Red Dead Redemption 2: 10 Things Nobody Wants To Admit

2. John Marston's Story Should Be Left Untouched

This entry was almost titled, 'The Name Doesn't Make Any Sense'. The entire purpose of Red Read Redemption was that a former bad guy was trying to reform his life and teach his young son how to live as a functioning citizen. If we're playing as the Van der Linde gang in Red Dead 2, where does the redemption come in?

As for Marston, there's no need to visit his past when hinting at it was such a huge part of the first game's plot. Leaving the atrocities John, his wife Abigail and pals committed to the imagination is a much more powerful commentary on personal atonement than showing every minor detail.

John wouldn't want his son to see what he did to others, and the player shouldn't either.

Of course, that wasn't always the case. When playing as Marston and hearing of his gang activities, it made sense that Rockstar would someday expose them. Go back and replay the game now and you may just experience what this writer did; it feels way more fun to have a little mystery surround one of Rockstar's best-ever protagonists.