When Rockstar first made this game, Arthur and the whole Van der Linde gang weren’t even a part of the picture. The real brilliance here is in how the writers later managed to connect everything so seamlessly to RDR1 without disrupting the original story. Honestly, that’s even more impressive than if they’d planned a Red Dead Redemption 2 prequel from the start!
I think they had the initial concept: Marston leaves the gang because of a botched robbery. Even though his relationship was strained, he still had SOME respect for Bill and Javier, and he still respect Dutch in spite of what he did.
being a good writer doesn't always mean having a detailed plan for all your stories (nor is it always a luxury every writer has). sometimes, being a good writer can be exhibited by taking what has already been written in the short term and making it more meaningful with what you continue to write.
RDR1 is still very much it's own thing. RDR2 John feels nothing like himself. And no it's not just because he's younger or because his family is taken away. It's the entire personality itself, especially in rdr2 epilogue he is some dumbed down laughing stock. Can you imagine RDR1 John being bossed around by Sadie? No, the just made him a shadow of Arthur in RDR2. And also what doesn't make sense is that Javier is absolutely different in RDR2, so it doesn't even work for you when you see him in RDR1 and John tells him that Abigail always thought he was a creep, which is not RDR2 Javier at all. It's a very much separate game with it's own very different identity.
@@lepersonnage371 Completely, most fans of RDR2 will disagree with you because they have no sense of the tone of RDR1 or what the complete story originally was. 2 is very poorly written as john's backstory but the writing for arthur was much better. Overall it simply doesnt make sense as a prequel. But Im glad John's VA got extra work, cause Rockstar pays so poorly
Marshal Leigh Johnson, he’s one of the few good ones, he actually retires just after John passes away, probably realized his last glory days were at fort mercer.
US Marshall Leigh Johnson. watched over Armadillo since the towns original Sheriff quit and left when the town was massacred by the Del Lobo Gang in 1907 and no one desired to be Sheriff. so its why the Marshall took over the job of protecting the town
if not an actual cigarette, he could have used a pen cap. that's what martin sheen did when he played the chain smoking "Illusive Man" in Mass Effect 2 and 3. just sucking on one and waving it around for the mocap.
@@FunnyRedemption tell that to the gta online folk. They’ve been getting updates every 5 freaking minutes while us RDO fans are exactly what Arthur tells Sadie in chapter 6, “we’re more ghosts than people” as rockstar hasn’t given us anything that we wanted like properties.
I think pride is an essential part of Bill’s personality, due to which he won’t allow himself to give up his beliefs out of pride. But this whole instinct of survival thing fits Micah and Dutch rather than Bill.
It's almost like retroactively viewing an older piece of media through the lens of a newer one can lead to nothing but ambiguity and disagreement. It's almost like this video is clickbait.
The only person that got through to Bill was Uncle, since Bill is so insecure about how people think he's stupid, Uncle tells him "you're not stupid, you just don't like thinking. How I'm not lazy, I just don't like workin" and Bill is actually happy
I mean, he was the last person to line up with Dutch and Micah - if that's not choosing survival over pride, I don't know what is. Arthur and John were outnumbered - Susan was already dead, and Javier had already picked his side. Bill chose what he thought would be his best chance at survival.
@@jacquesdeburgo2878That's because you don't feed him, if you keep John at average or perfect weight level then John looks great but if you let him get underweight he looks horrific
I like how Jonh is kind of Dumb in RDR2 and everyone treats him like hes an weak fool ... but in RDR1 hes badass ... its like the gang was holding him back.
It's just Rockstar way of doin things, u know - like shitting and dumping on the previous Protagenist to establish the new one, apparently it works pretty well for them @@aoeternolar2125
I really wish you actually killed Bill during this mission, feels like such a waste for him to escape but then do literally nothing until you kill him later anyway. Javiar should have been allowed to be an active antagonist even without the context of 2.
I recently played this exact mission a few weeks ago. Im glad people are still discovering things in older games like red dead 1. It goes to show how closely rockstar pays attention to its characters, and keeps them mostly consistent throughout
He carried John to safety, away from the wolves. That why when John chose to kill him and threw his corpse into a cell, he briefly mourned him but proceed to spit on him due to how annoying it was to capture him.
Javier as a character makes little to no sense when going from RDR2 to RDR1. In RDR1 he's spoken about as a terrible guy but when we see him in RDR2 he's nothing but nice to everyone. John even says in RDR1 "Abigail would've killed you already. She always thought you were a creep" which makes no sense considering Micah was the creep, not Javier.
It's really amazing how this scene plays like as if RDR 2 was released and we already know what happened. That is great writing there, Dan Houser is one talented writer.
Almost all of Bill’s dialogue in RDR1 is him talking about the past. He keeps saying “You always were…” and things like that every time you see him. The way they expanded on that in the prequel is by having him more or less worship Dutch, saying he felt lost and useless without him, like he can accomplish anything when beside him. The gang meant everything to Bill, even 12 years later he can’t help but compare things to the way they were back then.
That's true, although he still has some resentment towards Dutch in RDR1 since he says "Now I'M in charge. No more Dutch and no more you", whereas Javier is STILL loyal to Dutch in RDR1 when he lies to John about where Dutch is. He says "And Dutch, Dutch is in Colombia, I can take you straight to him" when we later find out that Dutch is actually up in Blackwater.
Actually his instinct for survival caused him to run and flee to Mexico, so that's what won out. Even in the mission where he's caught he's trying to flee with the corrupt Mexican Colonel
You have absolutely no idea what a monumental task it'd be to adapt anything to look like RDR2. Have you ever wondered why no game out there (even stunning looking games like Ghost of Tsushima) looks even remotely as good as RDR2? It's because it took close to 2,000 people working over 8 years and spending more than 200 million Dollars on the game. And here you are, you entitled, ignorant crybaby, "disappointed".
Oh man, watching this I had this idea of like a "remixed" super game where you play RDR1 and everytime a gang character is introduced, you play a chapter of RDR2.
Ironicly, Leigh Johnson is Armadillo sherriff since 1897 but he didn't appear in RDR 2 takes place 1899 and 1907. He only briefly mentioned by another Armadillo town Sherriff
Part of me genuinely hopes when Rockstar has the time they completely remake RDR 1, honestly all it needs is the RDR 2 coat of paint with maybe a few additions and tweaks but they keep pretty much most of it the same.
And to think that Bill turned out to be the hardest to catch. Javier is only mentioned after Bill went to Mexico and he was the first one to be caught.
It doesn't make anything make anymore sense because rdr2 was very clearly written after rdr1 and it's embarrassing noticeable. Worst retcon of all was changing John's old gang from violent criminals to borderline hippie commune full of "OCs do not steal"
@Burrito2066 bought both games on release and played them multiple times. I'm an og fan and rdr2 absolutely destroys the lore of rdr1. As much as I love Arthur; him, Sadie, Charles, Micah, Hosea are all absolutely not canon to rdr1 and it's embarrassing obvious with how bad the writing is with rdr2
Lo q mas me gusta hacer en la mision es empezarla cuando esta amaneciendo me gusta pensar q jhon esperaba a q amaneciera para q asi lo agarraran desprevenidos a ellos en la mañana y asi acabar con todos y con bill simplemente cine🧐
Like Arthur used to say: "Bill's a fool"
And yet he came out the best, not including RDR2 only characters.
“Who the hell is Arthur..?”
@@ElCocoNo_ Arthur Morgan, the goat
@@ElCocoNo_ ill pretend i didnt see this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 "who the hell is Arthur" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 only, one of the best videogame caracters of all time.
@@ElCocoNo_ who the hell is Leviticus Cornwall
When Rockstar first made this game, Arthur and the whole Van der Linde gang weren’t even a part of the picture. The real brilliance here is in how the writers later managed to connect everything so seamlessly to RDR1 without disrupting the original story. Honestly, that’s even more impressive than if they’d planned a Red Dead Redemption 2 prequel from the start!
I think they had the initial concept: Marston leaves the gang because of a botched robbery. Even though his relationship was strained, he still had SOME respect for Bill and Javier, and he still respect Dutch in spite of what he did.
being a good writer doesn't always mean having a detailed plan for all your stories (nor is it always a luxury every writer has). sometimes, being a good writer can be exhibited by taking what has already been written in the short term and making it more meaningful with what you continue to write.
@@AJx64 That's true.
@@ExplorerDS6789yup. He even "references" that failed train job in this game I believe
@@AJx64 True, Berserk and one piece are some of the examples
It's not that it makes more sense.
It's RDR2 that made RDR1 a more meaningful experience in terms of storytelling, because it was such a good prequel.
Replaying rdr1 after rdr2 hits way harder
Thats exactly backwards, RDR2 is in every way more cartoonish and ridiculous than RDR1's satirical and dry tone.
@@icantthinkausername1136 Thats exactly backwards, RDR2 is in every way more cartoonish and ridiculous than RDR1's satirical and dry tone.
RDR1 is still very much it's own thing. RDR2 John feels nothing like himself. And no it's not just because he's younger or because his family is taken away. It's the entire personality itself, especially in rdr2 epilogue he is some dumbed down laughing stock. Can you imagine RDR1 John being bossed around by Sadie? No, the just made him a shadow of Arthur in RDR2.
And also what doesn't make sense is that Javier is absolutely different in RDR2, so it doesn't even work for you when you see him in RDR1 and John tells him that Abigail always thought he was a creep, which is not RDR2 Javier at all. It's a very much separate game with it's own very different identity.
@@lepersonnage371 Completely, most fans of RDR2 will disagree with you because they have no sense of the tone of RDR1 or what the complete story originally was. 2 is very poorly written as john's backstory but the writing for arthur was much better. Overall it simply doesnt make sense as a prequel. But Im glad John's VA got extra work, cause Rockstar pays so poorly
I forget his name, but the Armadillo sheriff in RDR1 was a great character.
Leigh Johnson, I believe was his name.
Marshal Leigh Johnson, he’s one of the few good ones, he actually retires just after John passes away, probably realized his last glory days were at fort mercer.
hes awesome
"Yes sir Mr.Johnson sir"
US Marshall Leigh Johnson. watched over Armadillo since the towns original Sheriff quit and left when the town was massacred by the Del Lobo Gang in 1907 and no one desired to be Sheriff. so its why the Marshall took over the job of protecting the town
You can tell Rob Weithoff actually had a cigarette in his mouth for this scene. His speech is muffled. That little detail blew my mind back in 2010.
if not an actual cigarette, he could have used a pen cap. that's what martin sheen did when he played the chain smoking "Illusive Man" in Mass Effect 2 and 3. just sucking on one and waving it around for the mocap.
1:21 class photos be like
I wish posse photos were like that in RDO but they seem to continuously bug out when I try switching to a different background.
Perfect for a thumbnail
@@Gingersnap_Adventures It's a game from Rockstar, of course the online version will have the lowest amount of updates that fix glitches.
@@FunnyRedemption tell that to the gta online folk. They’ve been getting updates every 5 freaking minutes while us RDO fans are exactly what Arthur tells Sadie in chapter 6, “we’re more ghosts than people” as rockstar hasn’t given us anything that we wanted like properties.
@@Gingersnap_Adventures "updates that fix glitches". There are still multiple glitches in that game.
I think pride is an essential part of Bill’s personality, due to which he won’t allow himself to give up his beliefs out of pride. But this whole instinct of survival thing fits Micah and Dutch rather than Bill.
It's almost like retroactively viewing an older piece of media through the lens of a newer one can lead to nothing but ambiguity and disagreement.
It's almost like this video is clickbait.
@@uirusuxStop overthinking it pal. Haha clickbait 😂
@@Spidey-2002come out of the closet
The only person that got through to Bill was Uncle, since Bill is so insecure about how people think he's stupid, Uncle tells him "you're not stupid, you just don't like thinking. How I'm not lazy, I just don't like workin" and Bill is actually happy
I mean, he was the last person to line up with Dutch and Micah - if that's not choosing survival over pride, I don't know what is. Arthur and John were outnumbered - Susan was already dead, and Javier had already picked his side. Bill chose what he thought would be his best chance at survival.
John being a leader literally like in the rdr2 epilogue part 1 mission Jim Milton rides again
First time I played that mission it immediately brought back memories of this one
0:09 John is so cold bro the 1899 gang would shit themselves if they seen how much he’s matured
I love Red Dead 1 character models so much it’ll always be how I see them when it’s a character from both games these wild thornberry ass faces ☠️
I really don't care for John's model in the RDR2 epilogue, they made him way too gangly and skinny
@@jacquesdeburgo2878really? The consensus is that he looks too big, muscular and Arthur-like
@@DenKulesteSomFins he looks like Woody from Toy Story
@@jacquesdeburgo2878That's because you don't feed him, if you keep John at average or perfect weight level then John looks great but if you let him get underweight he looks horrific
Nah fr tho everyone in rdr2 looks majestic its crazy 😭
I like how Jonh is kind of Dumb in RDR2 and everyone treats him like hes an weak fool ... but in RDR1 hes badass ... its like the gang was holding him back.
Or it shows how he was young and grew up and got more mature
@@brandonbaum7774 yes. But i think that from rd2 to rd1 we dont have a large space of time. I dont remember.
It's just Rockstar way of doin things, u know - like shitting and dumping on the previous Protagenist to establish the new one, apparently it works pretty well for them @@aoeternolar2125
No he is, was and will always be stupid. Lol He just got better at gunfighting and strategizing as he learned from the best and the worst of the gang.
@@jimmynovak7913 only stupid thing he did in RDR is try to face Bill alone, hoping he could talk sense into his old friend.
his dancing is funny 0:33
I wish this game got a remaster but look like rdr2
all im asking for is a PC port man
@@nurgle-j5nIt’s a shame you guys never got a PC port lol
@@cond.oriano3264Until now haha
@@cond.oriano3264until now
@@cond.oriano3264 ITS NOW COMIN ON THE 29TH AFTER 14 LONG YEARS
Man the dialogue in both games is just superb, there’s no dull conversation or just meaningless talk, it all flows well and makes sense
I really wish you actually killed Bill during this mission, feels like such a waste for him to escape but then do literally nothing until you kill him later anyway. Javiar should have been allowed to be an active antagonist even without the context of 2.
I also like the part when John finally gets Dutch and you hear Dutch say he “has a plan this time” and John’s response is “you always did have a plan”
Always loved this mission seeing all the side characters come together was so badass
I recently played this exact mission a few weeks ago. Im glad people are still discovering things in older games like red dead 1. It goes to show how closely rockstar pays attention to its characters, and keeps them mostly consistent throughout
Also Javier's death is so sad because he actually likes Arthur and John but he didn't dare to betray Dutch
Javier hit John with a box
He carried John to safety, away from the wolves. That why when John chose to kill him and threw his corpse into a cell, he briefly mourned him but proceed to spit on him due to how annoying it was to capture him.
Javier as a character makes little to no sense when going from RDR2 to RDR1. In RDR1 he's spoken about as a terrible guy but when we see him in RDR2 he's nothing but nice to everyone. John even says in RDR1 "Abigail would've killed you already. She always thought you were a creep" which makes no sense considering Micah was the creep, not Javier.
@@fakeninja4447 Javier hit Abigail with a box
It's really amazing how this scene plays like as if RDR 2 was released and we already know what happened. That is great writing there, Dan Houser is one talented writer.
Almost all of Bill’s dialogue in RDR1 is him talking about the past. He keeps saying “You always were…” and things like that every time you see him.
The way they expanded on that in the prequel is by having him more or less worship Dutch, saying he felt lost and useless without him, like he can accomplish anything when beside him. The gang meant everything to Bill, even 12 years later he can’t help but compare things to the way they were back then.
That's true, although he still has some resentment towards Dutch in RDR1 since he says "Now I'M in charge. No more Dutch and no more you", whereas Javier is STILL loyal to Dutch in RDR1 when he lies to John about where Dutch is. He says "And Dutch, Dutch is in Colombia, I can take you straight to him" when we later find out that Dutch is actually up in Blackwater.
I love the marshal and his deputy nonverbally telling Irish to fuck off in the background.
"His pride"
kek
Actually his instinct for survival caused him to run and flee to Mexico, so that's what won out. Even in the mission where he's caught he's trying to flee with the corrupt Mexican Colonel
Im playing rdr 1 for the first time and Im so disappointed Rocjstar wont give it the proper remaster it deserves in studio and looking like Rdr 2
Literally doesn’t need one
Would be a complete waste of time, energy and money. Pointless.
that would be a remake. This is a remaster.
You have absolutely no idea what a monumental task it'd be to adapt anything to look like RDR2.
Have you ever wondered why no game out there (even stunning looking games like Ghost of Tsushima) looks even remotely as good as RDR2?
It's because it took close to 2,000 people working over 8 years and spending more than 200 million Dollars on the game.
And here you are, you entitled, ignorant crybaby, "disappointed".
Rob Whietoff is phenomenal.
Oh man, watching this I had this idea of like a "remixed" super game where you play RDR1 and everytime a gang character is introduced, you play a chapter of RDR2.
Ironicly, Leigh Johnson is Armadillo sherriff since 1897 but he didn't appear in RDR 2 takes place 1899 and 1907. He only briefly mentioned by another Armadillo town Sherriff
Part of me genuinely hopes when Rockstar has the time they completely remake RDR 1, honestly all it needs is the RDR 2 coat of paint with maybe a few additions and tweaks but they keep pretty much most of it the same.
not just graphics , but the character and stories are 10/10
Plenty of moments in RDR2 that prove Bill is a fool.
that Dickens joke about giving each other medals aged well
I had John Marston in the Deadly Assassin clothes for this mission on my system.
Everything involving Bill in RDR2 ended up going to shit. It's amazing he even survived to see 1900.
Its called good writing specially since 2 is actually prequel
Rockstars Lip Syncing has always been on point..
How does a video game have better writing than marvel movies
John trying his hardest to start a bush fire at the beginning
His backup plan was burning it all down lol
And to think that Bill turned out to be the hardest to catch.
Javier is only mentioned after Bill went to Mexico and he was the first one to be caught.
God, how good would this be on current gen graphics. Still holds up as a great game in itself though.
McDermott Plains
It doesn't make anything make anymore sense because rdr2 was very clearly written after rdr1 and it's embarrassing noticeable. Worst retcon of all was changing John's old gang from violent criminals to borderline hippie commune full of "OCs do not steal"
Did you play rdr1 or rdr2?
@Burrito2066 bought both games on release and played them multiple times. I'm an og fan and rdr2 absolutely destroys the lore of rdr1. As much as I love Arthur; him, Sadie, Charles, Micah, Hosea are all absolutely not canon to rdr1 and it's embarrassing obvious with how bad the writing is with rdr2
Man this a sad game so iconic
Man john with thow marshels all most look like the old gang
Why is John's hair photoshopped in the thumbnail???
Rdr2 John moment
So you'd click on it to see why
Bait
He is proud fool,
Lo q mas me gusta hacer en la mision es empezarla cuando esta amaneciendo me gusta pensar q jhon esperaba a q amaneciera para q asi lo agarraran desprevenidos a ellos en la mañana y asi acabar con todos y con bill simplemente cine🧐
Who is that guy between the marshal, and Irish? Can't remember him at all!
Sean MacGuire
one of the Marshal's deputies, can't remember his name
What is Joel Miller doing on thats scene?
They Need To Remaster This Game For PS5
is that hosea's voice actor?
Yep
No it's not @@borpus9716
@@BeatleHarrison yeah I didn’t bother finding who it actually is in red dead 1 but you’re right
Guys sooo is it really necessary to finish RDR2 at 100% to play rdr1?
No you will still understand what’s going on. This is the first red dead after all. Well the first one rockstar made
I hope you're joking. Except for the rat kids, everybody played RDR1 back in the 2010's without even considering a prequel would come out years later
Interesting thumbnail
No it doesn’t stop the cap
William and his pride 🏳️🌈
I don't get it 😕
RD1 is like religion, people look back desperate for proof and justification after the good story of RD2