Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare was one of the coolest expansions around back in 2010. Rockstar had become known as a developer who included supernatural, paranormal and/or inexplicable easter eggs in its games—just search up San Andreas ghost stories for instance—and Undead Nightmare felt like an open embrace of those ideas.
Disappointingly, a couple of years out from the release of Red Dead Redemption 2, it became clear that Rockstar wasn’t going to make a sequel (or prequel) to the expansion. I wanted to help a cast of wacky characters stave off an undead invasion once more, but my pleas fell on deaf ears.
However, the newest mode for Red Dead Redemption 2 does inject some of that supernatural spirit into Rockstar’s sequel.
Something Ain’t Right In This Town
The mode, titled Strange Tales of the West, adds four new scenarios: Strange Tales of the Plague, Strange Tales of Modern Science, Strange Tales of the Bayou and Strange Tales of the Wilderness.
This update includes an ‘infected’ style zombie mode, which can be started in Armadillo. This is a co-operative mode where a team of players must capture infected humans and imprison them in a wagon.
The official blurb, provided by Rockstar, reads as follows:
Author Theodore Levin can’t believe the rumors and missives he’s been receiving from the four corners of the American frontier. He’s working on an anthology of these unexplained and weird phenomena and he needs your help investigating the wildest claims that cross his desk.
Strange Tales of the West will require steely resolve and courage in the face of the odd, twisted, and downright supernatural. Embark upon these four new Telegram Missions by picking up Mr. Levin’s letter at any Post Office or from your Camp’s Lockbox, then opening it via your Satchel or launching Telegram Missions from your Player Menu.
There’s a Southern Gothic feel to this particular mode, the first major update for Red Dead Redemption Online in several years. Fans of Red Dead Online are rejoicing across the various forums of the internet, praising Rockstar for the update.
Strange Tales of the West is currently available on Red Dead Redemption 2’s online mode.
Red Dead Redemption 2
5.0/5
- Released
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October 26, 2018
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
