Shalanda Shackell

Nigel's dialogue with John provides an interesting revelation after an 8-year hunt: " I can't remember what he looks like. I'm looking for him, but I don't know who he is. I've wasted my life... I wasted my life looking. I looked but I never saw. I saw nothing. Gavin... " Nigel has reached a point of no return, and like a dog chasing his own tail, he just can't stop. Nigel won't stop looking for Gavin, despite not knowing who Gavin is anymore, and he seems unaware that he's been doing this for 8 years straight. Nigel's deteriorating mental state could be a keen clue into the identity of Gavin, but the letter on his person explains more of the myste

With Dutch van der Linde at the helm , there’s always another job, another bank, and " always a goddamn train, " as Arthur puts it during the final train robbery. Throughout the course of Red Dead Redemption 2's story, there are multiple times in which the gang has to rob a train. While all of them erupt in a fit of violence between the gang and one of their adversaries, be it the hands of the law, the O’Driscolls, or Cornwall’s men, some robberies are a bit tamer than the oth

While Dutch may not have a Chosen One-type prophecy driving his narrative, it would be hard to convince him of it. Dutch believes unequivocally that he is destined to make a utopia for him and his own that fits his fantasy of a free frontier. The original Red Dead Redemption 2 patch notes Dead Redemption showed Dutch at the very end of his journey when he had no cards left up his sleeve, but even then the enigmatic leader had the last word and ended things on his own terms. When the story roles back to the downfall of the Van Der Linde Gang in RDR2, players see a much more nuanced Dutch with more of the charm and bravado for which he's known, but that slowly fades as the story progresses. Even as the game foreshadows that he is getting sloppy and erratic, Dutch still showcases hints at the man he was , who was able to inspire all the members to follow

But this is a Rockstar game, and Rockstar games aren't known for having morally sound protagonists. Depending on how he's played, Arthur Morgan can be downright unlikable, as is evident through these horrifying li

After finishing Red Dead Redemption 2 Chapter 2, Arthur can discover a wrecked circus caravan in Lemoyne. A man by the name of Margaret claims he is a female animal wrestler, and his carnival beasts have all escaped. Pleading for help, he asks for assistance finding his lost Zebra, Tiger, and Lion. Luckily for Arthur, these animals aren’t as rare as RDR2's Carolina Parake

The last, and most chaotic, train robbery of Red Dead Redemption 2 comes at the end of the game. The gang is broken and members have gone their separate ways, but Dutch has one more job to pull. When the train doesn’t stop in Saint Denis as planned, the remaining gang members chase it down on horseback, resulting in the player jumping from horse to train and vice versa multiple times as they trek along the train tracks in an explosive shoot

To the west of Red Dead Redemption 2's Van Horn Trading Post, a mumbling man can be found on the ground repeating the name of his village, Butcher’s Creek. After returning the man to the village, Arthur will meet Obediah Hinton, the local village elder. Suddenly the sick man will try to attack Arthur, but is shortly knocked

No matter the game rating, children are off limits. Rockstar realizes this and continuously omits children from their open world games. Young Jack proves the exception, although he does little throughout the g

**Red Dead Redemption 2’s ** world is a place in which lawlessness has overstayed its welcome in the changing Wild West. Outlaws are on their way out, and included in that is the Van Der Linde gang. As RDR2's Arthur Morgan himself says , " We’re thieves in a world that don’t want us no more. " The Pinkertons are on the hunt and hot on the trail of the gang, which means the Van der Lindes should be lying low. However, as fans of RDR2 already know, there’s always a need for more mo

Valentine is the first town players come across in Red Dead Redemption 2 (provided they don't go wandering). It's a small town without much to do, composed of little more than a train station, a farm, and a lined street with a saloon, police station, general store, hotel, and weapons st

Billy likes to drink away his troubles at the train bar, and when Arthur approaches him about his gunslinger past he immediately becomes terrified out and takes off through the train. The player must chase down the bumbling Billy Midnight and race through the train cars, eventually leading to a gunslinger duel atop the moving locomotive. In the end, Billy loses to Arthur. When the player goes to rob Billy of his belongings, they’ll discover a unique variant of Red Dead Redemption 2's Mauser Pistol. Is it a "train robbery" per se? Not really, but it is still robbery on a tr

**Red Dead Redemption 2 ** has its fair share of train robberies amongst its many bank heists and other various jobs. Maybe it's because train robberies are a staple of the old west that they’re used so often, but nevertheless RDR2 makes each train robbery feel different and keeps them spread apart enough so that the player can enjoy their time with the mission instead of it feeling like it’s the same mission repeatedly. If there's ever a RDR3 , Rockstar can always up the ante and improve upon the train robberies to add an even better vari