10 Video Game Side Quests So Good You Ignored The Story
4. I Know You - Red Dead Redemption
By far the most ominous and haunting side quest in any Rockstar game, I Know You is one of the most famous storylines in the beloved Red Dead Redemption.
As pretty much any gaming video on the internet will gladly tell you, main character John Marston dies at the end of RDR's story. But what makes this quest so fascinating is that John finds himself being haunted by this strange man in black, who hands him missions that test the nature of his character. The man knows more than he lets on, especially about John. This, of course, comes to a head in the last mission for this side quest, where John finds the man in black inspecting a lovely green hill.
The hill that John will be buried under at the end of the game.
Of course, John doesn't know that and is about 125% done with the guy's nonsense, but when he goes to shoot him, it phases right through him and the man in black leaves. I Know You is one of the most chilling and haunting side quests in video game history, because the main character and the player are both confronted with the inevitability of the end, even if they don't know it.