Overview[]
Red Dead Redemption III is an upcoming videogame, published by Rockstar Games.
Gameplay and World[]
Red Dead Redemption III will utilize the gameplay mechanics from its predecessor, Red Dead Redemption II. It will bring back world locations from the previous game, including West Elizabeth, New Hanover, Ambarino, Lemoyne, New Austin and Nuevo Paraíso. It will additionally incorporate new states and territories, those being:
- Shawnee, a small, Midwestern state on the Lannahechee River. It is where the game starts, hosting the large settlement Crockett City. It's only region, besides Crockett City, is Elizabeth, plain region with a number of factories. It is a parallel to the real-life state of Missouri, with Crockett City roughly paralleling the real-life St. Louis.
- Bosque, a large empty territory north of Ambarino, and is a parallel to the states of Wyoming, Montana, and most of all Alaska. It has multiple territories, including the tundra-like Haracy, and more mountainous regions, called the Grizzly Heights. It has no major settlements.
- Lagan, a forested and desert state, and a parallel to the state of Utah. It holds a large concentration of Mormon people, centered around the city of Lagoonville. It has two regions: Smithberg, a flat and rocky area that includes Lagoonville and the adjacent Great Lagan Lagoon; Young's Providence, a desert region to the south, that includes the trading town of New Liberty.
- Costaplacida, a vast, diverse coastal state, and a heavy parallel to California. It is divided into 4 territories: Gran Maya, a desert region near the border of New Austin; Pacifica, which is a tropical coastal region, and includes the growing city of Santa Columba, a parallel to Los Angeles, with a port sector and a burgeoning film industry in the Mapletree neighborhood; Whiskyland, a mountainous region reminiscent of the Sierra Nevada mountains; and Highwood, a forested and slightly mountainous region, paralleled by the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. It is host to the port city of San Cabo, a parallel to San Francisco.
Plot Summary[]
Chapter I: The Occidental Sun[]
April 1913, Sadie Adler, now Fontaine, has remarried to an upper-middle-class widower and lives comfortably in Crockett City, Shawnee, a parallel to St. Louis.
Her husband leaves on a purchasing trip up the Lannahechee River.
Sadie is contacted by a young man named Kyle Dorsett. Kyle explains that he is stranded in Crockett City because his father has been kidnapped by the Fiery Knights of God, a clandestine white supremacist league. Sadie notes that the Knights of God (KoG) have recently been revived, and are very popular across the South and West.
Kyle explains that his father, Franklin Dorsett, was lobbying for strong anti-discrimination measures, as New Hanover is now preparing to enter the Union as a state. He says that the Chief of Police in Annesburg, Winfield MacGuyven, has been unresponsive. He suspects that MacGuyven himself is associated with the KoG.
After great reluctance, Sadie rides West, across the Lannahechee for the first time in 6 years. In Annesburg, the capital, she starts investigating Franklin Dorsett’s disappearance. She ends up getting drunk in a bar. When she is insulted at the bar, she gets into a big fight, quickly running afoul of Chief MacGuyven.
While in jail, she meets Josiah Hall. Hall, an aging man, introduces himself as a famed gunslinger of the Old West. Hall complains constantly about the end of the romantic “glory days” of West. Upon hearing that Sadie once ran with Dutch van der Linde, he relates that he once knew Dutch, whose death is well known.
Hall camps with Sadie and the two go on missions together as she confronts the KoG, investigates Franklin Dorsett’s disappearance and grows further at odds with Chief MacGuyven.
The story chapter reaches a head as Sadie and Hall are swept into a rally outside the Capitol. One thing needs to another, and the two end up in a shoot out on the floor of the New Hanover legislature. During the shootout, several lawmen are killed, including Chief MacGuyven.
As Hall is sent to pack up their camp, Sadie hastily storms a KoG meeting where she believes Franklin Dorsett is. It turns out to be a trap; the chapter leader reveals himself as Adam Greene, the governor of the New Hanover territory. He kills Franklin Dorsett, and after a short shootout, escapes unharmed.
Sadie and Hall flee further West into the Grizzlies. On the run from the law, they arrive at the fur trading town of Hacket.
Chapter II: The Mountain Men[]
In Hacket, Hall quickly befriends a Mexican smuggler by the name of Francisco “Frank” Gomez. Frank explains that Hacket is mainly peaceful, and its remote location prevents it from being touched by either the government or by many outlaws.
In order to make some money, Sadie and Hall go hunting with Frank. After falling down a cave, Sadie encounters the Strange Man, who speaks with her about fate. He disappears deeper into the cave, after which a tunnel opens up, allowing her to escape.
While in the saloon, Sadie meets a group of frontiersman and trappers lead by Helmut Bergmann. After beating Bergmann in a drinking match, he invites her to join them on a trip North for a couple of weeks. Upon agreeing to also bring Hall (and later Frank), Bergmann and company head into the Grizzlies Heights, and they leave Ambarino for the State of Bosque.
Once up in the mountains, they hunt an infamous giant grizzly bear. While doing this, they encounter a group of criminals from New York. Over the course of the chapter, Sadie, Hall, and Frank and Bergmann’s right-hand Willy engage in an escalating series of strikes against them, which are reciprocated.
After Sadie and Helmut manage to kill the grizzly, it’s carcass and pelt are stolen off by the gang, and the entire company assaults their camp, taking back the pelt. Upon returning to Hacket, they are greeted by the New Hanover militia. With the help of all of the mountain men, Sadie and company are able to defeat the militia.
Still not safe, Sadie and Hall are joined by Frank as they head through West Elizabeth and towards Mexico.
Chapter III: The Longest Road[]
In West Elizabeth, Sadie Hall and Frank camp out in the Great Plains. While the other two head into Blackwater to get supplies, Sadie visits Beecher’s Hope. She finds out that Abigail Marston is sick. When she finds out that some of the ranch’s cattle have been taken by the bank, she rides with Jack Marston to get them back. Soon after saying her goodbyes to Abigail, she and her company are on their way.
They camp out in the wilderness of New Austin, during which time Sadie goes on a hunting trip with Hall, who recounts old stories about his time in the American Desert.
Frank makes arrangements with a ferryman to cross into Nuevo Paraíso. Before they reach the river though, they are attacked by bounty hunters, who kidnap Sadie to bring her back to New Hanover. The group is led by a mysterious figure known as “El Jinete.”
Sadie is brought to Valentine. She is held in the jail, awaiting state militiamen to take her to Annesburg.
After a night in the jail, she is eventually met by her husband, David Fontaine. As Sadie gives him instructions to help her break out, he seems despondent and refuses to listen. He leaves, and Sadie spends some time trying to break out of her cell, to largely no avail.
When David returns, he berates Sadie, and while the guards are distracted he slips her a set of lockpicks.
Once the guards fall asleep, she escapes and is greeted outside by David and Jack Marston. They are spotted by El Jinete, who pursues them out of town, in the process killing David. They eventually lose their pursuer and bury David outside of Strawberry, where they meet up with Hall and Frank.
Sadie, increasingly agitated, expresses contempt with the United States. She outlines a plan to reach Saint-Denis and sail to wild country in South America. It seems impossible, as it would require traveling through New Hanover. They decide to try and simply ride South through Mexico.
They ride back into New Austin, and crossing the river into Mexico, they realize El Jinete is still on their trail.
In Nuevo Paraíso, they hole up near the Ojo del Diablo. As they try and rack up more and more money, they soon come into conflict with the Mexican government.
Sadie again encounters the Strange Man. He warns her that West is dying, and with it, the outlaw will die.
As they are leaving their camp, they are attacked by El Jinete. As they are chased along the river, the Mexican army arrives. In a three-way fire-fight, Sadie, Hall, and Frank manage to slip away, though Hall does manage to kill El Jinete. They ride North, into the State of Lagan.
Chapter IV: The Distant Hymn[]
In the wilderness of Lagan, Sadie, Hall, and Frank plot there next move. Though Sadie had originally hoped to get to Saint-Denis, it would require moving through New Hanover, which is too risky. They come to the conclusion that they will need to reach the West Coast.
They ride into Lagoonville, a historic Mormon settlement. They are unhappy to discover the lack of saloons, and their relationship with the Mormons is fraught, especially after Hall insults them for their past polygamy.
After causing some ruckus in the city market, they are arrested and brought before the mayor, Elijah Northcott.
Mayor Northcott, rather than reprimand the trio, recruits them for a mission. He says that Mormons have been targeted by a group of Knights of God from New Austin and that they have kidnapped a family. After recovering the family, they find themselves again in conflict with the KoG.
Meanwhile, Sadie again encounters Kyle Dorsett. He has been trying to reconnect with Sadie since the death of his father. He now wishes to stand with Sadie against the KoG and avenge his father. Sadie trains him in using a weapon.
They engage in an increasingly violent war with the white supremacist cult. Within a few weeks, news reaches them that a powerful KoG force is riding West from New Hanover and Lemoyne. Among their ranks are thought to be Governor Adam Greene as well as Xavier Darcy, the “Lord Protector” and leader of the Knights of God.
It is revealed that the governor of Lagan, Seth Jackson, has been working with the KoG. Mayor Northcott uses his police force to drive out Jackson and assumes control of the state militia.
The Lagan state militia clashes with the “KoG army” next to the Great Lagan Lagoon. After a fairly swift victory, Sadie, Frank, Hall, and Kyle hunt down Darcy and his remaining allies. They kill Darcy and Jackson, but Greene manages to escape.
Upon return to Lagoonville, they witness Mayor Northcott being killed by a Commander Cody of the Lagan militia. Cody assumes power and reveals to Sadie that Governor Greene has ordered the New Hanover militia West. He places Sadie under arrest, but interference by her posse (including Kyle Dorsett) manages to get her out. Fleeing Lagoonville and Lagan in a hail of gunfire, the narrowly escape to Costaplacida.
Chapter V: The Last Stand[]
Sadie and company soon arrive in Souther Costaplacida. They immediately enter the city of Santa Columba. Though the city is not quite so large as Crockett City, nor as old as Saint-Denis, it is rapidly expanding. The city motto is “The City of Dreams and Promise.”
While in the city, they are hired by a film studio executive, Julius Sinclair. Sinclair has them steal secrets from a rival studio. Though Hall expresses skepticism in the film industry, Sinclair promises that it is indeed the future.
They continue to do work for Sinclair, as well as other jobs, raising money to escape the country.
After a couple of weeks, the city police become aware that they are wanted criminals. They are again run out of the city, which is placed on lockdown.
They ride into Northern Costaplacida, outside the port city of San Cabo. They ride into the more wild parts of North Costaplacida, into the Whisky Gorge Mountains. They duel with a Chinese gang hiding out in the mountains. After stealing their treasure, they realize that they will have enough money to sail to South America.
In San Cabo, they find out that due to a revolution in Panama, there is an embargo on trade and travel south of Mexico.
Shortly thereafter, it is discovered that a combined force of the Lagan and New Hanover militias is marching West, intending to capture Sadie, who has gained significant notoriety and is under constant threat from bounty hunters.
The state government of Costaplacida is unwilling to help Sadie. Realizing that she will have to fight against the army marching towards her, Sadie sends Hall west to gather support from the last outlaws of the Old West.
She is visited again by the Strange Man. She discusses the death of the West. The Strange Man offers to take her to South America, though she insists that she is not yet ready to go with him.
Sadie becomes acquainted with some of the gangs in San Cabo, including the Chinese gang she had sparred with in the mountains. She calls them to arms and is heartened as she realizes that there are still outlaws left in America.
In a couple of weeks, Hall returns with a small army of outlaws and frontiersman. Among them are Helmut Bergmann and Charles Smith.
Soon, a bustling camp is established on Fremont Ridge, overlooking San Cabo and the Pacific Ocean.
Essentially preparing for war, the outlaws are eventually joined by the San Cabo police department, though only unofficially.
As the sun is setting in September 1913, “Sadie’s Army” is attacked by the Lagan-New Hanover militias. “The Battle of San Cabo” commences. As a Gatling gun is breaking through the outlaws’ line, Frank runs a stick of dynamite over to it. It explodes before he is able to escape, killing him.
Hall charges against the New Hanover militia. After gunning down dozens of militiamen, he is shot in the head by a sharpshooter.
Though the outlaws are putting up a good fight, as the night progresses they are increasingly overwhelmed by the militias. Helmut Bergman is killed.
Sadie sees that they have lost. She arranges with Charles to ride North with Kyle, in an effort to distract the militia.
Indeed, Governor Greene leads his militia North, believing Sadie to be with Charles and Kyle.
As dawn sets in, Sadie climbs back up to Fremont Ridge, where she confronts what little remains of the Lagan militia. After gunning most of them down, she melees with Commander Cody. He derides her for her lack of respect for the law. He exclaims that he will soon have a part in the vanquishing of the outlaw. Sadie corrects him: They can never truly tame America. There will always be outlaws.
After she stabs Cody, he runs and shoots her several times. As they reach the cliff, Sadie hits him with her gun, and Cody falls over the cliff to his death.
Looking over the Pacific Ocean, and with the majesty of the American continent behind her, Sadie Adler quietly dies as the sun rises.
Epilogue: The Next Frontier[]
The story resumes in 1921. The Wild West is now long dead.
Kyle Dorsett is working in the shipyards of Saint-Denis. He fought briefly during the Great War and has since had trouble finding employment.
One night as he is inspecting the shipyards, he finds a group of smugglers bringing in moonshine. Saint-Denis is known as the “Big Easy,” and is the capital of anti-Prohibitionism.
The smugglers offer him cash to look the other way, to which he reluctantly agrees. The lead smuggler, who introduces himself as Sammy “the Fist” Carlyle. The Fist invites Kyle to help him in the coming weeks.
Soon, Kyle has fallen in with this smuggling ring/gang. They report to a man named Bruno Capelli, who usurped the Angelo Bronte crime family and is now the crime boss in Saint-Denis.
Capelli takes a liking to Kyle, and he has him go on a number of missions for him.
Kyle reads in the newspaper that Adam Greene, the man who killed his father, has retired to a large home in Scarlett Meadows. He asks Capelli to send him and a team of other gangsters to avenge his father. Capelli obliges.
On the way to Greene’s mansion, the car they are traveling in breaks down in the bayou. Kyle sees a group of wild horses, and he leads the group of gangsters on them.
They storm Greene’s mansion. Quickly, Kyle manages to corner Greene in his bedroom. Holding his gun to Greene’s head as Greene had once to his Franklin Dorsett, he avenges his father by killing Greene.
Back in Saint-Denis, Capelli has Kyle lead a bank robbery. As the mobsters flee over the rooftops, Kyle smiles, as a new outlaw age begins.