The end of Red Dead Redemption. Spoilers for a game that's over a decade old, but John's death was a brutal cruelty that stayed with me for a long, long time.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

After everything you do in the game to get Abigail and Jack back, and to see John get to be happy and enjoy his ranch in the final act to it being tragically cut short. I know a lot of people don’t like playing as John in the RDR2 epilogue but I felt like it gave me needed closure from Red Dead Redemption

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

When my husband was playing this through for the first time I was watching him play and guessed what was happening when John was getting ready to propose to Abigail. We both watched that lovely cutscene teary eyed. It really reminded us of our engagement.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The sequel was even more brutal. I cried like crazy at the end of both games. Like full on sobbing into a paper towel bc tissues weren't going to cut it crying.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

When I was in the final mission of chapter 6, on my first playthrough, my wife came in to tell me it was time to put the kids to bed. She took one look at my face and the tears rolling down it and put the kids to bed without me.

[–] 9715698@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I played through it for the first time this year and had no idea that's how it ended. Left me gutted.