Despite releasing in 2018,Red Dead Redemption 2players still manage to stumble across odds and ends that they didn’t see in the first playthrough. By nature, some of these have likely be found before if not discussed widely, and that can be said of manydiscoveries inRed Dead Redemption 2. Some of the best discoveries can often tie the first and second game even closer together, and the most recent find does just that.
As many players know,Red Dead Redemption 2switches PCs near the end of the game. After Arthur Morgan’s death, players take control of John Marston, but he has a serious impact on the story before then. Players go on missions with him, see him around the camp, and more. At camp, Redditor DR_CheeseNut managed to stumble across a conversation between Hosea and John, wherein the latter utters an iconic line he first said (or, said later) inRed Dead Redemption 1.
RELATED:Red Dead Redemption 2 Player’s 69-Year-Old Dad Reaches 100% Game Completion
When asked if theDutch van der Linde gangwill be able to get out of this mess, Hosea talks about slipping the law, disappearing from the world, and being forgotten. Ultimately, John disagrees with this sentiment, responding with the line, “People don’t forget. Nothing gets forgiven.” It’s entirely plausible that many-a-RDR2player has come across this line without realizing its significance, but it goes a bit deeper than that conversation implies.
Interestingly enough, the only ex-member of the Dutch van der Linde gang thatJohn Marston has to kill is Micah, but the entire first game is spent hunting down former allies. John does so in order to save his wife and son, Abigail and Jack, but he requires a lot of help across the way and all over the map. One of his first allies is Bonnie MacFarlane, who eventually asks about John’s past. In response, he says, “People don’t forget. Nothing gets forgiven.” His entire story arc, fromRed Dead Redemption 2toRed Dead Redemption 1, is evidence of this conceit and that Hosea (who dies inRDR2) is ultimately wrong.
Nothing John Marston or the gang does inRed Dead Redemption 2exactly gets forgiven, and it’s the fallout of their life choices that put each where they end up by the story’s closure. It’s actually this idea that John wants Jack to escape from, but theend ofRed Dead Redemption 1highly suggests Jack follows in his father’s footsteps. He was just avenging his family, but he’s unlikely to be forgiven for it all the same. Overall, it’s a nice poignant connection between the two games, one hopefully allRed Deadfans can enjoy.
Red Dead Redemption 2is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
