So, The Game Awards are gaming’s biggest award show and the closest thing we have to the Oscars in terms of an American-led prestige award show for video games. Geoff Keighley has done an excellent job running the show since 2014 and manages to outdo himself every time the show comes aro
It isn’t until the end of the game’s epilogue, when John goes to get revenge on Micah, that Dutch returns, still seemingly working with Micah. But instead of helping Micah kill John, Dutch shoots Micah, allowing John to take Micah down. Dutch then leaves without saying a word. And while it’s certainly an interesting twist, it’s also not entirely clear why he has this sudden change of he
Shenmue is one of the Sega Dreamcast’s most shining titles. Unfortunately, controversy surrounds the remake. However, it is worth remembering how masterful the original was. One of the most exciting aspects was the game’s use of NPCs. Citizens were seemingly going about their day as you guide the title character through the in-game wo
Despite being the creator of numerous memes and jokes The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was one of the most commercially successful and well-reviewed role-playing games of the last decade. Many people lose sight of what it did for the genre in 2011, as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt set a new standard for the genre 4 years la
John started off a hesitant family man, to say the least. Ditching the gang, leaving Abigail and young Jack behind, it raises the question why. As Dutch reveals in one of his last encounters with John during the first Red Dead Redemption , the whole gang has been with Abigail, and it’s not like DNA testing was around to clarify. Was John a hesitant family man because he wasn’t sure he was Jack’s true father? John was young and impressionable, this could be the reasoning behind why he left, and why he treats Jack like less than a son during the first half of Red Dead Redemption 2 , but the player will never know for s
John Marston impacted many peoples lives, most of them negatively through robbery or murder, but the few that he positively impacted, did they ever hear of John’s demise? With Abigail and Jack still wandering the world, it’s possible to believe the word has spread or even a few of John’s old friends visited his gr
Josiah simply has no loyalty to anyone. He repeatedly abandons the gang for long periods of time and returns when he sees fit. Arthur Morgan states while riding with Charles Smith that Trelawny “would sell his own sister to save a train fare.” Josiah Trelawny is many things, but an honorable man he is
Considering what happens in the Fallout series, a robotic NPC detective is probably one of the least weird things to come out of this game. However, Nick Valentine’s story is one for the ages. He is a synth-based detective that has unparalleled investigative skills, is adept at melee, has human-like intelligence, and has pre-War memor
Why? Well, Mr. Valentine was initially a real person whose brain was scanned as a part of his PTSD treatment. In an even weirder turn of events, Valentine used to also be a detective in his former life. This guy’s story is filled with equal parts intrigue and insan
In many ways, John Marston is similar to Arthur Morgan. John Marston can be described as impatient and hard-working. They both are loyal to the Van der Linde gang, yet shared the same feelings when they were betrayed. John Marston is a secondary protagonist in Red Dead Redemptio
Saint Denis, a city of great opportunity and arguably where the Van Der Linde gang finally died off in a sense. Right-hand man to Dutch and fellow leader of the group, Hosea Matthews was gunned down as a personal message right in front of Arthur and Dutch during a failed bank robbery. Hosea was the first to go, and Lenny shortly after while escaping on the rooftop. The question is why wasn’t John dealt the same fate Hosea was. He was captured by lawmen in the chaos and spared. Both men could’ve been sent to Sisika Penitentiary, but only John made
This name also belongs to the fourth game’s infamous serial killer. Abused as a child, Low went on to murder his father, brother, and mother before he began his murderous spree in Liberty City. No wonder GTA V’s Low wanted to immediately “clarify” the connection to all who as
John didn’t have many friends left by the end of Red Dead Redemption , yet the ones he did were close. Bonnie McFarlane, Bill Pearson, Charles Smith, Sadie Adler, possibly even Seth. Did any of them visit John’s grave, did any of them even hear what happe
This is especially odd when you take into account that pretty much all surviving gang members are either given an encounter or a mention at some point during John’s story (even Strauss). It’s even stranger when you take into account that he has a history of randomly appearing and disappearing from the lives of Dutch and his g
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , once assumed to be a Nintendo Wii U title, then becoming a cross-generational release for Nintendo, delivered a breathtaking and imaginative experience for one of gaming’s most storied franchises. When it was first announced that the series was tackling the Open world games beginner guide-world genre in a major way, many longtime fans were worried it would disrupt what they loved about the ser