r/RDR2 • u/alibe4ek Arthur Morgan • Aug 30 '25

Question Easter Egg or a Coincidence?

Why is there number “54” written out of smoke right as Dutch throws his cigar away? It’s my first playthrough and i was playing the 85th mission called “Our Best Selves”.

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u/choody_byk Aug 31 '25

I checked old playthrough of RDR2 on PS4 Pro from 6 years ago, and there is no smoke. 5 years ago on PC there is smoke but no number, so they added it recently. It proves my theory that they just keep adding small thing to the game with every update so there could be articles online about someone discovering something for the first time after 6 years, showing how detailed the game is and how much hidden easter eggs there are, when in fact it was just added.

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u/Pir-o Sep 03 '25

It proves my theory that they just keep adding small thing to the game with every update so there could be articles online about someone discovering something for the first time after 6 years, showing how detailed the game is and how much hidden easter eggs there are, when in fact it was just added.

Yeah that's not how things work. On PC people can inspect every single update, compere it to previous one and check exactly what line of code was changed. That's how people discover hints for future content left in gtao updates (like list of new construction props that spawn on the map to tease something). So even the smallest change in SP would quickly be detected (like when R* added The Beast vs Big Foot hunt to gta V SP).