This game took me years to eventually complete. Mostly because of the first chapter being so slow and I'd shelf it way before getting into the good parts of the game. I wanted to go in blind and avoided a lot of the core narratives for the story as well, so it was certainly a slog to play through at the beginning. Once I got past that, this game is fantastic. I am still trying to process it, the characters, the story, everything is just phenomenal. The open world is probably one of my favorites of all time, like wow it feels so lived in and vast.

I can't quite say the words for the narrative, its phenomenal but it's so jarringly beautiful that it's hard to say what I really want to. Arthur Morgan is a fantastic character, and all the side characters each felt so alive and important. I got emotional when John held that photo of young Arthur and Mary and knowing what it meant for the entire plot. Although I figured that Micah was going to betray the gang by chapter 4 without looking into anything, it was so satisfying eventually shooting him in the face multiple times as John. Overall, what I say doesn't give the game justice. I can see why this is on people's top games of all time, because it absolutely deserves it.