After a few more days the brothers are now found standing at the top of Cumberland Falls outside of Valentine. Naturally, the brothers believe the next suitable challenge is to go down the waterfall in a barrel. After both fools bob their way off the edge, Helen becomes worried that they didn’t make it. Going down to the river’s edge, the player can find that surprisingly both idiot brothers managed to avoid a sad and tragic death in Red Dead Redemption 2 . Strangely, the experience has made them closer despite all their elaborate insults, and they decide to take off together, not wanting anything to do with Helen after
He gets an opportunity to be candid with a man who can relate to him, who understands that with the kinds of lives they both had and that the past is both meaningless and ultimately defining . John sums up the events of RDR2 quickly and easily, and Ricketts just laughs, because what else is there to do but laugh about it
Their return has a momentary silver lining when Arthur finds the remaining Van der Linde gang members camped out near San Denis. That reunion is cut short when the Pinkerton National Detective Agency , which has been chasing them from the start of the story, attacks the remnants of the gang and forces them to relocate into the mountains near a mining town named Annesb
While this may be true, that's the case for every open-world video game, not just Red Dead Redemption 2 . This is also somewhat mitigated in-game, as characters will make direct reference to Arthur's prolonged absen
By contrast, Red Dead 1 opens much more slowly, yet with a remarkable display of bravado and stupidity from its protagonist. Forced to confront his old gang members in order to save his family, John goes to meet Bill Williamson, who's hiding out in Fort Mercer with a gang of his
Sadie's admission to John that she had developed a bit of a death wish, and her penchant for violence, could be enough to keep her in her role for a time after the events of RDR2, which could allow players to experience another powerful narrative of Red Dead 's themes around revenge and redemption. Sadie's character would become more and more hardened, as she is already becoming at the end of RDR2 , losing herself in work and struggling to maintain her humanity in the proc
Although this scene is meant to feed a sense of unease going into Undead Nightmare , it also embodies everything John fought for. At the beginning of the DLC, John returns to find his family sitting by the fireplace, joking around and enjoying the domesticity they worked so hard
Chapter 5 of Red Dead Redemption 2 guide Dead Redemption 2 takes players to an exotic location, but is off-beat and seems rushed compared to the tens of hours of character development and world-building done in segments like Chapter 3. This portion of the story kicks off after the crew's attempted bank robbery in San Denis ends in a disaster. Gang members like Hosea and Lenny Summers are killed , and John is arrested. Arthur and other key Van der Linde gang members escape onto a boat with all of the riches they can carry, but more disaster awaits t
RDR2 's story begins in 1899 during the tail end of the American Frontier period, an era when shanty towns had turned into bustling cities like Saint Denis. This urbanization brought the rule of law over previously lawless territory where bands of gunslingers, like the Van der Linde gang, were free to roam the land and make a quick buck however they could. Throughout the Western tale, Arthur and his crew realize that modernization is shunning people like them, but it's the only life they k
The ship they're stowing away in sinks during a storm, and Arthur, Dutch, and Micah Bell are stranded on an island near Cuba named Guarma. They become quickly acquainted with the island's cruel dictator, Fussar, and agree to help a rebel group in exchange for safe passage back home. The trio is momentarily involved in an all-out war but eventually helps the rebels and manages to find a boat back to Saint De
As he saves Brooks, he tells him who exactly he is, and asks, in a low voice, "Should I have killed you, Jimmy Brooks?" This cutscene is crucial, as it reminds players that Arthur isn't just the sweetheart cowpoke they've come to know: he's still very much the same ruthless outlaw he always
Arthur and Dutch are even made deputies of the local law enforcement, but it turns out to be an elaborate bait set by the Grays. The gang is ambushed, which ends in the death of Sean MacGuire, and Jack Marston (John's son) is kidnapped by the Braithwaites and taken hostage. Both families are outgunned by the Van der Lindes when the dust settles, but this violent outbreak forces the crew out of t
After finishing Red Dead Redemption 2 Chapter 2, Arthur can discover a wrecked circus caravan in Lemoyne. A man by the name of Margaret claims he is a female animal wrestler, and his carnival beasts have all escaped. Pleading for help, he asks for assistance finding his lost Zebra, Tiger, and Lion. Luckily for Arthur, these animals aren’t as rare as RDR2's Carolina Parake