In the game’s epilogue players get to explore Blackwater as John Marston as he sets in motion the events that lead to his journey of redemption in Red Dead Redemption . Blackwater will forever be tied to most members of the Van Der Linde G
Speaking to a nun reveals the woman ran off to the cemetery with her old pimp. John confronts the man, who is digging a grave after accidentally killing her. John duels the pimp, killing him and avenging the woman. It’s a rather sad conclusion to Eva’s story, showing just how dangerous life was in the Old West. It’s unlike most of RDR1 ‘s Stranger Missions, which usually feature moments of lev
Annesburg at first glance seems like a town that is unimportant to the grand narrative of Arthur Morgan’s path to redemption. As the game enters its final hours you find that it begins to morph into a place where Arthur faces his change in morality and personal
The next two encounters found near Cueva Seca and Gaptooth Ridge respectfully, have Odessa going insane from the heat and exhaustion. The last encounter is located near Tumbleweed, where Odessa is found dead. John must take a letter from Odessa’s body and deliver it to a telegram station, completing this mission. Odessa was a pretty entertaining character with noble intentions, so it’s a shame that the end of this mission saw him dead and (mostly) forgotten. In most of Rockstar’s Games, idealism and naivety are punished severely, and Odessa’s fate is a great exam
On their games from the Grand Theft Auto to the Red Dead series, Rockstar has always based the cities on real-life cities: Liberty City (New York), Los Santos (Los Angeles), New Hanover (real-life Hannover in Germany), and so
Before going any further, we need to address the ludonarrative dissonance in the room. Ludonarrative dissonance is when the story told by the narrative doesn’t fit the story reinforced by the gameplay. It was first applied to Nathan Drake of Uncharted fame to discuss the oxymoronic nature of a charming rogue who has killed thousands of peo
There’s a mission in Annesburg centered around a son and his mother that Arthur tries to solve, but ends up coming out of it as a perceived bad guy. In a way, this helped show Arthur that no matter how kind you present yourself, others will perceive you however they cho
This hidden bit of dialogue is easily missable in both the first and second playthroughs. While playing as Arthur, interacting with a mirror makes the Outlaw start to criticize himself, particularly the way he lo
If Saint Denis is the Red Dead Redemption 2 equivalent to New Orleans, then Lagras is very much the bayou. The swamplands of the south can be quite scary when you consider that it’s often home to less than savory people and can also be a breeding ground for voodoo and witchcr
Thanks to Arthur, Hercule Fontaine, and his people got what they deserved: the freedom against Fussar the Oppressor. By the time the Guarma chapter ends, Arthur and the gang parted ways with Hercule, and he does not make an appearance on the indie game music, even in the newspa
John Marston did everything Edgar Ross asked him to do. For his actions, he was supposed to receive a pardon for his past. But John knows all to well that the past can’t be killed, and in the end, it catches up to us
Arthur’s level of honor alters several things throughout the adventure. One of the more subtle changes is his spirit animal . An honorable player will see bright images of a deer at certain moments during the story. Whereas, those who act immorally will witness dark scenes of a coyote inst
It’s evident the town is on a decline and in the 8 short years between the end of Red Dead Redemption 2 and the beginning of Red Dead Redemption it all but disappears. Do yourself a favor and explore what it was like before it completely collap
On this third time searching, the player will find two men, one with a broken leg and a man escaping. There is a choice the player can make: hog-tying either the man with the broken leg, or the escaping man. It is discovered at the end of the mission that the man with the broken leg is a cannibal who ate all the missing people, which makes for a rather chilling reveal indeed. Players who decided to hogtie the escaping man instead would be beating themselves up over making the wrong decision after sticking with this missing for quite some t
If players head northeast of Strawberry, they’ll find themselves in a lumberjack camp that is full of many interesting characters. Players can initially sell some of their supplies at a premium here if they’re strapped for cash. A visit later on will feature an event where a lumberjack gets trapped under the trunk of a tree, prompting Arthur and the other members of the camp to go and help free
Despite the risk involved, to both his wellbeing and that of his family, John offers each of his former compatriots the chance to surrender. He knows them better than he knows himself and, as such, harbors no illusions that they will come quietly. Yet he still extends the olive branch to those he once called fri
