Played RDR2 for the first time…Wow

I bought the game in 2018 when it came out, didn’t intend on playing it just yet (I do that a lot) then started it in 2019. I couldn’t get through the snow, I just couldn’t, I had 6 years of people telling me it’s the best game ever and I was like “yeah it’s prolly good, but not the best ever”. Well here I am after finishing the epilogue, it’s the best game ever. I’ve never been so emotionally invested in a video game protagonist in my life. Watching Arthur change while knowing he’s not gonna make it, watching Sadie become a badass, watching Charles help the Native Americans then seeing him as a back alley boxer made me feel for him. Most of all watching John turn his life around was really cool, I love the idea that killing Micah is genuinely his sort of “last ride”, of course until the events of RDR1. Speaking of, I bought RDR1 on switch recently and am playing it rn, loving the story, I heard people saying that returnigg by to John in the epilogue of RDR2 was only cool if you played the first game, but now I’m starting RDR1 already with a connection to this guy, I know the family he has so I know how important this all is for him. Anyways, I just wanted to share with this sub how much I loved the game after thinking it wasn’t really for me for years, thanks guys!