Is it bad that story wise the second half was my favorite? It’s more fun hanging out with the gang at the beginning, but the end shows the redemption of Arthur Morgan and his short amount of time left
The story isnt bad at all, infact its rockstar's best in terms of writing, pacing and storytelling. The problem is rockstar's poor level design, which is outdated.
My favorite are the missions where you help the people you collected stuff from... I was really attached to Arthur by reading his journal and him being sweet outside of the missions with his horse and helping people, so it was really nice to finally seeing him being like that on those missions instead of beating innocent people even if I wanted to leave but I couldn't because obligatory mission
@@lookitmeego2957 Well, those types usually refers on how you solve it. Either you be like Critikial where he just kept going just to win fair and square, or be like Dunkey and solve the problem in a more childish/destructive manner.
There are only two types of people in the world. Those who know jokes about "two types of" and those who didn't watch Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns. You go and watch those movies right now!!!
for dunkey 3/5 is good and fun but with some glaring issues, 4/5 is amazing but with a few flaws and 5/5 is mastapiece. Not sure where you guys are getting 5/5 = Knack 2 because I'm pretty sure it was 10/5
I feel the opposite really, I thought the best of the story took place near the end. Arthur's illusions of Dutch and the outlaw life being shattered and choosing what he wanted to do with the remaining time felt like the most compelling part of the story and really elevated his character one of the best protagonists I've ever played. I guess if you count the epilogue, it's kind of weirdly paced.
@@JorgeMiguel147 Not really atoning. Redemption is different. All of them were bad men, he admitted himself he didn’t want forgiveness. In the end he became a better person though
>horse riding on a snowy mountain >Suddenly wake up on an island Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border right? Same as us, and that thief over there.
I disagree with you about the second half of the game. Seeing the gang and Dutch himself falling apart is one of the most heartbreaking and fascinating things. I also love seeing all the work to make Arthur a good man pay off when he redeems himself and dies looking at the rising sun. It’s such a thoughtful game and one of my favorites.
Its heartbeeaking yes but with almost all rockstar games i know of after the first time when u start exmining how good of a game it is especially with a critics eye you start seeing the repetetiveness and start getting sucked out if the story which is what rockstar wanted because even arthur is feeling the same rockstar suceeded in what they wanted to but it wasnt something the should have wanted to
The dramatic falling appart of the gang is a good plot, I agree, but on the other hand the fifth chapter has absolutely no influence what so ever on the story. The ending is still a good one though in my opinion but characters like the Indians didn't really affect the story either and those two things were quite a disconnect with the plot for me. Also, the last two chapters with John were really slow and uninteresting, but necessary to connect with rdr1. I would say I agree with your point half-way through, the ending being a great one, but I think that many parts were unnecessary to come to that ending past the chapter 4.
@@louishammerby6348 I am always amazed how game manages to elict different opinions with different people Its Weird But I really felt that for me the last two chapters of the RDR2 litreally made me fall in love with the game while in the first two to three chapters nothing exceptional happens and is more of world building.. All of the frustrations that I was feeling with the Dutch was expressed exceptionally , for examples the Indian Story was a very crucial for me , as it served as a major split between the Arthur and Dutch, arthur while seeing something of a father in indian Chief, while Dutch use of the Indians to push his own agenda was really well done as it served as a double sword . Also The Chapter 5 more I think about it the more I feel it was needed. The game needed a large narrative jerk between the Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 , the guarama chapter was instrumental in doing it , the Chapter was gloomy and created a narrative dissociance but that was exactly the chapter was aiming to do, the arthur feeling towards the Dutch suddenly came into the full light after 5th and he starts acknowledging thr Dutch is nothing a snakesoil and with arthus having a little amount of time left , starts doing everything to help people and John (the family the Arthur envisoned cannot have ) . Added to the fact the Journal really heightened me the feeling Arthur was feeling
After all the wacky sidequests in Lemoyne with obnoxious eccentrics that have no bearing on Arthur’s character, I _loved_ the Chapter 6 sidequests that were all about his personal redemption. I got so attached to Arthur in the final chapter, after considering him a typical Rockstar blank slate for several chapters prior
I'm thinking Rockstar must have crashed a donkey into a fence at some point during the development process, to study exactly how it gets back up... Such dedication.
SubwayZ dude I feel horrible when I hit but not kill animals when hunting. When the deers are dying and crying on the ground and Arthur heartlessly kills it I feel like a monster and I almost stop playing the game
'The characters meander towards a weakass dissolution' This is absolutely true. If you follow the missions and return to camp once or twice it will absolutely seem this way. However for some strange reason Rockstar decided to bury some of the most personal and revealing character moments in the camp events and dialogues. There is even a hidden event where Dutch accuses John of being a rat as he mysteriously disappeared during the Saint Denis robbery. Then if you walk up as Arthur he will roar 'And here comes the other snake'. Without this scene Dutch's decision to side against John and Arthur seems ridiculous.
This is true, without getting as personal with the gang at the camp, the main storyline can seem muddled. One of my favorite things is Dutch consistently asking/accusing Arthur of considering betrayal towards Dutch.These moments provide valuable insight but looking back, people like Dunkey probably missed that. And because of this, I’m sitting here wondering, well then why didn’t they include some of this in the main cutscenes? I like the writing of this game, but burying the thoughts everyone had about each other beneath the surface may not have been the best move. Good game though, I thought it was cool
@@lampshark I suppose it’s an attempt to give you some sort of choice, be involved with the camp and learn more, or be distant and learn less. But being “involved” means sitting around camp doing jack shit for 5 hours so you can hear all 2000 pieces of hidden, yet deeply essential to the story, dialogue options. Once you’re at beaver hollow there aren’t even chores, so even if you talk to people and hang out for a bit, you’ll probably miss something important like Dutch yellowing at John. I guess rockstar expects you to role play doing nothing too.
@@lampshark I get it what you are trying to see but I think the Rockstar did well hiding the dialogues in camp events. Ofcourse they could have done in the missions but then I really would feel the game was trying to tell a story , but here playing red dead 2 listening to conversation , beign involved in camp It makes me feel I was Exp a story more than someone telling , and that was a big part why I love this game so much
@@CIA_Gnome_Patrol I think it has less to do with time spent at camp and more with honor. I was mostly absent from camp in my playthrough, but I kept my honor high and experienced this and some other events that kept the story interesting and made Arthur's choices seem natural. To be clear every time I did return to camp I was sure to do all my chores and greet everybody I saw. Maybe I missed a lot of other hidden events but even the ones I saw without putting in much effort at camp made the story way better. So in my opinion the choice is more if you want to play as your character and be less immersed in the world, or if you want to play as Arthur and immerse yourself in the full experience Rockstar created for you.
After watching the new Uncharted 4 review this feels like the type of review dunkey will revisit one day because c’mon, chapter 6 was peak storytelling
1:46 "You open with these menacing horns being drowned out by the wind of the blizzard and just as a distant mountain comes into view you hear this faint shimmering sound....". You then open your eyes to see the other passengers of the cart. The man sitting across from you exclaims "Hey, you! You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there."
"Damm you stormcloacks. The empire was fine untill you came along" "Shut up Back there" Whats wrong with"..... I know this sht inside out at this point
I believe that the excess of action in chapter 5 was to give the player all the shooting they needed, so they didn't feel a need to do it in free roam. This helps keep the player in line with Arthur's character ark, as he becomes more honourable towards the end, just as the player gets bored of killing people.
Ohh..... I just realized that as a player as well. I play a high honor Arthur and all the time in Guarma I always thought, "ugh come on when all this war (which is not our war) ended?". So as soon as I am back from Guarma I felt that I don't wanna fight anymore.
@@PurpleLion35 I know, right? He clearly showed during his 500K subs face reveal that he was actually of Puerto Rican descent! ... ... Someone else finish it off for me.
I do agree that chapter 6 is repetitive, but chapter 1-5 was a ride in both narrative and gameplay and chapter 6 easily made it up for having the best story I've ever seen being developed
@@manchovies2476at first I was like what the fuck is this shit, but as I felt it getting real near to the end I was like man I just want this to last forever, hanging out with Charles and Sadie and Abigail and uncle, you just know it's coming to an end lol
rdr2 is kind of an rpg, the more you can immerse yourself into the world the more u get out of it. in a weird way it was the most chill game i ever played
just beat this game for the first time. the gaurma chapter did feel a bit out of place, but it was still enough to keep me entertained until the end; which btw, is amazing
GameMaster WLC well you know the fact that actually the main character has a brother named bubsy therefore confirms that they are in the same universe and also this game never really *made you FEEL like batman* and nether did bubsy 3D so they are basically the same game
theres a lot of good points you made here, like how the gameplay it a bit flinchy and inconsistent, but the story throughout the entire game was so brilliant and bizarre that i couldnt help but enjoy every last minute of it. no doubt the open world was the best part, but damn all of it pieced together is incredible. a masterpiece! fav game of all time
@@boredomoverload8236 Breath of the Wild and Metal Gear Solid 5 managed to tell their stories effectively while still giving the player lots of freedom to be creative in their missions. Although, to be honest, MGSV’s story wasn’t that good.
@@superflashyariel3835 breath of the wild didn’t tell its story effectively atleast compared to other Zelda games,I think they could’ve done it way better
"The second half guarma and onwards your just senselessly killing without reason" Well, yeah, ain't that the point? All that killing is happening because of dutch and Arthur's blind loyalty
Having just beaten the game, Guarma didn't bother me nearly as much as I expected it to from this video. My main complaint was all the hand-holding Rockstar does during missions. You are CONSTANTLY given text instructions, even for things you've done dozens of times. Rarely can you stray from the intended path, and if you aren't doing what the game wants for literally two seconds an AI starts loudly berating you for it. Otherwise I thought it was an amazing experience that sets the bar very high for sequels. It not only improved on the first game in pretty much every aspect, it expanded the world and story, making the original game even better for it.
I think I understand Dunkey's argument about the story, even if I disagree. The tone shifts drastically, so if you really got into the light hearted first half it might throw you off. Personally I think it's masterful how as Arthur's journey becomes darker and more introspective, the entire game pulls you into it. You could even argue the straightforward shootouts in the latter half drive home how tired and disillusioned Arthur becomes. The best parts of the final chapters are the intimate stories and experiences, which helps drive home how narratively these become more important to Arthur than ever.
Why in chapter 5 onwards is just “shooting galleries” is because the story is showing that the gang has changed from surviving to murdering its apart of the story
@@qusai_pvz2315 no it’s not it’s the most important bit of the story it shows the gangs change of character and that change makes Arthur realise he needs to get John out
They say if you go into the wilderness in this game, turn your sound up and listen really hard, you can actually hear a small child crying and wondering why Daddy hasn't come home from his job at Rockstar for 2 weeks.
EXEC: Wait a minute... What's this? DEV: Sir? EXEC: This concept art, right here. Is it supposed to be an alligator? DEV: Uh, yes. One of the many animals Arthur can hunt, skin, and eat. EXEC: Listen, I get your last game had some funky stuff in it, like aliens and a black protagonist. DEV: Sort of a racist thing to say... EXEC: Nevertheless, what we want with this game is gritty realism. DEV: Thought we were doing a fine job of that. EXEC: By having alligators? Dammit, the player has to feel like an outlaw in the Wild West! DEV: I don't understand. What has that got to do with alligators? EXEC: Har, har. I get it. Mess with the higher-ups. You're very witty. DEV: Sir, I don't-- EXEC: Alligators weren't a thing when the Wild West was going on! DEV: What are you talking about? EXEC: Stop horsing around. We both know alligators are a recent development. DEV: Sir, I can assure you, they've been around for millions of years. EXEC: You're saying they were here BEFORE cowboys? DEV: Uh, yes. Many things came before cowboys. EXEC: Bullshit. Only God and the stuff in the Bible came before cowboys. DEV: Uh... EXEC: ...and to suggest otherwise is a fire-able offence.
"Crocodiles are the ultimate survivors. Having arisen some 200 million years ago, they have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years. Even humans, the most fearsome predators ever to stalk the Earth, have failed to force into extinction any of the 23 species of crocodilians." - Google
I actually liked how it all led up, especially with John Marston for the original Red Dead Redemption. The island was forgettable for sure, and those shootouts did wear out their welcome, but for the conclusion of most characters, I can't complain.
Arthur and John should've spent more time together as Arthur was wondering what the point of his life is though, he literally just got sick and said he wants to live for John, never even spoke to him much
@@elijahlupuwana Arthur said he had a family once. They got killed and he couldn't do anything about it. Once he got sick, he started to see things clearly. He also took care of abigail and jack when john went missing for a year or so. He developed a connection to them and seeing as he does not have long to live, wanted to help them live a life that he did not get to have. It's a beautifully told tragic story that I'll always remember.
I actually finished the main story yesterday and for me the shootouts weren't competitive at all, becuase I had a few side quest left over before finishing and it spread in some story and author doing some good into the end of the main story.
The random shooting galleries towards the end is only to show the gang is fuckin up big time and they are runnin out of alternatives, i can see what you mean though
I agree on what you think about chapter 5, but when you say that rockstar is bad at making solid climaxes, I think you’re kind of wrong. RDR2s climax had my heartbeat above 150.
What the heck Dunkey don't you know you're not allowed to give this game less than a 4.5 out of 5 at worst? The number of immersive yet often tedious or hyper-specific details in this game clearly make up for any gameplay faults or dips in quality. For this reason, I rate this review 2 expanding horse balls out of 5. Nice try, Dunko, but the cowboys win again.
I love you, Dunks, very much...but this is in my top five favorite games ever made. Other than Ghost of Tsushima (Director's Cut-PS5), I cannot think of a more beautiful looking game. I love the ambient natural noise, the scenery, the ridiculous amount of care put into animals and insects that were included. Yes, the music is also just incredible- especially how it changes to to events onscreen, or to build tension when a panther or a bear is staking you and your horse (my first got stolen, my second was "Number 2"- and 3 was ole "Colonel Angus". Anyways.
There will always be two or more ways to interpert things; when the mundane actions of a game, riding a horse 80% of the time or building a house, is enjoyable, the skills of developers stand out that much clearer. Great review as always dunk.
Personally, I enjoyed every second of the game and it’s one of my favorite games of all time, but I can understand the frustration with the 2nd half EDIT: Changed 'my favorite game of all time' to 'one of my favorite games of all time.' Tears of the Kingdom was just that good EDIT AGAIN: Baldur’s Gate 3 actually cleared everything.
I have no frustration with the storytelling and pacing which some might find slow but i found it engaging. My only problem is rockstar's approach to level design of almost their every game, its outdated now.
@Johan Jacobs it doesn't matter whether it was a mule or a donkey, the fact remains that donkeys aren't the games main mount and thus the reason for dunkeys score not being perfect.
Rdr2’s main story and epilogue got spoiled for me and still made me tear up on my first play through, and even a bit to this day whenever I play it through all over again.
Hmm, I do agree with guarma being repetitive and pointless, but the second half of the game ramped up the story and, essentially, gave meaning to the game.
The second half of the story from a gameplay point of view is terrible and from a story point of view is extremely messy. Guarma itself was a pointless, mind numbing excursion that if removed entirely would only have affected it for the better. After chapter 5 they stopped having any variety, the missions are all the same, a bunch of gun fights and riding from point A to point B. Sometimes they tell you to pull out your binoculars and look at stuff and then you ride from point A to point B and shoot people. The few times they ask you to do stealth is pitiful, and the gimmick missions are few and far between and yet still aren't very different from anything else. They repeat segments constantly, such as the "weird people in the woods" shtick with the Murphees and then the skinners who are essentially the exact same and serve the exact same purpose. The writing gets muddied up as well, sure it's made clear what Arthur is now trying to do and his whole arc is done well, but that's pretty much it. A lot of just blatant laziness like returning from Guarma and everything you went through along with everyones deaths were completely inconsequential as they never talk about it or use anything from it to further the story, the Pinkertons become just a non issue as you wreak havoc after murdering an entire small army of them, they just kind of pop up when convenient. And that's just what pops into my head immediately
@Filipe Baleijo RDR2 is one of the few games that will make you cry wtf, if you had high honor and helped John the ending is so beautiful. The whole point is that Arthur was ruthless and a murderer, but once he gets TB he starts seeing things clearly. Like absolving poor peoples debts, kicking out strauss, helping Rains Fall and more. He knew he had no future and gave it all to help John.
@Filipe Baleijo You just completely missed the point of it, it's not even really about John it's about Arthur's redemption. He see's hope for John and his family to escape the life that killed him so he takes it upon himself to help them escape, he's trying to end his life in a positive light rather than the horrible way he lived up until he was diagnosed. Also why the fuck would he help Dutch did you even play the game? His whole chapter 5 and 6 arc is about realising that Dutch is a piece of shit lmao.
@@Nobody15534 There is so much to love about this game! I really like playing it in the morning with a cup of coffee and a joint, take it all in. I still haven't beaten it, and honestly don't know how long it will take me. The thing I like least is the WANTED system, I can't seem to outsmart the law no matter how creative I get. But once I stopped trying to fight the natural progression of the story, I liked the groove that it put me in.
I played the first half a while back, and only just recently finished the second half. I have to say, that the second half hit me way harder. I liked the first bit, but once you hit the island, Arthur Morgan starts standing up for what he feels is right. For me it was the small bits of dialogue and world interaction that really made me understand the situation and what he was going through. The after part was also kind of nice, but that is only because I didn't know anything about it existing and took a really short break right after finishing the main game. When it comes to world creation, this is one of the only open world games that doesn't feel small to me. Every corner has something.
SPOILERS! I disagree, sure, while on Guarma the game isn’t at its best, but once you return every single mission from then on feels like a climax in the story as you learn more about his gang members, and as their true intentions arise. In this moment you learn so much about Arthur and in my case once I found out he didn’t have much more time alive I began to care less about money, and more about my honor.
As you become dulled down by the consistent huge gun fights and robberies, so does Arthur. Allowing the player to share the same sentiment as Arthur when he says " Theres always another god dam train"
I liked the guarma scene because i didnt know anything about the story (i wanted to avoid spoilers) but when i got to guarma i was so comfused because of this insane change of setting in the game, i felt a real sense of dread when arthur woke up on the beach and began to stumble around i wondered if this would be where arthur dies and how he could get off this island
Yea, the problem came when new characters were introduced like Eagle Flies... all that did was slow down the game's pacing But the actual ending was pretty decent
@@notmyfirst I love chapter 6 missions. I hated that you spent half of it riding your horse to your camp to start a mission that takes you far from the camp so you have to return again.
![Red Dead Redemption 2 & 1 - All Gang Members' Deaths (from Davey to Abigail) [PC, 4K]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5gjVpYQ9DWQ/mqdefault.jpg)
A 3/5 is unacceptable... but a 3/5 with a BIG cigar, now that’s a good game.
Yes
@@shahzebiftikhar8214 better late tyen never X)
@@napoleon4153 agreed
3/5 compromise? cause he black?
Really reachin there
The greatest thing about Red Dead Redemption 2 is that it really makes you *FEEL* dead
TWICE
I was honestly most upset when it killed my horse in the last mission. I quit playing there
The second half of red dead makes you feel like you were born with depression
Pazaak Master the police room five fucking dollars from me when they killed me
Respectable icon pal, whats your favorite boss?
To be fair that house building cutscene slapped
The song just came to Spotify FYI
Build a lil house with a hammer and something and something...
WHATEVER
WHAT THE WEATHER
@@scoutbite4334 we're together 🥰
@@Dougidogg69 *harmonica vibe ensues*
@@scoutbite4334 lumbago forever
Is it bad that story wise the second half was my favorite? It’s more fun hanging out with the gang at the beginning, but the end shows the redemption of Arthur Morgan and his short amount of time left
Nope, it's not bad. That's how Rockstar intended the story to be
The story isnt bad at all, infact its rockstar's best in terms of writing, pacing and storytelling. The problem is rockstar's poor level design, which is outdated.
dunkeys experience was different from what i gather. i disagree w this video
The pacing of the 2nd half was wack. Like dunkey said the game forces you to to ride all the across the map to do dull missions
My favorite are the missions where you help the people you collected stuff from... I was really attached to Arthur by reading his journal and him being sweet outside of the missions with his horse and helping people, so it was really nice to finally seeing him being like that on those missions instead of beating innocent people even if I wanted to leave but I couldn't because obligatory mission
CritiKal: Loses at poker, plays for two hours straight on a live stream until he wins it all back
dunkey: Loses at poker, massacres an entire pub
that headshot was fu king brutal
@HorizonCrosser 128 those are the only two types? That's it?
@@lookitmeego2957 yup
@@lookitmeego2957 Well, those types usually refers on how you solve it.
Either you be like Critikial where he just kept going just to win fair and square, or be like Dunkey and solve the problem in a more childish/destructive manner.
There are only two types of people in the world. Those who know jokes about "two types of" and those who didn't watch Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns. You go and watch those movies right now!!!
Nope, you are nitpicking and biased, I win, bye bye.
Damn you just destroyed him
this joke is going under this quickly?
No u
Red dead redemption 2 is a 5/5
You`re breathtaking !
1/5=trash
2/5=bad
3/5=acceptable
4/5=good
5/5=amazing
3/5 with a BIG cigar=godly
5/5 = Knack 2
50/5 super Mario brothers 2
3/5 is actually not acceptable, but good. He said it in a video, 4 is amazing and 5 is Knack 2
for dunkey 3/5 is good and fun but with some glaring issues, 4/5 is amazing but with a few flaws and 5/5 is mastapiece. Not sure where you guys are getting 5/5 = Knack 2 because I'm pretty sure it was 10/5
@@bobmcguffin5706 And that was just for the graphics alone, dont even get me started on story.
I feel the opposite really, I thought the best of the story took place near the end. Arthur's illusions of Dutch and the outlaw life being shattered and choosing what he wanted to do with the remaining time felt like the most compelling part of the story and really elevated his character one of the best protagonists I've ever played. I guess if you count the epilogue, it's kind of weirdly paced.
He ends up liking it way more in the 2020 video.
I thought the epilogue worked perfectly to wrap up the story, one of my favorite chapters.
Arthur Morgan was a bad man, he killed so many people, there was no redemption
@@JorgeMiguel147 Not really atoning. Redemption is different. All of them were bad men, he admitted himself he didn’t want forgiveness. In the end he became a better person though
i stopped playing after the ending. i felt 100% disconnected from marston and wanted nothing more to do with him after arthur’s ending
>horse riding on a snowy mountain
>Suddenly wake up on an island
Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border right? Same as us, and that thief over there.
Legit made me laugh out loud
Death to the Storm Cloaks
Todd you've done it again
DAMNNIT TODD
Goddamnit Todd!
Red Dead Redemption 1: You can be sick with revenge
Red Dead Redemption 2: You can be actually sick
Lumbago really out did itself this time
Hill *you can actually be sick
@@ratlord6192 yeah that was some confusing yoda shit the first time i read it lmao
Prodigy 1098 just doing everyone a favour 👍
Actually sick, you can be.
LowerSpider4725 PR sick actually, can you be.
Dunkey: Has a 5 of hearts and a 3 of spades
Also Dunkey: “All in baby”
he’s a master of the bluff
How you gonna beat that? You can't. Cornelius was cheating clearly
I disagree with you about the second half of the game. Seeing the gang and Dutch himself falling apart is one of the most heartbreaking and fascinating things. I also love seeing all the work to make Arthur a good man pay off when he redeems himself and dies looking at the rising sun. It’s such a thoughtful game and one of my favorites.
Its heartbeeaking yes but with almost all rockstar games i know of after the first time when u start exmining how good of a game it is especially with a critics eye you start seeing the repetetiveness and start getting sucked out if the story which is what rockstar wanted because even arthur is feeling the same rockstar suceeded in what they wanted to but it wasnt something the should have wanted to
The dramatic falling appart of the gang is a good plot, I agree, but on the other hand the fifth chapter has absolutely no influence what so ever on the story. The ending is still a good one though in my opinion but characters like the Indians didn't really affect the story either and those two things were quite a disconnect with the plot for me. Also, the last two chapters with John were really slow and uninteresting, but necessary to connect with rdr1. I would say I agree with your point half-way through, the ending being a great one, but I think that many parts were unnecessary to come to that ending past the chapter 4.
@@louishammerby6348 I am always amazed how game manages to elict different opinions with different people Its Weird But I really felt that for me the last two chapters of the RDR2 litreally made me fall in love with the game while in the first two to three chapters nothing exceptional happens and is more of world building.. All of the frustrations that I was feeling with the Dutch was expressed exceptionally , for examples the Indian Story was a very crucial for me , as it served as a major split between the Arthur and Dutch, arthur while seeing something of a father in indian Chief, while Dutch use of the Indians to push his own agenda was really well done as it served as a double sword .
Also The Chapter 5 more I think about it the more I feel it was needed. The game needed a large narrative jerk between the Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 , the guarama chapter was instrumental in doing it , the Chapter was gloomy and created a narrative dissociance but that was exactly the chapter was aiming to do, the arthur feeling towards the Dutch suddenly came into the full light after 5th and he starts acknowledging thr Dutch is nothing a snakesoil and with arthus having a little amount of time left , starts doing everything to help people and John (the family the Arthur envisoned cannot have ) . Added to the fact the Journal really heightened me the feeling Arthur was feeling
After all the wacky sidequests in Lemoyne with obnoxious eccentrics that have no bearing on Arthur’s character, I _loved_ the Chapter 6 sidequests that were all about his personal redemption. I got so attached to Arthur in the final chapter, after considering him a typical Rockstar blank slate for several chapters prior
its weak, Dutch change of character was a strech and a bad one at that
Am I the only one who felt sorry for the donkey at 2:30?
The way it was getting up looked so realistic
He's unbeatable
I'm thinking Rockstar must have crashed a donkey into a fence at some point during the development process, to study exactly how it gets back up... Such dedication.
its alright, its just a video game donkey
How many fallen donkeys have you seen?
SubwayZ dude I feel horrible when I hit but not kill animals when hunting. When the deers are dying and crying on the ground and Arthur heartlessly kills it I feel like a monster and I almost stop playing the game
I was surprised at just how much this game made me FEEL like Spider Man every step of the way
SyronSamurai red dead redemption 2 makes you FEEL dead
it's more astronaut with this lunar gravity xd
Red dead redemption 2 does a good job of making you feel like batman
Anybody else think the "feel like Batman" meme is kinda overdone...
Red Dead 2 does a really great job of making you FEEL like you have Tuberculosis
Here after this got GOTY 2020 for Dunk.
Yeah wtf, 3/5 won GoTY lol
@@hectordavidhernandezgonzal9356 peoples opinion can change lol
@@hectordavidhernandezgonzal9356 his opinion changed about Last of Us so this isn’t that unpredictable
@Hernando not his most but yes
guys if you are taking dunkey's ratings as serious numbers, you need to rethink your life decisions
'The characters meander towards a weakass dissolution' This is absolutely true. If you follow the missions and return to camp once or twice it will absolutely seem this way. However for some strange reason Rockstar decided to bury some of the most personal and revealing character moments in the camp events and dialogues. There is even a hidden event where Dutch accuses John of being a rat as he mysteriously disappeared during the Saint Denis robbery. Then if you walk up as Arthur he will roar 'And here comes the other snake'. Without this scene Dutch's decision to side against John and Arthur seems ridiculous.
This is true, without getting as personal with the gang at the camp, the main storyline can seem muddled. One of my favorite things is Dutch consistently asking/accusing Arthur of considering betrayal towards Dutch.These moments provide valuable insight but looking back, people like Dunkey probably missed that. And because of this, I’m sitting here wondering, well then why didn’t they include some of this in the main cutscenes? I like the writing of this game, but burying the thoughts everyone had about each other beneath the surface may not have been the best move. Good game though, I thought it was cool
@@lampshark I suppose it’s an attempt to give you some sort of choice, be involved with the camp and learn more, or be distant and learn less. But being “involved” means sitting around camp doing jack shit for 5 hours so you can hear all 2000 pieces of hidden, yet deeply essential to the story, dialogue options. Once you’re at beaver hollow there aren’t even chores, so even if you talk to people and hang out for a bit, you’ll probably miss something important like Dutch yellowing at John. I guess rockstar expects you to role play doing nothing too.
@@lampshark I get it what you are trying to see but I think the Rockstar did well hiding the dialogues in camp events. Ofcourse they could have done in the missions but then I really would feel the game was trying to tell a story , but here playing red dead 2 listening to conversation , beign involved in camp It makes me feel I was Exp a story more than someone telling , and that was a big part why I love this game so much
Oh ya this is true but chapter 6 is already the longest chapter so they probably had to cut some back to camp interactions
@@CIA_Gnome_Patrol I think it has less to do with time spent at camp and more with honor. I was mostly absent from camp in my playthrough, but I kept my honor high and experienced this and some other events that kept the story interesting and made Arthur's choices seem natural. To be clear every time I did return to camp I was sure to do all my chores and greet everybody I saw. Maybe I missed a lot of other hidden events but even the ones I saw without putting in much effort at camp made the story way better. So in my opinion the choice is more if you want to play as your character and be less immersed in the world, or if you want to play as Arthur and immerse yourself in the full experience Rockstar created for you.
so
you introduced us this d'angelo guy
but never told what happened to my horse2
talk about character development
He died. :(
NOOOOOOO
@@etdrwho8328 I saw the horse's health and he totally survived the rock impact
@@Lucios1995 dunkey killed it afterwards😂
"Go on grab the gun"
Um that guy actually kills himself
Does he?
You miss spelled the greatest gaming company ever.
@@RiggidyDiggidyRaw And?
@@RiggidyDiggidyRaw really? where (actual question)
@@RiggidyDiggidyRaw how so i'm intrigued as well
fun to come back to this after this game was dunkey’s goty for 2020. awesome to see how his opinion evolved.
yeah. he still dislikes some things but he likes the good stuff more
but this came out in 2018
Same thing happened with Uncharted 4 too!
@@aceplace3357 dunkey goty lists are a list of the game he played that year, not the ones that came out that year
@@alfa01spotivo and it also had tekken in the list which came out in 2014 or something. And we can't forget Super Mario Bruddas 2.
After watching the new Uncharted 4 review this feels like the type of review dunkey will revisit one day because c’mon, chapter 6 was peak storytelling
100% 3/5 is like saying 6/10... this game is atleast a 9...
cool to see people commenting on this video even after 4 years
Even in his 2020 video you can see how much his opinion changed
@@advance6846nah in dunko points 3/5 is like an 8 outta ten.
he already re-reviewed it in his best games of 2020 list go check it out
at its core red dead 2 really made me feel like an outlaw
Batman Arkham Asylum really makes me feel like spider-man, lol!
It really made me feel like redemption
Because you pirated it?
@@007Spadge shhh, not everyone can buy it!
really made me feel like red dead redemption
1:46 "You open with these menacing horns being drowned out by the wind of the blizzard and just as a distant mountain comes into view you hear this faint shimmering sound....". You then open your eyes to see the other passengers of the cart. The man sitting across from you exclaims "Hey, you! You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there."
NOT AGAIN TODD
Damn you Todd, not again.
"Damm you stormcloacks. The empire was fine untill you came along" "Shut up Back there" Whats wrong with"..... I know this sht inside out at this point
Oh no !
Todd Howard did it again !!!
Pedro Vilar funny, because you quoted Lokir incorrectly
I believe that the excess of action in chapter 5 was to give the player all the shooting they needed, so they didn't feel a need to do it in free roam. This helps keep the player in line with Arthur's character ark, as he becomes more honourable towards the end, just as the player gets bored of killing people.
Ohh..... I just realized that as a player as well. I play a high honor Arthur and all the time in Guarma I always thought, "ugh come on when all this war (which is not our war) ended?". So as soon as I am back from Guarma I felt that I don't wanna fight anymore.
I don't think getting bored of killing people counts as honorable
"The music is the best part of the game"
Completely agree
Especially american venom and thats the way it is, oh yeah and house building theme is damn awesome too
dunkey might be the only reviewer astonished that theres a d’angelo song in this game. i knew you were black
lol morons still think dunkey is black?
@@PurpleLion35 i can't tell if you're joking or not
@@PurpleLion35 r/whoosh
@@PurpleLion35 I know, right? He clearly showed during his 500K subs face reveal that he was actually of Puerto Rican descent!
...
...
Someone else finish it off for me.
Widya Kuncorojati man you really whooshed him man only if it was woosh r/grammarnazi
The second half is supposed to make you miss the first half when the gang was together
Joey Johnson damn i miss arthur so much, gotta start a new game
Dunkey was too casual to understand this. RDR2 is this decade's masterpiece and many people literally missed the whole game by being so prejudiced.
@@soullessSiIence can't tell if you're being satirical or not.
Joey Johndon: have right
Dunkey; ShUt Up RdR2 iS A SHitttt bexAucE Is bASed on THe StoRzy anf oN ThE wEstftt
Yeah but it's god awful
This game is easily my favorite game of all time and I personally enjoyed every single second of it, even the sad and heart wrenching story bits
I do agree that chapter 6 is repetitive, but chapter 1-5 was a ride in both narrative and gameplay and chapter 6 easily made it up for having the best story I've ever seen being developed
@@manchovies2476at first I was like what the fuck is this shit, but as I felt it getting real near to the end I was like man I just want this to last forever, hanging out with Charles and Sadie and Abigail and uncle, you just know it's coming to an end lol
rdr2 is kind of an rpg, the more you can immerse yourself into the world the more u get out of it.
in a weird way it was the most chill game i ever played
0:24 "Uncle who constantly demands that Jackie Chan retrieve the talismans" That's it I can die happy.
*ONE MORE THING*
@@PlasmaWarrior. BROTHER
Aiyaaa Jackie!
"Go Jackie/Uncle!"
I'm gladd Dunkey aknowledges that awesome TV show
this game really makes you feel like you have tuberculosis
I'm a carrier for the virus actually no joke
Reece Jones I got sick irl when playing this part of the game so the experience was extremely immersive, 10/10 would bang again.
@@tokiwartooth4584 So was I, and it sucks but its not a big deal now since its curable.
Hah my mate literally got a horrible cough for like a week while playing.
Maybe the game comes packed with tuberculosis to make it truly immersive.
The D’Angelo part is fucking amazing. Change my mind.
Taking on the mansion was the best mission
The only thing to be changed here is your pfp.
@@yashowardhansingh9294 can’t even remember what I had a year ago, and I don’t care, you can’t change my mind about changing my pfp 💀
@@yashowardhansingh9294 virgin mentality thinking you have any say in how anyone expresses themselves
4:32 “some weirdos” - Videogamedunkey
Dunkey riding a Donkey, that's meta
puns-intended.
@@youllseemeallovertheintern3682 highly
A real videogame dunkey
@@maxjimmy5396 looks just like dunkey
Now, thats epic.
It really makes you feel like red dead redemption 2
It really makes you feel like arthur
@@Manoliskon917 This game makes you *feel* like rootin tootin cowboy shootin 2
Fuk u.
@@coz4371 lmao seth
Vsauce Puppet *why ign sucks-IGN
just beat this game for the first time. the gaurma chapter did feel a bit out of place, but it was still enough to keep me entertained until the end; which btw, is amazing
Yeah that was my thoughts on Guarma. Very shoehorned and would have been better without the whole civil war subplot.
@@Ari-ww3fv it probably was a reference to that revolution John did in Mexico at RDR 1
From 3/5 to best video game of 2020.
Makes no sense
SOUP!
@@jamespeck8694 Why?
The more you look into it the more you realize that this is actually the prequel to Bubsy 3D
Jaska V turns out it’s prequel to Knack 1
Explanationate yourself
To me, it seems like a sequel to RD1. Not sure why tho /s
GameMaster WLC well you know the fact that actually the main character has a brother named bubsy therefore confirms that they are in the same universe and also this game never really *made you FEEL like batman* and nether did bubsy 3D so they are basically the same game
Shelly The Boomsticker that could be a compelling theory too
*The good, the bad, the Dunkey.*
Should have been the title of the video, Dunkey! You're getting beaten at your own job Dankey. Get your shit together!
This is it
I kinda wish this is a" the good the bead & the queen" reference
So dunkey is ugly?
2018: It’s OK
2020: GOTY
(I get it though. Sometimes a game just needs to simmer before it gets good)
this video is still pretty accurate, the game is just good
same with uncharted 4
Idk to me it kinda feels like since its a rerelease on pc that its a "new game"
theres a lot of good points you made here, like how the gameplay it a bit flinchy and inconsistent, but the story throughout the entire game was so brilliant and bizarre that i couldnt help but enjoy every last minute of it. no doubt the open world was the best part, but damn all of it pieced together is incredible. a masterpiece! fav game of all time
that guy was cheating, I 100% agree.
thank you little pump
Nah fam 100 percent skill
Death to all cheating bastards
OMG LIL PUMP YOUR LYRICS ARE SO WOW
where’s gucci gang 2?
this game really makes you *feel* like d'angelo
Sorry, I only know Django
It is really immersive and there is a lot of detail. If only the missions let you be more free and creative
And that makes the immersion go away
It's not immersive killing entire towns, bro lol
How would they make the missions more free when there’s a story they want to tell?
@@boredomoverload8236 Breath of the Wild and Metal Gear Solid 5 managed to tell their stories effectively while still giving the player lots of freedom to be creative in their missions. Although, to be honest, MGSV’s story wasn’t that good.
@@superflashyariel3835 breath of the wild didn’t tell its story effectively atleast compared to other Zelda games,I think they could’ve done it way better
"The second half guarma and onwards your just senselessly killing without reason"
Well, yeah, ain't that the point? All that killing is happening because of dutch and Arthur's blind loyalty
Trust me, Dunkey. This game really picks up when you get to the part where you get to ride a T-rex and eat cavemen.
Wrong game Conker!
@@victorsandeen2694 What? What game am I thinking of then?!
@@rrkk44nnmm your thinking of knack 2
And the prize? A big giantess gf
Having just beaten the game, Guarma didn't bother me nearly as much as I expected it to from this video. My main complaint was all the hand-holding Rockstar does during missions. You are CONSTANTLY given text instructions, even for things you've done dozens of times. Rarely can you stray from the intended path, and if you aren't doing what the game wants for literally two seconds an AI starts loudly berating you for it.
Otherwise I thought it was an amazing experience that sets the bar very high for sequels. It not only improved on the first game in pretty much every aspect, it expanded the world and story, making the original game even better for it.
I agree completely. If Rockstar is going to make an open world game, give me some freedom during the missions.
had the game been released 10 years ago, nobody would complain about the mission designs.
@@leev9406 Okay? Except it wasn't
You should watch Nakey Jakey’s take on this game, makes a lot of the same valid points
@@funx24X7 wow what a helpful reply you sound like youre offended
I think I understand Dunkey's argument about the story, even if I disagree. The tone shifts drastically, so if you really got into the light hearted first half it might throw you off. Personally I think it's masterful how as Arthur's journey becomes darker and more introspective, the entire game pulls you into it.
You could even argue the straightforward shootouts in the latter half drive home how tired and disillusioned Arthur becomes. The best parts of the final chapters are the intimate stories and experiences, which helps drive home how narratively these become more important to Arthur than ever.
Why in chapter 5 onwards is just “shooting galleries” is because the story is showing that the gang has changed from surviving to murdering its apart of the story
Its a bad part of the story
@@qusai_pvz2315 no it’s not it’s the most important bit of the story it shows the gangs change of character and that change makes Arthur realise he needs to get John out
So it's official, Knack 2 remains uncontested as the greatest video game of our generation
*OF ALL TIME*
Except for Super Mario Brothers 2 of course
Was there ever any doubt?
Daniel N Knack 2 is in another league than every other game, it’s a masterpiece.
I enjoyed Knack 2.
They say if you go into the wilderness in this game, turn your sound up and listen really hard, you can actually hear a small child crying and wondering why Daddy hasn't come home from his job at Rockstar for 2 weeks.
Most underrated comment on youtube
jesus christ
this is the type of realism I look forward to.... (in terms of comments)
This game really makes you FEEL like an overworked Rockstar employee
This comment doesn't have nearly enough likes.
I'm so happy dunkey came back to change his opinion about the game. This is a special one.
When did he change his opinion?
@@BW0413 best of 2020
@@insomina-yw7sj thx
He was right the first time tbh
@@glctcthnkr8059 not really
I disagree. That means I can never watch another one of your videos ever again and you are now my arch nemesis
"A traumatized widow who turns into a merciless gunslinger"
My mom when she gets mad in a nutshell
Well damn
I’m sorry to hear about your father
Do you want a new daddy?
There is so much to unpack in this comment.
I see you too humor the pain away
lol nice try rockstar but there was no alligator back then
MultiAdamSandler lol how old are you you need to stay in school
EXEC: Wait a minute... What's this?
DEV: Sir?
EXEC: This concept art, right here. Is it supposed to be an alligator?
DEV: Uh, yes. One of the many animals Arthur can hunt, skin, and eat.
EXEC: Listen, I get your last game had some funky stuff in it, like aliens and a black protagonist.
DEV: Sort of a racist thing to say...
EXEC: Nevertheless, what we want with this game is gritty realism.
DEV: Thought we were doing a fine job of that.
EXEC: By having alligators? Dammit, the player has to feel like an outlaw in the Wild West!
DEV: I don't understand. What has that got to do with alligators?
EXEC: Har, har. I get it. Mess with the higher-ups. You're very witty.
DEV: Sir, I don't--
EXEC: Alligators weren't a thing when the Wild West was going on!
DEV: What are you talking about?
EXEC: Stop horsing around. We both know alligators are a recent development.
DEV: Sir, I can assure you, they've been around for millions of years.
EXEC: You're saying they were here BEFORE cowboys?
DEV: Uh, yes. Many things came before cowboys.
EXEC: Bullshit. Only God and the stuff in the Bible came before cowboys.
DEV: Uh...
EXEC: ...and to suggest otherwise is a fire-able offence.
Cristian Navarro jr You ever heard of a cowboy fighting an alligator? No? That’s because they didn’t exist back in cowboy times. Get an education
"Crocodiles are the ultimate survivors. Having arisen some 200 million years ago, they have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years.
Even humans, the most fearsome predators ever to stalk the Earth, have failed to force into extinction any of the 23 species of crocodilians." - Google
Aircoins yeah but when has a cowboy ever fought a crocodile? They didn’t exist back then
I rewatched this video after finishing the game for the first time. Damn do i love this game. Well Done Dunkey
watching the shit that dunkey does while he is playing the game, i think he may got the bad ending
I'm like 12 hours in so I think I'm almost done with the tutorial part
Over 100 hours in, still in chapter 2
arthur dies
@@flyingdutchy01 the sky is blue.
Such a boring slow game. I watched the game play itself for 6 hours and had enough.
@@flyingdutchy01 considering you don't hunt him down in rdr 1 you had to put 2 and 2 together
I actually liked how it all led up, especially with John Marston for the original Red Dead Redemption. The island was forgettable for sure, and those shootouts did wear out their welcome, but for the conclusion of most characters, I can't complain.
I think the dread near the end of Arthur's life while tedious is intentional. Its meant to be a slow downfall for the gang.
Arthur and John should've spent more time together as Arthur was wondering what the point of his life is though, he literally just got sick and said he wants to live for John, never even spoke to him much
@@elijahlupuwana Arthur said he had a family once. They got killed and he couldn't do anything about it. Once he got sick, he started to see things clearly. He also took care of abigail and jack when john went missing for a year or so. He developed a connection to them and seeing as he does not have long to live, wanted to help them live a life that he did not get to have. It's a beautifully told tragic story that I'll always remember.
I actually finished the main story yesterday and for me the shootouts weren't competitive at all, becuase I had a few side quest left over before finishing and it spread in some story and author doing some good into the end of the main story.
The random shooting galleries towards the end is only to show the gang is fuckin up big time and they are runnin out of alternatives, i can see what you mean though
POV its 2023 and Dunkey was trolling us for the 2nd half of game cause i know i damn near cried
I agree on what you think about chapter 5, but when you say that rockstar is bad at making solid climaxes, I think you’re kind of wrong.
RDR2s climax had my heartbeat above 150.
This game is just boring.
You can't increase the tension of a game by adding new, unnecessary characters
@@mikehunt4830 Well when arthur is dying and hates the gang it makes perfect sense.
@@CorruptionManX you're nitpicking and biased i win bye bye
@@CorruptionManX Ive been playing the game for a few months now and trust me describing it as boring doesnt do it justice in the slightest
Yea I stopped listening to this guy after he said bubsy 3D sucked
Oy wha onchu cum round mah
ouse an well hav us a gud toime
Listen fucko😄
Yeah this isnt even Knack 3
You realize hes sarcastic right
@@weaslemin7728 It's from Dunkey's video on gaming critics.
i was having a bad day, then i found your videos and channel - i feel much better now. good laugh
This is the best review I ever watched. He pointed out exactly what I felt like during my first playthrough
Truly 5/5 review
One the best black youtubers
@@buttcheekgod6424 r/woooosh
He is white
@@huseyin2093 woooosh
@@buttcheekgod6424 yeah but he didn't get the joke
@@buttcheekgod6424 him because he missed the joke
What the heck Dunkey don't you know you're not allowed to give this game less than a 4.5 out of 5 at worst? The number of immersive yet often tedious or hyper-specific details in this game clearly make up for any gameplay faults or dips in quality. For this reason, I rate this review 2 expanding horse balls out of 5. Nice try, Dunko, but the cowboys win again.
Ahh the damn cowboys again
I absolutely agree with this statement of fact. Dunkey, you are playing a dangerous game giving this rootin' tootin' RPG a 3 outta 5.
That wasn’t a yee haw moment
Melodica Dude the cigar equals 3 more dunk points
Yeah normally these comments are gay but I’m gonna have to agree with this my guy.
I love you, Dunks, very much...but this is in my top five favorite games ever made. Other than Ghost of Tsushima (Director's Cut-PS5), I cannot think of a more beautiful looking game. I love the ambient natural noise, the scenery, the ridiculous amount of care put into animals and insects that were included.
Yes, the music is also just incredible- especially how it changes to to events onscreen, or to build tension when a panther or a bear is staking you and your horse (my first got stolen, my second was "Number 2"- and 3 was ole "Colonel Angus".
Anyways.
I loved this game so much. The gameplay and mostly the story wrapped me up in it so much
This game is just a rip off of Woody's roundup from Toy Story 2
Why post the same comment half an hour later my dude
No, it's clearly a rip off of Wild Wild Smiff.
Woody’s Roundup is just a ripoff of Killbutt 3D which is a ripoff of Wild Wild Smiff (the one with steering wheel support)
Why did I think this when I started the game?
Dude this review represents my thoughts and opinion perfectly, as I expected, you truly are the best reviewer out there.
There will always be two or more ways to interpert things; when the mundane actions of a game, riding a horse 80% of the time or building a house, is enjoyable, the skills of developers stand out that much clearer.
Great review as always dunk.
This game really makes you feel like woody from toy story
"DER'S A SNAKE IN MAH BEWT"
This meme is never going to die is it?
"SOMEBODY'S POISONED THE WATER HOLE"
YER MAH FAVORITE DEPUTY
Reach for the SKIIIIES
This is one of my favorite games of all time, but I still respect your opinion.
Nope come in ps4 then u will feel pain of motion blur aaahh hate it
@@smple-ei5pt ?
Nope, you are nitpicking and bias, I win bye bye
Nasir Zacker I played on the PS4 SLIM. I think you’re too weak my dude because I had a pretty fun time with it
Fuckin shout out to Andrew bro, respecting one’s opinion is fuckin badass bro
6:08 Juan gets revenge.
It fails in so many ways but when it successfully does something you’ll think about it for weeks
Personally, I enjoyed every second of the game and it’s one of my favorite games of all time, but I can understand the frustration with the 2nd half
EDIT: Changed 'my favorite game of all time' to 'one of my favorite games of all time.' Tears of the Kingdom was just that good
EDIT AGAIN: Baldur’s Gate 3 actually cleared everything.
@@twoforfive9228 same
I have no frustration with the storytelling and pacing which some might find slow but i found it engaging. My only problem is rockstar's approach to level design of almost their every game, its outdated now.
@@milorexhar6621 Would you elaborate? What's up with level design?
Pralco watch nakey Jakeys vid red dead vid called rockstars game design is outdated
@@Pralco every mission ends with you fighting an army of people
"It really makes you feel like a Cowboy"
- *IGN*
IGN is famous for all of it's cowboys.
"It makes you FEEL like red dead"
IGN sucks lol they don’t even know what ads means
Come on Donkey!
I’m not a cowboy, I’m a cowMAN
Damn you really changed your mind on this one
This is the one Rockstar game where murder is not okay and it really makes you feel terrible for everything bad thing you do
The only reason dunkey didn't give this game a perfect score is because donkeys aren't your main mount.
Travis Williams u right
@Johan Jacobs it doesn't matter whether it was a mule or a donkey, the fact remains that donkeys aren't the games main mount and thus the reason for dunkeys score not being perfect.
Coming soon, pimp my dunkey dlc on RDR2
Johan Jacobs shut up nerd
This game makes you FEEL red and dead
and maybe you will have your redemption after all
I like that ur using the ps4 wallpaper music. I’ve probably fallen asleep to it a million times from leaving my PlayStation on over night
Rdr2’s main story and epilogue got spoiled for me and still made me tear up on my first play through, and even a bit to this day whenever I play it through all over again.
I bawled at the ending that I knew before i even started the game.
Hmm, I do agree with guarma being repetitive and pointless, but the second half of the game ramped up the story and, essentially, gave meaning to the game.
The Forgotten Ones exactly, without the second half of the game, the story has no consequence.
The second half of the story from a gameplay point of view is terrible and from a story point of view is extremely messy. Guarma itself was a pointless, mind numbing excursion that if removed entirely would only have affected it for the better. After chapter 5 they stopped having any variety, the missions are all the same, a bunch of gun fights and riding from point A to point B. Sometimes they tell you to pull out your binoculars and look at stuff and then you ride from point A to point B and shoot people. The few times they ask you to do stealth is pitiful, and the gimmick missions are few and far between and yet still aren't very different from anything else. They repeat segments constantly, such as the "weird people in the woods" shtick with the Murphees and then the skinners who are essentially the exact same and serve the exact same purpose. The writing gets muddied up as well, sure it's made clear what Arthur is now trying to do and his whole arc is done well, but that's pretty much it. A lot of just blatant laziness like returning from Guarma and everything you went through along with everyones deaths were completely inconsequential as they never talk about it or use anything from it to further the story, the Pinkertons become just a non issue as you wreak havoc after murdering an entire small army of them, they just kind of pop up when convenient. And that's just what pops into my head immediately
@Filipe Baleijo RDR2 is one of the few games that will make you cry wtf, if you had high honor and helped John the ending is so beautiful. The whole point is that Arthur was ruthless and a murderer, but once he gets TB he starts seeing things clearly. Like absolving poor peoples debts, kicking out strauss, helping Rains Fall and more. He knew he had no future and gave it all to help John.
@Filipe Baleijo You just completely missed the point of it, it's not even really about John it's about Arthur's redemption. He see's hope for John and his family to escape the life that killed him so he takes it upon himself to help them escape, he's trying to end his life in a positive light rather than the horrible way he lived up until he was diagnosed. Also why the fuck would he help Dutch did you even play the game? His whole chapter 5 and 6 arc is about realising that Dutch is a piece of shit lmao.
@Filipe Baleijo John and Arthur grew up together dude... Arthur just didn't get over the fact that he left for a while
All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!
its getting old
@@GrumpyCat97 Never!
Makes me wonder, does Red Dead take place in the same universe as GTA?
I was on the fence about playing this game, but this is the first review to mention D'Angelo. Count me in!
@@Nobody15534 There is so much to love about this game! I really like playing it in the morning with a cup of coffee and a joint, take it all in. I still haven't beaten it, and honestly don't know how long it will take me. The thing I like least is the WANTED system, I can't seem to outsmart the law no matter how creative I get. But once I stopped trying to fight the natural progression of the story, I liked the groove that it put me in.
And now it’s his 2020 game of the year, one of the reasons I love this man as a reviewer: he’s willing to admit when his opinion has changed.
*Red Dead Redunktion*
Red Dead PEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-LICAN *Dahenky noise*
Wonder if Shantae has any cowboys. 🤔
2!!!!!!
Lol
Nice Comment!
finally a guy that can see both , the good and the bads
I thought you would say the good and the horse balls
@@mnzsgabriel lmao that a good meme right there i admit ahah
I played the first half a while back, and only just recently finished the second half. I have to say, that the second half hit me way harder. I liked the first bit, but once you hit the island, Arthur Morgan starts standing up for what he feels is right. For me it was the small bits of dialogue and world interaction that really made me understand the situation and what he was going through. The after part was also kind of nice, but that is only because I didn't know anything about it existing and took a really short break right after finishing the main game. When it comes to world creation, this is one of the only open world games that doesn't feel small to me. Every corner has something.
And now it’s his game of the year
Neat
SOUP!
@@kellyhutchison oh right
SPOILERS!
I disagree, sure, while on Guarma the game isn’t at its best, but once you return every single mission from then on feels like a climax in the story as you learn more about his gang members, and as their true intentions arise. In this moment you learn so much about Arthur and in my case once I found out he didn’t have much more time alive I began to care less about money, and more about my honor.
As you become dulled down by the consistent huge gun fights and robberies, so does Arthur. Allowing the player to share the same sentiment as Arthur when he says " Theres always another god dam train"
I don't understand how anyone can dislike chapter 6
I liked the guarma scene because i didnt know anything about the story (i wanted to avoid spoilers) but when i got to guarma i was so comfused because of this insane change of setting in the game, i felt a real sense of dread when arthur woke up on the beach and began to stumble around i wondered if this would be where arthur dies and how he could get off this island
Yea, the problem came when new characters were introduced like Eagle Flies... all that did was slow down the game's pacing
But the actual ending was pretty decent
@@notmyfirst I love chapter 6 missions. I hated that you spent half of it riding your horse to your camp to start a mission that takes you far from the camp so you have to return again.
I would give this game 4/5 Horses because one of my five horses died on a tree accident.
@Nicotine 5/5 Skate🅱️oards
A... tree accident?
What happened?
@@jongameaddict after 3 years i decided to finally answer youre awaited question
the horse jumped at a tree and died
thanks for waiting
@@playlistagency thank you
Bro hearing the soundtrack to this game is so sad and nostalgic this game was a rollercoaster of emotions
Thank you for making this video short enough for my attention span. I don’t blame the Tik Toks, I blame this game.
0/10 it just doesn't make you FEEL like batman
Dunkey is definitely my favorite youtuber because he really understands how to make you FEEL like batman
He really makes you feel like knack
Dunkey was never good. (cit.)
man, it's actually kinda cool seeing how some opinions change over time.
I feel like Guarma was intended to make you hate shootouts, you were meant to hate repetitive shootouts as Arthur was at the same time
I think what Dunkey is trying to say is the game wasn’t very “yee” but was perfectly “haw”
In some strange way I completely understand this
I think you win.
I don’t know why, but this brought everything together for me
Sternia Hoenheim yea I said yaw instead of yee... fatal mistake
@@rejack1997 Dude this comment is so fuckin funny u win dude YUH