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The pacing slows to a halt immediately after that mission as there are a handful of them left. This is an extremely odd maneuver because the tonal shift here is extreme. John is now back to the farm with his family and the rest of the missions involve helping around the farm. I've never seen anything like this in a video game story that wasn't part of the ending (but I have seen it in movies). Rockstar could have ended the game right there, as soon as John reunites with his wife and son, but they they opted instead for a tragic ending. I totally get what they were going for here-- John accomplished his mission but he cannot escape the demons of his past doings. Rockstar wanted to establish a sense of security with the dragging farm missions but any player would know that something bad would happen at the end (after all, it would be disappointing if I had to do ten of these missions and then the game ends). These sections of the game are also highly emotional: Jack wants to get an education instead of being relegated to any sort of criminal lifestyle like his father, and he's on the right track up until John dies. Abigail dies soon after, and Jack becomes the new protagonist for the post game, a basically copy and paste version of his father. Dunno about you, but this was extremely heartbreaking. When I avenged John by killing Edgar, and the screen froze to show 'Red Dead Redemption' and switched to the credits, I can't lie, I shed a few tears. What an amazing, memorable game. RDR2 has a lot to live up to, but I'm sure it will meet expectations.

It's funny how Rockstar's flagship series is GTA but RDR clearly runs circles around it. Everything is better. I also bought this game on a whim and I did not run into any glitches like many others, so I'm sure that helped me like this game more. It helps that the story is much better than anything GTA in the HD generations, the characters are (mostly) better, the soundtrack is fantastic, the missions are just as good as GTA5's missions, and the gameplay makes really good use of bullet time which is often an overused mechanic. Man this game was good. RDR2 can't come soon enough.