RDR2: Low Honor Arthur Changed My Life!
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- spoilers I just got done with my first playthrough of Red Dead Redemption 2 as Arthur Morgan with Low Honor. I have to say it has changed my way of looking at morality. In this video I explore that, along with details of the strange man and how that correlates to the ending in my eyes.
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and that video is also very good 🙂
I’ve never played a full low honor playthrough in rdr 2. I’d start out bad but when Arthur gets sick I do a full 180 in my honor ever since my first ever playthrough. I absolutely refuse to see Arthur die any other way. A story that has such an impact on my own view on a fictional character and in my own way fight to make sure he turns out good, to honor his wishes- just goes to show how how amazing rockstar is at story telling
A wonderful comment to read. Thanks for posting!
more of the same, low honor to high honor spew because ppl are not willing to gain a new outlook of perspectives when trying to do a full low honor playthrough but can't blame ppl like you in the RDR community because of how Rockstar chose to prioritise their writing of the Honor system in RDR2...
My first play through I was the lowest of honor but when Arthur started coughing his lungs out in Saint Denis something changed in me. At the time I had no knowledge the honor system impacted the ending too
I'm gonna be honest, I'm a very nice guy, but for some reason, the npcs decide to call me jackass, fool and say other offensive things and since I'm loaded with guns, I just blast them 😅. Apart from that and the ocasional npc walking in front of my galloping horse, I always make the high honor choice
Same. I have reached 100% completion 10 times. I can't do it as a bad guy.
every time i see arthur’s death it feels like i’m watching a loved one die i swear i genuinely mourn his death as if he’s real
It is always shocking to see even after the play through I agree
Because just like Dutch, Arthur gave you all he had
dude hes sick but hes not real
I agree I died with low honor sadly but I replayed the game and beat the game with high honor the ending was sad
That feeling is real there’s a real sense of loss you experience seeing a character you invested so much time into and watched them change also all the legendary trapper cloths all the progress and all the things you weren’t able to do with Arthur are also gone with him so that feeling of loss is felt in a literal loss of time and progress along with a well written character and story it makes the death feel real because you as the player feel genuine loss.
It’s actually an incredible life lesson, sometimes we make plans and they don’t happen or we feel like we miss out on “what could have been” but what matters most is how we spend our lives and the end of our lives, spreading small acts of love and kindness will go a long way and the people you help along the way will remember you for your actions.
5 years on, and we still talk about this game, that’s why it’s the best game most of us have ever played!
Rdr2 is also my favorite game. What other games can give you this feeling? I have only been playing nba 2k these days
@@brandontan3938 closest for me is Last of Us 2 and Uncharted 4 actually. I think both of those also have some good lessons on being a human.
I just played and finished It for the first time it’s incredible. It’s definitely timeless.
@@brandontan3938 in terms of open world, I think that only witcher 3 is on the same level.
U ever play fortnite?
Bro randomly shooting horses 💀 yeah I hope it did make you rethink
Lmfao this made laugh so hard, whatever u say chucky 😂 thanks for watching
I shoot the horses first so they don’t run off and I can loot the saddlebags.
If Arthur’s gotta die in the end he’s gonna do whatever the fuck he wants along the way.
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Bro saddle bags are so much easier to loot when the horse aint trying to run or kick you in the face :D
@@StonedNTThat horse didn't have a saddle. Haha!
I really want to do a low honor playthrough but I just can't bring myself to do it, doing things like denying Mary's missions or refusing to go with Sadie to kill the last O'Driscolls would just break my heart lol
Turning down Sadie was when I knew I went too far
Nah, I respectfully disagree, I think that the high honor option is rejecting her, being revengeful just dosent fit Arthur.
Why it’s a video game relax these are not real people
@@crackericeproductions I know, I just get so immersed into the world that it's hard for my brain to understand it at times lol. Plus, I pretty much already know what happens if you take the low honor choices and I have a better experience with high honor
@@PabloTheInternationalSuperSpy I get it but you should get immersed into being a ruthless outlaw it’s a lot of fun and the possibilities are endless I remember when I first played rdr 2 I shot a deer 🦌 n the wrong spot and hearing it whine like that was the first time a game has made me feel guilty about my actions but I adapted lol so I get it but trust me it’s like a whole new game and you get different outcomes compared to high honor to each there own
this game still gives me chills with its soundtrack its so amazing
Was a pleasure working with the soundtrack for this video!
I constantly restart the story after completing it and I ALWAYS find new things that I didn't find before, I feel like to me- the game is endless. A perfect narrative with one of the most tenacious protagonist's in gaming history.
Well said. Great comment. Thank you
Yes you are right
This was so high quality I just assumed you were some big youtuber with maybe about 100k subs. But turns out your severely under rated thank you for this video.
This comment made my day. I was skeptical if a video like this would do well but I’m blown away by the reception. I’m going in this direction going forward. Thank you for the comment and watching!
@@PremoSaysThingsI'm inspired. Any tips/programs? Trying to grow.
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Agreed. What a great video
same here, subscribing because of this video
It’s not a gta in the west, it’s an open world Cowboy game. People need to stop disrespecting these masterpieces.
Truth. 💯
You got that right! I hate it when they similarize them. Red dead redemption is a masterpiece of it's own and in it's own world at that.
Also, GTA is like satire and making fun of american society. The fuck is RDR gonna ridicule? The Old West? 💀💀💀💀
Even Rockstar made this mistake, judging by how they neglected RDR online.
@@Drago_012There is a lot of satire of modern life and of that time in the game and especially in RDR1 and RDR: Undead Nightmare.
Currently doing my second play through and even though I swore I’d play low honour, I just can’t bring myself to do it. I feel it would be betraying Arthur’s true self - although he’s a cynical and grouchy outlaw, I think he’s a softie at heart and always tries to do the right thing. The ‘A ❤ M’ in his journal after seeing Mary shattered my heart, he deserved so much better. I already know I’m gonna sob again when it comes to the final showdown! Arthur is Rockstar’s best character, without a shadow of a doubt.
Same here! I started my 2nd playthrough a year ago and I'm two missions away from completing the main story, but I felt I just couldn't go through the ending again so I left it there. Recently I picked it up again thinking I'd finish the game, but I've found myself just riding my horse all over the map and spending time with Arthur.
He's meant to be low honour until after Guarma
I've tried for low honour about 3 times now, and like you, I feel like I'm betraying him and end up with high honour, it's an awesome game ain't it?
On my 2nd playthrough and convinced myself that unlike my 1st, it was going to be low honour all the way. I failed......I think you play the character equal to your own morals. I take no shit with people that deserve to be taught a lesson but will always help the good souls. Well done Rockstar, you nailed it.
I’m the opposite. I’ve done 5 play throughs and I try to do high honor but it just not as fun. No shootouts or robberies. You have to do Mary’s missions. No executing random people. No tying them up and throwing them on fires or blowing them up with dynamite. No shooting anything and everything you see. It’s just not as fun
I went into my first playthrough with high honour- I've never played with low honour..and I've never seen the low honour endings before this. The way Micah sinks his knife into Arthur's chest- the fire all around them, you can hear the pain in Arthur's voice- THE WAY MICAH PUSHES THE KNIFE IN AND KILLS HIM?? The "damn us both!" in the other one and Micah's maniacal laughing- holy shit. the voice actors did a phenomenal job god fucking damn-- this is without a doubt the greatest game I've ever had the pleasure of playing 10/10
Spoiler for take the money ending:
That knife push doesn't kill him, it goes on a bit longer. But if you pick take the money, the endings the same no matter what your honour level is.
@@localtortoise Wrong, going for the money with high honor is a different ending.
@@HakoTaco1 oh. I hadn't tried the take the money ending. Every video I've watched where they take the money always has the same ending so I thought it was only the help John one that changed
@@localtortoiseYou're good, watch the one by GTA Series Videos. It's the best one.
@@localtortoiseIn low honor Micah always finishes Arthur off, either with a knife, or with a shot through the head. "Heckuva shocker". High honor, Micah leaves with Dutch. Leaving you, the fatally wounded Arthur, to pass watching the sun rise.. I got a low honor leave the money, same ending shown. I saw Arthur as a man who saw he was dying, and tried to change... Too little, too late.
Truly both the low honor endings are absolutely gut wrenching and leave you telling yourself "I wish I did better..."
During Arthur's last ride you'll notice how the music is not just sad but also scary and chilling as opposed to when he has high honor which is a nice detail.
When you make Arthur dishonorable it's like you're taking away his true self, his dignity, his genuinity etc...
All things considered I'm glad you at least chose to help John at the end which was basically like an atonement. Arthur has a great place in my heart as one of the best video game protagonists and It would wound me to see him go out bad...
Damn you for making me relive Arthur’s Death. I replayed the game years later and kept Arthur in Chapter 3 or 4. There he can live forever. 😢
I’m sorry friend! Haha I keep Arthur in chapter 2 now but I miss going fishing with Hosea and Dutch
@@PremoSaysThingsChapter 2 is best because Micah is in Jail
@@Cartman4wesome the ONLY reason I save him is double holsters, he can can stay in his hermit crab camp though.
@@candispong9233you can buy a second holster from the pelt guy, you just need to complete some Hunter mission
@@candispong9233 you can get second holster with all the challenges no need to free micah
When Micah blew my head off on low honor my first play through I thought I just made a mistake and that I’d just restart the sequence. Boy when I realized that was meant to happen, I was completely in shock.
I feel like this comment really encapsulates how I felt during the ending.
It was like I was playing a game the entire game, and then all the sudden - that game was real. My consequences were real.
It was even more shocking than normal I think - because I actually had the ending spoiled for me, I knew he was gonna die of TB, and I knew he died on a mountain overlooking a sunset.
I was anticipating that, so when Micah took Arthur’s life. Man. It was like a cold wind had passed through my body.
@@PremoSaysThingsthis just happened on my first play through.
Insane to think that I played this game so late, and there's soooooo many people that are just now coming out with videos about it. Feeling exactly how I do.
I ended on high honor, helped John, got the sunset at the end... it was a work night and I couldnt stop playing. I went into work looking like I'd just cried at a funeral. The 'thank you' to my horse that I'd had since Chapter 2.... One of the hardest emotional moments in a video game that I've played.
Incredible. Jealous of the first run being at high honor. I wish I paced myself to get there. Thank you for the wonderful comment it means a lot!
Deadass bro 😂😂😂😂 I just bought this game bout 2-3 months ago I haven’t closed app since, I finished the game twice already 😭
Say alot about the game. The working condition for 6 years straight of crunch means we will never get a game this detailed and High quality again. Rip
@@completelytransparent6320 gta 6 gang just wait
I have never played on low honor, so having Arthur seeing the wolf instead was new to me. Makes a lot of sense now!
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching
I thought it was a coyote
@@candles6103 Damn, you are right! Guess I haven't really seen a lot of coyotes before lol. But it does make a lot of sense in the setting.
I saw it and I had the high honor ending
(*SPOILER)
Damn, I’ve beaten this game doing both options and this is the first time I see Arthur get shot in the head in the ending. This game has insane levels of details it’s crazy.
Same I was like that didn't happen to me 😅😊
There are 4 total endings
Same, I thought maybe I skipped the cut scene, but I googled it and said there were multiple endings.
Each choice leads to 2 endings which depends on your honor. So there's go for the money with low honor, go for the money with high honor, help Jon with high honor and help Jon with low honor.
First of all! You do not ever beat this game. This is not possible. You either live this game or play this game! Never beat it!
I just finished this game with max high honor, I thought it was sad enough, knowing about the other endings makes it so much sadder, truly a masterpiece, can’t wait for rdr3
Make sure to help john with High honor and that's how u get Arthur to see his finale sunset.
I cried for 10 mins😭😭😭
Doing a second play through now. I’d rather have tears than just sitting in cold silence as I just watched Micah blow my brains out
sunrise actually
I like the ending where micah shoots him. More tragic
@@rasmussyrjala1370ending where he sees the sunset and also fuck up micahs eye permanently: 🗿
This is nuts. This is my first 10k view video besides a couple of shorts that were less than a minute long.
Thank you guys for watching and thank you for the reception. This is clearly the way forward for my channel, thanks for watching.
Yeah you did great, great work on this video. Keep it up and the subs will quickly build up I bet!
Great video! Pure quality! Watching now at 182k
@@littlewicky1 appreciate it! - 182 that is literally nutssss
@@PremoSaysThings congrats man. Based on the video you deserve it. Gotta watch your Jack and Daxter video now.
@@littlewicky1 thanks! It was tough to follow this up but we keep it moving and give it the best shot.
All the endings are fantastic, but if you have high honor and choose to go back for the money/revenge, you get to blind Micah in one eye permanently during the knife fight.
Arthur still dies from that stab wound in his side but Micah slinks off and Arthur gets to see the rising sun and doesn’t get stabbed in the back face down in the mud and rain.
Plus you get to see Micah’s cut up face in the epilogue before you kill him, so you know he’s had nice reminder of Arthur’s parting gift to him for all those years lmao.
This is what I had. And a deer was the animal I saw last. I didn't even know about this brutal ending 😳
Not gonna lie, I cried like a wounded dog when Arthur died. I was so invested in this man's hopes and dreames. Never got to live a peaceful life like he wanted.
That final low honor bell is awesome
Agreeed. That gave me chills the first time.
Well written. After Arthur's death, I didn't go with 2nd playthrough up to this day. So it was just like remembering Arthur same as remembering a family member who died, I only have one memory of how I played his character.
damn man gotta get tht 2nd play through in enjoy the side missions nd shi
i feel the same way bro - i cant start a second playthrough either it wouldnt feel right. the game and story itself is way to captivating and immersive.. its like it happened once and wont ever be reproduced, the message and emotions are better than and movie i‘ve seen or game i‘ve played altough i only played it once.. wish i could go back in time with no knowledge on whats gonna happen and authentically experience the game like im back in october 2018..
played once on my crappy xbox one, thinking of replaying on my good PC cause it looks so much better @@noahaidankreis8816
High honor play through was definitely the most fun i had and most connected i felt to arthur and the world. Plus you can save all your badness for john since it doesnt really matter at that point
I'm so glad I was able to give Arthur a proper farewell.... I kept my honor high bcoz I got so much attached with Arthur I felt that I could change him through my actions... I kept my bar at highest and I didnt know the end I just thought that if i helped john, Arthur and John both will be able to get out of this mess... little that I know I was in tears when that mission ended....and after that I always kept John's Honor high too bcoz its what Arthur gave him... A chance to have better life.....
I finished it two days ago! I actually decided to help John. And when I say my mouth dropped for a good 10 minutes.. holy moly
Same friend I was not ready for that at all. Thanks for watching, glad you had a good time with the game!
I reckon helping John is the best possible outcome, I really do like it
My first playthrough I did the opposite. I was high honor but went back for the money. I didn't realize it was an honor decision and thought I was getting the money for John.
I had sort of a similar thought process, I really didn’t realize I was playing the end of the story. On one hand it’s disappointing, on the other that is why the game is so good.
Arthur Morgan has a very special place in my heart. I will always love this game
What an astoundingly excellent video essay. Bravo. I have long since 100%’d the game, and scoured the entire map, but the bit about the poem showed me that there is still so much I had left uncovered.
Like you, I played my first play through low honor, seeing it like another GTA. After the ending, it didn’t sit right with me, so I sought to play again while doing all I could to keep Arthur alive as long as possible. I took advantage of the glitch that lets you get to black water as Arthur and explored the map as him as I felt he should be the one to experience those moments. Come to find out, the devs must have thought of this as I noticed Arthur has unique dialogue options, and diary entries in those locations.
This game changed my life, and I mourn the fact that I have finished it. This video perfectly highlights why. It’s amazing to watch others play the game for the first time and see them appreciate the beauty of this wonderfully tragic story. It’s hard to bring my self to play the game again for these reasons, but I look hopefully towards the future when another game might give me that feeling all over again.
What a wonderful comment. Really. Thank you for writing it. It’s interesting how I see so many people say they could never have done a low honor play through ever - but the ones who do end up being really impacted and immediately think about doing another play through of the game. I’ll have to check out the Blaxkwater glitch! Is that on pc?
I loved reading this! I hope rdr3 is around the corner and they knock it out of the park. This game stays in a league of its own for me.
@@PremoSaysThings Appreciate the reply! I originally played this game as a murder-hobo, killing any and every NPC I crossed paths with just because I could. I had the cool guns, the fast horses, and I was the untouchable main character. They were all just NPCs with no contribution other than to serve me in some way. There are so few games that impress any meaningful repercussions on the player that I had assumed this game would be no different. The life that the writers have painstakingly breathed into this game is unmatched. It's one thing to have a honor system, but it's a whole other to have dialogue interactions, cut scenes, and missing or further developed characters to back it up. When you help a guy out, and he ends up thanking you in another area much later in the game, you feel it. For me, one moment that sticks out is finding Downes' wife as a prostitute in Annesburg. There is no reason to have her there, or to continue her story other than to make you feel something. Further, her way of life sadly does make some sense as to what you might expect to have happened historically.
It's been a while since I've played, so I don't know if the method to get to Blackwater as Arthur still exists or has been since patched, but I played on PS4 when I did it. Usually I've found games get patched on PC before consoles, so I wouldn't be surprised if you can still do it. I haven't opened the game since I took Arthur as far as possible in 2019 or so. That said, the fact that you can make a video all this time later, and I can watch it and still get flooded with all the feelings I felt playing it for the first time speaks magnitudes not only to the writing of the game, but also for your effort in composing a video essay in your own time about your own thoughts and feelings while experiencing the story yourself. So thank you for that and please do continue making quality content such as this.
This is one of the best if not the best video someone made of RDR. Dude, this had me broken all over again...
That’s huge praise thank you so much. Makes me super happy to hear. Atleast we can all go through sorrow together
Bro my first playthrough was just like yours. But i was naive to think my arthur with low honor had better morals than everyone around the camp. Keeping this in mind, i helped john and when arthur got a bullet in the face, i thought i had lost to a great evil(i shouted at my tv) and the world of rdr2 is cruel. But after watching your video, i realise that the ending i got was cuz of my actions throughout the story.All those bad things my arthur did came back to him and now im seeing things differently and im gonna start my new 10th playthrough with this new perspective
I finally finished it this week, the story is so great. Love this game
Low honor or high?
@@PremoSaysThings low honour
Great video. I played through low honor the first time, because i didn't know what I was doing. Played through a second time with high honor, got 100% completion. The greatest game ever made. Greatest piece of western themed entertainment ever made.
100% agree!
My first play through I can definitely say I cried… that last ride was emotional
It's about karma. It's really easy taking the easy option and having no regard for others but at comes at a cost.
Arthur gets shot in the face just like Heidi. Dutch had no regard for her she was just a means of escape a distraction.
Great comment
so Arthur as a whole should get shot in the face because he killed and killed lots of ppl...
When Micah called Arthur crazy... That's kinda a trigger word for Dutch.
Him walking away... Might have been all he felt he could do.
Then later on the mountain top... When Micah talks more shit... Dutch couldn't just walk away anymore.
Dutch wasn't ever a good man. He was quite a bad man. And he did have his principles, maligned as they were.
My Arthur got stabbed to death by Micah
The first time I played the game I did highest honor making every good decision no matter what in 3rd person. It was an amazing game and I loved it through and through.
The second play through was in first person, and I made every bad decision no matter what… it was a profoundly different experience. Honesty it felt like two completely different games.
I’ve beaten it a few times since then and done whatever I wanted since then, but I’ll never forget those two play throughs. They are forever etched in my memory as the two possible pillars of this games potential.
If you haven’t done a full play through with low honor, give it a go. I recommend it highly. The dialogue is different, the missions are different, all the characters in the game treat you different… it’s a different game.
I’m doing a play through currently on the PS5 and I’m doing everything and taking my time doing so. It’s been wonderful collecting specific animal pelts to make the gear I want. Upgrading each camp fully before moving on. Also, as per tradition… doing everything I can to mess with and hurt Micah the whole time.
Thanks for the awesome content, it’s awesome so many people still connect over this game.
It’s still a masterpiece.
Cheers everyone 🤙
I played the whole game without lowering my honor. Never stole a train on my own. And I played by the rules. In the end, I went straight for the money. I lost my path.
Bro… born an angel.
It isn’t clear if you go for the money that you can’t bring it back to John so… we will give the benefit of the doubt
Going back for the money is cooler anyway
I love that even if you choose the better ending it will still be a different version based on your honour level and that’s one of the many reasons this game is so great. Not just the content, but the incredible story about morality. Thank you for this video, can seem silly to feel this way about a game but it’s good to know there’s other people out there who feel the same way.
Excellent video. Thank you, Premo, for making this and sharing it.
Man this was great!!! I also love hearing how how much this game changed someone perspective as it did mine.
Thank you so much! It’s crazy, this video game was as good as they get!
Incredible video ❤ Your storytelling & editing is top notch 🎉
Am on my 5th playthru after 3 years of not playing rdr2. This time on my dream gaming PC. 🎉 graphics and sound are on another level never experienced before. I relate to your videos message, this game has made me see life differently thru my choices in game. Currently going thru a deep depression and rdr2 is helping me overcome my demos i have inside. This time around am aiming for 100% game completion. Glad i ran into your content . Keep it up
What a nice story-telling you shared, thank you for that.
It is really very impressive to know that this video game was an influence on your life to the better, pure awesomeness.
I appreciate the comment! Thank you
Really great video bro, I finished RDR2 about a year ago and this just bought back all the emotions, time for another playthrough I think.
The highest compliment I can receive! Thank you so much.
Great video game essay man! You hurt my feelings when you shot the horse in the beginning LOL. I'm on my second play through and I ended with high honour again....but instead, I went to get the money to experience the other ending... On my first run, I did everything I could to make sure Arthur got healthy lol...like spending time in New Hanover or Big Valley to get dry air lol and eating healthy/taking medicine...but nah...our boah was dying...I was in denial! 10/10 game. Certainly my no.1 game
Hahaha I’m sorry about the horse, I had to confess my sins.
Damn brother that is commitment!!! And very well thought out. It’s funny how you really can’t do anything about the TB, even avoid the encounter with the man. I have to say this is my favorite game I’ve ever played. Opened my eyes to the possibilities of story in games and hope we get a solid rdr3 and rockstar doesn’t just pay attention to gta 6
Just hearing the epilogue song gives me chills
This is the greatest video game that I have ever played. I’ve played several full play throughs and will probably install and play it through many more times in the future. They did an amazing job with every aspect of the game. I felt personally connected with the characters (especially Arthur) and literally shed some tears on my first play through. Great video btw.
the music that plays in the money ending is hard af tho
2024 and to me this is still the best game experience you can play up to date
Absolutely agree
It’s the music. Hits you right in the heart! Well designed!
Incredible Video, from start to finish. Keep on going bra youre gonna make it
My favourite way to play this game is definitely starting low honer and trying to change at the end when my Arthur was diagnosed with TB he saw the wolf then that's when I started to change I made sure I spoke to all the gang members, give money to charity, and then the final mission I choose to save John and this is what pushed me to the high honer end basically just neutral but when he died he saw the deer instead of the wolf which shows Arthur's redemption
I believe it's a Coyote not a wolf.
I have had serious have fun with the way I make Arthur conduct himself throughout the chapters. You craft your redemption arc with the honor system. I personally like to play Arthur as slightly more dishonorable, helping people usually out of pity, or for some sort of return forcibly or not, then eventually stop being a tool to folks near the last few chapters. I’ll still save jimmy brooks though
Your use of RDR2's music in this essay is impeccable.
Appreciate that quite a bit! Thanks
Wow what an excellent video! Your narration and editing skills are great. But damn I’m so glad that I did a high honour play through from the start without even knowing what that really entailed. Seeing that last clip of the coyote descending into a cave (symbolic for hell perhaps?) made me feel genuinely sick to my stomach
But at the same time as horrible an ending for Arthur as this was, it is a brutal gut punch that at the end of the day he was just a man, no amount of “protagonist” status would protect him from that, he died the same way so many nameless npcs that you’d kill in a low honour play through do :’) and that’s pretty poetic, however soul crushing
Currently on my 4th play through in less than 2 years. I keep coming back to this game thinking I’ll do a low honor play through but knowing the story and ending, I just can’t due to feeling like Arthur’s true character is the honorable play through. Doing the bandit challenges, I’d go out of my way to help folk after completing
You don’t know the power of the dark side
@@PremoSaysThings My low honor Arthur did many awful things yet still managed to scar Micah and scam himself into heaven by simply going on a long fishing session and the tossing every fish back into the lake
I am on 3rd playthrough and i simply can not play Arthur as a negative guy. Simply not possible for me.
I love the low honor ending it’s perfect, because even though you were a bad person, you still did one last good thing. And you were shot, which I think is very climactic.
The high honor is the perfect ending. Arthur says it himself he would like to die facing the sunset west overlooking the lands he had so much fun in. And he don't get donuted which is a bonus
@@tfdidusayho yeah but the point is that he doesn’t get to have what he wants
live by the gun die by the gun
@@Tourettes42069 except he does its just a little bit of closure
@@tfdidusayho well I hate cupcakes and closure
Only time i beat it was right after it came out. I still remember the shock of finding Arthur was sick. I was wishy washy with honor but once he got sick i doubled down on getting high honor. It was hard but nice to see him talk with the Sister and try to right his wrongs and pass half at peace
... But Seeing Arthur say "DAMN US BOTH!" Only to get shot like vermin in your ending his final words being literal damnation to himself made me tear up. hit me like a tonne of bricks. To die hated by so many including yourself...
Thank you. Your video honestly made me appreciate my high honor ending years later. He wasn't a perfect man but he did his best and died far more at peace. That's all anyone can do really.
Wow. Amazing commentary and story. I'm a new RDR fan, just bought the game 1 week ago . Been playing for 3 days now and I so feel this video and dislogue, especially since my bounties are high and there's no real way to make money . This game also shed new light for me on the life not just as a cowboy but how hard it really was in the west in the old days and the " gangs" that formed then and why. It also shone new light on one of fav movies of all time, which was young guns and John Tunstall's and Brady feud .. I have so much to speak of after this video and my few days of playing this game but I yield. Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome video n content ..
Thanks for the cool comment. You’re in for a ride! Good luck out there cowboy
Tons of ways to make money. Those treasure maps can add up!
I played this game two years ago when I was in a tough spot mentally in my life. I was enjoying the game and it was the only thing that really gave me joy so when Arthur died it all came to an end. I got the high honor ending and went with John. I thought I gave up all my tears but I had one more for that moment.
Thank you for sharing friend. Hope you success and a prosperous 2024. Glad you got the high honor ending
This was well made
Thank you very much!
wonderful video, I loved your narration and the conclusions we can draw. Well done!
That makes me a happy man! Appreciate it. Thanks for the comment
Now I'm going through it again and I always have to keep my high honor.
Arthur Morgan is a good man who had a bad life.
Always remember... You are an outlaw! You are not a good person because you do good things once in awhile... You have lived an outlaw life.... You might be good at times but truly you have done many bad things.. Arthur is a gunslinger outlaw.. Don't forget that..
Playing the ruthless outlaw is fun and there are subtle changes to how the world reacts to you but when you get to those endings with low honor it makes you go “damn I deserve that”
Absolutely agree. Thanks for the comment
Excellent video essay, friend. My initial playthrough I naturally came through with relatively high honour, though I too started making more conscious decisions after his diagnosis. I wish I could experience this game for the first time again, but I'll settle for another playthrough!
i truly wish that the first time i played that game. i wasn’t spoiled the ending. and just arthur’s sickness in general.
fr you really need to replay this with high honor it has different cutsences
Doing it right now friend I’m excited. Thanks for watching
he doesn't NEED to replay with High Honor and having to be succumbed into a certain playstyle that the Public Opinion chose to perceive towards Arthur Morgan in regards to High Honor...
It's been a while since I've played the game. Never touched it after first playthrough. I just can't.
However, I also feel it made me a better person and changed my life for the better. I was never a bad person and I would say I was raised well, but it made me rethink my purpose in this world. I started helping people, volunteering, adopted a dog, I donate blood regularly, I donate money to charity, I give my old clothes, electronics and furniture to people in need. All of that resulted in meeting new people and business opportunities. I went from not knowing where I'm headed in my life at 21 to owning a house and my dream car at 25. I still love giving back to people, making them happy, seeing them smile and being genuinely grateful for even the smallest things. Give and it will come back to you!
Have an awesome 2024 everyone, you're the hero of your story.
As one very emotional part of the game says: "Shine light into darkness."
AMAZING VIDEO! You gave a perspective on this game
Thank you so much! What a compliment! Really appreciate it.
On my second play through I had high honor but I went for the money and the scene when Arthur runs back to beaver hollow made me feel like such a badass. I also want to say that this is such a good video
I love how rockstar punishes you for low honor by making Micah kill Arthur in every ending. They reward you for higher honor because it’s assumed that Arthur would’ve shot and killed Micah if Dutch didn’t stop him. Also Micah doesn’t kill Arthur
So when are they making this a movie??
Great video! I noticed myself doing the same IRL after playing this game. I played it originally when I was 16 so right/wrong and consequences both short and long term was something I was still coming to grips with lol.
On my first playthrough I had high honor in every chapter, it just seemed like it was more canon than low honor in regards to Arthur's personality and morals, or as much morals that an outlaw could hope to have. I still remember the last mission vividly five years on. Running up that hill and seeing my horse die (a white arabian I had had since Chapter 2) made me burst with tears as if I had lost a real animal. Tears eunning down my face, trying to battle Micah on that cliff, sweating so profusely that I could barely grip the controller to spam the buttons quick enough. Finally losing the battle and the song (forget the name) slowly fades in as Arthur looks out into the sunrise. I've never been touched by a piece of media so strongly before or since.
On my PC playthrough I've been putting off completing the story for three years now and just do one mission every few months because I cant bring myself to go through that final sequence again. An amazing story that defines exactly why Rockstar as the king of this industry.
Love your videos man can't wait for more, especially more rdr2
Bruh GTA is just about murder and mayhem😂. It's nothing like the rd series. Way more emotion and feeling to the story in rd😂😂😂.
I feel that so much. Rdr2 is amazing
This was beautiful. Good perspective
GREAT VIDEO.
I very rarely comment on UA-cam vids but your video was great.
Everything you said in this vid is true, it's all fun and games until you realise it isn't.
Our decisions in life can affect us and everyone around us so much.
Its hard to play with low honor
You mean easy?
Indeed. Someone’s gotta do it
Truth
Bro ima be honest you sound like the Minecraft trailer guy
This game is amazing! Serious, is the best game I played in my life, thanks to make this video, you made me see the game in another way.
Best compliment ever, thank you. It is an amazing game
Man, you're such an underrated content creator! I love this video essay you made, I just wish you the best in your career! Outlaws for life, blud!
Great video! Thanks!
I just finished it! It’s amazing!! And your video is just as good!
Wow that’s a big compliment thank you!
Premo your not the only one. I replayed it 3 times, after playing the 3rd time I realized where I went wrong and made me think differently about everything this game is just a brilliant piece of art, exploring the vast wild west, great game indeed.
I think that final ride to the camp was the scene that had the largest impact for me. One moment of calm reflection where you really can feel what Arthur is feeling, you experience what he’s experiencing. It’s a powerful moment and it’s the one that I think about most.
Yea this was really good bro RDR2 has been on my list to play thanks for this!
Definitely worth the playthrough!
First game ever to make me cry, and i played it at a speacial time in my life, life changing experience. It affected me in a way i never would expected, i cried again wathing this video. I finished the Arthur part a month ago, and i have a hard time returning to it and play the epilogue with John, like the paroxysm of the game has past and i feel too involded to actually keep playing. I will probably go back to it at some point, just not ready yet. I even saw the elk in my dreams. shit as i'm writing this i feel emotional, i'm a changed man.
I made a comment on another RDR2 UA-camrs channel like 2 days ago and it was about this exact feeling after my first play through. I sat in my room, crying (I usually don’t get overly emotional) just thinking about how Arthur deserved so much more. Like you said, no piece of media has made me contemplate my own morality like RDR2 has.
Bro I ain’t gonna lie I was tearing up the whole ride and then when Dutch left I was cold and Micah shot me I was in full shock. Absolutely insane. Much appreciation for the wonderful comment. Arthur did deserve more, I think it shocked me so much because somewhere I was thinking “this is more like it would happen in reality”
@@PremoSaysThings fr the low honor ending is the more realistic non glamorous ending. Keep making videos bro, I just subbed!
@@HeisMertz_ thank you so much!
Hats off to you, partner. What an incredible video essay. Nice editing. Good voice over. Well done. Subscribed.
i played rdr1 back when i was younger with my xbox360, i didn’t really appreciate the story for the depth it had cause i was just a lil kid who liked the cowboy shootin game lol. but when i saw they were making rdr2, i was fuckin ecstatic man. i talked about it literally all the time from when i saw the first trailer until it released and was savin up money to buy it but my sister ended up gettin it for me for christmas (which is the soonest i’ve ever had a new game also) and i started playin it that day. when i tell you this game made me emotional, man it’s the only game i’ve ever played thats made me actually cry. i thought i loved rdr1 but i’ve put over 30 days of play time into rdr2 and have beaten like 5 times at this point, and i still cry every time. especially at the scene you get at the train station with Sister Calderon
You killed this dude. Great video
Thank you! Appreciate that quite a bit
By far the best game I've ever played. So many amazing moments in the middle of the night, when you ride home and the music comes in. The emotional ups and downs, great and sad moments. When my horse died I was in tears. Devestated. I love this game. Just love it.
What a fantastic video
Whats really great too is that its looking at everything through fresh eyes with only one playthrough
My first playthrough ended the exact same way and i couldnt believe it
But it made my second high honour playthrough very rewarding
great video my man keep it up !!!
Thank you very much!
Finished my first playthrough an hour ago and I must say it was a surreal experience. I've never felt such a way seing a fictional character die, he was such a good man this Arthur Morgan. I did quite a high honor playthrough where I in every choice did what I would've done. Truely an amazing game and amazing ending, I got the ending where Arthur dies in the sunset and the music starts playing. This video did him justice, thank you!
I haven't been able to fully commit to a low honor playthrough. I've played through the game about three times now and I always go for high honor. I just can't bring myself to do it!! I live vicariously though videos like these
You sir, earned a subscriber… very well put together video
Thank you very much! 🫡 this is the standard going forward I appreciate this so much. Very motivating