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[Red Dead Redemption] Co-op DLC available now.

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I'll get on in a sec. Give me a minute to clear a space for you.

    EDIT: So multiplayer is just perpetually loading. This is awesome.

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    WishpigWishpig Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Does the new DLC feature more characters too unlock?

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Apparently the loading is a widespread issue. If you are so inclined you can email RDRSupport@rockstargames.com with a bug report.

    No new characters as far as I've seen, Wishpig, but a) I've not been able to play much of it and b) I'm not sure how I'd be able to tell the new characters from the old. I'm assuming no, though.

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    MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The co op isn't available for splitscreen, is it?

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    MalachMalach Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yes, this loading bug is really quite a miserable fucking thing. Endless free roam loading screen. I got to play the co-op missions without issue this morning for a bit, and I can only assume Rockstar will patch things up fairly quickly, but still...I was looking forward to playing this evening.

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    Jedi_BoiJedi_Boi Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Malach wrote: »
    Yes, this loading bug is really quite a miserable fucking thing. Endless free roam loading screen. I got to play the co-op missions without issue this morning for a bit, and I can only assume Rockstar will patch things up fairly quickly, but still...I was looking forward to playing this evening.

    Ditto, what a pain in the ass. This ontop of my Mass Effect 2 disk1 error and i'm left with not much to play

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    Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    MOTHER-F*%$@#$ my Xbox's Optical Drive just decided to stop spinning. The day of the CO-OP release too. I have no words.

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    senor_xsenor_x Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Plagued with the same mp issue (and sp), but on the plus side if you can actually connect there's a hideout glitch where just approaching a hideout completes it, and you can just spam replay to earn xp.

    If that's your thing.

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    MalachMalach Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    senor_x wrote: »
    Plagued with the same mp issue (and sp), but on the plus side if you can actually connect there's a hideout glitch where just approaching a hideout completes it, and you can just spam replay to earn xp.

    If that's your thing.

    For one free level it was my thing, it was pretty nice, and I got a new horse out of it. For each day I can't play the game I bought, I shall steal a level in free xp...so long as the glitch still works. But be prepared for many a zebra donkey to make an appearance once things get back to normal.

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    Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Finally beat this. Really, the only thing I can say about the ending is it went somewhere I did not expect the story to go. Anything else I might think of saying is completely swamped by amazement.

    That's how you make a helluva story, and not by trying to add some shitty depressing endings with "choices" at the very end of the game. Probably the strongest urge I've ever had to applaud a game.

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    HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, I just finished this game the other day and I quite enjoyed the story. It was also the first game where I haven't managed to get spoiled on the story in a while.

    And despite the crazy backlog of games I have at the moment, I just wanna play though it again.

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Did you guys get the credits to roll? If not you aren't done.

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    HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, I got the credits roll. I was very lucky, I headed to the right place immediately after that mission.

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    President RexPresident Rex Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The DLC has broken my free roam (and co-op) loading. Me and my friends just decided to break the Crackdown 2 demo instead; hopefully this gets fixed up fairly soon - since it effectively makes it less playable than pre-coop due to the inability to even get in a lobby. I can only imagine MS will force them to sit through a couple weeks of testing (but if that were true you'd think they'd have caught the loading bug).


    On the plus side, someone getting dragged by their stirrups never gets old.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2010
    Finished a couple of the co-op missions before the loading screen bug hit me, completing the mine one and the wagon escort one. Seems pretty easy to get a gold medal on them so far, as I'm two for two on that front.

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Hm. It's loading fine for me today.

    EDIT: Lies, actually. The lobby is fine but the co-op missions chug.

    E2: So this freeroam XP glitch is pretty broken, huh.

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    Bannon9kBannon9k Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    what's the free roam xp glitch?

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    DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Seems like the problem is still there this morning. I let it sit at the loading screen for like 20 mins while I went and had breakfast. The strange thing is when I came back I could hear the game music and people talking over their mics. I'm assuming they were looking at the loading screen as well from what they were talking about.

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    LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I just finished the main story. I have a serious problem with the ending.
    During the final standoff, when John steps out of the barn and the game goes into slow-mo, I shot Agent Ross and like 4 other dudes in the face before John died. The fact that none of them dropped dead is bullshit.

    I have no problem with John dying like that. What I have a problem with is the fact that even though I blasted like 4 dudes, including Ross, they didn't give me credit for my kills.

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    SirsonSirson Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    I just finished the main story. I have a serious problem with the ending.
    During the final standoff, when John steps out of the barn and the game goes into slow-mo, I shot Agent Ross and like 4 other dudes in the face before John died. The fact that none of them dropped dead is bullshit.

    I have no problem with John dying like that. What I have a problem with is the fact that even though I blasted like 4 dudes, including Ross, they didn't give me credit for my kills.

    Well it makes sense in the context of the story, theres a couple of guns with a clip big enough to shoot everyone in the face hence the bad guys killing John before he gets any of his dead eye off. The story goes.. John steps out to save his family knowing it's the end, there is no winning that fight, hell he can't even get a shot off before he dies. Yea it sucks, but I think that's the point ;)

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    RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    I just finished the main story. I have a serious problem with the ending.
    During the final standoff, when John steps out of the barn and the game goes into slow-mo, I shot Agent Ross and like 4 other dudes in the face before John died. The fact that none of them dropped dead is bullshit.

    I have no problem with John dying like that. What I have a problem with is the fact that even though I blasted like 4 dudes, including Ross, they didn't give me credit for my kills.

    I'm required to ask: Have you seen the credits?

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    LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yes, I saw the credits.
    I know that Jack goes off and gets revenge. But according to me shooting Ross in the face, there should not have been a revenge mission at all. Because he was already dead.

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Bannon9k wrote: »
    what's the free roam xp glitch?

    You can go to hideouts and there's no-one there. So it ends immediately, giving you experience for completing it.

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    LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Yes, I saw the credits.
    I know that Jack goes off and gets revenge. But according to me shooting Ross in the face, there should not have been a revenge mission at all. Because he was already dead.

    Actually, when I was working on this part...
    I naturally went to Blackwater to get some revenge on Ross. I knew that several years had passed so I bought the latest edition of the newspaper. In the newspaper, there's an article that says Ross retired at the Lake with his wife so I left Blackwater and went down there on my own to kill the fucker. I figured it was just an easter egg.

    But the cabin was empty so I went back to Blackwater. That's when I found the stranger. And then I went right back to the Lake cabin again. Got ahead of myself with my totally awesome detective skills.

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    Bannon9kBannon9k Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    I just finished the main story. I have a serious problem with the ending.
    During the final standoff, when John steps out of the barn and the game goes into slow-mo, I shot Agent Ross and like 4 other dudes in the face before John died. The fact that none of them dropped dead is bullshit.

    I have no problem with John dying like that. What I have a problem with is the fact that even though I blasted like 4 dudes, including Ross, they didn't give me credit for my kills.
    I think you may be missing the point. The whole reason they give you ANY control at all in that scene is for you to fully realize the inevitability of John's death and how helpless he is to stop it. Yet he faces it anyway. I think they intend for you to also feel that sense of helplessness, at least that's what I got from it and why I enjoyed it so much. Then again, I do love a good tragedy. When a hero dies at the end of the story it really gives closure. Without it you end up like the Dragon Ball series where everything gets retarded.

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    Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Regarding the end:
    yeah, it was supposed to drive home how utterly outgunned you were. Frankly, I took it as a compliment because they sent me after Dutch but had to line me up in front of something like 20-30 guys.

    I don't even think of the ending as "tragedy" since Marston was living on borrowed time anyway. Despite the terrible things he'd done, he managed to shape up enough to get married, get a ranch, and bring up a decent kid. Yeah, his past caught up with him, but he made the most of the time he had. Thought of the ending as more of a victory than a tragedy.

    And Paulson's past caught up with a lot faster than Marston's. People all over the region will remember Marston for his family, but nobody will remember one evil, self-serving agent who ended up dead by the river. All he had was a wife he knew nothing about him and a chest of medals he gave to himself.

    So glad I taught that boy how to shoot straight.

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Who's Paulson?

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    JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    so were you guys with the gang hideout glitch on xbox live or psn?

    because i just played a bit on live and nothing seems glitched

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    Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I lost track of the DLC being released on account of recently getting into Crackdown.

    Game is addicting.....like crack.

    But I really want to try these co-op missions. Anybody up for teaming up later tonight (say, 2 or 3 hours)?

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Joolander wrote: »
    so were you guys with the gang hideout glitch on xbox live or psn?

    because i just played a bit on live and nothing seems glitched

    Live. You have to kind of set it up, but it is definitely there and being abused.

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Regarding the end:
    yeah, it was supposed to drive home how utterly outgunned you were. Frankly, I took it as a compliment because they sent me after Dutch but had to line me up in front of something like 20-30 guys.

    I don't even think of the ending as "tragedy" since Marston was living on borrowed time anyway. Despite the terrible things he'd done, he managed to shape up enough to get married, get a ranch, and bring up a decent kid. Yeah, his past caught up with him, but he made the most of the time he had. Thought of the ending as more of a victory than a tragedy.

    And Paulson's past caught up with a lot faster than Marston's. People all over the region will remember Marston for his family, but nobody will remember one evil, self-serving agent who ended up dead by the river. All he had was a wife he knew nothing about him and a chest of medals he gave to himself.

    So glad I taught that boy how to shoot straight.

    You do not understand the ending
    The tragedy is not that John Marston died. He said himself that he believed everyone eventually got what was coming to them, he had to know it was going to happen eventually. He didn't want it to, but he didn't want a lot of things

    The tragedy is that Jack, his son and blood who he wanted nothing but the best for, who he raised to read and learn a trade and learn how to handle tools and such, the boy with everything to live for and a better life to lead, got sent down exactly the same path as his father

    All the dialogue before John's death, all the talk about how Jack can read when his parents can't and he's good with tools and he wants to be a writer and John doesn't want him to have to live like he did, and then he dies and his wife dies and Jack is left all alone

    So he takes up his father's trade and goes and kills Ross. But Ross doesn't give a shit when he shows up. He has no regrets, feels no guilt over what he's done. He'd gladly do it again, and threatens to shoot Jack down too. And then you have a duel and shoot him and he dies

    And nothing changes

    Ross has perpetuated the cycle. Jack has become his father, angry and bitter at the world and disillusioned with any idea of justice, living in a dying West which will only get smaller with every passing year

    That's the tragedy

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    FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Regarding the end:
    yeah, it was supposed to drive home how utterly outgunned you were. Frankly, I took it as a compliment because they sent me after Dutch but had to line me up in front of something like 20-30 guys.

    I don't even think of the ending as "tragedy" since Marston was living on borrowed time anyway. Despite the terrible things he'd done, he managed to shape up enough to get married, get a ranch, and bring up a decent kid. Yeah, his past caught up with him, but he made the most of the time he had. Thought of the ending as more of a victory than a tragedy.

    And Paulson's past caught up with a lot faster than Marston's. People all over the region will remember Marston for his family, but nobody will remember one evil, self-serving agent who ended up dead by the river. All he had was a wife he knew nothing about him and a chest of medals he gave to himself.

    So glad I taught that boy how to shoot straight.

    You do not understand the ending
    The tragedy is not that John Marston died. He said himself that he believed everyone eventually got what was coming to them, he had to know it was going to happen eventually. He didn't want it to, but he didn't want a lot of things

    The tragedy is that Jack, his son and blood who he wanted nothing but the best for, who he raised to read and learn a trade and learn how to handle tools and such, the boy with everything to live for and a better life to lead, got sent down exactly the same path as his father

    All the dialogue before John's death, all the talk about how Jack can read when his parents can't and he's good with tools and he wants to be a writer and John doesn't want him to have to live like he did, and then he dies and his wife dies and Jack is left all alone

    So he takes up his father's trade and goes and kills Ross. But Ross doesn't give a shit when he shows up. He has no regrets, feels no guilt over what he's done. He'd gladly do it again, and threatens to shoot Jack down too. And then you have a duel and shoot him and he dies

    And nothing changes

    Ross has perpetuated the cycle. Jack has become his father, angry and bitter at the world and disillusioned with any idea of justice, living in a dying West which will only get smaller with every passing year

    That's the tragedy
    Jack's fall is as much his own fault as it is Ross's. It's tragic all around.

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    RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Regarding multiplayer: Is shit still fucked?

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Shit be fucked for real.

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    Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Fats wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Regarding the end:
    yeah, it was supposed to drive home how utterly outgunned you were. Frankly, I took it as a compliment because they sent me after Dutch but had to line me up in front of something like 20-30 guys.

    I don't even think of the ending as "tragedy" since Marston was living on borrowed time anyway. Despite the terrible things he'd done, he managed to shape up enough to get married, get a ranch, and bring up a decent kid. Yeah, his past caught up with him, but he made the most of the time he had. Thought of the ending as more of a victory than a tragedy.

    And Paulson's past caught up with a lot faster than Marston's. People all over the region will remember Marston for his family, but nobody will remember one evil, self-serving agent who ended up dead by the river. All he had was a wife he knew nothing about him and a chest of medals he gave to himself.

    So glad I taught that boy how to shoot straight.

    You do not understand the ending
    The tragedy is not that John Marston died. He said himself that he believed everyone eventually got what was coming to them, he had to know it was going to happen eventually. He didn't want it to, but he didn't want a lot of things

    The tragedy is that Jack, his son and blood who he wanted nothing but the best for, who he raised to read and learn a trade and learn how to handle tools and such, the boy with everything to live for and a better life to lead, got sent down exactly the same path as his father

    All the dialogue before John's death, all the talk about how Jack can read when his parents can't and he's good with tools and he wants to be a writer and John doesn't want him to have to live like he did, and then he dies and his wife dies and Jack is left all alone

    So he takes up his father's trade and goes and kills Ross. But Ross doesn't give a shit when he shows up. He has no regrets, feels no guilt over what he's done. He'd gladly do it again, and threatens to shoot Jack down too. And then you have a duel and shoot him and he dies

    And nothing changes

    Ross has perpetuated the cycle. Jack has become his father, angry and bitter at the world and disillusioned with any idea of justice, living in a dying West which will only get smaller with every passing year

    That's the tragedy
    Jack's fall is as much his own fault as it is Ross's. It's tragic all around.
    Yeah, that element of "tragedy" is purely personal opinion. The only thing we know is that Jack went after the guy who killed his Dad. He even waited until after his mother died to pursue that route. We have absolutely no indication of whether or not Jack goes off to live a life of crime. Assuming so is pure conjecture; so is the idea that Jack is angry and bitter with the world and disillusioned with the notion of justice. Why would he track down a single man if he was angry with the justice system in general? There's no indication that Jack has any issues with anyone except Ross.

    Just seems depressingly pessimistic to just assume Jack becomes the exact same thing his father was a long time ago and assume it is the only correct interpretation of the ending. If that's how you want to see things, fine, but don't claim it's the only right way to see the ending.

    Unless Rockstar has said otherwise, in which case nothing I've said matters.

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Tree removed; ending spoilers
    It's the narratively appropriate thing to happen. It's the reason that the game is rather wryly called redemption, because it's that never-ending beastly cycle.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    Fats wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Regarding the end:
    yeah, it was supposed to drive home how utterly outgunned you were. Frankly, I took it as a compliment because they sent me after Dutch but had to line me up in front of something like 20-30 guys.

    I don't even think of the ending as "tragedy" since Marston was living on borrowed time anyway. Despite the terrible things he'd done, he managed to shape up enough to get married, get a ranch, and bring up a decent kid. Yeah, his past caught up with him, but he made the most of the time he had. Thought of the ending as more of a victory than a tragedy.

    And Paulson's past caught up with a lot faster than Marston's. People all over the region will remember Marston for his family, but nobody will remember one evil, self-serving agent who ended up dead by the river. All he had was a wife he knew nothing about him and a chest of medals he gave to himself.

    So glad I taught that boy how to shoot straight.

    You do not understand the ending
    The tragedy is not that John Marston died. He said himself that he believed everyone eventually got what was coming to them, he had to know it was going to happen eventually. He didn't want it to, but he didn't want a lot of things

    The tragedy is that Jack, his son and blood who he wanted nothing but the best for, who he raised to read and learn a trade and learn how to handle tools and such, the boy with everything to live for and a better life to lead, got sent down exactly the same path as his father

    All the dialogue before John's death, all the talk about how Jack can read when his parents can't and he's good with tools and he wants to be a writer and John doesn't want him to have to live like he did, and then he dies and his wife dies and Jack is left all alone

    So he takes up his father's trade and goes and kills Ross. But Ross doesn't give a shit when he shows up. He has no regrets, feels no guilt over what he's done. He'd gladly do it again, and threatens to shoot Jack down too. And then you have a duel and shoot him and he dies

    And nothing changes

    Ross has perpetuated the cycle. Jack has become his father, angry and bitter at the world and disillusioned with any idea of justice, living in a dying West which will only get smaller with every passing year

    That's the tragedy
    Jack's fall is as much his own fault as it is Ross's. It's tragic all around.
    Yeah, that element of "tragedy" is purely personal opinion. The only thing we know is that Jack went after the guy who killed his Dad. He even waited until after his mother died to pursue that route. We have absolutely no indication of whether or not Jack goes off to live a life of crime. Assuming so is pure conjecture; so is the idea that Jack is angry and bitter with the world and disillusioned with the notion of justice. Why would he track down a single man if he was angry with the justice system in general? There's no indication that Jack has any issues with anyone except Ross.

    Just seems depressingly pessimistic to just assume Jack becomes the exact same thing his father was a long time ago and assume it is the only correct interpretation of the ending. If that's how you want to see things, fine, but don't claim it's the only right way to see the ending.

    Unless Rockstar has said otherwise, in which case nothing I've said matters.
    If you set about killing lawmen he has a host og lines about why hes justified in killing them

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    The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Fats wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Regarding the end:
    yeah, it was supposed to drive home how utterly outgunned you were. Frankly, I took it as a compliment because they sent me after Dutch but had to line me up in front of something like 20-30 guys.

    I don't even think of the ending as "tragedy" since Marston was living on borrowed time anyway. Despite the terrible things he'd done, he managed to shape up enough to get married, get a ranch, and bring up a decent kid. Yeah, his past caught up with him, but he made the most of the time he had. Thought of the ending as more of a victory than a tragedy.

    And Paulson's past caught up with a lot faster than Marston's. People all over the region will remember Marston for his family, but nobody will remember one evil, self-serving agent who ended up dead by the river. All he had was a wife he knew nothing about him and a chest of medals he gave to himself.

    So glad I taught that boy how to shoot straight.

    You do not understand the ending
    The tragedy is not that John Marston died. He said himself that he believed everyone eventually got what was coming to them, he had to know it was going to happen eventually. He didn't want it to, but he didn't want a lot of things

    The tragedy is that Jack, his son and blood who he wanted nothing but the best for, who he raised to read and learn a trade and learn how to handle tools and such, the boy with everything to live for and a better life to lead, got sent down exactly the same path as his father

    All the dialogue before John's death, all the talk about how Jack can read when his parents can't and he's good with tools and he wants to be a writer and John doesn't want him to have to live like he did, and then he dies and his wife dies and Jack is left all alone

    So he takes up his father's trade and goes and kills Ross. But Ross doesn't give a shit when he shows up. He has no regrets, feels no guilt over what he's done. He'd gladly do it again, and threatens to shoot Jack down too. And then you have a duel and shoot him and he dies

    And nothing changes

    Ross has perpetuated the cycle. Jack has become his father, angry and bitter at the world and disillusioned with any idea of justice, living in a dying West which will only get smaller with every passing year

    That's the tragedy
    Jack's fall is as much his own fault as it is Ross's. It's tragic all around.
    Yeah, that element of "tragedy" is purely personal opinion. The only thing we know is that Jack went after the guy who killed his Dad. He even waited until after his mother died to pursue that route. We have absolutely no indication of whether or not Jack goes off to live a life of crime. Assuming so is pure conjecture; so is the idea that Jack is angry and bitter with the world and disillusioned with the notion of justice. Why would he track down a single man if he was angry with the justice system in general? There's no indication that Jack has any issues with anyone except Ross.

    Just seems depressingly pessimistic to just assume Jack becomes the exact same thing his father was a long time ago and assume it is the only correct interpretation of the ending. If that's how you want to see things, fine, but don't claim it's the only right way to see the ending.

    Unless Rockstar has said otherwise, in which case nothing I've said matters.
    If you set about killing lawmen he has a host og lines about why hes justified in killing them

    Be that as it may
    I also don't really look at it in the view that Jack became what his father was.

    He sought retribution for his fathers murder by the man who perpetrated that.

    You, as a player, may take Jack down the road of crime and hate but because the games story effectively ends with that mission; we don't know that Jack will go down that path or if he wanted to tie up those loose ends after his mother died so he can move on with the life his father wanted to give him.

    I personally like to think it is that; he was just finishing what needed to be finished, and he will move on with his life.

    Plus, by the time the game starts John is done with the life that he lived that ultimately he dies for. As someone said before he's living on borrowed time by the time we first see him; and while he might have tried to clean up the mess of his life via the course of the game, he can't run from his past; and at the very least he can't expect to have it not come back to him. It is made pretty abundantly clear throughout the game that you'd eventually pay for your deeds just like you were making your old mates pay for theirs. You were just playing the reaper till the reaper came for you.

    Jack doesn't have that past though. He has no dark history he needs to pay for, no personal redemption he needs to seek. He just needed to finish off the last act to give closure to his fathers life, not his own, and then he is free to do as he will.

    And that is all John wanted for Jack. And he got it.

    Thus the redemption.

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    Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Okay, so who wants to co-op right now?

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    DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I too am also looking for people to try the co-op thing out on

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