Current Events > RDR2 - Where did John go at the beginning of the game? Chapter 1 Spoilers

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Arthur keeps talking about how Marston left for a year and he isn't sure if he wants to welcome Marston back or not.

I don't remember them saying where he went for a year.

Did I just miss it? Anyone have any idea?

Edit: I've beaten the game so feel free to spoil but make sure you mark it properly.
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I don't think the game ever really tells you, but there's so much dialogue that you can miss (especially in the camp), that I'm not sure
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Yeah, I thought about it a lot towards the end of the game because it was an open plot point that I kept thinking would tie into the end but it really was never mentioned again. Maybe it just isn't important...
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I don't recall anyone ever saying. I don't think it's really that important where he went. Just that he ran out on his family for a bit
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Yeah I think it was just something like he didn't want to be a father or something yet, so he left.

As for plot points I thought they were going to address but never did...... was what the hell actually happened in Blackwater. The first two chapters are littered with characters asking for specifics but none ever came. I thought the finale would've been about that, and going back there for the money they left behind.
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slmcknett posted...
you should spoiler tag the part about Never getting the blackwater money Because TC just said hes only on chapter 1
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TC said he beat the game though. ??
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slmcknett posted...

Yeah I think it was just something like he didn't want to be a father or something yet, so he left.

As for plot points I thought they were going to address but never did...... was what the hell actually happened in Blackwater. The first two chapters are littered with characters asking for specifics but none ever came. I thought the finale would've been about that, and going back there for the money they left behind.

I read that Micah suggested the boat job, they were ambushed by Pinkertons, some members were killed or caught, and Dutch shot an innocent woman dead
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slmcknett posted...

TC said he beat the game though. ??

Guess I didnt see the edit. My bad
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slmcknett posted...

what the hell actually happened in Blackwater

you'll get to find out once they sell you the DLC episode that details what happened

I think the whole point of the Blackwater debacle is it was all kind of a blur and nobody really remembers for certain what happened, other than the core details

Id be kind of disappointed if they revealed it, unless its at the end of RDR3, 3 being Dutchs story. Pls no Blackwater DLC
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I don't think it matters much. He left the gang and his family for a year because he didn't want to step up and be a father.
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Darmik posted...

I don't think it matters much. He left the gang and his family for a year because he didn't want to step up and be a father.

yea i thought he alluded to this when you're riding with him at the end of chapter 3
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Darmik posted...

I don't think it matters much. He left the gang and his family for a year because he didn't want to step up and be a father.

Romulox28 posted...

Darmik posted...

I don't think it matters much. He left the gang and his family for a year because he didn't want to step up and be a father.

yea i thought he alluded to this when you're riding with him at the end of chapter 3

You know what you guys may be right. Because his relationship was always strained with Jack after.
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