I remember thinking that this surely couldn’t be the end of John. Not after all he’d done. I was convinced that there was a way to survive the final shoutout with the government. At the very least, I hoped that I could take Ross down with me. It seemed the only just option, the only thing that seemed fair. But Red Dead Redemption isn’t interested in being f
In my playthrough, John was an honorable man in search of redemption nearly as much as he was searching for his family. He was striving to not only reunite with them, but to prove to himself that he deserved that reun
And so John is gunned down, and perhaps the most tragic outcome of all is that his son follows him down the path of the outlaw. In some ways, John’s life can be seen as a waste. But to strive against what we know to be wrong, even if the outcome seems inevitable, is never a wa
John takes no pleasure in what he has to do, but he does it because he is a man of honor, and a man of honor can be manipulated in this world of chaos. If the roles were reversed and any of John’s former allies were in his place, the only thing that might motivate them is gr
Armadillo functions as a representation of the iconic Western town as most of its buildings sit on opposite sides of one long and wide main road down its center. The perfect location for an old fashioned shoot
Still, the real masterstroke of the game is that it lets us live life with our MacGuffin. A MacGuffin is an object or person that drives the plot forward. Our character needs to get or regain the MacGuffin, and thus it justifies everything they do in pursuit of it. Usually, when the MacGuffin is acquired, that’s when the credits roll. But that’s not the case with Red Dead Redempti
If Dutch was the gang’s father figure, then Susan Grimshaw was the mother. Along with Arthur & Hosea Matthews , Ms. Grimshaw was one of the gang’s original members in the early days. Before joining the gang, she had a romantic relationship with an unnamed fiancé, who eventually passed away la
From here players can invite whoever they wish to their little group and decide if they want to be a group of good or bad guys. The thing to keep in mind though is that in order to gain access to all the customization features like a bigger camp and a name will mean that the player has to spend about $200 dollars in order to complete it. This may sound like a lot of money, but it is definitely worth it in order to keep this group of players together even when logging off at the end of a session. Players can always ask their group to pay them in pelts or other high valued items in order to front the cost of the posse. Either way, it is well worth the mo
Thomas Downes is known as the guy who infected Arthur with TB. This occurs when the Outlaw confronts Downes about the debt he owes. But while on the second run-through, players might notice that the debt collection scene isn’t the first time Downes appears in the g
Most people will recognize Alberto Fussar as the main antagonist during the chapter in which Arthur Morgan and gang are prisoners in a place known as Guarma. It turns out Fussar makes an earlier appearance in the game as he can be seen at the mayor’s party in Saint De
If you happen to enjoy fishing as much as Arthur does the shop in Lagras is home to a great collection of bait. Be careful not to run into any alligators as they can come up out of nowhere and seriously injure Arthur in a fl
Players who don’t want to deal with the hassle of starting their own group can just join up with any posse they want. Players will just need to hit the left button on the D-Pad to open up the Free Roam Menu. From here they will be able to select the Posse tab which shows all of the available groups that are available to join. Players can also search for a specific group to join like a real-world friend’s po
He may meet his fate in the Global Card Game Release at the hands of Dutch, but in the epilogue of the game players find out his businesses are thriving like never before. It wouldn’t have been shocking to find out Cornwall was once a slave owner. He’s just that awful of a human br
In fact, it is one of the most honorable things we can do, to strive to be better than the darkest parts of our nature. In many ways, John’s life is better summed up by the final epitaph written on his grave. Blessed are the Peacekeepers, for they will be called sons of
John Marston is many things to many different people, including himself. To some, he was a vicious outlaw; to others, a desperate family man who would do anything to return to those he loved. To me, he was and will always be an honorable man in a dishonorable wo
Now, I am not saying that John Marston would be considered honorable in our world, though some of the world’s most celebrated heroes have blood on their hands, merely that he is an honorable man in the world in which he lives. At least he was in my playthrough. Although anything he may have done while wearing a bandanna surely has no impact on his honor, ri