Everything GREAT About Red Dead Redemption 2! 

Played this game with my dad watching. He told me that Dutch looks like a man who wants a reason to keep fighting, while Hosea sounds like a man who knows there's never a reason to start a fight.

Gaming wins:didnt have high honour at the end The internet: my disappointment is immeasurable

Can we all agree that the high honor ending is the best ending for a game ever?

I love the fact that in the low honor endings the coyote eating the deer is a representation of Arthur's chance for redemption getting choked out by his "nature"

I mean if you had higher HONOR Arthur wouldn’t have died like that

Game: you are an outlaw, in the old west, go nuts. Me: but being evil makes me feel bad

As a German: They did the voicing really good, like you hear the accent when Strauss or the German family are speaking English, but they speak perfect German, like you’d expect from them.

Another thing I noticed is that Arthur's holsters are like a combination of Dutch's and Hosea's. It's practical because he needs his satchel at his side, and it's symbolic as well.

Arthur’s death probably wasn’t as emotional because you got the bad ending. Watching him drag himself to a spot where he could sit up and then slowly wheeze out his last breaths was incredibly heart-wrenching.

Each to their own i know, but Arthur Morgan DESERVES high honour.

One detail about Dutch you missed is in the camp ledger. For the upgrades that make the camp nicer, the first upgrade only makes Dutch's tent nicer with the description "Dutch wants something comfier". It's another example of Dutch putting himself over others like 35:46.

I always liked that right at the start of the game Arthur tells Sadie that “we’re bad men.” It shows from the beginning he didn’t suffer from Dutch’s delusions of grandeur. It’s a lot easier to seek redemption when you know you need it, even if it takes him the whole game to realize Dutch ain’t a man deserving of his loyalty.

Red Dead Redemption 2 in my humble opinion, is the closest a video game has ever come to perfection.

Dutch is a follower pretending to be a leader and Arthur is a leader pretending to be a follower

When I first played this game, my dad had just had a stroke. He lived, but he had to re-learn how to move his arms and walk properly. It was probably the most difficult time of my life. This game helped me work through all the emotions I had felt during that span of time. Both this game and the situation helped me realize that yes, inevitably, we're all going to die. But while we're here, we need to cherish the ones we love and embrace change. And for those of you wondering, my dad is still here today. He just retired from his teaching job a few weeks ago. And we hope to share many more happy times in the years that follow.

I cried at the end of RDR2 and I'm not afraid to admit it. I had had low honour throughout the entire chapter 1-5 campaign and in the end i realised i had to do better for Arthur, i helped people instead of killing and stealing. Just something about finally seeing that stag smiling back at you with a beautiful sunrise in the background and that song, after only seeing the wolf made me tear up.

kind of sad that because of low honor you didn't get to see Arthur's confession to Sister Calderon. that scene is exactly what makes Roger Clark won the award.

When Lenny tells Micah "when you go, there'll be a party." He's right. John and Abigail have their wedding right after, it's just another cheaky piece of foreshadowing. I love it.

30:00 the party they have after saving Jack where everyone gathered around the campfire listening+/tries to sing with Javier breaks my soul everytime,its the last time we see how happy the gang could be together

57:02 Also one of my favorite quotes is when Arthur hands John his hat and satchel with high honor. The way he says "It would mean a lot to me" always gives me chills and it is one of the only times where Arthur is being calm and heartwarming. For example when he is trying to help the Downes family in the side quests he is stressed and trying to tie up the "Loose end" as quickly as possible but when he knows his time is up he is speaking from the heart and trying to save John.

Seeing Arthur with low honor breaks my heart

"At that time we know TB is terminal" He's forgetting Lumbago. Its very serious

I showed Red Dead Redemption 2 to my dad and he was first blown away by the graphics, second started asking questions about what you can do in the game (most I could answer yes), and then asked how much it costs. Truly the greatest moment I have had with my dad

14:17 It cuts before he does it but Authur reaches for his gun when ross and milton turn around, but then remembers Jack is there.

The high honor ending is just so much better where you can watch Arthur take his final breath atop the mountains while it turns day.

What makes Arthur’s death extra devastating when you really think about it is how like 30 years later the antibiotics that would have cured him were discovered.

51:45 not only is this scene a callback to Dutch talking about change, but in both scenarios, Dutch is jumping off a cliff.

The level of foreshadowing this game does without making it obvious is honest to God a masterclass lesson in writing It never comes off as wink wink and really just sounds like random banter more than not. Odds are that was the goal but again, just shows how well its all written

"They-they got Micah! He's been arrested for murder!" "Oh, good." *Everyone liked that.*

Both Mary's lovers died from lung related illnesses? 2 year of playing this game never realize that. Maybe her beauty is breathless

You missed one thing on the gunpoint with the gangs Javier Escuela if i remember that He points his gun up not pointing anyone because he really respects everyone even arthur and john but picked the wrong side

God i remember playing Jim Milton rides again and as soon as that theme started playing I smirked and said “hello old friend “

Noticed that the first time ross and jack meet is by a river, cool subtle reference to the first game

Having high honour makes Arthur’s arc feel all the more impactful and the ending is perfect.

I think Micah did help Milton. Most of the evidence is circumstantial, but the thing that sticks out to me is the cutscene after the credits. Ross and Fordham walk up to Micah's tower alone. Why would they walk into what was essentially a camp guarded by an army completely alone? Well because they were welcome guests, of course. My interpretation of it is that Micah intended to hand over Dutch to them, maybe in return getting pardoned for his previous actions

Yah, I recognized Dutch and Micah for the villains they were right from the jump, I suspect most players do which is part of the beauty of the game. The gang struggle to see Dutch for what he is not because he's so subtle or brilliant, but rather because he's promising them something they all desperately want and need. They're blinded by their desire for acceptance and family and a piece of the American dream, so they look past the warning signs. Observers from the outside like the players see it more clearly because even though they play as those on the inside they are actually looking from the outside in. That ability to see what we want to see is very human, which is why so many people get suckered by con artists and manipulators, whether that's the boyfriend/girlfriend who promises you that you mean the world to them and you believe them despite your friends and family having reservations about their true character to the "can't lose" investment opportunities like those that Madoff or crypto peddle, everyone has blind spots where we believe in a version of the world we want to exist rather than what actually exists. It's a lesson we are doomed to learn over and over our whole lives.

There’s a specific ending for Arthur where when he dies, it’s quiet, and it’s just him sitting there as the sun comes up, and I think that’s the real ending. Sure, the more brutal ending was more real, viewing Arthur as just another person who dies, but the good ending is just so much more self-reflective and most importantly, cathartic

Apparently, the original actor for Uncle passed away somewhat early in production, so they had to recast. But the scenes with Uncle singing in the house building montage are the original actor for Uncle. It was a beautiful moment in the story and made even more poignant by the revelation that it’s such a touching tribute as well :,)

I still don’t understand how someone goes through this entire game and doesn’t love Arthur by the end of it all. Like we all have different taste but man to me he is the best protagonist in any game.

Watching this video made me realize i really haven’t been paying attention to the character’s body language and those small, but deliberate actions in cutscenes, like Dutch taking Charles’ seat while hiding out after the failed bank heist in Saint Denis. They really help to show the change in character throughout the game, especially Dutch’s descent.

Here's a nice little detail: when Ross and Milton turn their back to Arthur, you can see him contemplating whether to shoot them judging by his hand, but decides not to because Jack is with him

The fact that he gets genuinely upset with Dutch, a fictional character, multiple times throughout this video, speaks volumes for how phenomenal the writing is

A REALY interesting detail I found in read dead was in the mission on the hot air balloon where the man in the balloon told me I had an interesting choice of hat, but, this made sense as I had the legendary bear hat. Moments like that is what makes RDR2 so special

Fun fact! The man that stops Arthur from fighting in Valentine is Thomas Downes. You can occasionally hear him preaching in town.

I think Micah was definitely the rat for 2 two reasons. One, Milton would have nothing to gain by lying as he doesn't plan on anyone but himself getting out of there alive. Secondly, when they're fighting alone, Arthur calls Micah a rat and Micah replies with "I'm a survivor, black lung." So he doesn't deny it, he reframes it as survival.

I honestly cried when Arthur was laying on the top of that mountain dying and just watching the sun rise. And I almost burst out crying as you heard his last breath leave his body.

I agree with what you said about Arthur being reflective of the player, so personally the flip that he experiences happens throughout every moment you play the game. Small interactions that give you almost no honor points start the big domino effect, sparing people, doing things with less causualties, and other things like that make Arthur's journey so much more impactful, especially taking into account that dialogue differences for honor start way before the diagnosis, along with the high honor help john ending with much more serenity and peacefulness of him just passing away, having accomplished his goal, rather than him being shot.

Here is my theory on why Micah wears a white suit: he was a rat before guarma and he set the gang up in the Saint Denis bank robbery and wore a white suit to distinguish himself so he doesn’t get shot

At 58:00 it feels inconsequential because Arthur having low honor and still being a bad man means his death will have no consequences to the world around him and that he was just too far gone to redeem now. That's why we play high honor folks especially in the end where the game gives us so many opportunities to earn honor

55:41 I love the symbolism Rockstar gave here. Dutch initially aimed his black six shooter at Micah and his ivory white revolver at Arthur, it's obviously clear who the rat is and Dutch knows that. But he chose to ignore it and switches his guns around, pointing the black one at Arthur and the white one at Micah because that's what he CHOSE to believe

The question: "Why is Arthur a better dad than John" is a very interesting one. I think its because Arthur knows the value of family and what it means to have a son and wife to care for, because Arthur had a son named Isaac. Arthur understands that a family is something you cannot replace. You cant lose a whole family and then just replace it with a new one. Its a devistating experience to see them die like arthur did. I think after his Family was killed he realized how important the people close to him really are, so that is why when he thinks Mary wants arthur back he is so hesitant and almost seems angry. He doesnt want the people close to him to have the same fate and that is why he prefers to be single and without family.

35:38 Javier was pushed off the edge due to his loyalty to his brothers and to Dutch. At least he actually stops unlike Micah, Dutch and Bill. He also raises his gun up to the air almost the entire time during the standoff with Micah and Dutch. Just shows how much he cared about his brothers and he considered them family. He just didn’t believe that Dutch, a man who saved almost the entire gang would be such a snake.

One of my favourite lines at the end will always be: “You’re my brother” “I know.. I know”

One of my favourite parts of Dutch’s lies and manipulation is when he kills that woman in Guarma in cold blood, telling Arthur she said she was going to kill them. Not much later, Arthur and Dutch are sneaking past guards speaking Spanish, to which Dutch says he can’t understand them, with Arthur following up with “I thought you said you knew Spanish.”

38:55 the way Arthur looks at the gun after kicking it to make sure it's okay is hilarious. he cares more about the weapon than the captain

fun fact there's actual a way to avoid the cutscene where Arthur gets TB so rockstar has Arthur meet him 2 other times before this in the off chance you are able to miss the cutscene

Arthur is the most amazing character in gaming history. Make sure he has HIGH honor. You’ll love him

I was lucky that playing through I had never played rdr1 so for me I was seeing dutch with completely fresh eyes and I- fell right into his manipulation. Dutch was like a father figure to me, I loved him with everything I had, I trusted his word, and his betrayal hit like a bag of bricks.

GamingWins you forgot to mention that Agent Ross said enjoy fishing kid to Jack and then Jack kills him at the end when he’s enjoying fishing (potential foreshadowing and completing a revenge) also you forgot to mention how Javier in the mission Red Dead Redemption had his gun pointing up showing he is neutral between Dutch and Arthur,John

38:49 I like to think of that of the power struggle now leading towards Micah with Arthur trying to keep up with him and Dutch

Having beat the game 4 times, Arthur's last ride with the song and him donning his hat one last time still hits like a truck

I was expecting you to notice but alas, no one ever does it seems. I always noticed how when Dutch and the gang return to camp after finding Jack, and he is trying to give his little monologue about how he found Jack, John interrupts him and you can see Dutch's frustration as he hates when anyone interrupts his flair for the dramatic.

a scene that got me a little emotional was near the end when arthur was basically begging to go save Abigail. you could hear the desperation in his voice when he called for dutch's name

36:40 If you're going further with the similarities, both Aiden O'Malley and Dutch both died, on the side of a cliff, due to their hunting down by a former gang member

Did you never change outfits? You’ve got stronger willpower than me. I spent way too much time customizing instead of playing the story.

You know what’s interesting as well, is that Arthur’s tent was right next to Dutch’s up until Lakay and Beaver Hollow

Personally, I think Sadie and Arthur are so beautifully written to be strictly platonic, due to Arthur being hung up on Mary and Sadie still very much grieving over her husband. I think it is so delightful to see such a well written friendship and I think both of them having that close bond helps them heal in some capacity. Also both Roger Clark and Alex McKenna have stated in panels and interviews that their dynamic is very much a close friendship, and is written to be that way. :)!! Love this video.

You forgot to say how at Angelo Bronte's party he makes a quick little gesture to Alberto Fussar and we never think about it until we get to Guarma where we have to help the people in their fight against him.

The reason it's confirmed that Micah is the rat, is that Milton thinks he's won. Arthur is sick and dying, he's got Sadie and Abigail tied up and gagged. He thinks that he's gonna make it out of this building and so told them the truth about the rat thinking they won't live to tell the tale.

When John proposes to Abigail, I really cried. Arthur didn't die for anything. His life wasn't in vain. He was supposed to live his happy life, but he passed on his legacy to someone else.

Marching on braithewaite manor felt like a scene straight outta Django unchained.

34:58 Nice parallel to when John finds Javier in the first game where him and dutch both say "Might as well be. . ."

The chess move dutch was referring to is the Dutch open it sacrifices every peice to sace the king aka dutch in this situation

man did you miss the side story where he talked to a nun on a train station? That's one of the nice cutscenes out there that Arthur opening up to someone how he lived his life and was afraid of dying.

Lenny had that youthful spirit the gang needed. When Lenny died, the gang died.

Really enjoy your interpretation on many of these scenes. Even though some of the things are your interpretations, I feel a lot of it is accurate. Great video. Deserved the views. On my second play threw. I felt like I was able to find the details of the story amazing. Honestly the best story game I have ever played. After completion makes me feel sad. If you can tell a story that makes someone sad when its done. You did a hell of a job.

You should really do a High Honor playthrough though Roger's acting shines more there Edit: Holy shit look at that like ratio thanks gang.

What hurts so much in the epilogue is the fact that Arthur wouldn’t have wanted John, Sadie, and Charles to chase down Micah for revenge. He always believed that revenge is a luxury that you can’t afford to take and he’s right. He would’ve wanted John and them to continue lying low and living their lives. This is especially sad cause it’s implied that John’s hunting down of Micah is what leads the Pinkertons to Beecher’s Hope.

The Guarma section felt like a spiritual successor to AC Black Flag ngl even tho theres literally no relation haha 38:34

How I see the ending is high honor bc if you do the side quest for the sister she tells you to “take a gamble that love exists and do a loving act” Arthur then saves John that being the loving act. The tb was the turning point for Arthur were he saw that he had to get people out of there before it went down. The sister is why Arthur saw it all clearer as he died for Another

The fact that Arthur stared down a train while standing on EXPLOSIVES and didn't move a muscle is why I love him so much.

Anyone else get filled with hell’s fury when they took Jack?

Just watched this video two years after it was made, but it brings back memories and makes me want to play the story again! Great video!

As much as I love those "everything wrong with" videos, your channel is a pleasant surprise and a nice change. You just got a new sub.. Also you should've gotten the good honor ending for Arthur

The attention to detail in this game is insane. The cutscene at 53:30 seems to use light to show Sadie as really the only one who's still loyal to Arthur as everyone else is in the dark

John not being able to swim in RDR1 was not actually a "limitation" from an engine standpoint, but their main safeguard against the player entering Mexico too early via crossing the river. Since there are no swimming sections in the game, and barely any water, it makes sense from a gameplay perspective to make the reason the player can't go to Mexico too early is because John can't swim. Making it canon actually gives a story reason why he can't as well, codifying it into lore. It's awesome lol

Duuuude you missed where Ross tells Jack to enjoy his fishing when they first meet, and when Jack kills Ross in RDR1 he's fishing by a lake

The music. Come on..when they ride down the mountain. The song from the end of the game. The songs and sounds of this game are OFF THE CHARTS good. They make u feel exactly like how the moment looks so u are captivated by the moment. Truly beautiful.

Getting drunk with Lenny and building the house as John were probably my favorite missions.

Man Arthur with high honour is such a better way to play the story he’s a real man who comes to terms with his sins who has the strength to say he was wrong and want to change something Dutch could never do

The thing about the honor system is that if you wait enough when making a desicion Arthur will decide by himself depending on his honor level. Arthur on High Honor actually inclines to help John, while Arthur in Low Honor decides to go back for the money, that is why in low honor they changed a little bit the dialogue when saying bye to John and it feels more akward than what it should. Also, my Arthur is very in between honor levels, inclining a little bit more for the high honor route since it actually seems more natural, Arthur is in my opinion a good man that fell with the wrong crowd, like Hosea says "there is good people, good and bad, the thing is good people do bad things" and I think that completely summarizes Arthur's character, he was good but usually was pushed by the gang to do bad things, not saying that the gang is all bad, there is good people in there, but they all fall do Dutch's spell and were victims of their own circumstances.

Watched all of that, and I've gotta say, wow - hands down one of the very best rdr2 vids I ever seen (...and I've seen quite a lot). That was a really great vid and it totally shows the good, bad, and the ugly of all rdr2 is, and stands for. That really was excellently done, and super enjoyable to watch. After playing the game for a very long time (3.5 months, daily long hours) and all the way to 100% - I did everything the game has to offer, and it sure offers a lot... You really nailed it and painted a perfect picture of everything that rdr2 is, bravo!

Benjamin Byron Davis has stated that in the final scene on the mountain with Arthur, he recalls stepping off the makeshift stage while Micah yells for him and admitted to crying his eyes out right afterwards. All in all, it hit just as hard for the actors as it did for most players.

I love that when the game launched everyone was like "Who the hell is Arthur Morgan? We want Marston!" But by the end we all cried like babies and immediately looked for ways to keep Arthur alive.

Something I noticed was when Arthur dual wields he has one holster on his leg and one holster in a cavalry draw position a little bit of Dutch and a little bit of Hosea it makes me happy as they both really were his father figures

When I'm playing in a game, and the name of the mission is the same as the game, that's when my heart drops every time, because I know the game is about to end. This game had one of those missions, but it also has an epilogue. It breaks the ridged mold of how games are "supposed to be" and executes it *flawlessly.* The emotional scenes are so powerful, that you don't even need to play the game to start tearing up. While playing it 100% helps, you don't need to, and I think that's beaütiful. (Especially the part where your horse dies, that gets me every time). This game will go down as one of the best videö games of all time, and it deserves it.

Honorable playthrough, after seeing the doctor, the stag leads you directly to the bar where Sadie is waiting.

When you kill the last Laramie Boy with the sawnoff as John at Hanging Dog Ranch its from the same camera angle as the RDR1 cover That my friends, is a win.

The way I kept smiling at 32:44 because you can hear Arthur wanted to say the lever was broke but maybe was afraid of saying something totally different and bein' a fool, Love that small detail

The part that got me emotional the most was the last ride as Arthur as he reflects on everything