I wonder when they'll spill the beans

Could be any manner of things. Best case scenario, a sequel to Red Dead Redemption. More likely is a remastered edition for PS4/XB1 and PC.

Worst case, it's some Red Dead/western cowboy themed shit to buy for GTA Online.

Could be any manner of things. Best case scenario, a sequel to Red Dead Redemption. More likely is a remastered edition for PS4/XB1 and PC.

Worst case, it's some Red Dead/western cowboy themed shit to buy for GTA Online.

Spoiler

Just a small comparison photo for the washed out red paint design:

I find a remaster unlikely given that you can already play red dead redemption on Xbox one but that's just wishful thinking

Member John Marston again?
I member..

I don't see it being a remaster since RDR j
had great graphics the first time it released.

It's a sequel don't worry

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Worst case scenario: It's an online multiplayer-only game set in the Red Dead universe in the same vein as GTAO

http://me.ign.com/en/video/125328/red-dead-redemption-2-map-leaked-will-be-a-prequel-ign-news

map is leaked apparently, i know, >ign

Just based on the look of things right now, the game is likely going to be a prequel where we play as John during his earlier days in Dutch's gangs. There's been a lot of speculation that this was going to be the case for a long time, but the silhouettes seem to suggest John, Williamson, Escuela, and Dutch, possibly Abigail, and two others that we don't know of (Which would make sense, I always found it a little small of a group to call  a "Gang" if it only included four gunslingers). The hair on the front character and his build seem to suggest John, and the one to his right has a bent cowboy hat, which Bill always wore. Next one over could possibly be wearing a sombrero, which is why I'd suspect it's Escuela.

I'm amazingly excited, but slightly disappointed. Red Dead is possibly my favorite game of all time, but a prequel isn't quite what I was hoping for. Not a sequel, either. John's story has already been told, so it'd be hard to maintain any sort of suspenseful buildup during the story because we know exactly how it's going to end- With a botched bank robbery that leads into the events of RDR. We already know who makes it out alive, so I would much rather us be given a new cast of characters and a completely different setting, just so that it would be so obvious what was going to happen.

The other thing that bothers me about the idea of playing during John's earlier days is that I don't necessarily want to play as John when he was a more hardened, ruthless outlaw. Despite the events of RDR suggesting John always believed Dutch's gang was doing the right thing, I feel like it'd be a backwards progression of his nobility, and I don't want to play as him during that time period. I can see it sort of working if we begin back when the gang arguably was doing the right thing, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor- Then John begins to question the methods of Dutch as he's driven further into insanity as the game progresses, but I'm not sure if that makes up for the lack of narrative ambiguity.

I could still be wrong, and the game might not be a prequel, but even if it is, that isn't going to dissuade me from buying this. I've wanted this game to be announced for too many years, and it's finally happening.

https://twitter.com/RockstarGames/status/788363842329903104

That guy on the far left could be a Marston, maybe Bill Williamson (from Dutch's gang) 3rd from the right. Complete speculation considering everyone on on the frontier seemed to be sporting a beard with a duster and hat.

Jesus, you'd think they'd have a better title than "RDR2" Either Marston is back in some form or the branding department fucked up.

Was the game really that good?

Thematically, yes.