Welp I finally finished the game tonight. I got the game around when it came out and got around early Mexico before the semester started and hadn't played any story missions really until this winter break. So a lot of time has passed. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.
I loved the game when playing it over the summer and it's one of my favorite games this year, however finishing it off felt different. I'm going to blame it on the fact I was pushing through every story mission when I picked it back up because I wanted to finish it, despite the fact what I loved most about it was the ambient challenges and just wandering around.
Now, for the end of the game.
Last point I want to make is that credit scroll was long as hell and I'm sad there was nothing at the end of it.
Still loved the game, I'm just a bit disappointed with how the last part went.
I loved the game when playing it over the summer and it's one of my favorite games this year, however finishing it off felt different. I'm going to blame it on the fact I was pushing through every story mission when I picked it back up because I wanted to finish it, despite the fact what I loved most about it was the ambient challenges and just wandering around.
Now, for the end of the game.
Once I got back to his family the game felt awkward as fuck. I disliked almost every mission except for hunting with Jack, since they were largely similar to the Bonnie missions in the opening which I despised.
It could be the amount of time that passed since I had been around the story, but I also felt like I had no explanation for how his family acted as characters. That is, barely any development once I met them, so I didn't care about them. I mean I know it was supposed to be a surprise that it wasn't such a happy jolly family, that makes sense. Maybe it was just the dialogue between them was inconsistent so I didn't know if they were pissed at each other or if they were happy with each other. I understood how they wanted to portray Jack but some of his dialogue was kind of weird I felt.
So Uncle died, that seemed absolutely meaningless.
When Marston was confronted by that final group of officers and it goes into dead-eye, I forgot how to tag enemies so I initially only shot once so I thought I failed and loaded up a save after John was killed. Which then took me back through the start of that entire fight, kind of frustrating but funny.
The transition with the graves to reveal Abigail is dead seemed abrupt but I don't see it as a fault. Jack's motivation for killing Ross seemed a little weird too. Sure he loved his dad, but he grew up mostly without him right? I guess it was a little unclear as to how much time had passed since they were kidnapped and when John comes back. It was also confusing how long he was back home before being gunned down.
Despite this I loved the fact I decided to buy the automatic German pistol right before gunning Ross down, that was damn satisfying watching 20 shots go into that fucker. The title card was fantastic as well.
It could be the amount of time that passed since I had been around the story, but I also felt like I had no explanation for how his family acted as characters. That is, barely any development once I met them, so I didn't care about them. I mean I know it was supposed to be a surprise that it wasn't such a happy jolly family, that makes sense. Maybe it was just the dialogue between them was inconsistent so I didn't know if they were pissed at each other or if they were happy with each other. I understood how they wanted to portray Jack but some of his dialogue was kind of weird I felt.
So Uncle died, that seemed absolutely meaningless.
When Marston was confronted by that final group of officers and it goes into dead-eye, I forgot how to tag enemies so I initially only shot once so I thought I failed and loaded up a save after John was killed. Which then took me back through the start of that entire fight, kind of frustrating but funny.
The transition with the graves to reveal Abigail is dead seemed abrupt but I don't see it as a fault. Jack's motivation for killing Ross seemed a little weird too. Sure he loved his dad, but he grew up mostly without him right? I guess it was a little unclear as to how much time had passed since they were kidnapped and when John comes back. It was also confusing how long he was back home before being gunned down.
Despite this I loved the fact I decided to buy the automatic German pistol right before gunning Ross down, that was damn satisfying watching 20 shots go into that fucker. The title card was fantastic as well.
Last point I want to make is that credit scroll was long as hell and I'm sad there was nothing at the end of it.
Still loved the game, I'm just a bit disappointed with how the last part went.
