A bizarre new Red Dead Redemption 2 mod is making the rounds online, and it answers a question nobody asked: what if Arthur Morgan’s gritty Western could be played like Katamari Damacy? The result is a rolling, runaway ball of chaos that hoovers up the frontier—horses, outlaws, and anything else unlucky enough to be in its path.

Created by streamer and modder Blurbs late last year, the project has been showcased in a recent video that leans into the absurdity. Instead of a measured ride through Rockstar’s meticulously crafted open world, the mod turns encounters into slapstick physics as NPCs and objects get swept into an ever-growing mass.

### Katamari-Style Mayhem in Rockstar’s Western
The concept is simple and instantly readable: roll into stuff, make the ball bigger, roll into bigger stuff. In the clip, that means piling up “pardners” and livestock into a comically large tumble of bodies and debris, transforming RDR2’s usually grounded tone into something closer to an arcade toybox.

### Why You Probably Won’t Get to Play It
As fun as it looks, this is likely more of a one-off experiment than a download you can easily grab. Mods for Rockstar’s PC releases can be finicky, and creators sometimes avoid wide public releases—especially for highly customized projects made for content, or anything that could invite unwanted scrutiny.

For players, it’s another reminder of how flexible Red Dead Redemption 2 remains on PC years after launch, even if the official live-service focus has long since moved on. For the wider scene, it’s also a snapshot of what the modding community does best: take a heavyweight prestige game and remix it into something completely unexpected—sometimes with nothing more than a rolling ball and a willingness to break the tone on purpose.

Source: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-red-dead-redemption-2-mod-turns-the-western-into-cowboytamari-damacy-but-youll-likely-never-be-able-to-try-it |