Is RDR2 a prequel to rdr1?

Although it's the second game in the series, RDR2 is actually a prequel to Red Dead Redemption, featuring a younger version of John Marston. After getting him safely back to camp and chastising him for his irresponsibility, the story's attention shifts to the O'Driscolls, whose own camp is nearby.
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Is it necessary to play RDR1 before RDR2?

No. I played rdr2 without having played more than a couple minutes of the first one and still really enjoyed the story. Although RDR2 is a prequel... You really get the full emotional experience if you've played through all of Red Dead Redemption.
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Is RDR2 based on RDR1?

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the Red Dead series and a prequel to the 2010 game Red Dead Redemption.
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How many years after RDR2 is RDR1?

Red Dead Redemption 2's epilogue is long and allows players to control John Marston in the year 1907. It has been eight years since the events in Beaver Hollow and Arthur's death. Meanwhile, the beginning of the first Red Dead Redemption is only four years away.
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Is John Marston in RDR2?

John is also the protagonist of Undead Nightmare, a non-canonical, zombie apocalypse-themed expansion pack, and the secondary playable character of the 2018 prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2.
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Is Arthur Morgan in RDR1?

Arthur Morgan in the RDR1 Remake

As many know, Arthur Morgan dies at the end of RDR2 and that "explains" why he's not in RDR1. However, that's only justification; the real reason Arthur Morgan is never even mentioned in RDR1 is because, at the time, he did not exist.
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Why was John Marston killed?

Top Voted Answer. He was used by the Government men to clean up the Wild West of America. Outlaws like him and his gang were no place for the nascent civilised cities the US Government wanted to establish.
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How old is Jack RDR1?

Jack Marston was born in 1895, making him 4 years old. during the story of Red Dead 2, we see him age from 4. to 12 to 16, and then finally 19 in the year 1914.
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Does Dutch appear in RDR1?

Dutch van der Linde is a character in the Red Dead series who appears as the secondary antagonist of Red Dead Redemption, and the tritagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2.
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Was Blackwater in RDR1?

Blackwater is a growing city and the state capital of West Elizabeth, featured in Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online, located in the Great Plains region, on the banks of Flat Iron Lake.
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Does Texas exist in RDR2?

While New Austin is intentionally designed to be analogous to Texas in terms of location and geography, the real-life state of Texas is confirmed to exist in the Redemption universe according to a newspaper article. New Austin became a state in 1845, which is also the same year that Texas was admitted to the Union.
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Which state is RDR2 in?

Rdr2 is set in multiple real life states but they've never officially said what they are but Lemoyne is obviously Louisiana and New Austin is Texas.
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How old is John Marston in RDR2?

John Marston was born in 1873, a known fact from the fact that John Marston was 12 when he met Dutch in 1885. John is 26 by the events of Red Dead Redemption 2, and he certainly has the makings of a legend of the West.
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What year is RDR2 set in?

Rockstar co-opted all of its studios into one large team to facilitate development. The story is set in 1899 in a fictionalized representation of the Western, Midwestern, and Southern United States and follows outlaw Arthur Morgan, a member of the Van der Linde gang.
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How many hours is 100 percent in RDR2?

When focusing on the main objectives, Red Dead Redemption 2 is about 50½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 187 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Can I finish RDR2 in 2 weeks?

Red Dead 2's main story alone can take 40-60 hours to complete, though you'll find yourself spending considerably more time if you want to attain 100% Completion (and even that doesn't cover everything you can do throughout the game).
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How long is John Marston's story in RDR2?

It takes around 40-60 hours, on average, to finish the main story.
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Is Jack Arthur's son?

No, Both games make it very clear Jack is John's son. If you played the first game, you can see the obvious resemblance between the two and if you only played/watched Red Dead 2, everyone in the gang knows Jack is Johns son, even Arthur makes a comment about John denying his fatherhood for some time.
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How old is Micah Bell?

12 Micah Bell (39)

Micah is the final major antagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, and it's no wonder why. He sold everyone out to the Pinkertons and manipulated Dutch into betraying his family. Micah's age is a bit obscured, but if you find a newspaper clipping, you'll find out he's only 39.
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How old is John Marston in 1911?

At the end of Red Dead 1, John Marston's grave has his birth and death dates: 1873–1911. That makes him 38 at the time of his death.
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Who killed Dutch van der Linde?

In 1907, Dutch meets with Micah before John and Sadie attack Micah's new gang. In a Mexican standoff, Dutch shoots Micah, letting John finish him off, before leaving. During the events of Red Dead Redemption in 1911, John tracks down Dutch, who commits suicide by backing off a cliff.
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Who killed Arthur Morgan?

Arthur begs John to return to his family. The vengeful Micah soon ambushes him, and Dutch intervenes. Arthur convinces Dutch to abandon Micah and leave. If the player has high honor, Arthur succumbs to his injuries and disease, dying peacefully while watching the sunrise; with low honor, Micah executes him.
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Is John Marston blind?

Once thought to be simply a rumor, there is now a good amount of evidence that John is at least partially blind in his left eye. During the events of Undead Nightmare, John is standing next to a zombie, Moses, and has to turn his entire head to see him.
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