Red Dead Redemption 2 wouldn't be the same without Guarma 

Shady Belle and Guarma messed Arthur up the worst. He was instructed to go somewhere warm and dry by the doctor. Both of those areas are VERY humid

i honestly believe guarma was created to speed up arthurs death.

Guarma is the place where Arthur’s redemption begins. He’s separated from his family and that’s where he realized family is what matters the most.

Haven’t even watched the video yet, but I agree. Guarma is underrated, it shows Dutch’s descent into madness and Arthur’s worsening condition

tb takes years to show the symptoms but in arthur's case, because of the drowning and all the fights in guarma, the time was much shorter

This is the only Guy who can be yapping about a game for 20 minutes and make it intresting

Arguably RDR2 story still would have worked without Guarma and Cuba 🇨🇺 but it highlighted Dutch denial and Arthur illness due to constant stress.

It literally all started going downhill at the Rhodes shootout, and arguably the Valentine shootout. They were doomed from the Blackwater massacre, regardless of rats, who died, Dutch being mentally ill. Everyone down to Jack was doomed. The price of the outlaw lifestyle.

Guarma should’ve been the perfect island for Dutch, beautiful beaches, farmable mangos, a people needing liberating. Old Dutch would’ve thrived on that island, romping with Baptiste and the gang fighting against the slavers. This Dutch isn’t like that anymore though, when he’s presented with the romantic narrative he so often think himself as living in he tries to leave as soon as possible. They kill fussar but there’ll be a another, there’s no guarantee these people will be free, dutch barely even bothers negotiating for a better deal with the movement, he probably could’ve argued for free land for his gang to be transported and set up there. But dutch is long gone at this point. He doesn’t really want to help these people or even his gang really, instead they get out of there, right back into the mouth of danger, deprived from his one voice of reason, just so he can play cowboy revolutionary. How the mighty fall..

I wish Guarma was a full island and explorable and a longer chapter

In Chapter 3 and 4 you can see very small white spots on Arthur's forehead, but only after Guarma is it extremely noticeable, ironically Horseshoe overlook would be the best place the gang stayed at for Arthur when he got TB Also I always noticed that Dutch didn't take the gold he gave Gloria back after killing her, he just moves on instead of taking it back. Also I always saw Sadie as a basically female Arthur and throughout my whole first playthrough in Guarma I was worried but thought Sadie would of taken care of it, I was more worried about Dutch when he starts losing it

I feel like Arthur was set up as places like Lemoyne and Guarma are extremely hot and humid worsening his disease.

It has some great action filled/ longer missions. Yeah you don’t have all your gear and horse, but it’s so action packed, literally cannon a boat on an old castle etc

Another fantastic video man. I found Guarama a bit "we're getting real Hollywood now" at first, but upon going through it, I realized it was a device to progress Arthurs sickness, show Dutch's decline and a lot of hints shown here that Micha is the rat. Truly a necessary part of the story.

I didn't spend much time in Guarma during my 1st playthrough, started my 2nd playthrough a while back and was planning to spend more time in Guarma this time, but still in chapter 2 exploring and finding things I missed the 1st time through, and also can't bring myself to busting Micah out of jail yet.

Senior por favor meme is in my head now I can't take that scene serious anymore 😭

When Arthur said to Dutch “are you gonna strangle me next” the way he asked I got the chills for a few seconds

if only dutch knew spanish 😞

Arthur would've easily made it a couple of or a few more years if the gang instead of staying at Shady Belle after the O'Driscoll raid and the Pinkertons being in the area, would've gone up north to either Moonstone Pond or Fort Brennand. Then instead of sneaking on a boat, they should've went down to the east docks and run up the coast and between the trees and the swamp with the little islands where you find alligators hanging around and as they avoid them and keep running. They already would've left Saint Denis and could just stay away from the road and run up to Canebreak Manor, which would be visible to them from where the swampy place is. Then take a break there and see if they can continue and run to that houseboat that's 11 o'clock from that house so they would've seen that too and could rest in there. Charles and Javier could look out for some canoes that would be nearby and cross the river with them and keep running up north between the trees and bushes. If they were at Fort Brennand, the boys would've easily made it up there which is just up the Kamassa River on the other side. From there, the gang could've left everything behind and only take what they need and ride up north and through Grizzlies East or if they were at Moonstone Pond, then just go from there up and ride through Ambarino to Chez Porter where that family was that Arthur and Javier raided and then they could hide there and be patient. Sadie could find out that John is at the island prison and get that baloon and Arthur and Sadie could free John with Charles probably joining the two. Then as the gold would be split, they could figure out how to move forward and Micah wouldn't have been a snitch and he might've left with his gold anyway, because he's just looking to survive and would have enough to go away and not get caught by the Pinkertons who are still after Dutch and the gang.

THANK YOU I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS. While I do wish it was longer I agree it’s an essential part of the story, especially for Dutch and Arthur’s development

I was visibly shaken by Dutch in Guarma too. Why wouldn't he steal the gold bar back??

To be pedantic for a second, the first time Arthur stops what he's doing to cough, as you brought up, is when he talks to Strauss behind Shady Belle to start the next round of debt collecting. It's easy to miss or skip entirely. Arthur coughs a few times before that, but this is the first time in a cutscene he's forced to step aside.

Guarma was the chapter that made me play red dead redemption 1 and 2 (My brother playing it one day and then he had to take a shower so I played for him)

Love your thoughtful analysis.

Love these vids

People hate on guarma but honestly it might be my favourite

Arthur was left with two holes in him. He lost a father figure in Hosea and a son in Lenny, leaving him free (plotwise) to confront his other father figure, Dutch, and be the father to his other son, John.

The only thing I hate about Guarma is the invisible sniper. I can understand having one preventing Arthur from exploring New Austin since you unlock that in the epilogue. You never get that with Guarma. I do like trying to make a big standoff against those armies on the island but that stupid sniper always ruins it. I remember that at one point I couldn’t figure out how to get to a mission and kept getting sniped every time I was nearly there.

Dutch could’ve just grabbed her knife, and shoved her aside at most. But it did seem likely she would betray them…

My first play though I hated it and it seemed like it took forever. My second play through I appreciated it and was able to see the significance.

I still wonder what would have happened if Hosea or Lenny survived the Saint Denis bank heist, how would they do in Guarma? Or even Charles?

I love the war mission where you shoot the big boat

I felt like I was the only one who liked this chapter.

I think it would have been great if you were able to walk around the boat and play games with crew members

Guarma is the turning point for the story. It's where things undeniably get far more bleak and it's where Arthur finally begins to have serious doubt it Dutch. It shows the gang at their absolute lowest, no longer big bad outlaws out in the open but hiding and scrambling to stay alive like rats. I can't understand why anyone would want it removed. If anything I wish we spent more time there and could freely explore the island.

Also, when Dutch approaches Gloria, after he started strangling her she dropped the knife. Dutch could have just tell her to leave at this moment, but decided to end it all the way…

I Agree

I always hate when people say Dutch killed that woman in self defence when Dutch was the first one to approach her

What was painful was seeing Dutch disregard Arthur after guarma for a man to claim that he was his son he sure treated him as anything but

Gwarmer

Chapter 5 is like going to the dentist, yes its vital but it is everything but fun.

I just wish there was a lil more to do while your there i know its supposed to be fast who wants to sit around and chill and hunt and explore when your in a war. I get it But i wish there was just a lil more there or more to do. I litterally just rush through it when i play it.

Guarma is such a missed opportunity.

I'm gonna send Cynic to Guarma! 🗣🗣🗣

to me i like to read alot of stories and i dislike Guarma for a simple reason. the sharp contrast from scenery throws me off.

It would probably be better if it had more than like 4 missions

Would it not be the same? Absolutely. Does it play an important crucial role in the story? No doubt. Do I hate the shit out of Guarma and wanna gtfo and go back to Lemoyne? Yes. After playing through Guarma i just wanna go back to Lemoyne grow a big mountain wizard beard and go hide in the mountains like some sick crazy hermit.

Ngl I kinda liked the tropical shithole of guarma it was cool at first and very unexpected

Hey you should do one about the last of us or last of us 2

I always wondered why they never looted the gold bar after dutch killed the lady, she wasn't gonna need it anymore 😂😅

I mean yes……….. But we still hate it

Guarma?? You mean Tahiti 😏

Guarma story wise is good but gameolay wise not so much One shooting fest after the other thats it Not many interesting missions

Guarma is the best chapter, period.

The problem with Guarma is that the gameplay is simply not satisfying. You're robbed of your "powers", have little choice in what equipment to pick, unlike the rest of the game, there's no free-roam.

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Ehhh , I’ll hear you out though .

Guarma should have been cut from the game, just like the Epilogue.

Nah, it's forgettable. Really should've been expanded and the island should've been explorable.

This chapter accomplishes almost nothing and what little it does could have been done better with something else. Garbage chapter

I disagree. You can easily cut Guarma out of the game and it doesn't make a lick of difference to the story. That new fan movie, Red Zeppelin, didn't even bother putting it in and it worked out brilliantly. Guarma is pretty, and it can even be fun, but it's a gigantic waste of time in the narrative. What does it tell us about the story? That Arthur is willing to sacrifice for Dutch? We already know that. It doesn't give us a different side of Micah. It doesn't really tell us anything about Javier, and we already know Dutch is losing his mind. Guarma does nothing but offer the player a long break from the story it never needed.

7 views in 2 minutes, bro fell off

Nah bro. You’re only making this video for the sake of being a contradictor…this chapter was bad and brought nothing to the story or game. It’s fine to admit that