Well, expect a lot of spoilers in this thread. Especially about the ending of the game. So if you don't like spoilers, don't read.
So I finally completed this game. As in completed the story part, where the credits roll in.
I have a few issues with the ending, and, well, the whole game basically.
What the f*ck rockstar was thinking making the ending so freaking ridiculous, this might be the worst ending I have seen in a long time and that is after I played Fallout New Vegas which has the most boring story and ending in an rpg ever.
I didn't even realise I hadn't completed the game. [Hint: If you haven't stopped reading and are afraid of spoilers, STOP READING NOW.]
The first time when I thought the game ended was when I killed Bill Williamson. Yes, I kid you not.
The second time I thought the game ended was when Dutch was killed. LOLWTF I was when I realised there was some more missions with my wife, which I felt happy to do since she was a new character in the story at that time.
So after a couple of boring cattle herding and courier service to bonny, I thought it might be the end.
I was so f*(&&*^ disgusted when finally I realised that Marston gets killed by Ross, wtf? I thought there might be an alternative story something like Heavy Rain so I tried three times but the dead eye is always 25% even if it remains at 100% prior to the cutscene that precedes the marston death event.
So well, after that horrible event, I thought the game might have ended. Nope. No. You are wrong sir.
You become your son driving a horse.....so you go back to your father and the wife cries waaaah.
After all that BS, John is buried and after 2 years his wife abigail or whatever her name is, is also buried.
You end up becoming a different character Jack, John Marston's son now all grown up.
I thought this was when the game ended. Hahahahaha.
No it didn't. =/
This was difficult to realise and I only realised after I searched the internet if I was the only one who thought the ending sucked. There's a stranger's mission and after you complete it you get a trophy/achievement for it and credits show up. After that you are Jack Marston doing John Marston's work.
I have so many problems with this ending I don't know where to begin. The biggest problem is John Marston's death. WTF? This is a sandbox game, and I just spent 22 hours or so with the John character and now he dies. Well, if the game actually had ended at this point maybe it wouldn't have been so bad. But it doesn't. And that's my biggest gripe, his son is simply not as fun to play as John is.
Also the way John died was dumb. He has defeated the mexican army for god's sake. And he can't take out a bunch of retards who can't fight a friggin gang hideout and need John for it.
Another problem I had with ending is difficulty in knowing which is the ending. That I have already explained.
I was happier with the game when I thought killing dutch was the ending, the moment felt like an ending too. It was really unnecessary to kill Marston and show edgar ross as such an evil.
