Hoo boy, here we go. Let’s talk about Red Dead Redemption 2, yeah? This game, man—it’s like a whole saga wrapped up in a dusty old cowboy hat. Dropping in 2018, it was like, bam, instantly one of Rockstar’s masterworks. You’re trotting into the twilight of Wild West bad guys, living through good ol’ Arthur Morgan. (Honestly, Arthur’s journey—it gets you right in the feels and the fun department. Like, are onions being cut nearby, or am I just emotional?)
There’s this wild joyride of Easter eggs sprinkled throughout RDR2—think hidden gems but shinier, and sometimes, you’re face to face with ghosts or… something not of this earthly plain. Oof, Rockstar loves a good ghost story, right? RDR2 and its spooky sibling, Red Dead Online, even rolled out with this Strange Tales of the West update. If that’s not an invitation to sit by a digital campfire and swap creepy stories, I don’t know what is.
Okay, okay, hang on—backtrack a bit. Let’s dive into Rockstar’s love affair with the supernatural. Remember Undead Nightmare from RDR1? You’ve got John Marston going full zombie apocalypse cowboy vibe. Pretty epic, I won’t lie. And all those weird encounters in RDR2—the hermit, claiming devil status, La Llorona’s chilling cries, vampires lurking in Saint Denis, UFO sightings, Agnes Dowd’s ghostly whispers… it’s a paranormal smorgasbord, like my brain just threw a ghost party in the Wild West.
Shift gears. What happened to Z, that Rockstar game that vanished into the “never was” category? Picture it—a dark, gloomy zombie saga on a far-flung Scottish island. Definitely before its time, according to the whispers around the grapevine. But then—poof! Like a magic trick gone wrong, it disappeared. Too grim, they said. Now I’m thinking, with all these moody survival horrors, maybe it’s the right time for Rockstar to roll the dice again. Think Zombieland meets, uh, something only Rockstar could dream up? Fasten those seatbelts, ‘cause this could be a ride we’re all secretly craving.
So, here we are, dancing around the edges of Rockstar’s teased potential. Maybe, someday, we’ll get the full-on spooky showdown sneakily disguised as a game. Fingers crossed? Or not. Who’s to say?
