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Blog entry by Rosaura Leckie

Red Dead Redemption was the tale of John Marston being forced back into the life of an outlaw due to his family being held hostage by the government. Marston was a man who was tired of killing, but would do it anyway because he wanted his family back and to return to a life of peace. This is curiously repeated in the epilogue of Red Dead Redemption 2 , as you once again take control of Marston as he seeks a peaceful life on the ranch of another only to be forced back into killing.

After Arthur Morgan either dies of tuberculosis or gets shot/stabbed by Micah Bell, depending on your ending, you swap to playing as John Marston with his family; or, as the leaker puts it, "jon marsten." As the poster originally described at the time:

Throughout Red Dead Redemption 2 , protagonist Arthur Morgan will occasionally voice his displeasure at all the death and destruction that surrounds him and the gang he runs with. As with all good video game protagonists though, missions continue to have you murder hundreds of others and the optional ability to engage in therapy sessions with other women at the gang's camp. In these conversations Arthur can admit that he feels bad for all the killing he is doing and doesn't know why he is doing it; that he sometimes feels as if he is not in control of his actions.

Due to the executives and investors not finding the project "innovative enough," I can only guess that features such as realistic weight gain, food, core systems, and the schedules of NPCs were refined/added to please them. If an early build of Red Dead Redemption 2 was not innovative enough for Rockstar's producers and stockholders, then can you imagine the challenge the team may face for their next potential games like Grand Theft Auto VI or Bully 2 ? Yeah.

**[Editor’s Note: This editorial will dive into some story spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2 legendary animals Dead Redemption 2 , so we would suggest coming back to this piece after you have completed the game’s main story and epilogue.] **

When returning to his cabin you will see a giant mural on his cabin wall depicting different things like him stepping through a portal and the Empire State Building. This has led many to believe he is a time traveler and some even believe he is Lucifer himself! This accusation comes from his birthmark connecting him to the Epsilon Program in Grand Theft Aut

The Race Series is one of the most reliable- and most fun thanks to how unique it is- pitting you against other players as you race your horses on different tracks. This really isn’t much different from the first game’s racing mode, but it does make for a reliable of earning money. If nothing else, it’s easy enough to boot up and p

By the time I reached Arthur's final decision, one in which you can once again engage in a contradiction by attempting to steal the gang's stash instead of aiding John Marston in his escape, I was already finished. Arthur's death was just another bump in the road in discovering what exactly the epilogue held, as the mystery over who you would play as was much greater than seeing the closing scenes of a character I was done with many hours before.

For those that don't know, a "vertical slice" demo is essentially if a prototype of a game was fully perfected to look and perform like the final product. So, imagine a mission from the released Red Dead Redemption 2 was cut out of the game and playable on its own - just in 2016 when the rest of the game was not made. That's what the team were seemingly trying to perfect and showcase to investors to get the project out of development hell.

When the user refers to the time when the map leaked, they are referring to this image . This was one of the most popular leaks leading up to Red Dead Redemption 2 's release, as it was the only real-looking leak that was getting more and more evidence supporting it as details were revealed about the game. Looking back, this map is definitely the one.

The journal is a stellar hand-written chronicle of the game’s story and your influence woven together from the perspective of the game’s two leads. It is richly-detailed in an engrossing way that made me play around it. Instead of opening it when I had a chance, I made time for it.

"There is kind of a game plus like like the last one had. You end up at beechers hope and switch control to Jon marsten. The are then lots of quests etc dealing with building up your ranch. You literally will do x And Z to build a gazebo."

Normally, humungous AAA open-world games have aspects and mechanics fighting for my attention. Some may be quest-lines about how to hunt the rarest animals or time trials for rare loot or getting 100% map completion for a super secret message at the end: it’s only by the end that I truly know my favorite element of the entire experience. For Red Dead Redemption 2 , I knew almost immediately. That journal is special, and I hope you remember to open it up once in a while.

The Steelhead Trout is easily one of the best fish you can find in the game. Not just because it makes for a good and reliable meal, but because it fetches a nice price. All you need is some worm bait one of the cheapest baits in the game) and to fish in either the Kamassa River, Flat Iron Lake, Lannahechee River, Lower Montana River, or San Luis Ri