This review contains spoilers
"we all get high, we all get high! but that don't make it right!"
does this sound familiar to you? a video game where you play as a high level enforcer in an outlaw gang. your character is one of the most rational and intelligent members of the group, which begins to fall apart around him over the course of the game. the leader of the gang is a charismatic old man who slowly reveals that he does not care for his gang, and wishes to stab all of them in the back. there is a man who follows the leader around constantly, and hates the protagonist to the point of trying to kill him. at the end of the protagonist's story, he ends up dying after a fight. through out the game, the protagonist ends up helping his ex lover multiple times, when it's obvious she does not care about him. man, red dead redemption 2 is a great game, huh? in all seriousness, it is astoundingly obvious how similar the story of johnny k and arthur morgan are, to the point i can not ignore it when i play this game. besides that though, this is an incredibly bleak addition to the gta series. there's little to be happy about in this tale, from start to finish. it's still really good though. the missions are fun, the new weapons are great, and constantly being able to use choppers (the best vehicles in gta 4) all culminate in a good 4-5 hour experience, that doesn't quite live up to gta 4's main story. the fan service is by far the best thing here.
does this sound familiar to you? a video game where you play as a high level enforcer in an outlaw gang. your character is one of the most rational and intelligent members of the group, which begins to fall apart around him over the course of the game. the leader of the gang is a charismatic old man who slowly reveals that he does not care for his gang, and wishes to stab all of them in the back. there is a man who follows the leader around constantly, and hates the protagonist to the point of trying to kill him. at the end of the protagonist's story, he ends up dying after a fight. through out the game, the protagonist ends up helping his ex lover multiple times, when it's obvious she does not care about him. man, red dead redemption 2 is a great game, huh? in all seriousness, it is astoundingly obvious how similar the story of johnny k and arthur morgan are, to the point i can not ignore it when i play this game. besides that though, this is an incredibly bleak addition to the gta series. there's little to be happy about in this tale, from start to finish. it's still really good though. the missions are fun, the new weapons are great, and constantly being able to use choppers (the best vehicles in gta 4) all culminate in a good 4-5 hour experience, that doesn't quite live up to gta 4's main story. the fan service is by far the best thing here.