Modders Are Bringing Red Dead Redemption 2’s Mexico To Life, But I Wish Rockstar Would Take Me There
Dreaming of a world where Rockstar still makes story DLC, and sets a Red Dead Redemption 2 expansion south of the border.
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It’s no secret that Mexico, one of the most memorable locations from the original Red Dead Redemption, is in Red Dead Redemption 2. You can’t access it during normal play, but from certain vantage points in New Austin you can see those distinctive mesas looming tantalisingly in the distance. Naturally, modders found a way to get there almost immediately—and some have even been fleshing the region out with bridges, settlements, camps, and other points of interest. If you want to experience Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 2 for yourself, modder Siemreaper has compiled a mod megapack containing a number of well made, lore-friendly map expansions from various creators. It’s a great place to start.
I’m constantly impressed by the Red Dead Redemption 2 modding community. Its creators have restored cut dialogue, opened up inaccessible parts of the map, and even added whole new game systems—from bank robberies and playable instruments, to buyable properties and dog companions. But even the most polished, well designed mod will never feel quite the same as an in-house Rockstar production. That’s why, as much as I love these modders for making Mexico accessible and breathing new life into the game, I wish Rockstar had taken us south of the border itself. Red Dead Online may open the region up at some point in the future, but it’s a proper singleplayer story that I’m really dreaming of.
Alas, Rockstar doesn’t do singleplayer DLC anymore. The wild, money-spinning success of GTA Online put an end to that. I get it, but it stings. When Rockstar released a pair of superb, substantial story expansions for Grand Theft Auto 4—The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony—I thought that would be the new standard. I thought we’d get a big open-world game, then the developer would fill it with new stories, giving us a fresh perspective on the setting. But it didn’t happen with GTA5, and it probably won’t happen with Red Dead Redemption 2. As a lover of singleplayer games—especially Rockstar singleplayer games—that’s an increasingly tough pill to swallow.
I loved hanging out in Mexico in Red Dead Redemption. That first ride into Nuevo Paraíso, as Far Away by José González plays gently on the soundtrack, is one of only a few video game moments that will stick with me forever. It was a refreshing change of scenery too: from the dry, scrubby desert of Cholla Springs to the towering mesas and red-tinted dunes of Diez Coronas. Even though the Mexico part of the map in Red Dead Redemption 2 is clearly unfinished, just seeing that familiar landscape rendered with the latest version of the RAGE engine was a thrill. The modders have done a great job filling the place with scenery and things to look at, but there’s nothing to actually do there yet.
Arthur Morgan had no real reason to go to Mexico, so if Rockstar did set a singleplayer story there, it would probably have to star a brand new character—which worked well in those GTA 4 expansions. A standalone story would be a great way to experience RDR2’s stunning open world from a unique perspective. I doubt we’ll ever see anything like that, but at least, thanks to the modders, there’s some way to experience Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 2. Will Rockstar ever get back into making singleplayer DLC? As its online games get more ambitious and MMO-like, I highly doubt it. Whatever Grand Theft Auto 6’s multiplayer ends up being, that’s where the developer’s energy will likely go.
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