Red Dead Redemption 2 fan tests Rockstar's historical accuracy by conducting a literal census in the open-world game, concludes it's "a pretty amazing representation" of the era

Red Dead Redemption 2.

The depiction of the Old West in Red Dead Redemption 2 is nothing short of remarkable. Rockstar's attention to detail is among the finest in the whole industry. One fan decided to test just how deep the developer went for the new frontier by surveying a town in RDR 2, and his findings are fascinating.

"We'll be conducting a census of the NPCs in the town of Valentine," YouTuber Any Austin states in the video. "The census will include employment status, employment industry, income level, age, and overall health, and the goal of the video will be to gather enough data about the people living here to do a demographic comparison between Valentine (fictional town from 1907) to real census and demographic data from 1907 frontier America."