RDR Ending (MAJOR SPOILERS)

So who else HATED the ending to Red Dead Redemption? I mean John just walks out and basically just gave himself up.. the game should hve at least given you the ability to kill everyone and have a different ending...

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Even though you can do the 'Remember My Family' mission to get revenge (I emptied ALL of my ammo on his dead body), the ending is still very unsatisfactory and playing the game has such an 'empty' feeling for me now. It doesn't feel the same...if you know what I mean

I liked the ending. And if he lived and escaped with his family the government would just keep hunting him. He sacrificed himself to save his family and allowed them time to escape, even though they still came back like four minutes later.

I loved the ending, I thought it was very surreal riding around the map as jack instead of the main character you spent 30 + hours with.

I thought John was very brave at the end but yea...playing as Jack was a bit strange and I did get attached to John :P

I was a little disappointed with the ending. It was tight how it played out though with the bullet time stand off.

I saw that ending coming from 10 miles away. It was the underlying theme of the entire game, you can't escape your past.cametall

Same and 100% agreed.

Sorry TC, but wishing for a different ending means 2 things: 1) you were attached to the character, so Rockstar did their job right and 2) you totally missed the point behind the ending.

Just look forward to the DLC with a blockbuster game like this you gotta come out with something...look at GTA4

The old west mentality (John Marston) being killed by the technological era of civilization (Edgar Ross and the FBI) was a rather fitting ending, as far as I'm concerned. It didn't matter how much he resisted it, eventually it was going to overtake him whether he liked it or not.

[QUOTE="cametall"]I saw that ending coming from 10 miles away. It was the underlying theme of the entire game, you can't escape your past.Ryan_Som

Same and 100% agreed.

Sorry TC, but wishing for a different ending means 2 things: 1) you were attached to the character, so Rockstar did their job right and 2) you totally missed the point behind the ending.

After all, not until the ending do we realize why the game is called "Red Dead REDEMPTION."

After all, not until the ending do we realize why the game is called "Red Dead REDEMPTION."

bigredjaw

See TC, even Level 7 guy gets it! TC, I am disappoint. :P

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After all, not until the ending do we realize why the game is called "Red Dead REDEMPTION."

Ryan_Som

See TC, even Level 7 guy gets it! TC, I am disappoint. :P

Hey, I'm no Dummy!:P

[QUOTE="cametall"]I saw that ending coming from 10 miles away. It was the underlying theme of the entire game, you can't escape your past.Ryan_Som

Same and 100% agreed.

Sorry TC, but wishing for a different ending means 2 things: 1) you were attached to the character, so Rockstar did their job right and 2) you totally missed the point behind the ending.

Ditto, and in all honesty, it follows the ending to just about all the old western movies anyways. It's not like the guy was a saint, and that's the usual ending to most characters of his nature.

[QUOTE="cametall"]I saw that ending coming from 10 miles away. It was the underlying theme of the entire game, you can't escape your past.Ryan_Som

Same and 100% agreed.

Sorry TC, but wishing for a different ending means 2 things: 1) you were attached to the character, so Rockstar did their job right and 2) you totally missed the point behind the ending.

[QUOTE="bigredjaw"]

After all, not until the ending do we realize why the game is called "Red Dead REDEMPTION."

See TC, even Level 7 guy gets it! TC, I am disappoint. :P

The death of John and his former gang meant the decline of the Wild West. Edgar Ross represented civilization and its impending arrival-- honestly, TC, the game could NOT have ended any better.

yeah, the ending was pretty bad. john had taken out larger groups of badguys in the game before. the in-game marston couldve easily killed them. its too bad there is a totally different cutscene marston.LoG-Sacrament

yeah, the ending was pretty bad. john had taken out larger groups of badguys in the game before. the in-game marston couldve easily killed them. its too bad there is a totally different cutscene marston.LoG-Sacrament

Gee and how about the hundreds of people you murdered throughout the game? You feel bad for them?

He had to get himself killed! If not, his family would of been killed. The government has issued that he was a criminal so everyone is against him - they are also coming after him directly. If he died, then Abbie and Jack could live (though Abbie died somehow?).Adziboy

The ending was great, it completely went with the entire theme.

It was far from horrible. If you guys look into the ending at the surface, you've missed a lot of great stuff.

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[QUOTE="cametall"]I saw that ending coming from 10 miles away. It was the underlying theme of the entire game, you can't escape your past.Cheesehead9099

Same and 100% agreed.

Sorry TC, but wishing for a different ending means 2 things: 1) you were attached to the character, so Rockstar did their job right and 2) you totally missed the point behind the ending.

[QUOTE="Adziboy"]He had to get himself killed! If not, his family would of been killed. The government has issued that he was a criminal so everyone is against him - they are also coming after him directly. If he died, then Abbie and Jack could live (though Abbie died somehow?).bobbleheadrogue

I believe you mean 1914. In 1944 we were nearing the end of World War II. :P

the game should hve at least given you the ability to kill everyone and have a different ending...

I too was saddened by the the ending. Saddened but not disappointed....I get whole symbolism thing and he had to die (just like in any good story).

******** Old movie spoilers coming up********* Just like in any good movie you sometimes hate to see the main character die. Who else hated that Al Pacino's Character dies in "Scarface" or even in "Carlito's Way"? Or even Eastwood in "Unforgiven"? I get it and it makes for a better story but it still sucked (not the movie or the game, just the fact that those characters are gone).

Well done Rockstar, well done. It's just a testament to great writing... just like someone said before me.

I liked the ending. And if he lived and escaped with his family the government would just keep hunting him. He sacrificed himself to save his family and allowed them time to escape, even though they still came back like four minutes later.

brickdoctor

I hated the ending too, it was a really disappointing one. I expected better from Rockstar :(

I hated the ending too, it was a really disappointing one. I expected better from Rockstar :(

Venom_Raptor

Were you disappointed because you thought it was bad or because it made you sad? Bear in mind, sad =/= bad.