Red Dead Redemption 2is a grim tale of crime, redemption, and late 19th-century life in five unforgiving American states, but the state of its fan community is anything but bleak. In fact,Red Dead Redemption 2fans have been hard at work creating a variety of stunning tributes to the game since it came out almost three years ago. This is one of the latest.
Redditor Rowendi has created a near-perfect recreation of theRed Dead Redemption 2landscape inCities: Skylinesand shared a 1-minute video showcasing their hard work. The result could easily be mistaken for an environment ripped directly fromRed Dead Redemption 2. Stunning attention to detail has been paid to the trains, the roads, and even the lighting. The only area it doesn’t compare is NPCs, although the world of the realRed Dead Redemption 2is filled with fake and real beggars, outlaws, townsfolk, and a wide variety of animals to kill, this recreation is beautiful but empty.
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This lack of activity is Rowendi’s one oversight. The map may contain mods, but unlike the actualRed Dead Redemption 2these mods don’t allow players to own dogs, as there are no dogs to be found. What is out there are vast prairies, slow-moving rivers, and painstakingly recreated farmhouses, all of which are still quite the achievement.
The lack of activity in this build means that potential players would not be able to encounter funnyglitches like the one that sent Sadie Adler flying inRed Dead Redemption 2. However, for many fans posting in the comments section, this isn’t a dealbreaker. The video has been warmly received on theRed Dead Redemptionsubreddit, where many commenters have congratulated Rowendi on their attention to detail and skill inCities: Skylines.
Several commenters have also asked which mods the build was created with or whether Rowendi is willing to release this map as a downloadable world so other players can build in it. As of writing, Rowendi appears to have only responded to one thread accusing them of lying about making this inCities: Skylines, to which they posted screenshots of their work before and after graphics mods in a separate thread. It appears that a large part of the video’s accuracy toRed Dead Redemption 2’s visual style came from mods, but the build is still incredibly detailed.
This video isn’t the only stunning showcase of how much effort fans ofRed Dead Redemptionare willing to put into tributes to the game. Another fan put together a playfulRed Dead Redemption 2musical medleythat puts fast-paced and often violent gameplay clips to the iconic, upbeat melody of the song Can Can fromOrpheus in the Underworld. However, this build stands out as something truly special for its sheer attention to detail, to say nothing of the skill it takes to make something so accurate to one game in a completely different one.
Red Dead Redemption 2is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
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