This first playthrough just finished minus second epilogue it was Morgan (After Arthur Morgan).They we're in it together. Had them since the start of the game even tough i had others I tried here and there. It was always hi. I named him when I felt death getting closer. I didnt wanna leave him behind with nothing of recognition. I thought he lives. To me he was there to be there for arthurs potential final ride. He's waiting deeper across the vally for Arthur though. Maybe as a form if his own. Blew me away to see him hurt to never ride again, but I try to comfort myself thinking hes at peace ike my lay through with Arthur moved on in the after life.
10:45 For the first time in the entire game, Dutch is speechless. Stammering and stuttering trying to defend his actions, but he can't. He betrayed his own ideals, his family. Everything he stood for and loved was made into a lie. Arthur did give Dutch all he had, right up to the end and Dutch turned his back on him, his most trusted son. I think this, more than anything is what breaks Dutch and makes him into what he is in Red Dead 1. You see flashes of RDR1 Dutch throughout the game, but this is where he gives up. He realizes the monster he is. Seeing his first recruit, his son and the person who has had his back, was his right hand for 20+ years broken and beaten, dying in front of him, at the hands of Micah, the person he suddenly put all his faith in. After everything, Arthur still tries to warn Dutch not to trust Micah, still tries to look out for Dutch, even after Dutch let this happen. I think its here where Dutch gives up on having any sort of code or honor and realizes what a mistake trusting Micah over Arthur was. It takes 8 years for Dutch to work with Micah again and when it comes down to it, he clearly doesn't trust Micah one bit because he lets John avenge Arthur in the end. This scene is the last time Dutch is a somehat decent human being and where the last ounce of Dutch's belief in himself and his ideals is snuffed out. Everything is meaningless to him from this moment forward. He's a fraud and a murderer, but worst of all, he's a survivor too.
Your wrong, Arthur is not WAS a survivor haven't been for that fucking TB Arthur would have killed Micah and killed all the Pinkerton agents. The old man is one tough son of a bitch
I’d like to add, that when Dutch said to John, “same as you, I suppose” he means something entirely different. He never had any intention of working with Micah, he planned to kill him, just like John.
The reason everyone hates Micah is because he is written that way. Rockstar almost perfectly crafted a despicable person to make for a wonderful antagonist
What exactly are his motivations? Self-preservation doesn't really account for his actions like trying to broker peace with the O'driscolls or killing pinkertons while working for them.
Not only has Morgan contracted TB severely weakening him, has jumped on and off a train twice, getting into a fight with Milton, falling off his horse, climbing a mountain side, and still proceeds to hand a perfectly healthy Micah his ass,
Yeah tb is so dangerous if arthur was average strong he couldn't even walk probably but he did a lot of things that the strongest and healthiest can not do now
Arthur saying goodbye to his horse, the flashbacks of everyone saying how much of a good man he was, him laying there dying with the sunrise, the buck...it’s all so beautiful and heartbreaking
Rember how hoseo asked Arthur how he would die. Arther answered then: watch the sun goes dawn facing to the west and thinking about all the good memories he had in his life with the gang.
he mused him into the blood with the head but. Micah. stops to wipe blood like arthur when infected earlier in the game. That is promised infection. So micah, then also had a sealed fate, but was to die by the hands of dutch, or john at the end.
@Shane Crane Arthur just got extremely unlucky or bit with karma. The chances of being infected with TB aren't very high but in that time being infected with it was a death sentence.
@@PerfectlyMid nice I died first time with who knows how low honor it was terrible. Died second time with max honor. So refreshing to do it all the right way. I helped John both times I plan to play it again two more times and not help John to get all four endings
If you want this to be even sadder, just realize that Arthur's sacrifice meant nothing. Yes, John did mean to leave the outlaw life, but by avenging Arthur (directly going against Arthur's wish to "Don't ever look back. Not ever") he allowed the Government to track him down and start the story of RDR1, which ends in his death, in which his son, despite both Arthur's and John's best efforts, becomes an outlaw by avenging his father.
The entire story leading up-to this point is heartbreaking. Most of us predicted Arthur would die, but we didn't predict just how much likeable Arthur would be in the end. The good ending and choosing to go with John has to be the most effective ending out of them all, as it brings Arthur's story to an end in the most emotional and redeeming way possible. The story still sits with me a week after completing it....what a beautiful game. Arthur is like the Farther of the RDR world, and John is the prodigal Son. Jack is the new generation born of a bygone era. It all kind of comes into place to set up Jack and his life. I would love the next game or DLC to focus on him later in life, transitioning into the 'modern' era.
gwynost hell yea I thought something similar myself, like goin back to whoever taught Hosea or following up on jacks story as he is now the leader of his own crew during the pre ww2 era or that and during/after the war showing how life goes on considering changes & how well jack is able to adjust if he is at all. Like wouldn’t it be dope to see jack aiding/teaching crews into the 40-50’s possibly hinting at founding a biker gang like the LOST MC? Like that would add so much depth to the gta/rdrd universe instead of considering them different spectrums entirely. @rockstar or #rockstar to get them to notice my brilliance Lmaoo but fr’z tho especially to consider how Johnny from lost mc just gets stomped tf out by Trevor in the start of gta 5 like NOPE this ain’t the age of trusting folks no more 😂😂😂😂
So True! I just finished last night, this is the ending I got. Good God what a sad story this was!! Amazing writing and voice acting!!!!! They killed my Fracking horse!!! That was actually very upsetting! It felt like I was playing a movie not a video game! Although I wish I could of killed Dutch and Micah!!!! Starting epilogue 1 now.
If I could have chosen to follow John to the end I would have. The whole time you are stuck on that cliff it sucks. I wish Arthur could make it and work the farm with John...
Glad my inherent "can't be a dick in reality or virtual reality" nature gave me such a beautiful ending to probably the most likable, well written, complex yet relatable character I've ever experienced in a video game or any other media. Also at the epilogue, if you dont shoot Micah 6 times in the face, you need to redo it...again...and again...and again.
Every breath he takes is a cliffhanger, he pretty much has to force his already weak body to keep going Medical science won't develop a vaccine for Tuberculosis for another 40 years or more, so the fact that Arthur is kicking Dutch's crew's asses while fighting for every breath is nothing short of badass
I genuinely miss Arthur in epilogue.. so much that I often go see the grave or his name on the donation list in saint denis. Doesn’t feel right in epilogue after Arthur is gone......
The facial animation is so good that you can see the moment Dutch realizes that his paranoia and misplaced trust in Micah has cost him the closest thing he had to a son. But it's far too late to take it back, and he knows it. And it breaks him.
Fun fact: The person who voices and moves for Dutch actually cried after walking away from Micah because of how much impact it was, the same feeling many others felt as well
@@jamesm8132 Goddamn right, through the story Micah tried and failed in trying to manipulate his way into Arthur's good books like he had with Dutch, only for Arthur to read him like an open book and rebuke him. The moment he sniffs the slightest weakness in Arthur when he contracts TB he is all over it, shamelessly mocking his deteriorating health and doing everything possible to make life worse for him despite the time Arthur spared his miserable life. All probably because Micah knew Arthur was a better man and envied him for it and his place as a well liked member of the gang.
No Redemption for Dutch. He betrayed everyone who loved him for nothing. He did everything for himself, not once seeing the error of his ways. He was worse than Colm. Worse than Micah
@@george-o2514 personally I think Ross takes the cake on that one. He kidnapped Abigail and Jack then blackmailed John then betrayed him and killed him at the end. That’s a special kind of evil right there
At first I thought Arthur was going to send Micah over the edge of the cliff during the first fight, followed with Arthur dying. Then I thought Dutch was going to put a bullet in Micah, leaving Arthur to die. Neither happened but I loved that. It kept my guessing. I like this ending. I’m glad I got this one. Great character.
I like to believe that this ending for Arthur is the canonical ending, it's suits him best as a man who tried to redeem himself for all the crimes and mistakes he had made in life and saving john from making those same mistakes was his final "Redemption"
@Yoda Best Gamer yeah i've been thinking, on high honour john jack and abigail would think of him as the whole world and the land they walk is thanks to arthur himself, but if arthur is shot by micah, much like a wolf would do, they're just feeding off his corpse
Fun fact:In dialogue between lenny,hosea and tilly I think,in chapter 2,arthur tells them that he wants to die looking at a sunrise. Some pretty heavy foreshadowing right there.
I’m pretty sure he talks about when he dies he looks at the sun down so he can remember the times they had, but with him dying at sunrise shows that he’s changed and looks to the future rather than his past.
This might sound sappy but never in my life have I been so emotionally affected by a game. RDR2's ending still makes me so full of emotion, it was like losing someone I knew. Arthur seemed like more than just a playable character, he was even more that just a character you controlled. This game is truly a god damn masterpiece if it can have me in tears just by listening to the songs in the OST. This game was fucking phenominal.
I get it, Micah had to live so that they could have some degree of emotion and interest in that long ass Epilogue... But in this particular ending, with High Honor and helping John, i would have loved Arthur beeing the one to kill Micah. Maybe having Milton surviving until the end... I know i know... But it would be satisfying as hell
This was super hard to play. Really it was. I know Arthur is dying. I know Micah can die (but I'm not sure how he dies just yet, I just got to the first part of the epilogue). But with Arthur at the highest honor, you really get to see Rockstar unpack one of the very greatest characters they've ever crafted, right up there with Marston himself. You get to see him die from exhaustion and disease in the sunrise after he got done helping his brother John escape... its not often videogames tell stories like this so well.
I remember when I got this ending (first playthrough) I was hopeful that Arthur was still alive. Then I broke down when Charles said he buried him as well as Miss Grimshaw 😭 Rest in Peace
Micah was such a great villain, hateable in the right way. I didn't think anybody could surpass Edgar Ross as the most despicable villain in RDR but they nailed it with Micah.
dan houser is such an incredible writer. we thought no protagonist would be better than john after rdr1, but they nailed it with arthur as well to the point where i was sad i had to play as john at the end of rdr2
First thing i said when i started the game "i dont want to play this brat i want to play as John". After finishing the game be like "bring back Arthur!!😭😭"
I remember at the beginning of this game, I thought to myself who tf is this Arthur dude?? I wanna play as John! But as the story progressed I started bonding with Arthur and actually started liking him a lot. Almost to the point where I forgot John even existed. When he was diagnosed with tb, my heart dropped and I knew my Arthur would not survive. I spent so much time doing things I never really did in rd2 such as playing five finger fillet, and helping out people. Eventually when the time came for Arthur to die, I was mentally prepared to lose someone that I had grown attached to. Someone I despised at the start of the game and someone that I loved at the end of the game. Rockstar smashed it with the character development in this game.
Out of John and everyone in the game and universe, Arthur is the most human. He still pleads with Dutch (who has even been left speechless and is rethinking the decision to join Micah [I don't count the epilogue ending in this fact]), comforts his horse (whether or not if you literally got him 5 minutes ago or had him since the start) while he/she dies, joins and protects John until he can't go no further, and even fights through TB against Micah...and, in my opinion, Micah got his ass kicked by a guy with late-stage TB. He even gives John his hat. The very hat that he got from his father, passed down from father to son. Now to John, a brother. Any character I've had the pleasure of knowing or playing as cannot live up to how human Arthur is and the fact that we do not deserve a character like him, but didn't know we needed so much.
@@loganjulig6227 No. Not Strauss. Strauss sent him to collect the debts, and therefore sealed his fate to TB. Strauss gets to burn with Micah. Edit: I guess he might not have thought about the consequences of his actions. He shouldn't live free but he doesn't really deserve to burn.
I had a white Arabian named Roman Thunder I found while exploring the northern snow capped mountains and my horse had died I roped the Arabian and broke her. It was sad
Yeah I just finished my first playthrough with this ending and Buell. The fact that you watch him die, after a friend gave you him when he died made it so much more depressing.
Dutch didn't join Micah. On the mountain in the epilogue John says "Why are you here Dutch!" and Dutch says "Same as you I suppose." clarifying he had full intentions on killing Micah for 12 years after he saw what he did to Arthur.
Aww I just played this last mission and came here to se what people thought, I was in tears when my horse died and he says "thank you" in her ear. I have had a white Arabian I Called Luna for months, i got her nearly at the start of the game and has been my trusty steed since! So sad. I looked after Buell and had him stabled. We all knew Arthur was gonna die, but its a shame he didnt run away with Mary months before or didn't get revenge on Dutch or Micah, but he got peace instead :') Very well done to Rockstar for this, the whole game was great, storyline obviously and there was so much to do (hunting, bones, carvings etc) scenery and map was brill, there were loads of great other characters you meet along the way (for some reason, the trapper was one of my faves haha!) Looking forward to Rockstars next game, please make it as good as this!!!
@@TheChosennn i replied to the guy saying rockstar should have made the ending be arthur killing micah, when the whole point is that john kills micah and that leads into rdr1 with dutch and the other antagonists
I had this ending but with Micah shooting Arthur in the end. I didn't know that the wolf appearing between chapters was because i had bad honor, but i was acting like an outlaw so yeah now i understand. So I came here to see the real good ending, and after seeing this deer and the way Arthur dies peacefully I regret all my playthrough and I just bursted in tears. This game… is so Moving emotionnaly. I can't Believe i litteraly just exploded in tears while watching the ending of a video game… Thank you Rockstar.
When Arthur said to Dutch "I gave you all I had" it's like a blindfold has been lifted from Dutch's eyes and he's seen what he's done and it drove him mad with guilt
Is it me or is that buck smiling like saying “You can go now Arthur you did good” Who ever disliked I hope skinner brothers hunt you down and do their work.
This is simply beautiful ! The song to the rising sun after the whole Story. Damn, i burst out in tears every time ! May Arthur Morgan stand unshaken !!!
of all the movies ive seen, all the books ive read, all the games ive played, the only piece of media thats ever made me cry is the ending to this game
I like that it's when Dutch realizes the last person he really has is Micah, that's when he breaks really. it's a realization that he lost himself and his ideals and was now as Micah is, irredeemable and immoral.
Get outta the damn way! Lol I loved Arthur. This is the most I cried from a video game. When he was talking to the nun, I started to tear up. When he was reading that note near the end, I teared up. When he was riding the horse with the music playing in the background, I started to cry a bit. What a damn good game.
I had never been so affected at a video game before I remember playing through this type first time and on the way back to camp I almost cried cause I knew his death was coming
Too me most emotional part of this was that last conversation between John and Arthur When Arthur say: I think I pushed enough When he put his Hat on John And when John say: you are my brother And Arthur answer: I know My God This game is such a masterpiece
You would probably get this a lot but from the start of the game and the moment we met Micah, I immediately hated his friggin face and knew he was going to turn his back on the gang. Most people also knew this, not just me.
Not many games have such evil villains that even make you the player hate them. Few games have memorable brilliant villains (handsome jack for example) but a villain that is hated by all that's a first
❤❤That music in background when the sunrises hits me hard that made me to remember all my memories with arthur i never got connected this much to a video game character before the best decision i made it was to buy this game masterpiece best another feather in rockstar's cap ❤❤❤❤
Arthur: Tell you what Mr. Sinclair, you keep your nice shiny brass compass, get your hide back into the future and bring me some of them future meds for TB. You know, for safekeepin'. To be continued....
Idk why but at 5:56, when Arthur escapes his dead eye and you hear some guy yelling and see the Pinkerton running up the mountain it just looks so god damn good. Idk how to explain it it’s just so fucking good, especially when the music kicks in it’s just perfect to me.
I just realized something. If you get this ending, you die in the same way that Thomas Downes, the guy who gave you TB, does. A severe beating/advanced TB
The first time I finished this game, I chose to help John and immediately got an achievement. "Reach maximum or minimum honor." Which I thought was cool, confirmed to me that I was doing the right thing
I just love that scene of Dutch looking between Arthur and Micah, so many thoughts swimming in his head The realization that he did pick the wrong side, the internal debating whether to shoot Micah for what he did but not doing so because he wouldn't admit he was wrong (or maybe he realized that all of this isn't solely Micah's fault) and the final shot of him just walking away since that really all he can do, just walk away from the family he ruined
Honestly, having Micah kill Arthur is the worst possible punishment devs can give “evil” players. The fact that one of the most detestable characters to ever star in a video game gets his hollow victory over Arthur is so infuriating, it seems more harsh of a punishment than any genocide scene or ally’s death.
Roger Clark's delivery of the dialogue "Im going to get you out this bull**** if its the last goddamn thing I do" is so masterful and fun fact, the song that plays during this ending is called Red Dead Redemption. Rather fitting, no?
if he did that, he wouldn't have died peacefully he would have succumbed to the two stab wounds he receives by Micah, even with Honor ending of it, Micah still gets two shots in, both cheap as hell.
![RDR2 PC - Arthur's Final Mission (Saving John- High Honor) Ch.6 [4K NO HUD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QwEk0-fXHxM/mqdefault.jpg)
Because I liked Hosea so much, I named my horse “Horsea.” It felt like I lost him twice
Me too 😢
Me too😭
This first playthrough just finished minus second epilogue it was Morgan (After Arthur Morgan).They we're in it together. Had them since the start of the game even tough i had others I tried here and there. It was always hi. I named him when I felt death getting closer. I didnt wanna leave him behind with nothing of recognition. I thought he lives. To me he was there to be there for arthurs potential final ride. He's waiting deeper across the vally for Arthur though. Maybe as a form if his own. Blew me away to see him hurt to never ride again, but I try to comfort myself thinking hes at peace ike my lay through with Arthur moved on in the after life.
Horsea, like the Pokemon 😂
That's super sad (i named my horse aurthur.he was the best)
10:45 For the first time in the entire game, Dutch is speechless. Stammering and stuttering trying to defend his actions, but he can't. He betrayed his own ideals, his family. Everything he stood for and loved was made into a lie. Arthur did give Dutch all he had, right up to the end and Dutch turned his back on him, his most trusted son. I think this, more than anything is what breaks Dutch and makes him into what he is in Red Dead 1. You see flashes of RDR1 Dutch throughout the game, but this is where he gives up. He realizes the monster he is. Seeing his first recruit, his son and the person who has had his back, was his right hand for 20+ years broken and beaten, dying in front of him, at the hands of Micah, the person he suddenly put all his faith in. After everything, Arthur still tries to warn Dutch not to trust Micah, still tries to look out for Dutch, even after Dutch let this happen. I think its here where Dutch gives up on having any sort of code or honor and realizes what a mistake trusting Micah over Arthur was. It takes 8 years for Dutch to work with Micah again and when it comes down to it, he clearly doesn't trust Micah one bit because he lets John avenge Arthur in the end. This scene is the last time Dutch is a somehat decent human being and where the last ounce of Dutch's belief in himself and his ideals is snuffed out. Everything is meaningless to him from this moment forward. He's a fraud and a murderer, but worst of all, he's a survivor too.
Your wrong, Arthur is not WAS a survivor haven't been for that fucking TB Arthur would have killed Micah and killed all the Pinkerton agents. The old man is one tough son of a bitch
Well Said
I couldn't have said it any better
I’d like to add, that when Dutch said to John, “same as you, I suppose” he means something entirely different. He never had any intention of working with Micah, he planned to kill him, just like John.
Who read the whole thing?
The reason everyone hates Micah is because he is written that way. Rockstar almost perfectly crafted a despicable person to make for a wonderful antagonist
that's true, I hated micah from the very beginning when he kept saying racial slurs to lenny and charles
He is a rat nagga fuck is you talking bout
He snitch
peter blomquist did one hell of a job besides roger
What exactly are his motivations? Self-preservation doesn't really account for his actions like trying to broker peace with the O'driscolls or killing pinkertons while working for them.
Not only has Morgan contracted TB severely weakening him, has jumped on and off a train twice, getting into a fight with Milton, falling off his horse, climbing a mountain side, and still proceeds to hand a perfectly healthy Micah his ass,
Simply a Koala also been shot and would’ve killed Micah if Dutch weren’t there
dayum son It’s the snow that’s why every all of his hair looks white
Arthur is a fecking legend!
Heroes are better than survivors in every aspect
Yeah tb is so dangerous if arthur was average strong he couldn't even walk probably but he did a lot of things that the strongest and healthiest can not do now
Arthur saying goodbye to his horse, the flashbacks of everyone saying how much of a good man he was, him laying there dying with the sunrise, the buck...it’s all so beautiful and heartbreaking
SuperWolf2279 at least he gets to see his last sunrise
Bilbo Bobbysons ;’)
I knew that arthur would die and the horse would die so I set my main horse go in the wild and picked another horse
Rember how hoseo asked Arthur how he would die. Arther answered then: watch the sun goes dawn facing to the west and thinking about all the good memories he had in his life with the gang.
Ultra Gaming BFF Nice, I had a white Arabian so I just got another one in the epilogue, lol
Arthur should've coughed in Micah's face
i was thinking the same thing
Or took a fat steaming load
he mused him into the blood with the head but. Micah. stops to wipe blood like arthur when infected earlier in the game. That is promised infection. So micah, then also had a sealed fate, but was to die by the hands of dutch, or john at the end.
AugustRed TeamRed Micah obviously didn’t get infected, since he was still alive 8 years later
@Shane Crane Arthur just got extremely unlucky or bit with karma. The chances of being infected with TB aren't very high but in that time being infected with it was a death sentence.
He couldn’t even kill a dying man
Oh Arthur 😭😭😭
Arthur Morgan hello brother wish you came with me to kill that bastard
I loved that line
I miss you man
Yep
This whole game I wanted to be John Marston but now I wish Arthur was still alive
RockStar gave us wanted we wanted...while driving a knife into our guts, twisting the blade all the while smiling and looking us in the eyes.
Playing this game in high honor actually touches my heart
It was a buck
It really does, I'm sad I died dishonorably as Arthur.
@@PerfectlyMid play it again I did it twice
@@jaredfromsubway6755 I actually started a 3rd playthrough a few weeks back, trying to get an honorable ending
@@PerfectlyMid nice I died first time with who knows how low honor it was terrible. Died second time with max honor. So refreshing to do it all the right way. I helped John both times I plan to play it again two more times and not help John to get all four endings
If you want this to be even sadder, just realize that Arthur's sacrifice meant nothing. Yes, John did mean to leave the outlaw life, but by avenging Arthur (directly going against Arthur's wish to "Don't ever look back. Not ever") he allowed the Government to track him down and start the story of RDR1, which ends in his death, in which his son, despite both Arthur's and John's best efforts, becomes an outlaw by avenging his father.
Brain Adams I guess jack was the one who really made it 🤷🏾♂️
@@shortsbyj3763 lol
@@rampage7816 you can still find Pearson, Tilly and Mary Beth after the epiloge. Only Karen is never heard from agains
you can run away in rdr1 but you'll never get to finish the mission
Jack turns into everything his father feared what he could become.
The entire story leading up-to this point is heartbreaking. Most of us predicted Arthur would die, but we didn't predict just how much likeable Arthur would be in the end. The good ending and choosing to go with John has to be the most effective ending out of them all, as it brings Arthur's story to an end in the most emotional and redeeming way possible. The story still sits with me a week after completing it....what a beautiful game.
Arthur is like the Farther of the RDR world, and John is the prodigal Son. Jack is the new generation born of a bygone era. It all kind of comes into place to set up Jack and his life. I would love the next game or DLC to focus on him later in life, transitioning into the 'modern' era.
gwynost hell yea I thought something similar myself, like goin back to whoever taught Hosea or following up on jacks story as he is now the leader of his own crew during the pre ww2 era or that and during/after the war showing how life goes on considering changes & how well jack is able to adjust if he is at all. Like wouldn’t it be dope to see jack aiding/teaching crews into the 40-50’s possibly hinting at founding a biker gang like the LOST MC? Like that would add so much depth to the gta/rdrd universe instead of considering them different spectrums entirely. @rockstar or #rockstar to get them to notice my brilliance Lmaoo but fr’z tho especially to consider how Johnny from lost mc just gets stomped tf out by Trevor in the start of gta 5 like NOPE this ain’t the age of trusting folks no more 😂😂😂😂
So True! I just finished last night, this is the ending I got. Good God what a sad story this was!! Amazing writing and voice acting!!!!! They killed my Fracking horse!!! That was actually very upsetting! It felt like I was playing a movie not a video game! Although I wish I could of killed Dutch and Micah!!!! Starting epilogue 1 now.
Rdr advanced warfare?
If I could have chosen to follow John to the end I would have. The whole time you are stuck on that cliff it sucks. I wish Arthur could make it and work the farm with John...
perhaps Mr. kilgore’s father, maybe his story can be pretty good, even if he was a drunk
Glad my inherent "can't be a dick in reality or virtual reality" nature gave me such a beautiful ending to probably the most likable, well written, complex yet relatable character I've ever experienced in a video game or any other media.
Also at the epilogue, if you dont shoot Micah 6 times in the face, you need to redo it...again...and again...and again.
The only true way to do it is shoot him in the balls 6 times
@@bigdongkong1854 I was thinking of shooting him in the nuts as well, but I've always had trouble hitting small targets.
@@JasonL77 oof
Two in the knees, two in the hands, one in the nuts, then one in the heart.
Man fuck the bullet holes, I set the bastard on fire
“thank you” at that moment I knew he was gonna die and tears were just falling like raindrops
"You can't even kill a dying man"
Antagonize
@Asian Caillou That's our boah Arthur.
Every breath he takes is a cliffhanger, he pretty much has to force his already weak body to keep going
Medical science won't develop a vaccine for Tuberculosis for another 40 years or more, so the fact that Arthur is kicking Dutch's crew's asses while fighting for every breath is nothing short of badass
Until you do the low honor ending
This feels like actually losing a friend...
And a family member
I genuinely miss Arthur in epilogue.. so much that I often go see the grave or his name on the donation list in saint denis. Doesn’t feel right in epilogue after Arthur is gone......
The facial animation is so good that you can see the moment Dutch realizes that his paranoia and misplaced trust in Micah has cost him the closest thing he had to a son. But it's far too late to take it back, and he knows it. And it breaks him.
Fun fact: The person who voices and moves for Dutch actually cried after walking away from Micah because of how much impact it was, the same feeling many others felt as well
@@loganjulig6227 dang thanks for sharing that I didn’t know that! Appreciate it
I appreciate this video so much because you didn't disable the music and there's no obnoxious watermark.
Micah Bell... his only 'victory' against Arthur... and it was when his body was so destroyed it killed him to continue breathing.
Boomburst - Micah is a coward. He would have never picked a fight with Arthur at his prime.
@@jamesm8132 Goddamn right, through the story Micah tried and failed in trying to manipulate his way into Arthur's good books like he had with Dutch, only for Arthur to read him like an open book and rebuke him. The moment he sniffs the slightest weakness in Arthur when he contracts TB he is all over it, shamelessly mocking his deteriorating health and doing everything possible to make life worse for him despite the time Arthur spared his miserable life. All probably because Micah knew Arthur was a better man and envied him for it and his place as a well liked member of the gang.
No Redemption for Dutch. He betrayed everyone who loved him for nothing. He did everything for himself, not once seeing the error of his ways. He was worse than Colm. Worse than Micah
Okay maybe not Micah, micah was literally the worst person ever
@@george-o2514 Yeah. Who is worse, the fool or the fool that follows (if I even said that line correctly)?
@@george-o2514 personally I think Ross takes the cake on that one. He kidnapped Abigail and Jack then blackmailed John then betrayed him and killed him at the end. That’s a special kind of evil right there
Nah colm was worse he was never a good person to begin with and not only did his gang and him kill and rob they also raped
At first I thought Arthur was going to send Micah over the edge of the cliff during the first fight, followed with Arthur dying. Then I thought Dutch was going to put a bullet in Micah, leaving Arthur to die. Neither happened but I loved that. It kept my guessing. I like this ending. I’m glad I got this one. Great character.
Dutch did put a bullet in Micah
i so badly wanted Dutch to shoot micah there as a small act of redemption on his part
.........
I'm still not sparing Micah.
When I remembered when Arthur called him a piece of shit
this is the best ending and it's the CANON one...amazing
I like to believe that this ending for Arthur is the canonical ending, it's suits him best as a man who tried to redeem himself for all the crimes and mistakes he had made in life and saving john from making those same mistakes was his final "Redemption"
I feel like I just lost my best friend :(
2 best friends the horse and Arthur
And Sean, Lenny, etc
12:40 the background looks like him
Where
Red and Blue the trees on the mountains and stuff
@Yoda Best Gamer yeah i've been thinking, on high honour john jack and abigail would think of him as the whole world and the land they walk is thanks to arthur himself, but if arthur is shot by micah, much like a wolf would do, they're just feeding off his corpse
I dont see it
@@matthewrodino If you look closely at the sky on the right, you can make out what appears to be a face, and it kind of actually resembles Arthur.
At 10:49 you can see dutch takes his foot off the weapon as a sign of arthur to grab the gun and take the shot...
FUCK AHHHHHHHHHH
His TB has taken his energy and plays a key factor in his aim besides Dutch can quickdraw quickly
Would've saved John's life
@@Tempenwerfer I think he meant giving arthur the sign to shoot micah
Who else thought this legend was still alive?
Since Poor Arthur died His Legacy will Never die
Arthur struggling to breathe has to be the most heart wrenching part of this game
The way Arthur crawling for the gun... and his line to Dutch it just kills me every time.... And his last breath with that music. My god....
When I played this an he said thank you to the horse I felt goosebumps
Fun fact:In dialogue between lenny,hosea and tilly I think,in chapter 2,arthur tells them that he wants to die looking at a sunrise. Some pretty heavy foreshadowing right there.
I’m pretty sure he talks about when he dies he looks at the sun down so he can remember the times they had, but with him dying at sunrise shows that he’s changed and looks to the future rather than his past.
This might sound sappy but never in my life have I been so emotionally affected by a game. RDR2's ending still makes me so full of emotion, it was like losing someone I knew. Arthur seemed like more than just a playable character, he was even more that just a character you controlled. This game is truly a god damn masterpiece if it can have me in tears just by listening to the songs in the OST. This game was fucking phenominal.
I get it, Micah had to live so that they could have some degree of emotion and interest in that long ass Epilogue... But in this particular ending, with High Honor and helping John, i would have loved Arthur beeing the one to kill Micah. Maybe having Milton surviving until the end... I know i know... But it would be satisfying as hell
The Epilogue is short asf i did it in 4 hours
Beating micah to death would be satisfying as hell. I'm with you.
I NEVER cried that mucg in a videogame
This was super hard to play. Really it was. I know Arthur is dying. I know Micah can die (but I'm not sure how he dies just yet, I just got to the first part of the epilogue). But with Arthur at the highest honor, you really get to see Rockstar unpack one of the very greatest characters they've ever crafted, right up there with Marston himself. You get to see him die from exhaustion and disease in the sunrise after he got done helping his brother John escape... its not often videogames tell stories like this so well.
so did you find out how Micah dies?
I remember when I got this ending (first playthrough) I was hopeful that Arthur was still alive. Then I broke down when Charles said he buried him as well as Miss Grimshaw 😭
Rest in Peace
Micah was such a great villain, hateable in the right way. I didn't think anybody could surpass Edgar Ross as the most despicable villain in RDR but they nailed it with Micah.
dan houser is such an incredible writer. we thought no protagonist would be better than john after rdr1, but they nailed it with arthur as well to the point where i was sad i had to play as john at the end of rdr2
First thing i said when i started the game "i dont want to play this brat i want to play as John". After finishing the game be like "bring back Arthur!!😭😭"
The last choice I made as Arthur was to help John and that boosted my honor high enough to get this ending
I remember at the beginning of this game, I thought to myself who tf is this Arthur dude?? I wanna play as John! But as the story progressed I started bonding with Arthur and actually started liking him a lot. Almost to the point where I forgot John even existed. When he was diagnosed with tb, my heart dropped and I knew my Arthur would not survive. I spent so much time doing things I never really did in rd2 such as playing five finger fillet, and helping out people. Eventually when the time came for Arthur to die, I was mentally prepared to lose someone that I had grown attached to. Someone I despised at the start of the game and someone that I loved at the end of the game. Rockstar smashed it with the character development in this game.
Out of John and everyone in the game and universe, Arthur is the most human. He still pleads with Dutch (who has even been left speechless and is rethinking the decision to join Micah [I don't count the epilogue ending in this fact]), comforts his horse (whether or not if you literally got him 5 minutes ago or had him since the start) while he/she dies, joins and protects John until he can't go no further, and even fights through TB against Micah...and, in my opinion, Micah got his ass kicked by a guy with late-stage TB. He even gives John his hat. The very hat that he got from his father, passed down from father to son. Now to John, a brother.
Any character I've had the pleasure of knowing or playing as cannot live up to how human Arthur is and the fact that we do not deserve a character like him, but didn't know we needed so much.
RIP Arthur Morgan, live free with Hosea, Lenny, Sean and Kieran
And Molly, Susan, Strauss, Mac, Davey, and Jenny
@@loganjulig6227 No. Not Strauss. Strauss sent him to collect the debts, and therefore sealed his fate to TB. Strauss gets to burn with Micah.
Edit: I guess he might not have thought about the consequences of his actions. He shouldn't live free but he doesn't really deserve to burn.
Don't forget the horse🐎
Buell was my horse that died in this sad scene.
I had a white Arabian named Roman Thunder I found while exploring the northern snow capped mountains and my horse had died I roped the Arabian and broke her. It was sad
Yeah I just finished my first playthrough with this ending and Buell. The fact that you watch him die, after a friend gave you him when he died made it so much more depressing.
Dutch didn't join Micah.
On the mountain in the epilogue John says "Why are you here Dutch!" and Dutch says "Same as you I suppose." clarifying he had full intentions on killing Micah for 12 years after he saw what he did to Arthur.
Aww I just played this last mission and came here to se what people thought, I was in tears when my horse died and he says "thank you" in her ear. I have had a white Arabian I Called Luna for months, i got her nearly at the start of the game and has been my trusty steed since! So sad. I looked after Buell and had him stabled. We all knew Arthur was gonna die, but its a shame he didnt run away with Mary months before or didn't get revenge on Dutch or Micah, but he got peace instead :') Very well done to Rockstar for this, the whole game was great, storyline obviously and there was so much to do (hunting, bones, carvings etc) scenery and map was brill, there were loads of great other characters you meet along the way (for some reason, the trapper was one of my faves haha!) Looking forward to Rockstars next game, please make it as good as this!!!
It really bugged me that Dutch didn’t gun down Micah, he knew Arthur since he was a kid and only knew Micah for a year or so.
Most beautiful ending I’ve ever experienced.
But It have ended with Arthur killing Micah
@@rampagerichard that would ruin the point of the game and the message
@@sam-sb7qphow? did he not redeem himself?
@@TheChosennn i replied to the guy saying rockstar should have made the ending be arthur killing micah, when the whole point is that john kills micah and that leads into rdr1 with dutch and the other antagonists
@@sam-sb7qpah makes sense
I had this ending but with Micah shooting Arthur in the end. I didn't know that the wolf appearing between chapters was because i had bad honor, but i was acting like an outlaw so yeah now i understand. So I came here to see the real good ending, and after seeing this deer and the way Arthur dies peacefully I regret all my playthrough and I just bursted in tears. This game… is so Moving emotionnaly. I can't Believe i litteraly just exploded in tears while watching the ending of a video game… Thank you Rockstar.
An we agree that the ending music is a serious mood setter? Arthur was betrayed in all this being the work horse. I LOVE RED DEAD ‼️‼️‼️
Props to the people who went with John without a second thought
When Arthur said to Dutch "I gave you all I had" it's like a blindfold has been lifted from Dutch's eyes and he's seen what he's done and it drove him mad with guilt
Is it me or is that buck smiling like saying “You can go now Arthur you did good”
Who ever disliked I hope skinner brothers hunt you down and do their work.
Cringe
Flazuh ur mums cringe
@@flazuh8242 what's ur problem
@@peneloperosser4207 it’s cringy lmao
@@flazuh8242 Stupid kid
I'm seeing this ending after 2 months and it still made me feel and cry like the first time
Crazy that Dutch trusted someone whos been riding with him for less than half a year, over someone whos been riding with him for TWENTY YEARS...
Been almost a year since I’ve played this game and this ending still gets me. Arthur has become one of my favorite characters of all time
This is simply beautiful ! The song to the rising sun after the whole Story. Damn, i burst out in tears every time !
May Arthur Morgan stand unshaken !!!
Why life has to be so cruel and beautyful at the same time? Arthur, you’re the MAN!
I got this cried for a straight 30 mins
I cried so much during my playthrough, LIKE TEARS DOWN TO MY NECK TEARS.
Xbox, Playstation, PC, no matter the console. We all come together to mourn a fallen hero. R.I.P. Arthur.
Does PC count as a "console?" I don't care what anyone plays on but I'm pretty sure PC is a computer and I don't think computers classify as console
@@loganjulig6227 you mourn Arthur dammit lol
@@Noaleft4dead No I get it I'm just asking
of all the movies ive seen, all the books ive read, all the games ive played, the only piece of media thats ever made me cry is the ending to this game
I like that it's when Dutch realizes the last person he really has is Micah, that's when he breaks really. it's a realization that he lost himself and his ideals and was now as Micah is, irredeemable and immoral.
Get outta the damn way! Lol I loved Arthur. This is the most I cried from a video game. When he was talking to the nun, I started to tear up. When he was reading that note near the end, I teared up. When he was riding the horse with the music playing in the background, I started to cry a bit. What a damn good game.
Man you must of had such low honor if you saw the nun at the train station
@@sargeghost151 Ya well im glad because that scene was great. Forgot I had posted this comment.
In his last moments, Arthur got to watch the sun rise...one final time.
I had never been so affected at a video game before I remember playing through this type first time and on the way back to camp I almost cried cause I knew his death was coming
I always knew Micah was a disgusting evil person not to be trusted right from the start of the game
Too me most emotional part of this was that last conversation between John and Arthur
When Arthur say: I think I pushed enough
When he put his Hat on John
And when John say: you are my brother
And Arthur answer: I know
My God This game is such a masterpiece
my best outlaw for all of us playing Arthur Morgan has high honor well be last in peace
You would probably get this a lot but from the start of the game and the moment we met Micah, I immediately hated his friggin face and knew he was going to turn his back on the gang. Most people also knew this, not just me.
Not many games have such evil villains that even make you the player hate them. Few games have memorable brilliant villains (handsome jack for example) but a villain that is hated by all that's a first
A masterpiece!! Perfect ending!! I cried like a little baby, best game ever!!
❤❤That music in background when the sunrises hits me hard that made me to remember all my memories with arthur i never got connected this much to a video game character before the best decision i made it was to buy this game masterpiece best another feather in rockstar's cap ❤❤❤❤
"I'm gonna get you out of this bullshit...if it's the last goddamn thing I do!"
-Arthur Morgan
Arthur: Tell you what Mr. Sinclair, you keep your nice shiny brass compass, get your hide back into the future and bring me some of them future meds for TB. You know, for safekeepin'.
To be continued....
Idk why but at 5:56, when Arthur escapes his dead eye and you hear some guy yelling and see the Pinkerton running up the mountain it just looks so god damn good. Idk how to explain it it’s just so fucking good, especially when the music kicks in it’s just perfect to me.
I just realized something. If you get this ending, you die in the same way that Thomas Downes, the guy who gave you TB, does. A severe beating/advanced TB
Even 3 years later this still gives me chills. Rockstar can make masterpieces and then ruin them with online..
The music when he is crawling towards the gun is depressing as shit :(
Dutch Van der linde it was all your fault Dutch!
The first time I finished this game, I chose to help John and immediately got an achievement. "Reach maximum or minimum honor." Which I thought was cool, confirmed to me that I was doing the right thing
Micah: I believe there's Winners and Losers nothing else
Me: You lost
Arthur: that's plenty of winning for me
I just love that scene of Dutch looking between Arthur and Micah, so many thoughts swimming in his head
The realization that he did pick the wrong side, the internal debating whether to shoot Micah for what he did but not doing so because he wouldn't admit he was wrong (or maybe he realized that all of this isn't solely Micah's fault) and the final shot of him just walking away since that really all he can do, just walk away from the family he ruined
Someone keeps cutting onions near me everytime I see this ending
Honestly, having Micah kill Arthur is the worst possible punishment devs can give “evil” players. The fact that one of the most detestable characters to ever star in a video game gets his hollow victory over Arthur is so infuriating, it seems more harsh of a punishment than any genocide scene or ally’s death.
The part where he takes a minute and thanks his horse while having people gunning for him, made me feel some type of way.
"I got what I wanted" that line always gets me for some reason
Roger Clark's delivery of the dialogue "Im going to get you out this bull**** if its the last goddamn thing I do" is so masterful and fun fact, the song that plays during this ending is called Red Dead Redemption. Rather fitting, no?
You live by the sword you die by the sword. The life and ending of every outlaw. At least the famous ones.
Him crawling towards the sunset hurt
This proves how well micah is, he can barely beat someone that is dying
Not a day goes by where I don’t think about you...
Well thank you😢 it hits so hard he had a long bad life I feel so bad for Arthur
now i regret lowering my honor,dmn this looks just so sad and amazing
At the start I wanted to play John again at the end I didn’t want to say goodbye to Arthur
I really wish we got the extra 5 hours of cut content. This game was amazing
Micah is the same person that will mute people in video games and then talk trash about them
Going for the money makes for a much more cinematic final fight imo
if he did that, he wouldn't have died peacefully he would have succumbed to the two stab wounds he receives by Micah, even with Honor ending of it, Micah still gets two shots in, both cheap as hell.
No im good not greeting
Despite my best efforts to the contrary .. I won"
Arthur staying sarcastic till the end...
Best protagonist ever
Arthur’s line of “I’m getting you out of this BS if it’s the like thing I do” is amazing because he says it as soon as the music starts.
This was leaps and bounds the greatest video game I have ever played in my life.