"Have I been a terrible fool, Arthur?"
“I don’t know. I don’t know enough about it. One thing I do know, there ain’t no shame in looking for better world.”

You know. I like to say about any great game that „it’s one of the best games I ever played. “, often not comparing it to other ones or without giving it a second thought. But saying the same thing about Red Dead Redemption 2 would be a f*cking understatement. Shall I say, giving it more than a second thought, RDR2 is surely THE best game I ever played.
It’s got everything you want in a game. Immersive and engaging story, amazingly written and unforgettable characters, breathtaking graphics, vast, majestic and living world, great mechanics, beautiful soundtrack, and you don’t even need some NASA’s spare rocket engine to run it.

The world is f*cking amazing. Aside from the mesmerizing imagery and beautiful graphics (the 500 screenshots I took so far talk for themselves), it feels like an actual world, shaping itself as the time goes on. The nature is vast and majestic, the civilization is hectic and dynamic, and you never know what you’ll run into. You might encounter a poor fella in need of assistance, gang members trying to make a quick buck, you can run into a random house up in the hills and either clear it out or deal with what comes in your way. And guess what. Your choice matters even in these small events! I’m currently playing my second playthrough, and yes, I encountered the same people, but I also found out so many new things I completely missed. And I’m sure more things would pop up on my third playthrough. You never know what’s coming your way.

But truly, the aspect that makes this game so special to me is the story and its characters. Pretty sure this game wouldn’t be as good without it. It takes place before the events of the first game, and you are not playing as our boy John Marston, but his fellow friend he grew up with, Arthur Morgan. I’ll be straight on this one. I F*CKING LOVE ARTHUR. I DON’T WANT TO PLAY AS ANYONE ELSE EVER AGAIN! Arthur is special. He is portrayed as uneducated, he is an outlaw, criminal, and he’s been raised by ones. But he is also playful and has a great sense of humor. Not only that, besides his poor intellect, he's emotionally intelligent. Throughout the course of the story, he learns, he understands, he moves from an arrogant criminal, killing anyone and for nothing, into a wise and good man who wants only the best for the people he cares about, but also for those he affected by his foolishness. To be completely honest with you, I might be exaggerating too. The story of Arthur kind of saved me. I was at a pretty bad place emotionally, and existentially. I felt like a fool of how I treated others and myself. And in this seemingly endless cycle of self-loathing, I played RDR2. I saw a man, living with burden of his wrongdoings in an unforgiving world, showing me that you can’t changed what’s done, but you can always do the right thing.

I found this part of Youtube lately of edits about RDR2 and mainly Arthur and his journey. Sure, some may say they are trying too hard to be poetic, but I found them inspiring. There’s so many of them, compared to other pieces of media, movies, videogames. And they receive up to millions of views. Really makes me wonder, how touching the story is and how many people it connected with. Really puts my story into perspective. Arthur Morgan might be the greatest protagonist by Rockstar, and of all games in general. And puts Red Dead Redemption 2 as the very best pieces of gaming entertainment.

I just want to make a statement to Rockstar. Screw you, Rockstar! I love you. I grew up on your games. They shaped me into a person I am now and made my childhood a little brighter. And eventually inspired me to better of a person by the story of Arthur Morgan. But the dungfest that Rockstar is doing nowadays is saddening. I’m not even mad. I’m just deeply disappointed. Your games inspired all of us. Are you really going to throw these 20 years of growth and reputation for a money you already clearly have?
Alright, at the very least take down the god-awful Rockstar launcher. Out of the blue, it just refused to launch my game and advised to reinstall the entire game. I just reinstalled the launcher and restarted my computer for it to work. Did you really wanted me to reinstall 120gbs of game, just because your launcher sucks ass and you don’t even know why? Not the mention that the first hour of my playtime was literally just trying to sign in. You type your login in, do the same captcha 5 times, and it can say the login is wrong AFTER that. So, you can do the thing again. And why do I even need to login and need internet connection to play a singleplayer game. There isn’t even any chat, friendlist or achievement features.

Aside from Rockstar’s poor treatment of its own reputation and its costumers, I love this game by every cell of my body. And I don’t regret all that time I spent on it, one bit. I advise every single one of you to play this game. I believe we all can find ourselves within the Arthur’s story.
Straight up 10/10, boAH!