This review contains spoilers
As long as I can remember, Rockstar has been showing us that they have an actual problem with bringing climax to things. Bully, GTA V, GTA San Andreas, all these games have the same problem, where they write everything perfectly but when it's time to shine, they fade.
Red Dead Redemption 2 unfortunately doesn't escape this pattern. In chapter 5, everything that was once a minor issue, becomes such a obstreperous disaster. The cover system sucks ass, the combats are the same thing over and over again, and instead of giving the characters they built throughout the story so well a complete ending, they give away a bleak dissolution so they can introduce more characters, showing no known at all of what they are doing at this point. There were three major writers in this game, and I assume that there were specific people who wrote each part. Someone fucked up at the end.
But still, I love this game. With all my heart, I see that this was a project which the people who worked on it are really passionate and love what they're doing. I've never seen characters seem so real, most of them don't feel unique, they feel like actual human beings and that's why. You got Dutch Van der Linde, the literal soul of the gang and an absolute leader. John Marston who is a complete asshole most of the game, but we gotta love him. Lenny, a black young boy and very similar to Dutch in many aspects. Hosea, the old but fierce companionship. Sadie Adler, who has the second best development in the game, right after Arthur. It's just so on point. And it doesn't stop there. Charles Smith, Susan Grimshaw, Abigail Roberts, Mary-Beth are just some more examples of characters that just held my attention to the very end. And of course, Arthur Morgan.
Arthur Morgan carries this game on his shoulders alone. While everything is a goddamn mess, his story (thankfully) still continues being the focus, and within the time he has left before the mysterious "rat" devours the gang and the disease consumes him as a whole, Arthur must choose between his ideals or the man who raised him.
Red Dead Redemption 2 unfortunately doesn't escape this pattern. In chapter 5, everything that was once a minor issue, becomes such a obstreperous disaster. The cover system sucks ass, the combats are the same thing over and over again, and instead of giving the characters they built throughout the story so well a complete ending, they give away a bleak dissolution so they can introduce more characters, showing no known at all of what they are doing at this point. There were three major writers in this game, and I assume that there were specific people who wrote each part. Someone fucked up at the end.
But still, I love this game. With all my heart, I see that this was a project which the people who worked on it are really passionate and love what they're doing. I've never seen characters seem so real, most of them don't feel unique, they feel like actual human beings and that's why. You got Dutch Van der Linde, the literal soul of the gang and an absolute leader. John Marston who is a complete asshole most of the game, but we gotta love him. Lenny, a black young boy and very similar to Dutch in many aspects. Hosea, the old but fierce companionship. Sadie Adler, who has the second best development in the game, right after Arthur. It's just so on point. And it doesn't stop there. Charles Smith, Susan Grimshaw, Abigail Roberts, Mary-Beth are just some more examples of characters that just held my attention to the very end. And of course, Arthur Morgan.
Arthur Morgan carries this game on his shoulders alone. While everything is a goddamn mess, his story (thankfully) still continues being the focus, and within the time he has left before the mysterious "rat" devours the gang and the disease consumes him as a whole, Arthur must choose between his ideals or the man who raised him.