California

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.

The license plate is a reference to one of the many times in which Rockstar gave clues about their upcoming games in their latest one:

A. As you all know, the license plate says California instead of Los Santos or Blaine County. In the mission called California of RDR1, there is a character named Sam Odessa (Sam Houser), this character emphasizes a lot that he wants to go to the West (California) and see the ocean. This side quest was basically a hint to the next Rockstar game, GTA 5.

B. You can see that the license plate has a date, 2010. In that year, R * released Red Dead Redemption.