Got some bad news [Red Dead Redemption 2 - Part 25]

[@YanBrassard]

I appreciate your RDR2 playthrough. It's really hard to find people who are invested in the story. Most Twitch streamers only care about acting like clowns and having fun with their chat and they don't care about the story of the game. I've seen some amazing playthrough of RDR2 in the past but not so much lately until I came across your channel. You are not very emotional (some people are crying when Hosea and Lenny are killed by the Pinkertons or when we learn that Arthur got TB) but you are very invested in the story and you're making interesting and intelligent observations.

[@JohnTwolfe]

Thank you, I appreciate the appreciation! I do find streams to be a poor way to experience story-based games in general, yeah. It’s a shame that that is how a lot of people experience a top 5 all-time game like this

[@Yvesenjoyer666]

the clean shave in arthur made the diagnosis scene so much more devastating too, because it really highlighted how sickly he looked and the blood on his mouth... his shocked face... ohh 😭 thanks so much for this amazing playthrough as always! and im agree with you sadie really is such a good character! the contrast from when you meet her at the beginning and now its crazy

[@sophiag7005]

The implication that Arthur shaved off all of his facial hair and it almost killed him is fucking hilarious

[@mr.machina5306]

The beard on Arthur held most of his power.

[@cheepytiger]

Knowing what the next scene was going to be, when I tell you the relief I felt when you didn't go for a completely goofy beard look at the barber 😭😂

[@girlpaintsworld]

Same! I was like oh nooo, he’s gonna get diagnosed with a forked beard or Abe Lincoln 😭

[@JohnTwolfe]

I was THIS CLOSE to being like “let’s just have the funny one on for Sadie haha” but I’m glad I didn’t…

[@deadgirlbb]

Oh man but the devil on my shoulder was beggin for it 😂😭

[@H0TR0B]

I absolutely love Charlotte's questline. It's just Arthur doing a nice thing for someone who needs it. Way up there in the wilderness, nothing to do with the gang or any of Dutch's nonsense. Makes me think of the life Arthur could've had if he'd chosen Mary over the gang.

[@amodelmannequin]

This game really said "You're dying 😔...anyway here's a hot air balloon" lol

[@ronmoney5236]

Balloon release when people Die. Symbolism

[@orhaion]

in my first playthrough, i had just finished the charles museum mission. the moment arthur stepped out he started coughing

[@Jamie-o6v]

The game does a very great job of setting up Arthur's sickness. There's some cut scenes going back to chapter 3 where he unusually coughs. There's a really noticeable one in Chapter 4 in Shady Belle were he initiates the next debt mission with Strauss. I think that one was definitely intentional. It's hard to pick up on and can just be acquainted to Arthur being an avid smoker, even if he isn't smoking in the scene. And his eyes look purple and bloodshot after Guarma, you think it's probably due to the conditions he's just been through, but it's noticeably worst than Dutch, Bill, Javier ect.

[@mikenzieogburn8813]

Yep! Watching him fall on the beach and it showing his face you could see that he wasn’t looking right or maybe it’s cause I knew.

[@thestitchwithsami]

I think the first extended coughing fit I caught was in the bungled train heist that Bill leads them into, and they all end up hiding in that shed that catches on fire. Before they flee into the woods, Arthur doubles over coughing.

[@Jamie-o6v]

@@thestitchwithsami Wow really? I never noticed that one.

[@MODDED7]

Charlotte's questline might be my favorite side mission in RDR2. I feel it's the first time we see Arthur for who he truly is and what he wants to be at this point in his life.

[@luke5041]

Not afraid to admit that I was spawn camping this one lol. These rdr2 videos are just too damn good!

[@squirrelwithaflute8512]

Same 😂

[@klaudia7996]

its really interesting when you play this game for the 2nd time and see all the foreshadowing after downes mission, in random moments after where arthur is starting to cough as well... i really was devastated when i heard about this first time, i love arthur so much he's my favorite character of all time😭 i'm so happy you're taking your time with this game, i always think "please be red dead" when its time to see a new upload!!!

[@agentray]

Please go to butcher creek, theres an entire sideline of unique more horror based missions you're missing and will miss out on. Just set camp and travel to butcher creek as you already have that town marked.

[@Jamie-o6v]

Those show up on the map in chapter 6

[@BoneStack117]

The actor that plays Sadie is awesome, what an incredible voice and talent. Also, really happy to hear you say that to KZbin career is going really well, as a long time watcher. Thanks for the video John!

[@BookshopWitch]

The stranger missions with the nun are some of my favourites in the game, especially post-diagnosis - they really give you some really great insight into Arthur's feelings about his TB and the outlaw life, so please keep up with those if you can! I'd love to see your thoughts. The money collecting missions with Strauss in Chapter 6 also do a lot to fill out that arc (which you might not expect given how they've been prior to Arthur's diagnosis) and are really worth doing 🙏

[@girlpaintsworld]

That post office worker in Van Horn that you said looked dead/like a vampire actually has albinism!! Sometimes he has dialogue about how people in the town spread rumors about how he must be a vampire but nahhh, he’s just a nice albino man

[@JohnTwolfe]

Ohhh I feel bad now. But considering we met a literal vampire a few vids ago, I wasn’t sure what to think lol

[@SNP80]

@@JohnTwolfethere are some towns in the game where there’s something going on with the townspeople due to spoiler circumstances and for various reasons. If you encounter unfriendly people and it’s like the entire town is like that, you may want to investigate around it and try to figure out what’s going on because it’s usually story related. Some towns are naturally friendly and others are one horse ride too close to a person and everyone’s ready to kill you on sight. 😅 But that guy in the post office did kind of look like a vampire and you never know with this game.

[@girlpaintsworld]

@@JohnTwolfe hahaha that’s true! I wonder if they put both in the game to make you suspicious

[@princessfetus]

John told Naomi about TB. But now I’m thinking about Tori waiting in the stables wondering where Arthur is because he only told Naomi and not Tori about his TB 😭😭

[@robowaffler6674]

Please no, my heart can’t take that. What if Tori never finds out because Arthur just never comes back? 😢 Please take Tori out on one more glory ride.

[@VeesRealm]

Oh no, I know what this title means..

[@ArchieDude]

Yeah, RIP the beard

[@maramaroney7057]

My heart fell out as soon as I saw it

[@Capybaragee]

I was scared he was gonna keep the funky beard at the beginning of the barber shop part like noooo 😭

[@vi.ravlyk]

15:23 his face in this cutscene always kills me, i just can’t 😭😭💔💔

[@mikenzieogburn8813]

Right?! 😭 I’ve played the game, so trust me when I say, there’s another part that will really break ya!

[@vi.ravlyk]

@@mikenzieogburn8813 hehe, I’ve played the game too 😁 so yes, just here to enjoy the reactions 👌

[@ChaserBD04]

"It's a fresh start, what can I say..." Famous last words.

[@mikenzieogburn8813]

A+ acting and reading Arthur’s journal, John. This is the saddest episode/ part, right now. I hated finding out he was sick, but I was so ready for you to find out. Look forward to more RdR2!

[@Parmalena]

As a long time shareholder, I’m so happy to hear things are going better than ever (33:45) 🎉 Congrats on how far you and the channel(s) have come, can’t wait to see what’s in store for the future! PS level 10 bearded Arthur is the best version of him

[@normahidup]

"He didn't look like he did before" He sure isn't, he looks really sick now :(

[@alinajustme11]

You can get the white arabian horse by taming it in Lake Isabella in Grizzlies West. Its an elite horse btw and one of the fastest very pretty too im just saying cause you seem to be interested in horses lately

[@caioferreira4986]

We need more money John, just one last job and we are done! We'll live as banana farmers in Tahiti.

[@djbeema]

*mango

[@origamipapercut4682]

John, I wept a tear when Arthur went clean shaven…tear of joy. 😂

[@3levated_ivan831]

You know it’s a good day when John posts some rdr2 gameplay

[@Cloud_NoneGaming]

Charlotte deserves every good thing that happens to her! Also I hope John doesn't come across the guy that describes all the 'things' he wants to do to her when he catches her alone.

[@princessfetus]

I hope John does a letsplay of read dead 1. I remember him saying he did play it a bit before. But I hope he plays it for us.

[@mikenzieogburn8813]

Same!! I would looove to see it

[@spider-queen]

I want to see a full playthrough so badly after this, it would really make me appreciate RDR1 so much more

[@djbeema]

It made me happy when he started to come around on John Marston, where he initially didn't like him. As people who played the first game first, I reckon we were predisposed to liking him, and maybe we wouldn't have liked him much either at the start if not for that

[@princessfetus]

@@djbeemajust seeing him at conventions you can’t hate the guy.

[@lizzy6828]

I'm pretty sure the house everyone wanted you to go back to is a different house in the Van Horn area that you'll end up meeting Micah outside of in a later mission so you'll be able to check it out then

[@UnstablePax]

That house is nearer to Van Horn than Annesburg, if memory serves.

[@anacsadder]

lol At the barber keeping his mustache style for himself. I've liked Sadie for a while. She's very take-no-shit. Her taking control when Dutch disappeared was icing on the cake. Dutch keeps being like "we need more money" after his schemes go wrong, and Arthur is running around doing things like earning $350 by helping some dude write a book. Granted that help did involve killing, like, five people, but it didn't pull down any trouble from the law.

[@schweggles]

This might be my favorite playthrough of yours so far, John. I get so excited every time you post a new episode. I really hope you enjoy the rest of the story :)

[@ryelynnwrites]

Don’t miss out on one of the best side quests in the game - a man you run into around O’Creagh’s Run in Grizzy’s East!

[@djbeema]

Yeah, frankly been upsetting me that he hasn't found it yet.

[@ChupChup91]

I dont think thats activated until chapter 6 if its the one I think you mean.

[@thesmoke2476]

So I never realized you could return to Dragic's place a third time until I watched your play through. Thanks for showing me something I missed, btw their is something up with the conductor once you pick it up from his corpse.

[@djbeema]

I think you can go back in the epilogue too maybe but maybe that's just when I did the 3rd part. I forgor

[@AbbaJoe26]

After the TB diagnosis.....the way the game designers have Arthur talking in his head, and the voices of the people he cares about most, .....really is well done. Honestly, I got the good vibe about Sadie from the first meeting with her. I think they tipped their hand how cool she was, but how well written her dialogue was, and her VA's performance was, she had a feel of a "better quality characer than most of the gang" person. I'm glad they paid it off and stuck with it. Nice to have at least a few people quality enough to match up with Arthur's character.

[@ImageryDoesFit]

I hate to say it, I hope I don’t sound ridiculous, I don’t know who this man is. I mean, he could be walking down the street and I wouldn’t know a thing. Sorry to this man.

[@BoneStack117]

Strawberry is my favourite town, totally agree that it's just a nice place to hang out at

[@ResponsibleDane]

Man ive been both waiting for and dreading this part of the play through. Such tragic news and they throw it all at you so fast. Excited to watch the rest if the series by far one of my favorites of yours.

[@maxgeorge3735]

I think the world's angriest man had a tressure map you missed in a drawer i think

[@MO-zk8qs]

Congrats for accomplishing the 10/10 beard! now the final stretch begins

[@themerovingian7154]

1:09:00 The trapper crafts more saddles for you. The snake and panther ones are the best saddles in the game.

[@kleptooohhyena]

Loving these RDR vids. Makes me want to play it all over again! Also, so sorry to hear about Belle! RIP to a glorious dog. She lived a great life!

[@Smooper]

Rest In Peace Motley. You will be missed. Kinda wish you did a send off episode riding him before you sold him. He was your first horse. :(

[@CrystalMorningdove]

Honestly I'm so sad, I absolutely love Arthur Morgan 😢💔

[@JWildberry]

I have never felt older than when my dad told me that when he was young, the city had people who cleaned horseshit off the streets. I always think about that when John complains about Naomi doing her business everywhere.

[@101zoeg]

I’m kinda wishing Arthur ends up with the widow he meets rather than his old flame now. They are so cute together and could be a good couple in the wild.

[@magalieg273]

If you give a horse a weird name, the guy DOES tell you lol

[@Aetheretic]

Seeing that majestic beard, go to trimmed and exquisitely styled, then to straight clean shaven was a roller-coaster of emotions. Pfft, thanks guys. Team Beard.

[@MonaMello]

All the stable have their own stock of horses! There are many different types you can buy! And catch in the wild;)

[@dw13645]

Me after watching Arthur go from shaving a level 10 beard to hearing he’s dying to having a shootout from a hot air balloon all in 36 minutes: 👁️👄👁️

[@arshellnut2730]

First 12 minutes of the video: John cuts off all Arthur's hair, and the poor man goes into shock and nearly dies in the street!!

[@brodybazzini6729]

An easier way to check your challenges is to press left on your d-pad to bring up your log. Also, if you press down on your d-pad, it'll show general info about your location, the time, and the temperature

[@BexTheBoo388]

that 10/10 beard was the only thing between Arthur and Tuberculosis 😭

[@princessfetus]

Howdy John, I knew the time was coming but was still sad to see it happen.

[@Goatsht3423]

That guy that killed you here 1:36:00 is one of the few guys that can one shot you in the game. He got a rare shotgun

[@thestitchwithsami]

oh I've been waiting for you to get to this reveal. Once you know it's bcoming the reveal has been building for a while. But it's nearly impossible to guess for the first time, because how often does a game have the guts to have a lasting consequence that you have to deal with? And for it to come tens or hundreds of hours into a game when you're emotionally attached to your player character? Woof. Your engagement with the game led to a perfect reaction to that moment.

[@LeggomyMeggo84]

So, if you flip through Arthur’s journal, you’ll see his handwriting start to become more and more illegible as he seems to be struggling with his illness leading up to the diagnosis. He’s also become more pale and overall more underweight since chapter 1. It’s an added detail that’s easy to miss.

[@brabbit6262]

I havent seen the entire video but I hope you go and see Mrs. Downes, she is the stranger in Annesburg and she only appear during night time.

[@robowaffler6674]

Me: *bawling* John: “IS THIS BECAUSE WE CUT OFF THE BEARD” Thanks, man. I really needed that laugh.

[@jamesonharwood6310]

About that Thomas Downes mission…..

[@cupid3890]

Aha i was waiting for someone to spill the beans

[@InterstellarLatte]

Love you, Arthur 😭💔

[@Silvik93]

Well..here I am, crying again 💔

[@clayhair]

Thanks for the new episode of Red Dead Depressio - I mean Redemption, John! 🫶

[@DACFalloutRanger]

I've got just two backseat gamer remarks to make 1. I think you saved your custom outfit without a hat, so thats why its always off (im not sure if that was intentional) 2. Tap fire again after shooting to cycle the action and life gets much easier.

[@DACFalloutRanger]

Uh oh I'm gonna do another The big game you can eat readily is already cooked. That's why people are always comment about cooking stuff in your inventory. It doesn't go bad but it's not available to eat.

[@devi_lish1]

I just started re-watching Deadwood for at least the 10th+ time. Red dead redemption is such a fitting game to watch along with this show even though the premises are different. it just feels so right for the times.

[@mikari3498]

thank you for feeding us John 🙏

[@almostatami]

Oof I forgot about Bertram. This episode got all sorts of sad in it.😔

[@Erocksome]

Remember to check unlit fireplaces, that might of been what they meant at that house along the water. Most the time there is a good amount of cash or gold bars.

[@deanbeany6505]

If I was Arthur, I’d go seek out that medicine man, the one he’s always gathering herbs for; he may not be able to cure him, but he’d probably be able to ease his symptoms…

[@Bloodyrainbow]

I’m hoping we can get an Arthur fishing video soon. Just fishing vibes.

[@djbeema]

Makes me sad that John hates the fishing

[@deathwitheponine]

Welp…here we are.

[@AbbaJoe26]

The Beard Episode :) Honestly of all the long hair weird styles, the Josiah was really the best (only halfway decent one?). That unshaven look.....ohmygod....John you've got us all so brainwashed conditioned to that consistent Arthur medium long beard, I've never seen a clean chaven human being look unnatural before, until now. heh In his unrecognizable clean shaven mode all I can think of his Kurgen's line from the movie Highlander "This way.......no one will recognize meeeeeee." :) Love it.

[@AbbaJoe26]

Ohhhh noooo, a nother new horse. Now we're up to the Not-Horse-Who's-Not-Torri....horse. gasp. Awww.....poor Tori. All this horsing around.....without dear Tori horse. heh Le sigh.

[@Argacyan]

Hugging the borders of an open world can always be interesting to kinda see how they handle it & what they chose to show beyond it. Always also a chance for easter eggs etc

[@sophieamy2411]

It made me so sad playing this part for the first time T.T

[@LowKeyKev85]

Have to say, didn't expect John to take the diagnosis this well. Totally thought he'd curse Strauss to hell when he made the Downes connection to the TB.

[@Junnibee]

Noo I wanna cryy.. 😭 Arthur don't deserve this..

[@mayoandchicken]

2:18:14 that other horse is on the train tracks 😭

[@sophiag7005]

Doubling down on 16 to hit 17 then watching the dealer draw into a 5 card 21, then getting disappointed by hitting a blackjack on the next hand, is the very essence of the double down blackjack challenge experience. My least favorite one by a country mile

[@SeaFoamStrat]

Hey John, I believe if you tap 'Left' on the D-pad, it'll bring up a quick menu showing your current progress for all challenges. Much quicker than digging into the menus. Hope this helps!

[@SNP80]

Sadie is my favorite character in the game. She’s a little crazed but who isn’t 😂

[@cheepytiger]

Oh nooooooo 😭 the day has finally arrived 😭😭

[@xvromo1362]

W video, L news 😔

[@hannahbromley7696]

I have been so excited for this part ❤

[@BoneStack117]

Lmao at "church for ants?"

[@djbeema]

I make that reference constantly and I don't even like Zoolander 😂

[@BoneStack117]

Same haha

[@themerovingian7154]

1:56:13 There was a map piece here you missed...

[@FuryTA]

at this point, im convinced to buy that guy's book just to discover his secret to immortality 😂

[@djbeema]

- I love "Why Don't We Do It In the Road", Beatles are pretty great in general but to your point yeah they have so many different sounds, it's silly for someone to just write them off altogether. - I felt legit sad when Arturo died, sexist though he might be (not that he'd be remotely unique for that in those days), he was a fun guy and for once not stuck up or mean or critical to arthur like so many other strangers you meet.

[@tommen.baratheon]

Arthur couldn't handle the Saint Denis stench after losing his beard.. that's it. That's all...

[@lizzy6828]

There actually *is* something to find in the Angry Man's house in a side table drawer if you ever want to go back ;)

[@AbbaJoe26]

Really appreciate John calling out the games over regular invoking of "linear on-rails chain of events" approach this game takes to, sadly, nearly 100% of core narrative developments. It would not be so much a sore thumb, since so many games suffer from that limitation, but this game presents itself as such a "simulator" and open world and does such a talented job of fooling the player into feeling "as if" they are the master of their character's development and pathway. They put so much talent into the depth, and beauty, and interactive environment and so many nifty NPCs and side things, but then didn't take advantage of the opportunity to provide even just a BIT of proper Branching Narrative options, it's......odd, and kinda conspicuous, in contrast to the way the game presents itself (so humanistically and deep layerings). Odd to say it's disappointment by a game that's so good that it's omission of kinda a vitally important empowerment to the player (in open world immersive RPG genres like these). Funny how it took so many years before Larian and BG3 kind did the fulfillment of what this (and few games like this , as good as this)....promise. Interesting.

[@thestitchwithsami]

"Do not sleep too deeply, for the man with no nose is coming for you." "Man with no nose? That's going to be an obscure reference. 😂 yeah..... obscure........

[@thestitchwithsami]

The last prophecy the blind guy gave you was "That which is killing you will help you, finally, to see. And see clearly, friend. See and hear." which should make a lot more sense now.

[@themerovingian7154]

55:00 There's actually a mod, where you can play high stakes games instead of this default gameplay.

[@domdawson7226]

John if you let go of aim and then press it again it’ll automatically lock on to the next guy you can shot. Makes combat much easier

[@siobhan_is_on]

>"Here's my special treat for you guys!" >makes him worse than before Beard haters, look what you hath wrought!

[@siobhan_is_on]

For legal reasons this a joke, Arthur is always hot.

[@AgentAegis]

Lots of sad times ahead 😔

[@ntp4003]

You can check back on Charlotte a third time!

[@AbbaJoe26]

Hmmm...this magician side quest, it's the Spider Man 2 Mysterio boss bottle we never got. :) Er....sorta. :)

[@WantedRecords5506]

It’s a bit weird you see your “spirit animal” so much but they don’t ever really explain it

[@petrkdn8224]

You mean the deer? It's supposed to represent Arthur's dream of being in the wild/countryside and hunting and peace. Deer is his food, so it represents happiness. On the other hand, on a low honor playthrough, coyote shows, which represents his inner evil, and when in the countryside, coyote is bad as it can hurt you a lot and even kill you - fear/anger.

[@WantedRecords5506]

@ like I said, it’s never explained

[@Jamie-o6v]

@@WantedRecords5506 Do you want a cutscene of Arthur yapping about his hallucinations of animals and what it could represent? Media literacy my dude

[@WantedRecords5506]

@@Jamie-o6v the game explains far less important things, just seemed like a weird decision

[@Jamie-o6v]

@WantedRecords5506 Not everything needs a direct explanation, that's where the magic happens and you can interpret it for meaning yourself

[@EdinMike]

Goddamn TB… Badgers here in the UK get a bad rep with that… 😂

[@djbeema]

Badgers give people TB?

[@AbbaJoe26]

Bunnies and Frogs. :) As someone myself to whom all cats are "kitties", and all dogs are "doggies" to me when I refer to them, I fully support your daughter's love for the bunnies and froggies, John. :) Good for any age. And any non-jumping animal she feels like can jump, "well, who knows, maybe one day they'll have jumps". :)

[@ntp4003]

The name Albus reminds me of the guy in Castlevania Order of Ecclesia