games historical context were.

All the states in game and even cities are based off certain real life versions, how Lemoyne is related to Louisiana and the Swampy South in 1899, and how Saint Denis is related to New Orleans.

What I am wondering is how will Saint Denis look like in a year such as 2020? COVID in RDR1 & 2💀 or the actual civil war (1861-65)? Or the American war of independence (1770's-83)?

I am into real life history, but I also wish Rockstar Games somehow made the RDR universe much more detailed in its history (other than 1899 and 1907 duh), but they did a good job replicating 1899 and 1907!

The RDR series would make for a good alternative history though!

I am yapping to yap but like look at this map for example! I believe this is the RDR2 map, but unfortunately the person who made this on Reddit didn't make Nuevo Paraiso which I find a bit sloppy, but either way it's a simple and interesting alternative historical map.