ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
[RDR2] Finally beat it (spoilers)
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I had beaten the main game about a month ago, got through most of the epilogue, then got busy
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
the credits are rolling for real now
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I can unequivocally say that this is the most beautiful game I've ever played. Other games need to step up their game, because holy shit this set the bar.
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
all of the characters felt so real, even the minor ones
batman
every time i hear someone say IT'S JUST A BORING HORSE RIDING GAME i'm like BUT RIDING YOUR HORSE EVERYWHERE IS HALF THE FUN???
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I played the game for like two months straight and I'm sure I haven't even come close to seeing everything
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
there are other ways to get places if you don't want to ride your horse!
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
and when you are riding your horse YOU ARE SEEING BEAUTIFUL NATURE
batman
YEAH BUT THE WORLD EXPLORING IS THE BEST PART
batman
finding secret shit
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
yeah
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I finally found the last bit of the serial killer stranger mission
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I had to look up where it was after stumbling upon the other two
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
John mentions something to Jack about nature and it's like "yup, that's this game in a nutshell"
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
something about how it didn't used to mean anything to him, but now he sees the beauty in it, and that it's life
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
(I'm not calling RDR2 life, but rather that the longer you play the game, the more enveloped in it you become)
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
(and you start to see the life and the beauty surrounding you)
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Hell, that's Arthur's entire character arc right there
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
ugh these little bits of cutscene between the credits are killing me
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
AND THEN JOHN LIVED A LONG, HAPPY LIFE WHERE NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENED TO HIM, THE END
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
stop reminding me how the first game ended, second game!!
batman
arthur telling dutch he gave him everything was THE WORST just fucking kill me rockstar
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
right?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
then fucking Dutch showing up at the end
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
my jaw hit the floor, but really he's a POS so I shouldn't have been surprised
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Tilly and her husband and baby T_T
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
but yeah years later Dutch still blaming John and Arthur for his problems and John being "I fucking hate you right now but yet"
batman
john literally like
batman
uh..... thanks....?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
"you're pointing a gun at me you piece of shit!"
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
"and yet I still love you damn you feelings"
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
also
batman
also mary beth and her romance novels
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
John proposing to Abigail with Mary Linton's ring
batman
BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO KAREN I MUST KNOW
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
John getting a portrait taken of him and Abigail because that's what Arthur and Mary did
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
....I would not be surprised if Karen is dead
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I mean... she hit that bottle hard
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
she is not one of the graves you can find, tho
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
is Karen the only Van Der Linde survivor you can't find?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I think she is
batman
yeah i think so
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Poor Miss Grimshaw deserved better
batman
karen dlc
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
lol
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
WTF ROCKSTAR WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
IS THAT MARY AT ARTHUR'S GRAVE
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I CAN'T HANDLE THIS RN
batman
also god are they gonna do fuckin sadie dlc or something because mexico is mapped out but inaccessible and word has it she goes to south america
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
yeah she talked about going to south america in the final mission
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I really thought she was gonna die so I'm glad they didn't do that.....
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I'd love to play a game as Sadie
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
hell, the playable disc is of Sadie
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Arthur is just on the install disc
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
ROCKSTAR STOP SHOWING ME THIS YOU ARE CRUEL AND I CANNOT HANDLE THIS
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
JOHN LIVED A BORING, HAPPY FARMING LIFE
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
OKAY
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
FUCK OFF WITH THIS GOVERNMENT AGENT STUFF
batman
right thank god charles and sadie survived
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
protect Charles at all cost
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
costs*
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
too pure for gang life
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
also
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
killing Micah against Abigail's wishes ultimately leads to John's death
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
feels fitting
batman
yeah
batman
and just abigail dying years later is the real kick in the fucking dick
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
yeah
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
at least she lived a long life (for the time)
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
and died naturally
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
and not... like Arthur or John (presumably)
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
She was 37 when she died if I did the math correctly
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
which, not terribly old, but people didn't live long....
batman
and all we're left with is fucking jack "damian where he becomes batman and ruins everything" marston
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
....Arthur dies at 36, and John dies at 38.
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
How did Jack go so horribly wrong too?
batman
well i mean
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I would love to play John against a Jack and just go "wow I was a terrible father"
batman
he had kind of a shitty life lmao
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
so did John, Arthur, and Abigail and they weren't horrible people
batman
like he had a couple good years unfortunately when he was reaching the point of being a shitty teenager
batman
yeah but they lived a very different life
batman
jack is the shitty fedora internet kid who starts listening to fuckin nine inch nails and grows a shitty catepillar on his face
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Arthur, John, and post-game Jack in a game together
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
would be so funny and awkward
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
and would just be John going to Arthur begging for advice and Arthur going "are you for fucking real? how would I know, he's your shitty kid." and then being a better father.
batman
arthur would be like can't we just go fishing and i find you another comic book or something, kid
batman
things were a lot easier when you didn't talk as much
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
then he says something nasty to his horse and both cowboys turn into an angry anime character
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
batman
arthur like hey i think i saw him limping a little when we were out riding go check his hoof
batman
walks around back gets kicked in the face into the mud
batman
laughs at him
batman
go get cleaned up kid
batman
and be nicer next time
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
"serves you right"
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
WOW WHAT THE FUCK ROCKSTAR
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
CAN'T
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
YOU FUCKING PUT THEM RIGHT WHERE THEIR GRAVES ARE
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
WHY
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
THIS IS SO CRUEL
batman
what's that?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
the credits stopped rolling
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
it cuts to John and Abigail standing next to each other looking over their farm
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
except they're standing exactly where their graves are
batman
lmao yeah
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I fucking
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
no
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
NOT COOL
batman
just like the stranger in the first game like THIS IS A GOOD SPOT
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
yuuuup
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I'm convinced he's the devil
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
WAIT
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
TREWLANEY
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
WE NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN EITHER
batman
no you saw him getting on a boat
batman
i think?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
was that supposed to be him?
batman
yeah
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I just thought it was a rando shot like some of the others, lol
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
The Stranger I'm convinced is the devil
batman
did you find his house in the game?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
why he looks like Trewlaney I don't know
batman
and see him standing in the mirror?
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
no but I've watched a video and it's scary as fuck
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Finally able to scan Rufus. "Rufus is a good boy" YES HE IS GAME
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
hecking good doggo
Spookums
Got through all this plurk and all I gotta say is FUCK Micah
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
yuuuuuuup
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
micah is the goddamn worst
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
Arthur should have left his ass in the strawberry jail
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
"sorry Dutch I was too late"
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
and then everyone's lives were better
batman
Red Dead Redemption 2 Killing Micah as Arthur
Spookums
This. I like this.
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ʙᴏʏ
I'm totally okay with this being canon